Pure Dancing With The Stars Questionnaire Holiday Edition 2011
Do you need a little break to get your mind off the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and to escape with our favorite show? If so, we’ve got just the remedy for you since this special Pure Dancing With The Stars holiday edition may include some holiday dreaming of your own. Silver Bells anyone?
Ok, let’s get started. Answer to the best of your ability or for whatever you think of first….
1. What is your top two favorite dances to watch on Dancing With The Stars?
2. The best choreographer for the pro dances is ____________________________. (you can name one to three if you like)
3. The best choreographer for a celebrity is _______________________. (you can name one to three if you like)
4. Rate the sexiest of these three Male pros in order: Tristan, Maks, Derek
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: Peta, Cheryl, Kym
6. Design a Christmas Dance: What is your favorite Christmas song? Which two pros would you like to see dance to it and what kind of dance?
Special Note: If you don’t see your fave pros taking part in #3 and #4 above, don’t worry. We have plans to feature them as well in future questionnaires.
*Special Thanks for John/@pureDWTS at twitter and Pure Derek Hough for the inspiration behind some of these questions.
Here are my answers:
1. My two fave dances: The Argentine Tango and the Paso Doble
2. Best Choreographer of Pro Dances is….. Maks!! I’ve enjoyed Derek’s work in the pro dances too. Val is a budding star in this area as well imo.
3. Best Choreographer of a celebrity… Derek no doubt about it! I have a lot of respect for Karina and Kym as well.
4. Sexiest Male pros from these three in order are;
Derek
Maks (sometimes Maks is placed first depending on my mood and his hair. 😯 )
Tristan
5. Sexiest Female Pros from these three in order are:
Peta
Kym
Cheryl
6. My favorite Christmas song is “Ava Maria” and I’d want to see Peta and Val dancing a Slow Waltz to it.
1) jive and quickstep
2) Best Choreographer of Pro Dances is Tony and Maks (the MBOP Hanson dance is still my fav group dance….odd choice but its the one I really like lol so thats Tony’s dance and for Maks he is just great w grooup dances)
3) Kym, Derek, Julianne
4) asked my sister and she said dEREK, tHRISTAN, mAKS
5) Kym, Cheryl and then Peta
6) Feliz Navidad and a Derek and Cheryl jive.
1. Favorite dances: Paso Doble and Jive
2. Best choreographer for the pro dances: Maks and Lacey
3. Best choreographer for a celebrity: Cheryl and Maks
4. Rate the sexiest Male pros in order: Maks, Tristan, Derek
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: Kym, Cheryl, Peta
6. Favorite Christmas song? White Christmas
Which two pros would you like to see dance to it and what kind of dance? Maks, Waltz
Forgot to include second Pro for question #6. Maks and Kym.
1) AT and Paso…unless we’re talking about my all time favorite dance, Derek and Nicole’s Foxtrot.
2) Derek doesn’t choreograph group pro dances, but he did choreograph the best pro dance of all time with Allison Holker. He also has done some stellar DaD’s with Julianne and Anna. If we’re talking “all pro” dance – I would have to give it to Maks. He does better at that than he usually does with a celeb, and I preferred his tour choreo to Louis’s.
3) Derek, easily.
4) Derek, Tristan and Maks – although I personally find neither Tristan nor Maks sexy, really. I do think Tristan is darling and cute in a lucky charms sort of way. 🙂
5) Kym, Peta and Cheryl
6) Terribly sad song, but I love “What Are You Doing New Years Eve” – probably a waltz. Also love “O Holy Night”. None of my favorites are really ballroom dancable, I don’t think.
1. Argentine Tango and Paso Doble
2. Derek, there’s always a spectacular element in there!
3. Derek without question!
4. Derek, Tristan, Maks.
5. Cheryl, Kym, Peta.
6. All I Want For Christmas – with Derek and Cheryl dancing a jive or Oh Holy Night – Vienesse Waltz by Kym and Tristan!
Hmm, Jenny – that might work for O Holy Night. I have a hard time figuring tempo with dance unless it’s obviously a Paso or a Tango.
