DWTS Season 19 Week FOUR!! Let’s discuss tonight’s show! (Spoilers)
Well, I don’t know about the rest of you, but I expect tonight will be a big ole cluster f@#k. 🙂 Again, DWTS wants us to pimp the livestream so….you can view Lacey’s Stream on our site, just click the link.
Once again, comment to your hearts contents, as long as you remember the show night rules.
- Our server gets totally hosed when people sit at their computer and click “refresh” constantly. Post a comment, then walk away for five minutes so that others have a chance…and so that Courtney and I can actually post on the site. 🙂
- THIS SITE IS NOT TWITTER. Do not post like you are on twitter. You get one warning and then I put you in time out. 🙂 We need context and content. Believe it or not there are a lot of people who don’t watch the east coast feed of the show, so they don’t know what the hell you’re talking about when you post a comment that says, “Boy, that sucked.” If you want to say “____ and ____’s dance was not good at all, crappy choreo” that’s fine. That would be context. It is good. 😀 Remember, if you post five one liners in five minutes, you’ve broken rule number 1. 😉
Interesting, Janel going first and Beth going 4th. I expect Bethany to have a much lower score than 40 (this show is a GAME after all, and we must have DRAMA), but we’ll see if that same curse holds true for Janel – she’s rather pimped. Although it’s getting hard to tell if it’s actually TPTB doing the pimping, or Janel herself. 😀
By the way, Courtney and I made some predictions on the Switch up pairings, check it out and see what you think!
What the hell was going on during the couples announcements?? Kept cutting to shots of the big ball. 🙂
Janel and Jonathan are both safe right off the bat. Betsey in jeopardy.
Janel gets all 9’s, including one from America – for a jerky rumba. Which is hilarious (not) since about 3 out of 25 of my followers commenting said they could actually vote. Then it said I already voted for Jonathan when I certainly didn’t. Bastards.
Well, I’m baaaack!! I got to vote for Betsey and Bethany. Gotta disagree with Jules – I think there was plenty of content in that rumba. But who cares. She’s probably going to be safe next week, since her fans managed to get her a higher score from America, plus that song/dance was so emotional. That’s unusual tonight, after all. And if I hear anyone say they didn’t connect with Bethany, I may cut a bitch. 🙂
Ahhh….I love Michael. But his dancing is not good. I gave him a high score anyway, to counteract those judges. 🙂 Bill Engvall in the house, and teary eyed.
Someone want to explain to me why, when I vote for Bethany and Derek, the “related video” shown after I vote is Vajanel?? Shades of Meryl and Maks style pimpage which pisses me off like you wouldn’t believe.
Oh, I love Lea – and this is when I remind you all that I’ve been saying Lea can DANCE. 🙂 America is crappy. 🙂
Really, America – now you’re overscoring Antonio?? Geez. This does make me wonder if he will last longer than I think, though. Although I thought he was going home tonight and that’s clearly not the case. 🙂
Tommmmmyyyyy!!! No, you’re not leaving me. No. He’s in jeopardy though. 🙂 That jive wasn’t great…but I just love him.
WTF?? And you people were worried about Julianne?? WTF do CAI and Bruno have against Sadie?? Give the girl some damn 10’s!! Or does that not fit tonight’s agenda?? That dance was more than 1 point better than Janel. Stingy M’fers.
What part of “THIS IS NOT TWITTER” do some of you not understand. Do I have to start banning people??
Okay, we have Michael, Tommy and Betsey in Jeopardy…..SPOILER….
Next couple safe is: Tommy and Peta
Betsey and Tony are eliminated. She had a great run and she very graciously thanks everyone.
I promise to be fair with my paddles… unless someone *cough vajanel cough* annoys me too much with a showmance.
I can’t get the You Be THe Judge Voting app to work on ABC.com?
That dance was ok but I didn’t think it was that great. Janel can dance, we know that.
I’m sorry if this is cold, but I cannot take the gushing over Janel. I don’t think she’s all that. I’m just hoping there’s not another 40 coming her way.
I’ve found the site works when I do it from my phone better than it does with a computer. Apparently it registered a score for the last couple.. what score I registered is a whole other question, but it at least seems to work here!
Terrible rendition of “Break Free” in the opening but awesome choreography and dancing. My favorite one this season.
Can’t raise my paddle either. Buffer buffer buffer
Another royal F-up from the producers. If you don’t want the server to crash you upgrade before you do this!
Why couldn’t I vote? I’m signed in and there was nothing…????…..I see some other people commenting on the abc site and they don’t see anything to vote on either…???…am I doing something wrong?
I missed the opening number again……ugh. Saw Janel and Val’s rumba and honestly as much as I hate to say it, I liked it.
Of all the bizarre innovations the show has tried over the years…if this “raise the paddle” thing works – it might be my favorite. Withholding judgement until later in the evening…but I like the idea that we get to add into the judges score….
To get to the “Raise Your Paddle” page, I had to click on the link from the DWTS Facebook page, because I couldn’t find it from the abc website.
I didn’t think that was a nine for Janel – my thought was an eight. She seemed a bit skittish, and rather clipped in spots. I didn’t think it was very fluid.
I’m not surprised that the raise your paddle thing isn’t working after all of the crashes that have happened before. ABC’s website doesn’t seem to be very user friendly when there’s too much going on.
Cheryl…I had troubles too…I refreshed the “raise the paddle” page…and in the middle of the large graphic was a “login” button…you have to have a Facebook account to login with – but then it worked…
I’m not even going to bother with the Raise Your Paddle vote.
