Dancing with the Stars Season 19, Week 7 – Who’s Dancing What….and When? (Song Spoilers)
Ah, Halloween. Either great or a trainwreck – don’t think there will be too much middle ground. Will be nice to see Janel to a slow dance. Alfonso too, for that matter. Very curious to see how Sadie will handle the serious Paso Doble. Lea and her posture problems combined with an Argentine Tango? Could be interesting.
ETA: For those of you who didn’t read the press release – both Ella Henderson & Nikki Yanofsky will be performing their songs live on Monday night.
ETA2: I love me some Tommy, but isn’t that song kinda slow for a quickstep?? Okay, to answer my own question, I just listed to the version they’re dancing to and it should be okay.
ETA3: The Taiko Drums really DO work for Beth and Derek. Wow.
ETA4: You all remember what happened the last time Mike’s song was used, right??
Janel and Val – Viennese Waltz (Song: “Secret” by The Pierces )
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Bethany and Derek – Paso Doble (Song: See PDH)
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Alfonso and Witney – Rumba (Song: “Ghost” by Ella Henderson )
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Lea and Artem – Argentine Tango (Song: “Necessary Evil” by Nikki Yanofsky )
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Michael and Emma – Jive (Song: “Devil Went Down To Georgia” by Charlie Daniels Band )
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Antonio and Cheryl – Viennese Waltz (Song: “I Put A Spell on You” by Nina Simone )
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Tommy and Peta – Quickstep (Song: “That Old Black Magic” by Louis Prima & Keely Smith )
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Sadie and Mark – Paso Doble (Song: “Come With Me” Now by Kongos )
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Team ItsyBitsey (Song: “Black Widow” by Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora )
Bethany/Derek
Janel/Val
Lea/Artem
Michael/Emma
Team Creep Du Soleil (Song: “Time Warp” from Rocky Horror Picture Show )
Alfonso/Whitney
Sadie/Mark
Tommy/Peta
Antonio/Cheryl
Hey…Mark is talking. I consider this a good sign….
And some pix of Team Itsey Bitsey & Creep Du Soleil, respectively…
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New toys to play with for this weeks Paso . #taikodrums #dwts
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I’m hoping we see a good proper Paso next week from either Sadie or Bethany. I very much enjoyed Bethany’s Tango this week, but it didn’t feel like a Tango (neither did Michael’s). There should be passion or anger or sensuality in these routines, something to give it edge, and the songs the producers gave Derek and Emma last week were completely devoid of them.
“Necessary Evil” is a pretty great song for a Tango so I’m optimistic. Well of course it depends on how Artem uses it, but it’s a good start
I remember Artem choreographing some really hot Argentine Tango’s in Strictly so I’m excited to see how he does with Lea. Hopefully she makes a comeback from last week. Love their song choice.
I also love the song choice for Janel. It’s a very dark song and it fits the Halloween Theme sooo well. For the first time ever I am actually looking forward to her dance.
Alfonso and the Rumba? Hmmm.. Interesting. Not sure what to think of that one. Could be really great or not his best but we shall see. Same goes for Sadie and the Paso. She’s just so sweet! Hard to picture her doing a Paso Doble but hopefully it’s a good one. I’m CRAVING a good, firey Paso. If anything, I hope Bethany and Derek bring it next week. Derek is the king of the Paso Doble so I am expecting something good.
Tommy and Michael doing fast dances? I smell trouble for the both of them. Not so much for Tommy though because he seems to be better in hold. Just hoping he can keep up.
And then there’s Antonio who’s just … there. Lol. I think he is slightly better in the ballroom dances so it might be good for him.
I’m really excited for Janel/Val’s dance to ‘Secret.’ As a once upon a time Pretty Little Liars fan I’m curious to see how they’ll incorporate it into the dance, image and dress. It’d be cute if the other Liars joined her at the beginning of the dance, or at least came to support.
I’m so freaking excited that there are none of the newer kinds of dances that have been added this week.
Rumba? Ugh. However, Witney and Alfonso have good chemistry, so hopefully it works out.
