--- title: The Bachelor Chris Soules on Dancing With the Stars: Whitney Bischoff description: That said, he still wants you to vote for him canonical: https://time.com/3772068/chris-soules-dancing-with-the-stars-bachelor/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-06T17:59:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T08:19:32.204Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The Bachelor Chris Soules on Dancing With the Stars: Whitney Bischoff og:description: That said, he still wants you to vote for him og:url: https://time.com/3772068/chris-soules-dancing-with-the-stars-bachelor/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0b0ad8a064b1433/698786dd2dce01a84f9de64f/138515_0456-400x599.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: CHRIS SOULES, WITNEY CARSON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Bachelor Chris Soules on Dancing With the Stars: Whitney Bischoff twitter:description: That said, he still wants you to vote for him twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0b0ad8a064b1433/698786dd2dce01a84f9de64f/138515_0456-400x599.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Bachelor_'s Chris Soules on _Dancing With the Stars_: 'I Am a Straight-Up Amateur' > Sponsored content. 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(ABC/Craig Sjodin) DANCING WITH THE STARS - CHRIS SOULES AND WITNEY CARSON - The 10th anniversary celebrity cast of "Dancing with the Stars" is strapping on their ballroom shoes and getting ready for their first dance on MONDAY, MARCH 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Chris Soules is partnered with Witney Carson. (ABC/Craig Sjodin)Craig Sjodin—ABC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 6, 2015 5:59 PM UTC When Chris Soules, a.k.a. Prince Farming, left _The Bachelor_ with his newly-minted fiancée Whitney Bischoff on his arm, the plan was to go back to Iowa and start their life together. Then the producers of _Dancing with the Stars_ called. “I didn’t have any goals or desires to be on the show,” admits Soules. “But we met a couple of weeks before [‘The Final Rose’](http://time.com/3738378/bachelor-finale-chris-soules-becca-whitney-jimmy-kimmel-chris-harrison-farming-iowa/) actually aired, and the producers started telling me about the show and what it was actually like. I had watched the show before, and it looked like an interesting deal. So after talking to them and my fiancée about it, and they made the offer, I signed up. It sounded like something fun.” For Soules, it has proven fun, even if it’s much more difficult than he originally realized. “It’s exceeded my expectations,” says Soules. “It’s really rewarding, both physically and mentally. I’ve accomplished things I never thought I could accomplish.” Before signing up for the show, Soules had never danced before aside from what he described as “busting a few random moves at fair dances and wedding dances.” “It is incredibly hard,” said Soules. “Going on stage to perform is a huge adrenaline rush. It’s pushing me completely out of my comfort zone.” His first week on the show was particularly challenging, because—due to his commitments to _The Bachelor—_he had less time to prepare than other competitors. “When I first started, Witney \[Carson\] didn’t know if I was going to be able to get there! But after a few days of training, it started to click,” says Soules. “It’s really challenging. And those professionals make it look so easy. It’s just incredible the way they make their bodies move. When I watch them during the live show, I just don’t know how they do it.” Soules says he counts himself lucky that his professional partner, Witney Carson, and his fiancée, Whitney Bischoff, have first names that are homonyms. “It’s good because I never get the two confused. I never make a mistake, because it’s always Whitney,” says Soules, who denotes “Dancing Witney” and “Fiancée Whitney” when speaking with friends. As for working with Carson, Soules doesn’t mind her tough-love method of teaching. “She’s a firecracker and keeps me in line, that’s for sure,” he says. “She’s 21, but she doesn’t act like a 21 year old. She’s focused on us making it to the very end. So I don’t mind her being stern with me, because I am a straight-up amateur and she’s got her work cut out for her.” While Soules is enjoying the dancing, he knows that farming is his calling. “Once I’m done with _Dancing with the Stars_, I am headed straight back to Iowa,” he says. Not that he’s ready to hang up his jazz shoes just yet—in fact, he’s looking forward to pushing himself further and further as a dancer. “Hopefully I’m here for a while, and have a nice long run on _Dancing_ before heading back to Iowa and doing what I do.” This week, Soules will take part in the annual _Dancing with the Stars_ tear fest, where each dancer does an interpretive dance to their most memorable year and everybody cries. Soules has chosen to mark the year 2014—the year he met his fiancée on _The Bachelor—_by dancing a rumba to “The Book of Love” by Gavin James. “Finding the love of my life and getting engaged and living with her for a short time in LA and being on _Dancing with the Stars—_all those things rolled into one have been the most absolute memorable year,” said Soules, who says he’s been rehearsing particularly hard this week. “This is a really special one for me, and I really want to be able to perform it.” As ever, expect to see Bischoff in the audience, cheering him on. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3772068/chris-soules-dancing-with-the-stars-bachelor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3772068/chris-soules-dancing-with-the-stars-bachelor/"},"headline":"The Bachelor's Chris Soules on Dancing With the Stars: 'I Am a Straight-Up Amateur'","datePublished":"2015-04-06T17:59:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:19:32.204Z","description":"That said, he still wants you to vote for him","url":"https://time.com/3772068/chris-soules-dancing-with-the-stars-bachelor/","keywords":["Television","The Bachelor","Dancing with the Stars","Chris Soules"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0b0ad8a064b1433/698786dd2dce01a84f9de64f/138515_0456-400x599.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0b0ad8a064b1433/698786dd2dce01a84f9de64f/138515_0456-400x599.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CHRIS SOULES, WITNEY CARSON","caption":"CHRIS SOULES, WITNEY CARSON","creditText":"Craig Sjodin—ABC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3772068/chris-soules-dancing-with-the-stars-bachelor/","name":"The Bachelor's Chris Soules on Dancing With the Stars: 'I Am a Straight-Up Amateur'"}}]}] ```