Dancing with the Stars Season 15, Week 4 – Who’s Dancing What…and When??
So, this is the week that DWTS copies SYTYCD (why copy a fading show??) and does it with crappy music. Why?? And I also lament that the most creative choreographer on the show got stuck with something he’s done before and doesn’t seem that fond of. :::sigh::: So, he’ll get crazy, put some gymnastics in it, Gilles will whine it’s not fair and drink a bottle of booze (no glass, no class). He will then imply that all Shawn and Apolo have to look forward to is a Pepsi commercial while he’s an ACTOR. Hehehe…but he got Bollywood. 😀
Gilles and Slumdog Millionaire. That’s like…totally original. Only not at all. Not only that, but already done (badly) as Kyle and Lacey’s Argentine Tango. Of course, as a Bollywood number we’ll probably get something like Slumdog Millionaire. It’s probably too much to ask to get the Jason and Caitlin version from SYTYCD.
Kelly dancing to Fix You by Cold Play? Like I said, SYTYCD…pretty sure that it will be hard to beat Allison Holker doing a Travis Wall number. Of course, Allison is a professional dancer…which is exactly why it’s a bad idea to pick THIS song.
I went ahead an added Mark and Bristol’s song too, since dude tweeted a video of him and Bristol “dancing” to it. Unfortunately, she’ll probably do okay with this piece of cake song.
ETA1: Kirstie’s song is Slllllooooowwww….she should be able to do well. I’m sure “they” hope she does, those manipulating…. 😀 Strictly Come Dancing has done Charleston before, even found a Charleston montage from that show. And LOL to the Korean school doing a Christmas Charleston. Heh.
ETA2: Another cop out song. Not only has it been used on the show before by Joey and Kym for their Cha Cha, but it was used in the Vegas show that Sabrina was a part of.
ETA3: Geez. It’s apparent to Courtney and myself that they picked the songs so as to not complicate it further for the pros who got foreign dance styles. But surely they could have done better with the Mambo?? But Melissa certainly got lucky. If it weren’t for the fact that I would lay money on them having the song paired with the dance well before dances were picked for couples, I’d start to get suspicious.
ETA4: Someone had to bring in FOUR outside choreographers for help with her dance. And it wasn’t Karina. 🙂 Dang, Apolo hit the jackpot this week, provided that Karina can hip hop as well as she does everything else.
ETA5: Depending on how they set the show up, they’ve either put Emmitt and Cheryl at the top of the hour…or buried them. Curious to see which. 🙂
ETA6: TPTB are showing family favoritism once again – Kelly has been in the last few dances all but ONCE. Sabrina is the opposite, which isn’t good. I guess we’ll see if Kelly lives up to the hype. I like her, and her partnership with Val, but she certainly didn’t deserve top of the leaderboard last week. Will they keep protecting her – at Sabrina’s expense?? Or Shawn’s? At least they finally got Apolo towards the end. He’s been stuck in the middle for three weeks.
ETA7: Hmmm…I find Gilles running order interesting, when looking at all four weeks. Not sure what to make of it. I want to say it’s cuz he’s a douchbag. 😀 I hope that Bristol and Shawn are in the right spots, since going second is, historically, the worst spot. Maybe we can get rid of her? Nah…bad feeling we’re going to lose someone really good while she sticks one more week.
ETA8: All kinds of changes. Apparently, Derek got their song changed (don’t ask me why I believe Derek did it) and I jumped the guy on Apolo being 8th – he’s 7th and Derek/Shawn are 8th. There’s a long story that has to do with someone telling me Melissa’s order wrong, followed by Karina saying they were dancing “close to the end”. Melissa’s order lead me to Apolo’s order. When I fixed the Melissa error, it didn’t occur to me that “close to the end” for Karina would be 7th. :::sigh::: A number, Karina, I need a number. 🙂
Kirstie/Maks – The Charleston (Song “42nd St.” from the musical 42nd St.)
Dancing 1st
Voting #: 1-800-868-3412
Bristol/Mark – Rock n’ Roll (Song: “At the Hop” by Danny & the Juniors)
Dancing 2nd – by process of elimination
Voting #: 1-800-868-3409
Sabrina/Louis – Disco (Song: “You Should Be Dancing” by the Bee Gees)
Dancing 3rd
Voting #: 1-800-868-3403
Emmett/Cheryl – Bolero (Song: “Better in Time” by Leona Lewis)
Dancing 4th
Voting #: 1-800-868-3413
Gilles/Peta – Bollywood (Song: “Jai Ho” by A.R. Rahman)
Dancing 5th
Voting #: 1-800-868-3410
Melissa/Tony – Jitterbug (Song: “This Cat’s On a Hot Tin Roof” by Brian Setzer Orchestra)
Dancing 6th
Voting #: 1-800-868-3406
Apolo/Karina – Hip Hop (Song: “Poison” by Bel Biv DeVoe)
Dancing 7th
Voting #: 1-800-868-3407
Shawn/Derek – Mambo (Song: “Mambo Swing” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy “Para Los Rumberos” by Santana)
Dancing 8th
Voting #: 1-800-868-3402
Kelly/Val – Contemporary (Song: “Fix You” by Coldplay)
Dancing 9th
Voting #: 1-800-868-3411
ETA1a: Cheese preview!! 🙂
FIX you, Why, Why? great song, the band will sound terrible. Allison was flawless in that dance, not sure about Val and Kelly.
Jai Ho is a great song, the problem is that is really fast just like pretty much every single boolywood song.
While I am interested to see how this goes…I’m not sure if I I’m in full favor of doing all these dance styles. Ballroom seems to be just about all the majority of contestants know, so this could be messy…very messy. But it could also end up being pretty intriguing and awesome.
I think Shawn, Apolo, Melissa, and maybe Sabrina are the ones most likely to thrive.
I see Emmitt, Kirstie, Bristol, and Gilles really struggling or just not pulling out anything that great.
Kelly’s a 50-50 chance to me. If she and Val really do a great job, their contemporary could be very memorable and fabulous, if not…well…you get the picture.
OMG I just noticed the picture of Peta and Gilles , Peta is doing the same handstand that Caitlin did on the SYTCD dance, same choreo, how original
Wow the list got shorter. I know Monday night is approaching.
I hope Apolo finally gets a spot later in the show. I know Shawn and Derek’s quickstep was fabulous, surprising, and different, but I hope the gymnastics is left out of this weeks routine. When I think of disco I think of the BeeGees. Wasn’t Louis’s freestyle with Kelly a disco number?
I agree, Sandy; I hope Apolo and Karina get to go late in the running order. Of course the pimp spot would be nice, but I’m trying not to be greedy.
lol at these song choices, this is really becoming sytycd? i adore allison holker so when i first read that val & kelly had fix you i thought oh boy im not going to be able to keep from comparing, but then I was reminded by laila that the band will most likely slaughter it. Only good thing about that is that it probably will sound like a completely different song and i wont have to compare.
jai ho…really? is this the only bollywood song allowed to be used for all performances?? smh
I’m joining Sandy and Cindra in hoping to see Apolo go late in the show. I would also like to see Melissa go last, she’s also been stuck in the first hour every week so far.
I’m excited about the new dances. Maybe because I have never watched SYTYCD? So it doesn’t feel like a copy or repeat to me.
*I didn’t mean Melissa last, actually, I meant I want to see her go late. But I wouldn’t mind last 🙂
I’ve never watched SYTYCD either, so this is all new and original to me. I’m excited for Monday!
Well I disagree with one thing…I hope that Derek incorporates some gymnastics into the mambo because I think a good choreographer plays to the strengths of their star…it would be like asking Kirstie not to be a good actress or Apollo not to be sexy. The point is for the choreographers to play off their celebrities strengths. I think Shawn and Derek deserve a late place as do Apollo and Karina. All in all I think Monday could be great or a train wreck…not so much in between.
We can’t forget the great ‘Bollywood’ Samba with Derek, Maria and Henry. Len said it wasn’t a Samba and docked them for it, so it must have been a bollywood number.
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I have a feeling that with all these crazy new dances and how impressive (just pretend most of them will be impressive for this. lol) that Shawn & Derek kind of have to go crazy and out of the box with a Ballroom Mambo. I’m sure it’ll be great though.