Wow. This week is what I am waiting for. Most dances are either slow and rythmical or strong and fierce. It’s about time to have the Viennese Waltz and the Paso back. I’m looking forward to all of the dances except for Mike’s jive (which i think will be a trainwreck), and Tommy’s quickstep (which I think would be to fast for him and has too much steps, he will get tired, and the dance may be a “slow”step). Plus, the Team Dance are back.
Me too, Lucas, I’ve waiting for the Latin dancing to get underway. This Monday next is going to be so exciting with some Latin and some Halloween Team Dances.
Yeessss! More ballroom dances! Love it already. I really look forward to the Halloween night. I hope that it will just like Monday night’s show or even better.
thank you for these spoilers, Princess Heidi!
Finally, some great dance styles this week, those dances along with the Team dances should be a great night of entertainment.
Both teams will be great so I am anxious to see both routines. One Team seems to be taking the more serious side and one Team seems to be taking the Fun side. To me, that’s a perfect blend of entertainment for everyone.
Can’t really complain about any of these dance assignments. Their’s quite a few that will show a different side to the celeb than we’ve seen. Sadie and Paso, Alfonso and Rumba, Lea and AT spring to my mind the most.
I love Halloween night on the show. I even loved that wack-ado Ghostbusters Tango that Karina and JR did that one time.
Just some score guesses:
Janel and Val: (9,10,10,9)Can I just say that this song is wasted on them.
Betany and Derek: (9,10,10,9)
Alfonso and Witney: (10,10,10,10)
Lea and Artem: (9,8,9,9)
Michael and Emma: (8,6,7,7)
Antonio and Cheryl: (8,8,8,8)
Tommy and Peta: (8,7,8,7)
Sadie and Mark: (9,9,9,9)
Not even going to attempt guessing for team dances lol.
@Vin I wouldn’t call it wasted on them; it’s her TV show’s theme song. With her still on, it wouldn’t feel right for anyone else to have it.
I get it’s her former show’s song but after everything this season with her I kinda feel like her and Val will find a way to ruin it.
I remember her foxtrot to “call me maybe” and jazz routine to “America”. I think she is going to be great!!
Looking forward to some genuine ballroom (and latin) performances this week with the spooky theme for Halloween. Looking forward to seeing how Val and Janel incorporate PLL into their dance. I agree that she should be the one to have this song since she is still on. Make sense to me. Also looking forward to the Paso Doble by Mark and Sadie and Lea and Artem’s Tango. The team dances should be fun and I hope that Team ItsyBitsy wins it and the record of Derek never losing a team dance stays in tact.
As far as predictions for going home I sincerely hope it is Michael (he is way past his time) and if not him then Antonio or Tommy although of the three I can tolerate Tommy the most.
Also, I never thought I’d say this but looking forward to having Len back at the judge’s table. Maybe some sensible scores this week.
Should be a great night.
@vin- it’s not her former show- she’s still a series regular.
I’m looking forward to this week. Some normal dances that will take some of them out of their comfort zones. I think most looking forward to Sadie and Alfonso simply because they will have to show sides of themselves we haven’t really seen before.
Ella actually does a great acoustic version of ghost, so I can totally see how it could be a rumba in either version
@vin oh brother, give it a rest already, she’s still a series regular on the show and I’m sure val will come up with something awesome, plus I remember her ballroom to call me maybe and she was pretty good in that.
hmmmmm, i’m not sure how Tommy is going to do with the quickstep but he seems to good on hold so looking forward to some of these dancers next week.
Oh so Alfonso is getting “Ghost”. Nice! It makes sense of them to use an acoustic version that’s more suited for a Rumba. I was hoping that maybe Sadie got the regular version of that song for her Paso Doble but oh well.
I hope we don’t get a Paso Doble to “Bring Me to Life” .. too much of an obvious song that they already used back in S13’s Halloween Week. Maybe “Highway to Hell”? Ahhh.. one can dream.
Manny, let’s not tell other posters to “give it a rest”. Be cool, man.
