DWTS Season 14, Week 6 – Who’s Dancing What…and when?
Another crazy mix of dances this week, all done to the Motown theme. I’m very curious to see how they pull this off. Some or all of the couples will be dancing to the actual Motown legend who sang their song originally – Derek mentioned that they were dancing to the original artist, and Maks and Melissa did as well. Below is my guess on the dance order…I’ll rearrange as we get more info.
ETA: Katherine’s dance order per a Katherine fan twitter account that apparently has a good track record (per sheery in the comments). They sure like to stick her right in the middle of the show don’t they? Isn’t that like every week now?? I find this to be rather strange, actually. If she was a big draw they would have her in the pimp spot at least ONCE.
ETA 2: Gee, I’m so shocked that Willy is dancing last before the marathon. Um, NOT. Well, on the bright side, he’ll have no rest time. How much you wanna bet he wins the marathon anyway?
ETA 3: Maria and Derek dancing first out of the gate. Which means she should be well rested by the time the marathon comes around. Provided she’s not still sick.
ETA 4: Finally they give Melissa a slot in the second hour…unfortunately, it’s awfully close to the marathon. I called Roshon, miracle of miracles. 🙂
ETA 5: Perhaps Conrad has been reading our site again, because they’ve moved Gladys to position number ONE since it’s Motown night. 🙂 Derek and Maria move to number two. And Derek reveals Gladys dance for her – according to him it’s rumba.
Gladys and Tristan – Rumba; Dancing 1st
Voting # 1-800-868-3411
Maria and Derek – Foxtrot; Dancing 2nd (Song: Jimmy Mack by Martha Reeves)
Voting # 1-800-868-3401
Roshon and Chelsie – Rumba; Dancing 3rd
Voting # 1-800-868-3405
Katherine and Mark – Samba; Dancing 4th
Voting # 1-800-868-3410
Donald and Peta – Foxtrot; Dancing 5th
Voting # 1-800-868-3403
Melissa and Maks – V. Waltz; Dancing 6th (Song: Ooh Baby Baby by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles)
Voting # 1-800-868-3407
Jaleel and Kym – Cha Cha Cha; Dancing 7th
Voting # 1-800-868-3412
William and Cheryl – Rumba; Dancing 8th
Voting # 1-800-868-3408
MOTOWN MARATHON – We haven’t heard too much about this one, but I have to assume that it will function the same way that marathons have worked in the past – that is, each couple dances in their own spot until four couples are left, then they have free rein of the floor. You get tapped on the shoulder to be eliminated from the dance. The couple left dancing at the end gets 10 points added to their score, second place nine points and so on down the line. This is the way the previous three marathons have worked – Derek has won twice, Maks has won once…somehow I don’t think either Derek or Maks is going to win this one. 🙂 According to the ABC press release, this dance will end the performance show, just like it has in the past. But what, exactly, are “classic moves” from the Motown Era, though??
Dance Duel – this week the dance duel is the Jive….which I personally believe is cruel and unusual punishment on top of the cruel and unusual punishment that is the dance duel itself.
The press release makes no mention of a double elimination, but the Vegas Deluxe article did claim it was a “surprise” – so don’t be surprised if Tom drops that little bomb at the beginning of the show. 🙂
If they’re going to do this “dance duel” thing, why not make it the same dance each week. That would help make it a little less cruel.
@Virginia, because that would simply make way too much sense!!!
I would think they would want to hold off on the double elimination as long as possible to retain as much of their audience as possible. Furthermore, I think going from five couples to three couples in the semi-final round would make it more exciting. But TPTB doesn’t always do that which makes sense.
Also, I hate that with the dance duel some couples have an advantage in that they have already performed the dance in question so they still only have to train in depth for once dance during the week.
Yes, same dance in the dance duel and same choreography would make a better comparison but again would not give them the end results they want. LOL Would be nice to see some of the top group in the duel this week that would give the judges a challenge.
I too think it is cruel to expect the celebs to prepare 3 dances at this stage.
Cheese? Please? (I didn’t miss it, did I?)
I agree with you IrisandLilies. They should hold off the double elimination until week 8. That way there is 2 more weeks for couples to prove themselves worthy of the semi finals. And than you are down to the final 4. Why get rid of an extra couple that fans may enjoy seeing 2 weeks earlier than necassary?
