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Country Community Reacts to Bobby Bones Winning the Mirrorball!

The underdog, Mr. Bobby Bones, took home a huge win last night on ABC’s hit TV show Dancing With the Stars! The well-loved country-radio personality and comedian has joined the long list of DWTS winners including Olympic figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi, as well as singer/actor/dancers Donny Osmond and Jordan Fisher. Despite Vegas odds naming him as “the least likely to win,” Bobby Bones and professional dancing partner Sharna Burgess won what has been dubbed by USA Today as the “Mirrorball Miracle.” This morning, less than twelve hours after last night’s festivities, Bones made an appearance on Good Morning America. He said: “I’ve never danced before and every single person on this is a better dancer than me. I had the best coach and best teammate who figured out how to teach me. I didn’t know what I was doing at all and she taught me and we’re here because of that. We did it one day at a time.” It was clear from the beginning of this season that Bones was a force to be reckoned with; not because of his stellar dance moves on stage, but because of his constant likeability. Bones and Burgess were never the highest scoring duo, but there was something about the pair that fans just loved and supported. In fact, their only perfect score throughout the competition came with their final dance, a freestyle to ‘The Greatest Showman.’ Bones’ fun, energetic, sometimes silly personality certainly paid off. Or was it his ability to floss that got him all the votes?

Congratulations Bobby Bones and Sharna Burgess! We, at New England Country Music, couldn’t be happier for the two of you!

Here’s what a few of our favorite country music artists had to say about Bobby Bones’ Season 27 win on Dancing With the Stars…

Bobby Bones Kicks Off His Dancing Adventure With Long Odds

‘Dancing With The Stars‘ is one of the most popular competition shows on television with celebrities teaming up with dancing pros to compete for the coveted mirror ball trophy. On September 12th, it was announced that country music radio DJ Bobby Bones was one of the ‘stars’ who would be competing for the title. Other celebs include former NFL defensive player Demarcus Ware, Tinashe, Evanna Lynch and more. Bobby recently posted on his Instagram the odds for each celeb to win the competition and he is the long shot in the field at 20 to 1- well he has the same odds as John Schneider. But still, it appears the expectations for Bobby is low. Oddsmakers are expecting him to be out of the competition quickly.

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But not so fast, we think they may have it wrong here. First of all, I didn’t even know you could really gamble on these shows? I mean, who would actually put their hard earned money down on a bet on a dancing television show? And also, I am pretty sure I don’t live under a rock but I’ve never really hard of any of these other celebs outside of Demarcus Ware… But anyways, let’s get back to why we think the oddsmakers got it wrong with Bobby.

His radio show, the Bobby Bones Show, is a show played on nearly 160 radio stations across the country from 5-9AM (CST)- including across New England on stations like 101.7 The Bull, KIX 100.9, and Froggy 100.9. Bobby reaches over 9,000,000 every month on his radio show (look at the coverage map below) in addition to another 5,000,000 monthly downloads of his podcast. Seriously, this guy is a staple in 9,000,000+ peoples’ lives as they wake up, drive into work, etc. Again, I don’t really know the other contestants much but I don’t think that any of them are a part of 9,000,000+ people’s lives every month. And at the end of the day, this is a popularity contest with fans dialing into to specific phone lines to vote for their favorites… If Bobby even gets half of his radio listeners to dial in and vote for him, he’s going to be in good shape.

A couple more points…. Bobby has his own squad called the B-Team which are devout followers who appreciate Bobby as much as he appreciates them. He sells out venues across the country on his comedy tour and plays for capacity crowds for Raging Idiots shows. And if you think that the dozens of artists that Bobby has helped kickstart their careers by playing their music early on aren’t going to ask their followers to help Bobby, you’re dead wrong. I know it’s going to happen because that’s what the country community does for each other. Let’s also not forget about his 2 New York Times Bestselling books- to have that accomplishment, a lot of people have to buy your book.

I don’t know how far Bobby will go in ‘Dancing With The Stars,‘ but I got a feeling that he’s going to go a lot farther than what the oddsmakers are being putting him at. Knowing Bobby, he’s going to ‘Fight, Grind, Repeat,’ each week to prove everyone wrong and to make his mark on this show. If you find a place taking bets on DWTS with these odds, throw $20 on Bobby- you may end up making some money. Good luck Bobby!