DWTS Season 18, Week 6: Who’s Dancing What…and When?? (SPOILERS)
So, let me get this straight. Charlie, whose partner is likely to be quite good at Jazz and Contemporary, gets both dances, while Meryl (whose partner is likely to NOT be good at either Jazz or Contemporary) gets neither, yet gets to do both Argentine Tango and regular Tango?? Um, sure, she nearly got a perfect score on AT, so let’s give her Tango. Sure. And what’s with all the Cha Cha’s in Week 6?? Really not liking what the theme weeks are doing to the dances.
Anyway, below are the dances. If there is a song listed as “Music Guess” that means that either the celeb or pro gave what appears to be a strong hint.
ETA: Below is my guess on the order. Just a guess – no insider info. 🙂
Danica and Val – Cha Cha Cha (Music Guess: “I wanna dance with somebody” by Whitney Houston )
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Meryl and Maks – Tango (Music Guess: “Feel So Close” by Calvin Harris )
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Candace and Mark – Cha Cha Cha (Music Guess: “I Love it” by Icona Pop )
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Amy and Derek – Jive
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Drew and Cheryl – Tango
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Charlie and Sharna – Cha Cha Cha (Music Guess: “Everybody Dance Now” by C&C Music Factory )
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NeNe And Tony – Salsa (Music Guess: “Hot in Herre” by Nelly )
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James and Peta – Quickstep
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Thank you for this update Heidi!
From the list – is it speculation about the order of the dances or is this what you gathered from your sources?
I know there’s some method to the madness, but it’s interesting how lately we continually see Maks & Meryl and even Candace & Mark dancing close to last each week.
No, Jackie, those aren’t in order and I don’t know what order they will go in. The stupid elimination method screws it all up too. I may take a stab at it in the morning. 🙂
Hmmm 3 have been able to keep their song a mystery. Thinking Jive or Quickstep could possibly work with one of the LMFAO songs.
Thanks for the updates, PH! And where did you get that last picture from? So cute! I can’t wait for tomorrow night!
All the pics are from either the pro’s instagram or Dancing ABC’s, Aviva.
And because I just love guessing, I’ll take a crack at scores and dance order (I was way off last week in both). (CAI, LEN, REDFOO, BRUNO):
Amy & Derek: Jive : 34 (9,8,9,8)
Candace & Mark: Cha Cha : 32 (8,8,8,8)
Drew & Cheryl: Tango : 31 (8,7,8,8)
Danica & Val: Cha Cha : 36 (9,9,9,9)
James & Peta: Quickstep : 37 (9,9,10,9)
Meryl & Maks: Tango : 39 (10,9,10,10)
Charlie & Sharna: Cha Cha : 36 (9,9,9,9)
NeNe & Tony: Salsa : 33 (8,8,9,8)
I love all the songs so far except I’ve never heard the Whitney Houston one. Is it good? Tangos for Party Anthem week? That seems kind of weird but I can deal with it. Sorry one more question have they ever done this many themes in one season? It seems like overkill with the stars supposedly “picking” their dances,Disney week,party anthem week. I can forgive Most Memorable Year since they’ve had that forever but it just seems like a lot. I remember season 15 having those ridiculous dances like the Caveman Hustle that one week but I think that was it. I noticed Meryl & Maks have been dancing close to the end these past few weeks. Will we see the pattern continue?
CC,I agree with everything on your list except I think Amy will get all 9’s.
@Jocelyn Honestly, I was gonna guess straight 9s but I just have this feeling the judges are gonna start dropping the hammer on Amy. I don’t like that thought but I feel it’ll happen. But hey, I hope I am wrong!
CC,you could be right. Is that really fair though? Let’s face it she’s not gonna be able to do the Jive like everyone else and the judges should really take that into consideration when scoring.
I wonder if they’ll let Danica & Val dance toward the show for once. They’re the only couple who have never danced in the last hour; they’ve always been near the beginning since the first week.
*toward the end of the show
You are correct Jocelyn. I am very much looking forward to not just the dance but to the judges comments after it. I have a feeling it will be kinda like Maria Menounos’ Jive (no kicks, flicks or anything but still some Jive content. Though I was not a fan of that Jive at all)
Yeah, I am interested to see how they are going to start scoring Amy considering that she’s starting to move into the territory of not being able to physically execute some of the moves of the dances she’s assigned.
tbh, I don’t think her scores are going to be too low though (I’m thinking probably 8s or so at lowest) even if there isn’t enough content because that’s just cruel (hopefully the judges think this way too…). We’ll see though. I hope Amy does well tomorrow!