We are in the heart of the competition of a very good season and I resent that the show’s manipulation and sneaky wars is becoming such a focal point for me.
You’ll have to bug Court about the cheese. 🙂
Well, in that case…. to the wonderful, intelligent, beautiful Miss Courtney – we know you’re busy, and you have a life. But we’re craving cheesecake! 🙂 Pleeeeeease?? 😉 xoxo
Thinking out loud…..Jaleel & Kym in “pimp” spot.
William & Cheryl near the end of the lineup again–start show with Kaherine, and put Donald at top of the hour.
Katherine’s fan twitter page, who has had it right all along, is saying Katherine is dancing 4th tomorrow.
I don’t think it matters where they put her and they just stick her in the middle because they know she’ll dance and score well.
Does anyone besides me thnk the public will look at this whole “setup” tomorrow night and many of them will just not bother to vote thinking there is no point. From the choice of jive for the duel, to the marathon, another subjective judge-choice outcome. They seem to be setting this whole thing up to advantage those they have determined the favs for the season. The jive for the duel which most unfavored stars don’t even know/haven’t done yet.Marathon, obvious disadvantage for the injured (except Wm.), who I am sure they think has such a crazy amount of votes that it doesn’t matter how he does etc. And does anyone really think if Roschon goes up against Donald, Melissa, Maria or Gladys that they won’t pick Roschon-the biggest ringer of the season and the Disney kid !?! I just think this whole “make it up as we need to from week to week” is gonna backfire bigtime with the viewers and voters.
I understand a week or 2 with a save built in, but what they are obviously doing is way beyond the pale.
if i had to guess…i would say gladys in the pimp spot or close to it…u just gotta, its Motown week!
The duel dance should either be a new dance to all. Those who already did the jive will have an immediate advantage.
On voting it seems power voters are reusing their e-mail accounts on several browsers. Does anyone know if this is valid? Or does DWTS have a filter to discard duplicates? I would think it would make a huge difference.
Mimi – I’ve been pondering this. Now, this is all JMO, but:
I’m thinking that maybe the overall voting pool is smaller than we’ve been speculating. It’s been said many times here on PureDWTS, but there’s a difference between voters and viewers. Let me use an extreme case to make my point –
If I recall, the ratings posts are saying DWTS is averaging between 17 and 18 million. Tom Bergeron has said “millions of you cast your votes…”. Now, he’s not in a court of law, or under oath, but let’s assume that’s correct – 2 million voters would be “millions of you”. So in this scenario, using 18 million as number of viewers, only 11% of viewers would be voters. And the rest? Folks that are watching for one reason or another, and might stop watching, depending on who gets sent packing. Like I said, this is all just me thinking, but if I were TPTB, in that scenario, I’d want to keep people watching, even if they weren’t voting – so I might start fiddling around with things like a dance duel, and a Marathon dance, in order to pump up to scores, and the spread, for the people I think the viewers (not voters) are watching.
I so hope Derek and Maria dance in one of the last 2 or 3 spots in the line up. But wait, I just remembered the marathon dance. If it is indeed on Monday night, I want them to dance earlier, so they are rested!
Thanks for this and the numbers too, Miss H.!
If the marathon is immediately after the individual routines they have to be very careful who they put in the pimp spot. Gladys wouldn’t benefit from it, because of her age. Especially if she has the Jive. Putting Jaleel with a Quickstep would also perhaps be unfair to him.
Well, there’s an opening dance and a closing marathon…the first and last positions lose a lot of their “power”.
@PH
True that.
well in that case, put gladys first to kick off motown week, or at the top of the hour
Sorry kids – I love you, but I’m afraid the cheese will need to be postponed until next weekend, and be a combined weeks 5 & 6 cheese. If you want to blame someone, blame the fine folks at AT&T – because I was once again without internet, cable, or land line phone from about 11 PM Friday until 11 AM today, and was getting a suspiciously weak 3G signal on my phone. Visits from 6 different techs and about 36 hours later, things seem to be ok now…let’s see if they stay that way. The bf thinks I should get an iPad now, in case this ever happens again…anybody wanna buy me one? 😉
Somehow the songs always just sound better when sung by the original artist. I am hoping that they all will get that same privilege.
