DWTS Season 12 – Ralph Macchio In “Crash Course” With Karina Smirnoff (Rehearsal Video)
Oh, aren’t these first rehearsal videos of the celebrities with their partners are fun? 🙂 Here is Ralph and Karina. Ralph seems a little stiff, but, his heart and humor is in it. I wouldn’t count him out just yet.
I agree with you Vogue! He seems to be a little stiff, but its not bad. I am sure Karina is going to work him hard this coming week to get him ready. She seems optimistic. I think he has potential and he is very sweet and charming. Voting audience will probably love it. I am not going to count him out of the competition. He may be a dark horse. He is one I’m rooting for. 🙂
Great post, Vogue!! Your the best 😀
Btw looks like a beautiful Foxtort Karina is preparing. Excited to see it!
I love watching Karina dance. As much as I sense attitude sometimes, watching her dance is like watching her pour her heart out. I love it. Love me some Karina!
Has Karina ever been given a dominating-type celebrity?
She’s an incredible dancer.
I love watch Karina dancing too. She’s fearless. I certainly will root for Daniel-san =] ahhaha
There are so much cool couples this season I can’t decide… even Maksim that is not one of my favorite pros paired with kirstie seems to make a nice couple.
I’m thinking about a final with Daniel-san, Chelsea, and one of this three: Lil’Romeo, Hines or Kendra.
Btw, I can’t look at karina and think “why in hell she did it to her lips?”. this plastic is so artificial… =/
Vogue, you’re the best for ferreting all this great stuff out. Watching Mike and Ralph in their interviews got me thinking …..
Ralph: wax on wax off
Mike: pants on pants off
Hines: pink on pink off
Kendra: heels on heels off
Kirstie: weight on weight off (ouch .. sorry!)
Wendy: show on show off
Romeo: shoes on shoes off
Chris: rock on rock off
Chelsea: Staub on Staub off
then I ran out of steam and couldn’t come up with anything for Petra and Sugar Ray. Anyone?
so far it looks like it’s the fox trot for Mike, Sugar Ray & Ralph; and the cha cha cha for Kendra. I have a feeling Petra & Hines will have the fox trot and Chris will do the cha cha cha.
Kirstie said in one of the interviews at her opening that she and Maks were doing the cha-cha.
Thanks Guys! Glad you are liking everything. 😉 <3 <3 xxx
Linde: "Ralph: wax on wax off
Mike: pants on pants off
Hines: pink on pink off
Kendra: heels on heels off
Kirstie: weight on weight off (ouch .. sorry!)
Wendy: show on show off
Romeo: shoes on shoes off
Chris: rock on rock off
Chelsea: Staub on Staub off"
ROTFLLLL!!!!!
Wouldn’t Sugar Ray be: Gloves on gloves off? *g*
Watching Ralph’s video, his posture, frame and arms are really not bad at all. Far better than I’d expect after a week and a half. I’m rooting for him.
Evaine – of course it would !!! gloves on gloves off = PERFECT!!! That only leaves Petra
by the way, what does *g* mean? it looks like a cheerleader with 2 pompoms ?
LOL Evaine! There ya go! 😉
*g* is a grin. *LOL* Although it does kinda look like a cheerleader, huh?
I’ve got to tell you, I’m really liking everyone and so far, from what I’ve seen – everyone brings something good to the table …. or rather, to the dance floor 😉
Did Mike close on the Regis deal? If so, that may well bring him some votes from people who are fans of that show. Kirstie and Ralph fit the voting demographic of the show. Hines and Sugar Ray bring their own huge fan base to the fore, as does Wendy I’m thinking (I don’t have cable TV so don’t know much about her or her show). Petra is on the bubble – models generally don’t do well – and she seems quiet, paired with a quiet partner. Of course, they could really WOW us with their dancing, but without a fan base ?? Romeo and Chelsea are young and popular, but that demographic doesn’t generally vote for this show, even if they watch it to follow a favorite. My niece last year was a huge fan of Audrina, watched DWTS because of her, but did not vote and quit watching after Audrina was eliminated … too busy … too much else going on …. too much drama in her own life to worry with voting deadlines and hassles getting through. Plus, I think she rarely watched it live.
