PureDWTS All Stars Week 2: Media And Interviews After Monday Night’s Dance
What an exciting night once again on Dancing With The Stars. Let’s go straight to George Pennacchio of On The Red Carpet to get the couples reactions.
First up, Sabrina and Louis! This is the first time Louis has been at the top of the leaderboard in 15 seasons. He thanks Sabrina. Sabrina thinks they can do it and she’s confident in Louis.
Kelly and Val are happy with their dance. They hope everyone is voting. They hope to just keep doing better and learn from one another. Kelly is glad she has some time away from General Hospital to learn more dance moves from Val if they make it. George reassures her she will be back.
Helio and Chelsie are happy with their dance, but, they want to keep working hard and improve. George remarks on Chelsie’s maturity this season. Chelsie credits the “man” she has for a partner versus the younger partners she’s had in the past.
Derek and Shawn are happy with their step up from last week. If they make it, Derek says they have “big” plans for next week with a quickstep. They plan to push boundaries and do things never seen before. “This season is about pleasing the audience”. Derek is happy with the song they have as well. For lots more on these two, be sure you visit Pure Derek Hough.
George highlights Joey and his fun smack talk. They were shocked on how the judges scored, but, they had fun. Kym is disappointed in their placement and hoped to be higher. Joey is having fun no matter what.
Drew says he and Anna ultimately had the best time last night. They hope their fans rallied together and voted so they can stick around for more fun.
Kirstie is “flirty and dirty”. It’s her new gem. She wishes her scores were higher and wishes they were higher on the leader board, but, she enjoyed the judges comments. Maks hopes they can continue on so they can do the past dances they messed up.
Bristol says there are more things to worry about in life than a bad score on Dancing With The Stars. She’s having fun regardless. She also had fun shooting and dancing to her favorite song. Mark doesn’t care about how the judges scored them. He just wanted Bristol to have fun. Hmmm…
George praises Gilles for the old Hollywood characters in his routine. Peta says Gilles is giving it everything he’s got it. She was worried about his injury a few days ago and they wouldn’t be able to make it. Gilles shows us his injury to prove it’s not fake.
Apolo is happy with their dance and Karina. They tried their best. Karina is pushing him and he’s glad. Karina praised Apolo for giving it his all. They want to keep having fun and bringing it.
Tony is happy with their scores…especially being they danced first. They left it all on the dance floor and that’s all that matters. George reviews the judges remarks. Melissa says it felt good and they had so much fun. They review how funny Joey is and all of his smack talking with the cast.
Cheryl and Emmitt’s scores may have been lower, but, Emmitt says they are determined and hope the viewers are voting. Emmitt is having fun, but, is serious about this competition too like the athlete he is. He’s never confident because the show is unpredictable.
Access Hollywood has some interviews to share too with Peta & Gilles, Val & Kelly, Sabrina & Louis, and Cheryl & Emmitt. There is a great review on the night at E News. Also, below are some interviews with ET Online with their wrap up….
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Is it too early to be worried for Shawn and Derek next week? To do the quickstep in a week where they have to “push the boundaries” sounds kinda dangerous to me… And Derek even says here that the judges might not like it…
Gitte, I was shocked Derek mentioned their next dance already. I have a feeling we won’t see any interviews with them tonight (if they make it which I’m sure they will) and they will head straight to the studio instead? I kind of wonder if they can pull off pushing boundaries with a quickstep too. Then again, this is “Derek”. This guy is so wicked good and he seems to always know when and how to really bring it. Watch out. I can’t wait.
I love Apolo and Karina as a team! “You’re wearing 1/2 a yard of fabric” Great observation, George! LOL
Uh-oh… I sense another potential GIF for Apolo and Karina. LOL
Wonder what Derek has up his sleeve? hmmm.
Aw….I can’t see Apolo and Karina’s interview for some reason…
Would love another GIF LOL!
Apolo and Karina are great. It must have been one of Chelsie’s “other sides” that took a picture with and thanked one of her “little boys” for going to the premiere last week.
So are the pros and stars just supposed to guess about what Len meant when he said they want to see “more” and something surpising or whatever it was he said. Are they supposed to go outside the boundaries of the standard dance or what, do lifts or what. Once again they are so unclear just to muddy the issue so they can prop up some contestants while slamming others ?? What’s the story, are there details about what the parameters for the dances are for next week somewhere than in Len’s head ?
I agree Mimi! I think my exact words when he was talking about stepping it up were, “And what do you think they have been doing???” I think that not everyone is at the same level of stepping up their technique, but I thought almost everyone had vastly improved from last week. Is Week 3 the week that the stars will be basically planning the whole dance? I can’t remember if that was confirmed as Week 3 or not.
We will see, but Derek’s comments about their next dance make me nervous already!
Always love George’s OTRC interviews!
Ugh, Louis will be even more insufferable now that he’s finally made it to the top of the leaderboard (for the first time in 15 seasons) – much to be modest about there, dude, just sayin’.
I was really liking Val this season then he comes out with his comment that outside his clique of Maks, Peta and Tony, he doesn’t care about anybody else in the cast. That “my family and nobody else” attitude turns me off, big time.
Helio/Chelsie and Joey/Kym are just too delightful for words. They work hard but they also want to have fun and enjoy the experience. I love their attitude.