@Courtney – You poor girl! That has happened to us, no power for 3 days after a storm and it is brutal. Especially the cable/internet part, I couldn’t watch any of my favorite shows. Maybe we could take up a collection for you, hehe!
Sounds like you’ve suffered enough, Courtney! No complaints from me then! Next week’s cheesecake will be doubly rich and yummy! 😆
@Court – Love you, too! Thanks for letting us know. I’ll just have to go squelch my Cheesecake cravings with some Haagen-Dazs… 😉
Oh wow, Katherine in the middle of the show? So freaking unfair.
Now in just waiting for the inevitable update that Donald will be last and William next to last *roll eyes*
If they do the double elimination this week then we will have six couples left for the team dances. If they don’t then the question is will they do the team dances? I hope so. I love the team dances.
Excellent idea, Sally! (#22)
I don’t understand why they keep putting Katherine in the middle of the week, well I guess I am just happy she isn’t first. In the past 3 weeks every couple that went first has been in the bottom 2. Jack, Sherri, and Jaleel
Will they have team dances next week? Since it is clasial week, don’t think team dances will fit.
I’ve been in Moderation Hell forever!! LOL
@matt, given the marathon tomorrow, it is fair for an athlete like Donald to go last. It is not like Katherine is hurt by judges scores going middle. She is doing fine and middle is good for tomorrow. She will go in the middle for her dance but enough time to rest for the marathon.
It is fair if Gladys goes early tomorrow so she can rest. Also I predict Carrie Ann the best evah at something again. Eye roll. That is tiresome. Katherine is as much if producers and judges pet as William IMO so cannot feel bad for her.
Sorry, meggie…everyone appears to have left the building.
Poor Court! The cheesecake will taste even better from having to wait an extra week for it! Hope the AT&T Muppets finally got their act together and you won’t suffer anymore connectivity issues. Tell bf you think an iPad would be a great gift for the next “gift-giving” occasion! 😉
William is going last via Cheryl s twitter
I could see Roshon and Chelsie going last since (1) they are the youngest in age and presumably have the most energy; and (2) they are doing a rumba, which will probably be a slow dance. By the way, going last is not necessarily bad since the muscles have not had a chance to cool down and get stiff.
However, would TPTB be so obvious as to schedule Melissa and Maks last? Their fans have been complaining about their placement in the show, but I don’t think this is the night they want them to be last.
As for Katherine, I’m predicting a samba routine very similar to Ricki Lake’s last season — technically good but lacking the “carnival” feel.
Donald’s going 5th and William’s going last
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Great. William will never go in the first half. I’m convinced.
My team drivingmisspeta is 5th via donalds Twitter William last via Cheryl twitter
@Iris (#3): They did that during Strictly Come Dancing this past winter.
Thanks, Elvis, for releasing me! 😉
Jaleel just tweeted he’s doing Cha-Cha-Cha.
https://twitter.com/#!/jaleelwhite/status/194217373866274816
William going last and with a Rumba – why is that not a surprise. *eye roll* I like Wiliam – a lot – but TPTB pimping is nauseating.
LOL – yer welcome.
How come William hasnt even danced earlier like other couples? Why must he always be LAST? I dont really know why they are pimping him so much this season? ok I get it he is Hot and is an ok dancer but it just baffles me to see the level of favoritism that he gets!
Most of them are unusually quiet about the show.
I cant wait to see the show though, it should be a good one 😉 :)!
Free Willy! (if you get my drift!) 😉
Okay so the “will his ankle effect him or not” drama is what they are banking on this week LOL.
The 6th FREAKIN week in the row. Mr. So Called Latin Diva in at or near the pimp spot! Can we please not vote for him this week?? Thank you very much! BTW Go Team Menough!!! 🙂
@Meggie – “Free Willy”…. Good One!! LOL
It’s my new motto, Sandy, along with Menough Said! I’m glad someone “got” it! 😆
I like William, but, like how all of you feel, it’s wrong to play favortism when the other couples are working just as hard and are just as liked and if not more so (well, with an exception to one)?
And C, welcome back and glad everything is in working order again. Can’t wait for Cheesecake as always.
Well I don’t like William, low man on the totem pole for me, right down there with Jaleel.