1. What is your top two favorite dances to watch on Dancing With The Stars? Jive, Rumba
2. The best choreographer for the pro dances is ____________________________. (you can name one to three if you like) DEREK
3. The best choreographer for a celebrity is _______________________. (you can name one to three if you like)
Derek, because he adapts his style to what each person needs. He was tougher on Nicole and Ricki, but knew he had to be gentler with the sensitive Jennifer. (I also think he felt the most protective of her, with her injuries, etc.) He consistently gets great results, which shows that this works. Oh, this wasn’t an essay question?
4. Rate the sexiest of these three Male pros in order: Tristan, Maks, Derek—- DEREK, Tristan, Maks
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: Peta, Cheryl, Kym —- Cheryl, Kym, Peta
6. Design a Christmas Dance: What is your favorite Christmas song? Which two pros would you like to see dance to it and what kind of dance? I’d like to see a classy Old Hollywood foxtrot to Santa Baby. If it couldn’t be done by Derek and Jennifer (hands down the best pair ever on the show, IMHO), and HAS to be by two pros, I’d go with Derek and Lacey. Love me some Lacey!! 🙂
1) The 3 most dramatic dances: Tango, Argentine Tango and Paso.
2) My favorite pro dance is still Derek and Chelsie’s Argentine Tango from season 10, but for the big prodances I think I’ll choose Maks and Louis
3) Derek without a doubt. But Kym is great too.
4) Derek, Tristan, Maks
5) Kym, Cheryl, Peta
6) My favorite this year is “A Winter’s Tale” and I would love to see Derek and Karina (or Anna) dance to it.
Okay…
1. Argentine Tango and the Jive.
2. Maks. I’ve really liked a couple of Mark’s as well. 🙂
3. This is tough, it always depends on the celeb, I think, what they’ll respond to. I’ll have to go with Kym because I think she’s had to be the most diverse with her approaches.
4. Maks, Tristan, Derek
5. Peta, Cheryl, Kym
6. My favorite Christmas song is Do You Hear What I Hear and I’d love to see Maks and Anna dance… whatever dance would best fit it. (I would think a waltz, but damned if I know!)
Oh, how could I forget Derek and Chelsie’s AT!! It was Emmy nominated. Okay, so Derek for pair pro dances – with Julianne, Chelsie, Allison and Anna.
“O Holy Night” is a good Viennese waltz. However, “White Christmas” is probably more of a foxtrot. “Santa Baby” is a reeeeeallly good foxtrot 😉
In fact, the bulk of popular Christmas songs seem to be foxtrots – likely because many of them recorded in the 1940s-50s, when foxtrot was in it’s heydey. So when in doubt – it’s probably a foxtrot 😉 Unless it’s too fast, in which case it’s probably a quickstep.
I have a guilty pleasure fantasy of seeing someone do a polka to “Dominick the Donkey” by Lou Monte – maybe Louis and Lacey 😛
1. Foxtrot, and Paso (tough call between that and AT)
2.I’m not too up on the choreographers of the pro dances..but I guess I’d go with Maks..he seems to do a lot of them
3.Derek
4. Derek, Tristan, Maks
5.Kym, Cheryl, Peta
6. I don’t know that this would be my ideal DaD..but most Christmas songs are slower tempo..I think a Winter Wonderland Foxtrot could do the trick…with Derek and Anna.
1. What is your top two favorite dances to watch on Dancing With The Stars? Paso Doble, Tango (either)
2. The best choreographer for the pro dances is ____________________________. (you can name one to three if you like) Maks
3. The best choreographer for a celebrity is _______________________. (you can name one to three if you like) He’s not my cup of tea, but hard to argue with Derek on this one.
4. Rate the sexiest of these three Male pros in order: Tristan, Maks, Derek That order is fine with me, with Tristan/Maks nearly tied
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: Peta, Cheryl, Kym I’d say Kym, Peta, Cheryl
6. Design a Christmas Dance: What is your favorite Christmas song? Which two pros would you like to see dance to it and what kind of dance?
