DWTS11 Week 6 Power Rankings
UGH. This is not how I wanted to spend my first week back ranking after my absence 
Just as I predicted (and I was truly hoping it wouldn’t pan out this way), the judges lavished praise on every single tango, and absolutely HOSED the couples doing paso. To what end? I don’t know…either Kurt & Jennifer are getting a crap ton of votes and the judges are just giving them low scores to create drama, or maybe they really and truly want them gone. But over BRISTOL? Ai ai ai…I don’t even really feel like ranking now. But alas, I must…
1.) Brandy & Maks – I gotta hand it to these two for doing pretty well on an otherwise dismal evening – best tango of the night, and some cute marathon choreography. Thought they had an advantage with the song they were given – seemed a bit more exciting than any of the other tango songs. Started off very high-energy and strong, had a few minor wobbles, but overall pretty damn good. But once again – why waste so much time running up to the stage at the end? It was a strong tango – I think it could’ve had a much strong ending with some sort of dramatic drop or dip. I liked their marathon choreography – seems like Brandy’s jive technique has improved – and they did seem to have the most stamina. With such a strong score, I don’t think they’re in any danger of going home.
2.) Jennifer & Derek – Heidi is freaking out right now about these two, but honestly, I think they’re gonna be alright – Jennifer has become a sentimental favorite this season, and I think she’s got the fanbase to carry her through. First things first: paso is just not Jennifer’s dance. Period. I had a bad feeling from the very first bar of her flinging her skirt and kicking awkwardly at the beginning – that skirt seemed to wear her, rather than the other way around. It was decent in the middle – she seemed to keep up and get some nice shaping – but it all seemed to fall apart in the last few bars. Yikes. But it did not warrant what I consider just bitchy self-importance on Carrie Ann’s part – like it was a personal insult to her that Jennifer didn’t do so hot this week. Go take a Midol, Crabby McCrabbers. However, I do give these two props for actually committing to the character of the paso – if you somehow merged Audrina & Jennifer’s pasos, you’d have a pretty good routine, a combo of technique and performance. As for the marathon – I think they may have saved themselves by sticking it out to win 2nd place, but man – Jennifer looked BEAT by the end of it. However, I think these two ought to be ok, based on the fact that they’re one of the favorites, and that certain other couples REALLY got hosed tonight…
3.) Audrina & Tony - No big surprises here for me – Audrina missed the mark in her paso. She was on-time and didn’t make any mistakes, but that’s about all she had going for her tonight – the ceiling eyes were back in full force, her movements were robotic, and overall I felt like she just wasn’t “present” in this paso. I mentioned earlier in the comments of Heidi’s post that the difference between a good paso and a bad paso is whether or not they inject some theatricality into their moves…well, I think these two TRIED, but it just kinda fell flat. And damn – Audrina looked winded after only a minute or so of the marathon dance. I think they oughta be ok based on score alone, but we are making our way into “shock elimination” territory…so who knows what next week or the week after could bring.
4.) Rick & Cheryl – Not a whole lot to say here – their tango was nice to watch, he stayed on time, he was believable, I liked his faux hawk ;-) Overall – not great, but not terrible. What worries me about these two is that I seem to have less & less to say about them every week…which tells me that they’re becoming a little forgettable. Not sure it’s due to anything they’re doing – they’ve been pretty consistent this season – but rather that everyone else seems to be having really “breakout” performances and I don’t think Rick & Cheryl have really had theirs yet. I daresay it needs to come sooner rather than later, because this week…it really could be anyone going home. I don’t think it will be these two (they still have a comparably decent score, even though Rick looked like the daggone Tin Min in the marathon), but once we finally weed out these weaker dancers…his looks ain’t gonna carry him much further.
5.) Kyle & Lacey - This was a weird one for me. Overall, this felt more like a paso than me than a tango…as if Lacey was hoping for paso instead of tango, and had already choreographed a paso, and decided to just revamp it to seem more…tango-y. It also seemed rather tame by Lacey standards, and I found myself (I can’t believe I’m saying this) actually wishing that it was a bit less “by the book” and a little more “Lacey-ish”. However, I cannot get over how atrocious Lacey’s ballroom technique is, and I feel like it’s most evident during the tango – you could drive a boat show between these two at times. But I guess the adherence to traditional tango appeased the judges, because they were back to loving Kyle this week (or maybe just loving the tango, since they seemed to adore every single one of them.) Go figure – these two are a complete wild card for me, and the judges scoring is so back-and-forth that I’m never sure whether they’re totally safe or on the brink of elimination. Again, on a night like tonight where the scores are so spread apart, I think they’ll be safe…but after that, who the hell knows. Weirder things have happened – people in monkey suits have dodged elimination! Speaking of which…
6.) Bristol & Mark - I groaned out loud when I heard the words “air guitar”. However…these two did a complete 180 from last week’s monkey suit disaster. This was a pretty good tango – she stayed on time, had a great frame, seemed to actually embody the mood of the tango, and I absolutely loved their costumes. Kinda pleasantly surprised that Mark managed to reign in his usual spasticality this week (ok, aside from the air guitar bit) and actually give us some very clean, crisp, technical choreography…maybe someone dosed he and Lacey’s drinks with Ritalin this week or something, because both of them seemed uncharacteristically calm in their choreography. No big moves for these two in the marathon, but really no surprise considering how low-energy Bristol’s jive was. Now I’m left with an interesting dilemma: she did pretty well this week, but I still feel like she deserves to go home based on her overall performance thus far on the show, because let’s face it – the majority of it has been pretty mediocre. However, my gut is telling me right now that she managed to eek out one more week on the show after her performance tonight. But I think they’ll still have her in the red lights in the final two, just for effect, along with…
7.) Kurt & Anna – Poor Kurt & Anna. Is it just me, or were they especially harsh on them tonight? I actually didn’t think his paso was terrible – I rather enjoyed it, as he did seem to get into character and managed to do some decent moves. It was what Audrina & Jennifer’s pasos should have been – a combo of technique and performance. Am I the only one that saw that??? Because my mouth was agape when the judges whipped out the 6 paddles. DAY-UM. And they continued the abuse with the marathon, tapping him out first. OUCH. I’m not quite sure how they went from adoring him last week to hating the guy so much this week, but maybe I’m blinded by my love for Anna 
This is gonna be one helluva score to overcome…and I was only slightly encouraged by the intermittent busy signals I was getting when phoning in my votes for them. I’m hoping Brenda Warner is organizing a prayer circle for Kurt as we speak…because it’s gonna be nothing short of miraculous if he manages to make it through to next week
So let’s hear it: did you guys think the judges were totally whack, hit or miss, or totally spot-on? Who’s gonna get the encore? And will we be in for our first “shock elimination” of the season? Holler…I’m gonna go eat my feelings now (I have both cinnamon buns and apple pie in my kitchen, and some eggnog to wash it down…YUM) and hope that a performance from my 2nd favorite redhead in the world (Nancy Wilson of Heart) on tomorrow night’s show will renew my faith in mankind
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This show was one messy scene ramming into the next. And then there was the dancing. Seriously, it’s a wonder the stars and pros stay sane with all the crap thrown at them. Producers…more isn’t always more-better. This was a mess and I wish it felt tighter or something. Too circus-like?
I agree Rick and Cheryl are just becoming like totally blah. Likei dont dislike them at all! Im justa kinda no comment as are apparently alot of people. And that could be hurting them so who knows. Im gonna go ahead and call Brandy, Andrina, and Kyle safe. Most likely Bristol is too ( I know im biast!! lol ) but who knows!
Show just started here in Cali.