To be honest, i have this really bad feeling that Roshon and Chelsie are probaly dancing first or second. The only reason I find this to be a bad thing is becuase the judges are going to be all over William’s rumba BUT they are definately going to underscore Roshon just to make William look like the better dancer (especially Carrie Ann and Bruno….Len is always impartial thank goodness)
On a side note, if anyone on the show is really really really good at keeping a secret, its Tristan and Gladys 🙂 That’s one thing I like about them a lot. They won’t blab automatically and leave everyone guessing so it makes it more fun when we find out.
If we refuse to vote for William then the pimping of him will backfire. If only the had left the show alone then things would all happen naturally. Instead, they (the producers and judges) manipulate and then we manipulate. A viscous cycle.
So Jack, Sherri were dismissed from the competition when they were the 1st team to take the dance floor. Lol, would hate to be the 1st couple out monday night. As for the last team to dance, this will be a benefit, since their not able to rest like the teams that danced before them. Can’t wait to see how this plays out.
It appears Maria and Derek are up first, again.
Sadly Maria is going first again! I usually expect her to alternate a bit from going early to second hoir Maybe they are considering her injuries and having her go first to rest up for the marathon? I think their foxtrot will be great so hopefully the judges will be kind and it is more a let’s start off Motown week with a fun dance :). Also hope they avoid the trip to the bottom 2.
For the Roshon and Chelsie fans, check out the video she and Roshon made. He sings about fans voting and plays on the keyboard. Too cute!!! It’s on her twitter page.
Geeze… I saw an unsubstantiated rumor on Twitter that says the Marathon dance is the Cha-Cha. So, Jaleel has it pretty sweet this week…. 🙁
Wow, Courtney, SIX different visits from techs??? That’s ridiculous! Hope it works out soon.
I’m hoping that Jaleel’s dance is straightened out because many kept insisting that he has the Quickstep. Obviously came from wiki but you can’t go by all the time. Also a bit strange because he has both the cha-cha in his routine and he has to do it again for the marathon.
I don’t know how many times I will have to say this before it sinks in, but…statistically it is still better to dance first rather than second or third. There is no evidence that one gets a lower score by dancing earlier in the night. Maybe if I keep repeating this it will start to sink in.
I’m starting to think that telling you guys statistics is a bad thing.
Well considering the track records of the couple who went 1st the last couple weeks, I think I’m somewhat justified in feeling worried ;)…and with a possible “surprise elimination” who knows what the heck will happen…yep, I’m officially in panic mode until Tuesday’s result show!
Sheesh, I don’t think anyone still in the competition has had a worse dance order than Maria & Derek, am I right? I’ve never power voted for anyone in the past but I might have to do some extra voting tomorrow…
Actually, Melissa has had it worse than Maria. She’s always been in the worst dance places. Maria has gone in the second half of the show a few times.
But I would recommend a lot of voting, if only go get William eliminated. I’m seriously annoyed by the extreme pimpage.
The producers are wondering why the rating are down! Try not messing up a great show with all this crap!
I hate the dance duel, which is more like a smackdown!
I hate Rock Week because the judges don’t understand that they are dancing to rock music and it can be wild!
Latin week to pimp Free Willy! (Thanks Meggie).
Now Classical week to pimp Katie!
Motown for Gladys (OK she is a legend)
Why not go back to the formula that worked when the ratings were up? 2 dance styles a week to appropriate music. And it is between the judges and voters.
The only change I would like to see is a third factor half way through the run of the show. A total judges vote for the entire season. So the good dancers will be in the finals and we will not have another Bristol incident!
The problem is we DWTS fans love to watch the dancing and we love our pros. We will keep watching and supporting our teams. They know that and so they do not care if we are unhappy about the changes. It gets everyone talking about the show. Bad publicity is still good publicity. So, bottom line – TPTB just do not care!
Oh yea, Melissa. Always seem to forget her. Meh.
I really don’t think them going first will matter for the dance marathon. The judges are nothing if not predictable. I fully expect The Ringer, The Judge’s Pet, and The Fan Favorite to get the top spots and Maria & Derek will end up somewhere in the middle. Especially if the marathon is the cha cha cha , which isn’t exactly one of her stronger dances – no matter how many little tricks Derek puts in to try to cover up her flaws (see, I can be an unbiased fan sometimes! 😉 )
Sorry – one more thing.
The dance order needs to rotate so everyone gets a chance to dance first.
The first couple should go last the next week. It should continue to rotate that way.