I liked Jonathan’s dance. I’m glad he went for something fun.
What a hot damn mess. So Val & Janel stayed on my screen after the dance with the note Allison & Jonathan up next. Really? Not able to vote for them either!
Refereshed, hit the login—nada
Already done trying this “Raise Your Paddle” f*ckery. Ain’t nobody got time fo dat.
I liked Janel’s rumba. It was very pretty. Haven’t we seen her dress before in a past season? Maybe on Karina.
Jonathan’s opening was a Mean Girls fan dream.
I’m still having issues with Allison doing ballroom. I felt like it was all her again.
Finally got the app up….too late to actually vote for Val and Janel….but now….the screen just says next couple is Jonathan and Allison but no place for me to vote…???…I refresh it still says that….?????
Ridiculously predictable that it isn’t working…I take back my one hopeful moment of liking the “raise the paddle” thingy
Doing this raise your paddle thing is forcing me to listen to the judges comments and I don’t like that.
I might have to pull out wine if I have to be subjected to Carrie Ann all night
I CANT VOTE…. It’s behind. When they say America…. I think it’s
The producers
Join the club Cheryl.
Raise Your Paddle F’ery for sure.
Jonathan’s samba was fun but I kinda feel as if the judges were a bit rough on him as well. In short, it was cute and definately not foregteable but just underwhelmed as well.
Wow, was Jonathan’s dance THAT bad? (West coaster here.) I wonder if they’re discarding all votes under a certain number… so anything less than like a 6 is completely left out of the average?
I’m finding it hard to believe that America is agreeing exactly with the judges – and given how the screen to vote for Jonathan and Allison never showed up, I’m wondering if it’s kind of failing, and they’re just having America go along with the judges. It kept saying that Jonathan and Allison were next to dance, but I could never score them.
Yes, at this point, I feel like this is all another trick from TPTB. The America score is actually what they want. Is the America score ever going to be different than the three judges? I can’t believe that America’s average score is the exact same as the judges. Sort of ridiculous.
Yeah this ‘Raise Your Paddle’ thing is a joke. During Jonathan and Allison’s dance, it told me to score Janel and Val, so I did and then it wouldn’t let me score Jonathan.
it let me vote for janel way after their dance..and its still stuck on “johnathon and Allison next” so much for being able to vote. lol
@Cheryl same here. It let me vote for Val/Janel after their score had already been announced and then all it says is the next couple to dance is Jonathon/Allison.
And Really America magically agrees with all the judges? I find that really hard to believe.
Ouch, I thought the comments for Jonathan were crazy brutal and I agree but it’s hard to hear.
Also I suspected the site would get overloaded and it was. I wasn’t able to score Jonathan and Allison, it kept trying to load. I was able to score Janel and Val though and I gave them an 8 although I was torn on whether I should give an 8 or 9. Guess it didn’t matter after all. So far so good…
Add me to the group who can’t vote.., sounds fishy to me.
GEe TOny, WHERE did you steal THAT move??? Hmmm….Derek?? Nothin like Stealin choreo! She lost moves and forgot parts of the dance.
Well, Tony tried, Betsey tried. But it just didn’t work out. How tall is her daughter? 6 feet forever?
Voted for Val and Janel after the fact to get rid of the screen. The screen to vote for Jonathan and Allison never showed up. But now I had the Betsey/Tony screen to vote….???? Once again, technology and DWTS is a mess…what else is new?
Carrie-Ann? Were you and I watching the same dance? Umm…I don’t think so. She tried but it was pretty obvious she forgot steps in that jive. why are they blowing smoke up her butt? They must know she’s getting eliminated.
What are the judges so happy about? I didn’t think that was a great jive at all. I give Betsey credit, but her kicks weren’t crisp and she forgot a lot of steps. Yet she’ll get a great score and be safe again next week.
I am also unable to vote in the raise your paddle. What a farce! Thanks TPTB for nothing!
From someone who is voting:
The voting got messed up btwn Janel and Jonathan. No screen came up to vote for Jonathan, so they had to improvise, I guess. Now it’s working…
My voting ability just ended. Endless loop of the little loading bar all of a sudden. At least I got to vote for three I guess right? Anyways, I love Betsey. She is beyond fun and I know I have said it before but she proves age is just a number. The start with her daughter was such a cute touch. In fact, I would have loved to see her dance a little jive with her daughter when they stepped down from the runway. Before she got her score was great too. My wish may come true 🙂
Yeah, I agree. I love Betsey but that wasn’t her best dance.
@Kelly, I agree with you. You and I saw the same dance and I’m sure a lot of others did too. Who knows what the judges were looking at.
Oh my gosh! It appears Derek got Colbie to come perform! That’s awesome!
They should just discard the whole raise your paddle thing. Too many technical problems. I’ll feel bad for whoever gets eliminated next week because of all of the glitches with the system.
Jocelyn, I agree. The tech problems are just really annoying.
I love Betsy and gosh, don’t we all hope we are as nimble when we get to be her age? Heck, I’m not that nimble now. But here is the thing, while I thought Jonathan and Allison had some problems, they were honestly scored lower than what we just saw from Betsy and Tony? Yikes!!!
@Joceyln – No elim next week, since it’s switch week.
Yup….Kelly. I remember that. Shawn and Derek. And like many, I can’t raise my paddle either. Sucks. But whatever.
I finally got to watch Alison & Jonathan’s samba on YouTube! Bonus points for the Jingle Bells part in the beginning. Not Jonathan’s best dance but the judges (including America) were way too harsh. 6? Whatever.
