Dancing With The Stars Cast Goes Straight To Rehearsals After The Results Show
Hey All…sorry, but, so far On The Red Carpet, Access Hollywood, etc, hasn’t posted any interviews after the elimination last night. I think the cast might have went straight to rehearsals being they have two dances this upcoming week? Below is PopTVDotCom with some coverage in the rehearsal parking lot last night. Note how Derek says “SAMBA BABY” as he goes into the studio!! Aly yells “TEAM SAMBA” as she goes in! Good ol’ PopTVDotCom!!!!
So from my understanding it’s
Team Samba: Kellie/Derek, Andy/Sharna, Sean/Peta, Aly/Mark
vs.
Team Paso: Zendaya/Val, Jacoby/Karina, Ingo/Kym & Victor/Lindsay.
On paper it looks like this is team Paso’s to lose. However, with Derek’s track record with the team dances who knows.
@C – Looks like it.
TeamKellieDerek TeamKellieDerek @TeamKellieDerek 9h
Team Samba @kelliepickler @derekhough @Aly_Raisman @MarkBallas @andydick @SharnaBurgess @SeanLowe09 @PetaMurgatroyd Can’t wait! #BestTeam
Team paso may have the easier dance, but I think the judges are probably aware of this and will likely be tougher on them than team samba. Remember, this will be the FIFTH team paso we’ve seen in the history of the show…and the first team samba. Team samba is setting the bar…but team paso has to live up to the team pasos of seasons 7, 9, 13, & 14, and seasons 7 and 13 were particularly memorable. Paso also has a tendency to look rather plain if not done with the right technique…and Ingo & Victor have both struggled with exactly that. Samba may be technically harder, but it’s also a dance that can be “fudged” within the context of DWTS…and it’s also one I think the judges are a bit more lenient with. On top of that, I think Derek & Mark is a pretty formidable combo, and when you add in Sharna, who is quickly becoming their protege, I think they only get stronger. Team samba also lucked into getting 2 so-so dancers who are actually in an upswing – Sean & Andy – while team paso got 2 so-so dancers that seem to be backsliding: Ingo & Victor. Team paso also got one very, very green pro who has trouble working with just her partner…I can only imagine how she’ll struggle in a group with lots of personalities butting heads. Val is a formidable opponent for Derek – but I still think Derek wins this one.
ABC George said on Monday in one of the interviews that they (the press) were only going to get the eliminated couple on Tuesday, so that sounds like everyone went directly to picking teams and first rehearsal.
When is the double elimination happening?
I can’t wait to see Team Samba! I think Kellie has the stronger team as Courtney has said. Derek has NEVER lost a team dance! His partner is the captain yet again! Look at the dance Derek and Mark choreoed for last night’s opener!!
I’m not worried! Derek didn’t like the song for last year’s team dance and they KILLED it!! Team Call Me Maybe was FAR better than Team Gangnam Style!
I call another win for Derek! I wish they’d have picked the teams on air and maybe cut one of the singers…like Selena. That was awful! Team PicklerDick for the win!
Ok no more Wendy Winer from me. I will trust that Derek, Mark & Sharna can make a memorable team dance.
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This will be an interesting match-up as the Paso is a much easier group dance than the Samba (I can’t believe they are even giving the Samba as a group dance), but the weaker dancers on team Samba are better than the weaker dancers on team Paso. And it’s usually the weakest dancers that lose it for their team more than the best dancers winning it for their team.
I will be rooting for Team Samba, but I think Karina is also a great choreographer, if Val is open to working together. Should be a good match-up. I think personality-wise, Team Samba has an edge, esp if Aly holds on to the bit of spark she seemed to pick up after working with Witney. Love the team dance every season!
#5 C, I think it was DWTSGossip who said that there might not be a double elimination and 4 couples will be in the finals. Supposedly, it’s based on info from Shirley Ballas. Maybe one of the ladies can confirm or deny that. 😉
I saw a pap video from Henry (poptvdotcom) where he was interviewing Shirley. She said there would be 4 couples in the finale this season, that was the “new twist” everyone was talking about. So if true, there would be no double elimin…
Found the vid. This will get me put into “moderation purgatory”, but:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnOFUIAN8PE
Shirley makes the statement as about 13:30 into the video.
I don’t know who will win the dance contest, but look forward to seeing them both.
@Sally thank you for the link. I don’t understand why they are doing the F4 instead of F3 and I just wonder what the reason behind it is.