DWTS14 Week 8 Details On Next Week’s Two Dances, One Will Be A “Trio” Dance
What would we do without George Pennacchio of On The Red Carpet? Once again, he interviews the couples after Results night to find out what he can for next week’s dances. He found out there will be no theme night (Yay!) and that the couples will have two dances next week …a Ballroom dance and a Latin dance. To add a “twist” to the night, the Latin dance will be danced with a third person. The dance is called a “Trio” dance. How it works is that the remaining couples get to pick another pro who has been eliminated or who is a member of the troupe to help them and then they perform together (if I’m understanding this right?). Don’t forget there will also be a double elimination as well next week making it even more challenging and stressfull for the couples. Listen closely below for more details and then look for more thoughts from Heidi and I afterwards. Note also that Maria & Derek and William & Cheryl weren’t interviewed.
Ok, here we go….
Maks and Melissa are so thankful to their fans for keeping them in the competition. Maks goes through the numbers (Heidi will find this interesting!). Melissa is happy she gets to stay and keep dancing. They are dancing with Val for their “Trio” dance which will be a Samba.
Donald is going to keep working hard. He wants in the finals. He’s a little nervous about having two dances and one with another person, but, and he will do whatever it takes. (Adding: In a new ET interview, Peta mentions they have a Tango and a Jive for next week. Karina is their pro for the Trio dance).
Katherine was worried she and Mark might leave last night. They are happy they weren’t eliminated. Mark explains how the dances will work next week, but, won’t reveal their dances or much else.
Roshon says he’s learning so much on the show. He’s taking it ‘step by step’ and he’s glad he’s still here. George praises him for his ‘class’ for smiling through bad news and that he still get’s out there to work hard and he’s happy and thankful. Chelsie explains the dances next week. They have the Paso Doble for their “Trio” dance. They have the Fox Trot for their ballroom dance.
Roshon and Chelsie were also interviewed by Access Hollywood…
Adding: Below is an Afterbuzz TV interview with Maks, Melissa, and Tony as well. Tony has been picked for one the Trio dances, but, not sure who yet? Thanks to Evaine for the heads up on this in the comments.
Adding #2: According to Cheryl’s blog just posted at OK! Magazine, she and William have the Fox Trot and the Paso Doble for next week. No mention on who their pro will be for the Trio dance. More below…
Next week is two individual dances, so you’ll really see who can handle two dances and who can’t. We have the foxtrot and the paso doble. I think the paso is going to be one of William’s favorite dances so I think that will be really exciting. And then the foxtrot, I think will be fun, too, so we just have to see what happens and work hard.
We may add more later. So, what do you think of the way they are doing next week’s dances? I’m not sure what to think yet? It sounds exciting, but, I’m clueless. lol Let’s get Heidi’s thoughts and be sure to tell us your thoughts as well….
Heidi: I think Maks should not try to do the math. 
He should just come here. But look away for a minute if you’re sensitive….@#$%$# Jesus Christ, can’t they just let this f#@king show alone?? A third person in their dance?? WHY!?!?!? STUPID. RIDICULOUS. Let them f@#king dance!! :::sigh::: That said…I’m sure that a couple pros (Derek, Mark) will rise to this challenge quite well and we might see something great. But the better odds are that we’ll see something stupid as hell.
Vogue:
I know there are no interviews with Derek and Maria. Any idea what dances they have?
No, not yet. Heidi will most likely find out before I do. Stay tuned. We’ll post it as soon as we know more.
Usually a male and female contestant are eliminated in the double elimination. I wonder how they will do it this season.
A trio dance-interesting.
I am amazed at the new twists and wrinkles that are being thrown in as surprises this season. It has to be more complicated for 3 people to try to dance together than 2. It’s ok for the pros they’re used to it, but for the celebs its just more to cope with than just learning a dance, now they have to be part of a troupe …… I agree…Just dance!
Totally agree with Heidi! Just let them dance!
Although it’s awesome that Donald and Peta picked Karina
I’d just like to know one thing… How exactly does a dance trio work?? I’m confused. A 3-person samba? A 3-person jive? Whaaaaat???? Can someone please clarify if they know anything about this. Thanks.
