DWTS Season 18, Week 2: Who’s Dancing What…and When??
Another week, another set of dances that the celebs supposedly picked. Riiiight. Tell it to Candace. 🙂 Lots of angst about the switch up – I say “bring it”. I’m quite confident that my favorite pro will look pretty darn good with anyone, included Nene or Diana….or James or Cody for that matter. 🙂 I refuse to get worked up about the switch, only about people bugging me about the switch. 😉 Part of me hopes Derek will indeed get Nene just to see what the “He’s never been challenged” people will say when they do terrific together. I imagine they will pretend it never happened, or she will magically become a ringer on the order of Meryl. 😀
The dances for this week? See below. I noticed that Val and Danica are already done with camera blocking. Figured I better get the post up. I figure that Sean is in trouble with the Salsa, as is Drew with the Jive. NeNe – hard to say. She’s a pretty good dancer, but I suspect we’ll see a non-jive kinda like was saw a non-cha cha. Question is, will Tony ever get called out? He doesn’t seem to get called out for anything that Derek and Mark get called out for. I think Danicathetotallynonringer will do fantastic with Samba. Billy could surprise us with the Tango and I expect Charlie to KILL the tango. Cody is a question mark. I really liked his cha cha on rewatching it – it could go either way though on Tango. Meryl – don’t be silly. Her swing will be amazing. I think I will be holding my breath during Amy’s swing, as there are apparently lifts and such. Scary. James and Salsa?? Hmmmm…I think he’ll be okay. We’ll find out soon!!
I kinda half assed a dance order, below. Not really expecting it to be close. 🙂 I sure wasn’t last week when I gave it more thought.
Diana and Henry – Cha Cha Cha
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NeNe And Tony – Jive
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Danica and Val – Samba
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Billy and Emma – Tango
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James and Peta – Salsa
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Charlie and Sharna – Tango
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Sean and Karina – Salsa
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Candace and Mark – Rumba
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Amy and Derek – Swing
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Cody and Witney – Tango
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Drew and Cheryl – Jive
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Meryl and Maks – Swing
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A whole bunch of instagram pics – what I usually do is post the first several I find, no matter who they are. Yes, I have two of Amy – I think she’s amazing. Sue me. 🙂
Lol at danicathenonringer she will do great and act all surprised that she could do it lol just admit you have dance training in ballroom then you can stop pretending its all new to you danica !Altho for someone with training danica didnt impress me at all i thought she was mediocre tbh at best . Looking forward to Amy , Meryl and Candace and seeing if Charlie can maintain that standard .
I’m sure her package will be all about her struggle to be “sexy” and how Val is helping her with it. Doesn’t everyone do their camera blocking at the same time though? Would there be a reason (other than a personal conflict for one of them) that they went so early in the day? Seems like everyone else hasn’t even gotten to the studio yet.
I’m actually really interested to see how Candace does with something like the Rumba. Not because of the “sexy” factor but more just to see how her body moves during a Latin number.
little score prediction just because 🙂
Amy & Derek: 24 (8,8,8)
Meryl & Maks: 27 (9,9,9)
Candace & Mark: 24 (8,8,8) (I honestly have no idea how she would do with a Rumba.. this is the one dance I am most looking forward to tomorrow night)
Danica & Val: 26 (9,8,9)
Diana & Henry: 20 (7,6,7)
NeNe & Tony: 22? (8,7,7)
Charlie & Sharna: 27 (9,9,9)
Billy Dee & Emma: 18 (6,6,6)
Sean & Karina: 21 (7,7,7)
Cody & Witney: 23 (8,7,8)
James & Peta: 24 (8,8,8)
Drew & Cheryl: 20 (7,6,7)
Tony never get’s called out, because everyone is bloody asleep!!!!
Something about Nene and Tony works for me. They just seem to connect. I like them.
Excuses that people will come up with regardless of who gets Derek
Nene: She was a stripper! She has an advantage because she has performance background along with flexibility and natural rhythm. Derek always gets a ringer. Waah!!
