DWTS Season 17, Week 7 – Let’s Recap Tonight’s Show!! (SPOILERS)
Great opening dance by Mandy Moore!
The Big ANNOUNCEMENT is that Cher is performing and guest judging – BFD. I mean, really? That warranted me not missing the first few minutes?? You’re going to be pimping the crap out of it for the next 7 days!! Is Cher on a label affiliated with ABC/Disney???
Derek is dressed to Dance!!
Brant and Liz both use a shit ton of frippery and once again don’t get called on it. We’ll see if anyone does tonight. Wonder if Derek has any frippery.
Len is still in love with Liz.
Bruno says Brant went off time a couple times and still gives a 9. Right. AND he slipped on the skirt. Right.
Team Spooky Bon Bom is smack talking – biggest smack talkers usually lose.
ETA: Team FoxingAwesome easily wins the Team dance – wasn’t as close as the scores imply, IMO, just based on the fact that FA had actual dance moves in their dance. And Ballroom to boot.
SPOILERS!!!
Bill and Nicole were the last two standing – and I’m pissed that we lost the darling Nicole while Leah still darkens our dance floor.
Sorry, Rioters – I cannot celebrate with you. Nicole was a better dancer, even though I liked both couples very much.
Of course Leah Remini and Chelsea Handler are friends.
Okay, if I drink every time they say “guest judge Cher”, I figure I’ll be in a coma w/in an hour. 😛
Watch those idiot judges give this a 10.
That was such a non-announcement…shouldn’t be surprised.
Leah about the sympathy votes was… idunno i didn’t find it funny
What did you think of Liz’s quick step. Boy, Val looks stressed out!
so every week they will bring famous people to gather votes for leah
so annoying
I have this feeling that they’re going to give Team Spooky whatever the win.
Leah lost timing and Tony dragged her across the floor and she gets a 26. Okay, this shit is rigged!
Chelsea Handler is a pig. I wouldn’t brag too much about being her friend.
Oh, and When did Cher become ballroom trained?
I’m not liking this crap tonight.
They could just tape the judges’ comments, place life-size puppets in their chairs, let 3 volunteers from this board stick their hands up their puppet asses to move their lips. There was a time when this was about ballroom dancing and learning techniques, floor performances, etc. etc. In year’s past there have been a few dances that Len even admitted were REAL ballroom competition worthy. Now, it’s about frippery, crappy dancing and ridiculous scoring. Slipping on a skirt was a guaranteed point off back in the day, so you’re telling me that JIVE was a 10 before the slip? I don’t think so. I’m decades older than Brant and can flick and kick my feet better than that. Rant over…until the next crappy. Oh, that would be Tony & Leah.
Elizabeth and Brant were finally scored accordingly. Leah imo had her best dance with the Salsa although some of the lifts were a little sloppy.
It looks like Bill is going towards the end of the pack.
I’m calling Bull Shit on the scores so far.
I’m gonna call a score of 20 or below for Bill and hope I am wrong.
I should have sacrificed the damn chicken after all.
I watched the night she on Chelsea Lately. I don’t think they really knew each other much before that, but it was when the Church of Scientology was really being ugly to Leah and Chelsea told her then she would be her friend and support her. So I wonder if this will be the year they just give Val the win on the team dance….gosh go back over the ocean Len.
Cher! I love it!
Liz’s elbow looked really wonky during that dance. It kept inching up and up.
The Leah Salsa had too many stops and starts. It’s like they would do a step, then stop, set up the next series of steps or a lift, pause then start it all over again. No fluidity at all.
Cheryl’s freckles during their rehearsal looked adorable.
Cher is on the Voice this season too. She also has a new album coming out. Jack did pretty well….I do like to see his “lightness”..I don’t think you can teach that.
Jack and Cheryl’s dance was so cute!
Jack’s pants were so tight I thought they were going to split in the back.
So everyone is going to get a 27 but Bill. Bets?
LEAH and chelsey have been friends for years they starred. In a sitcom togeather. At least 8 years
So everyone is going to get a 27 but Bill.
Amber won’t. Len will give her an 8 or a 7.
Would someone please fill me in on Jack’s score? I missed it.
Will someone keep me updated? As much as I love DWTS and Derek, World Series is on and that takes priority.
I see the crazy scoring from last week has continued.
Okay…thanks Lesa…I didn’t know that.
Leah’s dance was so messy, until about halfway through, then she finally seemed to get the count. Still, the “dance” is too chock full of tricks which were not executed smoothly. Not at all.
Then it got a 26….. -__-
I think Jack’s jive is miiiiiiiles better than Brant’s. idk if it’s the song, Brant’s looks like a very low-key, muted down jive. Dance with energy but the content is not actually exciting. Jack, while that run up the stairs got a side-eye from me, his technique is much, much more enjoyable.
susan2 — ditto on Leah
So they get to Jack, and actually give helpful critique. HOWEVER, there was no frippery, just flat on dancing. Cheryl did a good job and those are the scores? That was a 10 and 2 9’s. Geez
Unfortunately, Bill looks worried, really worried.
Um.. I love Jack and all but… a 10? … Uh.. No..
I thought Jack’s dance was sloppy. This season is really turning into a BIG Joke.
