DWTS11, The Finale – Who’s Dancing What…And When?
Since Heidi is tied up creating as many email accounts as she can to vote tonight, and I owe her one for covering the rankings in my absence this week, I will be covering what everyone will be dancing 🙂
I’ll try to keep this brief, since a) I’m busy at work, and b) I feel like commenting once again on how “crazy” this season has been is just beating a dead horse at this point, quite frankly. I also haven’t received definitive confirmation on some of these dances, so bear with me as I guestimate. And as always, if the contestants tweet that they’re going first, second, third, etc. we will do our best to update the post. So here we go!
Jennifer & Derek
Monday: “Redemption” paso doble & freestyle to a song from Dirty Dancing – most likely “Do You Love Me”
Tuesday: Argentine tango?, instant choreography cha-cha
The redemption paso doble is no big surprise for me – it was their lowest-scoring dance of the season, and the only one I think they really fouled up on. Will be interesting to see them do another paso, since paso choreography really seems to be Derek’s strong suit. No idea what they’ve got in store for their freestyle – Heidi, has Derek tweeted anything interesting? Or is he being his usual tight-lipped self? 😛 Whatever it is, I’m sure it will be great, despite Jen not being able to do any lifts. I’m guessing that they will probably pick their Argentine tango as their “favorite” dance, since it’s probably their strongest dance technically and I have a feeling they will probably pull out a perfect score with it this time around. I’m sure the instant choreo cha-cha won’t be any big deal for them – Jen’s got 2 strong cha-chas under her belt already, so this should be a walk in the park for them. (Heidi’s Note: The ONLY thing Derek has said via Twitter is that he loves the Black Eyed Peas version of “Time of My Life” – and that it’s so “relevant”. From Derek, that could be a huge clue…or he could just be being Derek. You never know. 🙂 That would certainly be one way to throw a bone to Dirty Dancing AND still do something completely different.)
Kyle & Lacey
Monday: “Redemption” foxtrot & freestyle
Tuesday: Cha-cha/jive/???, instant choreography cha-cha
Glad to see these two will be revamping that tacky Charlie’s Angels foxtrot they did – while it wasn’t necessarily bad, it wasn’t really foxtrot, per se. Again, no idea what these two are up to for their freestyle – it will undoubtedly be extremely high-energy, and according to Lacey, will be “like nothing you’ve ever seen before”. If anyone else has seen any revealing tweets about it, let us know. Again, total guess here with the favorite dance – I’m leaning towards either their cha-cha or jive, since they were both strong, high-energy dances with good scores that really play off of Kyle’s charisma. And again with these two, I don’t see them struggling with the instant cha-cha – Kyle’s got enough stage presence to power through just about anything!
Bristol & Mark
Monday: “Redemption” jive & freestyle to a song from Chicago – most likely “Cell Block Tango”
Tuesday: Tango/quickstep/paso doble/???, instant choreography cha-cha
Ok, I’m actually a little pumped to see these two redeem themselves after the dreaded ape suit jive…although I’m not sure that Bristol will have the endurance to pound out both the jive and a high-energy freestyle tonight. She did seem to run out of steam fairly early in their first jive (then again, maybe it was heat exhaustion from the ape suit…hehe). As for their freestyle, the only thing I’ve heard (and this is probably 5th/6th-hand info that I heard on Twitter) is that someone allegedly spotted these two trying to find a copy of Chicago on DVD last week, which is leading everyone to believe they’re going for a Chicago-themed freestyle. Not sure this is the best idea, since that movie has already been done, but at this point I figure that she may as well have fun, with all the crap that’s going on around her. Total speculation once more on the favorite dance – I would go with the tango if I were them, since it’s likely the dance that will get them the best score, but they also seemed pretty fond of their quickstep & paso doble. I think Bristol may be the only one that really struggles with the instant choreo – Mark seemed to have to power her through every step of the instant samba, and he’s probably going to have to do it again this time, lest she forget her choreography (again). (Heidi Note: Mark also walked into the rehearsal studio with a bowler hat on the other night – another nod to Chicago?)