Gilles & Peta have the most generic Bollywood song ever. I haven’t watched the video of the “Fix You” dance, but I love the song so I’m excited. Though I never think of how the house band will butcher it. That just never enters my mind like some of you. lol I’m excited for Monday night though!
Oh yeah Tony Gilles said that he and Peta will bring the house down. Tooting his own horn again. Never thought I’d say this, he’s really getting on my nerves and everyone elses! This could backfire.
Gilles always says that he is bringing the house down, I don’t believe a word that he writes on twitter.
Yep, have to agree with Lynne. That’s one thing (of many) that Derek does better than any other pro – choreographs to the strengths (and hides the weaknesses) of his partner.
That’s not Louis & Sabrina’s song, Isaias.
Everybody is going to cry in Fix You. With the number or with the band… ahahahah Kidding…
I have to say that the band did a GREAT job last week as it never sounded… really good job.
I’m of the mind that non-Derek fans are pissed that he’s incorporating gymnastics moves because the results make Shawn and him look unstoppable. If I recall, the first couple of weeks they were giddy because he wasn’t making her stand out.
The ones I’m worried for are Apolo and Karina if they didn’t take the time to bring in an outside hip-hop pro. I thought I heard Karina say he was choreographing. Oy.
And I hope Gilles and Peta bring the house down like they did last week, but don’t receive inflated scores this time. I so want to bid them adieu.
The novelty of the newer styles will work. Though if you saw sytycd, they will all be poor imitations. Also because he is cross trained. Val and Kelly can act out the contemporary but for me, that is tough technique which I am not sure Val knows. But I am guessing this week is a lot about just looking like one of the dances than actually executing it. Carrie Ann actually can have a lot to say this week. She knows several of these styles. She will be insufferable. I do wish Derek got one of the newer styles. Just to see him take on contemporary because after the dance he pulled off with Allison, I bet he could have done a stunning piece to fix you.
My issue with Bollywood is the same as when sytycd does it. None of the judges are experts in the style. So they will judge everything on entertainment while say Shawn with mambo or even Apolo with hip hop, at least one or two judges know how to look for technique so they can be more critical.
I am going to guess the story is giving Apolo the lead this week and Kelly and Melissa will continue to be protected by judges scores.
I don’t recall ever stating anything negative toward Shawn or Derek, so to respond to my post, saying I was a pissed non-Derek fan, or even giddy that he was not making Shawn stand out in previous weeks, is just not true in my case.
I absolutely Loved their quickstep, it was a risk, it was high-energy, it was spectacular. I was only thinking of the mindset that this is a dancing competition, and I realize all pros feed off the strengths of their celeb, I know that, my only thought was if you pull out all the tricks now, then what’s left at the end.. The judges will have seen all the gymnastics already, so what’s new and fresh and unexpected in the later weeks. 🙂
Sandy, I wasn’t responding to your statement, or to anyone on this board for that matter. I’m sorry if it came across that way. I’ve seen a lot of chatter elsewhere about Shawn’s routines being gymnastic routines instead of dances, which ticks me off.
Oh no biggie Katarina 🙂
I’m hoping Gilles goes first, then Bristol, Kirstie, Kelly, Emmitt, Shawn, Sabrina, Melissa and Apolo. (Sprinkle the guys around…beginning, middle and end, actually best for last IMHO). 🙂
Sorry to post this here but, i`ve just been watching SCD and can i just say: Americans are lucky to have the pros you have, and the contestants you have. The dance i have just witnessed was atrocious, really, i could barely work out who was the pro and who was the contestant. I wonder how long Pasha can tolerate the mediocrity.
SCD is terrible, the dances is just bad. I just saw the Charleston montage that it was posted from SCD dances. No one came even close to Mark’s Charleston from season 9, I loved that dance. Maks is good with tradicional balroom choreo (getting boring in this past season I must say), not sure that he has he creativity to do a Charleston as good as Mark’s.
Cheese preview – YAY! 🙂
OMG, it looks like Apolo and Karina dance to PSY Gangnam style. Hahaha, can someone even imagine DWTS’ band and its singers performing this song in Korean ??
@alicia – As hilarious (and awesome) as that would be, I can state with 100% certainty that their song is NOT “Gangnam Style” 😛 But I wouldn’t be surprised if it cropped up next week…*cough*guiltpleasures*cough*
I was totally thinking Apolo’s and Karina’s freestyle might be to Gangnam Style, LOL! At any point, it would get the audience hyped up and hopefully lead to higher scores and votes. 🙂 Also hoping they go last or close to last this week.
Apolo and Julianne did hip hop in their freestyle. Apolo kept it a secret that he was pretty good at it so no one even knew he could do it. He was fantastic and the audience loved it!
Well Kirstie gets so much favoritism to begin with, why should anyone be surprised by this song choice. Too bad Cha Cha wasn’t one of the dance styles for this week. Bummer!
Sabrina will ride on the coattails of her Shocking Elimination for a while yet, seriously, they can’t have all this hoopla of the public voting her in, only to let her go again, In a Shocking Elimination once again. GAG!
So… what I am taking from this is that season 15 will be the “Been there done that” season.
Gilles will give me a good laughed.
No offence but Melissa is kind of stupid for giving Apolo Hip Hop.
Although I want Kelly to do well, I don’t care how she dances because as I’ve said during So you think you can dance and Dance Mom, 90% of the time Contemporary looks like you are dancing lyrical while squatting.
But… on a more positive note, I cannot wait to see your cheesecake awards!
I thought Karina said it was a 90s song? Hmm.
For the last time…APOLO & KARINA ARE NOT DANCING TO GANGNAM STYLE!!!
Interesting song choices. next week is guilty pleasure song week right? I hope that shawn and derek get “dance again” by j-lo.
and i hope joey and kym dance to gangam style in the finale 🙂 thats the only way i wanna see it on the show.
Just saw this on twitter – Apolo and Karina dancing Gangnam Style!! Haha!
Can’t wait to find out what their hip hop song is. 🙂 These two are making me nervous, really hope Karina got outside help on their choreography…the little snippet of their dance in the beginning looks good though!
The only reason Melissa gave Apolo hip hop was because she wanted to make sure she wouldn’t get it herself. 🙂
Courtney- I know this is off topic(well sorta since there is a cheese preview in the post) but will there be any cheesecake from this week’s show(week 3)?
that makes sense, Buttercup. 🙂 I so could not see Melissa and Tony dancing hip hop. That would be a sight!
I didn’t mean I thought they were dancing to Gangnam Style – I just meant I thought it’d be funny to create a dance to the song and maybe throw in a few of the moves in their freestyle. But no one would vote for them if they just danced what Psy “choreographed” LOL! I know it wasn’t this week – dance or moves. I just think it’d be funny in the freestyle to reference it and get the crowd excited there. I’m sure it’ll be a good hip-hop this week. Although I would have loved to have had them bring in NappyTabs to help. 🙁
I actually wasn’t referring to you, Bonnie 🙂 I was referring to people that can’t seem to read…or can’t be bothered to read through the entire discussion before jumping to conclusions.
@Teresa – Cheese coming tomorrow 🙂
While reading the list of stars, it suddenly struck me. When the list of All Stars was first revealed, it seemed that the deck was stacked with all good male dancers. I thought this was going to be a male dominated season. But yet, we have already lost 3 of the men! On the female side, well, we all know how that goes. Some shouldn’t have been invited.
I just hope there is a way to repair the damage to this “All Star” season. A season we all looked forward to, but knew TPTB would screw up. Fans of the show deserve to have the best dancers performing in an “All Star” season. For me, those 2 words will remain in quotes until we actually have the people who can live up to the title.
Gotcha, Courtney. 🙂
Linz, I agree. Males are stronger talent-wise. I think it really sucks the way the judges and producers are propping up Kirstie and Bristol. Nevermind the fact they shouldn’t have been asked back in the first place, IMO. But in terms of dancing ability, the guys definitely should be ahead.
My “hmm.” was wondering what the song could be….I agree Mari….I’m a tad nervous for them, not sure exactly why though.