Diana: Of course he got the likeable one! They’d never give him an unlikable partner like (suddenly this person throws under the bus) Nene! Plus, she’s an athlete! It is unfair because she’s already trained her body to handle something athletic. Derek always gets the ringers. Waah!!
Candace: She was already good coming in (because it didn’t count with Mark). She was naturally good and thus there was no challenge. Derek always gets the ringers!! Waah!!
Danica: Suddenly her dance background is out in the open and every second counts against her. “Well, she’s a dancer!! Derek always gets the dancers. Waah!!
Meryl: TPTB had it preconceived from the beginning to switch up the partners so that Evil, Vile Derek could get her and of course, she danced on ice! She’s a professional dancer just like all of Derek’s partners were (including Maria and Joanna). They planned for him to get her the whole time and we all knew it! Derek always gets the ringers!! Waah!!
There you go PH, reasons why (only if Derek gets them), these ladies will suddenly become ringers. 😛
I’d like it if Tony just has fun and lighten up – just enjoy the ride. I think that watching Derek have fun with all of his partners and watching last year how Emma went as far as she did by engaging well with her partner (and Bill E. is so funny!) and just enjoy their ride each year. The more the pros support each other I think the more the broader fans of the show will support them outside the show and make them more popular to the general population which is what they need when they are off the show. One of the reasons so many people like the show is that the “star” group all seem to bond. The pros (or their fans who are always knocking the other pros) should realize that they are not doing their pro any favor by alienating other fans on twitter.
Maybe they’re going first. They don’t all have to be there are the same time because it’s blocking, not dress rehearsal.
LOL Nathan. So, so true. They are running of categories that they demand he get so he’s challenged. I guess a double amputee isn’t enough, just cuz she did so well on her first dance.
Seen the Meryl one mentioned a lot on different sites. Lol.
I am a Maks fan but I am not a fan of his Fans.. (does that make sense?) I love Derek also, I think he was wonderful with Amber last season. While Derek fans can be passionate, Maks fans spend way too much time on his personal life, (every partner is a possible girl friend) and his looks, (the guys’good looking ok how many times do you have to post about it?) His fans would do more for him if they would stop bringing up Derek, stay out of his pants and just let the man dance, teach and modernize his choreography.
Although Danica has downplayed her past experience it should also be noted that neither Meryl or Charlie have said they have many years of dance lessons off the ice which have included ballroom and Latin dance. So far, the producers are being coy by spreading out their performances and having the judges suggest that there is plenty of room for improvement.
I dunno, Rosie, I don’t think anything really needs to be said about either Meryl or Charlie – their advantages are very obvious and out there for all to see. I mean, it was all over the media that Derek worked with them on one of their routines. That right there is very telling. And it’s WAY more than anything that’s been said about Danica and I think she rivals them in training.
As for the judges – they do that for all ringers. They also get judged much harder. Where it will piss me off (and it should piss off their fans) is if they judge Meryl and Charlie by the higher standards, but don’t for Danica.
Thanks for the Instagrams. Amy/Derek (goofballs like I said on PDH), Amy (does that woman do yoga on top of everything else?), BillyDee/Emma (so cute & love his smile), and Diana/Henry (Diana’s rockin’ that pose and those shoes). 🙂
I don’t think Meryl and Charlie have had years of Latin or Ballroom classes? They have certainly had years of ballet, though.
Anyway, I’m looking forward to tomorrow night for sure. The switch is exciting, although I don’t want any of the new couples to be permanent since I’m already attached to the current ones. Question for Derek fans: Do you think he has time to follow Meryl out onto the Stars On Ice tour? Meryl/Derek switch could be announced on the 31st and they would have three days before the first SOI show in Florida, which isn’t too bad. She could fly back in overnight on Sunday to be there Monday. Not sure if Derek would need to go with her to continue to rehearse.
But if the switch became permanent… I mean, does he really have time to be constantly flying around with her. Almost all of her weekends are shows, shows, shows for the rest of the season. It seems like Derek has way too much going on to be able to do that?