Courtney, I’m not an expert, but it’s ‘Ghost’ a rumba song? I don’t know, it doesn’t really seem like it is to me… Maybe if Ella will do an acoustic version.
@Tamara – I’d assume Ella’s doing a slowed-down acoustic version.
So today I saw pictures from a reporter that was in Derek & Bathany’ s rehearsal. I saw drums….Oh please, oh please tell me they are apart of their dance 🙂
Yes Carolyn, it was a drum from the MOVE Live tour. I feel thrilled just thinking about seeing Derek play it, and the tone it will set for their Paso.
On the other hand, in the not-thrilled category, I took a good look at Mark’s face in the team photo — no smile, no two fingers. Brings to mind an old Harry Nilsson song, “Don’t you wish that you were any place else but here?”
Derek just tweeted an instagram video with the drum.
Finally no more jazz or contemporary (or even freaking burlesque!). But as they are already eight people left, I wonder how would it be to see each celebrity dance one of the ten IB dances only for themselves for the night? Like, Janel could’ve gotten the Cha-cha instead of sharing the Viennese Waltz with Antonio (which she hasn’t done this far), Sadie got Foxtrot instead of sharing the Paso doble, and Lea could do either Samba or Waltz. That would make eight different IB dances for eight people. But I guess it’d be nice too if we could compare one with another doing the same dance.
Argentine Tango is, by far, my favourite dance (perhaps because I love me great lifts in dancing and the feeling of the dance), so I’m excited to finally see one of my top five dancers (Sadie, Lea, Alfonso, Janel and Beth) finally gets a chance to do it. Not exactly looking forward though seeing Artem choreographing an AT, since his last AT in Strictly (the one with Natalie Gumede) is probably my least favourite AT of that season (even though Natalie is flawless and really should’ve won). But at least it wasn’t Antonio out of all people, especially since Tommy and Mikey are the only ones who have done it so far. Now I can’t wait to see the top five doing more ATs and Quicksteps!
A little bucket wish, but I really do hope Mikey got at least sixth, because I love him and Emma very much despite all his dancing limitations. Antonio could go next, so Peta could at least got seventh because I really like her too (though I’m not as fond of Tommy as most of others). I really wish Mikey doesn’t pull a Bill though, I just want my top five to be the top five of this season despite all my love for him and Emma (and for Bill too, since he’s probably the sweetest contestant I’ve ever seen on this show, yep, I am so gay for them lol).
The top five… I can hardly predict the final placements. I’d love to see Alfonso and Witney win, as well as Sadie and Beth, but I’m rooting for Artem too to win in his first ever DWTS season as a pro. This season could very well goes the S14 route though, because I see a lot of similarities between that season’s top five and mine, so it could go: the oldest out of the five/actress getting fifth (Melissa/Lea), anyone with Derek is next (Maria/Beth), the one pimped by the judges the most only getting third (William/Janel), and Alfonso and Sadie top two with Alfonso winning, Donald and Katherine-style. It’s not exactly my preferred order but as long as Janel doesn’t win then I’ll live, haha.
WHAT! Not just one, but TWO pasos next week! And no jazz! Is it my birthday?
@Susan…that is what I thought too. It was my first impression that Mark looked less than happy to be there.
I really think Tommy and Michael are going to struggle with the quick step and jive respectively. It could be a train wreck.
I didn’t mean to offend anyone like I said just my opinion.
Not just drums, Carolyn – Taiko drums, and he was REALLY good at playing them. Dare we hope??
LOVE that snippet of Derek on the drums!! 🙂
I am hoping but Henry & Keo was in his rehearsal so I guess they will be doing something fir him. Derek was awesome!
No, you don’t just learn to play the drums like that from watching Derek. Maybe he’s just worth watching. Won’t be the first time. If they are doing anything, it would be dancing – and I hope Derek doesn’t start using other pros in his routines. He doesn’t need them.
Not liking that ‘Ghost’ song myself, but we shall see.
I like the ‘Secret’ song. Ugh, may be one I will have to see how Janel/Val do this time as I usually skip them.
I do think it’s cool that Sadie and Bethany have the same dance.