I don’t know what Monday night will bring or quite understand why they have chosen to go this route. At first I was kind of excited to see them do something different, but have to agree with what you said PH why copy an already fading show? I have to agree with Linz as I looked forward to an All Star season and wanted to see the best dancers on it. Some are left that deserve to be there, but some don’t. I can’t add anything else until I see them perform and how these judges give out their scores. All I can do is hope that the truly best dancers make it through.
hmmm. I never would have classified the song “At the Hop” as Rock and Roll. My mind was totally going in a different direction for that one.
Agree, Sandy. “At the Hop” almost seems like another jitterbug or something. That said, we know Bristol hates jive, so she may not like the bouncy perky energy of this one either.
“At The Hop” is one of the original Rock ‘n’ Roll songs. It’s the real deal. Early Happy Days music for those that might not be old enough. Think Chuck Berry singing “Rock Around the Clock”. Don’t confuse Rock ‘n’ Roll with Rock, they’re really two different things.
(God, I feel old.)
Mmc based on Mark’s blog it sounds loke Bristol can’t handle what Mark was hoping to do:
“This week’s theme is “Rock ‘n’ Roll,” which is one of my favorite styles and favorite genres of music. In terms of dance style, it calls for a mix of the Lindy Hop, jitterbug and the like. Bristol, however, is finding the speed and over-the-top personality of the dance challenging.”
Sorry forgot the second part of that quote:
“I had to completely change the creative approach and choreography, which is hard because this season is “All-Stars” and the bar has been raised that much higher. I just hope we can push through and make this routine as great as it should be.”
I have a feeling that this weeks dances will be comprised of total failures & amazing dances. I don’t think there will be any middle ground.
Charlotte – I have that same feeling.
Some dances will be ah-mazing, and others will not. The judges probably will continue to play the Blind-Eye Game once again. Some celebs will be called out for their steps, their feet, their hands, etc. While others wont. Kirstie has had those silly hand movements since the beginning, last season and this season (all part of her silly and old act), and rarely is she called out on it. I see this week as being no different. Hopefully the voters will finally get it right this week. Fingerscrossed!!!
Thanks for the explanation, Evaine. And you aren’t old, you are life-wise and experienced. 🙂
*gigglesnort* Sure, mmc, sure. 🙂
Ah ha….I see that Apolo mentioned Gangham Style in a tweet or two, so that’s why people think that’s the song, but he might have been just meant the style of dance, or a dance move, or he “playing” with fans.
Watching the 2 clips of Bristol and Mark “dance”, it pisses me off that after the phony bologna crying she did, you’d think she’d be back in that studio hustling her ass off…no matter what the dance or how fast. As a matter of fact, she must have asked Mark when they were standing on stage what rock n roll dance style was because it appeared he whispered to her and then you saw her facial expression go sour. A normal person would try harder to conquer something that is hard for them. If Kirstie is 60 and heavy and did bounces, hops, and kicks and flicks (not saying they were good, but she did them and tried hard), and if Sabrina is a bit heavy and can do it and do it with speed, well Bristol is younger and lighter than those 2 ladies. It’s nothing but sure laziness and from what I heard she is extremely uncomfortable with “bounce of the dance” because of her chest “bouncing”. If she was able to move a little better for her second jive in season 11, and she was heavier, she should be flying around that dance floor with Mark. So for her fans to be constantly tweeting him or posting on his fb page about missing…actually postponing a rehearsal because of his mom is disturbing. They can’t see at all that she is lazy and perhaps he figured what’s the big deal she was only practicing 3 hours to begin with anyway. When he mentioned 2 weeks ago about bringing it up to 5 hours she looked at him like, “What?” and then said, “We’ll see.” And as far as those fans saying what kind of friend is Mark for doing that (missing scheduled rehearsal and doing a video supporting Sabrina AND hanging out–going to dinner with Shawn)….well, what kind of friend is Bristol for not giving her all and understanding that this is her “friends” occupation and he is competitive and takes it seriously? I LMAO when she says she’s competitive, yet almost every results show we hear or get the vibe that she can’t wait to get it over with already. Yeah, Bristol, we can’t wait for you to get over with it already either!
Sorry to rant, but I am positive that “fans” who are attacking Mark do come here and read, so….I hope they enjoy reading this.
Didn’t Mark Dacoscos(sp?) and Lacey do a Jitterbug to Melissa’s song?
Cant wait to see Kirsties dance and her being called SAFE once again! IMO this show has become less about perfect dancing and more about tricks and entertainment and with whats going on in my life right now its nice tuning in on mondays and smiling with whatever Kirstie and Maks come up with.
Aaarrrhhh….Sabrina is NOT heavy. She has boobs. It’s no wonder people are anorexic when they hear this kind of talk.
Where is the song Emmitt and Cheryl and Apolo will dance to it will be interest
I actually think MS is an excellent choice for Shawn. The feel of the song isn’t nearly as sexual as most Mambo/Salsa music is; Derek will be able to choreograph a song that looks and feels like a swing dance with Mambo movement language. Maybe things have changed since S8, but it was never a good look trying to get Shawn to be ‘sexy’.
We’ll see, Steve. She’s changed tremendously in other areas in the three years since she was last on the show, I don’t know why this wouldn’t also have changed.
But with that song, they might not even try it. Sure doesn’t sound like a sexy song.
While I am obviously not a fan of Bristol and find it somewhat torturous to watch her, okay completely torturous…we have to remember that when ABC defined the All Star season they said it would be a mixof champions, almost champions and fan favorites. Whether we like it or not Bristol is a fan favorite because how many dancers of her caliber ( wasn’t that a nice way of saying she stinks as a dancer) have made it to the finals. I think that ABC stayed true to what they said and for them it is a ratings game and it is working because again the show is highly rated when compared to other shows. I wish the judges would give her lower scores, but it seems like her fan base just votes more to overcome it…remember she is on that show Sarahnet every week begging for votes…no wonder she doesn’t have time to practice. Kirstie is simply an icon,and not matter how much she lacks in ability she is funny, witty, and entertaining and that doesn’t even take into account Mak’s fan base. Like I said somewhere before, if Derek had gotten Bristol I would probably vote for them because of my allegiance to Derek and I would feel so sorry for him…lol…just my thoughts.
Melissa is probably going to be at the top of the leaderboard again this week, she has everything going on her favor this week. Still mad she got three 9’s last week with that light boring samba.
Gilles is probably the one with four people helping.
Bette in time again for a bolero, LAME.
Come on now…I updated with that comment at the same time I updated two songs. Then I said it WASN’T Karina…this should be simple math for you people. Dang. 🙂
From what I hear, lots and lots of Mark fans aren’t voting for him. They’ve switched over to Sabrina.
thats an amazing song that apolo and karina have, but i think it is going to be a little trickier for them than it looks. Its a groove song, so your not gonna get away with stiff elementary steps and throwing in some windmills or flares that apolo can do. They are going to have to get in the pocket and actually groove.
do i still think they can do it? idk, but if they do, im thinking its last dance of the night material
So it is Cheryl, I was thinking Gilles based on the picture of him training with two people in the background, so I totally ignore the songs.
Apolo song is good but I was hoping for something more contemporary like the songs that they use on sytycd. But this song is good because it is not fast and for non hip hop dancers is better.
yeah better in time is a wack choice for a bolero…i hope he can surprise me because i have a feeling im going to have to try hard to not fall a sleep on them
My guess is Cheryl, who brought the outside choreographers….. And my guess also that their package won’t mention it. We already know that Peta got help, because it was in that video in a post below. It could be my opinion of her, since she isn’t anywhere among my favorite pros, but I don’t think her ego can accept her admitting how much help she needed…. After all, she’s a 2 time winner, and this is her 14th season in a row… Peta on the other hand, is only on season 3…. My opinion, guys!
Apolo got a great song though nitpicking, Poison is arguably more pop than hip hop. But doubt the show is taking the authenticity of hip hop seriously. It is a perfect crowd pleasing song. Even if the older demo might not know it. Lol. Definite nostalgia factor for some viewers.
I do wish Derek got hip hop or contemporary just to see what he would do and also maybe to see him work with Allison or NappyTabs again. While he could do his own for those genres, think a collaboration with them would be winning.
Melissa should be glad she did not get hip hop. Remember her freestyle? Bad hip hop if you can call it that.
I also think Melissa will be propped again this week. Listening to after buzz, glad to see I was not alone if wondering why her and Kelly got the highest scores.