Here are my scoring predictions
Meryl & Maks (Swing): 27
Charlie & Sharna (Tango): 27
Danica & Val (Samba): 25
Amy & Derek (Swing): 25
Candace & Mark (Rumba): 23 or 24 {I’m curious to see how this plays out)
James & Peta (Salsa): 23
Cody & Witney (Tango): 23 (I can see his posture and hold being a problem)
Nene & Tony (Jive): 20
Diana & Henry (Cha-Cha-Cha): 20
Sean & Karina (Salsa): 18
Drew & Cheryl (Jive): 18
Billy Dee & Emma (Tango): 17
I can’t believe they would permanently take Meryl away from Maks – his best shot yet at winning – and give her permanently to Derek who’s already won. I just don’t believe it.
As for Derek – well, he went to Sochi and they got it done. Does he have time? Not really, but like I said – I don’t think it’s permanent. And we can’t be sure they’ll let him have Meryl in any case.
I doubt Derek would end up with Meryl in the end. First, I think that if the celebs get to chose, all of them are going to pick their original. Second, Derek is so busy with his movie coming out in April and his tour starting a week after DWTS (he’ll have to be in rehearsals while DWTS is still going on) that even if she somehow miraculously decided to go with Derek, he probably couldn’t travel with her.
Love the picture of Danica/Val with the tasty snacks! lol
Looks like Cheryl visits Drew on set of The Price Is Right.
I love the picture of Charlie seemingly holding a wee shrunken Sharna in the palm of his hand as she whispers in his ear. I’m guessing what she’s whispering is “you’re hair is so gorgeous!”.
I think Sean with Salsa and NeNe with Jive will be the worst of the lot on Monday night. Sean because Salsa is fun, energetic and hot, all things that don’t come to mind when I think of Sean. NeNe has the personality for the Jive, unfortunately she also has Tony. Most of Tony’s Jives look like they were choreographed for a mortally wounded person to dance.
Maks publicly stated he signed on to dance only because they promised Meryl and, in my opinion, also a mirror ball trophy. I am certain he ensured the t’s were crossed and i’s dotted in his contract to that end. I believe Derek’s journey with Amy is much more important to him than another mirror ball trophy.
Rosie I agree w/what you said about Derek. How cool would it be that this Amy/Derek journey could have a real impact on others who use or need prosthetic legs that work in different ways, etc. Really terrific that a reality show could have lasting impact for veterans and others!
I am not against a one week switch up, BUT I wish they waited a little while. I want to see the partners’ relationships build up a bit more (maybe do it in week 4 or 5?), then I think the dynamic would be more interesting to watch a one week switch up!
Fsfan (#15), I think Derek and Meryl could manage a one-week switch, but then between her commitments and his, it would be an almost impossible juggling act. We wouldn’t see their best work, and they’d be exhausted. That would be a shame.
I hope TPTB will be upfront for once in their smarmy lives, and tell us on Monday how long this stupid switch is going to last. It will make a difference in whether or not I vote in the switch and the pairings I put together.
With the change to how the voting is executed this year (same day judges and public) does dance order mean more this season than last?
#21 Rosie, when did Maks say that? I haven’t seen anywhere that he’s said he only signed up to dance because he was promised Meryl.
#26 Donna, that’s right. I’m primarily a Meryl x Charlie fan so I have been closely following their interviews. Maks has never said anything like that, his official line is that he doesn’t know what he did right to get her. In the AfterBuzz recap, Kristyn Burtt and Suri implied that Maks only came back because he somehow knew or was promised a contender, but I couldn’t tell if they had heard something or if it was just their speculation.
Thanks to the people who answered my question! IA Derek seems much too busy, Meryl needs someone who can follow her on SOI and be subject to her schedule, not someone with their own busy schedule. I agree if the switch back is up to Meryl then she will go back to Maks… but since all the celebs said the same, I am suspicious that TPTB haven’t tweaked their plans. We’ll see!
Donna/FSfan: It was in a DWTSWetpaint article dated early March. The author quoted him directly from a Today Entertainment article dated March 6th. It had nothing to do with After Buzz.