May I just say I think they are trying to pick apart the weak ones now. I swear if Melissa and William don’t go home this coming week I’ll loose it. Roshon has proved he deserves to be here. I can see Mark and Derek fighting over who gets Anna for the Trio. Not blood bath kind, but I have a feeling it’ll be Katherine, Mark, and Anna. Honestly let Team Menough be the only one without a trio. Their chemistry is too good to had a third person! That is what I think. This whole theme and trio night stuff is getting old.
I’ve actually seen ‘trio’ dances performed on SYTYCD, and they were pretty cool, although these were 3 pros. It has the potential to be either brilliant, or a total trainwreck.
NOT having Tristan involved as a ‘tird’ dancer this week would be verging on the criminal…
Trio dance? Strange…
Well, here in Brazil we have the Dança dos Famosos (Famouos’ Dance) which is the version of DwtS. And we had in 2006 Bailando por um Sonho, the version of latin amercan’s Bailando por un Sueño.
In BpuS, we have the star, the dreamer and the coach who choreographes the dance. In brazilian version, the dreamer started dancing with the star, but in the middle of the dance, he was replaced by the coach…
Have the producers of DWTS suffered any head trauma lately? A trio dance? Can’t they just leave well enough alone? How many stupid ideas are they going to throw at the couples this season? This season started with a lot of talented dancers; and instead of just letting them dance and be creative, TPTB are royally screwing up this season. It is hard enough just to learn to dance. But, between the different music themes, the cruel (Len’s word) dance duel, and a double elimination (which should have been earlier in the season), this has been the least enjoyable season ever! I am sure TPTB think all this chatter is good for the show. But they are really ruining a beautiful show. Stop over thinking it! Do you get paid by the idea? I wouldn’t give you 2 cents for the what you have come up with.
The trio dance for Melissa, disaster and I think Maks knows it. She can’t dance with one person, how can she dance with two others? I like her alot but next week should be it.
So Melissa is gonna be dancing with two male pros (Maks and Val), Donald is gonna be dancing with two female pros (Peta and Karina). So I guess every trio is gonna have the star, the pro and the third person the same sex as the pro? That’d be more logical. Imagine for example William, Cheryl and Tony (or Kiki, or whatever), William would look a lot weaker next to the male pro. But what do I know, the producers’ ideas doesn’t always make sense. But if my theory is right Maria and Derek need a second male pro. I hope they choose Tristan, I really hope so.
I’d giggle if Maria and Derek chose Tristan, considering that’s who she said she’d want if she wasn’t paired with Derek. And Derek and Tristan seem to be pretty good chums. Not sure how I feel about this “trio” dance yet. Seems a little kooky, but then, this whole season (i.e. judges scoring, dance duels, etc.) has been kooky.
Yeah, I think Maria will have Derek & Tristan! That would be hot!!
Good morning everybody, my couple of thoughts:
1. I like DWTS as it is , but there is no harm in one/two new ideas, this season however, it seems to be one too much.
2. Despite the above, really looking forward to Donald, Peta and Karina and hope Dereck and Maria will pick Tristan, I am not sure actual dancing will matter that much, they will just look too good, LOL.
3. I think Melissa will benefit from having Val in rehersal with them, plus she is already familiar with him from last week; I do believe it is her time to go, but it would be nice if she went on a high note.
Great day everybody!!!
I like the idea of a trio dancing, maybe because as a dancer I think it’s fun. Maria & Derek should have Tristan, it would make a great trio. I just hope that Katherine don’t end up with Mark & Corky
(I know he’s not a member of the troupe, good for her)
I doubt it will happen, but I might sh*t my pants with laughter if Mark picks Sasha from the troupe to be the 3rd member of their trio
That would be the spaz battle royale…and Katherine would probably get completely lost in the shuffle. Her trio dance is going to have to be either cha-cha or salsa, since those are the only two Latin dances she has left. While we’re at it, Maria’s will have to be either samba or jive, & William’s will have to be either samba or paso doble.
My money’s on Cheryl to pick a chick that she can get to do some sleazy menage a trois-esque trio dance with she & William – I don’t see Anna or Kym stooping to that level, but it seems like something Sharna “S&M” Burgess might be up for.
Courtney, You honestly crack me up that you converted my sheer malice at this new dancing threeway thing to laughter so….Thank you.