Tristan as Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer holds some appeal…
Courtney: What dancestyle fits “A Winter’s Tale”?
I thought it might be a viennese waltz, but I’m not sure…
Chelsie and Derek did a Paso, no? I think a Rumba would be great to A Winter’s Tale!
1. What is your top two favorite dances to watch on Dancing With The Stars? Rumba and Tango.
2. The best choreographer for the pro dances is Tony.
3. The best choreographer for a celebrity: Derek, Cheryl, Tristan (based on Spamalot, Toyboy Rumba, Naughty Lady Tango.)
4. Rate the sexiest of these three Male pros in order: Tristan, Derek, Maks.
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: Peta, Kym, Cheryl.
6. Design a Christmas Dance: What is your favorite Christmas song? Which two pros would you like to see dance to it and what kind of dance? This is hard. Guess I’ll say O Holy Night with Dmitry & Anna, doing a Viennese Waltz or something like that.
The best choreographers for celebs r the Emmy nominated pros. That’s tooo easy.
The best choreographers for pro dances. I’ve like a couple of Mark’s, a couple of Louis’ and Tony and Julianne dancing together.
@Gitte – You’re right – it’s a VW 🙂
Jenny: You’re right. Of course it was a Paso – How could I get that wrong? I think I’m getting a little confused 😀
Courtney: Thanks 😉
Me too, Gitte. Very confused. 🙂
1.first place Paso doble and tied for second AT and Jive.
2. i will say Derek, Maks and Lacey…my best choreographer is and always gonna be Derek…btw….didn’t he choreographed the pro routine to Jennifer Lopez’ s “Let’s Get Loud”?
3. no doubt about it: Derek – he always makes his partners – celebrity or pro shine!!
4. Derek, Tristan, Maks – no comment…that’s my taste 🙂
5. Kym, Cheryl and Peta
6. My favorite Christmas song is from Band aid – Do they know its Christmas – i would really like to see Derek dancing with Karina , and i think this is also a VW …. or slow waltz …help Courtney…
1. Argentine Tango and Cha-cha
2. Maks
3. Derek
4. Tristan; Derek; maks
5. Peta; Kym; Cheryl
6. A jive to “All I Want for Christmas is You”
Sorry, meant to add my two pros for the Christmas dance. My choice would be Tristan and Peta.
1. Rumba and chachacha
2.Maks or Tony(has tristan choreographed a pro dance?)
3. Normally he wouldn’t be my first choice but logic tells me Derek
4. Tristan, Maks, Derek
5. Not gonna lie I don’t really pay that much attention to the girls(normally distracted by the guys) but based on what I do pay attention to(their dancing and the outfits) I would say(sexiest to least sexiest) Kym, Peta, Cheryl
6. Favorite Chrismas song- “all I want for christmas” by Maria Carey. two pros- Tristan and Kym the dance probably rumba or a nice waltz.
Heidi: Lets blame Christmas… 😀
1) Paso Doble and Argentine Tango.
2) Derek, Maks and Val.
3) Derek!!
4) Derek – Maks – Tristan.
5) Peta – Kym – Cheryl.
6) Jingle Bell Rock and I would like Chelsie and Dmitry dancing a classy Foxtrot to it 🙂
just realized that feliz navidad would not make a good jive. I’ll have to go with “Run Run Rudolph” by Jon Bon Jovi and make it a jive with the same pros (derek and cheryl).
1. What is your top two favorite dances to watch on Dancing With The Stars? Argentine Tango and Rumba
2. The best choreographer for the pro dances is: Derek, Louis has done some great work, and Cheryl gets a nod too!
3. The best choreographer for a celebrity is: Karina, Kym and Derek
4. Rate the sexiest of these three Male pros in order: Tristan, Derek, however, Maks is not sexy at all.
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: Kym, Cheryl, and Peta gets an honorable mention.
6. Design a Christmas Dance: What is your favorite Christmas song? Which two pros would you like to see dance to it and what kind of dance? Silent Night – Jonathan and Anna, doing a Waltz…. breathtaking these two together, just breathtaking.
