ABC Releases Entertainment And Dance Duel Details For Dancing With The Stars Week 5
Get ready! According to ABC MediaNet, music icon Carlos Santana, Train, and Selena Gomez will be the entertainment this coming week on Dancing With The Stars. The “Macy’s Stars of Dance” will also be returning to perform. Their dance will feature Sheila E. Don’t forget, the judges will also have the final say with the “Dance Duel”. Below are some details. Note how Louis Van Amstel makes a return to Dancing With The Stars. Details for how the Dance Duel will take place is also mentioned…
“Episode 1405 & 1405A” – It’s Latin Night on “Dancing with the Stars” and Global Music Icon Carlos Santana takes over the ballroom with performances of some of his classic hits throughout the evening. In a stunning opening number with the Troupe, Carlos Santana will perform his first ever Top 10 hit, “Evil Ways.” He will also perform his popular hit song “Maria, Maria,” featuring dancers Louis Van Amstel and Anna Trebunskaya. And the remaining nine couples will heat up the floor dancing either the Salsa, Argentine Tango or the Samba, MONDAY, APRIL 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on ABC.
On Tuesday night, Grammy® Award-winning band Train take to the stage with an awesome performance of “Drive By,” their first single from their latest album, “California 37,” accompanied by Louis Van Amstel and Cheryl Burke. Pop sensation Selena Gomez and her band, The Scene, will perform their hit single “Hit the Lights.” The Latin themed performances continue with this week’s “Macy’s Stars of Dance” performance called “Carnaval,” a celebration of Latin dances featuring acclaimed percussionist Sheila E. The performance is choreographed by the talented Liz Imperio, who has directed Gloria Estefan’s last three world concert tours and choreographed for Madonna and Jennifer Lopez.
Also, this week’s bottom two couples will face off in a Dance Duel. The two couples will perform the same dance style, this week the Cha-Cha, to the same song at the same time. The dance floor will be split in half as the couples dance side by side and the judges will decide who stays and who goes home, TUESDAY, APRIL17 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET).
Why am I so nervous after reading that? I’m glad I’m not them. 
god..Vogue..you are right..i am getting nervous only reading about that duel…the only thing i can think about is..what do we do if our favorites are in the duel with the judges favorites??? we know from the start who wins…if one is say…to stiff for the judges and gets 7 and the other is god gift even when one is messing the whole routine and still gets 8..now ..where is fairness in that?
All I keep thinkig of when I hear about the dance duel is “The Voice” when the judge has to chose who to save lol. Saying that, not really excited by the entertainment lined up for this week. Not a Santana fan, Train fan or a Selena Gomez fan at all.
Oh geeze! Side by side!?! Fanbases better vote their arses off to keep their team out of bottom two…cause then its out of voting publics hands after that! All night voting anyone? As heidi’s numbers posts tell you need to garner enough votes to out vote everyone but also cover the spread based on scores given! YIKES!
This IMO has “shakeup” written all over it, and if Judges override voting public …loss of viewership I would imagine…. Risky gamble I think by DWTS.
Exactly about the dance duel Guys!!
Thanks for the info Vogue.
Wow, really worried about Gavin since 6 of the remaining 9 have already had the cha cha and it was for week 1 after having had a couple or more weeks to work on it. Katherine and Jaleel also haven’t had it but it seems that dancing comes way more naturally for them. Hmm.
I would like to ask you lovely knowing people, of ALL the ways you can vote. I know some of you are sneaky good and have figured out something other than the on-line, phone, text, right? and out of curiosity, say on a week 5 with 9 votes available – how may times will you ACTUALLY
vote?
I’m very excited. This promisses to be a good theme week.
And I’m very excited about the Dance-Duel. =]
I think it’s gonna be harder to Gavin, Katherine or Jaleel. The other couples will just recycle their first chacha, so… Hope Maria doesn’t be on B2..
With the dance dual, I expect the judges favorites to end up with high scores. Pretty sure Katherine will get a 30. I hope Maria avoids the bottom 2 as well. Roshon might get overscored.
Maybe, Melissa, but we all know it’s not (just) about judges scores…
@cj: “This IMO has “shakeup” written all over it, and if Judges override voting public …loss of viewership I would imagine…. Risky gamble I think by DWTS.”
