Louis Van Amstel Discusses the Couples After DWTS Season 16, Week 2 Performances
Bear with me – Vogue is the one who can get creative with both the titles and the text, not me, and she’s busy this morning. đ Â Louis has a lot to say about the couples after seeing them dance – pretty much the same as what we’ve been saying: Kellie and Zendaya = Awesome and DL = in trouble. Â First, from GMA, a couple excerpts – click the link to read his whole blog:
Wynonna Judd and Tony Dovolaniâs Quickstep:Â Â Looking at their package, it looks like Wynona is going to have a great journey on âDWTSâ this season. Her honesty and sincerity is going to help her grow. I so appreciate the effort Wynonna puts into her dancing, but I would like to see her show her joy more, like she said she had when doing her Cha Cha. I also would have liked to see a dress like a police costume rather than pants and sneaker-like shoes. The dancing was good and proper when in hold. Donât play it safe, though. You have nothing to lose, only to gain an amazing experience. I hope Wynonna stays around for a long time because sheâs so inspirational to many. Tony, I actually like that moustache on you. There was nice feedback from the judges. I totally agree with every word from Carrie Ann and agree just slightly with Len about the close hold being far apart at times. Scores are okay.
Zendaya and Valentin Chmerkovskiyâs Jive: Sheâs so cute but she canât stand on high heels? This is going to be interesting having the fastest Latin dance. OK, high heels a problem? Not at all. Fantastic jive, great content, awesomely (yes, I made up a new word) entertaining. Even though Zendayaâs limbs are so long and sometimes a little sloppy, she is so fast and high energy. Iâd also put her and Val into the top three! Good for you girl. Age is just a number, if youâre younger or older. Amazing and well-deserved scores! High scores donât save, so VOTE VOTE VOTE.
D.L. Hughley and Cheryl Burkeâs Quickstep:  âDWTSâ is âHunger Gamesâ in tights? Brilliant! Stop complaining D.L. Youâre losing time to rehearse and donât forget that 50 percent of the score is public vote! I hope his dance is going to knock the roof of the place. That was actually not a bad quickstep at all and an OK hold. He remembered his steps. D.L.âs bottom was back the whole time, but it kind of looked cute. Whatâs with Carrie Ann tonight? I love her with all her comments. You can be honest and say if something isnât good, but still be nice. D.L.âs comments with Brooke put him back on the map. Hopefully, D.L.âs video package wonât hurt them too much. Scores are OK, maybe all sixes.
Kellie Pickler and Derek Houghâs Jazz: How gorgeous is Kellie Pickler? Theyâre a hot couple. I had no idea Kellie could dance like that. Look at her feet again when she does her leg extension! Wow. She was fantastic, amazing and awesome. What else can I say? Sheâs the one to beat by miles. Knowing Kellie as a singer, what would her concert look like if Derek would choreograph a full-on production number for her? Wow! Sheâd give Lady Gaga and Madonna a run for their money! Her scores are low. At least three nines, if not a 10. I know itâs only week two, but this was the best performance.
At Hollywood.com, Louis gives his opinion on the best and worst of DWTS Week 1 (again, click the link to read the whole thing):
This season, DWTS has introduced two new styles of dance to the competition: jazz and contemporary. Because contemporary dance, performed barefoot, is typically more emotional than technical , its inclusion is causing some controversy in the competition. “The new style, contemporary, is definitely causing tension, and I think thatâs the exact reason for the producers to do it,” van Amstel tells Hollywood.com. “I do think from a pure dancing point of view, it is comparing apples to oranges between a ballroom and a latin dance, but at least theyâre both within ballroom dancing. And now youâre adding contemporary.”
The dance van Amstel is referring to was 16-year-old Disney Channel star Zendaya Coleman and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy. “Because it was so hard to judge contemporary, I think that Val and his partner did great. But then again, itâs a young girl and it looks like she has dance experience,” van Amstel says. “But I think from what weâve seen, Kellie Pickler [and partner Derek Hough] stole the night. I mean, the girl looked stunning. She literally could have walked out onto a competitive ballroom dance floor. She kicked ass.”
As for Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman, van Amstel thinks she will only get better from here. “I really hope that sheâs going to use this to add to her own training, to become more artistic and expressive within movement rather than just execution of tricks,” van Amstel says. “I think her journey is going to be very interesting to see the progress that sheâs going to make. Apparently she was really nervous, but I would definitely not count her out. That girl just needs to get over her nerves.”
Pretty much agree with Louis this week.
I’m a little surprised to see him being so positive about Kellie. He’s usually somewhat negative about Derek’s partners.
PH, What universe am I in? Did I read the review of Kellie and Derek correctly. Is there a punchline that I missed? I see Cancun did LVA well! Maybe he has sunstroke because he actually said something nice about Derek! I’m going to have to mark this on my calendar for future reference. Or maybe, he got so much flack for previous interviews, he put the jealousy guard down. That or he’s hoping for a part in Blackpool! Hope he sits under sunlamps for the rest of the season!
Both nice blogs from Louis – I don’t agree with everything he says, but a pretty fair assessment. Also, the GMA video on the page with his blog has Sabrina weighing in on last night.
And FYI, the links are reversed – GMA at the second link, and the other one at the GMA link.
I still think Louis should be a judge. I’m fine with 4 judges. Hehe.
Damn. I was in a rush. And that was probably also the video Vogue told me to watch for. I get an F for the day in Vogue substitution. I’m out of practice. đ
My guess is, Louis came to the conclusion he won’t be returning to the ballroom as one of the male pros, so now he can play nice.
Oh Sandy no such luck for those of us who have the pleasure of knowing Louis and LaBlasting with him everyday “Louis takes no prisoners” as he said today. When you are great you get a complement, no so great you get called out ! He loves dance and he wants other people to love dance BUT he really wants everyone to be THEIR Best! When you are talented the expectations are high!!!!!!
LOL Heidi! So cute!! Good job and thanks for covering for me!!xxx
So true and speaking of Madonna and Derek, one of my wishes has always been to see Derek work with Madonna choreographing someday….either with a new video or helping her put together a tour.