Anyone other than Petra being eliminated the first week would be a “surprise” elimination, in my humble opinion not having seen a single dance 🙂 We’ll see how I feel after Premier night. I hate first week eliminations anyway and would prefer to save that heartache for the second week of competition. Let everyone get their feet wet first before kicking them to the curb. It’s bound to be absolutely nerve wracking the very first night for anyone so let that be the “practice round” as it were. Just a thought.
Wow. Ralph really ain’t that bad. I’m less worried about his dancing skills and more worried about him just blending into the background amongst bigger names…with powerhouse names like Kirstie, Hines, & Sugar Ray, and young, popular names like Kendra, Romeo, & Chelsea, I’m just afraid Ralph’s gonna get lost in the shuffle, since he hasn’t really done a whole lot since Karate Kid. Hopefully he can knock out some stellar scores to save him long enough for people to take a liking to him and start voting.
@Carlos – Attractive or not, I’m not gonna knock anyone for getting plastic surgery. I’m definitely of the school of thought “If it makes you feel better about yourself, and doesn’t get out of control, go for it!”, and Karina is definitely not the worst I’ve seen when it comes to plastic surgery snafus. Cosmetic surgery runs rampant in the ballroom world, where having that perfect look on the floor is so important – women get their lips & eyes done in order for them to show up better under stage lighting, they get lipo and breast implants so their costumes fit better, and I’ve known many ladies of eastern European descent that got the characteristic “bump” taken out of their noses so their profile looks better in photos. Lots of men get work done, too – pec implants, lipo, face lifts, hair implants…you name it, I’ve seen it. In a world where physical appearance is paramount to a successful career, it’s definitely not a rareity.
And Linde, you’re a riot 🙂
Thanks Evaine. I get it now (DUH!). The cheerleader thing was leading me to think it meant “yay” or “pat on the back, good job” but that rarely made sense in context.
Still stumped on Petra -guess I just don’t know enough about her. Would like to complete the list, though, so the suggestion box is open.
*\o/* is a cheerleader. With pompoms. *LOL*
And yes, Petra is a bit of a puzzle, isn’t she?
Agreed – that definitely looks more like a cheerleader, with pompoms. I think I’m straight on my symbology … for now. But I know where to come, though, when I get confused 🙂 🙂
Czech on, Czech off ???
Team names I’ve seen:
Cherico
Dmitra
Kanenball
I *really* hope Ralph sticks around. He is definitely my sentimental favorite and I fear that he may be overshadowed by big personalities and huge fanbases. I think they are keeping everyone around for two weeks, right? Like they did in season 10 when Shannen was eliminated first.
Ack, can you fix this video and keep it from autoplaying? I like Ralph but hearing him every time I visit the page is annoying 😛
Proud of Ralph M., been a fan of his for years. He’s doing okay too. Hope he has a great time with Karina. Glad she is back, she’s such an amazing dancer.
Sorry, Fig, that’s John’s area – I’ve never figured out how to turn autoplay off. I’ll tweet him.
Petra: Accent on Accent off?
Oh, I like that one, Zach! *g*
good one Zach, especially if you can say it with the accent *g*
I now know the entire Ralph and Karina video by heart, I can recite it with every little er and um and chuckle 🙂 … love you still <3 and will keep coming back for more 🙂
we should be getting some more rehearsal peeks this week, yes ? please ? (I'm pathetic)
Re videos just starting by themselves, you can code something like “autostart off.” Just look at the embed code and either take out autostart altogether or type in “off.”
There is no auto start or auto play code, Jay. I may try to add one, although video codes are not my thing. 🙂
Well, I played around with it and my best effort stopped the video but the audio still played automatically. I’m no expert for sure. I’m guessing that they’ve coded the first frame to play and we can’t offset that. Which is unfortunate because these autoplay videos can be a drag.
oooh yea the accent helps, Linde! Hahaha. You really are a riot, Linde 😛