Yea Katherina, Mark and Sasha would be spazlarios. How about Mark, Katherine and Oksana though doing a Salsa. 
I would also like to see William, Cheryl, and Ashly Costa, Melissa, Maks, and Karina and all just for the entertainment factor. Conrad is freakin DUMB AS A FENCE POST.
LOL Court! I bet you are right on this. I’d love Oksana too if she were picked. Oksana could really have fun whipping her hair on him. lollll
I’d bet money that Maria is getting samba. That is a better trio dance then jive.
I’m sure D and M will choose Tristan if he’s available. Maria already said she would pick him as her pro if she couldn’t have Derek! They would be a hot trio!
I knew that Donald would ask for Karina. He got close with her and Gavin while they competed. Plus Karina kills the jive
Yup, thought, “Oh….Maria will get her wish to dance with Tristan.” HAHA.
Waiting for people to say that Melissa has an unfair advantage because she’s already been working with Val for a whole week and has “developed chemistry.”
SInce Roshon has Paso maybe he should go with Anna or Kym.
I can see Melissa picking Val, not just because he is Maks brother, but she did practice with him last week, so is probably comfortable with him.
Cheryl might grab Tristan just so she can run her hands all over two hot bods.
Oh, and this Trio is just something else the producers are throwing in to grab viewers back. Almost like the shows that marry off their battling couple and let them have babies. Moonlighting, anyone?
@sheery: I don’t think it’s an advantage. She is a good dancer but she is not up to the level of Maria and Katherine and Donald. Chemistry is not something that can help her. Gavin and karina had great chemistry but it didn’t help.
Oh, I don’t think it’ll help her dancing wise, just that Val can help calm/relax her and cover up mistakes or dance around her.
Vin:
I don’t think Melissa is even a good dancer. She is so lucky she got this far! She is hanging by a thread!
Oh boy…another twist! Although I knew how I felt when I heard about the dance duels (I hated them) I don’t know how to feel about this ‘trio’ thing. It’s like a ‘double-edged sword’. It might be really cool or a total disaster at the same time! It’s OK having three pros dancing together but what will happen when one of them is not? That’s what concerns me but I guess we will have to wait for Monday to see that ‘new’ add up!
Also, it might sound fair the couple with the lowest score pick the third extra pro first, but that doesn’t sound good for Maria (and whoever would be at the top of the leaderboard) cause she would have to go with ‘the last pro left’, if I can say it that way. Not that the pros who got eliminated are not good, it’s just that she won’t have the power to chose who she would want, you know what I mean? But again…I don’t know how else they could do it…maybe by lottery!?
But since they are picking last…I don’t think he will be available 
I can hope though, right?
Personally, I would love to see her with Derek and Tristan, knowing that she picked Tristan to be her partner if it was not Derek and how Derek and Tristan are good friends!
But what concerns me more, is why we don’t have any interviews from Maria/Derek and William/Cheryl! They are the two celebs who are injured, right? Maria with the fractured feet and William with his ankle! Is it possible that something got worst and that’s why they couldn’t be there? I hope not!
@Jordan: I don’t think that Mark and Derek have to fight who gets Anna. As I understand – but I might be wrong – the female celebs have to chose an extra male pro and the male celebs a female pro. Right? So Katherine and Maria will have to go with a male pro. Isn’t that’s how it works? Or they can have anyone they want, male of female?
@Dee I think that was happening in the past times where there was a double elimination, but all the previous times the double elimination was way earlier than this time! Now we are on Week 8!!! It would be even more worse to ‘put a limit’ to that too!! But…I think that Roshon and Melissa will go so…’
Ifigenia, I don’t think the choosing order will have that big of an impact. There are a few choices that are obvious – Melissa going with Maks’ brother Val, William picking Cheryl’s best bud Kym – and I think for the rest the pros will do a bit of a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ thing, i.e. Mark would let Maria have Tristan if he knew that who she really wanted to pick, etc.
Trio sounds like potential for some really “Inventive” judges scoring.
