PureDWTS Season 17 Week 6 Media After Dance Night, Late Night Rehearsals
So far, there hasn’t been many interviews released after the show (yet?). Though for starters, we did find this George Pennacchio ABC7 recap with a few new interviews in it. You can watch it at ABC7. Below is also some interview quotes….
When it came to the dancing, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, scored the season’s first triple 10s for a Cha Cha that head judge Len Goodman called “hip-notic.”
“Oh my gosh, I couldn’t believe I was seeing it when those paddles went around. It was very exciting, very exciting,” said Berkley Lauren.
They got the only perfect score of the night but ended the evening tied for first place because of the “switch-up challenge.”
The eight teams were divided into two groups to dance for extra points without knowing what songs would be playing. The challenge lifted Amber Riley and Derek Hough from second place to tying for first.
“I was just like, I’m going to have fun and try to make it look like I know what I’m doing and stay committed. And that’s what I did because I definitely had no idea what I was doing,” said Riley.
Brant Daugherty and Peta Murgatroyd ended the evening in third place, followed by a fox-trotting Nicole Polizzi and Sasha Farber.
“I’m not a ballroom dancer, and the fact that they’re saying my lines are pretty and, you know, I’m somewhat pulling this off, it means a lot to me,” said Polizzi.
Here’s Henry of PopTVDotCom interviewing some of the cast out partying after the show. It’s Henry’s birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HENRY!)! He also interviews the couples arriving to and leaving late night rehearsals….
Stay tuned! We hope to have more shortly!
ETA: Below is Donald Driver and Melissa Rycroft weighing on last night’s dancing on Good Morning America. Both think there will be a double elimination coming up….
ETA2: Afterbuzz TV was able to get some interviews in after the show. They also find out some of the new dances for next week…. Snooki and Sasha have the Samba next. Peta and Brant dance a Jive (and they have a great and “classic” song). Bill and Emma have the Quickstep. Karina and Corbin have a Cha Cha.
ETA3: To listen to all the On The Red Carpet interviews, visit this link. From their interviews, we find out Cheryl and Jack have the Jive next week.
You can also watch one Access Hollywood with Bill and Emma below. Watch the link, they may post more later.
ETA4: You can also read Carrie Ann Inaba’s new blog at Parade.com. Below is take about the elimination. I love what she said about Bill Engvall!
Week six in the ballroom was quite eventful. Not only did we see our first 30 of the season, but for the first time in DWTS history, the producers chose to not send anyone home. Sure, it’s happened in the first week, when we wanted to give the couples two dances for the audience to get to know them, but NEVER in the middle of a season. When Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet went down that list of who was safe, I was shocked that they went through everyone so quickly and ended with what appeared to be a goodbye to Bill Engvall. But they turned it around and made it a happy ending for all! Talk about tears of joy. Bill was crying tears of joy! You have to love that man for his fearless expression of his love for the Glitterdome!
CNN also interviewed some of the couples last night after the show….
UPDATE: I’ve heard who is (allegedly) on the teams for the team dances – but I’m not going to post it right now for two reasons. One, I’ve got a source to protect; and two, I find it so unbelievable that I question the validity of it. Here’s a hint: the level of skill between the two teams seems really, reeeeeeally lopsided this time, and I daresay Derek’s undefeated record will easily remain intact…and either Elizabeth is a sh*tty strategist, or she’s got Val giving her really bad advice on who to pick. Bill fans, I hope you voted – HARD. Discuss 🙂 –Court–
UPDATE #2: Well, since ABC has let the cat out of the bag, so can we 🙂 The teams are as follows:
Team “Spooky Bom Bom”: Elizabeth & Val, Leah & Tony, Snooki & Sasha, and Bill & Emma (song: “Bom Bom” by Sam & the Womp )
Team “Foxing Awesome”: Amber & Derek, Corbin & Karina, Brant & Peta, and Jack & Cheryl (song: “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” by Ylvis )
“Bom Bom” by Sam & the Womp
“The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” by Ylvis
Aaaaand here’s a pic of these sillies 🙂
Do I even need to tell you guys who I think is going to (easily) run away with the win on this one? 😛 –Court–
hey the afterbuzz tv interviews are out too 🙂
I *Heart* Donald Driver. 🙂
Ewww! Val’s sweaty barechest was gross! Yuck!
Me too Sandy. I loved what Donald said about Derek and Amber and how he was picked on by the judges as well.