I don’t think it was a bad decision for Melissa to give Apolo Hip Hop. Like someone else said, she didn’t want it and wanted to make sure she didn’t get it. And secondly, Apolo is not in danger of leaving this week anyway so what’s the difference if he gets a great score since he’s staying regardless. And lastly, since Karina was thrilled to get that dance, and then she and Apolo got to turn around and pick a dance for Melissa, I think Karina returned the favor to Melissa by giving her a dance she could excel at too.
Shawn & Derek song is okay-its definitely a Mambo song with her talents and his choreography creativity, should be another fantastic routine.
Aww man, Poison-that song takes me back.-LOL Should be fun.
I think it’s PETA who brought in the outside help…I saw tweets where people said they were helping with the number- I can’t remember who- maybe SYTYCD people?! I was gonna post that I didn’t think it was fair that she had all this outside influence but figured to keep my mouth shut since I didn’t want to offend anyone!
Didn’t Alec and Natalie do their Bolero in Season 9 to “Better in Time” as well?
Thanks for posting the songs for Monday night! You ladies are awesome! 🙂
For the love of god….it was CHERYL. I guess there is no room for subtlety on this blog. The others may have also gotten help (and there’s no law against it) but Cheryl got four outside cheographers to help. Can’t make it much plainer than that.
Didn’t Karina danced hip hop with Mario Lopez show Dance?
i dont mind someone getting outside help this week if it was something ALL of the teams were allowed to do. I much rather have a professional go get help then one that didnt and choreographed some crap
Four cheographers is a lot even if you never did it before.
I LOVE “Better in Time.” Can’t wait to see what Cheryl and Emmitt do to it. I also wish Karina had brought in outside help. I’m a little worried for them this week. I’m not crazy about Derek’s song. I’m sure he’ll make it work, but it’s too generic imo.
If Karina didn’t bring anyone to help, I’m a little bit worried. Julianne did bring help on her freestyle with Apolo, and she unlike Karina had some hip hop training back in her teen days.
I think those 4 people just her partners for Tuesday’s number.Cheryl spent quite a bit time practicing with them and they all from Dallas.
I was listing to the mambo song, and I hope Shawn and Derek use the last part of the song, it is faster and a little bit more fun than the rest of the song.
All the songs are great this week. Did they say if they are going to reveal more twists in this week like last week? I hope not.
I LOVE Apolo’s song, their routine should be great. I don’t know if they got outside help or not, but everyone could definitely get it if they wanted it this week.
looks like kirstie and maks are first!
Kirstie just tweeted she and Maks are dancing first
For those poo-poohing “Poison” as a hip-hop song…I submit the following for your consideration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZPh27qPg40
SYTYCD season 2 hip-hop group dance choreographed by Shane Sparks (before the whole nasty statutory rape scandal). Legit, old-school hip-hop…with a bunch of familiar faces. Travis Wall, Dmitry, Allison, Vegas Jaymz, Mrs. Donnie Burns…even the B-word, whose name I will not utter to save Heidi’s sanity 😛 But my point – it is ENTIRELY possible to do a legitimate hip-hop routine to this song, regardless of how “groovy” it may be, or how complicated you think the tempo is. And to echo Dee – I think this song is going to take A LOT of the viewers back. I know it brought back memories of falling on my @$$ at the skating rink while trying to do the running man, for moi 😛
And just for sh*ts & giggles, here’s another hip-hop number done to “Poison” – the Strikers All-Stars doing a pretty cool stepping number to it on season 6 of America’s Got Talent:
ABC- Medianet confirms:
“Also adding to the night of spectacular performances, professional dancer Cheryl Burke, [b]along with four outside dancers[/b], will dance to a live performance from Tito Puente Jr., who will showcase a medley of his classics. Before the night’s end, one more couple will be eliminated from the competition.”
Well, English is my 2nd/3rd language so I interpret this differently. I thought she will dance with these 4 dancers and she even tweeted about this on Oct. 11 “Now rehearsal with some special pros for a very special number on Tuesday! Can’t wait for u guys to see…. “
Guys, we’ve got the intel right – Cheryl employed the services of 4 outside choreographers to help with she & Emmitt’s bolero. We are well aware she is dancing with 4 guys on Tuesday night – but that’s not what we’re talking about. All 4 “helpers” may or may not have been there at the same time, and they may or may not have actually choreographed for them – they may have just been offering input. But we’re just relaying what we know – she got an assist from 4 other people other than herself for she & Emmitt’s routine. Let’s stop wasting space (and energy) debating it.
I do not doubt a good hip hop routine can be done to the song. Especially old school hip hop. Those dances did not get enough from the sytycd judges. Then again what does Nigel know about hip hop? I can see Karina playing the part well in this dance.
Yes, yes, yes, I know. Kirstie is going first. I was rather busy posting the cheese which just refused to go up quietly. After four tries…it’s there. 🙂
Geez, Courtney, I guess Bing told us. We is SO stupid to not know the difference between her tuesday night dance and her monday night dance.
We’re repeating what we’re told, gang. You can like it…or not and believe it…or not.
Any idea WHY there is so much duplicating of stuff already done/heard on SYTYCD? Are they really that devoid of fresh ideas? There are plenty of other songs. Do they just not care about this show any longer.Lots of people that like this show hate SYTYCD. They have so many crossovers from SYTYCD already…what’s going on? Any ideas?
Aaaaand bye-bye, Bing.
I think that Mark is just trying to set the bar super low for Bristol by putting it out there that she can’t handle the choreography he wants. People will expect the worst and then when she stays upright they will think she wasn’t so bad. I’m not falling for it.
Can Cheryl’s helpers actually be the ones that choreograph the dance for her?
It’s possible, Sandy. I was told (by a reputable source) that Cheryl had help with she & Emmitt’s routine from FOUR outside entities. Not sure in what capacity they “helped”, but they were definitely present at some point for she & Emmmitt’s rehearsals…and this was in no way related to her performance on Tuesday night. Not directing all of this at you, Sandy – just spelling it out for anyone that is still under the impression that we’re somehow confused. We aren’t 😉
Too bad Cheryl did end up with the Salsa…. Can you rip open your partners shirt in the Bolero?
Should say *didn’t end up with the Salsa*… 🙂
Hehe…if there’s no specific rule that says you can’t, Sandy – then I’d put money on it that Cheryl goes for the ol’ shirt ripping maneuver 😛
Why would they pick POISON of all songs…the band is going to destroy it. Ugh! Sabrina’s dance should be fun.
I wanna know who got the pimp spot, I’m thinking Melissa/ Apolo or even Kelly, depending who has the best dance. My money is on Melissa this week.
I hope it doesn’t go to Gilles. He’s already tweeted about his sprained finger, blistered toes and bloody knees. Their costumes awesomeeeee and … wait for it … they’re are going to bring down the house Monday.
Evidently, Peta had some outside help as well.
Wow, read the previous comments. dude!
So you’re going to tell the moderators of this site who are telling you, Morris, that they know for a fact that these are TWO separate issues regarding 4 dancers and outside help, that they don’t know what they’re talking about? Good luck to you!
melissa and tony are dancing 6th
ive been freakishly right with every order prediction so far today, so i want to see how well it holds up
1st kirstie maks charleston
2nd sabrina louis disco
3rd bristol mark rock n roll
4th emmitt cheryl bolero
5th shawn derek mambo
6th melissa tony jitterbug
7th gilles peta bollywood
8th kelly val contemporary
9th apolo karina hip hop
Oh how cute…Bing changed names to make himself seem more credible. Bing/Morris, let it go, dude – at least we have street cred, since our intel has proven reliable in the past 3 weeks. Some random guy, screeching desperately that we’re wrong & quoting some press release regarding a completely separate issue??? Yeah, we should TOTALLY believe the random guy. :::eye roll:::
Why are Derek and Shawn going last again to weeks in a row..????
#113, Yo, you are almost right on Sabrina. Their actual dance order #3
*banging head on table* The order you see means NOTHING, reneetamesha!!! I feel like we’ve been through this before – until we have written something that says “dancing [insert number here]” written by a couple’s name, the order we have them listed in means NOTHING. Do you understand???
Good grief, I feel like I’m in the damn Twilight Zone tonight…
Jesus. Is there a full moon?
Alicia….link?
