Pure DWTS – More Ballroom Twists, Rumors, Japan, Horses, and More
Monday Monday!! What’s up? We need our show back for this day, don’t we? 🙂
In a few things to share today, check out Edyta and Alec in this new “Ballroom With A Twist” interview from KTLA (posted by Edyta at her twitter).
Below is a picture of Jonathon and Anna at the “Ballroom With A Twist” Red Carpet last week. You can see pictures of Niecy, Louis, Edyta, and Alec too in cool gallery >>> HERE. They all look incredible.
“Ballroom With a Twist” is getting some great reviews. Check out this excerpt from Grigware. They are giving it 5 stars! The link is featuring some cool pics too and note how Randall Christensen (DWTS costume designer) designed the costumes.
Nash, known to TV audiences from Clean House, is one funny lady who is not afraid to go out on a limb and dances, as she did on Dancing with the Stars – not without whining – with partner, smooth Van Amstel, until she literally drops to the floor. In true diva style she takes mic in mind while still on the floor panting and motions for one of the dancers to help her to her feet. It’s a priceless moment. Van Amstel’s stamina is truly amazing! This company of dancers, in fact, all have sensational stamina and dexterity and are perhaps the prettiest group of people to be seen on a Hollywood stage. Scantily clad for many numbers, guys shirtless and gals showing plenty of leg and midriff, they create eye candy galore. It is surely not in vain that the opening song is Burt Bacharach’s “The Look of Love”, atmosphere which suits the entire sexy entourage. Featured dancers from Dancing With the Stars include: Alec Mazo, Jonathan Roberts, Edyta Sliwinska and Anna Trebunskaya, all demonstrating consistently terrific moves.
Twist shows the new spin on dancing which began with the TV show’s phenomenal presentation of the waltz, tango, merengue, samba, salsa, etc boldly executed with lots of acrobatic moves. It makes the dancers exciting – no, chilling – to watch. An added surprise in the stage show which comes in Act II is a dance lesson for and with the audience, taught by Van Amstel. Yep, folks, you’ll get up and shake your booty. If I can do it, so can you! Fun, fun, fun!
Edyta posted this picture at her twitter account of her and Alec. It was taken before the “Fever” performance with Jonathan and Anna.
So now The Mirror is really getting on my nerves again. They’ve reported that Derek has quit the show (to spend more time with Cheryl). Yeah right! I’ll believe it when I see it. When will they ever stop with all the rumors already? It’s pathetic how they won’t leave him or Cheryl alone.
BESOTTED Derek Hough is planning to quit the hit American TV show Dancing With The Stars – so he can spend more time with girlfriend Cheryl Cole.
Derek, 25, has told friends he wants to leave the US version of Strictly Come Dancing to be at Cheryl’s side when she moves to Los Angeles in the spring.
Filming for the new series, in which Derek is current champion, starts in March – the same time Cheryl, 27, is due to move to the US to start work as a judge on the American X Factor.
A friend said: “Derek is keen to move on. He has won the show three times and thinks it is time for a change. And he wants to be there to help Cheryl settle into her new life.”
In other news on Derek, not sure what’s up, but Julianne just posted this tweet while I was writing this post up which makes me wonder on the rumor from the Mirror above now? But, my bet is that Derek and Julianne won’t be away in China too long. So, what do you think this new project could be about?
@OfficialDHough and I are doing a project in Hong kong, we start practicing today… Can't wait… I haven't danced with him in over 1.5 yrs
— Julianne Hough (@juliannehough) January 24, 2011
Lastly, Cheryl hosted the Joe Barry Memorial Cup Finals in Florida over the weekend. Startrack has a great Gallery of her at the event you won’t want to miss seeing. Here is a picture she tweeted too. Dad, I know. I’ve made your day.
Ok, that is all for now Dancettes. Have a super day!! xxxx 😉
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I’m from Britain and our press in general (but especially The Mirror) are famous for seizing on “new” celebrities- we’re bored with our current headline-makers.
And Hong Kong is in China, not Japan 🙂
Yep, Jake, because of Derek I’ve been reading (and dismissing with disgust) a lot of British rags. They just make shit up with out batting an eye – stuff that just about any DWTS fan would know, they get wrong. Like you have a whole country where your only news comes from the National Enquirer. Depressing.
Bad thing about this particular rumor is that everyone here has been wondering when Derek will leave for other work -they actually have a shot for getting something right which will lend them a shred of undeserved credibility. Sucks.
Yet another feeble attempt at newsworthy nonsense from The Mirror. I love how they think they have the inside track on Derek…honestly, I think some news outlet stateside would probably know before anyone across the pond, since he’s based over here and is surrounded by some exceptionally loud-mouthed attention whores *cough*CORKY*cough* with a bad case of oral diarrhea. Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.
As for the mysterious project in Hong Kong, I’m wondering if Derek & Julianne are performing an exhibition somewhere. There’s a lot of very wealthy people in southeast Asia that are huge fans of ballroom, and shell out large sums of money for private performances and shows. Interesting to note: former Latin competitor Gaynor Fairweather (her longtime partner was Donnie Burns, who’s now married to Lacey & Benji’s cousin Heidi) lives in Hong Kong year-round, teaching & apparently making ridiculously good money. Wonder if she’s somehow involved in this project. Hmmm.
thanks for all the latest news – nice to keep DWTS active during the down months.