What’s funny is if I were judging I would give everyone but Jennifer an 8. Ok, maybe a 7 for Audrina and 6 for Jen but other than that I enjoyed all the remaining performances with no standouts. It’s a really close competition in my mind. I think a lot of people feel Kurt was underscored, but we’ll see if the votes will be enough to pull him through. I think they may be.
Well, I don’t know what to make of this shit tonight. I don’t blame the judges for their score of Jen, although I think the 6 was a bit idiotic. Bristol actually did well, Kyle drives me insane and Audrina?? I wish she could challenge Brandy because I like her better than Brandy.
What I find amusing is that twitter is so shocked that Jennifer didn’t do well. People she is TWENTY years older than Brandy and Audrina (or more). She looks great, but 50 is 50 at the end of the day – that she is as good as Brandy and Audrina is a tribute to Jennifer.
Ah, Maks finally wins something, and after all his bitching can he bring it home? We’ll see.
i rarely vote, and i actually voted 7 times online tonight for kurt warner. i really like him and hope he doesn’t have to go, though i was impressed with bristol’s tango. the blue costumes were great.
i’m going to go out on a limb here and say that i really enjoyed bristol’s jive last week. yes, she forgot the dance, but the music was adorable and i liked the gorilla suits and the rest of the choreograpy, too. i think len liked the ‘british humor’ and perhaps memories of the show which is why he wasn’t so hard on it.
i think kurt warner is such a nice guy and a pleasure to watch. i loved his bewitched quickstep and his foxtrot. i would love to see him at least in the final five. he seems like a really mature person. maybe i don’t know that, but i can project!
i agree with people, it was a lot of messy routines, nothing really stood out except maybe brandy at the end. i liked maks’ weird pants and boots. i also really liked derek and jennifer’s. i thought it was dynamic and underscored. they seemed to take it well, but i bet they’re disappointed.
Jennifer had a bad night; it happens. I think Derek forgot she 50 y/o and pushed too far.
I thought Audrina did better than judges gave her credit/scores. I could have given her a 9 – not more than 1 though. I think tony dissing judges for the second week might be the problem.
I love Jennifer and Derek, but you’ve honestly ranked them far too high. They were off from the opening bars and never got it back. I think there’s something going on with Jennifer-health issues and I hope she manages it because it affected everything, even that Marathon that was a gift from the judges. She wasn’t keeping up, Derek was doing handsprings to keep them in it, but Jennifer completely lost focus tonight.
I’ll give it to Brandy and Maks, but seriously with Jennifer not at the top of her game this show just wasn’t that watchable tonight. Maks slipped on a move, they kept dropping their posture, and some of Brandy’s footwork just wasn’t on point. They are pushing her for top spot, and I’m not convinced she’s deserving.
I liked Rick and Cheryl’s performance, for me it was excellent Tango frame and he pushed through with good footwork. I thought it was an improvement over his Argentine Tango, and I think he has staying power.
Kyle and Lacey, I figured with a marching tango in hold he would do better, it was better, but the footwork was still not as clean as it could be. Also his posture, the judges were excited that he kept his frame, but his butt stuck out and that’s not good in this dance.
Bristol and Mark, I also figured that a dance in hold is something she needed. The outfit was more attractive and she kept up. Not overly memorable, and they could have done without the air guitar that just compelled len to dock them.
Kurt and Anna. Kurt was awkward tonight. He couldn’t strike a spanish line, his posture is bad and his lack of musicality was pretty apparent in this one. Harsh? not really. Some of the others got gifts tonight but Kurt was scored appropriately.
Audrina was as expected. Wooden, but she did come alive on the marathon.
When you start talking about someone’s age at week 6 it doesn’t bode well. Jennifer’s age should have been “resolved” and taken in account for long ago. She either can or can’t do it. She did show us in the previous weeks what she is capable of when in full swing. I think she’s just one of those people who rush into things without considering their limitations and it backfired on her. And I’m talking more about mental then physical limitations although I don’t doubt her body is also aching. But her attitude was all: easy breezy, not competing with anyone, playing it cool.. and maybe she just realized you have to get a little bit intense and competitive to go far so she suddenly chickened out. Well, it’s just a theory.
The idea of rock n roll theme night was a cool idea and I loved the music, but it was a little crazy. I have to agree with you Courtney about Brandy/Maks. Hands down the best of evening, but there is something about them that makes it hard for me to root for. I am with Heidi freaking out about Jennifer and Derek. Derek chroerographed a good routine, however it was not Jennifer’s dance or night. I did not think it deserved a 6 from Carrie Ann at all. 7 at most. Others did not stand out to me, Audrina needed to bring it tonight and she didn’t and Kurt sure did not get any love from the judges. I like Kurt so hoping for the best for him tomorrow. If I have to pick a bottom 2 if Bristol is safe, it probably would be Audrina and maybe Kyle.
I was just… confused. I wasn’t impressed with any dance tonight, and the judges were rediculuous as per usual. I am with you Heidi, I wish Audrina could catch up with Brandi because I like her a HELL of a lot more. The marathon was interesting – I knew Derek and Jennifer wouldn’t win it regardless of how well they did, producers couldn’t have Derek taking it three times in a row. I just really hope Jennifer shines next week like we all know she can cause I just cannot get on the Brandy train.
I did not care for most of the dances tonight, maybe I just need to rewatch them. I usually don’t watch the show live but I happened to be home this evening.
I do think Brandy and Maks probably had the best dance of the evening, but that’s not saying a lot. Not the greatest choreography or hold, but still better than most. They definitely deserved to win the dance off, they looked the best and still looked fresh at the end.
I think Kyle is improved, but it was fairly boring. I have liked all of their dances before this one. So his technique improved a bit, but the appeal suffered.
Audrina reminds me so much of two of Tony’s other partners – Melissa and Mya. Both of them had obvious talent, but he doesn’t know how to channel the emotion properly. Or maybe his choreography is just not good enough, I don’t know. But while she is more proficient than others, she is more boring too. Although I don’t dislike Tony, I feel that he will never win with the way he handles his celebrities, even those with good abilities.
I thought Jennifer looked a bit harried, and then that screw up. Oy! She seemed tired, old, and small on the stage tonight. She improved for the dance off though.
Bristol looked better than she had all season, but I don’t know if that’s just because she was in hold or if my expectations have plummeted. The air guitar thing was retardedededed. I still would prefer for her to go home.
Kurt didn’t look good at all, and I actually agreed with the judges. It seemed off, stiff, and unmusical.
Rick was okay at times, bad at others. Great posture, ridiculous face. Occasionally robotic.
Going to give it a rewatch though, just to see if I missed anything.
Andie, Brandy and Maks had a couple of missteps and that is why Carrie Ann gave them an 8.
Brandy and Maks had the best dance of the night by far. I am surprised but Jennifer Derek, I am sure they will be safe for now, but they where erratic and out of on control. It was nearly a train wreck.
I loved what Brandy and Maks where wearing, and the choreography, yeah, that is definitely a dance I will watch over and over lol.
The marathon was cool, I knew Audrina, Jennifer and Brandy would be the top 3, happy to see Brandy and Maks win, Maks has never won it before! Brandy is the most improved dancer, she has improved so much since week 1. Her jive technique is so much better.
Yep, I also think it will be between Audrina and Kyle with Kyle leaving. I hope Jennifer finds her way back because I also can’t seem to be able to root for Brandy and Audrina.. I’m sorry but I really don’t think she has it in her as sweet as she seems.