@Courtney- Oh right I forgot! Thanks.
Beautiful dance from Bethany and I loved the way they had the words in the background. Julianne is right, she showed a lot of people that are doubting themselves or not liking themselves that it is possible to turn things around for the better.
So Betanny’s dance definately was awesome. It hit a chord with me especially for reasons I will explain in my rankings tommorrow but this was just a gorgeous dance.
The message made me cry..loved it! Think ABC.com fixed their voting Snafu! I gave Bethany and Derek a 10. Sure it wasn’t a LOT of Rumba but I think it was more about the story 😉
Bethany’s dance was the first one that managed to just slay me! Wow…yeah – I hear the “not enough Rumba” content thing…but I love what Derek says – “Motion is emotion!” – her motion was filled with emotion and viewers had to know exactly what she was feeling…would rather be moved by the emotion that to watch a technically correct dance that doesn’t move me. Loved this…
Loved that it moved Derek too.
And for those who think that Julianne is going to be biased in favor of Derek…I think we can put that to bed!
Can’t tell if they were giving Betsey such positive comments because they know she’s being eliminated tonight or not. I really hope not. I was hoping for Antonio to be in jeopardy. I’m guessing Tommy will join Betsey and Michael in jeopardy.
After Erin said that “America” is tweeting for Val to be with Betsey, I went and looked at the switch predictions – yeah, unless there have been a lot of different tweets recently, I’m not sure I’m buying the pairings.
Ugh, Antonio is safe – I was hoping he was going home (because I like almost everyone else better).
Bethany’s dance was so moving.
awww Bethany’s dance was soo touching for me coz it hit home. Beautiful choreo and great sync. I couldn’t help but laugh while Julianne was critiquing coz she’s giving a serious critique while crying and i was laughing at her while misty eyed lol
I’m glad that Julianne called out Derek like she would any other pro for the lack of Rumba content. It was mostly contemporary with some very quick basic Rumba bursts. And even when she was dancing Rumba the footwork was rushed and sloppy. Probably Bethany’s first so far (but then she’s been doing so well so far it would be hard not to have one miss). Loved the message though, just the wrong choreography for the genre.
So sick of Vajanel. I was complaining to my friend (who is sitting next to me) about their rumba and showmance, and she’d fallen asleep. 🙂 Whoops.
Beautiful dance, Bethany. I’m looking forward to Sadie’s tonight!
I loved Michael’s package tonight too. Geez, I don’t know who I would want to see leave tonight. Makes me sad.
Ill be upset if Jonathon leaves in the next elimination since everyone had trouble voting for him..the paddle thing seems to work…for now
There wasn’t enough rumba content in Bethany and Derek’s dance. They better be lucky Len wasn’t there because he would’ve slammed that. And I still can’t connect with Bethany.
Michael is trying so hard and it shows that he’s having fun, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see him go tonight.
So nice to see Bill Engvall in the audience.
Drat TV Troubles can someone tell me what Michael/Emma’s scores were?
I think it’s the wine…… But I started sobbing during leas video package
@Megan, I’m crying too, watching Lea’s package. I see a perfect score coming up for her.
F IT… I GAVE LEA A 10. I have a lot of feelings.
That was a beautiful dance Lea did for her father. I’m sure he’s watching and he’s very proud.
Hmmmm….I thought Lea’s package was wonderful….her dance was okay…..but was she fake crying?? Or was that just me being cynical? Sorry but that just looked like fake crying to me.
Finally raised by paddle. If I were the sort, I might suggest that TPTB did not want us to vote for certain celebs? Nah, they would not do that.
Betsey’s dance waas about a 6 across the board. She forgot steps, too much “messin’ around”, that Julianne obviously missed.
She then tells Derek his dance didn’t have enough Rumba moves. Geez, truly a night to pull out my hair..
OMG Michael’s blue suit is hilarious. Emma is such a warrior.
Lea did great. Now that they fixed the darn glitch, I keep forgetting to hit submit after I vote. So yeah–back to usual voting methods for me.
I will be very surprised if Lea doesn’t get a perfect score for that dance.
Lea’s performance was so touching and moving. I really like her and would have given her a 10 if I could have voted.
The thing is, it would be pretty much impossible to get a 10 from America, since it’s an aggregate score.
Hmmm, interesting…I didn’t get all that from Lea’s actual dance…the package yes. But then again, what kind of votes do we think she is getting?
I don’t care for Artem whatsoever. And I didn’t think that was a 10 paddle worthy dance. Sorry.
Does any of these guys where shirts anymore?
I don’t get it. A shirtless dance for your mom.
Julianne cries for Bethany’s story but not for Leas? Kelly – did you give Lea a 10? Lea’s dance was beautiful and she actually did the dancing, not standing there moving her arms and looking at words on a wall. I feel badly that Racecar does so poorly. I don’t believe Juliannne should be a judge – she’s saying things to Cheryl’s partner that she should have been saying to Bethany. TOO MUCH FAVORITISM.
Fake crying? You are kidding right. Ya that ‘s what I did when my mom died.
Michael did good. I actually feel as if this was the most poised he has been out there so far.
Lea: Made a grown man cry like a baby.
Antonio: Yeah. So that was good. Opening was pretty smooth. His abs are kinda amazing…even I have to admit it….but overall just forgettable.
If Suri or Kristyn say they do not connect with Bethany, I will be upset. She was so vulnerable. She is not over the top but her tears as ?Julianne was in tears, it hit home. Lovely performance.