The judges were a big disappointment the whole night
yay! and congrats to melissa on expecting another baby!
Love the way Donald calls it the way he sees it. Congrats to Melissa on the baby news! 🙂
I wonder which couples belong to the same team. I also wonder what the team dances will be. I’m not sure if anyone mentioned this detail.
Loved what Donald said about the nitpicking of Amber and Derek and how he experienced it too. Happy for Melissa’s new baby.
I actually watched the pap video (I usually skip those) to see if anyone said anything about who was on what team…nope. Nothing. A couple of the couples said they had a strong team or a great team, but no hints of who they were with, and there was no way to tell from who showed up/left when to get a sense of it.
However, Peta said that it was a freestyle dance?? That’s what it sounded like. It’s going to be interesting.
I’m thinking if it is lopsided, Karina and Corbin are on Ambers team with Snooki and maybe Jack.
Keep in mind who Liz has likely got whispering in her ear…that ought to tell you something about who is on what team. 😉
When I watched Henry’s Pap Video the way the couples were leaving was quite telling. I actually wrote down my thoughts at the time:
Snooki, Jack, Bill, and Leah
Amber, Brant, Corbin, and Liz.
I hope I am wrong.
I had Liz in the wrong spot.
Liz, Jack, Bill, Leah
Amber, Brant, Corbin, Snooki
After reading your update im going to guess on the teams well because I have nothing else to do-
Elizabeth, Leah, Jack and Bill
Amber, Corbin, Brant and Snooki
Since Amber and Liz are probably team leaders it’s unlikely that they will be on the same team.
I guess the teams will be
Amber, Corbin, Snooki and Jack
Liz, Leah, Brant and Bill.
I’m really intrigued…
All I”m sayin’ is WOW.
Fascinating! Next week, please come soon!
I bet Amber had to pick first and it was Corbin. Then Liz picked Brant and Amber’s choice was Nicole. I don’t think they would care about the rest.
I just hope they air the selection of the teams 😉
I don’t know this part, but I would bet money that Derek did NOT pick first because he’s so happy with his music. Liz was beating Amber by one point in the cumulative scores so they probably got the choice of picking team mate or picking music first.
Well I don’t think I’m watching the damn show on Monday night. I am so disgusted with this season and how things are going.
According to this chart both Amber and Liz got 32 points.
Elizabeth Berkley ended the night with 32 points, and the first perfect 30 of the season.
Amber Riley matched the top score of 32 thanks to a few improv points.
Brant Daugherty scored a total of 31.
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi scored 30.
Leah Remini scored 28.
Jack Osbourne scored 27.
Corbin just edged out of the bottom spot with 27 too.
And Bill Engvall landed in the back of the pack with 24.
From what Court says my guess is that Val would pick Tony and PETA so I am going with Liz, Leah, Brant and Bill. So that leaves Amber, Corbin, Snooki and Jack. Hard to believe if that’s the real teams. Wow.
In total agreement, Renee. I think Amber would choose Cheryl because she is very fond of her and Derek has been supportive of Jack.
So if the teams are what I’m thinking:
Leah, Jack, Liz, Bill
Nicole, Amber, Corbin, Brant.
Good Lord…Liz’s team is SCREWED. If these are the teams are very close to them…Amber’s team is probably going to sweep Liz’s team. Wow…Not to detract from anyone…but pretty much 3 of the strongest dancers are on one team, 3 of the weakest are on the other. Yikes…
Meant *or very close to them. Sorry 😛
Wasn’t there a coin toss one season to decide who got first choice for the team dance?
My guesses are:
Amber, Corbin, Nicole and Jack
Liz, Brant, Bill and Leah
Perhaps Jack and Brant switched? Not sure if Val remembers that he has yet to win a team dance so he should probably chose based on skill rather than friendship.
Annnddd just tweet by dancingabc. WOW these teams are totally off.
Not to mention 2 of the strongest choreographers is in one team…
WOW talk about lopsided……..
Amber and Corbin in the same team with Jack and Brant??
While Leah and Bill together!?
Oh well, it should be an easy win for team Amber but let’s not jinx it haha
What’s your point, Alicia??
It’ll take a miracle for team “Spooky Bom Bom” to win this. Poor Bill and Nicole got stuck with … those two….
Team “Foxing Awesome” has the strongest choreographers and two (three if you count Brant) of the strongest contestants.