I have tried SO HARD to “get” the Tristan thing…he’s cute I guess but sexy??. I know ..I think I am the only one..but I also don’t think DimitryYUK, Maks, Tony are sexy either. Val might be okay if he would just shut up(tends to have same foot-in-mouth problem as his brother). Guess I just prefer blondes (sigh) but that being said, I hope Maria picks Tristan…a nice guy and everyone else in the world thinks he’s sexy so it should be a big plus for her
This trio thing sounds interesting and scary. I do love the idea of Peta, Karina and Donald though. And Maria, Derek and Tristan sounds cute if that were to happen.
The only person out of the troupe I would like to see picked is Emma. She is the only one I like, and I would love to see how she’d handle dancing with a celeb.
Didn’t I read some place that the low scorers get to pick first?? Is that cumulative or just last week? Cuz if it’s just last week Maria and Derek might not have a shot at Tristan and may be stuck with a trouper…
I hope like Hell Maria is getting Samba…I don’t think her poor feet can handle a Jive, the way she was standing on one foot after the team dance.
In the Melissa and Maks After Buzz interview, Maks mentioned that Tony was on another trio, so I guess he’s been picked.
@Twickenham
I hope you are right but at this point I think it’s matter of survival and everyone would pick the one who thinks is the best for them to go further! Yes…it would be obvious for Melissa to pick Val, but what about the rest of the cast? And if the one who choses is the celeb and not the pro partner, then it’s on ‘Katherine’s hands’ not to pick Tristan so Maria will get him. I think it’s more possible of that happening than Mark letting Derek and Maria have Tristan based on Mark’s history. But Mark is so different this season so, who knows?
@Heidi
From Melissa’s words I understood that they will choose according to last week’s scores only. It’s not necessary for Maria and Derek to stuck with a trouper. If Katherine and Mark chose Tristan (hope not) there is also Tony…But that’s not something I would like to see. Nothing against Tony, it’s just that it doesn’t fit to my eyes as a trio with Maria and Derek.
And yes, I would like Maria to have the Samba instead of the Jive with all these injuries. But if she doesn’t have it now, she will next week if she is still here (cross fingers) and next week are the instant dances…right? So…I don’t know which one is worse right now… :/
Trio sounds interesting. Curious to see who Roshon would pick…Anna, Kym, or even Emma (she is very pro Chelsie/Roshon per her tweets) for his Paso Trio.
So Tony’s with Katherine or Maria then, I guess. Are Mark and Tony buddies???
like i said in a previous post,
all i think this trio thing is is a distraction from the actual contestant dancing, which will be good for some and hurt others?
all i wanted was roshon to leave on a high note….sigh
why couldnt they just give this poor boy a jive, i think he has the energy to handle two female pros there and it would be an exciting routine. oh but no, give him to PASO
he has a hard enough time looking masculine enough for one girl…so now give him TWO
whatever, at least it seems i will get some good chuckles out of some of these trios ( ie chermkovskiy (sp) samba sandwiches and willy +cheryl+2nd woman gyrating fest)
Threesomes, Huh ?? Guess that will put Bruno in his happy place. But thought this was a family show, producers are British, tho..??..those British guys !!, they can get kinda Kinky !! Have you seen some of the stuff they like to watch.? Whew
Seriously, does anyone know if the pros (or celebs) were told about any of this wanky stuff b4 the season…or are they really just springing it on every one now?
I think most of it is planned out before the season (and clearly there was a lot of crack being shared), but they don’t tell anyone until the show is underway.
This trio dance does sound interesting to me. It will either be really good or a disaster, like most things DWTS wants to experiment with. I also hope that Maria and Derek choose Tristan or rather get Tristan.
Meggie, yes Tony and Mark are close. Tony has known the Ballas family practically all of Mark’s life. I think he even said once that he used to babysit Mark as a little boy or changed his diapers… lol. Let’s just say they go back a long time!
Thanks, @elmari! I didn’t know that! So maybe they will be the “boys” in that trio.
Mimi,
I wonder the same thing if they informed the pros of these changes before the season began.
TBH I think Tristan’s cool but I hope that Maria is doing Samba and not Argentine Tango. I wouldn’t want anyone else sharing the stage with her and Derek during that performance.-lol seriously!
It will be interesting to see how this trio routine for the contestants turns out.
For those interested, see the first post for some new additions. Thanks to Evaine for the info on Tony. Also, Cheryl wrote on she and William’s new dances. No mention yet on who their pro will be yet.