I guess the standards of this show have gone downhill.
Derek looks perfectly fine to me.
Derek and Amber KILLED IT!
Wow…Amber and Derek’s dance just was FIERCE! Those two – ultimate competitors…pushed through the pain and DELIVERED! Bruno..arrrrrggggggg!
omg they killed it so proud !!!!!!
I predicted the 29 for Amver but I thought it would be Len to give the 9! Haha.. Trying to make ammends, Len… 😉 Though she did deserve that 10. That was FIRE.
BTW, was that the same song that Zendaya danced her Paso to? If so, couldn’t they find another one? 😛
I could watch Derek Paso 7 days a week and twice on Sunday. Yep, Derek was definitely dressed to dance. Okay…headed to make some banana-nut bread. Tis the season….
Amber killed it again! Now Bruno wants to be nitpicky. I swear she just can’t win with the judges lol.
damn bruno
len must have heard about the backlash he was receving
SO PROUD
I just can’t with these judges anymore. Why even bother voting? I feel like they are just going to put who they want in the finals. I guess they are really trying to drive up ratings this season with the one night format so they are just saying “the hell with it” and doing whatever the hell they want.
I can’t believe Len gave them a ten…so good to see that!!
Considering the travesty the judges have made of the scoring process this season, yes, IMO, Jack’s dance was scored right. But Amber should have gotten that 30.
Derek is the Paso King. That was awesome. Amber and Derek killed that dead. Should’ve been a 30.
And PH calls it again….sheesh
Bill’s Quickstep really moved across the floor and he was fun and entertaining but it definitely wasn’t one of his better dances.
I don’t care though, I still want to see Bill dancer some more!
wait, so darek danced?
Oh dear…Derek’s eyes are glazed with pain…poor thing!
Wow. They are *really* trying to send Bill home. I hope they don’t succeed.
I’m really pissed that a, Brant had those horrible sickled feet that Jacoby got reamed for all last season and nary a word to Brant, and b, Bruno deducts a point from Amber for her shoulder but still has pointed out things wrong with others but still doesn’t dock them.
And good on Derek for giving up on trying to please Len. He knows what time it is.
What kind of critique will Cher be qualified to give next week? It makes no sense. But by the looks of this blatant overscoring and overlooking of technique I guess anyone can fill the judges shoes at any given time. As long as you can count to “10” you got the job.
I still don’t like Corbin.
Rioters get ready!!
me either corbin is boring for me
I thought Karina’s choreography was amazing
Corbin irritates me so much.
Pretty much everyone except Amber, Corbin and Bill were overscored tonight.
I loved that Cha Cha! It’s the kind of dance you want to re-watch when you’re feeling blue. It was one big endorphin rush.
I would pay a ridiculous amount of money to have Derek teach me the paso and dance it with me.
WTH Bruno…. Stay in your damn chair it’s a family show for goodness sake.
Thanks Heidi for posting this Show Recap section each week. If Bill goes this week then I will be switching my television station to The Voice next week.
Derek and Amber were awesome. Corbin and Karina were amazing also. To me these teams are a step above the rest. But Bill and Emma have the heart. I hope they don t go tonite!
It really made me mad, when the judges were talking to Bill & Emma, and they all kept saying, “well u had a great ride.” Like they know he is leaving tonight.
wow, amber´s skirt is amazing… great dress and and amazing dance.
Leah and tony’s solo in the song was just boring
Leah and Tony were moving in slow motion.
I am not trying to be ugly and you all know I have kind of defended Leah…but man she just doesn’t have musicality. Now this is going to be weird, but I am not a dancer…just a singer…and my friend who is a violinist… she’s the concert mistress of the symphony told me that in order to have musicality you have to have crawled as a baby. I know that sounds crazy, but we have had this conversation so many times, people who don’t crawl and go straight to walking don’t have that musicality in any kind of music…tapping their foot to keep the beat while playing an instrument, singing and hitting the beat right. So my question is…did Leah crawl before she walked…lol. I guess I am in a weird mood. That song was good…but still not great.
So someone from Spooky Bon Bon is leaving tonight. Since they have overscored Leah last week and this week. I guess the writing is on the wall.
But I did enjoy their Team Dance it was cute.
Do you think the judges even heard themselves say “Bill, YOU HELD THAT TOGETHER!!!!” He did – he was priceless…and yet – you totally can tell they are planning on sending him home…Wish it were Leah!
Despite Leah and Tony being pretty much BORING, I thought this was a really good team dance. I was afraid they weren’t gonna be in sync but they were really in sync ane I agree with Carrie Ann, Bill was pretty much what made this team dance so good.
I would have given it at least one 10.
I actually liked Spooky Bon Bom’s dance except for Leah and Tony’s section. Did she even move! Elizabeth was great.
Bill of course was fun and energetic.
Assuming FoxingAwesome gets at least a 27 and someone from SpookyBomBom does go home I think it might be Bill…I just don’t think he can overcome Leah’s inflated scores.
I did enjoy their team dance…Actually enjoyed Liz better in this one than any of her other dances…Thought Bill was just so much fun!
Foxing Awesome…so amazingly funny and GREAT!
What was the music for Nicole and Sasha? Loved it!