Overall, I think it will be a pretty good show both nights, but the setup seems to favor those who actually dance well – meaning that, barring the judges being all sunshine & rainbows & throwing out every paddle lower than 9, Jennifer & Kyle will likely get a decent points spread over Bristol, assuming she doesn’t miraculously start dancing fabulously (highly doubt it). But even if they do get a decent spread…that doesn’t mean you can rest on your laurels and assume justice will prevail, people. VOTE. Never before on DWTS do we here at Pure DWTS think it’s been so important. Make those email accounts so you can vote, vote, vote online; get your text and phone votes in early in the broadcast to avoid the dreaded phone overload errors after the show. Spread the word. Dooooo it.
Update, 3:51 PM EST: Due to our resident insider, Buttercup, that has yet to lead us astray (and some logical thinking), I generally feel confident in reporting that Jen & Derek’s freestyle will be a song from Dirty Dancing and Bristol & Mark’s freestyle will be a song from Chicago. Take it with a grain of salt if you wish – but I wouldn’t post it if I didn’t feel pretty confident in it 😉
At this point, I hope all the couples can knock it out. Might diffuse some of the inevitable spinning coming our way.
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GMA last rehearsal day
As much as I like “Dancing”, I will no longer watch Dancing with the Stars until there is a better judging system. It appears that ALL “Stars” work extremely hard each week to win. No matter the skill level, It’s not about how far a person has come, but how well that person performs. Thus, the need for a 1/3 sharing power: People at home, People in the audience in the studio and the 3 judges( the most power and the final say). This would appear to be most fair and equal. After all, what’s the use in celeberties wasting their time if only to have a bunch of “robo calls” coming in to judge? I can only imagine Stars feeling the same way. Clearly, this has been the most unfair season on record. Think about it.
Just in case you don’t know, the email voting stays open until Tuesday morning. I oftentimes vote mid-morning Eastern Time on Tuesdays. I think the email voting closes Tuesday morning at 9:00 am Pacific time but I don’t know for sure.
Off to add a few more email accounts and tell my friends even if they don’t watch the show to vote for Jennifer & Kyle.
Well, Jay, it will be interesting to see how the judges handle it. There are a couple ways they can go. They can MAN UP and make up for the past errors they’ve made and risk screams of them “fixing it”. They can score her very, very well regardless of how she dances to cover their own butts in the event she wins – and risk screams of outrages from most of the blogs. I’m sure there’s another option. If she actually pulls off the dances at the same level as Jennifer and Kyle, we could be in trouble – but they’ve been on crack regarding Bristol all season, why stop now? And what are the odds??
Part of me thinks they are going to wuss out and give her good scores regardless. Since I am a Gemini, there is an equally strong part that says they will be tough on her because the negative NOISE about this is getting deafening and they don’t want it to get louder. But they gave Evan and Erin 8’s in the finale dammit and those two were ten times the dancer that Bristol is.
Awesome write up Courtney. I love these type of posts!!!! I can’t wait for tonight!! So pumped!!
I can’t wait until tonight!! If Jennifer and Derek do their freestyle to “The Time” I will be ecstatic!! We’re doing a dance in dance team to it and it’s one of my favorite dances that we’ve done, so if they dance to it too, then maybe I could get by with saying I’m connected to Derek by like, 6-degrees of separation or something like that. 😉 Haha. And the thing about Mark and Bristol trying to rent Chicago is true. I watched a papparazi video and Mark told them they’ve been trying to find that movie.
Maybe I’m just being a Pollyanna here, but I think Bristol’s run is going to end the same way Marie Osmond’s did – in 3rd place. The judges have 4 opportunities to create a big enough point-spread between Jennifer/Kyle and Bristol. Putting my “conspiracy-theory-tin-foil-hat” on really tight, I can see TPTB looking for (hoping for? asking for?) tight judges scores during the season’s run to help keep Bristol in it and gin-up controversy. But after Tuesday, everyone goes home. There’s no need for the drama anymore.
And as Courtney said, with Bristol and Mark getting two high-energy dances tonight, and tossing in the fact that Bristol tends to forget her choreography, I don’t think it will end well for her.