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Wow, what a night!! I would have never predicted some of it to go down like it did. My rankings;
1. Maks and Brandy – Definitely the dance of the night!! So intense and powerful!! Her legs looked a little weak in a couple of small places (which prevents me from giving her a ten). But, other than that, they totally brought it. I loved all the raw emotion. Bruno said it well. She was “Tina Turner in Mad Max (Maks)”. Maks was just HOT and steaming it at his best. Passion all over and inside. Keep that up Brandy and Maks and you will win this whole thing. Seriously! 9 1/2
2. Jennifer and Derek – I don’t know what the judges were on but I didn’t think their dance was as bad as they said. Come on…a “6″? Get real!! I didn’t see the unbalanced stuff until the end. It looked like she was getting tired. Other than that, I loved the intensity and drama. I loved her hair and dress too. 9
3. Audrina and Tony – She went blank again several times. But, other than that, I loved their dance. 8 (But, Tony really needs to start working on her facial expressions and get more power into it all now.)
4. Kyle and Lacey – This guy is not going away anytime soon and this dance reminded us of that. They are back in the ball game. I loved his energy. And once again, Lacey’s choreography amazes me. I especially loved the twirls they did when the music slowed. Her dress was really cool as well. 8
5. Rick and Cheryl – He was slow, sluggish, and stiff again. It wasn’t a bad dance. But, he was just a little off tonight and weak. 7 (sorry Dad, lol)
6. Anna and Kurt – Same issues as Rick except a little WORSE! 6
7. Bristol and Mark – She’s improving which is great to see. But, I don’t see her going much forward from here. 6
Now, I’m going to read Courtney and the rest of your thoughts.
Karla- of course it is, it’s just an opinion.
Btw, I had a hell of time voting on the phone tonight. Did you guys? I kept getting an wrong number error or it was busy. With some patience and redialing, I finally got my 7 votes in. I just hope this won’t play a factor in votings.
Watch it, Karla – everyone’s entitled to their opinion. Let them have it without giving them grief.
What a blah episode. It is the first week in a long time in the history of this show that I don’t want to rewatch ANY of the dances. The top 10 viewers picks was more entertaining!
I think the rock n roll theme for every dance was the problem – those kind of songs can work for a paso or tango but more often than not it makes the celebs go for dagger-eyes and overpowering the dance and then they forget about any sense of romantic passion and precision.
It also has probably been the lowest scored season in a long long time. No one has been worthy of 10s or even 9s for that matter except for Jennifer & Derek, and they have been off lately. I hope she has the stamina to survive the whole competition and get back to Argentine-Tango like form or the season will get worse instead of better. I can’t see any of the other teams combining technique and performance enough to warrant 10s other than them – although we will see some more eventually because the show would look bad without them.
Maks drives me nuts. I’ve watched every season of this show and in my opinion, HE is the reason he hasn’t ever won. Either his choreography choices or his attitude, usually the latter, completely turn me off to him, and I suspect to other viewers. I can’t get on board the Brandy & Maks train. Besides Maks’ attitude and their odd relationship, I just don’t feel her movement or her personality. She is doing the best in the competition at the moment, but that best is barely worth a 9. I certainly prefer Mel B or even Erin to her. And about 20 other past couples could walk all over them.
I really hope Jennifer and Derek get their act together! And like others, I do like Audrina, but her lack of performance quality will never get her a win and won’t make her a real favorite of mine….. And having Tony as a partner doesn’t help her either- his lack of pushing his partners to high levels and bland choreography never serve his partners well. Notice who the pros were on the viewers top 10 tonight? Mostly Derek, Cheryl and Julianne – who are, in general, the best choreographers and generally likeable pros. As for the rest, I do like Kurt and Rick too but I don’t see them winning this thing. Kyle or Bristol should go this week, preferably Bristol–due to overall competition performance; she wasn’t bad this week.
I didn’t like the Rock & Roll night because I felt like there was nothing dynamic about it. It was pretty much all the types of music/dances that we’ve seen before, but instead of being balanced out by other types of performances, they were all too similar a shade. The reason that movie and tv nights work is the diverse genres within that they can employ, whereas with rock & roll there really is a finite way to do a paso/tango to this stuff. So we saw a retread of a lot of stuff we’ve already seen year after year.
EP, I agree with you about Maks. I don’t dislike him, I think he is clever and occasionally very funny but his ego is huge. He likes to pretend that the competition isn’t in any way about him and that he doesn’t care about the judges scores. Then he makes it all about himself by talking trash and being generally very opinionated. Which would be fine if only he wouldn’t pretend to be cool. Maks, embrace your inner bit..iness!
Maks is frustrating because he is right about a lot of things, and uses his intelligence to think critically about things. HOWEVER, he is also wrong enough about things to seemingly invalidate when he is right, so he looks like an idiot. I think when I read his blog and he makes his points, I’m like, “Yes, yes, yes, yes, NO NO NO, Yes, Yes, Yes”. But you remember the NO NO NO’s a little easier. I do like Maks, but his flaws are out in the open for all to see. He says one thing and then acts another way. Again, I LIKE MAKS, he is probably my third favorite male pro behind Derek and Jonathan, he just makes it so damn difficult sometimes.
Oh I should have added Stacey Kiebler into the conversation about Tony.
I have to say I was disappointed with all the dances tonight. Not one really stood out and they all were just lackluster, even with the whole Rock theme.
I also really dislike the bias judging. I really don’t think Rick Fox is that much better than Kurt yet the judges are showering him with praises and just annihilating Kurt. Good thing is that Kurt takes it with no hard feelings, but they really should just cut the crap with overpraising Rick, when he really isn’t all that great. Like I’ve said before, mainly Cheryl doing all the work. He’s just like a gigantic moving tree.
Kyle and Lacey, he is to far forward and it looks really weird posture wise. Wasn’t really much of a tango and the posture is the one that is annoying me because it’s makes the whole dance look bad if he dances with that posture. Footwork was atrocious and I can’t believe they actually said he improved, because I don’t think he did. Plus Lacey isn’t really great at ballroom herself so it looked more like a paso trying to pass for a tango.
Jennifer and Derek, hate to say it, but they were a mess. She is a good dancer, but she just didn’t seem in control or really loose with her movements. Plus the end was kind of a trainwreck. Everyone typically has one bad dance, and unfortunately this one was her’s. Will probably make it through and I doubt there would be a Sabrina fiasco where she got eliminated just over this dance.
Audrina and Tony – I’m just going to flat out and say I am not a fan of Tony’s choreography. I also don’t think he really brings out any personality from his partners and they’re just stuck with the ones that they had before. Audrina is a good dancer, but she looks the same in all her dances. Did I mention I really don’t like Tony’s choreo, because he seems way too safe with all his choreo and it just flatlines.
Rick and Cheryl – The guy barely had any flexed knees for the tango yet he gets showered with compliments. I didn’t like it at all and he seemed constipated throughout the dance. I would think he would flex his knees more to sort of shorten the height difference but he practically did that tango and looked like he was on stilts. Sorry, not a fan, because I don’t think he’s all that he’s hyped up to be and other dancers are suffering from the judges biased opinions.
Bristol and Mark – Gotta give her props, she stepped it up this week. She had a much better performance and her technique was better than most doing the tango. At least I know she’s trying harder and not giving up like I thought she was for the past few weeks.
Kurt and Anna – I love these two, but it was not their best dance. However, I don’t think they deserved the harsh criticism that the judges gave them while praising others that were just as bad. He’s trying and so likable so you can’t help but feel sorry for the guy. I really do hope he’s safe this week, because I want him to just stick it back to the judges and make them eat their biased words.
Brandy and Maks – Her shoulders were annoying me. Not bad, but nothing really exciting. Maks’ choreo is really hit or miss with me and it seems boring at times. They also have some spacing issues between them. Probably one of the better routines tonight, but that’s not saying much.
Wow, snoozefest. I actually liked Bristol the best. Simple and well danced. Of course, it could also be the fact that her and Mark were not wearing uber-distracting costumes. All the other costumes (except Anna-more to follow on her’s) looked more like “What not to Wear – the Future Edition” than Rock & Roll. Anna just looked like she was channeling Princess Leia.