Heidi and Gitte, must be all the egg nog you’ve been drinking. (lol sorry, couldn’t resist).
Thanks for all of your awesome replies so far!!
Cool idea, guys 🙂
1) Paso Doble and Cha Cha
2) Louis
3) Karina, Kym, Derek
4) Maks, Tristan, Derek
5) Peta, Cheryl, Kym
6) My favorite Christmas songs are Silent Night and O Holy Night, but I’m not sure I would like a dance to those. I would want something more fun…maybe Santa Claus is Coming to Town? I don’t know what would fit it…cha cha or jive? I would like a Karina and Tristan dance, just because it is something I haven’t seen…I think.
That might be the only one he did, Elara. Maybe she put him off it completely – heard she demanded they re-shoot it because it focused too much on the dancing and not enough on her. In any case, I would MUCH rather he choreograph stuff like he did with Allison, Chelsie, Julianne and Anna than stuff to musical guests. The stuff that gets Emmy nominations. 🙂 I think he might have a shot at actually winning for that dance with Allison, since she’s one of Nigel’s pets and he campaigns like no ones ever seen. Of course, with so few ballroom people in the voting ranks, his odds still aren’t good. They can’t do it, so they sure won’t vote for it.
I think the Psycho Tango is going to win that Emmy this year. Its probably one of the BEST dances in the history of the show.
Unless of course, J.R’s quickstep gets nominated than it would be between those two.
Vin – a jive to Run Run Rudolph by Derek and Cheryl would be AMAZING!!!
# Princess Heidi – yeah…i’ve read that…frustrations i think…not enough camera on her..and she was a dancer too…oh well..you are totally right! i too prefer that he does that pro routines .. they are masterpieces… and he can choreograph, choose the song, create and follow his vision…and we have performances like the ones with Chelsie, Anna or Allison. i sure hope that, giving Allison background and that amazing performance, he will stand a better chance at the Emmy this time around..i am tired of him always being the best-man and never the groom…if you get my point…
1. Paso Doble & Jive
2. Lacey & Val
3. Derek
4. Derek, Tristan, Maks
5. Kym, Cheryl, Peta
6. Jingle Bell Rock Jive with Derek & Cheryl
What a great questionaire! My choices are:
1) Argentine Tango and Jive
2. Best choreographer of pro dances: Derek
3. Best choreographer of a celebrity… Derek without a doubt.
4. Sexiest male pros: Derek first, Derek second, and Derek third. Oops, got carried away. Sorry, I’ll follow the rules and say Tristan second and Maks third, but I don’t really think either of them are sexy actually.
5. Sexiest female pros: Kym, Cheryl, Peta
6. One of my favorite Christmas songs is “Hark How the Bells” and I think it is in 3/4 time so it would work for a waltz and I would love to see the beautiful duo of Anna and her husband perform it, or the equally beautiful duo of Derek and Jennifer.
1. Favorite 2 dances: Yikes only 2 is hard…..Argentine Tango and Paso Doble
2. Best choreographer for the pro dances: Derek for his featured dances and Design-A-Dances and Derek & Julianne’s featured dances together. Also love when these couples dance together- Louis & Karina, Tony & Chelsie and Jonathan & Anna
3. Best choreographer for a celebrity: Derek, Julianne, Karina
4. Rate the sexiest Male pros in order: Derek, Maks, Tristan
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: Kym, Cheryl, Peta
6. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night. Not exactly sure if it would be easily put to a dance style though…
Well,
1. Jive and rumba (i think. i can’t decide!)
2. Anna, Lacey and Maks
3. Karina and Derek
4. Tristan, Derek, Maks
5. Peta, Kym (is she cross eyed??), then cheryl
6. All i want for christmas is you by mariah carey- Jive by chelsie and tristan (never seen them dance together but they would be a great pro dance partnership)