Does anyone have the clip of Witney’s injury? I missed it, and with all of the excitement about the two injuries I wanted to go back and watch it!
We have an all women Taiko drum group in my town. It’s such a powerful and intimidating sound. It’ll be awesome to include it in a dance.
To me it doesn’t look like Mark is unhappy in the picture. He actually looks tired.
Derek, the rhythm king, is amazing on Taiko. Exciting and powerful to watch! Call me crazy, but I bet Team ItsyBitsy will win. If not, it’ll just be a treat to see what Derek comes up with for choreo, especially taking into consideration Michael’s considerable limitations and likely lack of rehearsal time. Go Team ItsyBitsy !!!
Why is Derek using drums in the team dance…just dance I am sure the judges going to give extra points for that..so his team might win…I am looking forward to seeing Alfonso team dance I hope he and Whitney do great with their rumba so they can get a great score because the team dance can affect the scores.
If you READ the CAPTION, Noah, you will see that the drums are for the Paso, not the team dance.
Just dance?? Where were you when others were using multiple dancers in their dances, not to mention props??
I am looking forward to Derek’s Paso. He is a legend! Loved watching him play the Taiko drum too. Monday is going to be amazing!
This show (and all the dancers) is known to use props. So even if Derek were playing drums for a part of either dance, good for him.
I’ve heard Beth & Derek’s song and trust me, THE DRUMS WORK.
And suffice it to say, I’ve heard enough whining, bitching, & moaning this week about the show, the pros, the dances, the music, etc. this week alone to last a lifetime. Don’t like [insert trivial aspect of the show here]? Suck it up, buttercup (and no, that was not directed at the Buttercup that posts here on occasion).
Hang in their mods…your recalcitrant posters will soon calm down…lol, not really but trying to give you hope…lol.
So, I guess I am stupid. I thought we had talked about it and the judges do not watch the rehearsals, that they see the dances during the live show, but I guess I am wrong. Alfonzo said yesterday, nonchalantly that the judges do in fact watch the rehearsals. It makes me sad, because it makes the judges scores seem more like a farce to me.
oh god derek found out that bethany relayed on him for the steps . She didn’t actually know them and the count. Now he is making her do it it . Thats why her tango was really good.
@Court: This makes me excited to see what Beth & Derek’s song is now. 🙂
Wait… you said you heard Beth’s song. can you share it with us??
Can’t share just yet, Cathy. Soon. A Derek Hough kinda soon. 🙂
I cant wait for Derek and bethany s Paso. I cant forget as a kid going to a japanese Taiko drum show. I can still hear the drums :). I am hoping it will be a percussions only Paso. Those drums r powerful and so musculine. They can thunder. I cant wait. Love when Derek throws a curve ball and we are all left jaws dropped, eyes popped .
In team dances loved how in rehearsals mark was so vocal and halloween and his quirkiness are a perfect match. Cant wait for team creepy s dance
Rana,I would be extremely happy if Derek and Bethany performed a percussions only Paso. That would be unforgettable!
Lol, PH! #47 -“Soon. A Derek Hough kinda soon.” Does that mean Monday an hour before the show starts? We all know that Derek is not really generous with his twitter info. It’s the last thing he thinks of, I think!
A Derek Hough kind of soon could be after you find out….
I think his mind is working on so many different things that other important details just slip through the cracks…. Like…. Informing fans his dance order, telling Bethany about the team dance….
I doubt VERY much that Derek considers either of those things “important” – especially the dance order.
I don’t care if Derek tweets out his dance order or whatever. He’s not a Social Media master. Rather keeps things on the DL and that’s fine. He was better over the summer while out on tour but kind of had to be I suppose. He also was vocal when his book released in August. Wish he’d be more like Mark in regards to being more active on social media. Was kind of hoping that Bethany would help in that respect. OTOH, I respect his need to maintain privacy.
Now, I’m DYING to find out what song Derek and Bethany are dancing to on Monday!!
