Dancing With The Stars 12, Week 8 – Interviews After The Dance
Wow, what a great night it was last night. It was full of heart, guts, and stamina with our couples performing to two dances one, of which, they didn’t know the music for until showtime. But, they did it. George Pennacchio from KTLA/OnTheRedCarpet has some great interviews up showcasing and highlighting everything that went down.
First up, Chelsea and Mark are excited to be at the top of the leaderboard again, but, say there is no “security” in this competition. They hope to stick around.
Such class acts and humble as always which is Kym and Hines all the way. Hines was excited and honored to be compared to Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire which was how Kym was inspired for the dance.
Romeo repeats how he is in this thing for the kids and Chelsea. No matter what happens tonight, they just wanted to get out there and celebrate and have fun last night which they did.
In this interview, George starts out saying America’s heart broke for Ralph last night with his injury and he’s right! It did. They talk of the injury and how hard it was to dance, but, Ralph doesn’t want to quit after getting this far. George says Karina is a mother figure this Season. He says we are seeing a different Karina and it’s for all the right reasons. I so agree. They hope their fans will keep them in. Be sure to watch this all the way to the end for the comparisons to the Karate Kid. If you are like myself, it will bring tears to your eyes. I so hope these two make it and don’t have to pull out.
Below is Kirstie and Maks….goofy as always, but, they are proud of themselves. Kirstie talks about Maks being the best choreographer. Maks mentions how this was the hardest week of his life and Kirstie was stronger than he was. He explains why he threw his Mic off which was not at her. Kirstie says their dancing relationship is like a “great romance”. This is must see interview as well.
And that’s not all. Donny Osmond was a guest on Good Morning America today with his review of the night. Donny says Len is picking too much on Mark. He thinks Mark and Chelsea are the best couple this Season. He thinks Chelsea, Hines, and Kirstie will be the three to make it to the Finals. He doesn’t think Ralph will bow out of the competition and if he doesn’t, Romeo will be going home tonight. Hmm, we’ll see?
Ok, that’s it for now Guys. Here’s to the results show! I can’t wait for Dance Center. 
xxx (Heidi’s Note: Shut up, Donny. That is all.)
Look at the size of Donnys forehead. I think his head is growing as we speak. I agree with Vogue, Shut Up, Donny.
I dont want to see Ralph or Romeo leave tonight, this will be a sad night for me if either of them leave.
Thanks for this Vogue!
I agree about Karina. She is a different person this season. I love her! Hope Ralph stays tonight, but it’s a long shot.
I USED to like Donny. He talks about ego? I’d say his ego has been pretty big in the commentaries he’s given lately.
Good to know Bitchy Courtney That Hates Everyone (a moniker given to me by a Team Kanenball groupie on Twitter…my my, she was a lovely girl) isn’t alone in her disdain for Donny
Here’s my big thing: he won a year and a half ago, yet I’m hearing more from him than I am some of the contestants this season. The dude’s like Forrest Gump…he’s everywhere. Enough already!
I’m holding out for a miraculous elimination tonight (Chelsea & Mark), but I have a feeling I’m going to have to choose between Romeo & Ralph – and truth be told, as much as I’ve grown to love Romeo this season, I’m hoping it’s Ralph that stays, because I think he’s the only one that has a legitimate shot of disrupting the judges “Immaculate Finale” of Hines, Chelsea, & Kirstie. If Romeo doesn’t go home this week, I can almost guarantee he’ll go home next week, if the judges keep up the same bullsh*t scoring they’ve done the past few weeks. At least Ralph has a powerful fanbase to snatch him from the jaws of death…they’ve done it twice before.
Donny just can’t let DWTS go! It’s funny, because he’s the winner who I find myself forgetting about the most.
HEIDI! LOLLLLLL!!!
C, did she really say that? Sad!! Geez!!! Well, she can add me to her “B” list too. I’m hoping for that miraculous elimination too.
As for Donny, he has to stick with his ego buddy Mark who is just like him. And yet, he think Hines and Chris had egos. Go figure?
Did you just now see my addition to your post, Vogue?
I love Donny, but gotta joing HEIDI in the STFU Donny! Sorry, no way in hell that Mark Ballas is the best dancer out there. He is so over the top that his form looks ridiculous! IMO
Hope that one of the mods on this site would have time to do a post about proper body form–hope that mades sense.
Back to Donny—I wasn’t convinced before–but I’m getting there–that he was really pushing for a female winner this season. That just sucks.