Was nice to see my fav dance take #1 though. And I loved Tom’s line about the Hollywood Squares set
Oh, the favorite dances were all very predictable. If someone had asked me what I thought they’d be, that’s exactly what I would have expected (except for the lack of the Sabrina/Mark paso – was there an option to vote for that?).
Vogue i think your biast by always putting Bristol at the bottom….Your still awesome!! But your power rankings arent that accurate. But mine wouldnt be either LOL!!
Oy vey.. Rick doesn’t have flexed knees? Of course he did. He’ 6’7″ it’s not going to change his carriage by any significant margin. And isn’t he supposed to be a fierce rocker dude dancing to Van Halen? I don’t think a smiley face would cut it tonight.
I’ve been saying all along that Kurt Warner has very bad posture and lacks musiciality. He couldn’t hide that tonight with cutesy choreography. The judges have been overly kind to him, and at some point they have to call it like it is.
I dont know what people are seeing but I LOVED Brandy and Maks’ routine. It was so powerful and awesome. granted there were a couple mistakes BUT Bruno was right. She owned that performance. I dont get why people are always trying to bring these 2 down. Brandy has come out and improved EACH and every week since that Jive. She has shown she can win this thing. I think she REALLY wants this and puts way to much pressure on herself. But like I said she has been improving every week while many of the couples have not. I love their dynamic.
Jennifer and Derek. That performance was just totally off sync. It seemed like she was off from the very first beat. Couple mistakes and then that big mess up at the end. I just think it was all WAY too much. It really needed to be slowed down.
Audrina and Tony. I mean the girl can obviously complete a move and do it well. The problem is the intensity. She is like the ice queen. Like the paso is supposed to be strong and fierce and it lacked so much for me. Look at Mel Bs paso compared to this. No comparision
Rick and Cheryl. I honestly thought Rick was kinda stiff. I didnt think he flowed to well. But obviously the judges saw something different. To each his own
Kyle and LAcey. At times I thought it was good and at times it still was a mess. I feel like Kyle has seriously flat lined. I used to look forward to his dances but now its whatever with me.
Bristol and MArk. She was not that bad tonight. She actually resembled a dancer. Good for her
Kurt and Anna. I didnt think they did THAT bad. I thought they would get 7s. But they got 6s. Who knows??
And some of the scores threw me for a slight loop
Zach, I agree.xxx I’m the first to admit my bias. I just haven’t ever been able to get into Bristol. It’s hard for me to get past most of her past dances which have all been mostly horrible.
Ok Andie, we seem to disagree. I don’t like Rick Fox, you don’t like Kurt Warner. I’m just saying what I see, and really, he didn’t have flexed knees. I also said it was Kurt’s off night and I didn’t think he was as good as he had been in the past. You keep harking on Kurt’s posture, and it’s not the best but Anna is really working on it and she said it was the biggest challenge for him. Rick’s posture is good compared to Kurt’s but his footwork is not good and you keep overlooking that. Rick is also very stiff.
I have my opinion and you have yours. I think the judges have been a lot easier on Rick than Kurt and Rick is not as good as they make him out to be.
I also ballroom dance so this is just my personal opinion on what I see.
I hate Theme weeks i think it takes away the spark of the show!! tonite was so blah i dont even remember most of the dancing other the judging i was so RIDICULES it was not even funny!!
Isn’t this the same storyline we’ve seen over and over with the judges? The favorite falls off on some dance at about this point in the season and the judges rip them one. The ripping by the judges ignites the fan base and carries them to victory.
To be honest, the more I watch the show the more these patterns seem to exist. It’s like the judges are just waiting to enjoy that moment in the season.
Gosh we have gone thru week 6, I have to agree tonight was rather a boring night, the dance routines were not really all that great.
Most of them had a lot of action moves and the music somehow also affects the dance. I have a hard time with the music that goes with different dances.
Jennifer had a nice dance but I felt she was
tired and yes its hard on person, If you are not in good shape it can take some spin out of your dance.
Yes, Bristol once again I do not see any real difference in her routines, they are all the same like a old senior .
Her face expression are of pure agony , She looked like a old maid the way she is dressed. There is no flowing to her dances, she simply has not real movements, If you look back most of her dance steps are all the same.
No lifts, etc like the others do. why is she limited in this area? Even the marthon dance she did nothing special.
i SIMPLY do not see any real skill in her dances,
I think most of the dancers are getting tired and yes it is taking its tole on each one of them, they get more presure put on them each week it gets harder. No wonder they break down in practice. You have to practice its not just when you feel like it. Routines are hard and must be worked at as a team to look as one,
That is what I love about Ice Skating Pairs, they are so in sink with one another, the music and they float ovr the ice. Dancing is the same its like you are floating across the dance floor with grace, beauty of both in harmony with each other and the music.
Yes I voted, I used my seven votes.
I take back what I said about the favorite dances list, there was one on there that was surprising – the Donnie/Kym Argentine Tango. I guess that’s the one that I would have guessed would have been replaced by the Sabrina/Mark Paso. Don’t get me wrong, I like Donnie and I’m glad he won that season – I am still surprised it was so high on the favorites list. I wish I could have seen the 30 choices list.
Heidi – I also didn’t get the criticism of Jennifer’s dance. I actually enjoyed the energy. The end was off, obviously. But, enjoyed the rest. She committed and worked it. I was NOT a 6 routine.
I also agree that people seem to forget her age. She’s 50, not a trained dancer (no matter what folks say), 9 months out of physical rehab for her spine, a year out of cancerous thyroid removal.
Thought Carrie Ann’s comment about “the chosen one” was ridiculous. I’m fairly certain Jennifer never wanted that pressure. I wish they’d recognize what she’s achieving and give her some credit, despite mistakes.
This is funny but maybe the dances weren’t as good tonight because they showed the top 10 performances right before they danced and it intimidated them.-LOL Just kidding, or maybe not!
I’m hoping the best for Jennifer as I know she is much better than she was tonight and when she’s on point, no one else in this competition is better. I did think t she had nice moments in her performance. I do feel Carrie A. was a little bitchy and insulting to her at least she did show moments of enjoyment in the routine and some that scored higher did not. I do not think the choreography was to difficult for Jen, I think she just was off tonight.
I thought that the judging was fair. IMO, Kurt’s Paso was the worst dance of the evening. Kurt is a nice guy; however, this is a dance contest. His posture is terrible, his hands are terrible, and he has no musicality. At times, Kurt stood there while Anna danced around him. Many of the other dancers have improved, but Kurt has not. I was really hoping that this would be Kurt’s breakthrough dance (like Evan and Anna’s Paso last year). However, I was severely disappointed. Taking my votes elsewhere. However, Kurt will probably be safe because the voters always vote for the football hero.
I’m loving Brandy and I’m soooo thrilled Audrina lasted as long as she did in the marathon, but the paso fell flat. Sorry. I hope she doesn’t go home. TONY, WORK ON AUDRINA’S CHARACTERIZATION!!!!
Loved Brandy and Maks tonight! She’s improving from week to week which is what this competition is all about. Improvement! Brandy had one small slip up in her spin towards the end. Maks was the one who slipped during the middle of the choreography. I think those that criticize Brandy’s dances are those that just don’t like her. She has been well deserving of her scores because she has taken the judges comments to heart and really sought to improve her dances. You can’t really say that about anyone else on the show.
Am I still being crabby from last night: why would Mark break hold to play air guitar when he knows he shouldn’t break hold? Was he inserting his musician self into this at the expense of his partner? I’m not a big Bristol fan but I thought that was a dumb move. Was it?
Jay, you said it!^^
Nathan, you and I are on the same page with Brandina again!