Here it is:
Louis van Amstel @LouisVanAmstel
“@rockinrobyn3: @LouisVanAmstel @SabrinaBryan Do you know what place you are dancing?” We perform 3rd tomorrow night 😉
Geez I’m with you on the full moon? thing PH
Thanks. I need to remember to check their @replies. 🙂
Sabrina going third, not very good for her.
wow looks like kelly and val are last tomorrow! Im excited for team vally, but im surprised they didnt pick and more uptempo fun piece to end the show with
Well at least I can get Kirstie and Maks off my TV bright and early and enjoy the rest of the show.
Well I hope Kelly and Val aren’t last tomorrow. If so, then ABC is sure pimping the hell out of these two.
If Apolo and Karina have a stinky spot again this week, then I may just start to wonder if THEY really are one of the teams to beat.
Well, Sandy, ABC is pimping the hell out of them. :::sigh::: She was soooo off balance in her dance last week after all the spins – good dance, but not the high scorer of the night. That should have been Apolo.
Apolo finally moves to later in the show, but man, Sabrina gets hosed again. I guess they’re willing to lose her to keep Kelly on the show.
well i just read an article from the Clicker that said Val brought in another choreographer because he had no idea how to do contemporary…now i know in the past the pros brought people in- but usually it was to help the stars get into character, show them different steps to make them better, etc…but they didn’t literally have other people choreograph the dance…what is up with that?! I remember in Derek and Brooke’s season he didn’t know how to do a dance so he looked it up on the internet and taught himself. I don’t think it is fair to bring other dancers in and choreograph the numbers for the pros…bc if the pros can’t do the dance well it will reflect on their partners- which i think separates the top and bottom performers…which includes the pros!
Kelly reminded me a lot of Jennifer Grey in last week’s performance. Yeah, she got a little dizzied out at the end of her number last week, but that happened to Jen a lot too. I’ve been impressed with Kelly’s showing and if the running order is suddenly so important (’cause you know, we said earlier this season that it wasn’t really), well, she deserves her crack at the pimp spot as much as many others.
I’m in no way worried about either Shawn or Apolo, both with be there until the final bell, whatever their running order.
Joey, most of the pros have absolutely ZERO experience in these dances. They have no business choreographing in a style they’ve never trained in – and while simply perusing YouTube may have been sufficient in a previous season, this is all-stars, and the pros shouldn’t have to wing it. Say what you will about the pros’ supposed “bad dancing” reflecting badly on their partners, but I’d rather have an outside choreographer with experience in a particular style doing the choreographing…rather than one of the pros just winging it and coming up with something subpar.
Gee whiz, everyone’s getting their panties in a twist over the pros using or not using outside help…or how MUCH outside help they’ve been using. 😯
Court, people get their panties in a twist over EVERYTHING! And for what it’s worth, I totally agree with you about bringing in outside help. People bitch about wanting to see GOOD DANCING this season because it’s All Stars and then when the pros take steps to make things their best… they get bitched all over. *sigh* People just love to bitch.
The running order has indeed been shown to be important so far in that judges have been holding back scores for the first several couples, even when they were clearly better than some dancing later in the show. Kelly has been given an edge 4 weeks now.
Preach on, Evaine – there’s truly no satisfying some people. I’ll actually be kind of glad when this week is over, because there has been a lot of bitching, moaning, and complaining about just about everything. And I think some people forget that we’re just the messenger…we’re not the ones making the rules/choosing the dance styles/picking the running order/etc. I was actually kind of excited about this week, just to see who would rise to the challenge and who would fail. Now I’m just tired of it, and no one has even danced yet…
#130 katarina
Exactly. Running order has been shown to be important. The judges have been holding back scores for the first several couples even when they where clearly better than some dancing later in the show. Look what happened to Drew. He went first last week, got lowballed, and then the scores went higher as the night went on. I understood him being angry about that. But I think it was kind of obvious that they did not want him there.
And yes, the TPTB are playing favorites with Kelly and Melissa. They didn’t deserve those three 9’s they got last week. Now, this week, they’re going later in the show so they’ll probably debut that 10 paddle for them.
its not bitching..i just don’t agree with it…I don’t think Derek is trained in Bollywood but he and Henry were able to put together a dance last year. Bolero has been done on the show before, so its not completely foreign. As for contemporary- that is brand new but there are tons of resources- i mean SYTYCD is pretty much all contemporary…i think the pros have enough experience in dancing to be able to put together a 90 second dance…and for most of the average viewers who watch the show (who aren’t on this board) will think that the dances look just fine.
Come on Court! Throw glitter with me! Let’s spin that sparkly mirror ball!
And katarina, from what I see and hear, Kelly has shown herself to be a surprisingly good dancer and popular with the viewers. It’s not like she’s going to overtake Shawn OR Apolo in that category, despite what some see as an edge she’s been given.
Wow, Sabrina did get hosed again, didn’t she? And after being bottom 3 last week, so IMO, it’s pretty obvious they don’t care much about her.
I’m glad Melissa and Apolo got placed in the second hour, though I wish Melissa would have been a little later, because I’m not sure how it will play out…will she be the top of the second hour (that’s what I’m hoping) or the end of the first hour?
I love Kelly, she’s one of my favorites, but I really can’t believe she’s at the end again. No, she hasn’t had the pimp spot yet, but she’s been third to last and second to last. Though I wonder if this week could even hurt her a little…I mean, coming right after Karina and Apolo dancing hip hop might not be the best spot to be in…
“A Lot” Evaine? Uh huh. 🙂 Kelly wishes she was that good. No, the running order isn’t really that important this season, but that doesn’t make her placement in the bottom half of the show versus, say, Sabrina more fair. And I think you know that and choose to ignore it.
Your panties seem twisted. 😀
Yeah, Violet, Kelly’s been one of the last three dancers three out of four weeks this season. Sabrina, on the other hand, has been in the first five dances three times and never later than seventh. Now, I’m not a Sabrina fan – but come on. Mix it up a little. Apolo is almost as bad with going fourth twice and seventh once. But he’s 8th this week so good for him.
Melissa is another one that’s been relegated to early in the show up to this week – and she’s just as good a dancer as Kelly and just as popular. TPTB continue to be transparent.
I’m not ignoring anything, Heidi. I’m also not expecting this show to be about fair this season of all seasons. I’ve said that since day one. And yes, Heidi, I said she reminded me of Jennifer “a lot”. She has the same frail look to her, the same colouring, the same fairy-like (to my eyes) way of dancing as well as that unsteadiness that if you look back in the posts of her season I always saw in Jennifer’s dances. They even have similar type facial features in certain poses. Do I think she’ll do as Jen did and win her season? Nope, not at all. I’m not even certain she’ll make the finals. I still think it’s going to be Shawn, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by what Kelly’s brought to the dancefloor.
I definitely agree that one of the reasons that Kelly and Val are last tonight is because they are being pimped. However, I think another reason is because of the dance they are doing. Contemporary has never been done as a competitive dance on DWTS, so I would imagine that a lot of viewers would be very curious to see how this dance turns out.
Is Kirstie affiliated with ABC in some way? Just wondering why “they” would want her to stay. I’m glad she’s first tonight..I can watch her (Maks!) and then flip over to MNF. I’ll catch Val and Kelly on u-toob. Maybe they’ll be overscored again this week, and make it through to dance on Planet Mirrorballus once more. 🙂 Cheers.
What is TPTB you keep referring to? And why the hating of Val and Kelly? I think they are doing well. I think Kelly can handle anything they throw at her. BTW Bristol needs to go home and soon!
Kirsti is, I think, extremely popular. And crazy. That’s the only reason she’s on the all star season. The other side of that coin being Bristol. That said…going first ain’t what it used to be. It seemed to be the kiss of death last season. Might be time for Court to re-run the numbers.
