DWTS Season 16, Week 7 – Latin Night or Survivor (Washington Times Blog)
Dang, that’s a great title. I SO wish I had thought of it. 🙂 Gayle Falkenthal at the Times has many of the same questions about tonight that we do – and thanks for the props, Gayle. We appreciate it. Click the link to read the whole article – I’ve put a small excerpt below:
This week, DWTS fans assumed they would get a gimmick free week of nothing but classic Latin ballroom dancing from the competitors. All the couples have danced at least one Latin style so far, but they will get to explore something new this week and work hard to master the specific style assigned to them.
Not so fast, twinkle toes.
According to ABC’s news release, the remaining seven couples will perform their assigned Latin dances. The top couple based on the judges’ scores will be safe from elimination for the week (i.e., the couple gets immunity). The remaining six couples will then participate in a Dance Off. They will compete against another couple doing either the Cha Cha Cha, Jive, or Rumba. The judges will pick a winner from each pair, and the winner will add three points to his or her score.
The couples scoring second through fourth get to pick their opponents. How will they choose? It would make sense to pick off the competitor you think will score lowest. For example, if Kellie comes in second, she’s likely to pick Andy Dick as her opponent. How the dance style gets assigned isn’t clear. Perhaps the couple who gets picked to compete gets to choose the dance style.
Princess Heidi, thank you! I’m honored with a little real estate on your fan website, THE number one site as far as I’m concerned. Haters are gonna hate, I’m used to it myself, haha!
Last night wasn’t quite as nutty as I feared, and everyone who’s hot and bothered about the process with the challenges and immunity needs to get over it. It didn’t affect the top dancers, and I’m not sure the challenge points would have been a make or break for Andy either way. Right now there’s a fairly bright dividing line between those truly in the hunt for the trophy (Zendaya, Kellie, Aly and Jacoby) and everyone else. The other the “everyone else” goes home in matters little.
And thanks for the headline compliment, you made this writer’s day!
Gayle Falkenthal, Communities Digital News at Washington Times
My pleasure, Gayle. 🙂