I really hope it’s not Kurt to go home tonight. He might have had the worst night last night. But, Bristol has had way more bad nights. I’ll be sad to see him go if it’s him. I just don’t think it’s fair.
I still think it was so wrong for the judges to have slammed Jennifer the way they did. I still can’t believe the “6″ from Carrie Anne. Please!
I wanted to add how much I loved the group Marathon though. I thought they were all good and having a good time out there. I wish they’d do more group marathons.
Kurt and Anna were not terrible but definately the worst of the night. If he goes, its going 2 be sad cuz he is really giving 100%. I think Bristol rocked it this week. She should be safe (hopefully……this is the one week where we saw what she is really capable of besides weeks 1 and 2. I liked Kyle this week but it wasn’t memorable. The same goes for Rick and cheryl. I really enjoyed audrina and Tony’s paso. It was solid and she deserved straight 8s. I totally agree w the judges on how she needs the character of the dances but they were not fair with her socres. Derek and Jen were underscored. i mean really a 6……not cool. She did the chorography well and maybe took it a bit too far with the anger but come on. As for Brandy and Maks, LOVED it. Awesome job. If she makes it to the finals expect to see that dance again. As for the dance marathon, she rightly deserved 2 win but Jen and Derek rocked it out too. If I had 2 predict the bottom 3, i would say Kyle, Rick, and Kurt.
One thing that really bugged me last night, is that the judges were so BLATANT! in their love of some of the couples…. Yes, it’s pretty usual, but it was just terrible! Len rightfully docked Bristol and Mark for breaking hold in the Tango, just once…. Brandy and Maks had A LOT! of broken hold, and they got a free ride! Yes, it was the best dance of the night, but if you dock one couple for an infraction, dock the others who had the same infraction. It reminds me of Jason (I think) and Edyta, who got a perfect 30 for one dance, and where Carrie Ann said, “You had a lift, but I’m going to just ignore it,” while someone else that night had a spot where the foot ALMOST looked like it could have left the floor, she said she was docking them a point.
I’m not going to bother ranking them, because I just didn’t like the whole show last night.
Loved the Top 10.
OK this is going to piss people off, but Jennifer is a trained dancer. On Wikipedia, under Dirty Dancing, it states that she was chosen to play Baby because she was an actress who was also a trained dancer (like her dad). The director did not want to use stand-in dancers for the roles.
As for the show, I hated the theme. The music was distracting – I just want to see the dances, you know? The themes are wearing thin and I have not liked the songs the couples are getting saddled with at all this season. Last night seemed frenzied and hectic and the dancing seems like an afterthought at times. I think the producers are trying too hard.
I am glad that Bristol had a good night, but I guess that after last week the only place to go was up. And, like Carrie-Ann, I was disappointed in Jennifer and Derek. I thought she would kill the paso.
I honestly have no idea who will go home tonight. Bristol? Kyle? Kurt? I think the all others are probably safe.
I, for one, did not appreciate Carrie-Ann’s melodrama on Jennifer and Derek’s dance; yes, it was by and far not their best, but seriously? Carrie-Ann needs to grow up. I mean, it’s bad when Bruno and Len are the logical ones. Sevens, sure, but gimme a break about the six.
I was impressed with Bristol tonight! I really was expecting a trainwreck from her, but she came through nicely, all things considered. It also seemed to me that, for the first time this season, her nerves didn’t overwhelm her.
I agree that, technically, Maks and Brandy’s individual routine was the best; however, I thought their marathon performance wasn’t terribly musical and that they shouldn’t have been last couple standing. I admit, I’m HORRIBLY biased, but I thought Jenn and Derek’s was better, but I’d add Kurt and Anna to that list, as well as Audrina and Tony. I have no use for Audrina, but I just can’t drag myself to root for Brandy.
In the countdown, I was annoyed that neither Evan/Anna’s paso or A-Tango were on the list. I thought that A-Tango was way better than Donny Osmond’s. Ok enough venting;)
Back to last night, was it just me or did it just seem very eery watching the show? Everything just seemed off to me. I’m very happy for Bristol and even Kyle.
I agree Kurt was underscored though the dance wasn’t his best. I also do not understand why he was the first eliminated from the marathon seemed he and Anna were doing some good moves. I almost feel like the judges pull names out of a hat in the marathon rather than watch the dancing. I had similar feelings last season.
Finally I was not impressed by Rick and Cheryl at all. I felt like he walking through parts of the dance yet the judges never mentioned it.
I really hope the Kurt sympathy vote pulls through tonight. I feel it’s anyone’s game unfortunately–no clue as to who is going.
On a side note, I am excited about the 200th episode next week. Kind of convenient timing with the Skating With The Stars cast announcement.
Laurie, you do know that I could go into Wiki and make Brandy a trained dancer, right? Reliance on Wiki just makes one look bad. Jennifer is a 50 year old woman who danced 23 years ago for a movie and hasn’t since. She has 2 screws in her neck and had cancer less than a year ago. That anyone is still threatened by her talent to the point of trying to label her a ringer is just pathetic and sad.
That said – I will agree that last night sucked over all. Hated the theme night – have pretty much hated all theme nights. Very interesting to see that many here are on the same page as me – as you will see in my Dancing by the Numbers post that is coming up.
Everybody is saying the 6 for Jeniffer wasn’t fair, but considering this was an evening where Carrie-Ann’s top score overall was an 8 I don’t think a 6 for a dance that almost fell apart was unreasonable.
“I think the producers are trying too hard.” Well-said, but when a show is rated #1, the producers probably think they have to keep topping themselves, not to mention the fabricated drama. Six celebrity judges! All on the same show. WOW.
With all the empty time, I wish the show would spend more time explaining and teaching the dances and I liked the features about a celebrity’s background. Looking forward to the next cast and learning above our expectations of people.
I think there’s a lot of people on this board who have little respect for what Rick and Cheryl are doing out there. He had good footwork, heel leads, flexed knees, he’s tall, he’s going to look more erect than other dancers.
I watched it back and I don’t get the hate around here. Kurt Warner is finally getting the scores he’s deserved all along.
I think it’s not exactly hate going around. It’s more like Kurt is getting not so good scores, but Rick and Cheryl are getting scored higher than their actual dancing. In other words, Rick is not getting the scores he deserves, I think his scores should be lower. I’m not saying Kurt should be scored higher, but Rick should not be scored that high. If you think Rick has good footwork, I would disagree. Cheryl also doesn’t give him much to do. Until that day comes, I’ll send some love to Rick, but so far Cheryl hasn’t given him a lot to do.
Relax Heidi. It’s in other places too, not just on wiki. You can search on Bing or google for biographies, look up the casting director for Dirty Dancing and interviews with people associated with the movie and you’ll find it. That being said, nowhere does it say that she is trained in ballroom. And I doubt you could find many celebrities without some sort of dance experience somewhere in their resume.
I never said she’s a ringer. Don’t put words in my comments.
Steve, you need to watch back the Tango because his footwork was fine.
Further, Rick has far more musiciality than Kurt, Kurt just dances like a non-rhythmic white guy. Sorry, but that’s the awkward truth.
Well, either 18 was an underscore for Kurt this week or an overscore for Bristol last week. For heaven’s sake, she wore a monkey suit and forgot half the routine. But as has been pointed out many times by many people, the judges can be just a tad inconsistent from time to time…
Well, it seems to be a universal consensus that last night sucked. What is different from other seasons is there is no front-runner, no standout dances YET, likeable stars who are improving but not great, no brilliant connections between star and pro, and a zillion distractions with the themes and set changes. When Carrie Ann told Jennifer to calm down – that would be my advice to the producers! Let the dances and relationships be the focus and I think we would see a higher calliper of entertainment.