CC,that jive was one of my least favorite dances of theirs. I admit I wasn’t a huge fan of Maria’s dancing. She was good but never really connected with me. I think that’s what it will look like but I definitely won’t mind this time around. I’m wondering what the judges will say too. I feel like Amy really can’t win with this dance. Either the judges are way too harsh on her or they give her leeway and I guarantee some viewers will say that it’s really not fair they let her get away with not doing a jive. I admit that I was not happy with Carrie Ann not deducting a point from their Waltz last week but this Jive is a completely different situation. She is physically incapable of doing a Jive with kicks and flicks. It’s really just that simple. It’s not that she’s being lazy and doesn’t want to,it’s that she can’t.
This gets crazier each week….why would Meryl and Maks do a Tango, we already she is very capable of doing Tango. Maks ‘ choreography is not up to par but he did that Tango Forever with Karina on Broadway and can really do a great Tango. This just shows how they are trying to get him the MBT, but I am really hoping it will not happen. For Meryl, she has a Gold medal and it would not be a big loss to her, but Maks would really be upset, the producers are really making it so obvious.
@Julie, at this point soon they will be running out of latin dances anyway, especially with next week being latin week and eventually having to double up on dances, so I’m thinking that she would have gotten the tango sooner or later. She also did the Argentine Tango with Val, which although is similar to tango, is still pretty distinctly different because in tango you can’t break hold at all (and thus can’t do most of the impressive tricks and lifts that they can in AT).
Jocelyn, Amy has been tweeting how excited she is with their Jive and that she couldn’t wait for people to see it. And Derek wrote in his latest blog that her new prosthetics are allowing them to do more dance moves. He said the slow dances, like the Waltz, are the hardest for her, so I think they will do a lot better than expected.
I don’t envy the judges when it comes to critiquing Amy, but they need to show as much impartiality as possible.
In her blog, Carrie Ann defended her decision to not deduct a point for the lift, but unfortunately, it may have hurt more than help. I read that several people who were voting for Amy, won’t anymore, because of that decision.
Kenya Smith,that’s good to hear. I still think that Amy can’t win with this dance though for the reasons I listed above. I read Carrie Ann’s blog and I could kind of understand but I thought that she shouldn’t have out rightly said that. Just ignore it. She has not seen plenty of lifts over the years.
It is fans who complained if is not a waltz when nene didn’t do a real foxtrot and for 9s. Granted people thought she was overscored but no one stopped to say also bc it wasn’t a foxtrot. The judges comments, again, are part of the storyboard. Getting flashbacks to s15 where it seemed like after the marathon, Melissa could do no wrong with the judges. I am worried the judges will start picking on Amy because of their desired final and giving the familia their win.
Jocelyn, I think you better wait until she dances to see what she can actually do before you prejudge her. As for “fair”?? Amy isn’t LIKE everyone else and is going to require some adjustments. Judging her like people who actually have two legs is not quite what I would call “fair” either. It’s not “fair” that Amy got bacterial meningitis and had to have both legs amputated. Perhaps you and others should focus on what she CAN do instead of what she can’t. As long as there is some jive content in there, that is what she should be judged on. Not the lack of other content. Hell, dancing as well as she has is an amazing feat – by both her and Derek. This attempt to compare her to other dancers – who have two legs and feet – looks bad on those doing it, not on Amy.
People leave shit out of dances all the time. Maks, for example, leaves out dancing, period, for anything from 10 to 20 seconds for a 1:20 routine. How is it fair THOSE dances get 9’s??
These conversations piss me off with their complete lack of empathy or imagination. And if it gets like it was last week with this bullshit, I’m shutting it down. I don’t like this website when it’s UGLY. And some of our posters were showing their ugly side last week.
Kenya, don’t be so gullible. People won’t vote for Amy because *Carrie Ann* didn’t deduct a point. Bullshit. They were never voting for Amy to begin with, they were trying to sound high and mighty.
It looks like Amy has on her demi-point prosthetics in their rehearsal photo. These seem to allow her to get a nice fast springing motion. I think she’ll do just fine with the Jive.
Imagine yourself having to dance a very fast dance entirely on the tips of your toes. Now imagine not being able to feel the floor with your feet at all. How on earth does she do it?