That being said, let’s all remember Heidi’s comment – vote like crazy for your favorite! 😀
I’m guessing that Bristol will dance to the song “Nowadays” from Chicago. =]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luef1H24hU8
I’m just upset that Mark always does the jive to a 50’s rock outfit… =/ with spots. I never seen he danced to a modern jive outfit (like nicole last final)
Maddy!!!!
Thanks a lot for the sneak peek!!!
We can see clearly that Mark didn’t give up from the rock 50’s themed jive… LOL
Kyle looks good and I love the song “Feeling good”!!!
Jen looks fabulous too!
Can’t wait for tonight!!!!
Backstreet Boys tweeting to vote for Lacey and Kyle. I’m voting Jen and Derek and this is the first time creating additional accounts. All my angst has turned to fun and excitement. This is going to be a wild ride!
Just created a whole lot more accounts! I am so excited for this FINALE. I think it is because no one is known to win. Everyone is great, yes even Bristol I like her in a way but then majority is no. But I do enjoy how she doesn’t let anyone get to her and knock her off track. But Jen is getting all my votes because she is a little kid trapped in a 50 year olds body. She is just so darn cute!!! So is Kyle but Lacey seems she just doesn’t care anymore and I used to love her. But yes Jen and Derek are getting mine! Love them both to death!
But, Meesh and Jordan, how about the IP thing?
I’m so curious/excited about #DwtS finals! Specially to see how many tulle Lacey used on her dresses =p LOL
Maybe Mark/Bristol are dancing to the puppet song (can’t think of the name right now) where she will be the puppet that Mark (Billy) will be pulling the strings…..
Carlos, I think that Nicole and Jennifer both did modern Jives – but it seems Mark suffers from a lack of imagination when it comes to the Jive. What is it with him a polka dots? 🙂
The IP thing is likely a bunch of bull. I’ve heard from several people who have computer geek friends or boyfriends and they say that the producers are likely counting on the average viewer not knowing any better – that it’s unlikely they would limit by IP because then you eliminate too MANY people. And they don’t want that. Which is pretty much what I gathered from the different stories coming from them.
You might see Bristol in a cell tonight.
Jen is doing a DD song for freestyle, but not Time of my Life 🙂 Should be great.
Two questions:
Two questions:
If the judges are voting again Tuesday night, how do their scores tie into Monday night’s scores? The audience won’t be able to vote on Tuesday.
Also, I’m not going to attempt to create false e-mail accounts (I’d be the ‘lucky’ one to have my ISP suspend my service!) but I don’t know anything about Dynanmic IP addresses since I’ve never had one. If you restart your computer, do you get a different IP addy every time?
Buttercup – Do You Love Me (the song, dude). That’s my guess right now – I’ve been thinking about it for a while, in addition to the BEP song.
Gee, Bristol using more props – there’s a shock.
Julie – no one is creating “false” email addresses, that I know of. I don’t think that actually works. But you can have more than one VALID email address. For example, I have three that I use all the time. You can create gmail ones too.
Scoring – all the judges scores still get tallied up and turned into percentages for each couple. That percentage is still half their total score. Nothing is different, really, except that two of the scores will be handed out after voting is already done. It basically just gives the judges a tiny bit more control – if they choose to use it. We’ll see.
From what I understand the co-writer of Time of My Life ,was contact by the DWTS producers for use of his song. They also asked him the fee. I think they are using the Black Eyed Peas Version if I am not mistaken. Derek gave a little hint on twitter. Bet its gonna be great with these two!
Oh really if they’re doing Do You Love Me that’s really cool, I think I mused about it outloud a few days ago, I thought that would be an excellent way to end the season….grabbing those votes “Now that I can dance”.. “watch me now” such a great song, putting in a Little Dirty, but you can also really throw in some swing, cha cha, salsa into the mix as well as the traditional twisting moves, and there’s some great dynamics in it for tricks. That would be a party dance!
Well if they use BEP version that would be fun too, but the song almost tells you you must do the lift. Maybe the BEP version is being used as a group routine or something with all the celebs?
Im praying that cory will win
okay derek has won twice
lacey had never won
and cory is the best competitor to win
so everybody vote vote vote for cory and lacey
Cory?? You’re praying for the wrong guy! Better look up his name first! lol
Heidi’s right — the IP address thing is most likely a bunch of bull. You could use an IP address check to pick out bot voting – there’s a difference between some poor, delusional fan working all night to get in 200 votes and a bot that can put in millions in just a few minutes.
