DWTS Freestyles Season Eight & Nine
Check out the entire Dancing with the Stars Freestyle Videos Series as we cover the freestyle videos from every Season of DWTS!!
In past seasons it was not terribly uncommon for celebrities to drop out due to injuries, personal problems, etc. What is uncommon is for two celebrities to have to drop out at around the same time prior to the premiere of the season. Even more uncommon is for someone to be added into the lineup just days prior to the start of the series… though if that last minute addin is a ringer of sorts then I suppose it could work…
Season 8: Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani
Song: Gonna Make You by C+C Music Factory
Placement: 3rd Place
Season 8: Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke
Song: Flashdance (What a Feeling) by Irene Cara
Placement: 2nd Place
Season 8: Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas
Song: Do Your Thing by Basement Jaxx
Placement: 1st Place
Well, most people seem to be believe that “bigger is better”, that’s probably what many people in ABC were thinking when they made the decision to expand the cast to sixteen celebrities… granted with every decision made, there are bound to be consequences.
Still as diluted as this season started out, there were many memorable moments to be had…
Season 9: Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel
Song: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Placement: 3rd Place
Season 9: Mýa & Dmitry Chaplin
Song: You Can’t Stop the Beat from Hairspray
Placement: 2nd Place
Start at 1:26
Season 9: Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson
Song: Back in Business by Liza Minnelli
Placement: 1st Place
It annoys me that people were so quick to label Melissa as a ringer, but then when Erin comes in with very similar experience, people act as if she’s had no dance experience at all! Even after the semifinals when she admitted she took tap, ballet and jazz as a child, and they interviewed one of her dance teachers(!), and then danced on the pom pom squad in college, people are still posting things tonight like “Erin is the only one without dance experience.” I don’t think this would bother me so much if I hadn’t been such a Melissa fan in the past, and having to deal with people calling her a ringer all season.
Heck, I even watched that silly Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader show, and learned that Melissa wasn’t with them for very many seasons, and wasn’t one of the best dancers. I thought she was wonderful on DWTS though and hated the whole ringer thing. If she was a ringer, then so is Erin.
Thanks for letting me get that off my chest!!!
Ooh, another thing, thank you for posting these clips of freestyle routines in one place. People are claiming Nicole and Derek’s routine is a ripoff of Mark and Shawn’s. Watching it again, I think they are similar, but Shawn’s was clearly choreographed to show off her gymnastics talent, while Nicole’s had more synchronized dance moves. Heck, more dance moves in total. There was a similar split lift though, but I wouldn’t say it’s a ripoff. When people say that, I’m directing them here to watch for themselves.