Nicole, hate? Grow up. Learn some new words. Not kissing someone’s ass every second does not equal “hate” in the land of grown ups.
just saying kelly is being pimped because she is an abc employee is negating the fact that this chick has been doing some darn good dances. everyone was saying she was basically fodder and way over her head, including tom bergeron, who then followed by saying she is the one he is most impressed with. This girl was trash her season, trash with potential, but still trash, so to see her coming out and improving this much is amazing to me. Do i think she is the best dancer, of course not, but im loving her journey.
and we all know pimping has much more involved in it than who you work for like how many fans are voting for you, what controversy you bring, etc… Roshon (who i Loved) was with the abc affiliated disney channel and didnt get many favors, this dude was hosed week in and out in scores and running order.
i think her first few running orders were more chmerkovskiy pimpage than anything she had to with it…if im correct val was put next to maks a few weeks in a row
Just caught Sabrina and Louis on The Ellen Show and she said something that makes some kind of sense to me. She said that it’s as if each week the slate is wiped clean and a different couple will rise to the top. With the exception of Kirstie and Bristol holding tight to the bottom of the leader board, the rest have been very up and down.
At any rate, I think tonight will be lots of fun and very interesting.
trash? Wow, that’s…strong. Of course, I didn’t watch Kelly’s first season, so I have no idea how she looked.
TPTB = The Powers That Be
ABC wants Kirstie to stay because she brings eyeballs to their glittery dance show.
Pffttt! to Kelly getting the pimp spot, but it’s no real surprise – gotta take care of the Family. I also think they want to captitalize on all the smoldering going on between her and Val. They know their audience laps up that stuff.
I’m just happy I got my wish for Apolo and Karina to go late in the running order. If they bring it and the judges still stiff them, I’ll be saying things like #%@*! but will assume the low-balling is because they’re racking up huge numbers of viewer votes.
Lol @violet didnt mean it that harshly. A lot of people in season 1 were ‘trash’ to me
I probably do need to rerun the stats about running order…but that’s a project for the off-season.
Another random thought: I think last week’s running order may have been kind of messed up in that I think some of the props the couples had necessitated that they go in a certain order. We only have one precedent for being suspended from the ceiling (Tony in season 13), but both times the couple with the suspension went very early in the show. I think the platform from Drew’s dance (the first one) may have been moved to the back of the theater for Melissa’s dance (the 3rd one). Who knows what kind of planning went into getting the Mini Cooper and the donkey on stage. But I did notice that the last 3 dances last week were all pretty prop-minimal – Bristol & Mark only needed the chess pieces to be wheeled in, Helio & Chelsie had no props that I can recall, and I bet the crash mats for Shawn & Derek’s number had been in place since before the show. Not saying that there weren’t still some strategic placements last week (I think picking a showstopper like Shawn & Derek’s to go last was wise), but I think a lot of the placements may have had less to do with popularity and more to do with the logistics of the props many of the couples had. Could be some of the same coming into play this week – unfamiliar dances could equal crazy props to distract from subpar dancing.
well gilles and peta are going 5th…per twitter.
Don’t know if the demographic majority has changed much for this show…but if it hasn’t I don’t think most of them give a rat’s…. for hip-hop or contemporary and it’s one of the main reasons they HATE SYTYCD. They don’t consider “flailing arms, grabbing a girl around the waist and bending her backwards for the umpteenth time and rolling on the floor, as DANCING.(not my words, borrowed from someone I overheard talking about the show and it’s”direction” these days). Maybe some of the young one’s will stay tuned but the “oldsters” may just tune in to something else after the first hour and don’t they still comprise the larger audience?
Anyway, it’s probably always safest to end with something high energy and fun.
Following up on my last comment about running order: I’ve been told Kelly is ill. Could putting her last be an attempt to let her recuperate from dress rehearsal…or to buy them some time while they debate whether to use her dress rehearsal footage, instead of making her perform?
Could be…she already has some hearing loss from some incident in her past and she stated that she is congested and can’t hear, maybe they are buying her sometime to see if that clears up
Oh boy. Dance sick (when you might perform poorly) vs. be scored on dress rehearsal footage (when you already know you didn’t dance your best)? No idea what I’d choose.
Nothing would make me happier than to see Le Douche go out on a Bollywood number, LMAO. He’d spend the rest of his life whining again how he should have won, but the stupid different dances ruined his ballroom domination. But think they’ll be safe.
Hopefully Kirstie and Bristol will finally go out next 2 weeks.
Glad to see Apolo and Karina go later. Still kinda worried about that choreography if they didn’t get extra help.
You miss the point, yo. LOTS of dancers on this season are doing extremely well. Yet Kelly isn’t doing AS well as some of the others, but is getting better placement more frequently.
Trash?? That’s overly harsh in some attempt to make some bizarre point. As for Roshon – your memory ain’t so good. He was pretty evenly split on running order (in a season with MUCH bigger names and much better dancers than him) but he was not at all hosed in the scores. He got a 23 in week 1 which is GREAT. He got a *26* in week 2 which is nearly unheard of. Week 3?? 25 – again, very good. Not the bottom of the leaderboard at all. Week 4 – 26 points and tied for second place with Maria. Week 5 – 26 points AGAIN. You get my drift?? He was not “hosed by the judges”. He got a 23 (rumba) and 25 (AT) after that, but rebounded nicely with a 29 and a 27 in week 8. The dude made it to Week 8 – not sure how that equals being “hosed”. He may not have had the pimp spot every week, but he was also CLEARLY not as popular as the others because he was continuously in the bottom two even with higher scores. That week he was tied with Maria for second?? He was in the bottom two. So, between his scores, and actually going later in the show three out of 8 weeks…yeah, not seeing hosed at all.
ETA: forgot to add – how many times was he saved in the dance off?? Hmmmm….
5th will probably be top of the hour, right?
Eh, if she’s well enough to be photographed by Val all swaddled up like a mummy, I don’t she’s *that* sick.
Hard to say mmc. Probably. I guess I find it odd that he’s not even later than that, what with the initial Gilles storylines that were floating around about how he deserved to win and he would this time. Makes me wonder if some of the stories we’ve heard and what we’ve actually SEEN are finally taking a toll on ole Gilles. 🙂 A girl can dream.
I think u missed my point. I never said her doing well was the only reason she was getting great placement. I simply said stating she is getting it because she is ABC family disregards other things like fan voting, story lines, good dancing and controversy which I think also come into account.
I also stated I didn’t mean for trash to be taken so harshly…just common term in my circles
In my opinion roshon was easily one of the top 3 dancers that season and so called ‘ABC family’…so only 3 out of 8 weeks in second half and none pimp spots kind of proves the only point that I was making that a lot of factors go into pimping
Just FYI –
Shawn and Derek are first, not Kirstie
Apollo and Karina are last
PH … Just wanted to say … it seems there’s 2 Nicoles making comments. I’m Nicole of comment 108 – not the Nicole of comment 141. Going forward, I’ll be posting as NicoleW.
Bing/Morris … did you steal my name in another effort to make another point?
I didn’t miss your point at all. Of course all those things come into account, Yo, but I happen to believe that OTHER dancers have stories/fans/dancing/controversy which are just as good or better than hers, yet she is the one getting all the good running order spots. Not the others. What is the one thing that is different about her compared to, say, Sabrina?? She works for ABC. Math seems pretty damn simple to me. I never claimed it was JUST about being an ABC family member, that’s you being literal – but that is the dominant factor when one looks at all the other dancers in this instance.
The “common” terms in your circle aren’t what I would call appropriate here – we’re not your circle.
Again, for Roshon – going in the second half of the show about half the time is fair. Perfectly fair. It’s not being hosed. And you said he was “hosed by the judges and by the running order” – that’s what I was responding to with my comments. You were wrong. He was given great scores and decent running order, but was NOT getting the votes, so they weren’t going to waste their pimpage by giving him the last dance. Yet they did keep saving him in the dance off. Like YOU said, lots of factors – and he didn’t have enough of them in his favor.
Oh for fuck’s sake. I’m suddenly in crazy town.
Prove it. Give me links, Eyezee.
Here’s how it seems to me… if you like the couple who are dancing last ( which I do ) then you are happy about it, but if they’re not your fav then you are unhappy about it. This show has never been about fairness as far as I’ve seen so I am just glad that the lady luck of dwts happens to be smiling on my couple right now. We all know it can and does shift in an instant.
Do not confuse my comments with a state of being. I’m neither happy nor unhappy – I’m making an observation. It’s a blog. It’s what we do. And there’s too many damn Nicole’s around here. 🙂
Oh, well since we agree on that, all is well.
I’m excited for tonight! Looking forward to everyone, especially Shawn, Apolo, and kelly
#165 … and this is one of the many reasons why I love this site! Tell us what you’re really thinking, PH!! 🙂
Something tells me, you’ll be really glad to see Vogue again too!