But TPTB would have to be VERY careful about the way they pick their limits, else as Heidi mentioned in another thread, you’d inadvertently wipe out votes from places like college campuses.
So, as my husband (the computer geek) says – control what you can control, and don’t sweat the rest. Vote for your favorite, and let’s see what happens.
Great post. Can’t wait for tonight! Ready to vote for Jen and Derek. They have been amazing.
Hmmmm…so it’s sounding like “Cell Block Tango” for Bristol & Mark. Probably a smart choice for them, since Bristol actually did well in the tango and it’s not a super fast song. But it is one that seems to lend itself better to group routines, rather than just a couple.
I’m with you, Heidi – “Do You Love Me” sounds like a cute idea for a freestyle. And I abosolutely HATE the BEP version of “Time of My Life”. I’m sincerely hoping that’s not what it is.
Still no idea about Lacey & Kyle. Although I think whoever commented that the Backstreet Boys were urging everyone to vote for Lacey & Kyle may have gotten their boy bands crossed 😉 – I saw that both Joey & Lance (from NSYNC) were tweeting support for them. It’s interesting…seems to be a lot of support on Twitter for Lacey & Kyle. Then again, maybe Lacey & Kyle fans are just more vocal. I’m still wondering if he could pull off a win, just due to a lot of people shunning the two obvious choices – the good (Jennifer) and the bad (Bristol).
I only pray to judges be fair this week. Nothing else.
Yes, heidi, Jen too. I love the mordern jive. Mya’s jive is one of my favorites of all seasons!
I’ll look for the DD OST after all you said, guys… hheehehe
James Poniewozik, acclaimed television writer for Time, weighed in on DWTS. Love his stuff, and normally he and I agree on most tv (but he seems to not like DWTS). Still, somewhat interesting read.
http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2010/11/22/bristol-palin-and-the-future-of-democracy/
Heidi – I DO love you. 😉 I had that song on repeat once for 4 hours, I love it.
Back to eating my leftover Halloween candy – I could really use a Tootsie Roll right about now. 😉
Kyle is the Joey Fatone of season 11, a showman but not great technique.
Anyone watching Skating with the Stars airing right after DWTS?
I don’t really understand why this blog has been coming down on people (supposedly the Tea Party) for creating email addresses to stuff votes for Bristol Palin, and then you right out say that you’re out there creating more email addresses (even if they are legit, they’re still fake in the sense that you only created them for the purpose of voting more than your allowed number of times) I’ve been reading this blog for a while now, and I love it, but REALLY?!?! I just don’t understand the hypocrisy…
Isaac, if you had read it a bit more closely, you would see that we’re complaining about those using FAKE email addresses to get votes in for Bristol – we have nothing against creating multiple REAL accounts to vote for a couple, but fake ones? That’s fighting a little dirty. That’s not hyprocrisy – that’s us wishing everyone would play fair.
And who cares if an email address is used for the sole purpose of voting for a contestant multiple times…isn’t that kind of the idea of the show? That the public champions a favorite and supports them vehemently? At least it’s abiding by the rules and actually using a valid email address to cast those votes. We’re being told now by TPTB that votes from fake email addresses won’t be counted (take that claim with a grain of salt, if you wish), so clearly they see the unfairness in it as well.
uh… no… it’s hypocrisy because you’re still cheating the system… you only get five votes per device… if you have more than one email address it’s not fair… what’s REALLY the difference between real and fake if you have more than one? you could have five legit email addresses for work, and personal and whatever, and someone else could create five fake email addresses to vote for Jennifer, Kyle, or Bristol… seriously, what’s the difference? there is none… so I don’t understand why you’re so obviously biased just against Bristol and anyone who votes for her… and in the end, it’s just a freakin’ reality show, why are you wasting your time voting so many times for something that really doesn’t matter all that much in the end?
I hope that Jen and Derek are doing their freestyle to “Do You Love Me.” I think it would be the perfect song for a freestyle. It’s a classic, and it’s fun and upbeat. The BEP song probably wouldn’t be so great. It’s a cool idea, but they’d probably have to do hip-hop, and I don’t see that going too well. Plus, the band would probably make that song sound weird.