Eek! I’m excited but nervous about what Derek might have up his sleeve for next week.
Apolo and Karina are so comfortable together. They seem a lot alike – sort of goofy, and focused without being wild-eyed about it.
After last week’s reality check, Drew and Anna seem to have made peace with whatever might or might not happen tonight. That’s a good place to be.
There’s a new article out where Karina talks about their dance for week 3. Spoiler alert-
it’s going to be a “sexy and seductive foxtrot with an intriguing song”, and Apolo is planning the choreography! Sounds interesting…I’m still fuzzy on what the heck the “iconic dance” theme is all about but I thought for sure Apolo would pick the Samba as one of his most memorable dances. I don’t remember anything about his foxtrot with Julianne so I guess I’ll have to look it up. Gotta say though, I’m really feeling him and Karina together which I’m pretty surprised (and thrilled) about
Just an FYI on “Iconic Dances” Week next week – from the way it was explained to me, the couples can pick really ANY iconic dance in DWTS history…it doesn’t necessarily have to be one of their own. I have a feeling we may see some repeats of the iconic dances that were redone during 200th episode week back in season 11 – maybe Helio’s quickstep, Mel B.’s paso doble, etc. And no, those weren’t spoilers – that’s just me speculating
Also something to consider: a dance doesn’t have to be GOOD to be iconic…it can be iconically bad. Take Emmitt’s tango, for example.
Gorilla suits?
Ssssh, Evaine! Don’t give them any bad ideas
Moi? *innocent*
*tosses sparkles and glitter*
Although keeping that “iconic” doesn’t necessarily equal “good” in my mind…and reading Karina’s clue about their foxtrot…you think they might be redoing Mike & Lacey’s iconically BAD week 1 foxtrot to “Cooler Than Me” in season 12?
why Apolo is dancing the foxtrot and Shawn quickstep, this were dances from week 1 and 2. I thought that this week was going to be samba and rumba, or v.waltz and tango, but whatever. Derek seems to love his song so much, bu I’m scared for the breaking the rules thing, there is only one rule in quickstep, be in hold, the other general rule is no lifts. SO are they breaking this two rules, I’m not sure how big you can go with a quickstep but i’m exited to see.
Ooh, maybe it’s Nicole’s quickstep. The song is “Anything Goes” after all…
“Gorilla suits?” NO PLEASEEEE NOOOOOO!!! (lolllllll)
Laila, when they do a theme week, the whole “you dance this Latin dance or this ballroom dance” convention usually goes out the window – it’s been that way for quite awhile. If my memory serves, the only weeks in the past few seasons in which they’ve had only 2 dance styles per week were weeks 1 & 2. The rest were a mixed bag, due to the themes.
I figure that, but I was hoping that the dances from the past two weeks were not gonna be use this week. I feel like with the quickstep, Sabrina And Apolo had weeks to make perfect, and it is a hard dance and they did a fantastic job, So for someone like Shawn to do that same dance with less amount o training right after this week, is going to b harder to impress than people like Kelly that will dance the Paso or somebody else doing a latin dance.
I just saw Val and Kelly interview, the “i don’t care for anybody else” was so lame, I was starting to like him but that was to much for me,
Sabrina and Apolo only had last week to learn the quickstep. Their first dance was the cha cha, that was what they had 3 weeks to learn.
everybody started working on their week 2 dances in the first three weeks.
I like how the “not taking it too seriously” bit comes up quite a bit in these videos. I hope Gilles is watching…
Also, if Louis thinks this is his VERY FIRST time that he’s been at the top of the leader board, then he needs to call up Monique Coleman again because they were at the top of the leader board twice in season 3. GRANTED: it was season 3, so it’s still been a while, but still…
@laila, do you know that for sure? I’m not trying to be combative, I just hadn’t heard that. I think it really makes it worse for Kirstie and Bristol if they had been working on those dances since the beginning, because IMO, they were pretty rotten.
@Violet & laila – From what I understand, the couples were indeed working on both their week 1 & week 2 dances in the weeks leading up to the premiere. I even heard about a few couples working on their week 3 dances.
@laila, Court said the couples pick the iconic dance they want to reinvent. So if they’re comfortable picking a foxtrot or quickstep even though those dances were just done this season, that’s their choice. It’s not like the producers are deliberately putting them at a disadvantage.
Court, have you heard whether or not TPTB will allow different couples to reinvent the same iconic dance? How many gorilla suits do they have?
I’m also assuming that the iconic dance can’t be a freestyle, right?
Tony, you’re right about Louis having been #1 twice in Season 3 with Monique. He was tied with other people those weeks, so maybe he meant that it was his first time being #1 by himself? Either way, I’m happy for him and Sabrina.
I agree with your comment about Gilles. He seems to be taking it a little too seriously and needs to relax and have fun. (He was far more charming in Season 8). After all, they are all just playing for a trophy with a disco ball on it, not world peace or a cure for cancer.
Thank you for clearing it up, Courtney.
I didn’t know that.
I will probably have more details about the iconic dances tomorrow. Until then, all I really know is that the celebs could pick pretty much any dance, & weren’t confined to just picking one of their own from their original season. I would imagine that freestyles are off-limits, though – unless they’re just using the same music & turning it into one of the regular dance styles.