Lea too but expected given her ballet background. Contemporary is close and wouldn’t surprise me if she knew more than Artem in this genre,
I think Jonathan got screwed by the technical glitches with America’s scoring at the start, because I think he would have gotten at least a seven if it had been working. I don’t think his samba was five points worse than Antonio’s.
Re: Erin – I know there are a lot of people who don’t like her but I have to say she’s head and shoulders above Brooke (figuratively AND LITERALLY). Much more personable..and I love that every single dress isn’t off one shoulder (Brooke spent too much time trying to show off her body and not enough time working on her personality). LOVE YOU ERIN!!!!
Carrie Ann has to stop with the drooling. I find it awkward to watch. Antonio is forgettable to me and I don’t see him making it much farther. Unless of course there is more drooling going on than I want to believe.
Well, I believe she really cried when her father died, obviously. I just didn’t see any tears there at all. No water in her eyes. I mean, Derek had tears in his eyes after Bethany’s dance. I just didn’t see that from Lea. I don’t know. I have always liked Lea in her career. But I don’t know, I thought her dance was very nice but was somewhat shocked when the judges threw up those 10 paddles, that’s all.
rotflmao! Mark looks terrifying!! Geez louise!
I already know I’m going to hate Sadie and Mark’s dance without even looking at it. Mark looks ridiculous.
I didn’t think Antonio’s Dance was all all that great.
Pretty crappy that they tell Tommy and Peta they’re in jeopardy RIGHT before they gotta dance!! Low Blow Rob Wade!!
Now kill it Tommy!!!
That was cute! lol He just makes me smile! Sure he’s not the best..but dang, he’s fun!!
Tommy did a jive. Betsey did not. That was a lot of fun and it will be a shame if he leaves tonight. It should be Michael leaving, if not Betsey.
I hate when they tell a couple they are in jeopardy before they get to dance. BOO!
Wow Fancy negative much?
Tommy is hysterical. Ironically, I liked Betsey’s jive better but he honestly is such a fun guy. Not his best but a solid dance.
Tommy should score as well as Betsey, since his attempt at the JIVE was so much better than Betsey’s.
Am I the only one who wants to go watch Derek and Lil’ Kim’s jive to jail house rock after Tommy’s dance? 🙂 I thought he did well and it was fun but the original version was just so much fun and no beat was wasted.
I’m just glad Mark got Betsey to tone down the clown make-up. In order that they SHOULD leave . . . .Michael, Betsey, Tommy, Antonio, Bethany, Janel…. Unfortunately I agree that Lea doesn’t always seem genuine, and Alfonso talks too much. Sadie is very good but I don’t know if she ha the popular vote. I’d like to see Sadie and Alfonso in the finals BECAUSE THEY HAVE TALENT. That’s it. I’m right, anyone who disagrees is just wrong.
Eek! The Duck Dynasty look is so unappealing. Probably the reason why I don’t ever watch the show is because I can’t get past it.
OK, that girl Sadie, can DANCE! I’m very impressed with her.
Sadie OMG She is such a natural. I loved Mark’s choreography!
Sorry but I didn’t really care for Sadie and Mark’s DuckQuack Samba :/ at ALL. Just not my cup of tea. The costumes were over the top and distracted from the dancing. I gave them an 8
Obviously, I meant TONY on my comment about Betsey’s make-up.
Nop, I’m definitely not ready to loose Tommy tonight, that dance was just SO FUN. Also, loooooved Sadie
oh crap!!! I got so carried away in her dance i forgot to paddle boo! I hope America gives her a high score coz she deserves it
I’m with you Sandy. I don’t like the long ZZ-top Beards either. I don’t care for facial hair on men PERIOD but that’s just me. Unfortunately my husband has a goatee and moustache. BLECH!!!
I agree with Julianne. What? Lots of samba and the story so spot on. I thought it was great. And that girl can dance. She is a natural. Wow.
Tom’s best throw-away line ever: One of these things is not like the other….
ROTF
LOVE Sadie and Mark. Mark is doing so well with her this year, he’s do choreography that’s suits her but still fits.
I was correct in my prediction. Hated Sadie and Mark’s dance. That was supposed to be a samba? I don’t get why people are losing their minds over this girl.
Some of you are forgetting the content rule. Quit with the one-liners. I just had a hell of a time updating the post. I will start deleting.
So it looks like out of the good dancers left, Bethany scored the lowest – darn it – will have to keep voting like crazy so she is safe next week.
Based on what I’m reading, I hope they throw out all the scores from this week.
In any case they didn’t eliminate anyone during last season’s switch. I assume the same will hold here.
Veronica, you’re on crack. Julianne gave them an 8 and you’re bitching because Julianne cried? Get a grip, child.
Alfonso KILLED IT!!! BEST DANCE OF THE NIGHT! I gave him a 10 and the judges better give him a 10 as well!!!
That was just as much fun as Sadie’s dance. Totally different in concept but such value added dancing. Best 2 dance of the night!
I love Alfonso! That was great and so much fun to watch. I didn’t watch Fresh Prince, but I loved it. It’s his turn for a perfect score.
I absolutely loved Alphonso. I smiled the whole way through. I thought it was so much fun. He was my pick before the season started and I still believe, without any fixing from TPTB, he is it.
I warned you. I just deleted a bunch of one short sentence posts. Get it together.
And Veronica, all the tired hate you’ve been posting tonight also went in the trash. Saying it more than once is trolling. Keep it up and you’re done.