The last interview with Maks and Melissa — favorite: “Tristan is Catnip”
ROFL
A trio dance does sound very interesting! I’m getting pretty tired of the theme dances so I’m all for this. I used to be ok with the theme dances in the past but one theme week after another? Personal week, rock week, latin week (although I’m sure we’ve had a week full of latin dances so I don’t think this is so different), Motown week, Classical week. Enough!!
BWAAHHH!!! Melissa calls Tristan Catnip!!!
Melissa’s crushing on Tristan too…
I read that William has foxtrot and paso this week, just like Roshon? That just seems unfair, particularly the paso…
I think its an advantage for Melissa and Maks to be paired up with Val, he has been hanging around in their rehearsals anyway. Melissa and Maks are almost too painful to watch any longer, so maybe with Val added it will ease some of the tension.
I love that Donald and Peta have Karina, who in my opinion, is one of the (if not the best) choreographer/dancer on the show.
I really don’t like all of these twists and turns in the competition, why don’t they just leave well enough alone, and let them just dance….
I’m enjoying watching Melissa and Maks and think they have a tremendous partnership. No, she’s not the best dancer, by any means, but she’s LOVING this. I don’t see any bad tension at all. It’s a huge challenge for her, broken back and fused neck and all. I’m totally enjoying her journey and just wish the judges would have given her a little more good support to acknowledge her accomplishments.
This trio thing could prove interesting, I think. It’s FAR LESS icky in my opinion, than the damned Dance Duel, that’s for sure! And I’ve just seen both Henry and Sasha mention something to do with ‘trio’ so who the hell KNOWS what’s going down!
Well, Henry and Sasha can’t both be in trios if Val and Tony are confirmed… maybe the troupe is doing trios too?
Seems to me that it would have made more sense for the celebs to choose someone of the same gender as themselves for the Trio dance. That way they would benefit from getting instructions from their own POV; i.e. Roshon to get the male perspective on the dance, for Melissa to get the female POV on the moves. No?
Perhaps, though, now that I’m thinking it through a little, maybe they were thinking that the celeb would pale in comparison to the same gender Pro, since this Trio thing is not just about training, but they all 3 have to perform the dance together.
Is there a precedent for this in the world of ballroom competition?
Hmm a trio?that should be good!
I don’t suppose any of the Tristan fans know whether he’s dancing in the trio dance and with whom, do they????
Why are they allowed to choose troupe members? They don’t really have much experience as normal pros. I love all the male pros. Tony would be great with Katherine and mark, since Tristan will go to maria. I am praying that mark hasn’t chosen Sasha. That guy only cares about himself. I seen that Sasha is trying really hard on twitter to become a pro next season. Mark and Sasha are close friends, so thats why I am worried. Katherine, Mark, and Sasha wouldn’t be great. At least she has the cha-cha meaning she will kill it with her amazing legs.
Where did you hear about Henry being in a trio? I did see the tweet from Sasha about going to a trio rehearsal…hmm. Maybe each couple got to choose one pro AND one troupe member???
Otherwise I’ll be surprised that Tristan wasn’t picked by either Maria and Katherine. Maria especially since she mentioned on GMA that he was her 2nd choice. Then again, perhaps that’s why Derek quickly nixed the idea?
While I’d prefer it if Maria got Tristan, I think Tony would do perfectly fine as well. I have a strong feeling Sasha is paired with Katherine and Mark – you know, both guys being tiny and all
Angela, that’s not true. Just because the troupe hasn’t made it as teacher on DWTS, doesn’t mean they aren’t experienced and are pros. Sasha indeed has earned his stars as a professional dancer as well as the other troupe members. Also remember that all the teaching pros started somewhere at one time. Just two years ago, Tristan and Peta started out on the troupe and look where they are now.
@Mari – he’s been saying on Twitter about how much he’s getting to dance next week – more than once, he’s very excited and honoured etc… There was also a very small mention of ‘trio’ but I’m not finding it in his feed right now, so maybe he deleted it or I read something wrong. *LOL* That is always possible.