The blatant favoritism this year is completely unacceptable!
But again, TPTB jsut do not care!
Mari, I really doubt that the Cha Cha will be the Motown Marathon dance. I think they are going to let them go freestyle and do the dance moves from that era.
Linz, I hope so! Katherine said in her blog that it was the Cha Cha and I thought I heard the same elsewhere. Not sure a Motown dance (whatever that is) will be any better though…guess we’ll find out.
From Kat’s blog –
“Our main dance is Samba but we also have to learn Cha Cha for the Dance Marathon and Jive in case we find ourselves in the bottom two.”
Maybe Jaleel’s tweet meant he’s got the cha cha cha down for the marathon—there was a reply about drinking plenty of water. I figured he had tweeted or commented earlier about the marathon.
I’m holding on to Miss H’s words regarding going first, as I am afraid for Maria and Derek. They certainly do seem to dance in the first part of the show a lot. Maybe it’s because they have such a big fan base. (she says hopefully!) Maria is certainly a better dancer than both Jack and Sherri though, so that’s good, and it’s great that she will get a chance to rest up before the marathon.
I’m taking Miss H’s voting advice and I’ve figured out how to get more voting in on Monday night. 😆
One more thing: Do your part and Free Willy! (Is this considered spam???) 😛
@Meggie – Consider me IN. Doing all my part on this end. 🙂
Lol, Sandy! Glad we can unite over a common cause! Menough Said!
@Meggie Count me in also! 🙂
It’s Motown week, and Gladys isn’t opening the show?
Also, it sounds like Maria and Derek are in a no-win situation. Maria gets more time to rest for the marathon, but it also means her cortisone shots may be wearing off.
Well, if anyone can make lemonade out of lemons, it’s Derek. Plus, they are getting some media today. Hopefully it helps.
I am all in as well, Meggie! FREE WILLY! Release him back to his pod!
Mari, If you read Shana’s blog, the dances of the Motown era are the Watusi, the jerk, the mash potato. Cha Cha does not make sense, but this is DWTS, should it make sense?
Sounds like none of the contestants really know for sure what’s going on this week 😛 And that’s actually kind of a bad sign – if even the contestants are foggy on what is going down, then maybe there’s too much going down…
The dance order is pretty much at the point now where it doesn’t mean too much, since the couples are doing more than one dance and they’re starting the show off with a musical guest. And next week? Fuggeddaboutit. Once we reach the midpoint of the season and the couples are doing more than one dance per week, dance order really doesn’t mean squat. Even William, the anointed one, likely won’t benefit a whole lot from going last, since he’s followed by the marathon dance. If anything, he may still be out of breath from his rumba as he takes the floor for the marathon – and trust me, with the way Cheryl’s hormones seem to be raging these days, I think the probability of her panting at the end of their rumba is pretty high…count Carrie Ann & Bruno in, too.
The best case scenario re: the jive dance duel? William falls into it with a clearly superior dancer (perhaps Roshon?) and completely bungles it like he did the last time he did jive. #freewilly (best hashtag ever, by the way ;-))
I’m rather schizophrenic on the dance order thing. I KNOW that we’re now at the point where it doesn’t matter nearly as much, logically, from a voting perspective. And I KNOW we’ve never done a study (and I don’t actually know that we can) on scoring and dance order. I sense that there is no connection except on night one. All that said – it still pissing me off big time that William continually falls in the latter half of the show. Even Donald hasn’t been that lucky. Katherine is always in the middle and at some point that is not helpful either.
This show just seems more manipulative than it ever has been before. I imagine a large part of that has to do with the duel – that’s what’s giving me that feeling. I don’t think the dance order thing would bother me nearly as much if it weren’t for the stupid-assed duel. I just have this feeling that William is lined up for a show owned by ABC, Disney or one of their family. Free Willy indeed!!
Of course he is Heidi. I see no other reason for them to jam him down our throats than that.
Well some of their tactics may not work for everyone. In my book there are so many negatives, I can barely understand him, he always talks like he has a mouth full of marbles. And looks, well they can’t sell the sex symbol status to everyone, because I find him on the homely side as far as looks, and I can’t be alone on that. But I just have to resign myself to the ongoing pimpage and hope that it doesn’t take the MBT away from someone else that truly deserved it, and earned it without any gimmicks… Fair and Square!! 🙂
William would have probably gotten on Desperate Housewives but since that’s ending maybe ABC will put him on GCB or Revenge. I kinda think it might be funny if William was on Modern Family like Gloria’s brother that Cam fawns over.