I loved that song…I thought this was gonna be awful, cause the song was so weird…but they were right together all the time…it never seems to matter who is on Derek’s team…somehow they get that synchronicity together.
Good lord. I’m going to be singing that fox song all night.
That dance was as ridiculous as the song. It was great.
Oh Tom, “Get your furry little butts over here!”.
Derek’s choreography is damn musical. Go Team! Good grief Corbin and Karina killed their solo.
omg they were crazy hahahaha
love both the team actually but foxing awesome were hilarious
The writing is pretty much on the wall that Bill is going home – just praying that it’s Leah instead, despite all her overscoring.
YES, DEREK!!!!!!!!!!! #UNDEFEATED
I think Leah or Bill is going home
Whoa.
OMG Nicole went home…well that surprised me…
OMG!!!
NOOO!
Woah……That was not expected
They didn’t identify a bottom two again..
Oh. MY. STARS! So glad that BILL IS SAFE!
Can’t wait to hear what Heidi says 🙂
Just caught the elimination in between commercials and holy f***. Not sure if I’m allowed to swear here but there’s no other way to describe that ending. My jaw literally dropped open. I’m just in shock.
I kinda figured last week helped Bill from elimination and someone else would get eliminated. I didn’t figure it would be Snooki doe. I’m surprised.
Wow. I am in shock. Poor Nicole. She looked devastated.
What I say is – fuck. I don’t want to see ANY gloating by Bill fans either. When Zen fans did it we deleted them. Mind your p’s and q’s. Warning.
I like Bill, but I really liked Nicole as well.
Well there goes this season for me… Can’t believe Nicole & Sasha went home over Leah…. Just not right.
I’m not gonna say I won’t watch this season anymore cause I’ll be lying but it definitely won’t be with pleasure..
Sigh……
weirdly it’s not suprising when i saw dwts facebook page she was receiving a lot of hate
i’m sad wish it was leah i can’t stand her anymore
Oops.. double post. My bad. X:
I hated this bottom 2 because I love both couples, but my heart is broken for Nicole. She was having fun and wanted to be there, meanwhile Leah’s nasty self is still there. Hate it.
NOOOOOOO 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁
I’m so saaad…… The couples I watch for are only Amber, Nicole, Bill. I hardly care about the others 🙁
WHY IS LEAH STILL THERE
that salsa was garbage!!!!!
I could hardly be happy that Bill is still there now that Nicole is gone
Also hate the fact that she went home on the nighr her son was finally able to go to LA and watch her mom dance.
How heartbroken she must be right now….
Wow, why the hell is Leah still there over Nicole? I’m really happy about Bill. I mean I thought he was gone but Nicole? No. I don’t get what is going on.
Stay Classy Rioters. Show Nicole and her fans some Love too.
Leah is the Bristol Palin if Season 17…grrrrrrrrr
I was really enjoying Nicole and Sasha.
Well, I never post but I am sad that Sasha and Nicole were eliminated. I used all my votes for Bill figuring that Snooki was safe for another week or two and that Bill had another week in him. After he was gone, I was going to throw all my votes to Snooki because she is 100% different than I expected and so funny and I think Sasha is great which was also unexpected for me. One of the reasons I love the show so much is that the people who I think wtf (like Andy Dick last year) surprise me and make me so happy for them and their journeys. (And also I have to watch my favorite pro, Derek. Anyway, I figured she was getting the votes to make it through this week.
I’m glad Bill is safe, but I liked Nicole. Somehow, it doesn’t seem right to call her Snookie anymore. She was a good dancer and she was having fun. I really really had hoped it was Leah going home. Damn.
I’m upset Nicole went home tonight… There are at least 2 people who should have gone before her.
I feel bad for her, she looked really upset.
I really enjoyed watching her this season!
PH – I’m a Derek and Amber fan…but have cheered for Bill and LOVED watching him and Emma as they worked their way through…so I couldn’t be happier for him – because he has such a great spirit about him…but I am with you…I am so TOTALLY BUMMED that it was Nicole….why oh why couldn’t it be Leah!!!!!!?!?!?!?!??!
mczetting – if you listen to what they say when you place your votes via the phone you are gonna be DRUNK for sure…. and I quote “tune in next week with guest judge CHER!!!””” hang up, dial…and DRINK!
That was the absolute worst bottom two for me because I adore both couples. Snooki was one of my top three! I knew she wasn’t going to win or even make it to the finals but I thought she might last to the semis…who is voting for Leah???
This really tells me one thing for sure though….Bill is getting A LOT of votes.
NOT impressed by that announcement. Shudda been Leah not Snooki -does leah have a network deal? all the score padding for shitty dances, on-air celebrity pushing. And speaking of making sure certain ppl stay, why is EB and Val getting away with all the frippery, never a smackdown? Derek and Amber JUST DANCE great dances and still no 30.??
On a high note- Derek Hough is an Emmy deserving genius, a BEAST (sure he is still dancing with considerable pain), the KING of paso d I think we can safely say, the King of the team dance. And Miss Amber, well she is just #FoxingAwesome !!