Still feel bad for Nicole and Bill…
I’m going to guess now that Team Amber is dancing to What Does the Fox Say. Derek did say the music was out of control. I’m prob wrong, but with that team name and the ears they’re giving, I can’t think of anything else! haha!
That is too funny! I’m team FoxingAwesome it’s funny when Derek said something about their song I thought maybe it’s…nah. But after that team name! Haha! I’m so excited,I feel another Gangnam Style coming on!
That pic is so cute!!!! Funny too because I’ve always thought Derek had a Fox totem!
Nope, you’re right, Kaitlyn – and we think Derek got to pick their song. 🙂 I had never even heard of “Bom Bom”.
Not only do I feel sorry for Snooki & Bill, I feel sorry for Sasha & Emma – I know this is really wishful thinking on my part, but I would love it if Val & Tony would step aside and let our resident lovebirdies handle the choreography. But somehow, I think Val picked Tony with the intent of having the DWM crew run the show. Dangnabbit…I guess I can only hope that Leah really bites it next week and she gets sent packing instead of Bill.
I would be fully on Team Spooky if Leah and Tony weren’t there but since they are… I’m gonna stay neutral but I think we all know the fox team is going to win! 3/4 are the best couples
I wish Snooki and Jack switched sides tbh but I’m team #foxingawesome
One would assume that Foxing Awesome would win with Amber, Corbin, Brant, and Jack but if Val’s team somehow ends up winning then you KNOW something’s going down behind the scenes. Whether it’s propping up Leah and Liz more, screwing over Amber to then screw over Derek, or any other agenda the producers have.
This does make it interesting because before I was guessing that Jack and Leah would go home in the double elimination but depending on how they all end up doing in their solos Jack could make it through and maybe Liz ends up going home with Leah (though her high scores should keep her safe). Even though Bill’s scores are a lot lower I just get the feeling he’s getting a lot of votes…
Haha I never thought they would go the insanity route with the songs! I’ve never heard of the Bom Bom song until just now. And I agree that I wish Val and Tony would just let Sasha and Emma do the choreo, but we all know that that won’t happen and we’re going to be stuck with some gagnam style dance again.
Go Team #foxingawesome!! 🙂
I wonder if #foxingawesome will incorporate fox masks/costumes into the dance. Haha
It’s bad, Court. Sharon Osborn is saying it’s a double elim. And Tony retweeted someone who said they have to vote harder for Leah because it’s a double elimination.
Wow. Totally didn’t expect that for the teams. I’m just sorry Bill isn’t on Derek’s team – he could use the points. But, I’m happy Leah won’t be able to use the team dance to climb further on Bill. Just praying people really voted for Bill – he needs to stay, and Leah needs to leave.
I don’t think Tony and Val will make the same mistake of thinking hot bods will win the day again and choreo crap…but I never would have believed that we’d end up with these teams. It’s sooooo farfetched.
Being on Derek’s team is a double edged sword. Len has it out for him…and he’s not crazy about Corbin either. The other team is comprised of two of the biggest pimpees of the season, Liz and Leah. So….
I wanna see Derek’s tail. :::cough:::
The saving grace for the Bom Bom team might be the song. Hearing it now, I actually like it a lot better than What The Fox Say. The choreography for it could be more energetic and more fun… but if Val and Tony take over then it won’t go anywhere.
Derek can pretty much choreograph anything so I can see him choreograph an awesome routine to a song that is perhaps a bit harder to choreograph to imo.
I wonder if Val and Elizabeths strategy was to pick people who wouldnt outshine her, although I’d rather watch Bill and Snooki over her anyday
He choreographed to Call Me Maybe, Dude. 🙂
Just watched the video for Bom Bom on Youtube. It’s pretty out there & I totally get the dances being Freestyle. The make up of team makes more sense to me now.
If Bom Bom turns out like GS I’m going to have to Whomp on somebody.
That is all I can say at the moment.
[…] The official Dancing With Stars twitter page has released new info on the Team dances set for next week on Dancing With The Stars. Note how Derek and Amber will be on “Team FoxingAwesome”. They will dance to the song “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” by Ylvis . For more info on the other team and how the songs were leaked, see PureDWTS. […]
I also think team foxingawesome will easily get the win. Doesn’t someone from the losing team almost always get sent home? If thats the case with the double elimination I think from the other team, elizabeth is the only one who is safe. The tptb are really protecting her with high scores and for whatever reason want her around. We have no idea whos getting the votes but judging by the online love Im sure Bills getting plenty but with them keep lowballing in scores I wonder if it will be enough. Snooki is a total question mark and leahs attitude might have turned some people off, but it seems like she may have a bigger fanebase and if the judges are genorous in scores again. So it will come down to snooki, leah and bill with two of them going home. If someone from spookybombom does goes home it will mostly likely be jack. Seems they want to keep brant around for awhile.