As for Mark, I’m hoping he did pick Sasha. I’d love to see more of him and his interaction. He’s a fireball and explosive on the dancefloor.
yeah your right. Just because they are troupe memebrs doesn’t mean they aren’t as experienced like Tristan and peta. I just feel like if mark chooses sasha he will take the attention away from katherine and mark,specailly katherine.
Evaine, I saw the “trio” tweet too in Sasha’s timeline ( https://twitter.com/#!/SashaFarber/status/197767500719599617 ), but, no mention of the word “trio” from Henry…only that he is excited to dance next week and it will be special like you mentioned. It does make you wonder if one of them or both are going to do the trio with someone? I’m so curious on Henry too.
Well, all in all, I can’t see Derek or Mark or anyone else ceding any of the choreo to the visiting pro, so as long as they dance well (and we know they all do) and can dance someone else’s choreo (they all do that as well) then there should be any real issues beyond the general annoyance of it all. Frankly, some of Derek’s best choreo comes out of crazy ass circumstances, so I”m not too worried from that angle.
Oooh..just got confirmation on Maria’s dances for next week – the waltz and samba! (darn, I wanted the AT…)
(via this interivew: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/maria-menounos-bud-light-lime-a-rita-8546545 )
Heh…the last couple Derek/Maria interviews have been a bit innuendo heavy, some of it very unintentional.
I’m not a shipper…but it seems like both of them are having “thoughts”, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
How could you NOT think about it, that’s what I want to know.
PH – I’m like you, I worry about Maria and the Jive. Looking for any type of silver lining here, but I have seen Jive numbers on DWTS where the people danced in sneakers or athletic shoes… Derek is smart enough to make the costumes fit, and that would give Maria more support than the regular dancing heels…
And as for the pros that are being picked for the trios, I’d think you have to worry about height differences. For example, people are talking about Roshon picking Kym – wouldn’t she be too tall for him? Same thing for Mark & Katherine – if they picked Tony, for example, that would be visually odd to me.. which makes me hopeful for the Mark/Sasha/Katherine “spaz-fest”!!!!
Yeah, the innuendo from these two has been pretty blatant lately, which leads me to believe that there’s nothing to it! Dang!
Sasha is in Mark’s trio?Cool!I really hope Anna is in Maria and Derek’s!
Yes, Heidi…and then there is D’s recently posted(hr ago?) tweet reported in Examiner.com where he compliments his fans… and Maria. Countless other “little” things then the recent comments about parts of her body. Hope he’s going to Vegas with her.
I don’t usually believe it either, and not too crazy about most of his past choices but I think Maria would be great for him. I love how happy and confident he’s been looking this season.
Kashti, wait, ..it is not official that Sasha is in Mark’s trio. Sasha only expressed his excitement for it and that’s it.
size wise I think Anna would suit Roshon & Chelsie better – and maybe the stern Russian teacher is just what Roshon needs LOL. Kym should go with William & Cheryl, maybe be the voice of reason that focuses on something other than the S.E.X. factor
so then, that would make it:
Katherine/Mark/Sasha
William/Cheryl/Kym
Maria/Derek/Tristan
Donald/Peta/Karina
Roshon/Chelsie/Anna
Mellissa/Maks/Val
According to Maria, they are dancing Samba and Waltz, so that is a little better. And, apparently, she has an endorsement deal with Budweiser and is hosting a party in Vegas on Saturday – and Derek is going with her so they can practice before and after the party. Girl is CRAZY. But she does seem to think she will Samba better with a bit of Bud, so whatever works.
Well, Meggie, if you talk about it a lot it usually means you want to do it…but aren’t. So yeah, technically nothing to it.
Every so often Emma would tweet support for team Rochee, is it possible she was picked by Roshon for their trio?
Kym’s PR folks tweeted about a blog post: http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/2012/05/kym-johnson-jaleel-white-final-dwts-dance-week-8.html
If I read that right, looks like she’ll be in Vegas doing the show at the Trop next week… maybe she’s not in the trios at all?
Joey Fatone did mention that he was going to dance with Kym again. People thought it was going to be all star season; maybe Vegas it is instead
Miss H., if it weren’t for that pesky bf, I’d say it would be on! And hot!