Wrong, wrong, wrong! In what world does Nicole go home and Leah stay? Her work ethic, her attitude, her dance skill is so superior to Leah’s. I’m thrilled that Bill is safe, but no way should Nicole be leaving. I’m beyond shocked. There is something so wrong when a person like Nicole is gone and Leah is going to be around another week with her boring dances and that attitude. What celebrity are they going to trot out next week to support her? This has, in my opinion, become worst than Bristol. What’s it going to take to get rid of her?
Again….not Bill is not necessarily getting “a lot of votes”. What it could just as easily mean is that Nicole was getting no votes. Bill only has to beat ONE person to be safe. If that person was Nicole and no one was voting for her, he could be easily gone next week. Don’t make the mistake of thinking he’s getting a ton of votes.
#93 You said it,she’s becoming the Bristol Palin of this season all right! Glad for Bill, sad for Nicole. She was good and really seemed to enjoy the process. Too bad.
I hated, HATED the group dance songs, yet oddly really enjoyed the actual dances. Both dances, surprisingly. Both were interesting and really in sync. Bill and Nicole were standouts on their team, and Corbin really nailed his solo part on the other team.
The more I thought about what Tom had said, I had a feeling that it was NOT going to be Bill. It just seemed too obvious. But I was thinking it was going to be Leah. Not Sweet Nichole.
🙁
My couples this season are/were Bill&Emma, Nicole&Sasha, Derek&Amber, Jack&Cheryl. Thus I fully expected to be sad tonight, but that was not the person I expected to be sad over.
Can’t we please send Leah & Elizabeth home next week? I find that I zone out during their dances.
Elizabeth and Val didn’t seem that surprised that they were safe. Val’s look was more “of course we’re safe.”
Nicole needs to hold her head up and be extremely proud of what she’s done. Everybody had written her off before the season started and she proved a lot of people wrong. She deserved to be there and she deserved to stay. I will miss watching her dances. I’m hoping that Sasha will be back as a pro next season. He’s proven himself to be a good teacher and should be brought back.
And I hope Bill is not taking this hard because I’m sure he’s thinking it should have been him. Going in, he was in the same position as Nicole and he too proved everyone wrong.
And then there’s Leah. Too bad she doesn’t have the wonderful attitude, the great outlook on life and the work ethic Nicole and Bill had with this show. She brings people down with her negativity and I can’t believe that deep down she knows she doesn’t deserve to be there.
No! Don’t ASSUME Bill is safe! Did they call it bottom two or last two couples again? We still have to pull it out for Bill to assure his safety. Right now NO ONE is safe unless we vote.
And the hate I am seeing on Twitter right now He needs all of us Rioters to pull together.
Snooki had my mom and I crying! Her and Sasha didn’t deserve to leave! Leah and stony it’d time to GO!!!
Relieved that Bill is still here, but so sorry that Nicole went home. Why is Leah still here??!! Other than the overscoring, of course. It will be interesting to see the numbers post to see how much Leah needed to beat Nicole. I don’t think it was much.
My guess/hope is that it wasn’t a real bottom two, but that it was really Leah there. Of course, we don’t even know if the other in the real bottom two was from Spooky Bom Bom. It could have been Brant or Jack.
Whyyyy is Leah still there! Wahhh. So sad that Snooki went home :'( I really like Bill as well, so it’s Leah that I would have preferred to go home. So much sadness. 🙁
But at least Derek danced, though he better take some rest!! Hope he’s taking care of himself.
I’m Team Bill, but I’m going to hop on the bandwagon and say that I cannot fully enjoy this victory as it SHOULD NOT have been Nicole to go. She was so devastated, it broke my heart.
Team Foxing Awesome slaughtered it. Everyone was so sharp, full of energy, on point. Creative choreography throughout the entire routine. Amber looked like a pro dancing in the front line next to Peta and Karina in the last few counts of the dance. SO glad she finally received that well-deserved 10 from Len!!
Team Spooky had a great concept, and with the weaker dancers I’m glad that they worked as A TEAM. Happy to see Val take Bill’s concept and run with it! It really angers me that Leah is safe, when all she does is move her arms, STEP, and make sexy faces. Nicole, Liz, and even Bill really shined in the team dance! It was better than I expected it to be.
Still can’t believe the elimination. So sad for Nicole.
He’s getting all of my votes. I’m going to do my share to keep him and hope it helps boot Leah out.
I was really rooting for Nicole…but something told me she would go home..these shocking eliminations are becoming a lil more predictable I guess. As for leah, although I am a fan of hers, she should not still be here. I don’t know if its me but she moves as if her upper body weighs a ton…its annoying to look at lol..