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Janel is still a Series regualar on Pretty little liars!! Can’t wait to see her and Val dance to the theme song!! They kill each and every one of there dances can’t wait to see how they put PLL in the dance!!!! Go team Janelskiy
How fitting for TPTB to give Janel the themesong to her TV show. Geez how much MORE are they gonna TRY to make Vajanel happen? I STILL don’t think they’re getting the votes TPTB WANT them to get, hence the pimpage…not as much as Maksyl last season. Thank GOD for that!
Janel isn’t nearly as good of a dancer as Meryl was. There was no bounce in that Samba last week. Frankly, the judges overscored it and I LOVE how Mr Worldwide saw RIGHT THROUGH their lack of passion! LOL!!!
Now that Derek knows that Bethany was relying on him for the counts of the music/steps of their routine, I expect her to improve every week! Their Tango last week was a huge improvement over previous weeks in terms of judging.
Looking forward to a STELLAR team dance from Team ItsyBitsy. Derek rarely disappoints!
Wow… Bethany & Derek have an awesome song. Fingers crossed for a great score for those two.
Trying to figure out how Sadie & Mark’s song fits the Halloween theme though…
People saying janel is getting pimped…I think a certain pro get pimped every season they are on.
Holy creepy, Bethany and Derek’s song is actually pretty scary. I watched the music video for thay song too and it gave me chills a little. Haha. I CAN’T wait for this Paso Doble tomorrow night. How awesome would it be if they got a perfecr score. I really hope they knock it out of the park.
As for Sadie and Mark’s song? LOVE it as well. Really looking forward to seeing their dance. So far I am pleased with everyone’s music choices.
I cannot wait to see Derek and Bethany’s routine. I love how every seasons he manages to wow is with his creativity.
You’re right, Noah – Val not only gets ringers every season, he is pimped a lot for some unknown reason. A mystery.
I dont think Janel dancing to her tv shows theme song is any different then Alfonso dancing to Tom Jones for his Jazz. Or when celebs dance to there own music like Cody dancing to his song Surfboard last season. Its more the song means something special to them, so it would make sense for them to dance to it.
oh lord!!! the song of Bethany and derek, those taiko drums will make the routine more powerful!!! I can’t wait….
Oh, I think Alfonso dancing to Tom Jones is VERY different than Janel. His dance/song is ICONIC. Hers? Not so much.
There’s a BIG difference. EVERYONE knows Alfonso Ribiero for The Carlton and that Tom Jones song & expected him to do that dance to that song. As PH said, it’s ICONIC. I wouldn’t know the theme song to PLL if you played it for me right now.
Heck, I didn’t even know who Janel Parrish was till I heard she was gonna be on DWTS this season…had to google her. Found out about her experience in jazz/Broadway dance too 😉
I’ll give you Cody but TPTB weren’t pimping him the way they are trying to pimp Janel/Val from what I see. Showing that fake “feelings’ package last week prior to their performance. Giving her dances that are totally in her wheelhouse..jazz, burlesque. It’s almost like TPTB WANT Val to win a MBT SO bad this season. So when Derek is likely gone after this one, they’ll have a male Pro who is as popular as Derek. Val is no Derek, that’s for sure.
I totally agree that Janel is getting pimped in terms of dance style, but even if TPTB think they’re helping her out by giving her Secrets, do you guys really think that helps her any? I don’t see PLL fans who aren’t already watching being drawn in just because of that song — as a few of you have said, it’s not that big a song. And any of the people who might really be excited about that song I’m sure already give all their votes to Janel anyway. Idk I think it’s more of a draw to have her costars in the audience to be honest. I don’t really see the song being a factor, just my opinion.
I’m not sure how Janel dancing to PLL’s theme song is pimping. And much like #62 Kelly said, a lot of celebs dance to things related to their careers. Lea did a whole Back To The Future themed dance, Johnathon did a Mean Girls dance, and of course the Carlton. I know everyone expected the Carlton as it is iconic, but still dancing to it because it’s what he’s known for is no more different than Janel dancing to what she’s known for (if you know/knew of her before DWTS).