Maks tweeted that he and Kirstie were dancing first last night…so not sure why #161 says otherwise?! its coming down to either Derek and Shawn dancing 2nd or 7th….please let Bristol go 2nd:)
You have no idea, Meggie. I have like four jobs now with her gone. When she’s back I only have three. 🙂
Good question, Joey. That’s why I asked for proof. Maks and Kirstie both tweeted they are going first and Karina tweeted they are going “close to the end” – which, through process of elimination, turns out to be 8th (or maybe 7th), but not “last”. Kelly tweeted she’s going last. So, there you go. If someone claims to know otherwise, I’m going to need evidence.
Good grief, is there a full moon????!!! Here’s a not-so-friendly PSA for today:
*If you are trying to get us to update the running order, provide us a source. Otherwise, STFU.
*If you accuse anyone of “hating” or “being a hater”, you will get deleted. No questions asked. I’m tired of making the distinction between “hating” and “not kissing ass” to people who aren’t smart enough to see it – or just choose not to.
*My tolerance for nitpicking is at an all-time low. If you want to split hairs over the wording of a post or make assumptions about someone’s state of mind or just try to put words in people’s mouths, do so at your own risk…because I might just delete you too.
*If I catch you sock puppeting – you’re gone for good. It’s deceptive, annoying, and I’m not tolerating it. And don’t bother trying to feed me the whole “there are multiple people using my computer” bull. You’re all posting the same thing on the same site, mere minutes after each other? Riiiight.
I don’t know what’s gotten into people today, but the level of cray-cray is at an all-time high heading into performance night – and I haven’t the time nor the energy to deal with the random idiosyncracies of some of our readers. Heidi, how long till Vogue gets back? We need some rainbows shooting out of our ass 😛
Too long, Court. Much too long. Like Wednesday. 🙂
Evaine, I suggest some of your glitter dust and sparkles, maybe even a drink, to help these two over-worked mods make it through until Wed. Breathe, relax, take a sip or gulp!, enjoy the glitter, read more comments from the cray-crays, curse … and repeat! 😉
It’s always fun to wake up in the morning and see Heidi and Courtney on a roll…it just sets my day off right….even more so because I agree on so many levels…it’s the things I think and then when I read it…think OMG so glad she said that….way to roll girls. And just in case this point hasn’t been made clear enough…as a professor we often call upon each other for advice or mentoring subjects we are less familiar with….we want to give our students the best information possible…is that cheating…heck no…it is insuring we give our students the best possible information. And for those of you who think internet research “should do the trick”…get a grip turning theory into practice isn’t always easy and some practical wisdom from those who have done something similar is just plain good teaching and smart and isn’t that what the pro’s are….ultimately teachers? Okay down off my soapbox…well almost what would you rather have a teacher who thinks they are teaching you correctly or one who takes the time to get advice and help from someone more knowledgeable in that particular area and insures they teach you correctly. Okay now I am done…lol
EVERYONE! STOP ANNOYING THE LADIES! THEY ARE DOING A TERRIFIC JOB AND DON’T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR B***SH*T!
Courtney and Princess Heidi,
The loyal PureDWTS followers appreciate all your hard work keeping us updated on what’s happening. I think Felix breaking the sound barrier brought out the crazies. But, I would like to see video of the rainbow extravaganza!
I have an infinite bowl of glitter and sparkle that anyone is free to use! 🙂 *tosses handfulls*
“We need some rainbows shooting out of our ass.” Bwahahahahaha!!!!!!!! 🙂 May I steal that, and make it my very own??? These days, it would make a great motto for the group at work!!!
Wow…I’m totally exahausted after reading the lastest comments! 🙁
My sympathy to PH & C.
Wow…now I’ve even lost the ability to spell!!! My bad.
It’s contagious. 🙂
I do believe it is contagious, so I apologize for being part of the irritation.
You Mods have always done an excellent job
Thanks to everyone who appreciates our toiling 🙂
And Sally, you’re more than welcome to use that phrase…although I’ve adopted a new zen phrase in the past hour or so: “Keep calm & stare at Apolo naked.” If you need clarification, just google the last two words and let the good times roll. 😉
The thought of watching Apolo dance tonight makes it all good for me. Kelly who?
At first I was a bit peeved that Emmitt is dancing 4th, and he has never had one of the first 3 spots ever, but then again, he’s doing a slow, probably pretty boring number right after Sabrina’s disco, so i’m ok with that.
I’m just hoping it’s Bristol 2nd and Shawn 7th.
PH and Court, I think it’s past beer-thirty for you two. Break out the adult beverages. You deserve it.
In my opinion, this is what happens when DWTS does something different. Bollywood, Bolero, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, aaaraargh!!! The inmates at the Mirror Ball Asylum like their routine and start bouncing off the walls when the routine is disturbed.
How accurate is dancingabc twitter? If its true that Derek & Shawn changed their song to para Los rumberos, I love it. Fast as all get out though
Aw, crap, Court, I can’t do #183 at work!
Interesting, Yo….. If they did get their song changed, it means that Shawn and Derek danced a repeat song from Helio and Julianne last week, and again this week.
So Shawn and Derek are actually dancing to the Helio and Julianne mambo song, that is a great song, happy now.
I’m checking the intel on that song…stand by.
@Courtney – You bad girl, Are you referring to Apolo’s ESPN Sport Shoot? If anyone saw Karina and Apolo on Wendy Williams she was nice enough to share that photo with everyone. 🙂
From what Court tweeted, there’s more than one photo. 😉
Holy Batman!!! I gotta go google ASAP!! Thanks for the Heads Up!!
Yep, there are actually 3 – one from the front where he’s assuming the speed skating pose, one from the side where it looks like he’s running, and one where he’s sitting down 😉
Let me ask – I may missed something – this week we have no elimination?
NO. There is a single elimination this week.
Awww, I am in heaven, isn’t Google ah-mazing. Ah heck, Isn’t Apolo Ah-mazing. 🙂 🙂
I think this week, one of the ladies will be leaving us.
well looks like Derek and Shawn have a song change and a number change…going 8th:) does anyone else think that shawn and derek watch their p’s and q’s because they don’t want to hurt mark’s feelings? i was curious what others thought on the subject…
Actually, I think I jumped the gun on putting Apolo in 8th placed…and how that happened is actually rather long and convoluted. 🙂 Karina said they were dancing “close to the end”. There is much more to the story than that, but I’ll leave it at that. 🙂
And I think that Derek got their song changed because he found it to be as lame as Courtney and I do.
Hold the phone!! I missed the sitting down one…
thanks Court – for all the media treats this week and especially for the delicious Apolo Ohno treat. Yum Yum Yum (haven’t found the 3rd picture yet, but am not giving up LOL)
Personally, I think whoever was assigned to dance contemporary was going to get the pimp spot. I’m looking forward to almost all the dances tonight, I think it should be a lot of fun.
@Heidi – So Apolo’s not dancing 8th?
Have a question – Why did Courtney Google naked Apolo in the first place????? Should we try naked Derek????
The song switch must have been REEEEAAALLLLLLY last minute – because as late as Saturday, it was still “Mambo Swing”. But I can’t blame them – it was a pretty dumb song.
Only thing that’s left is 2nd or 7th, since Shawn said they were dancing 8th…Karina said they were dancing “close to the end” so it must be 7th. I updated the post, which will give you an idea of how I got to him dancing 8th.
Court – THANK YOU!!!!!! Both for the use of the phrase, and for the Googling material!!!! 😀
No, Joey, I have no idea what Mark has to do with any of this. Can’t for the life of me figure that one out.
So now Apolo goes back on spot… That sucks. What a weak start to the show… When it comes to Kirstie and Bristol, and even Sabrina, Who Cares? And Emmitt he isn’t much better. Yawn!
Long story short: I was having a rough day 😛 And I knew that such pictures existed.
Woooooo-oooooo!!!!! 🙂 Wowie, ZOWIE! And at the first place I looked, see what ELSE popped up!!! 😉 http://theblemish.com/2011/10/the-espn-body-issue-is-out/helio-castroneves-naked/
Just saying, there a few of us around whose favorites are in the first half of the show. 🙂
Eh, 7th out of 9 couples is hardly a tragedy. 🙂 He’s definitely doing better than he was the last couple weeks.