1. Argentine Tango and Quick Step
2. Maks, plus Lacey has done some I liked as well
3. Derek
4. Maks, Tristan then Derek
5. Cheryl, Kim, Peta
6. My favourite Christmas song is Fairytale of New York by The Pogues – unlikely to ever be a DWTS dance.
1. Favorite Dances: Quickstep and Jive
2. The best choreographer for pro dances is: Louis Van Amstel
3. The best choreographer for a celebrity is: Tony Dovolani
4. Rank of Sexiest Male Pros: Derek, Tristan, Maksim
5. Rank of Sexiest Female Pros: Kym, Peta, Cheryl
6. A Favorite Christmas Carol: “Jingle Bells” by Michael Buble and The Puppini Sisters. It would be a lovely Quickstep danced by Anna Trebunskaya and Jonathan Roberts (perhaps as Mr. and Mrs. Claus?)
1.) freestyle and Lindy hop with A tango and quickstep in a close 3rd and 4th
2.) Lacey and Maks
3.) Of all time, Julianne. Currently on the show, Derek and Karina.
4.) Derek, Derek, Derek.
5.) Kym, Cheryl, Peta
6.) Sleigh Ride. Quickstep. Anna and Jonathan
1- Favorite dances are the Jive and Argentine Tango.
2- I don’t usually pay attention to who choreographs the pro dances. The season 5 swing routine was one of my favorite all group dances, and the Michael Jackson tribute. Otherwise it’s Derek.
3- Derek is the best choreographer for the stars, followed by Kym and Cheryl.
4- Derek, Tristan, and then Maks.
5- Kym, Cheryl, Peta
6- Something with Derek and Karina to “Baby It’s Cold Outside”. Something with Derek and someone else to the “Chipmunk Song” would be hilarious.
1. What is your top two favorite dances to watch on Dancing With The Stars?
Sambas and Quicksteps 🙂
2. Maks. Loved the Season 9 jive opener.
3. Derek. No contest.
4. Tristan, Derek, Maks.
5. Kym, Peta, Cheryl.
6. Santa Baby, PCD version. So sexy.
Could be a foxtrot for Jonathan and Anna 🙂
1. Paso Doble & Argentine Tango
2. Derek Hough; I actually don’t pay much attention to who choreographs pro dances, like I am not sure who is actually the main choreographer when there are a bunch of pros in it.
3. Derek Hough, Kym Johnson, Cheryl Burke. HM: Julianne H.
4. Derek, Tristan, Maks
5. Kym, Peta, Cheryl
6. ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ by Mariah Carey; Derek & Karina – I guess that cha cha cha would be the best dance for the temp of this song. But I think it could be a fun foxtrot possibly. LOL…
1. What is your top two favorite dances to watch on Dancing With The Stars?
Argentine Tango
Samba
2. The best choreographer for the pro dances is
Louis or Anna or Derek. (you can name one to three if you like)
3. The best choreographer for a celebrity is Derek, Anna, Karina. (you can name one to three if you like)
4. Rate the sexiest of these three Male pros in order: Maks, Tristan, Derek
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: Kym, Peta, Cheryl
6. Design a Christmas Dance: What is your favorite Christmas song? Which two pros would you like to see dance to it and what kind of dance?
Paso Doble to Carol of the Bells by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra performed by Karina and Derek or Anna and Tristan.
1. What is your top two favorite dances to watch on Dancing With The Stars? Samba, Rumba, AT
2. The best choreographer for the pro dances is Maks and Tony.
3. The best choreographer for a celebrity is Cheryl, Karina, Tony, Mark
4. Rate the sexiest of these three Male pros in order: Maks, Derek
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: Cheryl
6. Design a Christmas Dance: What is your favorite Christmas song? Which two pros would you like to see dance to it and what kind of dance? Viennese Waltz to White Christmas. – Maks and Kym
Something like this 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUWQvTf4P08
correction on number 6: Tristan and Kym 🙂
1. What is your top two favorite dances to watch on Dancing With The Stars? Cha Cha Cha, Rumba
2. The best choreographer for the pro dances is Derek.
3. The best choreographer for a celebrity is Mark, Derek.
4. Rate the sexiest of these three Male pros in order: 1. Tristan, 2. Maks, 3. Derek
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: 1. Kym, 2. Peta, 3. Cheryl
6. Design a Christmas Dance: What is your favorite Christmas song? White Christmas Which two pros would you like to see dance to it and what kind of dance?