Agreed meeshlotus! The formula they were using got them to #1. Why mess with success?
I watched some backstage interviews. Access H. interview with J&D showed they aren’t really worried about elimination at all, Derek kept talking about coming back next week. A&T are pretty clueless as to what do to up their performance. Cheryl said that this was the most challenging dance for them yet due to the problems in keeping hold with their height difference. She does have a point, they have that 1 thing extra to always put into consideration. K&L were their typical selves. I haven’t seen K&A but B&M seemed quite happy and relaxed about how their night went.
@Andie – Jennifer & Derek may not have had the 2nd highest score last night, but once again – these power rankings are NOT JUST ABOUT SCORES. They take into account multiple factors, such as popularity, previous performances, etc. over the course of the season – and though they may have had an off-night last night, I daresay they’ve developed quite a following (which will vote that much harder to keep them around next week) and I think they’re still one of the most beloved couples this season – I highly doubt their chances of getting voted off have increased much since last week. As for Rick & Cheryl – yah, their technique may be good, but they certainly aren’t wowing me with their performance quality. Kinda makes their “great technique” a moot point for me if they aren’t very memorable. And I still feel like Cheryl is doing most of the work, just like she did with Chad last season. And watch how you use the word “truth” – “Kurt just dances like a non-rhythmic white guy” is a total matter of opinion.
@Laurie – Not sure what kind of debate you’re trying to stir up by bringing to our attention that Jennifer is a “trained dancer”. We’ve all acknowledged that she’s had some experience…as do many celebs. Why bring it up now as if it’s some shocker?
Glad I’m not the only one that thought Carrie Ann was just in a foul mood last night. I watched it back and homegirl had a sourpuss look on her face for most of the night…wonder what she was so miffed about. I agree with whoever said that it’s a cold day in hell when Len & Bruno are the voice of reason on that panel…
I forgot about Brandy and Maks (same initials as Bristol and Mark). They were happy and joking around as expected. Brandy said she wants to win for Maks because she feels he should have won with Mel B, Laila and Erin. I found that a bit annoying.
Sassa, I watched Jennifer and Derek’s Access Hollywood too and didn’t get the same vibe as you. I got much more of a “well, shit happens and we’ll do better next time” – Derek did say at the end “if we are back next week”. That interview and the one with George are one of the reasons I’m a Derek fan (and not so much a fan of either Tony or Maks) – he didn’t try and say the judges were wack or blame anyone else or bitch and moan. They owned it and they aren’t worrying about something they can’t change.
I think they all should be happy and relaxed – there is absolutely nothing they can do to change the outcome, so why worry. Hell, I love Jennifer and Derek and I did all I could. If they go home – well, that’s how it goes. That’s how the show works.
Laurie, if you DON’T have a problem with Jennifer’s “experience” why bring it up and say that you’re going to piss people off?? What’s the point?
I call bullshit on Brandy wanting a win for Maks – girlfriend wants a win all for herself and she wants it bad. Why not admit it?? Everyone would like to win. The closer we get to the end, the less I’m liking her. And I called her for the win before the season started.
Well, that’s normal. Different people catch different vibes. I felt like “if we get through” was just there as an afterthought. They always put great emphasis on dancing just for themselves and knowing is it good or bad regardless of anyone else. I find that a little strange. Maybe it’s just to ease the pressure of the competition but it kind of puts fans, judges and other dancers in the second row with J&D sitting solo in the first.
sasa, they should only be worried about themselves and focused only on themselves. That’s why I always get so pissed at Maks and, to a lesser extent, Tony – they are always throwing other couples under the bus INSTEAD of just focusing on what THEY did right or wrong.
Betcha Maks doesn’t get called on Brandy walking out on him or he tries to downplay it after he made his comments about “we’re the friendliest” and “we never walk out” blah blah blah.
Yes, Brandy did say at the beginning of the season that SHE wanted to win. I understand why people call BS on her and why some don’t like her. She comes off diva-ish and it’s not likeable. Sometimes, she says stuff and I’m like “Brandy, noooooo!!!!”. But what can I say? I’ve been a fan of Brandy’s since I was about 7 so there is no going back for me.
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I don’t know if Jenougher will go home tonight. They might try to hold us in suspense and put her in the final two standing, but they already “semi” did that last week. If anyone would be a “shocker” to be in jeapordy, it would be Audrina, looking at it from a scoring stand point. But, Audrina is the only one that hasn’t been announced to be in jeapordy. So, maybe tonight’s the night. We’ll see.
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It’s just sooooo hard to balance two couples to vote for. And if they both go into the finale, which something tells me, ONE of them won’t, then it will be extremely hard.
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I still think Bristol might go home or even Kurt. The one person I want to see go home or if he stays, IMPROVE, is Rick. Rick, to me, is getting overscored, and with the competition getting tight, I’m not sure how much Rick will stand up to it. But, I always remember Helio….
Seriously, what is wrong with Brandy? There is nothing specific as to why she bugs me but she BUGS me! She and Maks together – eewwwwww
P. Heidi, I agree with you that dancing should be just about the dancers. That’s why you go to the dance studio and learn on your own terms. But that’s not why you sign up to do DWTS, where you have so many different elements on top of the actual dancing. You have the element of winning (which is big for competitive people and why athletes often do well), the element of popularity, connecting with your fans on a different level, than you have limits and expectations the producers set, interaction with fellow stars… it’s all a part of DWTS being the show it is and Jennifer seems oblivious to it, intentionally or unintentionally. I’m not talking about trashing other couples (what Maks does do and I hate it), I’m talking about acknowledging judges, fans, the show itself. Comparing Derek to Maks in this department is not doing him any favors since Maks truly sucks with it.
I thought Jennifer and Derek were all class when they were getting their marks from the judges. Both were nodding their heads in agreement and there were no Maks or Tony moments, as in rolling of the eyes or arguing a point with the judges! Yep, pure class in what must have been a disappointing time for them.
I always watch the other contestants when someone is being interviewed by Brooke, and Derek was listening, smiling, clapping, and cheering his competitors on, even after their own disappointing dance. Not the norm from the others, believe me.
I think that you’ve made that what DWTS is for YOU, sasa. There is no rule that you acknowledge any of those people or the show – but Jennifer does, on Twitter. Not quite sure what more you want her to do? Kiss some serious ass?? Each person who does the show has a reason for why they did it – there is no rule that says you have to do it for anyone other than yourself. People do it to lose weight, they do it to raise their profile, they do it to have fun…so what? I’m really not understanding what your issue is, other than having one.
I am not trying to stir things up although I knew that would be unavoidable due to comments on other posts here. I was responding to comment #38 above. And if it’s acknowledged that Jennifer has had some experience, why deny it and then attack anyone who points it out?
The reason D/J had no “Maks” moment was because D/J was as bad as judges said. They messed up and it happens. When Maks had a bad dance… he too doesn’t blame someone else. He only complains when Judges don’t see it his way. That’s different.
There is noway Jennifer is going home tonight. neither Brandy and Audrina are going home. There is like 5% difference between them and the last place. Plus there are less amounts of votes per account/phone/text.
Courtney, Carrie Ann just started working on the new show she’s hosting. I’d say she’s a bit overtired and is in need of some get-rid-of-the grumpys sleep!
Nathan and Meesh – I started off the season really liking Brandy so I don’t know what it is that bugs me either. I can’t put my finger on it, actually – she seems like a nice enough woman.