I have such a big smile on my face. I just love, love him. He deserved those 10’s
My hope for Alfonso is that he brings Will Smith in for a SuperSize Finale and they recreate their Jump on It dance to Apache by The SugarHill Gang! Now THAT would be AWESOME and I bet Will would do it!!
Actually the final result of the paddle voting didn’t turn out too bad. Pretty much on target with the judges. I was afraid we would see some ridiculous scoring.
Honestly, after tonight, I don’t see how anyone BUT Alfonso will win this show.
Wow. Kristyn Burtt’s already on it at examiner.com on what a hot mess Raise Your Paddle has been. Quoting tweets from unhappy fans. And nope, I will not post the link. 😉
So Betsey leaves…I will miss her.
@Kelly – Alfonso just answered that question in an interview. Don’t look for Will in the audience, his wife Jada has her own show up against DWTS. Gotta support the wife. Happy Wife is a Happy Life. 🙂
I’m kinda sad to see Betsey go – she was a really fun dancer to watch!
All of my votes went to Jonathan this week – I think there would have been a higher score without that stupid glitch. I just hope he stays!
Aww Bummer….maybe Jada would allow Will to make an exception for the Finale of DWTS 😉 We could ONLY hope!!!
Alfonso is my idol lol. He had me and all my cousins breaking out the Carlton like its the 90s…..perfect score well deserved.
What a night. I loved them all again. Though I thought it should have been Michael to go instead of Betsey. What a class act right to the end. Loved her.
@Kelly – Alfonso answered the question in the present time. But maybe by finale time her show will be in Hiatus… Fingerscrossed!
Awww Betsey! and she was having so much and helped me actually start to appreciate Tony again 🙂
I have a lot to say about betsey but i will keep it short and sweet for now: She is a class act. She really has shown age is just a number and that pure joy is infectious beyond belief. God bless betsey Johnson!
My favorites of the night were Sadie and Alfonso! Both of those dances were full of joy and fun. And Mark was just was just adorable in his camo and beard!
It was funny to see ABC showing tweets about how the paddles were working. I could not log on and gave up since it was distracting me from the show. Another poor idea LOL.:D
Loved the show tonight. Favorites of the night were Alfonso, Bethany, Sadie, Lea, Betsey and Tommy. I still cannot get myself to like Janel or Antonio. Something seems extremely forced about those two. I don’t get the Sadie hate, Mark and Sadie were so cute. The best choreography this week goes to Derek and Mark. I’m really enjoying this season more than the last one since they aren’t overshadowing all the couples with just one couple.
Of course you can’t, Fancy, and you never will because you’re determined not to. How predictable. Are you always this negative? It seems you are negative nelly every week. Maybe you should go make a purchase from Tommy.
As for the rumba content – there was enough for me, but I’m not mad at Jules for saying there wasn’t enough. I know perfectly well that Derek often draws outside the lines in order to make the dance have a lot of positive impact – and that dance certainly did. People who are actually open to it certainly connected with Bethany.
I’m thinking Michael is going to be harder to get rid of then people think. Tom said they weren’t “necessarily” the bottom two. If Michael is going to be around longer at least get rid of Antonio in his place…I can take one or the other…not both.
Mark totally made the Samba work though! I was fearful in a way and wasn’t sure what to expect. I find it funny the pros are taking more chances with Len gone…
Wow do I really want to see a freestyle from Witney. She is such a talented choreographer.
I hope by some miracle Alfonso doesn’t wind up with Cheryl for the switch up (even though that’s how it looks since Antonio didn’t go home). She’s not really impressing me this season, again. I’d almost like to see Allison get him, because he’s about the only celeb who could probably keep up with her.
On that note, poor Jonathan. Something about Allison’s choreography just isn’t clicking for me. I love them together, but I just wish he’d gotten a more seasoned pro.
Yeah, Debbie – instant flashback to Derek and Lil Kim’s most excellent Jive. 🙂 I might have to whip out the video for that one. An oldie but a goodie. 🙂
I could not get the paddle vote to work at all. I am so impressed with Sadie and Mark, I hope they can survive CAI and Bruno’s obvious prejudice against Sadie.
All in all, i thought the paddle thing worked pretty well for everyone except Jonathan. I don’t know about every one else but during his was the only time it glitched and I ended up not being able to score him and Allison. After that, it was smooth sailing with the paddling. I also thought America scored rather well; only 2 or 3 of the scores varied from what I scored for the couples and only by one point.
I also loved how Tom cut Carrie Ann off during her critique of Alfonso. Just want to give him a round of applause for finally cutting the right judge off.
Odd thing about this season – I like everybody. 🙂 I enjoy seeing all of them dance. Janel is certainly not my favorite, and I sense a stealth mean girl from time to time – but I think Val is more my problem than Janel.
Refreshing change from last season when I wanted to vomit half the show. 🙂
Indeed, Heidi, #133 a real goodie! I just watched it again 🙂
Thank you mods for a great night and all the posts. It is past my bedtime; early work day. Voting continues tomorrow for me. Happy voting everyone.
I’m so sad that Betsey is gone. She was my favorite. I was pretty much fair during the scoring except I did give Betsey a 10 just because she’s my favorite. I was kind of hoping that she would be around during the switch up week and I kind of wanted to see her with Derek so people would finally stop hating on him for getting the “ringers”. But of course the haters would’ve suddenly named Betsey a ringer and would continue to hate on Derek.