Oh my goodness…my eyes teared up when they called Nicole’s name; the look on her face was so heartbreaking. I just wanted to give her a hug. She and Jack both seemed to have felt the grind this week but I thought they both pushed through it beautifully. I can’t bear to watch Leah; she is just sooooo slooooow and slooooopy. It drives me crazy that they move like glaciers when the music is fast-paced. Leah’s attitude also bothers me; she gives off the “bully” vibe. Like, “oh yeah, gonna make me cry, I’ll bring JLo and Chelsea to the floor!” It’s really quite disgusting. I also have never been a fan of Tony – too dependent on lifts to me (esp. when partnered with Melissa, but don’t get me started there, lol). Loved Amber and Derek’s dance…so powerful and emotive. Her face was absolutely fierce and Derek’s triple spins had me rewinding over and over. Fabulous. They should’ve gotten 30 for sure. Corbin and Karina were fun to watch. I like too that someone other than Derek is taking some risk with choreography. Bill makes me smile and his enthusiasm is just super contagious. I really cheer for him too because, as Emma said a couple of shows ago, people like to watch the non-dancers really improve. Jack was great – fun too watch but didn’t deserve a 10. I did like that he smiled and really seemed happy to just be out there doing his best. He’s like Bill 2.0. Cheryl does seem more gorgeous than usual this season too. She seems more relaxed and happy, and I love those hips – they really pop! Peeta and Brant? Eh. Sorry, but I don’t remember too much about them…dull. Elizabeth and Val are not favorites of mine either. I liked her high kick today but that’s about it. But maybe it’s just because she is always so peppy and smiley – she strikes me as one of those people that get up in the morning happy and ready for a run – without a cup of Joe. And I can’t stand people like that 😉
That’s my summation I guess. Final thoughts: poor Nicole (but she still has that adorable baby who can watch the You Tube videos for years to come) and Week 7 is not a bad accomplishment for someone who was previously known only as a girl who could put away a bottle of tequila every Friday night on the boardwalk. Hats off to her for making positive choices and doing a fantastic job; you stand taller than your 4’9″!!
Sigh.. I was prepared for Bill to leave (even though I love him!) but I wasn’t prepared for Nicole to leave, and I’m so disappointed over it.
#IfLeahStaysWeRiot
I’d just like to add that my entire college dorm screamed obscenities in disbelief at Snooki’s elimination. :'( Welp, at least we’re helping DWTS get its demographic.
In other news: Team FoxingAwesome was literally amazing! Loved the choreography and that everyone actually danced it well. Corbin and Amber were FIERCE. 🙂
I just don’t like what they did with drawing it out and all that…it is unfair to the celeb…in my opinion.
Ugh I’m just so sad. I really liked Nicole and thought she could make it to the end. Now this is the ACTUAL shock elimination of the season.
I know were talking about elimination and stuff but did anyone notice how Liz&Val didn’t pick Leah and Tony….
Seriously, I’m going to need Leah and Tony to get their nasty selves out of there next week. Then Elizabeth can go next.
I also think some of us grew to like Nicole more as we got to know the mature side of her which makes this elimination sad..I said if she left then I wouldn’t bother voting anymore…:(
Well I am going to keep voting for Bill in hopes that Leah will get eliminated next.
I’m sorry if this has already been covered, but did they throw out the votes from the wonky muppets screw up night or just add to them with no elimination? Because that might have accounted for Nicole’s low position, if the East Coast got all screwy…
They threw them out Sue B. They only carried the judges’ scores and public votes from last week
Derek looked like he was hurting pretty bad to me. Completely lacking a lot of his normal good humor. Poor guy.
Sue B, they were supposed to get tossed. That was why there was no elimination last week.
Vote for your favorite. Even if it isn’t Bill because if Leah doesn’t go next week I may go ahead and Riot.
I think that if Snooki and Jack had swapped teams, Jack would have been going home.
I am so bummed, because Sasha kept the gymnast in Snooki to a minimum, and I was hoping for her to be in the finale and do an explosive freestyle.
Waaaaaa 🙁
What a weird night – once again lots of overscoring. What was with all those 9s?
I was hoping Leah would go home but when it was Bill and Nicole standing there at the end I hoped it would be Bill. Don’t get me wrong – I LOVE watching Bill dance. But he IS the weakest dancer of those two and therefor should have gone home.
Amber and Derek killed it tonight! And I’m so happy Len finally gave in.
Team dances: surprisingly I actually liked both dances. I’m not a fan of either of the songs but I thought the dances themselves were pretty good. Obviously Team Foxing Awesome were the best.Was this really the first team dance to get a perfect 30? I thought Team Call Me Maybe got a 30 but then remembered they “only” got 29,5
I agree Cameron. I think it was the 3 points that killed Nicole over jack.
I’m sad as well Cameron, tonight was only a taste of how huge Nicole’s freestyle could have been.
Fancy #120, I agree 100%!
forgot to mention something..
I loved how Tom kept saying Team Foxing Awesome very slowly so he didn’t fall in the trap of “Foxing” sounding like something else… 🙂
I am definitely NOT happy with this elimination. I’m glad Bill gets to stay and I love he and Emma, but honestly I loved Nicole & Sasha just as much and she was a better dancer. It honestly makes me even sadder to see Nicole go.
Why in the world are they even keeping Leah & Tony around? Just so she can bring in JLo and Chelsea?? How stupid can you get? They insist on overscoring the crap out of someone who has shown little improvement as a person or dancer, has had what many describe to be a stank attitude, and who really isn’t getting the buzz they’re obviously wanting her to. They keep her over Nicole, who was truly a revelation. I was truly prepared to see a hot mess and a polarizing girl, but we got a sweet, more mature, woman who is a good dancer. She really has redeemed herself and that in my opinion is more worthy of sticking around than having a couple of B-List groupies and a jank attitude to boot.
Oh well, I wish all the best to Nicole & Sasha (who by the way I would actually like to see stick around as a pro, he did a great job with her and I ended up really liking him!) Have a good night everyone!
