THE JUDGES OF THE DWTSGAME
Ryan Lane
Ryan Allen Lane (born July 26, 1992) was born in Oak Harbor, WA; and moved to San Diego, CA when he was 9 years old. He graduated from San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts in 2010, and is currently going to community college. When he was 18, he was on the Cartoon Network show, "Hole in the Wall" with his two sisters. He has been to live tapings of Dancing With the Stars and American Idol. He has met a wide array of celebrities throughout his life so far. Celebrities that Ryan has met include Meaghan Martin (from Camp Rock), Mitchel Musso (from Hannah Montana), Josh Hutcherson, Mark Ballas, and Derek Hough. Throughout his early life, he was pretty quirky. He loved putting on shows for his family and making them laugh. He wasn't the smartest or brightest kid in his family, but he was the most lovable. He could be upset at times, but is pretty relaxed in most situations. Ryan describes himself as "a pretty cool guy". He is also very nice and sweet to everyone around him. In March 2012, Ryan was revealed to be the winner of a contest which allowed a special fan to become a part of the DWTSGame. He paired with Strictly Come Dancing professional, Natalie Lowe, and made it to Week 5 of the competition.
Ryan joined the panel temporarily at the end of Season 8 and has been a permanent judge since Season 9.
Ryan joined the panel temporarily at the end of Season 8 and has been a permanent judge since Season 9.
Natalie Sanders
Natalie Rebecca Sanders (born September 13th, 1990) is the founder, "producer", and current Head Judge of the DWTSGame. A native of Arizona, Natalie got the idea for the DWTSGame during Thanksgiving weekend 2008, when she made a pretend, fantasy version of Dancing with the Stars. That season eventually wound up online as part of the first season of the DWTSGame, a season including Brangelina, Emilio Estevez, Michael Phelps, Meg Ryan, and won by Kate Bosworth. With some interest being shown in the game, Natalie added a second edition online in the summer of 2009, a season won by actual DWTS contestant, Kurt Warner. The second season showed a minimal amount of viewer support, but Natalie gave the game a third try with the third season of the DWTSGame, a season including Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Taylor Lautner, and others. Sadly, the game, which ran for 6 weeks, did not receive a single vote at all and was cancelled immediately. The game remains online yet has never been finished. After a 13 month long hiatus, Natalie got a little more tech savvy and created a Twitter account for the DWTSGame, deciding to finally bring the DWTSGame back online for a reboot. The season was Season 27 and contained an array of celebrities, won by Kendall Schmidt. This time, a good amount of people, including actual DWTS pro dancers, were interested in the game. To her surprise, the game got more votes than she anticipated, and she even had to make multiple websites, just to keep receiving votes. Although, the DWTSGame has had it's downs since it's reboot. Season 45 saw a tiny slip in the amount of votership, and then lost a fourth judge in Season 20. The game was then moved from webs.com to weebly.com in the summer of 2011 for Season 4. The season was shockingly a surprise hit. It gained the most votes ever recorded before websites were changed. The game is still online and obviously going strong, with many voters, viewers, and even multiple celebrity guest judges. Recently, Natalie became the proud aunt to Adam Jacob Miller, who was born on March 13th, 2012, to parents Mary and Nathan! Natalie couldn't be prouder and happier! Natalie has been a judge on the panel since Season 6.
Tony Klespis
Anthony Lawrence Klespis (May 7th, 1993) is a new judge on the DWTSGame judging panel. He is currently a freshman in college at Sam Houston State University. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Texas when he was two years old, and and since then has resided in Texas. He is the second oldest of his family and was always considered “The Different One.” His mother had all boys, and all of his brothers were deeply engaged in sports. He never was interested, and always had a knack for the “artsy” side of life. His mother was the person that got him interested in ABC’s Dancing With The Stars. She watched her first season in 2007 and Tony remembered her coming out into the living room announcing to the family that Sabrina Bryan was eliminated from the show, and later on, announcing that Kristi Yamaguchi had won. He watched his first episode of DWTS when Brooke Burke was announced as winner of Season 7. He became interested and watched Season 8
regularly, but Season 9 was the first season he watched almost religiously. Since then he has been an avid fan of the show, creating his own fantasy series online, as well. He found out about the DWTSGame when he noticed on a Wikipedia page that the link to the show had been placed in “Trivia.” He took a look and noticed Ke$ha was on the website! So naturally he voted for her, as she is one of his favorite artists. Natalie kindly offered an open judging position to him and he was thrilled to join. He has been a judge on the panel since Season 7.
regularly, but Season 9 was the first season he watched almost religiously. Since then he has been an avid fan of the show, creating his own fantasy series online, as well. He found out about the DWTSGame when he noticed on a Wikipedia page that the link to the show had been placed in “Trivia.” He took a look and noticed Ke$ha was on the website! So naturally he voted for her, as she is one of his favorite artists. Natalie kindly offered an open judging position to him and he was thrilled to join. He has been a judge on the panel since Season 7.