If they are doing Classical week, then might as well do Football/Sports Night, Hip-Hop/Disney/Teen Idol Night, Greek/Filipino Night…
Very excited about tonight!!!
I’m confused about what I’ve been reading….so are they NOT telling the pros and stars about the Marathon, it’s gonna be like an instant dance”you have to do classic Motown moves(whatever thwe hell that is) or the cha cha” or jive and announced right b4 the marathon ? I was really looking forward to this season but now al it does is piss me off… and the Wm. Kathryn thing, SOMEHOW I just wish they would both disappear and for once, I want Maks to just keep complaining even louder. I do agree with him once in awhile (can’t believe I said it), this time about the whole “feel” around the dance duel and what it says to contestants and viewers.
I am with you Mimi. They should have let well enough alone. Let the viewers decide! I also agree with Maks every now and then. He said its like gladiators fighting to the death!
As per Derek right now on radio, they’re dancing to Martha Reeves.
Maybe its Jimmy Mack!
I’m wondering if the “surprise double elimination” is up in the air until they know who the bottom three are after the judges and viewers are done voting. If TPTB want to eliminate two of the bottom three, the double elimination will be announced at the beginning of Tuesday’s show. If not, they will save it for a later week.
Perhaps the pros know and the they and their celebs aren’t permitted to talk about it much.
Are there any soaps left on ABC? LOL Maybe Willy is in line for that. He’s a soap actor, right? He does have a large fan base, but I don’t think he can “deliver” his lines that great.
“Jimmy Mack”….I hope Derek and Maria dance to that…perfect for a foxtrot. One of my favorite Martha and the Vandellas songs. I’m am so gonna love tonight. My kind of music.
It has to be “Jimmy Mack”, then – there are no other well-known Martha Reeves & The Vandellas songs that would be suitable for a foxtrot. “Heat Wave” & “Quicksand” are both jives, “Dancing in the Streets” is more of a cha-cha (and was used last season for Chaz & Lacey’s cha cha), and the only other vaguely foxtrotish song I can think of is “Nowhere to Run”…but “Jimmy Mack” is still a better fit. Plus it has been used on the show before – it was Mel B. & Maks’ quickstep in season 5.
@sheery – The only soap left on ABC is General Hospital and they seem to have too many characters on their hands as is, since they absorbed a few characters from One Life to Live after it ended in January. If they try to send Willy “Mouth Fulla Marbles” Levy to my soap and one of my favorites gets axed as a result, I’m going to be one hot little potato.
#84–Yeh, that sounds about right…wait and see how everyone’s numbers are and then decide whether to do it or not. Ha!
And about all the crappy theme weeks, what about “reggae” week or lets see if we can find a style of music the farthest away from ballroom and see how crappy all the dances are. Maybe they should have a “vote for the worst dance week”. Sure hope Maria doesn’t have Jimmy Mack as the song…that really tics me off too, if they’d just let the pros pick the songs we could see so many better dances but then I keep forgetting the show isn’t about that any longer.
Mimi:
I think Derek will choreograph something great for “Jimmy Mack”. Remember last season he and Ricki Lake had “Easy Lover”, that was a horrible song for that sort of dance. Derek didn’t even care for it!
@Harriett
I can so see him as Gloria’s brother on Modern Family and Cam crushing on him. Of course, I wonder if it would matter that William is Cuban and the character would be Columbian. It certainly doesn’t matter on other shows (see, e.g., NCIS where an actress of Columbian heritage plays an Israeli character).
FWIW, “Jimmy Mack” actually has a decent foxtrot beat – the foxtrot rhythm of “Easy Lover” was buried underneath so much heavy synthesizer, drum machine, guitar & bassline that you could barely hear it. I daresay this is a MUCH better song.
Has Jaleel said anything about who he’s dancing to? If he’s got Martha as well, I bet he has “Nowhere to Run”.