Very good question, Susan – I have no idea. I don’t know that I would be brave enough to even try to dance on prosthetics in front of millions of people. All the things that could have gone wrong…
This is forever Derek’s curse – he manages to make everything look easy when it’s not, so neither he nor his partner get half the credit they deserve.
Thank you for the response, Heidi!!
It appears from the ABC Instagram that James & Peta will be using all of the troupe dancers for their quickstep. Hopefully sometime today one of their blogs will come out where they mention what song they’ll be dancing to as well!
I’m the anti-spoiler free zone if you can’t tell, lol … thanks to this site I’ve become incredibly spoiled!
I’ll give a stab at the scores.
Amy & Derek: Jive : 33 (8,8,9,8)
Candace & Mark: Cha Cha : 34 (8,8,9,9)
Drew & Cheryl: Tango : 31 (8,7,8,8)
Danica & Val: Cha Cha : 40 (10,10,10,10)
James & Peta: Quickstep : 36 (9,9,9,9)
Meryl & Maks: Tango : 39 (10,9,10,10)
Charlie & Sharna: Cha Cha : 36 (9,9,9,9)
NeNe & Tony: Salsa : 33 (8,8,9,8)
The 40 for Danica probably seems extreme but I just have this feeling the judges are going to try and hand out as many perfect scores for the other couples before giving them to Meryl and Charlie and I think they’ll focus on Danica this week. Cha-Cha isn’t the most difficult Latin dance and with her training I think she’ll be able to execute it technically. I am wavering some on Charlie and Amy’s scores though. Can’t decide how I think they’ll judge Amy this week (or how she’ll do with the jive).
Good idea. I’ll give a stab at the scores too:
Amy & Derek: Jive : (10,9,9,9)
Candace & Mark: Cha Cha : (8,8,8,8)
Drew & Cheryl: Tango : (8,7,7,8)
Danica & Val: Cha Cha : (9,9,10,10)
James & Peta: Quickstep : (9,10,10,9)
Meryl & Maks: Tango : (10,9,10,10)
Charlie & Sharna: Cha Cha : (10,10,10,9)
NeNe & Tony: Salsa : (7,7,7,7)
Heidi, that is what drives me crazy. I listened to the afterbuzz show and they were praising Val for his ability to teach and transform his partners. Yet Derek will be continually ignored for his amazing teaching. We all know Danica has been hiding her skills until last week. Now she will be amazing. To bad people are very sheep like and will believe this story line.
I think Danica will probably dance last. After last week, and her suddenly becoming an excellent dancer, this is one way to promote her. I don’t think she is connecting at all with viewers so the producers will have to find ways of protecting her and going last makes her less forgettable to voters. As for Amy, I agree she should be judged on what she can do which is a lot imo. I want her to stay on this show as long as possible because she is amazing, an amazing role model and fun to watch. And if the judges screw her around tonight, we just have to vote hard.
Hehe…actually, Kelly, I deleted your comment because you’re being an obnoxious, attention-seeking pest. Maybe next time you should try conversing like an adult and not take shots at other individuals when commenting…you might be surprised that your comment actually shows up when you act civil.
Found this while perusing instagram – http://instagram.com/p/nB_iB-IjdW/#
I don’t know anything about this performer, but after youtubing the name I am even MORE excited for tonight!
Mods- hope this was okay to think here, if not please let me know so I won’t make the mistake again.
@Judy: That wouldn’t surprise me (regarding Danica), or at the very least have them dance in the second half of the show. They’ve put Meryl towards the end of the show the last few weeks so it will interesting to see if they continue that trend. Candace has gone either first or last the last few weeks now that I think about it.
The dance order is even more strategic and wonky now with how they do the eliminations. I wish they would just save it for the end of the show. It’s so cruel to tell someone they’re in jeopardy and then make them dance.
Having listened to Meryl’s song… It doesn’t exactly instill “10”s to me. But that’s just me listening to it and trying to think of what Maks could come up with…
I dunno. That’s just my extremely amateur opinion. lol
@Jackie, I think you’re fine… He does pertain to tonight’s show, since he is part of Macy’s Stars of Dance. I don’t know anything about this performer either.
Most of the time, it’s asked that people not post links in the comments, because it can tend to get crowded. It was okay this time, don’t worry. But, at the top of the page is a link under “contact us” that you can use, and the link can be easily added to the post, if it’s relevant.
