DWTS Val Chmerkovskiy And Zendaya Reunited At Hollister House Summer Concert
Yesterday, Val Chmerkovskiy attended the Hollister House summer concert series where former Dancing With The Stars partner Zendaya put on a show. Below are some pictures and video coverage. If you’d like to view more photos of the two of them at this event, see Getty Images. It’s fun to see them reunited again.
Awww!
Best dancing couple ever! DWTS would bring hem back on he show to complete again
lol they are always together! I like that they are close still, love that some of the DWTS partnerships continue to live on long after the show
Best dancing couple ever?? Not even close.
LOL Carol. I agree with Heidi. They are not even close!
I agree with Heidi and Vogue no where the best couple ever.
That’s Carol’s opinion. We’re all entitled to one.
Not the best dancing couple IMO. Kellie was the total package for me. She and Derek danced as though they were one. She kept getting better and better each weak. They had good dancing chemistry and loved how their personalities blended and their humor together. Kellie was cute as a button and great physically attractive body which she obviously kept herself in great condition. Loved all her costumes and how they went with each style of dance.
Zendaya was obviously used to performing dances and was especially good at dancing on her own with a group and not so much with just one person as a partner. Zendaya is tall and someone as tall as like Gleb might have worked better. I liked her in heels as they complimented her long slim legs. I would have enjoyed a little more content in her and Val’s dances, especially the Latin. But, being 16 (a year younger than Shawn J.) Val was quite a bit more conservative in his choreography.
It is nice to see they (many others) have stayed in touch with each other and kept a friendship.
I really liked Zendaya, but I wouldn’t even put her in my top 10 best from this show; Kellie wouldn’t make it either. Nicole was probably the best followed by Shawn, Kristi, Mya, Katherine, and probably Meryl. It’s hard to say who’d make up the other four.
I would definitely agree that Nicole was the best dancer, especially given the choreography Derek gave her. Their dances were magnificent. And that Buble foxtrot still makes me the happiest. 🙂
Kellie makes my top ten not for technical ability to dance, but for her partnership with Derek and how beautiful some of her dances were – she’s just an all around sweetheart. I liked her a lot. But then, Derek has been blessed with partnerships that I really liked, for different reasons.
Yes, Derek has had so many amazing partners from all walks of life, especially how they are as people. I think Mark has had more of the best technical dancers, but they haven’t won as much. Derek probably could’ve turned Katherine Jenkins or Chelsea Kane into winners, although it’s difficult going up against popular football players who could really dance, (Kellie lucked out going against Jacoby) but I would never trade his partnership with Maria to have seen him create great technical dances with Katherine. The same thing goes for Meryl. Derek probably would have a really good chance to earn another Emmy if he danced with Meryl, but his partnership with Amy is something I know he’d never trade. My ultimate favorite would have to be Shawn. Maybe it’s because I think she got robbed, but she will probably always be my favorite of Derek’s. I had always recognized and admired his talent as a choreographer, from his season with Nicole, to his Futuristic Paso with Joanna, Psycho Tango with Ricki, AT with Jennifer Grey, the list goes on, but he really opened my eyes to his talent when I saw what he did with the sheltered, shy, and barely a woman Olympian Shawn Johnson- especially when you compare it to her season with Mark. I enjoyed the ride of watching them dance together all the way through until the bitter end, and was extremely elated when Derek won his Emmy in part for his dances with Shawn. It was justice for that season’s outcome, even though Shawn couldn’t benefit something she could physically keep from that season, I know she’d never take credit for that award and that the box dance was a big part of Derek winning, but it made me happy that she could rest assured that her talents and efforts were recognized by the Television Academy even though they didn’t win the All-Star trophy. I’m glad Derek got to win the two seasons that followed, but they paled in comparison in my eyes.
For me, Kellie will always be the best partner Derek ever had. Kellie had something special about her with Derek. I had never heard of Kellie Pickler until DWTS. Her season on Idol is the season I missed plus I had gotten away from country music. I fell in love with their partnership. Derek laughed so much that season. They were like two peas in a pod. As for Zendaya, she never touched me in any way. She and Val just did not fit somehow.
It’s interesting to me when someone makes such a sweeping statement as “the best______ ever!!!111” only because I wonder what they’re basing it on. Technical ability? Entertainment value? Likability factor?/Engaging personality? Moving the audience? Chemistry? (doesn’t have to be romantic) There’s more than just one thing to think about when you label something the best, of course. Ideally, I think the best dancing couple should be well balanced in all 5 aspects, a good all arounder. Personally I think Shawn & Derek were one of the best all around dancing teams. But single out one feature and I know that for me, I’ll answer you something different depending on what I’m considering. For instance, for technical ability I immediately think Kristi Yamaguchi & Mark. For entertainment value I think of Joey Fatone & Kym, Zendaya & Val, etc etc. I could go on. It’s a long mental list. Same for the other “categories” I mentioned.
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Your point is very well taken. I happen to agree with you about Shawn. I find something incredibly beautiful in their dancing, and to this day I can’t watch the Titanic rumba without crying. It’s not only the dance itself. It’s how Derek reacts to Shawn after the dance, her surprising him by being in the moment with him. Maybe because of how my own life has gone — the tenderness and care he shows her sears straight to my heart. Even as I write this I’m tearing up.
And Miss Coleman was still “dancing” in tennis shoes in that picture where she is making the strange face.
I think Zendaya is amazing! By far the best IMO and we all have one. Love me some Val and Zendaya!!!