I hope the judges “get real” with Leah’s scores pretty soon (like next week), because she’s been overscored pretty much every week of this entire competition.
Oh, I am so sad on this elimination. I never saw this coming. I felt so sorry for Snooki! She and Sasha didn’t deserve this. So sad! 🙁 🙁 🙁
My night went seriously downhill the minute they announced Leah and Tony were safe.
I agree with both Heidi and Cameron. I think Jack is being way overscored and I am not so sure he has a big fanbase. If he had been on the other team he probably would have left the ballroom tonight.
The star of the show tonight: DEREK HOUGH!! Despite painful injury he heroically manages to show off two choreographical masterpieces. Let’s hope he gets some well earned rest tonight so is fit to work his magic on next weeks dance.
When they said Leah was safe, I thought for sure Bill was going. Never thought it would be Nicole.
Oddly, I liked both team dances for different reasons. Hated both songs though.
jlo’s not B__List im not a fan of leah and tonys but even i know that if she was be list they wouldnt bring her on
I know everyone is sorry to see Snicole and Sasha go and it is utter BS because it should have been Leah but we only have the people that didn’t vote to blame.
Make sure you vote! It is very important and the only way to keep your favorite in the competition.
I agree with you, I am so upset that Nicole went home. She is a really good dancer and didn’t deserve to leave. You could tell she took it hard. Others should have gone home before her–Leah, Jack, amd I am sorry to say even Bill. I really like Bill but if we are going by dancing skills, then Nicole deserved to stay over him. I also felt bad that Derek’s back hurts so much amd Amber has the bad knees. But wow, their dance was amazing tonight!!!
Was it just me or did CAI seem really hyper tonight?
how is leah remini still on this show? who is voting for her?
why would someone vote for her over snooki who is more entertaining and has been on that reality tv monolith jersey shore? nice to see bill and emma are still around but i would have chosen snooki to say if i could have.
tony seems like a nice guy but i find him kind of boring, though their dance tonight wasn’t quite as bad as usual. i feel like whatever style tony dances, he has this big, dopey grin on this face that says, ‘hey, i’m tony dovolani and my teeth are super white!’
i love corbin. i love him. i watched that dance several times. he had me at his jive and i don’t usually like jives. i thought brant was surprisingly good tonight. it was fun to watch him practice solo in front of a camera. with the dark gelled down hair and bowtie, i thought he looked like darren criss as blaine anderson on glee.
Im going to echo everyone else but :(:( sasha and snooki are one of the only couples dances i bothered to youtube after work on mondays. I just got done watching the elimination and it was heartbreaking seeing her cry. I hope they bring back sasha as a pro,i think hes a good cheographer, he seems really sweet, caring and patient and is just adorable.
This was a very painful elimination both Bill and Nicole are my favorites. I will still vote for Bill because I would rather Leah or Jack go before Bill.
I like Cher but I don’t understand her being a judge. I don’t think I have ever seen her dance and I am old enough to remember the Sonny and Cher show.
#99/#Alabama – Who is voting for Leah? That would be ME!! Love her! Go Leah!!
Aww, Nicole. She was one of few joys this season and she was enjoying the whole experience. How nice she could show a side of her we hadn’t seen before. I think that very important to her. I’m going to really miss her and Sasha. I hope after the shock of elimination wears off, she’ll realize again what a great experience it was for her.
Leah needs to get off my TV asap. That sideways look she shot at Tony during eliminations really irked me. Sorry you had to suffer the indignity of being one of the last called safe. With all the pimping the show has been giving her, she still acts like she has been kidnapped and forced to do the show.
I wonder if Jack needed that gift “10” in order to stay around. Not that I really mind they gave him one, since they seem to be handing out gift “10”s like it’s Christmas, but that “10” was a bit bizarre. Speaking of bizarre, that must have been one strong espresso CAI had before the show.
Corbin really can’t ad lib, can he? I love his dancing but he needs to fake laryngitis for the remainder of the season.
Oh great. Cher. That was their big announcement? I’m so excited to hear all of her ballroom critiques next week. They should be very insightful.
I think the show makes me cranky.
WHY is Elizabeth partnered with Val when they have Gleb who would be a better match height wise?
I had Nicole and Sasha in my top 5. I was really sad to see them go. I could’ve done w/ Leah, Bill, Jack going before Nicole.
OK, I’ve played nice but tonight I’M TICKED OFF!!!
It should not have been Snooki and Bill in the bottom AT ALL, of course you can argue about Bill, but seriously, no way do Leah, Bill (sorry my Pure DWTS peeps), Jack or Brant for that matter deserve to continue to stay past Snooki BUT this is what happens when you don’t vote. It’s clear she didn’t have the votes (Or did she not cover her spread, PH?)
Sad sad night tonight. Miss ya Nicole!
I thought Nicole would at least be in the semis, if not be the dark horse to win the whole thing. The poor girl. TPTB won’t ever let go of their stupid agendas so she becomes collateral damage.
Tonight’s was a real shocking elimination. Not Christina’s.
All I can say is wow. Nicole should have left after the weaker dancers Bill, Leah and Jack. She was the only one I was rooting for really. Now I’m for Corbin and Elizabeth hopefully one of them will win 🙂
Bill and Jack must be getting a lot of votes! One of these two should have left tonight, not Nicole!