Wow! I didn’t expect this. While I’m pretty sure Foxingawesome will be awesome, what I call Len’s favorites (a.k.a. Liz & Leah) are in the other team. And I just realized as I was typing this that the two ladies’ names/nicknames start with the same letter as the head judge’s. Coincidence, I guess, hehe.
I understand the dance is freestyle and Derek is known to choreograph awesome freestyles. Combine that with Karina’s and Cheryl’s (who is really doing well this season, choreo & attitude wise)– it will be amazing! Looking forward to the team dances!
to be honest, I don’t like either of the songs but I’m sure Team Foxing Awesome will have the best choreography in terms of creativity, considering it’s a freestyle.
I’m surprised Val didn’t pick Peta and Brant, considering she’s part of the “fam”, either way, bad strategy on their part.
maybe it was
amber picked corbin
val picked tony (bc it’s all about the fam)
amber picked brant (so val couldn’t have peta HAHA but good choice)
val picked snooki
amber picked jack
val was left with bill?
not sure how this could’ve played out but seems like a likely scenario
I think with it being a Freestyle dance it will make the comparisons between the two teams stand out even more. And it may be too unbearable to watch and quite possibly could turn off some viewers even more.
My daughter just made me watch “What does the Fox say?” video 2 days ago. Imagine my surprise to hear it’s going to be used in the group dance. It’s insanely goofy, which I like.
I do love the team dances.
Val tweeted about the switch up dance being his fault. Couldnt figure that out but maybe because they didnt get enough points from it to put them first. This would have allowed them to pick first and the teams might have been more even? This puts Bill in greater jeopardy unfortunately.
But here’s the thing, Judy – regardless of whether Val’s team picked first or second, they still made some reeeeallly stupid choices. I still think they got to pick first, because Elizabeth was the cumulative points leader after Monday night (leading Amber by 1 point), but even if she wasn’t – let’s say Amber picked first and chose Corbin. The smart choice for Val’s team, then, would have been to pick Brant – with that pick, they would have gotten a strong dancer and a pro that is part of “the fam” and has actually won a team dance. But for whatever reason, they didn’t do that – they either picked Snooki & Sasha (while good dancers, Sasha has no experience in the team dance) or Leah & Tony (a weak link, but Val’s buddy). I can’t imagine that Bill & Emma were the first picked…while I love them, that would have been a very, very stupid choice. Whatever the stupid choice was that they made for their first pick, it set the tone for the rest of their picks – because it allowed Derek’s team to snap up all the good choreographers and the better dancers.
Aside from being really smart about his choreography in the team dance, another area in which Derek is usually quite shrewd is picking the right people for his team – and knowing who his opponent is not likely to pick, and using that to his advantage. The main problem with “the fam” being so vocal about their loyalties is that they kinda show their cards in situations like these – you know that Val, Tony, and Maks are going to stick together like glue, and if they have the chance, they’ll take Peta along with them, too. It’s also a safe bet that they’ll likely avoid picking Karina if they can, and won’t likely pick Mark, either. I don’t think there’s been any better illustration of this predictability than the picking of the teams in the all-star season – Gilles & Peta very predictably picked Kelly & Val first (good dancers, part of the fam), which allowed Shawn & Derek to snap up Sabrina & Louis (good dancers, loyalty neutral), then Gilles & Peta made the stupid (but predictably loyal) move of picking Kirstie & Maks (cause “family above all else”, y’all), which allowed Shawn & Derek to make the smart move of grabbing up Melissa (wouldn’t really call Tony an asset, but the fact that they snatched him up probably stymied “the fam” a bit), which left only Emmitt & Cheryl and Apolo & Karina to chose from…and Derek, knowing how those Chmerkovskiys (and Gilles’ ginormous ego) operate, knew there was no way in HELL the other team would pick Apolo & Karina. Derek stacked his team full of the stronger dancers – while Peta’s team “voted along party lines”, so to speak. Who came out on top? 🙂 I think Val has yet to learn that the team dance is not just about who dances better – it’s about strategy. And Derek is the Bobby Fischer of strategy when it comes to these team dances.