“Cell Block Tango” for a freestyle? That’s a pretty smart idea on Mark’s part, considering it won’t be fast (like Kristi’s or Shawn’s), but that’s also what makes it a bad idea. Think about Gilles and Cheryl’s Flashdance freestyle. It was danced well, but just not exciting. I think that’s what cost them the win.
then of course, how do you KNOW for sure that the entire Tea Party is using all these supposed fake emails to vote for Bristol? what if they have several legit emails? if you take everything you hear from the show with a grain of salt, why would you automatically believe that all of them are fake? it doesn’t make any sense at all… maybe they’re just vehemently supporting their favorite too? (and it’s NOT just the Tea Party voting, so you can stop blaming it all on them)
If it were cheating the system by using valid email addresses, Isaac, then why would the producers be acknowledging that using fake email addresses to vote is unfair? And there is a difference – using a fake email address shaves a good amount of time off the the time it takes to vote online. And there’s a reason we’ve decided to pay attention to the “fake email” scam – would the network be addressing it in interviews with the press if it wasn’t happening? Why waste their breath, and then subsequently putting in failsafes to correct it?
And I’m beginning to wonder if you’re truly as avid a reader of this blog as you claim to be, because I’ve never personally said “The Tea Party is solely to blame for Bristol being in the finale.” I’ve mentioned on several occasions that there is a good cross section of people that seem to like her because she’s the underdog. And we’re fans of this show – that’s why we care. Go read the “What if” post direclty below this one – if Bristol wins, then the show’s credibility is shot, and may be headed the route of American Idol. I don’t have anything against Bristol as a person – it’s just her presence and what it’s done to the show that’s what’s upsetting.
I’m done talking about this. Any more rants will be considered spam and I’ll delete them.
Can’t wait to see Jennifer and Kyle perform their freestyle! I think Bristol will come 3rd. I just hope the judges won’t give her sympathy scores if she messes up.
I can not wait for DWTS tonight, now Brandy has left I can be unbiased and judge fairly. I will vote, not sure yet for who!!!!
Dang, Buttercup, I think I got the song right, but I’m feel like there’s a clue in “tootsie roll” and I’m missing it completely. I hate when that happens. 🙂
It says right on the DWTS site that you can have more than one email address in a household – take note of the wording when you vote tonight where it asks you to sign out and sign in with another email account. Plus, Conrad came right out and said that since everyone could do it he didn’t see it as unfair.
You want hypocritical look at the so-called reasoning behind the Tea Parties desire to have Bristol win. And the use of fake email addresses.
Isaac, if it’s just a “freakin’ reality show” why are you so concerned about us fighting fake votes with real ones?
Carlos: BRILLIANT call, I think your right about “Nowadays!” Since Mark likes the bigger more exciting effect, I think “Cell Block” will be too tame for his taste as others have indicated. I anticipate all my votes are going for Kyle but if Mark and Bristol can knock it outta the park, I’ll give them one vote since I love Mark!
Have fun viewing everyone! Our neighborhood has a large contingent of fans so we’re gonna be at a friend’s house who has a great home theatre and are watching on the big screen tonight!!! YAY!
Actually, Kyle does have a large fan base. Right now I’m reading the chat box on ustream (for Kent Boyd… I’m not exactly a fan, but it’s hilarious seeing what those Lent fans are saying hahaha) and all of a sudden they started talking about DWTS, and every one of them was supporting Kyle and Lacey. If you guys want Jen and Derek to win… VOTE.
I haven’t voted all season and I won’t be voting tonight. At least no one will be able to complain about who wins tonight. After all, when you fight fire with fire, everyone is playing by the same rules. Isn’t that why everyone is talking about making multiple email addies – to make a level playing field? So, even if Bristol (shudder!) wins, anyone who tries to dope the voting process can’t complain about others who do the same thing. (You could complain that they did it better, but not because they did it.)