LOLfor Meggie #77 re”pesky bf”. Indeed! Derek is way cuter than the bf anyway. I’m just rolling my eyes about the trio idea. Geez, why can’t TPTB just leave a successful and proven formula alone and let the couples just dance with each other without all this theme and trio crapola. In that regard the earlier seasons were much better. Now its just too wacky. And can I just add that the overhead camera shots disturbingly detract from the flow of the dance, imho. They are not a good idea.
my good friends from the troupe Emma and Sasha will be in the trio! And I just got off the phone with my bro Henry and he is also is the trio! So excited to see them but I’m always team DONALD ANDPETA ROSHON AND CHELSIE KATHERINE AND MARK final 3 William and Cheryl final 4
Mark and Katherine are dancing the Viennesaw waltz and the chacha next week
(Afterbuzz tv interview)
I wonder who Katherine or Mark will pick for their Latin round?
to the beautiful ladies of PureDWTS land – wondering if there is any history of trio dancing in ballroom competitions. I couldn’t find anything myself – other than there are 2 times that sytycd did top 20 introduction dances with a trio of ballroom specialists. It seems like this came out of left field – is there any history behind this decision?
and LOTS of lifts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trmif3e-HqY
This, by the way, has Pasha and Anya of the DWTS Vegas show in it –
Nope, the trio dance has never been done before on DWTS as several of the dancers commented in the videos in the first post.
Vogue – I knew it hadn’t been on DWTS, I am just wondering if there is any historical context for the trios in Ballroom Competitions.
Vogue-Oh!Well,I really hope Anna is dancing next week!:)
I’d love that too Kashti!
@Beka – Hehe…well thanks, but I’m not feeling so beautiful today
Just tired haha. I can recall no history of trios from my ballroom days – I think I might remember one from wayyyyy back in 2004-ish, and it was part of a pro show at a comp, so it was just for fun. I think the theme of the comp that year was “Pirates on Broadway” (yes, that is a bizarrely specific theme, but I had heard that the two organizers couldn’t agree on a theme, so they combined them) and the trio was was two male pros dressed as pirates and a female pro dressed as their “wench”. It might have been a samba to part of the score from Pirates of the Caribbean. But anywho – it wasn’t for a score, it was just for fun, and I don’t think there has ever been a serious competition category for trios. This is definitely just a concoction from the wacky minds at DWTS 
Well now Henry has tweeted “TRIO! Happy and honoured 2 b w this team!”
So that’s Val, Tony, Henry, Sasha and Emma. 4 boys and a girl so far, so some celebs will have a same gender pro…
If Cheryl and Willam have Paso, I can actually see them picking Tony.
Thanks, Courtney – so bizarre, what they come up with.
Might just be a lot of fun, but I can see where it might mess with the mind a bit – I mean, they have 11ish weeks in one partnership, then throw in another person? Must feel like cheating. 
Bizarre is the perfect word for this season, maybe they should have gone to the extreme and had them choose an eliminated celeb for the trio instead.l
Not only it might feel like cheating, but pros extra will see this as Look How Good I Would have looked with this celeb.
Elsee, where is Tony confirmed? I didn’t see that one. So far I’ve seen confirmed Karina, Val, Sasha, Emma, and Henry. (Plus, we know Kym will be in Vegas).
You’re going to have to give me links for Sasha and Emma.
Okay, now see Tony mentioned in Maks’s interview.
Sasha tweeted this: Sasha Farber @SashaFarber
This trio is going to be amazing i’m very luck to be with my team trio @dancingABC @puredwts @dwtswetpaint
Maria & Derek has the Waltz and Samba next week!
I wouldn’t mind her have either Tony or Tristan!
Tony Dovolani is like the king of the SAMBA! Being serious!
I have a strong feeling about the Waltz and Samba for Maria! Defintely the Waltz
BUT! Team Menough make sure to vote on monday! Many people think their going home in the double elimination! So make more email accounts on ABC and find more phones!
1-800-868-3401!
Yes, Adam #95. I have seen alot of that statement too…almost like propaganda. Now I am REALLY hoping they pull a huge friggin’ upset.Derek is injured now too, and he has said when hes injured he usually win.. Hope everyone works hard to keep that trend going.
I just really feel like there are 2 other ppl left in this that have not progressed like Maria has, and she deserves the chance to fight for the finals.
Adam, lay of the campaigning. We tend to frown on that here.