DWTS13 End-of-Season Award Winners – Which Dance Was the Worst?
Other responses:
Hope & Maks’ rumba – 6
Ricki & Derek’s jive – 3
Hope & Maks’ first jive – 3
Chaz/Any dance from Chaz – 3 (Another one I’m tempted to throw out, because this seems a bit mean-spirited…and it doesn’t follow the directions)
Hope & Maks’ paso doble – 2
Elisabetta & Val’s cha-cha – 2
Ricki & Derek’s samba – 1
David & Kym’s rumba – 1
Ricki & Derek’s freestyle – 1
Rob & Cheryl’s samba – 1
Nancy & Tristan’s rumba – 1
Chaz & Lacey’s rumba – 1
Ricki & Derek’s paso doble – 1
Too many to list – 1
Courtney: Again, no big surprises here – looking back, I really do think Ron/Metta & Peta’s cha-cha was pretty hard to watch…and just kind of bizarre. Hope & Maks’ tango, while very “clunky”, didn’t seem as bad to me – she was at least trying, where I felt like Ron just said “f*ck it” and was out there just winging it. I have to give Nancy & Tristan’s jive a bit of a free pass, considering they got what I think could be the WORST jive song in the history of the show. Chynna had a brain fart – yes, it was hard to watch her crash & burn out there, but after seeing their encore performance during the finale, the dance itself didn’t seem quite so bad. I would say that Rob & Cheryl’s Viennese waltz the first week had the potential to be as bad as Ron’s cha-cha, but Cheryl is such a pro at this point, I think she managed to conceal more of Rob’s flaws with backleading than Peta did with Ron’s. JR & Karina’s cha-cha – yeah, it was a pretty hot mess, but I found that JR’s dancing in the finale was generally not up to snuff with the other stuff he had done all season…chalk it up to injury, I guess. David & Kym’s jive was another hot mess, but again – he at least looked like he was trying. It’s funny how effort can make or break a dance for me – a dance can be a hot mess, but I tend to cut it a bit of a break if I feel like the celeb is at least TRYING. Likewise, a dance can be pretty good, but if I feel like the celeb is not really trying or doesn’t really care (think Kate Gosselin) – I cannot bring myself to like it, no matter how great it may be. Rounding out the write in category, I’ve got to raise my eyebrows at some of the responses, unfortunately. Regardless of how one feels about Chaz’ life decisions, I don’t think all of Chaz’s dances were the worst ones this season, by any stretch – in fact, his cha-cha and samba were both pretty good, in my eyes. And regardless of how one feels about Ricki and/or Derek, I don’t think any of their dances came close to being the worst, either – I think they may have gotten excessive praise for a few of them, but I don’t think any of them are inherently bad. Hell, I was actually surprised that no one brought up their 80’s foxtrot – if any of their dances seemed even remotely qualified to be the worst of the season, it was that one…but again, I blame a crappy song and theme. It’s funny that people bring up Hope & Maks’ rumba – with all the drama that followed it that week, I think it may have colored some people’s opinions of that dance for the worse; however, I actually kinda liked it, because Hope actually seemed to let go and show some vulnerability that week. I just hated those damn flat boots she had to wear 🙂
Heidi: Heh. I forgot Ron was even on this past season, so it would be difficult for me to call him the “worst” – maybe being utterly forgotten is worse than being the worst. 🙂 I always laugh when someone throws in Ricki and Derek for a “worst dance” category. She was not Derek’s best partner ever, but worst out of this group? LOL – I think a bit of envy is at play here. I will also freely admit that Maks’ and Hope’s behavior toward the end of the season completely colored my thoughts on their dancing and, frankly, them as people. But you know what? That is the risk you take when you persist in that type of behavior with no apologies. You have to own it. Be responsible for it. Like it or not, you’re on TELEVISION and what you do will have an impact on people, either positive or negative. Now, I’ve had a negative opinion on Maks before and he turned it (and me) around with Kirstie. He may be able to do it again. But how many times can one keep making the same mistake before they just get written off? So, at the end of the day, that is likely what you’re seeing in the number 2 ranking for Hope and Maks – unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your POV) I’m rarely alone in my opinions or reactions. I’m just not that unique. 🙂 As for Tony and Chynna – I think people are very sympathetic with someone just blanking on someone and then feeling awful about it. Sympathy plays a huge part in this show, as we’ve said time and again. Plus, I think most people can see the difference between forgetting ones steps and being a “bad” dancer. I don’t think she got voted out for blanking, I just don’t think she had a fanbase to begin with and her previously good scores had been protecting her from elimination.
