Dancing with the Stars Witney Carson explains how working with Danny Amendola and other athletes differs from acting

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After a , there will be five couples competing for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy i Dancing with the stars Season 33 in the middle . Witney Carson will be in attendance with her dance partner and former NFL star Danny Amendola, who has shocked viewers a few times this season. Professional athletes are often good on the show, but how are they different from actors? Well, Carson spoke with CinemaBlend about whether that is the case.

As we prepare for the three-hour finale, I was lucky enough to speak with Witney Carson about a number of topics. Our chat eventually turned to the difference between working with athletes vs. actors. She has worked with boats and while I wondered what she wanted to bring before rolling around and mentioned the big advantage of working with a guy like Danny Amendola:

I can totally see what Witney Carson is saying, especially after watching Danny Amendola top the rankings a week with a performance that Dancing with the stars this time. He has been great at performing incredibly difficult moves that an amateur should not be able to perform, as evidenced by .

That doesn’t mean Amendola or NFL veteran Von Miller, who Witney Carson has worked with in the past, aren’t struggling. Carson also told me about the downsides of working with an athlete and what they have a harder time understanding than, say, did when he won with her back in season 19:

I think, in retrospect, it’s kind of obvious that an actor might be better at performing a dance than mastering the actual steps of a routine. Reginald Vel Johnson got people hyped with his but it wasn’t the dance moves that impressed the audience. I don’t think Danny Amendola could have brought the same emotional energy to a dance where he essentially did nothing afterward, and that’s a credit to the acting.

With all that said, I’m eager to see if Witney Carson and Danny Amendola win and give the professional dancer his second Mirrorball win since coming to DWTS. She has come, but told CinemaBlend that she is more focused on the quality of performances than earning a win. That said, it would be great to win, and I’m sure there’s no shortage of viewers rooting for her and Danny Amendola on finals night.

The Dancing with the stars The season 33 finale airs on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesday, November 26 at 8 p.m. ET. I’m ready for a competitive night of dancing, and I think we may be in for one of the most unpredictable nights the show has seen in some time.