It’s not an issue at all, I’m just trying to figure out what exactly is that’s bothering me. This should be fun, no? What’s wrong with discussions? Discussions can be fun. I don’t participate on Twitter so I have no clue about what’s going on there. I’m basing my views on what I see on the show and the post show interviews. And you’re right I am talking about what the show is to me. I realize that some people watch it just to see the dancing while others watch just to catch the personality of their favorite stars. I believe I fall in the middle ground here, with a slight inclination towards showing the personality. Maybe that’s why J&D’s reserved attitude and lack of reaching out to fans creates confusion for me. And I do think that you could count the people who sign up for the show just to lose weight or just to dance (as seems to be the case with Jennifer) on one hand.
Guest, I knew someone would respond as you did, and what you say is true to a point, but I still don’t see the others cheering the others on after a disappointing dance.
I guess I’m making this comment because I take issue with Maks’ huge ego which turns me off wanting him to win. And I’m not feeling Brandy either – she is a bit of a phoney, I think. She is playing the media game to the hilt. I’d rather someone like Jennifer who knows herself, and doesn’t need to manipulate the fans cuz she can dance!
For me this is a really Blah season.
Brandy bugs me – Diva-ish and very gangly
Audrina is just vacant all the time
Kurt has no rhythm
Kyle is not taking it seriously enough (& Lacey seems like a spoiled brat)
Rick dances very robotically
Bristol & Jennifer I actually don’t mine, but they are with too pros who annoy the heck out of me.
Not even sure why I am still watching this season, other than habit.
I do not know why people hate on Brandy and Maks so much!! They are the only couple that improves each and every week. They take what the judges have to say and take it to heart for their next dance. I dont get this ‘diva’ attitude that some of you are seeing. I see 2 people who are going out there and just dancing and enjoying it. IDK. Everyone has their opinions I guess.
BTW, whoever gets Bristol on their team next week will be at a HUGE disadvantage imo
Laurie, you didn’t actually make it clear that you were responding to another poster – and if you think that’s an attack you’re too delicate for the internet. LOL
Sasa, I don’t know about you, but if I wasn’t having a good time I wouldn’t be here. This IS a discussion and my part of it is just different than yours. Absolute agreement on everything would be boring.
Guest, while I agree that Jennifer’s dance was not up to her usual standard, I definitely feel a 20 was too low. Maks constantly thinks he is much better than he is, unfortunately. As for Brandy – watching the marathon again made me realize why I don’t care for her much anymore. Look at the end, after they win – her reaction just totally rubbed me the wrong way and that was after realizing that they didn’t really do that much dancing there at the end – unless you count slinging brandy over your shoulder and slapping her ass as dancing, that is.
Lisa, we are at the point that they only reason I’m still watching is because Derek has a fantastic ass.
And his gym trips are doing marvelous things for his arms. I do like Jennifer, but the show as a whole – I’m really not feeling it. At least, not right at this moment. Maybe the results show will redeem it. I’m not even feeling particularly cheesey this week.
Well, Greg, I don’t give a rats ass about improvement. I like what I like. No apologies no excuses.
I just had a friend comment that Jennifer looked high last night. Do you think maybe she was taking some painkillers for her neck and they got the best of her?
What I dont like about brandy is her neediness. I remember an interview where she said “in a joking way” I NEED THIS. I SOOOO NEED THIS. People got on Nicole’s case for being a perfectionist and wanted to do it perfectly… Brandy is needy in a bad way.
She won the night though. I’ll give her that.
Meggie, good point. I hadn’t even thought of that. But if she’s in that much pain, her performance without pain killers probably wouldn’t be that good either. Worried about her and hoping that she’s taking care of herself…
I don’t agree with your rankings but its so subjective that it doesn’t matter that much anyway. I agree Brandy was the best last night but I am just not feeling her. She hasn’t done anything to turn me off and I think she is a good dancer, but I just don’t enjoy her. I disagree with Jennifer being number two. She is slowly losing ground and her attitude is not helping matters. I liked Jennifer before this competition, but watching her in action there is no way I would support her. Although I doubt she cares if I do or not! LOL I’m not feeling Rick either, although he is such a gentleman and works really hard. I think Bristol did a huge turn around this week and definitely proved she should be here instead of Florence. Her fan base seems strong and she gained support with her improvement this week. Love, love, love Kurt Warner the human being. Unfortunately his dancing is not as stellar as his character. I’m afraid that even the NFL vote can’t make up the point differential.
Im gonna try my hand at ranking and Vogue, feel free to tare me apart!! Rofl!
Brandy and Maks: THAT WAS AWESOME!!!! Best Tango of the night! Pure awesomenesss, Shes kinda whiney but GREAT DANCE! Safe.
Audrina and Tony: I loved this Paso Doble! The drama could have been better and i think her breakthrough dance is yet to come, But this was awesome and i loved the song too! Safe.
Kyle and Lacey: I think these too got underscored by about a point. This was there best dance by far! Safe.
Bristol and Mark: These two had to bring it tonight, and they sooooo did! She balanced performance and technique as good or better than anyone last night. And they’re getting loads of votes esspecialy from my part of the country. Most likely safe.
Jennifer and Derek: I dunno what happend to these two last night! She messed up so many time and the end was just painfull to watch. Shes a GREAT dancer but tonight it just wasnt happening. Anyone remember Season 5 week 6?? Sabrina and Mark had one bad night and they got the boot? Will they’re be a repeat with with Jen and Derek? Probly not but who knows. Probablyy safe but maybe in a faux bottom two
Rick and Cheryl: I dunno…These two just are boreing! It was a decent Tango but they just do nut’n for me. Like i dont dislike them but im just kinda. No Comment and I took it from Brooke last week that they were in the bottom two last week. I wouldnt miss him if he left. I dont know, Really dont care lol
Kurt and Anna: DAAANNNG! I thought his Paso was better than Jennifer and Dereks! He never messed up, he had the bullfighter tude on his face, I dunno, The tachnique wasnt great but they were underscored to me anyway. Probably red light time for them…
With risk of beating a dead cow to the ground, I just wanted to add that I rewatched J&D’s interview and they in fact did not mention “if we come back” which I thought they did at the end (and P. Heidi did too). They were saying a lot of “when we come back”s and that’s all I’m hearing, sorry. I’m just trying to get the facts straight here, not stirring any more trouble.
I love this season personally….
Anybody know the individual dances and the team dances for next week??
ANyone know who the encore will be?? Pretty sure it will be BRandy and Maks
Me too, Zach! And I agree with you on Kyle, Bristol, Jennifer and Kurt. I find Brandy and Audrina good but not as good as you find them, and Rick just has be baffled and confused.
Oops: has *me baffled
I bet the encore will be Bristol and Mark as “most improved.” Brandy and Maks just had the encore last week.
So I was in the audience last night, and agree with a lot of the comments. I wasn’t sure why Brandy and Maks won the marathon since as you say, half of their routine involved him just carrying her over his shoulder instead of dancing. I and the rest of the audience thought Kurt was underscored, their scores got the biggest boos of the night. Granted I couldn’t see his footwork from where I was sitting, but his attitude and attack were great, as were the top half of their bodies and Anna’s costume rocked!
@Buttercup – How were Jennifer, Rick and Audrina?
Ok ZACH!! ARE YOU NUTS PUTTING MARK & BRISTOL FOURTH….AND ABOVE JEN & DEREK TO BOOT???? YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR MIND!!!
(you asked for it, lol xxxx
j/k love ya!!)!
Again I could not control myself and I have to make my comments. I confess I have not read all the comments, but the few I’ve read I agree on many points. Let the fun begin.
By the way, I will not even talk about the judges because they are always confusing and contradictory.