I don’t think her dance styles are being pimped/suited to her abilities because she did have the same dances as Bethany the 1st four weeks, in which I believe Beth scored higher or tied every time? As for tptb and janel/val pimping their weird showmance/nonshowmance/WhateverItIs then yes I agree that’s being pimped, and it’s annoying.
People talking about janel Getting pimmed a certain pro gets pimmed every season, Janel is an amazing dancer and she’s not trying to be any body else, she doesn’t want to be the next Zendaya or the next Merly she just wants to Be Janel Parrish. Almost every body on this Page has a problem with Janels Dance style and songs but she doesn’t pick any of that she just works with what her and val are given and they kill it evey week
I think it is major pimping for Janel to use her PLL theme song, to have Val live tweeting a couple of days ago with cast members of PLL and also they are doing some “follow them live” before they are on the show promo. Her show is on ABC family isn’t it and they are doing a Halloween special as well. So the total of all this gives her more promotion this week than any other celeb, or pro for that matter. This is a big week for her and it will give her more votes, at least that must be the reasoning. However,how this actually works out is yet to play out. Imo, she is the most uninteresting celeb of the group still left and I doubt I am alone in that. She just has zero connectibility.
@Judy, i feel like all the pros do promo and such with their stars, such as Emma attending all those nascar races, Derek heading to Australia with Beth, etc. I can definitely understand your reasoning that they make ‘peak’ this week because of the additional promo of PLL’s halloween episode, but I don’t think it will do much in the grand scheme of things. I like Janel well enough, mostly because of Val, but I’m realistic that I don’t think she’ll be top 3, or even top 4. It may save her one more week, but any pimping towards her isn’t working because she’s not the best dancer (she can dance, but not the best) and her journey isn’t compelling.
I think janel will go ho
I think janel will be gone in two weeks..the final 4 will be alfonso,lea,sadie and bethany….the final 3 alfonso,sadie and bethany…and the final 2 alfonso and sadie….and hopefully ælfonso can walk away with the mirrorball.
I don’t think that they kill it every week Samara. There was NO bounce in their Samba last week at all. Her costume was blah. I think Janel’s Rumba during My Most Memorable year week scored higher than Bethany’s did. As a trained Jazz dancer, I would expect Janel to kill it every week and I believe she’s doing well on the show because of Val. She might’ve already been gone if she’d been paired with a lesser known Pro this season and not Val.
Were you insinuating that Derek is ‘pimmed’ (pimped) every season? They hardly mentioned his tour last season…it’s not like they brought the Move Live Tour Dancers on the Finale show last season to drum up ticket sales. They barely mentioned Derek’s Emmy win last year and that was HUGE for the show!! Tom quickly gave Derek a congrats for the Tour and his Autobiography being on the NYT Best Seller list at the beginning of this seasson. I expect he’d do the same for any OTHER Pro who achieved the same. Mark Ballas actually got to perform his song at the beginning of a show last season. And you think Derek is constatnly getting pimped by the Producers??
When other Pros do successful things outside of DWTS & achieve the level of success that Derek has, I’m sure the show will be happy to promote them too because really, it only makes DWTS look good.
Johnathan did a Mean Girls dance because it was His Most Memorable Year as was the week Alfonso did the Carlton and so was Lea’s. Again Ammie, BIG DIFFERENCE! This is Halloween Week, not My Most Memorable year week.
DWTS Facebook page PROMOTED the fact that Val & Janel were live-tweeting during PLL that week! THAT is pimpage!
2nd & 4th week, Janel outscored Bethany.
I’m with Ammie #67 – Lea did a back to the future themed dance outside of my most memorable year. With Janel, they really haven’t talked about her show that much …. It’s only really been about val
Oh, yeah, I’m sure a “certain pro” gets pimped every season. :::rolls eyes::: Old and not valid argument, and at least have the balls to name the pro. I’ll then counter with the fact that VAL has gotten a trained dancer every season he’s been on except the first one – and he STILL can’t win. So really, who’s pimped? Val. And Janel – she’s the one with training and has gotten dances in her wheel house nearly ever week. Bethany has not had training in those styles and NO, she has not scored higher every week. More pimpage? All this stupid as hell showmance crap being shoved down our throats not just by the show, but by Janel and Val themselves.