I’m guessing all we’ll ever know is the 2 couples in the bottom 2 – not specifically who came in last. So, we also won’t know if the judges send home the actual last place couple or “save” them. But boy, if Len thought he had people yelling at him on the street before this whole dance duel thing, …
Ya’ll, Tom talked about the side by side thing a couple weeks ago when he announced it. And really, that’s the best way to go – make it REALLY obvious who the better dancer is, that way maybe they will be less inclined to play favorites. Or they’ll just claim they didn’t see such and such. :::sigh:::
Um, no, Beka there is no other way to vote than on-line, phone and text. And no, we don’t actually advocate cheating – which is what finding another way (although I think none of us are capable of magic) would be. I can’t honestly imagine what it is you think could be done besides that.
Jess, I agree. A soon as I read it was a cha cha, I thought Gavin is out…unless fans pull him out of bottom two. Gladys, Melissa, and Maria have all done cha cha and not very well IMHO compared to Roshon and William. Katherine and Donald won’t have a problem with it. I’m unsure about Jaleel;he could pull it off. It depends on who is up against each other. For instance, if it’s Melissa & Gladys and their cha cha’s are equal, would they keep Gladys for ratings or keep Melissa for Maks? (bad boy=interesting packages lol).
I sense more “accurate” or even low-balling of scores to manipulate the outcome.
Maria did Cha Cha the very first dance of the season – I sure wouldn’t expect her to dance it exactly the same way, especially not after her other dances which she’s done quite well.
William didn’t actually do a cha cha, he did a bump and grind routine. And didn’t Roshon and Chelsie get called out for lack of content, or was that another dance?
If I recall, the group that started out Foxtrot/Jive haven’t done a Cha Cha yet… Do I remember that right? If so, it makes for a slightly bigger hill for them to climb than the others, who at least have done a Cha Cha (and since it was 1st, they had some time to practice the basics).
So delighted louis is returning I hope he choreographed too.he is spoof missed this season
One other question comes to mind about the dance-off – Has anyone heard whether or not they’ve all got the music for it? Or is this a case of some “instant choreo” thrown in??? That would seem like adding insult to injury, but it wouldn’t be the first time for TPTB.
Heidi, Len did not care for the hip hop moves infused in Roshon and Chelsie’s cha-cha and thus gave him a 7. He did say Roshon was a good dancer that week too.
I really like the side by side by dancing in the dance duel.
Are the judges actually going to score the dance duel or just each name the celeb they have chosen to save? And will Len be deemed ‘head judge’ as he is in the UK, and be last to choose, so that if CAI and Bruno pick differently, then he is the decider?…
Beka,
All the phone lines you’ve got, PLUS you can create and verify all the online email addresses/ABC logins you can handle. Don’t know where it’s easiest to get new email addresses, but there are plenty of venues out there. (I use my two phone lines and four email addresses that I had anyway; I figure that’s as much as I want to handle.)
Thank you, Ell. I’ve been watching since season Julianne/Apollo but due to work schedule, this is the first season I have been able to actually watch when it was on instead of a recording 2 days later, so this is the first year I get to vote! Currently, I’ve just been voting 1 phone line, and 1 email address. I was just curious what the options were. Thank you for clarifying.
Well, me thinks Roshon better go for a REAL cha cha cuz this would be a REALLY bad time to not do a full on cha cha.
nervous for Roshon. I’m kinda wishing he had the AT this time – it is such a fan favorite and seems (and I have NO idea if this is really true by the numbers) to get better scores than Samba. I don’t remember how scoring went the last time they had the Salsa in regular rotation.
Do we know if they know their music ahead of time or is it an instant dance sort of thing?
For which, Beka?? For their regular dance they have the music like always. For the dance off? No idea.
i was wondering for the dance off.
this is a sad confession.
I keep updating every 5 minutes or so to make sure I haven’t missed the addition of THE CHEESECAKE AWARDS. I don’t know if that is a statement about my life or a hallelujah towards the brilliance of the awards.
@ Beka
Give yourself a pass and go with the latter! LOL!
Definitely, Beka – It’s the BRILLIANCE of the Cheesecake!