Pissed, pissed, pissed!
Poor thing got voted off and didn’t deserve to by a long shot. I was just thinking during the show what I’ve liked about Snooki is that she was so appreciative of being there and not desperate or entitled in her attitude. Really bummed. Boring Brant, Bill and Jack should have easily left before her, imo, as much as I love Bill.
Now if Snooki just got voted off as well as she was doing, I find it hard to believe Brant and Jack aren’t far behind because they are far worse dancers and don’t match Snooki’s personality. The easy inclination is to say Leah and Bill but they are clearly getting the votes because they are still here. Hmm. it’ll be interesting to see who the next to go is.
The only stand out for me tonight was Amber. I thought she just killed that dance.
Derek’s team dance was definitely better but I hated both songs for use in a team dance and when they got a 30, all I could think was….and Team Call Me Maybe got a 29!!! Really!
What was the song that Corbin was dancing to …the rainy start?
@Mishi, 147, I do believe Elizabeth requested to be partnered with Val.
So bummed to see Nicole go 🙁 She was really good and had a much better personality than Leah…Yeah, I’d like to know who’s voting for her too. I hope the 3 Stooges drop the hammer on her next week…they’ve been overinflating her Ego for far too long now!
I feel very much in the minority this season because I really enjoy watching Corbin and Karina and feel that just as Amber and Derek deserved a 30 for tonight’s dance so did Corbin and Karina. Both couples imo are the best dancers and the ones that I want to see dance each and every week. I’ll buy whatever is Corbin is selling…all day everyday!!! He, like Amber, just lights the room up when he dances!!
You know, I think part of the reason I enjoy watching Corbin dance is that he has such a great smile when the dance calls for it. He just looks happy to be dancing. He also seems like a decent guy without a lot of ego.
Derek is my favorite male choreographer and Karina is my favorite female. I also enjoy Bill because he puts a smile on my face and really like Emma. I was very disappointed and shocked to see Nicole eliminated because I thought for sure she would make it to the finals. I felt really bad for her. I was hoping for Corbin, Amber and Nicole to be in the finals. I just expect Elizabeth to be there even if she is not my personal favorite.
I was really hoping that Leah was going to be the one to go tonight, but I am beginning to think she has more fans then I thought. I read on another site that Leah was in SBTB with Elizabeth and that she lives in reruns as Carrie Heffernam on King of Queens. I also read on that same site that Bill may have the country music vote that always tends to show up for their people behind him as well. While he’s not a singer, he does have a huge fan base with the CMT crowd not only through is own TV work but also with his tours with Jeff Foxworthy. He also has the redneck, Nascar, southern states vote behind him as well. If that’s true then we may have Bill with us for a few more weeks.
I have heard a lot of people say they are not liking this season because of the judges and their scoring. They are all over the place and are giving good scores to dancers that are making mistakes. It’s almost like it doesn’t do you any good to dance your best because the bottom line is the judges like who they like and are going to mark them the way they want to. Both Corbin and Amber should have had perfect scores before Elizabeth imo and definitely tonight both should have received perfect scores. Len finally gives one to Amber, but Bruno holds back. Len holds back on Corbin.
Regarding the team dances I didn’t think SpookyBomBom was the wreck I thought it was going to be, but the best choreography and dancing was done on FoxingAwesome. Again, Corbin and Amber killed it.
I’d rather have seen Leah go for sure but I didn’t like Snooki, though she is a far better dancer than Bill. So I’m relieved it was her and not him.
Love team FoxingAwesome, so funny !
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! NOT NICOLE!!! You know when someone just exceeds all expectations! at the beginning i didn’t give a shit about her but dance after dance she won me over!!!! It is so sad! I have NOTHING against Bill. I think he is so amazing… I’d have rather seen Leah or even Brant go tonight! but since it was down to the two of them i wanted Bill to go since i just love Nicole…. I just hope Jack sticks around.
Sad,Sad. It is not the judges marks or voting. You can’t see it. It a big TPTB behind the big curtain who pulling strings on all dancers as a puppets, deciding who will stay and who will leave. They don’t give a sh__t about out voices, so why we are expressing our views here,and why are we voting.
Our votes worth nothing. I’m done with DWTS.
Leah was absolutely amazing tonight and had the same dance as snooki. Best dance of the night for me was hands down– amber, then Leah and then brant. I think Corbin is a little cocky. Snook I, hated her personality but she was amazing on the dance floor, just not tonight. abc please bring back the results show and why aren’t the stars going to jimmy? Too early now?
I don’t know why you guys are all over the judges when high scoring Christina and snookiI both went home with high scores. Leah has improved greatly. Bill was kinda bad today but still got acceptable scores.
I agree with jake
I am wondering if Corbin is still going to take it this season. Most of us seem to be feeling lukewarm toward him and his partnership with Karina and it makes me wonder if some of his fanbase have taken a turn.
I can’t believe Jack getting a “10”. His dancing always seems behind in steps and just not that good. I am thinking that maybe he is not pulling in the votes.
Poor Nicole. She warmed my heart and was one of my “must sees” this season. Now all that’s left is Bill.