My favorites were Sadie, Janel, and Alfonso, but this was sort of an easy night for Alfonso since he got to do the Carlton. He may struggle in the weeks to come depending on the dances he gets. Don’t know about the samba content in Sadie’s dance but she is such a natural and just lights up the room. The costumes were a bit much but as least Mark looks happy this year. I think he struggled with Candace last year more than he let on. Val is such a passionate dancer but also technical and is pushing Janel to do things correctly it seems. They are just visually beautiful together. Lea doesn’t pull me in like these other three and I agree she doesn’t come across as genuine, but she could end up staying awhile. Betsy is a class act and stayed a lot longer than probably anyone thought she would. And Tommy is hysterical….love him…and I actually love Peta WITH him. Usually I could take her or leave her.
Kate(1), just because I stated I didn’t like Sadie’s dance doesn’t mean I ‘hate’ her. Hate is a pretty strong word. I realize it’s a euphemism but it really bothers me when someone says they didn’t like something and others jump in and call it hate. It’s not.
I don’t care for Duck Dynasty(DD). Although Sadie didn’t come RIGHT out & say it, her Most Memorable Year, when DD went on air and then the controversy surrounding what her Grandfather Phil said is why I don’t like the Robertson family, of which Sadie is a member. She said they all stick together.
Yeah the girl can dance but Mark went overboard with the theme & costumes and it was a bit too much for my liking. Not everybody is gonna like Sadie. Just like some aren’t connecting with Bethany, which *I* personally don’t understand, but to each his own.
Tonight was overall a good night of dancing. Packages that I enjoyed: Sadie’s, Antonio’s (because of his mom), Alfonso’s. Packages that touched me/made me misty: Bethany’s, Lea’s, Michael’s. Package that made me ponder: Tommy’s. Dances that I enjoyed because they were fun: Sadie’s, Tommy’s, Alfonso’s. Dance that struck a chord (strongly) in me: Bethany’s. I’m not sure I’m seeing favoritism, as one poster claims. Even glad there didn’t seem to be any pimping tonight. I could be wrong. I was really focused on the dancing tonight. Thanks to the mods here!
It’s not my fault that I can’t connect to Bethany. She’s a child compared to me. And I still don’t know how she’s famous. How do you get famous doing youtube videos? I don’t understand that.
Don’t get me started on Sadie and her family. Like I said, I don’t get the love for the girl. And I’ll just ignore that Tommy crack.
Can they just hand Alfonso the mirror ball right now? Every one else isn’t worthy. He brought out The Carlton and it was awesome. That was the only time I had fun watching a dance the entire season, really.
Fran, Derek had NeNe during Switch-Up week and Mark got Amy and the haters STILL dogged Derek because they said that Derek hung on to Amy too much while Mark actually let Amy dance. Derek choreographed a HECK of an Afro-jazz for NeNe that let her shine. In the following week’s pacakge, I recall Tony being a bit jealous of how NeNe acted once she went back to Tony after having spent a week with Derek.
No matter who Derek gets for partners, the detractors will find a way to turn it around that he always gets the best ones with a lot of dance experience, etc, etc, etc..blah, blah, blah.
Loved Sadie and Mark. She seems to trust him completely and she just goes for it and commits to his choreo. Bethany is the same but she seems more reserved. This was a great dance for her and Derek was very smart to get viewers seeing her and connecting to her. Witney is a treasure and I would love it if she and Alfonso won.Lea danced beautifully. Janel is now playing the showmance card in interviews and not even mentioning her bf but saying if Val wants to date her, she has high standards. Prob just kidding but an interesting route to take before theybdanced their rumba. I find that couple way to calculating.
What an interesting night. Loved Alfonso, Sadie and Lea. I’m not a fan of Duck Dynasty, but I am enjoying Sadie. She can dance and she’s having so much fun!
Alfonso is my favourite. That man can move!
Sad to see Betsy go. The lady is way more flexible than I am and she is such a class act.
I keep forgetting about Antonio and I can’t stand Janel. Loved Bethany’s message tonight, but agree that it wasn’t her best dance. Still, she should be around for a while I think.
Tommy was part of my years growing up. He’s a riot, and it was great to see Bill in the audience tonight
Not sure where all the hate for Sadie comes from. Forget where she comes from, I hate Duck Dynasty too, that girl’s bubbly personality should win anyover. Don’t screw over Sadie just because you don’t like the show. That’s like me saying Well, Fresh Prince wasn’t my favorite show so I can’t vote for Alfonso. That’s just ridiculous.
My point exactly Kelly. I think most of Derek’s partners have had little to no dancing experience. In fact I think Val has had more partners with dance experience than Derek has had and Val has only been on the show for half the time Derek has. The only partner that Derek has had with dance experience is Nicole and people complained about that. Then when Meryl, an ice dancer was paired with Maks, and Danica, who has had ballroom dance training was paired with Val, nobody said anything. Derek could literally get partnered with a brain dead quadriplegic and people would still hate on Derek for getting a “ringer”. I’m not gonna lie, I did hate Derek for the exact same reason from season 10 until season 16 when I realized that Derek was just a phenomenal teacher. And now seeing it from the other side, I realize that all the Derek haters are just plain annoying. There’s a reason he’s never placed lower than 6th place.
Best dance of the night is Alfonso. Love Sadie too and I really enjoy Mark’s choreo. It was fun to watch. I don’t care about “not enough rumba” with Bethany’s dance but her story moved me to tears. Lea also did a good job. I think America did a great job with the scoring. Thanks everyone, for being fair 🙂
That is exactly why Maks’ fans are all hypocrites. They all complain about Derek having ringers every time he wins and yet when Maks gets the ringiest ringer of all time, they saw nothing wrong with it. He himself said Meryl was a ringer from the start and yet nothing after that.