You’re doing fine. 🙂
I just went to youtube to watch/listen to some of the songs that may be used tonight, and found it ironic that when I put in Meryl/Maks TANGO dance, the first video on the page, above the actual song, was “advanced salsa dancing.”
Those of you who bash Amy, I’d like to see you learn the jive in a week and dance for 15 million people with both of your legs… Yikes. What that woman can do is truly incredible! I have a feeling based on tweets and blogs, this dance is going to be pretty sick! And for scoring I’m with Vogue! Can’t wait for tonight!
Lori – Awesome!! I’ll be sure to use the contact form next time I come across something (w/ a link) that pertains to a post. Thank you again!
Who do y’all think is going home tonight?!
After reading Derek’s blog where he says slow dances present an even bigger challenge for Amy than fast ones, I think she’ll surprise a lot of people with her Jive. Of course, everything she does on the dance floor is a revelation.
I have no experience with either prostheses or the jive, but in some bizarre way it could be easier to stay balanced if you keep moving rather than stopping and starting or moving slowly?? Maybe there’s some connection there with snowboarding (which I also don’t do 🙂 ), but I imagine you’re constantly shifting your weight from one side to the other, front to back, etc. Isn’t there some physics principle that says “an object in motion tends to stay in motion…”
Does there seem to be any logic there or am I just way off in outer-space somewhere?
That’s what’s kinda funny about Afterbuzz – they don’t want to hear or discuss Danica’s ringer status. So that way, when she dances good, it’s because Val is a good teacher.
Frankly, I think they’re trying really hard to not come off as “Derek lovers” (because you know anyone who speaks the truth about Derek must be a Derek lover – insert eye roll here) and to be seen as fair and balanced. What they need to do is just be honest in EVERYTHING. And develop thicker skin.
Jackie, we usually prefer to not have links in the comments, but it’s not a punishable by death offense. 🙂
For what it’s worth, I actually saw Amy & Derek doing some jive-like flicks with their feet during the intro last week, and Amy seemed to be handling it pretty well. And I totally get (and agree with!) what you’re saying about slow dances vs. fast ones, Cidra – it’s likely far easier for Amy to move around quickly on her prostheses than it is to try and hold a certain pose for a long period of time. I remember Derek saying the first week that Amy’s prostheses don’t bother her when she’s moving – but they can get very uncomfortable when she has to stand still for awhile. I actually think jive might be one of her better dances, because of this.
Amy is REALLY excited for this dance, so I figure there must be something good coming. I agree with Cidra – from a scientific stand point it does seem like moving faster would present less of a challenge. Hell, even with two feet, try standing in one spot all day talking to people (be it at a conference or working at McDonald’s) and compare that with walking for exercise. I do both, going to conferences, and walking is certainly easier on your legs and feet. Why wouldn’t that principle still apply when you’re talking prostheses? It’s about extended pressure on pressure points versus pressure and release of pressure. Or something like that. It makes sense to me.
FWIW, Derek said in his blog that the reason he lifted her down the stairs is because just walking down them is a lot harder than you might think. And walking down them gracefully is impossible.
I do remember Kristyn Burtt bringing up Danica’s experience briefly during the first episode but she more was discussing it in the context of “ringers don’t always win so it doesn’t matter”. I don’t know if she fully understands that the issue isn’t her experience, it’s that it’s largely being ignored. I think everyone else on the panel ignores the whole thing.
I don’t want to come across like I’m “out to get” anyone but it really bothers me that people suddenly think she’s this phenomenal dancer with “no experience”. I guess it has to do with being pissed at the producers for trying to manipulate the audience. I sound like a broken record on other forums and message boards and then I realize I sound like such a hater. This show makes me do bad things hahaha!
It’s been discussed at length though so I’ll move on. Prediction for dance order (because why not?):
James
Nene
Amy
Drew
Charlie
Candace
Meryl
Danica
@Heidi: I remember someone once saying that walking is basically a balancing act between falling over and catching yourself before you do. So it’s pretty darn easy to understand why Amy would have a hard time with stairs (the one time I can remember her walking down the stairs on the show, she was holding onto the handrail).