I’ve moved on from worrying about the “dance duel”. It is what it is. Ain’t nothin’ we can do about it except try to keep our fave out of the bottom two by voting on Monday night (and Tuesday morning, if you’re really motivated). Just vote your arse off, and then sit back on Tuesday evening with the beverage of your choice, and let the chips fall where they may! I think it will be a hoot to see how the judges handle having “the decision” thrown in their laps. In the past, they’ve always been able to duck responsibility by pointing at the public and saying “don’t blame us that ‘so and so’ went home, you didn’t vote for them, blah-blah-blah.”
@Cidra – BRAVO!!! Well said… *applause*. Now I must get my beverage of choice ready for lift off on Monday night. Down the hatch!!
I actually think.it suits roshon not to have the A. Tango this week…he would be directly going up against donald and william….and its one of those dances where if the judges ( carrie ann bruno) see strong man with a steamy stare and incredible lifts…the 10 paddles are gonna come flying out regardless of technique or content.
Although roshon is absolutely adorable…he would not be able to pull off strong and steamy next to those two…fyi im not even sure if he can lift chelsie and she ways nothing but a nickel anyways
So i think salsa is a good choice…he will be the only male doing it, if im correct?
Not sure how this would be done, but if they wanted to show a fair comparison then have the duel consist of the same choreographed routine. Once William starts thrusting his hips in a Cha Cha, regardless of actual content, I think it’s lights out for the other couple if Bruno and CAI stay consistent…
I better start looking more closely this Monday night, because I am not feeling all the Roshon love. To me he just doesn’t stand out enough, and it may be too late for him.
With Kyle it was love at first dance.
I do not always agree with Maks but do think sometimes dance styles certain ones have a bit more of an advantage. Argentine tango is a crowd pleaser and no surprise the two judges favorites and emerging leader Donald have the argentine tango. I think those guys will be safe from the dance duel so they should be fine.
Hopefully the salsa will be a crowd pleaser too. If Jaleel is the only one with samba, he got the tough draw. But I am fine if he leaves. I went from rooting for him to being bored.
Roshon is a bit like Aaron and might get saved in the duel like Aaron but I think Roshon in the end is like most other Disney kids in the show. I mean, Monique was one of the better dancers in season 3 but missed the top three that season. List goes on.
AT might be a crowd pleaser, but it’s also HARD. If you don’t do it well, you’re screwed. There’s no faking it at all in that dance. Samba? From what I understand, the most difficult of the latin dances…to do well, anyway. There are two, possibly three Sambas – Jaleel, Gladys and maybe Gavin. It would make sense for him (which is why it probaby won’t happen) to have Samba since there are also three ATs and three salsas.
I’m not seeing it with Roshon either. Sure, he can dance, but he doesn’t make a lasting impression for me.
@Sandy (#30), thank you. Hope you have fun selecting your beverage of choice.
@RJ (#32), good point. As soon as the William starts the bump and grind, CAI and Bruno will be drooling all over the desk (ugh!) and won’t even notice there’s another couple on the dance floor.
Roshon is a cutie, but despite what CAI said, he’s not a “man”. So it’s a good thing he’s got Salsa not AT. I’m pretty sure Chelsie got the “memo” and will do a “traditional” cha-cha. It’s not rocket science that keeping Len happy is the key to their staying on the show.
There are three couples that I think are in big trouble this week: 1) Gladys and Thristan (thats a tough dance for aa lot of contestants who had better footwork then her so this is going to be rough to watch) 2) Melissa and Maks (everything might get to her after last week and the nerves are probably going to kick in) and 3) Jaleel and Kym (he might do well but he is too much in his head while dancing it seems. I think he is too driven sometimes and is not having enough fun).
William should do excellent though. Thats a good dance for him. The judges gibing 9s wouldn’t shock me I just think that the week he has rumba Bruno and Carrie Anne might havea heart attack.
And maybe to a lesser extent I think that Katherine might be in trouble too. After last week I really don’t know what to expect since she really didn’t do that great despite some killer chroeography from Mark.
This could be the week with the biggest shocker of an elimination (I wasn’t really shocked by Sherri’s elimination….when i saw it was her and roshon I kinda could tell she was the one going home).
Can I just point something out? Why is TRAIN performing on Latin Week?
