DWTS Season 14 Finals Media: Dances For 24 Hour Dance Challenge Revealed
Wow, what a night that ended with a bang! Let’s go straight to the On The Red Carpet interviews with George Pennacchio to get the couples reactions! Picture courtesy of ABC.
William explained the victory symbol after he and Cheryl’s freestyle. They explain the 24 Hour Dance Challenge as well. They picked the Salsa. William is happy whether he wins or not tonight. Cheryl lists her celebrity picks for the all star season.
Mark and Katherine will be dancing the Jive tonight for their instant dance. They are happy with their scores last night. They both feel they best they could do and that’s all that matters. It’s in the fans hands now. Mark tells his choices for next season’s all stars.
Peta and Donald picked the Cha Cha tonight for their 24 hour dance challenge. They had so much fun last night. Their freestyle was dangerous, but, she trusted Donald to pull off the tricks. They feel they did everything they could do. Peta also tells who she’d like to see come back for the All Star season.
Below are the Access Hollywood and ET Online interviews….
Below is a take from E Online with the couples reacions. Be sure to see more at the link.
“Katherine was flawless tonight,” Mark gushed. “Everything went according to plan.”
“I never thought I would make it this far,” Katherine added. “I’m blessed to be here.”
Unfortunately not everyone was feeling the warm fuzzies. William Levy and Cheryl Burke’s freestyle wasn’t worth a 10 to Len, who awarded them a 9 for their technique and effort. When we caught up with the pair backstage, it was clear they were not happy about Len’s predictable reaction.
“The 9 was more predictable than anything,” William told us. “I don’t know how Len could judge so hard on our freestyle.”
Cheryl added that she knew from the look on his face that Len was going to say something negative, but it isn’t tarnishing their pride in all their extensive leg work this season.”
“We’ve been working and giving everything we have,” Cheryl said. “We already feel like winners.”
Although Peta Murgatroyd and Donald Driver earned the same amount of points as William and Cheryl, they were focusing more on their freestyle perfect 10s than the 9 they received from Len for their Argentine tango.
“The freestyle dance was the dance to prove [we deserved a 10],” Donald told us. “And we proved it! I’m going to leave the competition feeling like I did something great.”
Don’t miss seeing the After Buzz TV interviews. Also, PopTVDotCom was able to get some footage of the couples going straight to rehearsals after the show last night…
And exiting them….
More coming up! Stay tuned!
Wow, George said that they just announced that past winners can come back for the All-Stars. I don’t think that is a good idea, oh well.
Duh! Willy and Cheryl are doing the Salsa. I am literally so sick of these two “one-trick ponies”. I can’t wait until this season is over and get these two off of my TV screen.
Sandy, you know I’ve loved William all season (and not Cheryl), but, I have to say that wasn’t the case last night. It was the first time I was unimpressed as much with their dances. The Cha cha was especially lackluster. I was really hoping for a tux again and something more classy. I was in agreement with Len (which is a rarity). Disappointed.
I liked all the dances last night. But the only one that had that WOW factor was donald’s freestyle. I’ll talk about it later… (working here… =p)
As much as I love William and Cheryl, she could have had a frestyle that blew out the rafters. I just do not get her choice. Donald and Peta were fabulous. But the country idea was done before. Mark and Katherine attacked the freestyle certainly. It is still anyone’s to lose, just depends on the vote and tonight’s 24 hour challenge of course. For American Idol, I have been for Phillip all the way.
Well, hip hop has been done a bunch of times too and yet people still do it. I thought Donald and Peta had a hip hop country fusion – which I don’t think has been done before.
Hold the phone. I just saw where William picked Salsa for his tuesday dance?? So….he’s going to redo his freestyle??
This strikes me as a very bad choice. But will Len again say “predictable”?? Because it is. Very.
At this point, I think William & Cheryl are banking on 10’s from Carrie Ann & Bruno to carry them through…and are just going to ignore Len. I hope he hoses them for predictability…and at this point, laziness, as their two dances last night (and their salsa tonight) will probably be indistinguishable.
Katherine and the jive…hmmm. Part of me thinks that’s a risky choice, given how she lost steam during her freestyle last night.
Donald and the cha-cha…let’s hope Peta comes up with some choreo to really knock that one outta the park, because of the three 24-hour dances, I think theirs has the potential to get lost in the shuffle between the high-energy jive and the oversexed salsa that we’re probably going to get from Willy & Cheryl.
William and the Salsa….. ho-hum. 🙁 But like Hubby says, “when the only thing you’ve got in the toolbox is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail”… 😉
I’m with you, Court – let’s hope Peta knocks this Cha-cha out of the park choreo-wise. At least enough to keep the point spreads right where they are!
“I don’t know how Len can judge us so hard on our freestyle.” Getting a little to comfortable with the over scoring, are we Willy Boy? Get over yourself. Watch it back you two. You’ll see how William’s just standing around. I hope they get 3rd. But they won’t…
I wonder when they chose their dance styles? So either they chose it before last night or Cheryl doesn’t give a crap. Len made it clear last night that he was fed up with all the booty shaking and the woman screaming. He wanted something new.