Thanks PH and Court for reassuring me that I was actually making vague sense (for a change) 😉
Since it’s what I do best 🙄 …I was thinking about what Derek said about going down stairs being a bear for Amy. I never took physics in college (I was a freakin’ arts major who didn’t need no stinkin’ physics — or so I felt at the time), but it seems reasonable that going down is more difficult. You’re fighting gravity which is pulling you down. That must be a really destabilizing sensation for someone with prostheses. Imagine trying to walk down hill on stilts – yikes!
OK enough science talk.
I was just thinking that going down stairs may be harder for Amy since not only can she not really feel the stairs, but last week her legs were hidden under a big ball gown – was probably hard for her to tell where exactly her feet were even landing.
My achilles tendons are shredded and now ruptured. Balance is difficult to just stand. Stairs aren’t an option. To not even feel the ground must be incredibly difficult. It continues to be sad to me that people seem to hide behind this issue of fairness for the able bodied just to push their agenda. I agree with your statements PH 100%.
I saw a small clip of Amy & Derek’s jive this morning. It looks really good. I can see why Amy is excited about it.
Carolyn,
So good to hear that Derek & Amy’s Jive is coming together so well. I know she seem extremely excited about it too.
FWIW I think that she is amazing/wonder woman actually! What Derek has been able to bring out of her thus far is a testament to his amazing abilities as not only a choreographer but teacher too.
Go Amy & Derek!! Excited to see your performance!!
My guesses on scores:
James and Peta: 40 (10,10,10,10)
Nene and Tony: 32 (8,8,8,8)
Charlie and Sharna: 40 (10,10,10,10)
Meryl and Maks: 40 (10,10,10,10)
Drew and Cheryl: 33 (8,8,9,8) (I feel like Redfoo is going to really like this one so that’s the nine)
Amy and Derek: 33 (8,8,9,8)
Danica and Val: 36 (9,9,9,9)
Candance and Mark: 36 (9,9,9,9)
Now the order I would put them I for the show would be:
1)Danica
2)James
3)Charlie
4)Meryl
5)Nene
6)Candance
7)Drew
8)Amy
Finally able to catch up here…
First of all, I didn’t think I was being gullible, Heidi, because the people saying this had been splitting their votes among several couples, but with Carrie Ann’s comment, are now assuming Amy won’t need the extra help. They didn’t sound like diehard fans of anyone, more like causal fans of the show… and I don’t want Amy to lose these viewers. If you recall, I brought up the fact that I expect she will do a lot better with the Jive tonight than people expect. She is absolutely amazing and will continue to be amazing. I voted for Amy! My goodness, I certainly didn’t mean to offend you or anyone else.
You didn’t offend me, Kenya – I’ve just seen that trick used many, many times and I never believe it. “Oh, because of Carrie ann, I am never voting for Amy again.” My first reaction is always an eye roll because people who say stuff like that were not likely to be voting for her anyway.
Maybe the should just rename this week to party-poopers week. 😛
I cannot fathom why everyone gets all up in arms about Amy’s dance ability; personally I feel she’s being given more intrinsic (not sure if that’s spelled right) choreo than Meryl… except the AT Meryl proformed. Derek is finding different ways to work with Amy and test her abilities whereas Maks just seems so “okay, Meryl, do this”.
In any case I just hope Maks gets a little more hosed by the judges, in scores, from this point out. Maybe he’ll put his ego aside for a moment and give Meryl a routine that doesn’t break rules or FUSE TWO SEPERATE STYLES (ring a bell Len), sure Peta and Charlie’s rumba was a tad contemporary (no more than Candace and Mark’s), but the Foxtrot and Samba Maks came up with for Meryl had a lot of outside steps from different backgrounds (Len even pointed out the Lindy Hop section in their samba and acted like it was perfectly fine).
Anyway before the Maks fans begin tearing my opinions to shreds here are my predictions with scores and order:
Candace & Mark- Cha cha: 33 (8, 7, 9, 9) I don’t know why but I feel like they’ll call Candace safe first for some reason.
James & Peta- Quickstep: 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) Coming from a week of contemporary may prove a nice challenge for James going into the quickstep
Charlie & Sharna- Cha cha: 36 (9, 8, 10, 9) I get the feeling Charlie is going to get caught in a judges war.
Amy & Derek- Jive: ?? (?, ?, ?, ?) This one is highly wait and see for me because she has proven herself a contender, yet the judges keep her scores fair and dandy, so someone is the buffer between highest and lowest scores.