I watched DWTS last season because of Meryl and Charlie and I was hoping that they get into the finals but not win because it was just not a fair win. Then of course they had to tack in the phony showmance
and I completely lost my desire to watch.I ended up watching selectively on Youtube.
I felt so bad for Jonathan. He’s such a good sport and I don’t for a minute believe America’s paddle was a 6. I hope he sticks it to the judges by surviving elimination next week.
I wish Derek had incorporated more rumba movement because, overall, that dance was beautiful and Bethany is coming into her own.
Sadie and Alfonso are the two to beatI IMO. I will say I enjoyed Janel for the first time. I, like some of the others here, like everyone this season.
Looking at what is trending with the “Ilovemyselfbecause” thing wth Bethany and Derek, I would say Bethany had a good night. Well deserved.
Some of you need to drink a whole bottle of wine like I just did…. WOO HOOO
My order
1) Alfonso and Wit
2) Sadie and Mark
3) Lea and Artem
4) Bethany and Derek …. 3 and 4 are ties
5) Allison and Jonathan….. Just for the mean girls tribute
6) BETSEY and Tony
7) Mike and Emma
8) Tommy and PETA
8) Antonio and Cheryl
if there any others…. I forgot them
I will say.,… Who you connect with and who you don’t connect with is subjective, friends. Forcing someone to connect will cause the opposite affect. I loved Danica last year and she got a whole bunch of crap but you just gotta do you friends…. Just do you.
That’s the wine talking
Agree with you there, Megan – who you like and don’t like is subjective, and you can’t force someone to like someone. In the same token, though – I think the problem we’re having is that some people are kinda just being Debbie Downers. We’re hearing the same thing from them week after week, and I don’t know that they’re doing it in good faith – seems like some of them are doing it just to try and drag down the discussion here a bit, or get a rise out of people. Once or twice is one thing – but the same complaints week after week? In a forum where that particular opinion is clearly not the majority? I think at that point, you kinda have to ask yourself “Just what are they trying to accomplish?”
I enjoyed pretty much everyone tonight. I loved all the dances for many reasons.
My favorites by far (in order) were: Lea, Bethany, Alfonso & Sadie.
I could not hold back the tears during Lea’s dance. The song, the photos in the background and the beautiful dancing.. It all just did it for me and I sobbed. It was exquisite and darn you America for not giving her a 10.
Behany’s dance touched me a lot too. I know the feeling of being bullied and I totally connected to her. It may not have been very Rumba-ish but I expected that after reading Derek’s blog. Either way, it was beautiful to me. And wow Colbie Caillat… such a beautiful voice she has.
Alfonso just brough the house down. I don’t have as strong a connection to Fresh Prince of Bel Air so the whole Carlton dance didn’t make me go crazy or relive my childhood haha. However, I can see how this dance made millions of people who loved that show happy. It did make me very happy but what I liked more about the dance wasn’t evem the Carlton but the beautiful Jazz-steps that he did with Witney. And talking about Witney… This girl is AMAZING.
Sadie was really fun too! Wasn’t a fan of her or Mark’s costume but I was just amazed at how great of a dancer she is. Her legs were amazing. Just an overall fun dance.
I’ll share my opinion of the other dances in the Power Rankings 😛 I enjoyed tonight a lot though
I didn’t even bother with the Raise Your Paddle BS. As soon as it started having problems during Janel’s dance, I gave up.
#courtney that’s what I wanted to say but I’m not so eloquent
I absolutely loved Alfonso and Witney’s dance tonight! I’m very happy that he got a perfect score. Seeing him do the “Carlton” dance was just awesome. Alfonso has been my dream contestant for so long that finally having him on this show is a dream come true for me. I really hope he makes it to the finals and wins the mirrorball.
I also enjoyed Sadie and Mark’s samba. She’s adorable and I think she did a great job with this dance.
It pains me there are actually more people who voted for what’s his name…Antonio?…than Betsey. She deserved to make it farther than like 3 guys.
Michael might survive again next week thanks to Allison. Poor Jonathan!
Ready to call a Sadie/Alfonso final 2 based on tonight. And I think she has a great shot to win it. Both were great tonight as was Lea.
I felt that Sadie’s Samba has pretty much the same leg/arm action as her Cha Cha – nothing new and exciting. Lea’s was ok to me did not feel it deserved 10’s as I felt it was more Artem lifting and carrying her lie the FAM accused Derek of doing with Amy last season. Bethany’s to me was the most emotional and beautiful. Not all rumba’s have to be about sex, I felt that Beth’s was better than Janel’s just for the beauty of the dance, connection to the message and partner. I felt that Derek/Beth had more emotionally connection than Janel/Val. The emotional chemistry between Derek and Beth I real compared to the fake showmance between Janel/Val.
West Coaster (and not allowed to vote BTW) I thought Janel’s rumba was more technical but Bethany’s was so moving as a dance and her story was what made it outstanding – what a brave young lady!
I’m enjoying this season very much. Maybe because I don t feel the animosity between the pros that I felt was there in some of the seasons. I think the male pros have been so great up until now, Mark’s choreography for the samba was so cool, same with Derek and Val. When it comes to choreography I think those 3 are so much above the rest. Derek however is the most consistent (aka brilliant)and he is amazing at freestyle. I love how they choreograph to the words of the song and how much they pay attention to details. I wasn’t a fan of Whitney but the girl has been amazing this season.