Tristan and Kym….ANY style of dance
1. Argentine Tango and Paso Doble
2. Maks
3. Derek
4. Maks, Tristan, Derek (Although, if I could choose different people, I’d say Maks, Val, Tristan)
5. Peta, Kym, Cheryl (Again, if I could change the options I’d say Anna, Peta, Kym)
6. This is a hard one because there are so many Christmas songs I like. But I’d choose a foxtrot or a waltz with Maks and Anna. Or Derek and Anna. I loved their ‘Bad Romance’ Paso this past season. 🙂
1. Argentine Tango, Samba. The senuality of the AT makes this a great dance. The shaking of the hipps and body in the Sambais fun to watch.
2.Watching Cheryl and Tony dance pro numbers is amazing. Who can forget their “Dirty Dancing” number.
3. Cheryl, Anna and Karina. Cheryl because she always brings out the best in her partners. Anna can turn her partners strengths into her strengths and make great dances. Karina the last few seasons has proven that when she is focused and enjoying herself she can be a mazing
4. Tony, Mark and Derek. Tony is just the nicest guy and is so patient with his partners. Mark is a good dancer. Needs to tone it down a little and stay in the rules. Derek is a great teacher and dancer. Just needs to get a partner that he really has to work with. Don’t really think he has to do it yet.
5. Cheryl Again she she brings out the best in her partners and is a very sexy looking woman. Anna with the red flowing hair and great smile is a joy to watch. Lacey with her bubbly attitude and very toned leggs is amazing.
6. “Green the whole year round” from Lisa Kelly of Celtic Woman. A Waltz from Cheryl and Tony.
Do love these – good fun reading everyone’s ideas!
1) Favourite dances: Paso Doble and AT
2) Agree that Derek does brilliant couple performances – loved all of those. Of the larger pro numbers, not sure who has done all of them, but think Maks is quite good and liked Lacey’s Lady Gaga dance.
3) Derek is the best as he choreographs to his partner’s strengths, Kym is also clever with her choreography.
4) Derek, Tristan, Maks
5) Kym, Cheryl, Peta
6) Agree that a foxtrot to Santa Baby would be fabulous. Would like to see Derek and Chelsea or Karina. In the UK, they do a Christmas special – always quite fun – so we actually have quite a few of these dances already done!
I don’t think any celeb dances from this season are going to get nominated, Vin – but if one does it will be the psycho tango. The problem is that celeb dances aren’t usually executed well enough and nowadays they compete against professionals from sytycd AND Derek will likely be competing against himself with Allison, Anna and maybe Julianne….and there are only five or so spots. Personally, I think Derek might actually have a shot with Allison…other wise it will be someone from SYTYCD again.
There’s still a chance that Season 14 will produce an Emmy nomination worthy dance just in time. 🙂 I hope so.
And I agree with with you PH. His dance with Allison will most definitely be submitted for consideration and most likely get a nomination. Question is – Why did TPTB chose the golden one for this?
I do hope JR and Karina’s waltz gets an nomination and win. 🙂
I don’t see why the Psycho tango and maybe the Red Ridinghood paso couldn’t be nominated. Derek got a nomination for the Futuristic paso with Joanna and the sailor quickstep with Nicole…
I don’t think the dance he did with Julianne will be nominated – the dances with Ricki have a better shot.
