Dance of the Day…. Let’s Compare Champions!
Sorry….. Things just get out of hand sometimes, things just happen! I’ve meant to sit here and post more, but I end up having shorter time frames online, and I end up doing other things.
Because I’ve been neglecting the Dance of the Day, I’m going to do a mega post now, so we’ll be video heavy today!!!
First up!! We saw Season 1′s Kelly Monaco, and Season 2′s Drew Lachey’s first week dances, and our poll has DREW as the winner, with a total of 114 votes, VS Kelly’s 26. I wasn’t going to post the results, other than the winners, but decided to for everyone, because I was surprised at HOW CLOSE some were!
Here’s Drew’s week 5 dance.
Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke, Season 2 Week 5 dancing the Samba to “Dirrty” by Christina Aguilera. They received a 27. They also performed in the Group Salsa, which I am not including.
Second up!! We saw Season 3′s Emmitt Smith and Season 4′s Apolo Anton Ohno’s first week dances, and our poll has APOLO as the winner, with a total of 105 votes, VS Emmitt’s 56.
Here’s Apolo’s week 5 dance.
Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough, Season 4 Week 5 dancing the Samba to “Move It”. They received a perfect 30.
Third up!! We saw Season 5′s Helio Castroneves and Season 6′s Kristi Yamaguchi’s first week dances, and our poll has KRISTI as the winner, with a total of 88 votes, VS Helio’s 60.
Here’s Kristi’s week 5 dance.
Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas, Season 6 Week 5, dancing the rumba. I did not post the song, because that info wasn’t in the video I found for this dance. They received 29.
Fourth up!! We saw Season 7′s Brooke Burke and Season 8′s Shawn Johnson’s first week dances, and our poll has BROOKE as the winner, with a total of 97 votes, VS Shawn’s 90.
Here’s Brooke’s week 5 dance.
Brooke Burke and Derek Hough, Season 7 Week 5, dancing the Jitterbug to “Don’t Be Cruel” by Elvis. They received a 29.
Fifth up!! We saw Season 9′s Donny Osmond and Season 10′s Nicole Scherzinger’s first week dances and our poll has NICOLE as the winner, with 138 votes VS Donny’s 49.
Here’s Nicole’s week 5 dance.
Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough, Season 10 Week 5, dancing the Tango to “Pretty Woman” by Ray Orbison. They received a 29.
Last up!! We saw Season 11′s Jennifer Grey and Season 12′s Hines Ward’s first week dances, and our poll has HINES as the winner, with 173 votes, VS Jennifer’s 156.
Here’s Hine’s week 5 dance.
Hines Ward and Kym Johnson, Season 12 Week 5, dancing a rumba to “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood. They received a 27.
That’s it! 2 Samba’s, 2 Rumba’s, and a Jitterbug and a Tango. Which Week 5 Dance of Champions did you prefer? Drew’s Samba? Apolo’s Samba? Kristi’s Rumba? Brooke’s Jitterbug? Nicole’s Tango? Hines’ Rumba?
Sound off in the comments…. Which Samba was your favorite, and why? Which rumba was your favorite, and why? Which of the other 2 did you prefer, the jitterbug or the tango, and why? Of these 6 DWTS Champions, who was your favorite? Drew, Apolo, Kristi, Brooke, Nicole, Hines.








I think the champions get better every season. Each brings his or her own persoanlity to the dancefloor each week and shows growth that is amazing! Saying that out of the bunch listed, I would say my two favorites are Kristi and Nicole. Drew was great but I liked Stacey better. Apollo is great as well but I think that Joey Fatone would have won if he had a better freestyle. As for Brooke, can’t deny that she deserved to win her season BUT after seeing her w Tom as co-host, I have a question: she had soooo much personality so where did that personality go?
Way awesome post Lori!! I’ve got to go with Nicole. And do you know what I loved the most about her and Derek? I loved how he utilized her long hair into their dances at times. BEAUTIFUL and like nothing I’ve seen done since. Drew would be my second choice.
I voted for Apolon but truthfully that was just for his personality.
Dancewise Nicole is by far my favorite.
I’d rank them in dance talent order as:
1. Nicole
2. Kristi
3. Brooke
4. Apolo
5. Drew
6. Hines