Not sure if you stop covering the celebs once they are off, but there was an adorable interview of Jennifer by her daughter in this month’s Redbook magazine:
http://www.redbookmag.com/fun-contests/celebrity/jennifer-grey-dancing-with-the-stars-family-interview
Ok! That’s totally speculation on my part, but i have a feeling we’ll see Miss America on DWTS. Since the show is now on ABC and they sent Tony as a judge. She’s 17 y/o and I don’t think she’s tall. Derek’s partner perhaps!?
@Maddy – If we do see a Miss America on the show this season, I can guarantee it won’t be the current one. Miss America 2009 (who was Miss Indiana) was a friend of a friend, and I used to hear crazy stories of how the Miss America Foundation basically owns those girls for the duration of their reign. I want to say that Miss Indiana was booked about 320 of 365 days out of the year, making appearances, giving speeches, volunteering, and basically being philanthropic and pageant-y. In other words, there would be no time whatsoever for her to even go sit in the audience of DWTS, and her handlers would probably consider it a frivolous waste of time (and a potential image tarnisher) that could be better utilized making appearances. On top of that – she’s gonna make better money being Miss America than she would on DWTS. Now that’s not to say they wouldn’t ask a former Miss America…could be a good contestant, considering they’ve only had one other pageant queen on the show (Shandi Finnessey was Miss USA 2002). However, if the Miss America organization controls the girls lives during their reign, I have to wonder if the girls are also bound by some code of conduct once their reign is over…hmmm.
Maddy I was thinking the same thing but thanks for the information Courtney! I would like to see a beauty queen go far in the competition. Shandi wasn’t the worst by any means but she sure wasn’t the best especially compared to Laila, Apolo and Joey. As for Shanna, I found myself liking and voting once for her (before I realized how the show works mind you, Season 3 was my first season) but she was eliminated the same week. I think it would be awesome to have Miss Universe Jimena Navarette compete on the show. Just like Marlee Matlin needed a translator, I think it would be great to have this kind of training again, if Jimena doesn’t understand English comfortably that is.
See I only watched Miss America coz of Tony. I try to support dancing pros anyway i can coz I think they the most talented people on tv right now, and the most under valued. The only Miss i watch is Miss Universe coz it sounds worldly…LOL. Thanks for the info Courtney!
Fascinating info about Miss America C!! Maddy, what a cool thought though. Maybe they will have another Miss America from the past. That would be fun.
Maddy: “I try to support dancing pros anyway i can coz I think they the most talented people on tv right now, and the most under valued.”
Isn’t that the truth!
Nathan, I love Models and Beauty Queens as contestants too.
Sue, you’re welcome and thanks for coming. Thanks for the link too on Jennifer’s daughter. She is so cute.
Jake, thanks for the correction.
I don’t know when Derek and Julianne will be headed to Hong Kong, but Julianne will be walking for the Heart Truth Red Dress Collection, on February 9th. She will be wearing a custom-made red Swarovski dress. That’s only 2 weeks away. Soooo…… My GUESS!!!!!! is that they’ll go to Hong Kong and be back before that date.
“Niecy” I think she is a great example of using the show in the right way-enjoyed the experience, understood she was unlikely to win, has used the exposure and connections to stay in the show-biz game, enhance her profile.
Well said Bruce!
Thanks for that news Lori. Way fun and I’m glad they will be back.
Hi everyone! just want to say thanks to all of you for your support … I truly appreciate it! i have a new album and I hope it is okay if i post about it here. 😉 my album HurtLoveBox won’t be in stores until March 1st but I am selling autographed copies on my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/markballasmusic right now …get it before it is in stores! thanks again! and no I don’t know about dwts yet, but I’m getting excited! love you!!! xx
Marky
@Mark Ballas Music. Is that really you? Because if it is, OMG!!!! Thanks for letting us know about your music!
Really cool if it’s you Mark. Good luck with your new album. I hope you find out about DWTS soon! (love especially when you dance with Chelsie!!!)
Yah, IMO, the whole Miss America program is just downright nuts…the girl I knew that was Miss America had to delete every form of social media with her name attached to it (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc.), had the relinquish her cell phone and was given one that was monitored by her handlers, was not allowed any unsupervised visits with her boyfriend, and was only home with her family for the evening of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day during the year of her reign – she didn’t make it home at any other time. Suffocating control, if you ask me. However, they are HANDSOMELY rewarded for putting up with this crap – she made $250k for her efforts, as well as getting to keep all of the clothes that were designed for her to wear at various public appearances. And she did go on to marry her boyfriend after she handed off the crown 🙂
I like when Chelsie dances with Tony, Dmitry and Damian, since Mark makes it all about him. How awesome of him to use the “best friend on the show” to sell his music. Hope Chelsie got a nice paycheck, since she sold a lot of CDs too.
So, chelsie is now Mark’s “best friend on the show”?? I guess Derek was no longer cooperating in that role?? Good for him. 🙂
Good for Derek is right. He is not my favorite – although I admire his immense talent – but he also doesn’t seem to have to use his fellow pros to pimp his projects.
Derek has the exact opposite problem of Mark – he doesn’t pimp himself at all. And it annoys me to no end. There’s got to be a middle ground, Derek.