Honestly after last night I think the judges (at least Len, and maybe Carrie Anne) may realize that Donald and Peta deserve that MBT and William does not, and they may score accordingly. *fingerscrossed*
SMH at Cheryl & William picking salsa when they just got ripped from Len for being to predictable and saying “I don’t want to see a salsa with lifts”. Well, there’ll be no lifts. Still not sure why judge’s pick for Willy was the cha cha cha and not the jive.JMO.
Mark’s fans kept saying the jive was their favorite of Katherine’s. She did have tap lessons, right?
i liked that Donald thought out the freestyle and to go against the grain. Didn’t couples have to do a country dance once on the show? I don’t think Peta & Donald copied Cheryl & drew’s freestyle format AT ALL! Totally different! Kym had a marching band for Hines, then Cheryl had musicians out with her & Rob, and Peta had someone last night—like it!
@Sally – bwa ha ha! your hubby is a good man.
and Cheryl – didn’t want to choose a jive or something to mix it up, huh? Had to choose the easiest, club-like, unruled dance to pick from. So we get 3 shake ass, tree trunk footed dances for the final from William.
Peta chose a dance they haven’t done since week 1 and Katherine week 2.
Please, oh please, Dance Gods, favor those who take the chances! 🙂
I agree sheery – it was a completely different dance. If a style of music is all it takes for people to think it’s a rip off, I say they’re not watching the same show.
As for when they picked the dances – they likely had to pick them two weeks ago so they could start work on clearing the music. Derek was saying, in one interview, that the producers were pressuring him to pick freestyle music before week 8 so they could clear the music and Derek’s mind wasn’t anywhere near that far ahead. So I would imagine that that’s the case with their 24 hour challenge dances. But that doesn’t exactly let Cheryl off the hook since she probably chose the freestyle at the exact same time.
I am still was on cloud 9 after watching D&P dance i really hope they win.I hate that they are going to bring back winners cant they just let the ones that didnt win try again
It seems the overscoring throughout the season has made Wiiliam a bit entitled if he thinks Len was so hard on him over the freestyle. The 9 was generous, imo.
Excited that Donald picked the cha cha cha, he won me over week 1 with it so I can’t wait to see what he can do with it now!
@Kat – I’m seeing shades of Bristol & Mark at the end of season 11 in William & Cheryl right now…like Team Fuego, they were chronically overscored the whole season, and I think towards the end, they started to believe that they actually deserved those scores and began bitching about not getting 9’s & 10’s. One example of the dangers of overscoring: after awhile, the couples start to actually believe they’ve earned it.
Happens every season. Celebs are overscored the whole way through, then when someone scores them even closer to realistically they get put out. Why are these pros not explaining how it works to their partners?
maybe because Cheryl feels that she is entitled too?
You’re probably right about that, Beka – I have gotten the vibe from week 1 that Cheryl thinks they’re the best, most important couple there this season…and I don’t think the weekly tongue baths from the judges have helped to humble her. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we saw a particularly surly Cheryl in their post-freestyle confessional from last night…I’m fully expecting her to complain about Len’s scoring, and perhaps toss in a few eye rolls, as well.
The only thing Cheryl is entitled to is a long break from DWTS for a while after the all star season (2 seasons would be ideal just becuase its a nice even number).
@vin, you mean we have to wait until then???? 😉
@Meggie: If they want Giles, Rob, or Drew lacehey I feel like both of them would want to be paired with her again. Then she can have a break or a forced sabatacle lol either way I’m good
You’re right, of course, vin, but unless she has a major attitude overhaul, I’m not sure I can take her again next season! lol!
Now this would be an ideal time for celbrity survivor (still wish they would do that). Put her on an island for 30 days and make her see what conniving and tactical really is the bring her back 🙂
Then again, Giles and Peta has a nice ring to it. If the price is right he could say yes to that.
LOL vin! I sometimes thinks she needs celebrity rehab to tell you the truth!
:::snicker::: If Cheryl ever was on Celebrity Survivor, she’d prolly do the exact same thing that Kym did – work to get herself voted off first – the girl even voted herself off!!! 😛
@Sally: I can see Cheryl being a russel hanz actually. manipulating everyone and sitting back to watch the fireworks.
She’s not that bright, Vin. Seriously.
@Evaine: She actually seems to be the smartest one there. Not since Bristol has there been a least deserving finalist in the finale. She managed to make it look like he was doing great and capitalized on the earerness of two judges in particular and his 6 pack abs to get him there. Not his dancing.
eagerness of two judges in particular*
Actually, I don’t think his dancing is that bad. It’s not super – she just doesn’t teach him. But I’m not offended by him being in the finals. I’ll be annoyed as hell if he wins though. *LOL*
As for the rest… she may be sly but she’s not bright, IMHO.