Dancing with the Stars 2011 – For Your Consideration…
It’s almost that time of year, folks – Emmy Nominations. In case anyone was wondering if DWTS was serious about wanting an Emmy (any Emmy) at this point, you can rest assured they are serious enough to pay for ads in Hollywood Reporter. 🙂 How do I know? I’m a subscriber and check out this screen cap of an email I just got:
I think it’s WAY past time for the show and Tom Bergeron to win the damn thing already. And don’t get me started on Derek as groomsman never the groom. 🙂 Yes, blah blah blah, it’s wonderful to be nominated – but I want them all to WIN. 🙂
Anyway, we’ve been throwing lots of questions at you guys in this hiatus thus far so here’s another one: What dances from Seasons 11 and 12 do YOU think should be nominated for choreography?? Don’t forget the pro dances, since those stand a much better chance for a nomination than a celeb partner dance. Why do I say that? Well, it’s a choreography nomination, but I think we’d be kidding ourselves if we didn’t think that execution counts. Oh, and you CAN’T include the last….probably 2 weeks of Season 12. I haven’t looked at the rules for this season, but the DVD submission date last time eliminated the last 2 or 3 weeks of Season 10 from eligibility.
What do I think?? Well, if I recall, Louis and Maks did the lion’s share of the pro dances which increases their odds. UNFORTUNATELY, I think it would be very difficult to get a nomination for a dance done with a musical act, which knocks their odds right back down again. I also think it would be tough for Mark and Val to get one because more than half of their challenge thing was non-dancing. Derek? Well, he didn’t do the choreo for any pro dances and was only on Season 11 – that leaves his dances with Jennifer. Since he’s been nominated a good bit recently, I think the odds of, say, his Argentine Tango or second Paso with Jennifer might might be okay. But the odds are slimmer than usual simply because there’s only one season to choose from. Maks might have a shot with Brandy, Mark might have a shot with Chelsea (and really, wasn’t that the whole entire point of the Wizard Waltz?)…can YOU think of any other dances that are really, truly Emmy-worthy?? Be honest now. What you also have to consider is “So You Think You Can Dance” – that show, along with some of the award shows, tends to take the lion’s share of the nominations and more often than not, the win. Why? Well, all the dancers are trained and it’s ALL dancing – no musical acts with dance accompanying. Plus, there are no rules on SYTYCD – that makes a HUGE difference when it comes to choreography. For that reason, odds are that DWTS will be limited to ONE nomination for choreo. Who will it be? Or will they be shut out entirely?? What do you think??
I think that Kym should get a nomination for that Argentine Tango. 🙂
DEREK for any of Jennife’s dances in Season 11.
Also, Maks gets my vote for Season 11 and 12. I particularly loved Maks’ choreographry for the first pro number last year. Unforgettable!
Good question and I hope the show gets nominated. It’s time Tom gets an emmy too.
Well, Vogue, it can’t be that unforgettable because I have forgotten it!! 🙂 Which one was it?
If I were a betting woman, I would say that Derek has a good shot with his argentine tango. I don’t know about the rest – maybe the second Paso Doble.
I can think of 8 dances that are emmy worthy from the past the past season:
1) Kym and Hines’ Argentine tango
2)Kym and Hines Fox Trot
3) Chelsea and Mark’s Jive
4) Chelsea and Mark’s wizard waltz
5) Hines and KyM Salsa
6) the Macy’s Stars of Dance performace
7) Petra and Dymetry’s waltz (loved this one!)
8) Ralph and Karina’s Quickstep
From season 11 I think 7 are emmy worthy:
1) Jen and Derek’s Vienese waltz
2) Jen and Derek’s freestyle
3) Kyle and Lacey’s aregentine tango
4) Brandy’s aregentine tango
5) Kyle and Lacey’s isntant jive (are those eligable?)
6) Jen and Derek’s second paso
7) Kurt and Anna’s quickstep (I know its al ongshot but it was adorable)
Everything from season 11 should be eligible, Vin – it’s only the end of season 12 that is in question.
Heidi, here’s a reminder. I just loved this;
Derek’s Argentine Tango with Jennifer is definitely Emmy-worthy, in my opinion. It was breathtaking.
Tom deserves that Emmy more than any other host these days!
Vogue/Heidi:
(By the way I am the one who referred to Derek as “Feet of Flames”! Ha!
Jen and Derek: Argentine Tango was breathtaking, one of my favorites. (Wish they would do it again!)
Jen and Derek: Freestyle. This just reminded me how brilliant Derek is and how much I remembered her dancing with Patrick Swayze.
Jen and Derek: 2nd Paso Doble. Just great!
Jen and Derek: How can anyone forget the Vienese Waltz. Even the slow waltz she did, she looked absolutely beautiful!
If Jamie Lee Curtis would only do DWTS under her conditions, I would go for it! Maybe she’d team up with Derek, wouldn’t that be something? And I bet Jennifer would be there everyweek.
Oh, that’s right! “FEET OF FLAMES”!!! That description will go down in history for Derek. It’s just so perfect, Margaret!! 🙂
@Vogue – Thanks for that video. I loved it!! There are so many great performances its so hard to choose my favorites.
Louis does not get the credit he deserves for his contributions to the show. We always here about our favorites (Derek, Maks, Kym, etc.), and understandably so, but never much about Louis. Its kind of sad actually.
Well, I personally don’t think that Louis is all that as a choreographer any more. At one time, yes, but now?? Not so much. Not to mention his pissy attitude the last few seasons has been a real turn off.
I want to see a full page ‘for your consideration’ ad for Tom Bergeron – he deserves it for how great he is on DWTS.
Who picks the dances for submission – the stars or the producers?
I loved so many of Derek & Jennifer’s dances – the Argentine Tango and the Paso Redux were fab (although the lighting was HORRIBLE at the beginning of that one, you miss the start of it with the spotlight out of position), but I think my favorite was their Waltz to “Way Over Yonder” beautiful choreography but also the lighting made that dance even more spectacular.
And I had never thought about a dance being designed for an Emmy nod, but Mark’s HP one would be. I guess actors get their ‘meaty’ scenes that sets them up for nominations, so why not play to that when working up a dance….
I think Mark and Chelsea’s Wizard Waltz or their Slow Waltz which I also loved! Their Quickstep was really fun too and their Foxtrot was cute! Those are my four dance choices for them. As for Derek, his VW with Jennifer to “These Arms of Mine” was beautiful. I also like their Waltz.
Definitely Derek and Jennifer’s Argentine Tango
Well, the problem SueB is that it could be argued that Mark was more focused on his own needs as opposed to those of his partner – he is there to teach Chelsea to dance and to help her succeed in the competition. As you might recall, at that point he wasn’t really doing that very well. IF he was focusing on an Emmy instead of doing a dance he knew would score well with all the judges, then he’s not doing his job. Derek’s 3 or 4 nominations have either been for Pro dances (Julianne and Chelsie) or for dances where he was required to do a crazy theme and managed to pull it off (Futuristic Paso). If Mark had stood up and said, “I knew Len was going to be pissed, I did this to get attention for us from the audience” – great. Fine. Derek’s done it before too. But he didn’t. He whined and complained and continued to do risky routines and complain when he didn’t get scores he thought they deserved. The whole thing was just disingenous or clueless – who knows which.