But like you say Heidi – the dance with Allison is his best chance of actually winning. (The DaD with Anna could be a dark horse)
But lets see what happens on season 14 of DWTS before we get ahead of ourselves – there’s a long time to the Emmy nominations. 🙂
#Jennifer – Question is – Why did TPTB chose the golden one for this? – i don’t get this one. can you be more specific ? thx
I’m not sure that Derek has a strong enough body of work with Ricki alone to come up with a really “meaty” nomination package. Psycho tango? Definitely, but beyond that – I don’t know that any of their other dances past muster, when you look at what he has submitted in the past (50s paso, futuristic paso, etc.). The pro dance with Allison will likely be a separate nomination, if Allison had a hand in choreographing, and I think that one would be hard to beat. If he is around next season, though, and can crank out 1 or 2 more really fantastic routines – who knows. He could possibly swing 2 separate noms. However, Mia Michaels seems to be the Emmy board’s darling these days, and while she wasn’t choreographing for SYTYCD this past season, she did choreograph this big dream sequence dance number for House that might be eligible for this coming year. Grrr…her smugness is so off-putting.
1. Two fave dances: Argentine Tango and Rumba
2. The best choreographer for the pro dances is Louis Van Amstel.
Louis and Karina always perform the best pro dances.
3. Best choreographers for a celebrity are Derek, Karina and Mark
4. Sexiest Male pros… I’ll think a little about that
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: sad that I have to deal with the fact that Karina is not on that list… PETA, CHERYL, KYM.
6. The most beautiful Christmas song: John Lennon – Happy Christmas (War is Over).
Can We dance a waltz to this song? I choose Maksim and Karina for that, since it is a protest war song.
Ricki’s paso was great too. That could totally get him a nomination too but than again it would remind people of that terrible movie “Red Riding Hood” (I watched it today out of boredom….and literaly sat there laughing at it the entire time…not good for a horror movie lol).
What are you talking about Jennifer?? That dance was Derek’s idea and Derek and Allison’s Choreography – of course they will submit it for an Emmy. They will likely submit a bunch of them and see what sticks. But your “golden one” comment strikes me as petty and jealous, particularly since the producers submit dances from all the pros if they are on the season long enough. From what I’ve heard they make suggestions to all the pros and ask what they would like to submit and then they do the work of the submission for them. If your favorite, Maks, doesn’t get a nomination, it’s just because he hasn’t had anything worthy of a nomination when compared to all the other submissions that year. OF COURSE, the producers submit as much as they can as long as they think they have a chance – it is GREAT PR for the show to get nominations. Why do you think Nigel campaigns so hard for his choreographers?? Because SYTYCD has half the ratings of DWTS and it needs those nominations and wins. Don’t hold your breath on JR and Karina – very rare that celeb dances get a nomination and none of their dances will stand up against Derek’s pro dances or the SYTYCD choreographers. Derek is lucky if he gets in there.
I will be very surprised if any of Derek’s dances with Ricki make it – not because they weren’t good, but because Derek has stuff that is BETTER than those dances. Like I said, there are only 5 or 6 spots so something is going to get left out. For all we know, NONE of the DWTS choreographers will get in – we usually get one slot a year, if we’re lucky. We still have another season of DWTS and a season of SYTYCD to get through before the nominations and awards happen – a lot can happen between now and then. For that matter, I would have to look at the rules again to see how many submissions Derek is allowed – he can have up to three dances in one submission with Ricki, then each pairing (Allison, Anna and Julianne) would each be separate “team” nominations. But I don’t know if he’s allowed to be on that many teams. Unfortunately, the last two weeks of S14 (when most of the great dances happen) won’t make the Emmy deadlines – that’s why more of Derek’s dances with Nicole didn’t get in.
Courtney, he doesn’t need three dances – his one nomination only had two and you can mix dances with different partners if it’s from one series (DWTS in this case) and he’s the sole choreographer. Any of his pro dances would be separate submissions – one submission per partner, assuming they all had a hand in the choreography. This summer’s season of SYTYCD is the one that will count for the next Emmys, unless I’m getting my calendar mixed up. We just had the Emmy’s in September, when Mark was nominated for a couple of his dances with Chelsea.
Of course, the rules seem to change slightly every year. And it’s possible that Mia’s work on House would be a separate category like the Award shows nominations were last year.
