'Dancing With the Stars' 2016: Paige VanZant Romancing Dance Troupe Member? [VIDEO]
UFC fighter and current Dancing With the Stars contestant Paige VanZant is reportedly dating one of the pros on the dance troupe!
VanZant is apparently developing a relationship with Alan Bersten, a source close to the couple told Entertainment Tonight this week.
"They just got to know one another during the show and rehearsal [and] they took a liking to one another," the source added. "They aren't really showing it off, but they are definitely interested in one another."
The report claims that VanZant and Bersten became close after the latter had to step in in place of Mark Ballas, VanZant's partner, in Week 2. The pair has appeared together at Mixology 101, the location of the Dancing With the Stars after-parties, where they have reportedly been seen smiling, arriving and leaving together.
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Meanwhile, VanZant is well on her way to making the finals of Dancing With the Stars with Ballas. The pair danced a spirited jive to the song “Proud Mary” by Tina Turner during Monday night’s episode and received a perfect 30 out of 30 from the judges. This was one of only two perfect scores doled out by the judges so far this season, the other being Ginger Zee and Val Chmerkovskiy’s Viennese waltz earlier in the night.
VanZant and Ballas have now reached the Final 6, with just a few weeks to go before the finals. If they keep up their impressive performances, they may be threats to win the whole thing. They are currently tied with Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd for the second highest average score this season, with Wanyá Morris and Lindsay Arnold on top by a fraction of a percentage.
Dancing With the Stars airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
