Golden Bachelorette star Mark Anderson has been in the live studio audience for Season 33 of Dancing With The Stars. His future son-in-law, Joey Graziadei, is competing this season. But Mark only had eyes for Ilona Maher. See his post fanboying over the Olympic medalist and Joey’s DWTS competition.
Mark Anderson For Golden Bachelor?
Mark Anderson has been a Bachelor Nation fan-favorite since he first made an appearance on Season 28 of The Bachelor. His daughter, Kelsey, introduced Joey Graziadei to her family during Hometown Dates. Joey and Kelsey got engaged during the final.
With Kelsey’s encouragement, Mark, 57, joined The Golden Bachelorette as a contestant. But he ultimately didn’t find love with Joan Vassos. He didn’t even make it to Hometowns. But many fans want him as the next Golden Bachelor.
Fanboys Over DWTS Contestant Ilona Maher
Mark Anderson has been in the audience of Dancing With The Stars to cheer Joey on. However, there is another Season 33 contestant that he was starstruck to meet.
The Golden Bachelorette star took to Instagram to gush over Ilona Maher. The professional rugby player made headlines over the summer with her performance on the USA rugby team. She helped lead the team to a bronze medal.
Like Joey Graziadei, she’s competing on Season 33 of DWTS with her pro partner Alan Bersten. She’s doing well in the competition so far. She can count Mark Anderson as one of her biggest fans.
He shared a photo of them from the DWTS set. He gushed over her in the caption, “And I’m still out there fanguyin’!!! Bringing that beautiful high energy and putting in all that hard work to make it look effortless and easy… wonderful performance Ilona!”
See Her Reaction
The post received a ton of comments, including one from the Olympic medalist herself. Ilona Maher dropped a hand-heart emoji in the comments.
Ilona and Alan are one of the seven couples left on the dance competition. Their next dance is a Tango to “Psycho Killer” by Miley Cyrus for the Halloween-themed episode. They will also perform a cha-cha to “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr. for a dance-off with Dwight Howard & Daniella Karagach. The performance could mean getting eliminated or staying in the competition for at least another week.
Do you think Mark Anderson is splitting his votes between his future son-in-law and Ilona Maher? What do you think of him being smitten with the Olympic medalist? Sound off in the comments.