My favorites last night in order: Alfonso, Sadie, Bethany, Lea. I can t get behind Antonio, all of his dances are so forgettable. Janel has a personality that rubs me the wrong way, or maybe it’s just the whole romance aspect that Val always creates with his adult partners…no matter the reason, I don t like her. That said she is a good dancer and I’m enjoying Val this season, he is 10 times the choreographer his brother is/was.
Alfonso was so much fun, I must have seen that dance like 10 times now. I feel sorry for Johnathan bc I think he would have done much better with another pro. U can tell Alison is not a ballroom dancer from her choreo to her dancing, that is why I love the switch thing. It is awesome to see how the stars do with different partners.
Loved Val and Janel’s rumba. At least it had rumba content unlike Bethany’s although I did like Bethany’s message to women everywhere. Mark and Sadie’s Samba was awesome. Loved Lea’s tribute to her dad. Loved the Carlton. Michael and Jonathan not so memorable and need to go soon. Sorry to see Betsey leave. DIdn’t like the America voting thing.
Finishing my comment that I couldn’t finish before I had to go to work: Loved Tommy’s jive although it didn’t have a lot of content. Antonio’s dance was ‘eh’ in my opinion. Loved Betsey’s jive even though it was her last dance. Hope that she does get to dance with Val at some point for fun. Maybe they can do that in the finale. My predictions for switch up: Janel and Artem, Val and Lea, Bethany and Mark, Sadie and Derek. Alfonso and Emma, Michel and Witney, Antonio and Peta, Johnathan and Cheryl, Tommy and Alison. And one more comment about the America voting thing: Don’t do it again. It was so glitchy and stupid and by the time it refreshed for the next person the dance was over. I gave up two dances in.
I’m really loving Witney this season. Can I adopt her?
Some people are born to dance and Alfonso is certainly one of rthose people. He lives and breathes in the music and makes us see the connection between the visual and the auditory in dance.
The parts of Sadie’s dance that were actual Samba steps were quite good. I’m no expert but I thought she had a nice Samba bounce. It was all the other stuff in the dance I didn’t like. I’ve been dreading the possibility of the DD dudes showing up in a dance. At least it’s over with and hopefully I won’t have to see it again. I really like Sadie and hope she can begin to shine on her own.
Bethany and Lea both made me cry. I think Beth is more emotionally reserved, which I can relate to because I’m the same way. She’s not one of those people that can dial the on camera personality to 10 and I kind of like that about her. Still waters run deep.
Power Rankings are up: https://www.puredwts.com/2014/10/07/puredwts-season-19-week-4-power-rankings/
@Lewis well said. I couldn’t agree more. If Bethany’s dance was supposed to be a contemporary I have no doubt they would have gotten 40. However, since it was a rumba it needed to have rumba content. Hence the lower scores. Kudos to Julianne for stepping up to the plate and calling out Derek on those things. I had my doubts with her as a judge this season but I am beginning to think she is ok. As for Janel and Val’s rumba it was totally a rumba in every sense of the word. It was beautiful and I think it was scored properly for it’s genre.
:::gasp::: Fancy actually said a positive word about *someone*!!!! :::faints dead away:::
NOW perhaps some of you will understand my issue with some others posting comments. If you don’t understand that, let me break it down for you…do you have to bitch about every single little thing?? Read the f@#king room – if everyone is happy and positive and having a good time, maybe it’s not TIME for you to be a beyotch. Netiquette. Look it up.
Fran, that will never work. People will never stop. They say “Derek never gets the overweight girls” – boom, he wins with Amber. They keep moving the bar on him and he keeps succeeding. At some point you just have to realize there are a lot of assholes on the internet. 🙂
Nah, I don’t buy Jonathan’s paddle was a 6 either. The website was totally hosed for both Janel and Jonathan, but Janel got lucky. During the third dance the website seemed to resolve itself and was fine from there on out.
Julianne calling Derek out?? I think Derek threw down the gauntlet and said, “here’s what we’re doing, like it or not, because I think this is the right way to go.” Kinda hard to call that out – more like acknowledge it.
And really, the people who had trouble with the thought of Julianne as a judge are just big fat hypocrites anyway, unless they were against all former pros being judges. 🙂
I can’t wait until I can commandeer the DVR and watch last nights episode. Before football I did get to see Janel and thought she was fantastic, again. I think Jonathan was next and that boy cannot dance. That’s all I remember, I’ll catch up later. I don’t understand why anyone hates Julianne. I think she’s better than Carrie Ann. Carrie Ann almost ruins the show for me. I tried to raise a paddle for Janel with no success. I think instead of admitting it was FUBAR they decided to just give what the judges would have. I like the concept, I hope they figure it out. I’d rather that then voting. I also dislike the safe not safe lineup. They should just let Erin tell the couple after her post dance interview. Imagine, “Antonio will you take your shirt of in every dance? By the way, you’re in jeopardy!”
142. HAHA Kelly, I wasn’t referring to you at all but more about the show’s/judges treatment of Sadie compared to the others. I have a hard time keeping up with all the comments these days LOL. Yes, I agree. Hate is a strong word. I was just upset about how Sadie gets scored with the judges and some of the treatment on the show. She seems like a good kid who wants to have fun and I wish they wouldn’t kill her enthusiasm. I remember hearing about DD just because of the controversy her grandpa caused. I don’t watch the show and didn’t know who Sadie was until this season of DWTS. But this is just my opinion from seeing her on the show. I do understand people have different likes and I’m not forcing anyone to like Sadie. 🙂