Did anyone notice when the couples were being introduced that they all came out dancing with the exception of Leah? She simply walked out. But she stays and Nicole goes. I understand that Nicole obviously wasn’t getting the votes needed, but come on! She did not deserve to go. Leah is such a negative person. I don’t believe she wants to be there, I do believe she knows she shouldn’t be there, and therefore, needs to be removed from all of our tv screens. If people want to watch her, they can watch reruns of her show.
I was so hoping that Nicole would make the finals. Now I would like to see Amber and Bill, but knowing Bill won’t get there, I’m finding it hard to want anyone else there except for Amber. But I will say I would take anyone who is left with the exception of Elizabeth.
It’s so easy for the TPTB and the judges to help manipulate things to the way they want them to be. It’s sad. I think the time will come when they’re going to find it hard to get anyone to do the show or only get people that no one wants to watch. And the show will disappear. And that would be a shame.
Man, Nicole’s tears really got to me. She really should be proud of what she achieved on DWTS. She turned me from a non-fan into a fan. I don’t think she was getting the votes all season.
My sister is a solidly middle class, middle aged conservative white chick. I do believe that’s the exact demographic of DWTS. I was talking to her the other day about how much I liked Nicole and she looked at me like I’d suddenly grown two heads. She judges Nicole on what she was like at Jersey Shore. It made me sad.
Derek was in pain. Except for when he was dancing you could tell by the way he held himself. It seems like his neck and back are his Achilles heel so to speak. I hope he feels better. Severe back pain can just suck all the life out of you.
It’s weird – when they said that one of Spooky Bom Bom was leaving, I didn’t even consider it being Nicole. I thought Bill or Leah, and maybe even Elizabeth. It was a bigger surprise than Christina to me – I felt so bad for her 🙁
I actually had her down as a finalist, with Amber and Corbin. Hopefully – we see Bill and Leah go next. It’s time.
last night should have been derek and amber perfect score i want them to get a 30 already.
That was some show!
I classified the dances into two groups:
The Good:
1) Corbin and Karina : Wowza!
2)Amber and Derek: She nailed it. And Bruno gives the 9?!
3) Elizabeth and Val : She nailed it
4) Brant and Peta: Yeah, this was fun.
5) Nicole and Sasha: She went out on a high.
The Forgettable:
6) Jack and Cheryl: A ten? Really….overscored
7) Leah and Tony: Another one that was overscored.
8) Bill and Emma: I agreed with Len. And he deserved all 7s.
Now to that elimination: Bill or Leah should have gone home (sorry Bill fans but I love the guy too on this show and even I gotta say it). Nicole was really good. I also hope her son is feeling better. She said he had a fever or something.
Cher as a judge is really cool. I highly expect her to be as tough as Len or tougher.
Oh and the Team dances:
Team Foxing Awesome: Wonderfully weird.
Team Bom Bom: Yeah, it was good. I disagreed with the judges, I think Nicole was the standout on that one.
Who is voting for Leah – and they have to stop!!
Snooki is absolutely a better dancer than Bill or Leah. I wish one of them would have gone home.
Having said that, she always seemed like she was too busy chewing gum to entertain the audience. Who would have thought she was more of a robot than Aly Raisman was, right? But that’s how she always struck me. Adorable robot.
And Jack … well, there’s just something about Jack. Glad to see him stick around.
@Cindy (#166) – Unfortunately, I don’t know who left will knock Elizabeth out of the finals. Unless she has a really off week where she gets a 24 or something, I’ve accepted she’s going to be around the rest of the season.
@Jen (#168) – I agree, Nicole was much more of a shock to me than Christina. I too didn’t even consider Nicole going home. I really thought she was getting the votes and with decent scores I figured she would last longer. I really had the off chance hope she would make it to the finals.
I’m oddly addicted to the FoxingAwesome dance hahaha 🙂
I watched the team dance to What does the Fox say and now my son is prancing around the house singing that blasted song!
Hopefully next week will be Leah’s last???? I’ve been Team Amber from day 1 as I LOVE Derek Hough & am huge Glee fan! So I’d REALLY LOVE to see them win but I DOUBT the public will give Derek a 5th MBT even though it’s supposed to be about the celeb and not the Pro…at this point, I’d be ok with Corbin winning too so long as it’s not Leah or Elizabeth…don’t feel a connection with either of their partnerships and with the audience
Cher must really need some publicity for her career. A judge on the Voice and now DWTS.
Okay, some of you are on crack. There is no comparison between Christina and Nicole. Christina was the high scorer of the night – Nicole was third from the bottom, beating only Leah and Bill. There were ten points between her and bill and she was tied with Jack. There is only three points between her and Leah. Jack only needed ONE more vote than her to be safe. Bill needed a good bit more, but when you hand out a that huge number of points, the margin is not as huge as you think. And the margin between her and Leah was miniscule.
The REASON why it was so easy for Bill and Leah to beat Nicole is because 600 plus points were handed out which significantly reduces the margins. The JUDGES are the ones who overscored everyone except for Bill (and Corbin and maybe Amber). When you hand out all those points, you make it easier for a shocking elimination to happen.
Also, I see a bunch of people *assuming* that those upset that Nicole left over Bill didn’t VOTE for her. You know what happens when you assume.