1. Brandy & Maks: Once again I will not get the merits of them. Good dancing, good dancing, good technique and good performance. But I think the greatest merit is to Brandy because she at least seems to care much about all this, unlike Maks who pretends not to be competitive and it seems that only cares about himself. One thing that bothers me a lot since the beginning is the attitude a little too dramatic of Brandy, I think is a bit much, I just do not buy it. I do not know if it’s just that it bothers me, but I know it has something in it that I can not enjoy. Nevertheless, it was a good presentation and a good score. As for the marathon, I agree to have stayed between them and Derek and Jennifer, but I thought the whole choreography of Maks was identical to that he used with Erin last season, had nothing new or different. I thought Derek and Jennifer should have won the marathon.
2. Jennifer & Derek: ok, as much as I love these two I have to admit that this was not their best night. Although the choreography from Derek was wonderful (as usual), Jennifer has made some mistakes, but do not think these were sufficient to affect them much less to earn a 6. They were a little confused at the beginning of the dance, managed to correct the mistakes in the middle, but everything seemed to fall apart at the end. I do not think the score was totally unfair of them, but the 6 was not deserved and they could have won at least two more points. It was not as bad as the judges wanted to make out. As for the marathon, for me it was a show of them. For those who thought she was not last till the end, I think the answer is there. And I really think they should have won and deserved it, but I think they would never give his third consecutive victory for Derek. But this second place in the marathon may have helped much to save them (at least that’s what I hope).
3.Kyle & Lacey: I liked their dance, but I thought it was kind of confusing, like a mixture of Tango and Paso. Overall, it was a good dance and good performance. Kyle continues to improve each week and more and more I like to see them in competition. I think they are the most entertaining couple. As for the marathon, they were well maintained good rhythm and choreography. I thought they should have stayed in third place.
4.Bristol & Mark: I know many of you will agree that I put them in that position, but I confess that I loved their tango. Bristol seemed a different person from last week. She showed much improvement, posture perfect, totally in character dance and she was in time. The choreography was quite clean and technical. They were not so well in the marathon, but this was not a big surprise. I do not want them to be eliminated today, even if they deserved it last week.
5.Kurt & Anna: the judges were particularly harsh on them tonight. I really do not think his paso was horrible, not even that bad. I admit I liked their dance. Kurt into his character, his movements performed well and he did not make any big mistakes. I think their performance was quite enjoyable. I see him improving every week and enjoying what he learns. They did not have much time to show something in the marathon, it appears that the judges are chasing them. I would not like to see them go out tonight, but they are in a very complicated position.
6.Rick & Cheryl: ok, I’m getting tired of these two. They seem to have stagnated, nothing new happens, and worst of all is that they do not seem to worry about it. Each week there is less talk about them and they are becoming forgotten. What happened to the good choreographies of Cheryl? Overall, it was a nice dance, but with a low level of difficulty. It’s time for them to do a fantastic dance and not just a good dance.
7.Audrina & Tony: What can I say? If I’m getting tired of Rick and Cheryl, I can say I gave up Audrina and Tony. I do not see any improvement that you see in Audrina. She always has the same expression. His movements are always robotic. She does not seem to be 100% present in the dance. Technically she was correct but had zero performance. I think they fell into the void and there is nothing that will make it more better. I’m not a fan of Tony personally and I think his choreographies are weak, they may even be technical, but have no major surprises. They did a great paso, but totally forgettable.
I would like to see or Audrina and Tony leaving tonight or Rick and Cheryl, because I do not see them improving or creating something new. These couples are stagnant and increasingly will be left behind, bearing in mind that every week requires more and more improvement.
kisses from Brazil.
Guest – Rick and Audrina, I pretty much agree with everything that’s been said. Audrina was great technically but robotic with no real intensity, just a serious look on her face. Rick, I would almost say the same thing. Good dance, Cheryl gave him a little bit more to do this week I thought, but the intensity didn’t seem to suit him – he kind of just had a mean look throughout. I do get tired of Cheryl dancing around her partners instead of giving them more to do – I miss Gilles! Jennifer’s dance absolutely did not deserve a 6, and Carrie Ann was especially rude with the “out of control” comments. The dance did have a strange energy to it though, I was kind of nervous the whole way through because something was off – especially at the end as everyone saw. It was just a weird night overall. I only choose one night to see live per season and it’s a shame that was last night.
As I said before I don’t think the 6 was out of line (6 or 7, the difference is only 1 point) but I do think that the way Carrie Ann commented was somewhat rude. She was all stone faced and kinda offended by their performance which is taking things a bit too personally. I think that she likes to get overly enthusiastic with gifted dancers and in that she forgets her role as a judge should be sustained throughout.
sasa, it’s on one of the two interviews on PureDerekHough – might have been George’s. Not that it matters – they probably WILL be back and Derek is smart enough to coach Jen that they could leave. He’s been the victim of leaving before crappy dancers before (Ty and Marie Osmond) so it won’t shock him if it happens again.
Zach – and they call me biased? LOL. That’s some potent Bristol love you have going on there.
Finally some people grudgingly admit that Rick had a decent dance last night. Boy it’s a struggle to even get that admission on this board. And I’m sorry that the “Truth” Courtney, hurts, but it’s just the way it is. Kurt is awkward, he didn’t know how to act or re-act on that Paso Doble. His lines were screwy. For sure I thought this would be a gift because most all the football player dudes before him would get a good score on it. That was painful to watch.
He still could be saved tonight because isn’t there some evangelical rally for him?
Actually, the 3 most recent football players to dance paso doble got 20 (Chad, LT) or 21 (Michael) and were at/near the bottom score for the week.
Heidi, it’s on the interview with Shawn from AH. Near the end of it, Derek says, “if we come back”.
Boy, Andie, you still don’t understand the definition of the words “truth” and “fact” versus “opinion”. I guess you don’t understand the word “subjective” either?
LOL, VOGUE!!!! Bristol and Mark just had a cleaner routine. Thats the only reason they’re above Jen and Derek! DONT HURT ME!!!!!! ” Hides ” LOL!
Oh and Heidi. Im the first to abmit im biast!! I have a huge crush in her! She’s stinkin HOT!!!!! And nice! Lol!!!!
Zach, I might let it go this time. I’ll have to think about it depending how the results go! Let’s hope they don’t go in your favor.
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You better watch your Karma, Zach.
Get too cocky and your favorite goes home.
ROTFLLLL You tell him Heidi!!!!
I hope that Bristol goes home tonight. That way she’d be leaving on a high note.
IMO she should have left lasts week.
Judges were way too harsh on Jen & Kurt. Not sure why the love for Rick though.
Brandy and Maks were given a gift in the Marathon victory. Not gonna rant about all the none dancing rest periods that they took during the 4 minutes,
Kyle was better, but he’s never topped IMO his first performance.
Audrina…needs to find or adopt a dance persona—she is just so forgetable–even though she usually gets the steps right.
Im not cocky? Am i cocky? Sorry!
I was teasing you. Mostly.
Damn, Audrina does have a rockin’ bod.
LOL!
Love all your remarks, the main issue is footwork and how they present that footwork with grace, and makes it beautiful dance.
Check the tapes , compare Bristol.footwork all limited and gurded routine.
I have not seen any real outstanding footwork, its all the same, she has not been put thru the routines the others have presented.
I do not buy the shy bit,and the costumes are that of modest person, She is far from being that its a cover up. Her weight she is getting
bigger each week. One cannot deny the changes.
I think the weight gain has to do with the atheltic type dancing and the lifts etc are limited. Why wear a sweatshirt even in practice??????
Sorry I love dancing and I STILL FEEL THE DANCERS SHOULD BE JUDGED FAIR AND HONEST.
I intend to watch DWTS to finish and vote for the top dancers that earn the votes.
On the Jimmie Kimmel show when he enterviewed
Audrina< Kimmel made a remark that leaves me wondering what is really going on with the judges.
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She is strong , I just hope Jennifer will come thru, but then I have a bad feeling about the judges is going to be fixed.