What an improvement in Shawn and Derek’s song – yay!
I’m definitely most looking forward to the last three couples, but hopefully the whole show will be enjoyable.
LOL Sally, I saw that too – but Helio’s looked kinda cheesy to me. Like something out of Playgirl 😛 Apolo’s looked really artsy and…edgy…and muscle-y. I cannot stop staring at those tree-trunk thighs.
Good for Derek!! I felt from the start the original song was too generic. I’m seriously hoping the two best tonight are dancing 7th and 8th. Best for last, almost.
Apolo and Karina are going? Yeah I know I shouldn’t whine because it could be a lot worse but I still think he’s getting shafted on the running order. If there was anyone who “deserved” the pimp spot this week, it should have been him! And I’m totally not being biased in saying that ;)….
Hmm so Derek got their song changed? It’s seems like that’s often the norm for him, no? Aren’t the other pros always complaining about getting stuck with bad song choices? Yet how does Derek manage to pull it off, again? Is he just that savvy?
*Apolo and Karina are going 7th, I mean 🙂
Derek doesn’t get his songs changed any more than anyone else does. Probably far less, actually. Anyone can ask and sometimes they say yes, sometimes no. And the “no” is most likely due to them not being able to clear the song, legally.
Ah okay, thanks for clearing it up Heidi. It just seems like Derek is more open about having his song changed then the other pros. I think last season he asked for and got a different song for I think his and Maria’s vampire paso. And there’s been several other times too that I can’t remember right now.
So the pimp spot ranking is week 1, Emmitt, week 2, Gilles, Week 3, Shawn, and week 4, its Kelly… Someone on here mentioned something about more seasons than not, the winner has danced the pimp spot by week 4. hmmmm..
What does anyone think of that theory? Are we possibly looking at the top 4. I don’t what anyone else thinks, but Kelly is way overrated.
@Mari Other pros have changed their songs in the past. I think sometimes the producers genuinely sympathize with the dancers 😛
That’s just bull. They’ve all tried and sometime succeeded and sometimes failed. There’s actual video of Cheryl sitting in a makeup chair saying “that’s much better” to the guy playing her a new song cuz she didn’t like the one she was handed. I know it’s tempting to think that Derek always gets what he wants and others don’t, but that’s pretty silly.
Derek is also the one that got the 50’s themed paso, the tango to Pretty Woman, the psycho tango and countless others that he couldn’t or wouldn’t change when most people thought he and his partner were screwed by it.
I think that most theories for previous seasons don’t work in this one because it’s an all star season.
Okay that’s it…I’ve had it…I am setting puredwts as my home page…to much happens too fast and I am missing it….lol!!! The whole rainbow thing made me spit water practically on my laptop…lol…and naked Apollo well just be still my heart…and did you all see the ones from today after a boxing match or something….ooh la la…well now we just need that from Derek….lol
You know I’m not gonna be able to focus on Apolo’s dance…..I’ll just be thinking of those pictures.
The Gap/Photo makes him look so young. I feel less cougarish seeing the ESPN ones from last year when his face looked older. Because clearly, I was only looking at his face. ;p
i calculated the average running order for each couple up to and including this week, on a scale going up to 100, the higher the number the later they danced on average.
kelly 80.43
shawn 71.90
emmitt 68.88
gilles 58.82
kirstie 51.99
apolo 50.33
bristol 49.76
sabrina 40.43
melissa 37.11
Wow! Who knew I’d miss so much during my doctor’s appointment today. (Allllll day 🙁 ) Well, and my 4 year old’s soccer game.
Here’s to lots of fun dancing tonight, and I hope everyone’s favorites do well.
Omg, This is the second time that Val came down the staircase with NO shirt on. Ugh! These C-Brothers try entirely too hard.
I feel like I’m watching different routines than the judges…their scores seem way too high for pretty much everyone so far (except maybe Kirstie)…
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Apolo’s gonna needs ALL my votes tonight. No more vote splitting, sorry Shawn, but I think you’ll be fine. Dang judges overscoring Bristol! I can see sacrificing Kelly, Melissa, or Sabrina, but to have Apolo third from bottom….nervous.
I so want to see a Shawn, Apolo, and Melissa freestyle next week.
Your right Sheery. I know Karina messed up tonight, but Apolo was awesome, yet he was still underscored.
At this point I am not so sure that Apolo will even make the finals. I believe the judges are sending a clear message this season who their chosen “ones” are. Seriously, 10’s for that crappy Bollywood dance.
I cant believe Palin got 8s the dance was awful and they both said they were not going to take risks or challenge themselves.
I could be wrong about this, but it looked on my DVR like Apolo’s mic pack was swinging around and hit Karina on the ankle, causing her to fall… 🙁 Apolo is going to need the votes, but I think this one’s on the production muppets…
I thought it came loose and she stepped on it, slid and it took her leg out from under her. I did feel bad for her, but man… no need for hysterics. I guess they’re all tightly wound after this past week. Except for Bristol. *eyeroll*
Well Apolo and Karina had a lot to live up to tonight, dang, there were quite a few 10’s being thrown around, almost near perfect scores (and ALOT of overscoring)so between the stress and the high expectations, I believe she was very disappointed overall.
One word describes tonights show. Underwhelming!! So much overscoring tonight, and my excitement dwindled quickly. Thank goodness someone invented the remote! I could barely stick with the show.
I seriously doubt that Apolo is in any danger…fans of Sabrina, Melissa and Kelly might have cause for concern tho. Just my opinion. Having seen what Apolo has to do to be safe assuming that bristol and kirstie make it. 🙂
Even watching Karina’s fall several times I still can’t tell if she slipped on the swinging mike, it’s so small. But it was definitely flying around and hitting the ground right before she fell. Felt bad for her, she’s such a perfectionist, you know she doesn’t want to be the reason why Apolo goes home. I still doubt he’s in trouble this week (in other seasons I’d be certain he wasn’t going home, but in this crazy season nothing’s guaranteed.) It’s good such an accident happened this week and not in a later week.Assuming they get through this week, of course.
Underwhelmed by most of the dances, many were overscored, especially Bristol. I probably could have learned her choreography, it was so basic. I like Kelly, and I appreciate that contempory was probably the most difficult style to get, but she was WAY overscored.
I HOPE Bristol or Kirstie go, but I’m predicting Sabrina goes.
I agree Nancy M the choreography was very basic for Bristol and yet I just know she will get through. I have come to just expect it. I have to say all of them give so much of themselves. The amount of practice time they put in and the risks they are willing to take to make their performance better and then Bristol does none of those things – just frustrating.
I also felt so bad for Karina and don’t know why the judges were so hard on Apollo as he kept dancing. No way should there just be 1/2 point difference between him and Bristol. I really hope he will be staying.
I thought Paula was much like she was on AI. Didn’t really feel she offered much in the way of constructive criticism. The judges all marked almost the same for each dance, but overscored some and underscored others.
I don’t have a guess to who will be leaving us tomorrow.
Evaine, Bristol’s not stressing out because she “keeps everything in perspective”….lmao
If Bristol makes it thru ( I pray she doesn’t), can’t image a Cheryl, Bristol, Peta combo for a team freestyle. Cheryl got pissed at her s11 went Bristol wasn’t shaking her hips sexy enough.
@Sheery – Team freestyle? Is that what the Team dances are for next week? Honestly, I never thought I would say this but can we please get back to Ballroom dancing again. I miss it!
Think I’m with U on that #243…it’s hard to even imagine what TPTB had in mind unless they were just determined to be able to use “Ganghamstyle” cause it’s “the thing” right now. Wonder if there is some “connection”..after all don’t think they featured “the douggie”, when that was the thing..?? Personally, I get a little annoyed when trending things get used to death, no matter how shitty or good they are. Lemmings, sheep…people should get offended being treated like they have no right to variety, quality, etc. I think a freestyle with so many people will just have the potential of being a very big mess but I guess we’ll see. Derek can usually turn anything into something worth watching…and as far as the other team…with SO MANY BIG EGOS(the Cher-bros) and THE biggest of all..Giles-UGH!, well, there probably won’t be much room left over for “dancing”.
Next week is the Samba for Apolo and Karina.. I hope that will be their week to shine.