But I agree with him about Romeo going home and Maks’s ego. LOL
I check out this site, but haven’t been watching many if any of the interviews–just not that interested this seasn. I’d skip the results show tonight–but I’m worried about Ralph. He’s the only one I really like this season. He isn’t perfect–but he is the only one who has provided me with consistant entertainment this season. That said I’d like to see Kristie amd Hines stick around as well.
YES and when I saw it, I about spit out my lunch. I was just CRACKING UP! LOLLLL
Yep Vogue, she really said that – I guess she took offense to my tweet about Chelsea putting Mark in his place. She must’ve been about 12 or something. Tried to reason with her, but she made some comment about me being “jealous of Mark”. Not sure how that’s possible, unless I was aspiring to be a struggling musician-cum-convulsing dancer with an enormous ego and an affinity for spats.
I told her to run along and let the grown-ups talk before blocking her and reporting her for spam. Wuh wuh WUHHHHHH.
Ok here I am and if you know me well enough, you know how much I love Kym Johnson so you’re probably thinking, “oh dear, Liz’s here and she’s gonna defend Donny and his ego because he danced with Kym.”
Well, guess what? You don’t have to think that!
I fully agree with Courtney and Heidi. And wow, did that girl who runs the twitter page for TeamKanenball really call you that, Courtney? Not very nice and not classy at all! Yet she has the most followers for a team on DWTS this season and I don’t know why with all the obsession with the whole Chelsea and Mark pair on DWTS and she claims she is supporting the other teams. Well, whatever. Anyway….
Honestly, I’m disappointed in Donny. First of all, his former partner, Kym is dancing with a contender so you’d think he’d try to say something nice about her and Hines. I’ve seen past celebs root for their pro partners and their celeb partners. I’m not say Donny has to support Hines. He doesn’t but I thought he’d say something at least nice about Hines and Kym but right now, he act like he doesn’t care then he’s supporting a guy who hasn’t been on many people’s good side lately. Even though I have a favorite, I try to be neutral so I think the relationship between Kirstie and Maks are sweet and Donny goes, “no no! They’re not sweethearts!” Everyone knows how loved the duo are and he has to go on the air and say that.
I know Donny’s entitled to his opinions but come on. He won DWTS in the past, shouldn’t he be an example of a real classy champion? Then he goes on to say that Len is wrong… a judge and long time professional ballroom dancer is wrong?? I never thought Donny was anything like this when he was on. I just figured he was just happy when he was getting high scores. Who wouldn’t be, right? I’ve seen him in interviews on and off DWTS so I’ve never seen this side of his before. As for the “STFU, Donny” comment, well he was asked to be on GMA to give his opinion so I don’t think he needed to shut up. He just needed to be a little more neutral and classy and maybe say something more about Hines as long as it’s positive. I guess he didn’t say anything about Hines because he learned “if you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say it.” Hmmm…… Anyway, I’m honestly surprised and disappointed.
It wasn’t the girl that runs @TeamKanenBall – although she often tweets some stuff that I don’t always find…tactful. It was just someone who was a huge Mark fan and I noticed that she was following every single Chelsea, Mark, Chelsea&Mark, and Kanenball Twitter fanpage that she could find. She was just a fangirl
I think on another thread Fig & I were talking about some of the Twitter fan accounts can get a little out-of-hand…I made the mistake of following ALL of them at the beginning of the season, just in case any of them tweeted anything informative or useful, and my Twitter feed has been absolutely bombarded with spam & fan wars ever since. Some are worse than others, but all of them have been guilty of it at some point. I don’t recommend following any of the fan pages unless you have a really high tolerance for spam and high school drama
Hey, I run a Derek fan site with an associated twitter and I can attest to drama – although at a much lower level with him not on the show. Cheryl Cole fans do scare the crap out of me though, I gotta tell ya.
And I have very low tolerance for stupid stuff. Clearly.
@Courtney… oh ok. Although I thought that was strange if she had called you that so that explains it.
Thanks for the interview clips, Vogue! It’s much appreciated.
Can I just say that I love George from KTLA?
YW and thank you Evaine. I love George too! He’s a must above all other interviewers imo.
Courtney and Heidi, I’ve experienced what you have as well. In fact, there is a Maks fan that I’ve been half tempted to put on block at times. There’s another I did put on block last Season. I’ve seen what Heidi has of Cheryl Cole fans too.