Rosie, I looked it up and found this:’Maks said he asked himself why he was returning for another demanding pro season when he just about swore off the show, and the answer is now standing next to him. “I got [Meryl] and said, ‘OK! That’s why!’ We’ll see what happens,” Maks said. “I’m very grateful to the show.”‘
I don’t think Maks meant that Meryl was literally the reason he returned, I think he was trying to say that he was asking himself why am I doing this again and then he met Meryl and began rehearsing with her, and he remembered why he enjoyed doing this + chose to come back as a pro instead of a judge, which is what the article is about. That’s my interpretation of it anyway.
Something else I meant to point out was that while the producers may be making up the dances the stars asked for, Cheryl mentioned on her program that Drew didn’t pick the jive but he did pick the song, so maybe some of the stars were asked which song they wanted to dance to and Drew picked a fast song best suited to the jive? Maybe something similar happened with Candace. Just a thought!
My guesses for scores:
Amy and Derek: 24 (8,8,8)
Meryl and Maks: 24 (8,8,8)
Charlie and Sharna: 24 (8,8,8)
Diana and Henry: 21 (7,7,7)
Nene and Tony: 18 (6,6,6)
Billy Dee and Emma: 18 (6,6,6)
Danica and Val: 24 (8,8,8)
James and Peta: 24 (8,8,8)
Cody and Witney: 23 (8,7,8)
Sean and Karina: 21 (7,7,7)
Drew and Cheryl : 24 (8,8,8)
Candance and Mark: 25 (9,8,8)
And I’m hoping we get a real troupe performance tonight.
I don’t think we all NEED to hear Maks say it……we know having a contender is WHY he is back. No other reason.
Megan, I agree Maks is good looking, but I think Val is better looking & super Sexy
Vin, I agree with all of your score guesses with an exception to Diana and Henry. I bet they get “6”‘s as well. with maybe one “7”.
Anyone else see the pic Amy posted on IG of the craft services table for brunch yesterday? Holy PIES, Batman.
And as I’ve said before, the only acceptable partner for Derek in the eyes of some of the more boneheaded viewers is a Frankenwoman comprised of Cloris Leachman’s body, Heather Mills’ leg, Kate Gosselin’s personality, and weighs as much as a baby elephant.
This has been a random drive-by. Carry on 🙂
LOL, Court. Thanks for making me snort my coffee. 😛
Sidenote, whats the big announcement GMA is going to have with the judges? Someone texted me about GMA and the judges being on the show at some point this week. I wonder if Len is announcing retirement from the American version of the show.
@Court I think I use to work for that woman u are describing. She is one of the reasons I retired early. lol
Hey all, if interested, be sure to read this post for some more details on the Switch Up dance:
https://www.puredwts.com/2014/03/24/new-rehearsal-interview-with-peta-murgatroyd-and-james-maslow-more-details-about-switch-up-dance/
I agree with all the comments about “everyone is a ringer” when they have Derek for a dance partner mentality…lol. However, don’t you think every woman celebrity is crossing her fingers behind her back about the switch-up “Please let it be Derek, Please let it be Derek.” lol I just find it so funny. I worry for Amy though, I just don’t think all of the male pro’s have the same ability to figure it out with Amy. I mean really, covering the release button with a bottle cap…that is flat out genius.
Oops hit the button too fast. It is the lesson only some teacher’s learn. You have to teach a student how THEY learn best, not make the student learn based on how you teach. Tough concept, but it separates the men from the boys so to speak,and it is clearly what makes Derek a great teacher.
My my everyone has been silent about when they are dancing! Don’t we normally have an idea of a few by this time?
I was just thinking the same thing…
Weird isn’t it. It is almost as if they are on a sm ban. Knowing tptb, all the popular celebs are on after 9pm and they want the ratings for the whole two hours.
LOL comment #35! You kill me!! 🙂
odd, but I think Diana and Candace are wearing the same pants in these pictures.
Cheryl looked amazing on the Price is Right, Everybody looks great excited on the West Coast
What are the names of the songs for S18 week 3/24/14 that couples danced tonight?