Drew & Cheyl- Tango: 33 (8, 8, 9, 8) I have a theory that the leaderboard shake-up will result in shock elimination, and it won’t be Drew. 🙂
NeNe & Tony- Salsa: 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) This is one case I fear where the judges will overscore, but she won’t be leaving imo.
Meryl & Maks- Tango: 38 (9, 9, 10, 10) Call it a hunch, but if they do save Meryl and Maks for around the end she may either be used as bait to show who is really going home when it comes down to the alleged bottom two. OR she could be a shock elimination… why I feel she’ll be a shock elimination, she had a Sabrina Bryan thing going on. First, before the switch-up she was already hyped to win. Second, during the switch-up she had her best performance WITHOUT MAKS. Third, when she returned to Maks they pulled out a wishy-washy samba that made the chemistry seem crazy good with quirky bits and wacky samba steps (which reminds me, was Meryl wearing heels at all? If she was they did something weird to the bounce action). Why is she being compared to Sabrina? Because like the Cheetah Girls where the in thing at the time with Disney, Sochi is the in thing with ABC given the way they are pumping up Meryl.
(Incoming Maks fans at mach 5 to shoot the idea down) once again it’s purely an idea that I could see happening.
Danica & Val- Cha cha: 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) I have to say I’ve warmed up to Danica after the switch-up only because Maks was acting uncaring towards how she ended up on Monday night. She may be annoying (a little less now), but she really kicked Maks under the bus when she reveled through their Jive. Guess who was driving the bus… Julianne Hough. 😀
Oh okay, Heidi, that’s good! I certainly understand how you feel… love you, guys!
Go Amy and Derek!!
Granted I’m biased towards Meryl and Charlie because they’re the only reason I’m following DWTS super closely this season and haven’t ever dealt with this pro vs. pro stuff until now, but some of the theories here just don’t make sense to me. If TPTB are so hell bent on giving Maks every advantage, why did they give arguably his best dance (which isn’t the tango, it’s Argentine Tango, he even said he finds standard tango not very interesting) he’s fresh off Broadway performing to Meryl during the switch?
As for there being some swing in Meryl’s samba last week, it was obviously put in because they had to dance next to the monkey and the bear for their dance. They had to dance in place next to characters that were clearly not doing the samba. He did the best he could with it, IMO.
They still gave Meryl VAL’s best dance, Bethany – it comes to the same end, since the switch was only for one week.
If it was just ONE dance that had a content problem, you might be on to something. But how to explain that foxtrot, eh?
I just hope we get to see everyone dance then they do the elimination. Just would result in better performances I think.
If TPTB really wanted to give Meryl the edge, they would have given her Derek and contemporary during switch up, IMO. Derek does the best contemporary routines, and that would mean Maks wouldn’t have to (potentially) do one. I really wanted to see that, and was hoping that since everyone says the show is rigged anyway, that they would make that happen 🙁
I wanted to see a Meryl/Derek contemp! With her skill & Derek’s choreo, it would have been definite 40, IMO :/
Derek couldn’t travel with Meryl due to Macy’s Stars of Dance responsibilities. I wanted Meryl to get Derek because I knew whatever dance it was, it would be spectacular. That’s actually a disappointment I will take away from this season, that I never got to see Meryl and Derek create a dance together.
Susan, “supposedly Derek couldn’t travel with Meryl to Florida to practice, due to working on Macy’s Stars of Dance. However, during Season 16, in a single week, Derek traveled to 4 states for 3 different concerts with Kellie Pickler, rehearsing before and after her shows. And in that Season 16, he also choreographed a Macy’s Stars of Dance, a dance with Brilynn Rakes, another dance with Mark, etc. And when you also consider that he was paired with NeNe, it becomes rather obvious that the producers never intended to pair Meryl with Derek.
# Kenya … When Derek traveled with Kellie he wasn’t also producing a Macy’s Stars of Dance, and later on when he was producing he wasn’t also traveling, so neither of those instances is the same as these circumstances. I would never even hint at the idea of Derek having too much to do, so listing all the other things he did is similarly not germaine to the issue. And neither does the argument that TPTB would never have paired Derek with Meryl speak to what I was saying. Derek could not leave town because of the demands of Stars of Dance. Once holograms are perfected and commonplace, it may be possible to accomplish all of that remotely. And you can be sure if there was a way to do that Derek would be the first in line to try. But we’re not there yet. To produce a number as complicated and difficult as the one he delivered, in 2014, requires Derek to be where the venue and the other dancers are.