Vogue: Wow, I’m shocked to see Maks and Hope’s Tango scoring so high for worst dance? 😯 But, looking back at it again, I was quickly reminded of her “attitude” which was turning a lot of fans off at the time including myself. I also thought Tony and Chynna’s Tango would have scored higher as “worst dance”. In the end, I agree with who won in this catagory. Ron didn’t even seem to care and Peta seemed to have given up as well on him which I didn’t fault her a bit. If she comes back this next season, I really hope she gets a good partner. I’d really like to see her given a good chance to teach.
*photo courtesy ABC/Adam Taylor
Ricki and Derek’s samba? How on Warth was that even a thought for this one?
Earth* (sorry that was a stupid typo)
It’s simple, vin – some people just seem hellbent on revenge. 🙂
True. If they wanted to add derek and ricki they should have siad their jive (instant one) or the 80s dance.
Ron’s face in that photo is awful
Vin,
None of Rick & Derek’s dances were the worst, please!-LOL
I’d rather watch “crazy” that “annoying”, so I’d pick Hope & Maks’ Rumba as the worst instead of Ron’s cha cha cha 🙂
@Dee(upclose22): I think that if people wanted to see Ricki and Derek on the lsit those would be the prime choices since those were her worst (or at least I think so). In no way are they the worst of the season but if people wanted to see them on thel sit those would be theo ens that should have been there.
I was initionally confused on why J.R.’s cha cha was a choice but after watching it again….WOW. That could have cost him the trophy he shoud be thankful for the freestlye round.
@vin – Yeah, Heidi & I both found his dancing in the finale (with the exception of his freestyle and maybe his instant samba) to be not up-to-par with the dancing he did the rest of the season…I guess he was still somewhat injured. I find it hard to believe that he could ace a difficult dance (samba) but flub an easy one (cha-cha) without some other external factors in play. His jive in the finale was kind of a train wreck as well – I think he actually flubbed his choreo towards the beginning, and missed a few steps later on. Oddly enough, I think Rob was the most consistent during finale week – not the best, but the most consistent…he didn’t have the same ups & downs the Ricki & JR seemed to have.
Ron and Peta should be at the bottom, Yikes, just for the costume alone, SCARY!
I agree about JR, his finale work was not too special, but nailing their freestyle sealed the deal. Chaz clearly was not the best dancer, but his smile warmed my heart. He did his best, and he was awesome.
I have a theory about why JR seemed to deteriorate the last couple weeks, beyond the ankle injury. I know I held this thought about him that he was young and fit and after all he’d been through, this was nothing. But as I thought some about the truly living hell he’d been through, I realized that his body is probably *nothing* at all like a regular fit 28 year old. Burn scars aren’t flexible and with over 40% burned and scars likely over more than that because I would guess that they harvested unburned skin from his body for grafts, think how little flexibility he has and how much has to be “borrowed” from other parts of his body that aren’t really meant to be flexible. Also, scar tissue doesn’t sweat, it gets poor circulation…Also, I wonder if his lungs took a permanent hit with the severe smoke inhalation and who knows what all chemicals he inhaled while trapped. And to go through that many surgeries…I bet in some ways he’s a very old man and think that while he was accused by some of using a “sob story”, I think he did quite the opposite and really tried to avoid calling attention to his deformities and health problems. And while Derek and Cheryl excel at choreographing to show strengths and hide weakness, I think Karina, who no doubt truly loves JR, really threw a lot of very hard things at him that perhaps he was too tired and worn down by that point with that crazy dance schedule to really excel at them. It makes me sad that he’s kind of remembered by some as not such a good dancer, I wonder how well he could have looked in a different situation.
I will never agree that JR’s nailing his freestyle sealed the deal. Come on now, let’s not re-write the facts here. And the fact is that very injured war hero beats former talk show host and reality star every single time. Most of us who work on the site said it was his to lose before he even danced a step. I believe my exact words were “Unless he can’t move at all, he’s going to win.”
Well Heidi, he could move, he could win 🙂