@Tony: I thought the same thing but that damn new song they have is pretty addicting (cheesey though……..between that and the 1 direction song I think the radio stations i listen to are going crazy). Odd choice for latin week though.
@vin – I mean this in the nicest way…. there’s no “h” in “Tristan”…
Vin (#37), I’m betting Melissa and Maks will be safe this week. Maks will go easy on the choreo which should help her performance nerves. The judges will treat her with kid gloves and are likely to over score her. The viewers will prop her up with votes because she has been courageous. And I say all this with NO disrespect to Melissa who I think *has* been courageous and hard working.
I dunno – I think you guys are thinking that the AT is going to be some kind of slam dunk, when I’m really not sure I agree. I think I’ll have to wait to see them dance, but I’m not sure that Katherine or William have enough attack to be guaranteed 9′s and 10′s. Unless of course CAI got her vagina vote back and Bruno never lost his. And William does it sans shirt.
I agree with Cidra. But sometimes the viewers over ride the judges. Unfortunately, we are rapidly approaching the point in the show where most people have chosen a favorite.
@Sally: I know a guy who puts an h in it so I automatically add it lol i Gotta stop doing that lol
@Cidra: Don’t get me wrong she is extremely courageous to come back from breaking her back and even from last week, but I think she has got to lose the nerves and she will be golden.
Well vin, I wish I was as optimistic as you are. Some people just don’t have the musicality and rhythm like others do. I know I don’t, I would never be able to move my feet and shake my hips like the best of them, I just don’t have “IT”.
As much as I loved Ralph, he just didn’t have the moves like the others, and I see the same with Melissa.
I think the story was will and Kate falling last week. Giving them argetine tango, even if they struggle, with the flashy lifts will be enough reason for the judges to give them ten. Watch, Katherine will go last this week. Deserved or not, that seems to be the story to me. Just like Katherine getting the first tens amd giving Will a ten. Though i thought Maria deserved at least one ten for her rumba that week. But, maybe I am reading into Len’s comments too much, but he said Maria’s while good was not up there. Though I do think she had the best tango of the night. Maybe the show does not want Maria and imorovement come in the way of their desired final 3. I need get stop overanalyzing this, lol but seemed to be this subtle message to viewers. I know we think it is ridiculous and the judges are nuts but most typical viewers take the judges comments to heart. I remember many saying how Helio was terrific because the judges praised him.
I never found Mark’s argentine tango memorable, but sure with Katherine it will be great. I thought the paso choreo was just his usual paso choreo but she was impressive. Cheryl loves this dance and sure will give it her all. I am sure CAI and Bruno will give him a ten.
Whether the argentine tangos are well executed or not, with the lifts alone, they will stand out to viewers.
I agree the samba is at a disadvantage. It is a tough dance and will be less showy than say the argentine tango.
A) I believe the salsa people can also do lifts, although I could be wrong;
B) Katherine has never gone last, has she?
C) Maria’s Tango, as much as I love her, was not worthy of a ten. Neither was anything that William has done, but there you go. If Katherine gets a 10, it will likely be well earned. Maria best tango of the night? Sure, I can get behind that, but it still wasn’t a 10 tango.
D) I do not believe that the judges have a preferred final three yet.
E) Helio WAS terrific in a lot of ways. Lots and lots of people loved him, me included, and it had nothing to do with what the judges said. Frankly, I recently re-watched that entire season and the judges were very slow to get on the Helio train, just as they were slow to get on the Apolo train. I felt like they started giving both better scores almost against their will.
Heidi A) I know they allow lifts on Strictly Come Dancing, but for Salsas on the American version, I don’t think I’ve seen a single lift. Plus, I’m sure CAI won’t even be aware of it and call a couple out for the lift. That is assuming someone does one.
I did not think Maria deserves a ten for her tango either. But her rumba? I did think it deserved a ten.
Katherine has not gone last. She went early last week and seems like it is now her turn to go last. I think the desired final 2 is Katherine and William. I think Donald is the other third. DWTS has gotten a bit predictable for me. As for Helio, I got his charm but again for non Internet seeking fans, I remember many felt he was up there with Sabrina. He was good, but he was not Sabrina, lol.