Judyl – I think Val had first pick anyway: music or first team pick. He likely took “first team pick”. He would have gone first because Liz is beating Amber by one point on the cumulative total points of the season so far – thanks totally to LEN, of course. They hosed Corbin pretty bad and pimping Liz (with overscoring) – playing buzzkill on Amber put her one point down overall. It’s things like this that make me think conspiracy…and then Val totally blows it on picking teams.
Or what Courtney said. 😀
Massively disappointed that cheerful, positive Bill got stuck on Team “Fragile Whiner” but I’m (surprised but) delighted that both Corbin and Amber are on the same team. We’re bound to get a great freestyle from Team Foxing Awesome. What will Len do? 😛
I think the all-star season that Courtney mentioned is such a perfect example. Picking Melissa and Tony before the fam could was such a smart and strategic move. If Gilles and Peta were smart enough they would have gone for that “fam” member first, but obvi she had to go for the bf. Also in that season, Mark and Bristol were in the mix but didn’t get chosen. The difference between Derek and Val in team dances is that Derek puts his partners needs first. In the all star season Dereks best friend/brother (and Shawn’s old partner) could have been picked, but he thought about what would really be best for the team and Shawn. I don’t mind that “fam comes first” (Okay, I really do mind and hate hearing it every 2 minutes) but when you’re only there to support your celeb, they have to come first. Which is something that Val has to learn still. There’s a reason Derek has never lost a team dance.
Thanks for your input. Was not sure how it had worked. Also if that is the case, the tweet is a little thoughtless to his other teammates. I guess he was seeing people on forums wondering. Liz will be pissed. That woman wants to win big time. It sure isn’t because of the joy. Poor Bill in those rehearsals!
How did it work last year? Can’t remember but Zendaya lost that one didn’t she? Although they won the encore.
My guess is that the last picks were probably Jack/Cheryl and Bill/Emma, and that (if they had first team pick), Val and company chose Bill/Emma partly because Emma is Sasha’s girlfriend. I’m sure he (Sasha) would want her to be on the same team. Or it could be as someone said above – Val didn’t want anyone to possibly take over the choreography (no Cheryl, then), or outshine Elizabeth. Or, just maybe (long shot here) – they chose Bill and Emma because everyone loves Bill as a person.
Personally I don’t care to see any Freestyle dancing until the Finale. I like feeling the emotion of WOW!! now that was a surprise.
Wow, Courtney! Your take on how these teams came to be what they are is truly enlightening! When I first read the update on the teams, my brain found it hard to process how Team Bom Bom chose their members. For me it was like: “Did I read that right? How did they–What were they (team captain & pro partner) thinking?”
I agree that Derek is a master strategist in team dances (and in the show as a whole). Other pros could take a leaf from his book.
It always works about the same way, Judy – there isn’t that much variation, as I recall. And Derek has never lost a team dance so, yes, Zendaya lost. I don’t think it was by a lot though – 1 point??
The reason why I like freestyle in the team dances is because it’s one less way to tilt it to one teams advantage. Like the season one team had samba and one team had Paso.
I think putting aside the choreography, just the style of dance alone will “crush” the other team.
Got a feeling Team Bom Bom will do a lot of lifts and tricks while Team Foxingawesome will do more dancing. I say that because they have 3 male pros. One thing for sure Amber will have to shine next to 3 strong female pros.(strategy wise, Elizabeth only has Emma to mirrow(interesting)-that could be one advantage-IMO
Well, Team Amber FTW!
I was curious about last so checked on youtube. For Val’ and Zendaya team it was kim with Ingo, karina with jacoby, and the boxer guy, so you are prob right. In that pairing the men were no competition so zendaya shone like one of the pros. That must have been the strategy but obv didnt work. zendaya/val must have gotten to pick first that season i would think.
Yikes, i sounded so illitereate in that last post. I hate autocorrect. I think you get the point I was trying to make!
Before this week, did Liz have a higher score than Corbin? It seemed like most weeks they were even or he was higher and now this week she gets the highest score and he gets the lowest. Something is off about this. Just curious.
Interesting point, Lena. Perhaps they had to overscore Elizabeth and underscore Corbin so that Amber and Corbin were not the two team leaders (which would mean Val would either have to be on Derek’s team, or Karina’s team – and my sense is he wouldn’t like that). And because of all of that, we get Corbin and Amber on the same team – so maybe there *is* a silver lining to all the shenanigans from Monday after all (I’m still not happy with them, though).