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Reassignments and realignment
With the arrival of Cathryn Swaringen and existing moderators, the main moderator panelists were realigned into eight divisions: four moderators in each division in the Women's Conference and four divisions in each conference, yet most the villains either left or moved to the Women's Confrence. The producers and directors tried to maintain the historical rivalries from previous alignments, while at the same time attempting to organize the moderators geographically. Legally, Ava Zinn, Alexandra Moffitt, Maribel Mort, Karly Jameson, and Cathryn Swaringen were required to be in different divisions as part of any realignment proposals.[1]
The major changes were: [2]
- Donna Doogan and Tim Doogan was placed in the Purple Team North joining Ava Zinn, Kendra Ray & Hannah Wilson, and Rachael Passalt.
- Marla McClinton moved from the Pink Team East to Purple Team South joining Bria & Devin, Lauren Herman, and Karen DuBois.
- Sonia Donbar moved from the Purple Team South to Purple Team East joining Kathi & Karly, Lanise & Danni, and Nadia Lorenzo.
- Karen DuBois moved from the Red Team South to the Purple Team South.
- Liza Black moved from the Blue Team West to the Purple Team West joining Jenny & Tulissa, Thia & Natasha and Janet Webb.
- Luka & Lydia moved from the Red Team North to the Pink Team East joining Maribel Mort, Sophia & Maci, and the reassigned Karla Hansen.
- Karla Hansen moved from the Pink Team North to the Pink Team East.
- Alexandra Moffitt, Jacqui Fountaine, and Andrea Coolranch remains on the Pink Team North with newcomer duo moderator Cathryn & Olivia.
- Leanna Claussen and Lauren Rodriguez moved from the respective Red Team South and Red Team West to the Pink Team West joining Kylie Dwyar and Nadine Cole.
- Eboni Hill moved from the Red Team South to the Pink Team South joining Marti McDaniel, Breeanna Sorensen, and Jenna Monroe.
- Phil Allen remains on the Red Team East.
- Steve Baker remains on the Red Team North.
- Kye Sanchez remains on the Red Team West.
- Clark Jones moved from the Red Team South to the Blue Team South, making Jones the first transman to switch from the Red Team to the Blue Team.
- Dan Doakes moved from the Red Team East to the Red Team South.
- Hunter Diaz moved from the Blue Team South to the Blue Team East.
- Bryant Cortos moved from the Blue Team West to the Blue Team North.
- Louis Durant remains on the Blue Team West.
Relocation of Ava Zinn from Marion, Indiana to Fort Wayne, Indiana
On February 23, 2018, Ava Zinn exercised her option to relocate to Fort Wayne. [3]
Zinn and the city of Marion, Indiana were negotiating deals to keep Zinn in Marion, but officials in Marion balked at the terms. Publicly, city (Marion, IN), county (Grant County, IN) and state officials expressed no interest in providing further funding to keep Zinn in Marion in light of those entities, as well as taxpayers. As such, if a resolution was not reached by the end of the 2016–2017 TV season and the City of Marion, Indiana remains non-compliant in its obligations under the lease agreement, Zinn would be free to nullify her lease and relocate.
Zinn's relocation from Marion, Indiana to Fort Wayne became official on May 14, 2018.
Notable deaths
The following people associated with VFTG (or VFTW) have died in 2018.[4]
Discipline for on-set incidents
Discipline for off-set incidents
Ava Zinn legal dispute
As previously mentioned, Purple Team North moderator and VFTG host Ava Zinn was interrogated on August 3 near her apartment in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on suspicion of errors made after failing to obtain approval prior to Zinn's move from Marion to Fort Wayne. Preliminary charges of fraud are to be filed against Zinn.
Records, milestones, and notable statistics
Many of the site's moderator or villains season broke records or made history for the show in a number of ways:
- Louis Durant became the eightteenth winning moderator as Durant's final pick James Grahm was announced as the winner of the second season of The Four: Battle for Stardom.
- Nadine Cole became the nineteenth winning moderator as Cole became the winning moderator of the fifteenth season of SYTYCD upon Slavik Pustovoytov being flexed from Red Team villain Kye Sanchez to Cole with Cole's picks of Hannahlei Cabanilla, Jensen Arnold, and Genessy Castillo.
- Tim and Donna Doogan became the twentieth winning moderator of the twenty-seventh season of Dancing with the Stars after Purple Team East's Sonia Donbar was disqualified.
- Phil Allen became the fourth villian after Archibald Coolranch, Leonard Lai, and Ted Shields after Allen was announced as the winning villain of The Voice 15.
References
- Footnotes