While I do think “Nowadays” is a great song, I think you may be getting it confused with “Hot Honey Rag” – I assume you mean the dance that Velma & Roxie do at the very end of the musical, where they start off singing a repise of “Nowadays” (which is very slow) while wearing long, fur-trimmed robes, and then doff the robes to reveal fringed minidresses and start dancing like crazy to a very flapper-esque, energetic tune. That energetic part is “Hot Honey Rag”, and it was the song that Evan & Anna did their “story-telling” quickstep to last season. I think “Nowadays” is just too slow to do a whole lot to; and I’m not sure Mark would want to reuse a song that had been used so recently. Plus Buttercup mentioned a “cell” as part of their props, and they did do really well in the tango this season – maybe Mark’s trying to run with that.
EVERYONE VOTE FOR BRISTOL. who cares what a couple of worthless bloggers (heidi & courtney) think?
You’re right Courtney, that’s exactly what I’ve been thinking but it’s be a good couple of years since I’ve seen the movie!
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So excited for tonight! I think everyone will bring their best because the rehearsal footage from GMA looked pretty good. I’m rooting for Jen and Derek, but wouldn’t mind if Kyle took the prize in the end. GO TEAM JENOUGHER!!!
I am trying to exercise my brain and stretch my hands to vote vote vote vote vote VOTE for Jennifer and Derek!!!! Go JENOUGHER!!!!
I agree with Isaac… this is bogus… anyways, none of this is Bristol’s fault, all she does is dance, and the people vote for her, why are people hating on her so much and blaming her for ruining this season? doesn’t make any sense… I still don’t understand what the difference is between Bristol fans having more than one email address and Jennifer or Kyle fans having more than one email address to vote… I guess it depends on how VEHEMENTLY their fans vote, eh? maybe you haven’t been voting enough for your favorites… ever think of that? Good luck to all three tonight! However it goes, it will be okay with me! 🙂
Oh man – the judges are on crack. Bristol’s feet barely left the ground. If she gets 9’s this sucker is over. People best be voting.
And still people (John) continue to make it about the email addresses when really not that many are as outraged as you would like to make out. What outrages me is that Bristol goes out and does a crap Jive (again) – just watch how her feet don’t leave the ground – and the judges have their heads so far up her ass it’s not even funny.
27 – unfucking believable. Ridiculous.
Last season Evan got knocked because he picked what HE wanted in the freestyle and they didn’t like it. Tonight Len says that the freestyle is all about doing what you want. OK. Poor Bristol didn’t even know what Chicago was and Mark puts her out there as Carrie Ann said, “Aiming very high.” Why would Mark do that? And Bristol? You can’t tell me that that’s her favorite style of dance. Am I off?
You guys, my power is running out due to a snow storm so all Jenougher fans PLEASE VOTE while you can!!!!!
Is anyone else having trouble voting online????
Meggie – Yep. Can’t vote online but could vote by phone this time.
Hiedi, I agree! I thought that, yet again, Bristol was overscored for her jive.
WTF?
I’m sick of the shimmy and I hated her shoes.
However, I thought she did a decent job on the freestyle. She was into character, finally. But I am so glad that the judges gave her more realistic scores that time.
The site wouldn’t let me sign out so that I could sign in as someone else?? Frustrated!!
Unable to vote online. What a joke.
Yep, I enjoyed Bristol’s freestyle much more than her jive. I loved Jennifer’s PD! I did think there were a couple of times in their freestyle where Derek did the lifting or the “trick”, and she just waited for him to do it to her, but she was by far the best dancer tonight IMHO. Kyle’s freestyle was fun to watch though.
Has anyone been able to vote online?! I still can’t.
So I was able to vote finally but only with one email address. I guess more than one person in a household cannot vote now. Anyone else having this issue?
you guys are all seriously mental… kyrie eleison…
Just FYI, Brittany/John…logging in using the same email address and just changing your name does not lend any more support to your claims. Nice try.
actually, John is my husband and this is our family email… so you can get down off your high horse… we both read this blog as big fans of the SHOW but I think we will both probably stop as your comments about each week have been increasingly more and more terrible, seriously, you’re worse than the judges sometimes and it’s pointless to continue reading this filth… I’ve never been a fan of Bristol, I’m more of a Brandy fan, but now I hope Bristol wins just so your ego can rupture and you can get back to real life… good lord
Ohhh….defensive much, Brittany?? Interesting.