#76 @Courtney
I do not want a dance duel between William and Roshon because it is going to end badly for Roshon unless William totally screws up, and even then I’m not so sure William won’t win. I think there’s only been one week where Roshon has scored higher than William, so the judges would be invalidating their so-called “scoring” in prior weeks if they declared Roshon the winner. Also, even though I think Roshon will not have a problem with jive, it will be a new dance for him, one that he would be dancing for the first time under a lot of pressure. The only way I see William exiting the show in the dance off is if he is up against either Katherine or Donald.
Another problem with a dance duel involving William is that the judges have a convenient excuse for “missing” his mistakes in the dance because they were observing the other couple’s dancing.
Courtney,
You’re probably right with your guess of Jimmy Mack for Derek & Maria!! He should be able to put a nice/classic spin on their Foxtrot with that song.
Good Luck Team Menough!!!
Chelsie has tweeted her and Roshon are dancing 3rd!
I’m actually sorta hoping for a dance duel between William and Roshon. To me, that’ll be the real test of whether the judges want the “better” dancers around or just want whoever ABC is telling them to hype. To me, it would be no contest. Roshon is a far superior dancer and I think it would be clear to EVERYONE who the winner is in that scenario.
But I’m with Heidi. I’m so over the blatant manipulation by the judges and TBTP. It just seems like it’s being made up as we go along this season, and for me, it’s destroying my affection for this show that I’ve watched since Season 1. 🙁
Chelsie also said they’d be dancing to Smokey…which makes me wonder if they have “The Tracks of My Tears” as their song.
That would be amazing, @Courtney. Team Rochee FTW!!!
They aren’t going to let William anywhere near the bottom two…unless everyone votes their tushies off for everyone else and they have no choice. 🙂
I have been thinking Roshon and Chelsie have “One Hertbeat” based solely on the clip Radio Disney posted and part of the song. I am probably way off.
My projected standings for the dance marathon:
10 points – William (because TPTB purposefully made it a Latin dance so he could “win” it; also per agmt btwn the judges (see below))
9 points – Katherine (per agmt btwn the judges – Len votes for Willliam if Carrie Ann and Bruno vote for Katherine)
8 points – Maria (because she’s injured and paired with Derek)
7 points – Roshon (because he actually dances well and brings in the coveted younger demographic)
6 points – Donald (because he dances well but has a huge fanbase and therefore doesn’t need the points)
5 points – Gladys (because it is Motown night after all)
4 points – Jaleel (because he’s created controversy which is good for ratings)
3 points – Melissa (because she’s paired with Max, is not a great dancer, doesn’t bring in a coveted demographic, and is not controversial).
Is there a way to send all these comments to TPTB and let them see how people feel? Again, I really think they do not care! They need to go back to the seasons that had high ratings and copy that formula. Right now, they are throwing darts at a dartboard and trying to come up with something new.
They are really changing the whole feel of the show. These celebrities (as good as they are) are not trained to do this many dances. And, they are not trying to win a dancing contract. They are doing it for the challenge, reviving their careers or just for the love of dance. They should not have to suffer all these injuries or be subjected to the dance duel smackdown. It is bad enough they have to stand there and take the criticism from the judges (and put up with Bruno’s leers). The whole show is turning into American Gladiators. What happened to our nice happy show?
I think this week dance order is also taking into account the Motown performers like Smokey is singing 3rd with Roshon, 6th with Meliisa and I think 8th for William (just basing it on Cheryl saying in an interview William did not know of the Performer of their song).
Please no Roshon duel talk:). I’m already a nervous wreck in general. Gotta get back to making more emails for Team Rochee. Screw my current job, getting Roshon and Chelsie to next week on is my new full time job!
@Linz – Without getting into too much detail (I’ll leave that for John’s upcoming review of the DWTS Live Show in Vegas), let’s just say that they are aware of our site…and I don’t just mean “Joe Schmoe the stagehand” or “Jane Doe on the makeup team”. People at DWTS that are kind of a big deal. 😉 So I think it’s safe to say that your comments aren’t falling on completely deaf ears…
@Harriett – Bless your heart, girl! I love Donald but there is no way in heck that I would devote that much time to him winning that MBT. Sure we can vote, but let him do the rest. 🙂
As is it now, I spend entirely too much time on the computer, I am totally addicted to PureDWTS. My hubby may start sending me to rehab/therapy… hehe!
@Sandy – Lord, I hear ya. rehab/therapy for PureDWTS. lol. 🙂
WOW, what have William done? Is it his fault that the producers want to “milk” him? He said that he don´t want to dance last because it is nerve-wracking!!!!