That was a crappy movie, Vin. I just saw it for the first time. Blech. And really, who wouldn’t choose the prince-like guy over the grungy guy? 🙂
1. Tango and Rumba
2. Maks.
3. Maks.
4. Tristan then Maks. Derek not included.
5. Cheryl then Peta. Can’t stand Kym.
6. All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey to the cha cha cha danced by Tristan & Lacey.
I’m well aware of how the Emmy nomination process works, Heidi. In fact, I’m pretty sure I mentioned that his dance with Allison would be a separate nomination, given that she had a hand in choreographing. However, I still don’t think the Psycho tango alone is strong enough to warrant another, separate nomination for Derek alone – that was my point. I still think he would have to crank out one or two more dynamite celeb dances in the coming season to beef up his submission package in order to stand a chance against perennial SYTYCD favorites like Mia, Nappytabs, Travis, and Tyce. DWTS is lucky to get one or two noms each season, amidst the sea of noms SYTYCD gets – if his dance with Allison is nominated, I daresay he’s going to have to have a particularly strong package of dances on his own in order to possibly get another nomination for DWTS.
# Princess Heidi – What are you talking about Jennifer?? – thank you! i was warming up for that one… but you beat me to it!
#Jennifer – you already heard all of this from Heidi but i just wanted to say one more time: that amazing performance was Derek’s concept, Derek’s vision, Deerek’s song choice with Derek’s friend and co-star in Cobu. TPTB did NOT chose the golden one … as you sarcastically put it.. Derek had an idea, a concept and he presented it to the producers and they decided (how could they not??) to included on the show.. an Emmy nomination or maybe even a win this time around comes in handy for any show! if you want to see others pro..well…they only have to have ideas like Derek’s…but that is not so easy now….is it? that’s why Derek has so many Emmy nominations..and others none at all!! it’s in the talent!! not everyone has it!
Elara38…you summed it up wonderfully…”Its all in the talent and not everyone has it”. No matter how hard they try, no one can touch Derek’s talent, looks and personality. He’s got it all. He is so gifted, works really hard, and makes it all look so easy. As his star soars, he’ll leave all the naysayers in the dust. I’m looking forward to it.
Just watched “P2” (great movie btw) and I got another one: Blue Christma as a rumba and lacey and tony dancing to it
1) AT & Paso
2) Maks
3) Kym & then Derek
4) Maks, Tristan, Derek (in order although Tristan & Derek do nothing for me in the sexy department)
5) Cheryl, Peta, Kym
6)Don’t really have a favorite Christmas song but I love watching Maks & Cheryl dance together.
1. What is your top two favorite dances to watch on Dancing With The Stars?
Depends on who is the choreographer! But I’d have to say that the Paso Doble and either one of the Walzes or the Argentine Tango come next
2. The best choreographer for the pro dances is ____________________________. (you can name one to three if you like)
Derek Hough (even though he doesn’t do many) and Anna/Jonathon for their dances together.
3. The best choreographer for a celebrity is _______________________. (you can name one to three if you like)
Derek, Derek, Derek……but I also really like what Karina and Kym come up with for their celebs.
4. Rate the sexiest of these three Male pros in order:
Derek, Tristan, Maks in that order. I put Maks last and he’d rank close to last if all the pros were listed for me because he whines and pouts too much for my taste.
5. Rate the sexiest of these three Female Pros in order: Peta, Cheryl, Kym
Kym, Cheryl, Peta….but I’d have put Karina @ #1, if she’d been listed.
6. Design a Christmas Dance: What is your favorite Christmas song? Which two pros would you like to see dance to it and what kind of dance?
I’d like to see Derek dance to the Clay Aiken version of “Mary Did You Know with Kym or Karina because he seldom gets to dance with them. Or Jonathon and Anna.
Geez, Court, so sorry.
I’m the one who was saying that I didn’t think ANY celeb dances were going to get a nomination from this season – also just saying that three dances aren’t *required* for a nom to happen. That’s it.
1. Tango/A. Tango & Paso Doble (more when pros do them than celebs)
2. Louis
3. Derek, Kym, Chelsie
4. Tristan, Maks, Derek
5. Peta, Kym, Cheryl
6. Last Christmas, Chelsie & Tristan, Cha Cha Cha