I disagree (agree to disagree) the judges were slow get on Helio and Apolo train. Len took awhile with Apolo but Bruno and CaI loved him right away.
I am confused on the salsa and lifts. Lifts were allowed in season 7 but no one did lifts the following seasons when salsa was dances.
I am sure Katherine’s ten will be earned. But it does not make the judges love for her and going on as though she is the best dancer evah ( a bit much, Carrie Ann…she is no surprise like Brooke or Gilles) is tiresome. I guess being a judges pet, whether Katherine or Will, makes things dull.
@Tony – Yes, they allow lifts on the U.S. DWTS when doing Salsa. How do I recall that? Because Hines Ward & Kym Johnson were practicing Salsa when they fell…
@Sally (52): They said that was during their Argentine Tango…Or at least that’s what package they showed it in.
Tony, I did some digging around, and here is the routine they were using for inspiration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRDD9YTV8ts
The move where they crashed & burned is at 1:42 in. IIRC, she also had Hines doing the “over the back” move at the very end. They had 2 dances that week, AT and Salsa.
Yes, lifts are allowed. I also remember a lift that Donny and Kym did in a Salsa Relay dance.
I can understand the confusion about which dance where Kym got hurt. They showed the injury right before the Argentine Tango. In that rehearsal package, they were showing them rehearsing BOTH routines. They just mixed them up because they had to do a rehearsal package first and the Argentine Tango was first. Plus, everyone heard about the accident and wanted to know what happened so they went ahead and explained it. Right before the Salsa that Hines did, they only showed Hines’ home, his background, his mom and friends talking about him. No rehearsal package so with the background going, they just didn’t have time to show the rehearsals and the fall. So they just showed all of the rehearsals they had on tape before the Argentine Tango then Hines’ background only right before the Salsa. Sally is right, they were rehearsing the Salsa when Kym was injured, not the Argentine Tango. The lift in the video that Sally showed was the lift Kym was trying to do with Hines. I see how it failed for two reasons: The woman in the video was still standing up when she went between the man’s legs. Kym was already laying down and with her holding onto Hines’ arms, I think when she tried to go through his legs, her weight kinda pulled him down because she was on the floor. His body probably wouldn’t have been “pulled down” a little if Kym was standing up. That was one error Kym made. The other problem was when Hines lost his balance so he fell forward, landing right on Kym’s neck.
Hope this helps!
I would say that’s more of a trick than a lift Sally. I don’t want to start an argument by any means. I’m just really skeptical that you can say that salsa does have legal lifts in the American version based on that video. Plus, we didn’t see any lifts in their salsa other wise and no other salsa on the US version has had a lift. So again, forgive me for being skeptical, but it there doesn’t seem to be enough evidence FOR ME.
Oops. I posted that comment before I refreshed the page.
But I do have one question: How do you all know that they were rehearsing salsa? I’m not saying I don’t believe anyone, because I do (well, now I do anyways). I just want to know how everyone knows this. lol
Tony, I explained all of this the best I could so if you haven’t had a chance to view my previous post, I would like to ask if you could do that. Thanks
@Liz: I did read your post. =) That’s why I commented “Oops, I didn’t refresh the page” when I posted. Things are clear now, I just want to know how you guys know it was salsa. Like I get how the injury trick is what is in the video, but to the average viewer (like myself) they wouldn’t be able to figure something like that out.
Ok, Tony…. you are absolutely right. There are no lifts allowed in Salsa, and they were actually practicing the Argentine Tango. Or heck, maybe it was the Foxtrot… This is Sally, over & out on this thread.
oh sorry, Tony.
@Tony, I recall Kym remarking at one point in an interview that it was a salsa trick that she’d seen a latin champion couple doing. Probably the couple in the video that Sally posted. Don’t remember the source though. If it comes to me, I’ll try to find it again.
Found it! Salsa world champions from Colombia.
@Sally: I apologize for what I said, however, I did say I didn’t refresh the page when I posted. I didn’t see what Liz had said when I posted the page. I said I wasn’t trying to cause an argument, and I was skeptical at the time. Again I hadn’t read Liz’s post. I didn’t know because what you had said was the first time I had seen it. And I never said lifts in Salsa weren’t allowed. Please don’t take what I said the wrong way.
Thank you mmc. =)