Ricki Lake Hoping To Help Derek Hough Get His 4th Dancing With The Stars Mirror Ball (New Rehearsal Video)
Do you not love all of the new Dancing With The Stars rehearsal videos?!! Here’s another with Ricki and Derek today from ET!! Ricki says ‘get ready to dance’! Derek says all he needs is a partner who is “willing” like Ricki and he can make it work. You can see them dancing in several shots. Ricki looks so light on her feet. Beautiful!
For even more things on Derek and this fun couple, be sure to see Pure Derek Hough. I can’t wait to see who wins the T Shirt Contest currently being held there.
i know i say this a lot…but i really love the vibe that they send every time i saw them. i am sooooo ready to see them dance. i think they are going to be fantastic. love Ricki’s determination. PS: to Ricki – statistically, the “Derek meltdown” comes between weeks 4 and 6, especially if you were on top of the leader board…so hang in there! π team Drickilous all the way!!
I think Ricki’s VW form in the video looks fantastic and that she will be 100% ready for next Monday. I can’t wait to see Derek dancing again… waited like 10 months to see him dance again!
Go Derek & Ricki! Excited to see them dance. Aww, I missed Derek and I think they are going to be great together! She’s a sweetheart and she seems to adore Derek! He’s happy to be back too and really seems protective of Ricki!!
BTW, I love all the photos/videos Ricki & Derek are posting this season.
Go Team D-Rickilous!!
Lol – yeah, more toward week 6 when his brain collapses under the choreographic pressure. I think that’s why he keeps cutting his hair – so he can’t yank on it as much. π
Heidi/Vogue/Courtney:
Are you guys aware. There is going to be an 80’s night theme, Movie Theme Night and “The Most Important Event or Moment in your LIfetime Night”.
For Derek this could mean some more creative choreography as usual, yes?
@Margaret – Oh lord, PLEEEEEASE tell me you just made that up! Not 1 or 2, but *three* Theme nights?
AAAAAAAAAAA!
Sally:
This is exactly what I heard, not making it up!
@Margaret – Just kidding (actually, hoping)! π 3 theme nights… I think I wanna barf….
Sorry, Sally, I’ve heard from another source that there are a good number of theme nights. And as a result there are only two weeks (the first two) that are limited to two dance styles. After that it is a mish mash again.
But, I’ve also heard that the WTA dance is not happening.
Why oh, why do they feel the need for all the theme nights????? And “the most important event/moment in your life” really makes me crazy. And this year they have a group that has more than their share of “moments”. I really disliked SYTYCD this year because many of the routines were dark & angst filled. I want to see the joy of dancing & some great choreography ( and Maks & Derek & Tristan & Val). Guess I do watch for the pros but I enjoy watching the journey the celebs take.
@Heidi – Well, I guess we can be thankful for not having to endure another WTA dance. And trying to spin it positively, maybe we can turn the theme nights into some kind of drinking game? Don’t know if my liver can handle the extra load, but I’m willing to give it a shot!!! π
Start stocking up on booze now. π
Oh crap – THREE theme nights! I’m definitely stocking up the liquor cabinet!
And what’s up with this craziness: βthe most important event/moment in your lifeβ. O lord, this is going to be one somber, depressing night. I guess the difficulty to learn ballroom dancing in a nano-second is not challenging enough – you’ve got to try to weave some momentous life experience into the Samba. I dislike these theme nights, really I do. But I absolutely HATE the “personal story” nights. We learn enough about everyone’s personal story in the promos-interviews-packages-etc.etc.etc. I don’t really feel the need to enact any of it on the dance floor. These performances always seem so forced, so maudlin. While I’m certainly no fan of the decade themes/movie themes/tv themes – at least there have been memorable performances (the 50’s paso; the futuristic paso = Derek and Joanna’s dance, was it a paso – i’m having a synapse collapse) but I cannot remember a single stand out dance on any personal theme night.
Geez Louise. I can only hope that this cast can each find a positive spin on their most life changing moments.
I guess TPTB feel the need to garner viewers/votes with this tear jerker stuff, but JUST STOP IT ALREADY. It’s ruining a perfectly wonderful dance show!
I’m with you, Linde! What ever happened to the “we take a celebrity and teach him/her how to dance, and interesting things and/or hilarity ensues” theme????? π
The only theme night I liked last season was classical night. The others were really lame. I also like the different eras theme. But I could do without TV night or personal moment night.