This is the second time he goes last, Donald danced last week three and week five!!
IMO he is a nice guy, not arrogant or creepy and I think he is a good dancer, I also think Maria, Katherine, Donald and Roshon are good dancers and anyone of them can win.
It´s the voters that decides and I ´m pretty sure that William get many votes. How many thinks that Melissa, Gladys and Jaleel dance better?
I hope all eight couples dance great tonight!
I feel like I’ve already warned you about this once in another thread, Susanne, but if you can’t resist commenting about the other people that post here, or continue to accuse everyone of “William bashing”, you will no longer be allowed to post here. Got it? I took the liberty of editing your last comment…
It was so nice when it was about the dancing, the judges were respectful and helpful with their critiques, and scored appropriately. It makes it harder to enjoy the show now.
The more TPTB try to manipulate the show for the results they want, the more likely it is to come back and bite them in the ass in a spectacular manner. Karma, baby – can’t wait for it!!
What would be funny is to see Katherine and Willy in a jive dance duel.. You know she’d be better but would TPTB save her over him……..?
the dance marathon consists of dance moves from the motown era? I think william has a disadvantage in the marathon then besides going last.
But I have a feeling he’ll get a 30 for his rumba.
Sandy sings: “He’s tried to make me go to rehab, but I won’t go, go, go.” LOL! That’s it girl, stand your ground! There’s nothing like Puredwts. It’s the intelligent addiction of choice! 😉
I cant wait to see Katherine’s samba tonight :). Hopefully she gets the party started lol.
Hopefully I will see good hip action, smooth transitions and good lines in tonight’s rumbas:I actually think that Roshan will perform better than William but Willy 😉 will be overrated as usual ;).
Hopefully Jaleel can have a good performance tonight.
I wonder what tonight’s storylines will be: another injury? kiss or no kiss?…
Anyway, I cant wait :).
LOL Ladies. 🙂 He will have to drag me by my hair, kicking, and screaming. NO! NO!….. Too funny.
I know that the dance marathons are verrry unpredidctable but is there a clear favorite to win it?
Seems the marathon is definitely a cha cha.
Quick question. When you vote by phone, do you have to listen to the entire message for it to count as a vote or can you hang up after hearing “Thanks for voting for _____ and _____.”
Elsee – bummer. ’cause that means Jaleel has Cha-Cha, and… Cha-Cha. With a possible Jive (which he’s already done) for the Dance Duel… I see him hanging on for yet another week… 🙁
I’ve always felt the marathons are very scripted and it’s pretty irrelevant how well they’re actually dancing. The couples have been sorted into tiers (top/middle/bottom) by TPTB and judges beforehand and are tapped out accordingly, within their tier, to make sure the leaderboard ends up the way they want it to look.
the dance duel was an awful idea and they need to scrap the whole marathon idea and bring the team dances to week 6 and week 7 they should perform 2 full routines cuz now they have way too many dance styles to perform in week 8-10 that all the couples won’t perform every style
It just all seems so…messy and manipulative, not to mention a little insulting to the celebs and viewers…Oh well…
Samba was danced only in weeks 3 and 5 and it was the killer on both weeks eliminating Jack and Gavin. I hope the trend doesn’t continue. It’s not likely and I wouldn’t want it that way.
Maybe Samba kills just guys.
Derek just tweeted that they are going 2nd, because Gladys is going 1st
Forgot to add that Gladys is dancing the rumba according to Derek’s tweet
well..change of plans.. @derekhough Change that we are going second … The legendary Miss Knight is going first to open the show with her Motown Rhumba 🙂 ..i think is oly normal that Gladys Knight starts the show…
Someone got the memo that Gladys should have a special spot on tonight’s show! Well done!
yeah! i was gonna say how is gladys not gonna start or end the show on Motown Week? glad they sorted it out
Better she Start the show so she can rest up for the marathon.
Last-minute change: Maria & Derek going SECOND; now Gladys & Tristan are FIRST – with a rumba! Cannot wait!!
P.S. Source is Derek’s tweet, so I’m assuming he knows… 🙂
P.P.S. OK, someday I’ll learn to read the other comments before posting… *dork*
On Motown night, Gladys should go first. Good for whoever decided it would be a wise move. 🙂