Agree with you KellyK. The other examples of Lea, Jonathan and Alfonso have tomdo with their past careers. They were not cross promoted by the network and supporting a show and actress in her current gig. Tptb are engaging her current fans to follow them as they prepare for tomorrow’s show as well. Every celeb has a past that they can draw on for fans but this is a cross promotion of two current shows. Imo that is different. Whether it helps her is another question but she is getting helped by this.
Definitely Judy. Mean Girls, BTTF and the Carlton were those actors PREVIOUS gigs, not their current ones.
Saw some pics that Janel and Val were getting all smoochy with eachother at that Halloween party. GAG me! I feel so bad for her former BF because I feel like he got played. Big Time.
Feel better knowing Witney yielded (it seems) to mark for Choreography. Poor Michael looks lost during rehearsal for Beth’s team.
they have over 80 hours of interviews from each dance pairing they can make there package sound like any thing. the producers choose to make the 80 hour worth interviews into a one minute and thirty second showmance. I really don’t think Janel and Val are a showmance producers are just making it in to that, they have a really good friend ship !! ❤️ And I Also can’t wait to see there pretty little liars themed dance, I have been a pretty little liars fan since the start and can’t wait to see them incorporate it in to there dance! Especially since the season has ended and they killed her character will be cool to see some pll on dwts❤️
Samara, happy for you that you are looking forward to Janel’s dance tomorrow and I am sure she will be great. However, I beg to differ about the showmance. Sure there are many hours of tape for each celeb but they said what they said. Even if tptb chose to highlight it, they both said the stuff that leads viewers to believe they have some romantic connection which they want viewers to ship for votes. The pics from this weekend do back up the romance/ showmance or whatever it is as well. I just don’t like to be played for votes.
I don’t have a problem at all with Janel dancing to her show’s theme song – it doesn’t seem that unusual or unfair for contestants to do so, from The Brady Bunch theme to Kellie Pickler dancing to a song her husband wrote.
Of course ABC wants to cross-promote their product while she’s still on the show, too. They do have a greater vested interest in her sticking around to do just that, but knowing that she’s probably not finals-bound they likely want to take advantage of her presence while they can. She’s also been given dances she can excel at – but they also haven’t given her a great range, either.
That being said, I don’t find DWTS to be pushing her in front of my face – in terms of equal air-time, at least – but they DO push the showmancey stuff so much that maybe it seems like it. But I see SOOOO much more of her from the other media. She and Val are making sure they are front and center at every opportunity and pushing the showmance. I’m sure we have their publicists to thank for some of that. Yuck.
BTW, I say this as someone that really, really, doesn’t care for Janel, so that it with whatever grain of salt you want.
That’s kinda silly, Samara – the producers can’t show what you don’t give them. And really, if they don’t want to play the showmance card, they could easily say “No, we’re not dating” when asked. Instead, they goof around and act all coy.
A very unlikely but interesting scenario
1. Team creepy wins by a significant margin ( pretend Michael does not do well)
2 Michael is eliminated from last weeks result.
If next weeks elimination is a member of the losing team then one of the perceived top 5 will go home. Saving Antonio and tommy for a week.
I honestly don’t care if Janel dances to the PLL theme or not – I don’t think it’s really going to make much of a difference in the great scheme of things. I’m actually a bit surprised that some of you are making such a big deal about it…both for and against it. It’s one song, and her score is gonna depend on how well she dances to it – not the song itself. And with Len back, I daresay a lot more attention will be paid to technique and some people (read: Mike) aren’t gonna be able to get by on entertainment value alone. Everybody BREATHE…
@KellyK(@RNCCRN9706) #73-5 Suppose we will have to agree to disagree about how we define pimping 🙂
I’m just happy it’s Monday and the show is tonight. Also I’m so excited for Sadie and Mark’s song. Ever since I heard it I’ve wanted a dance it to on the show. I have a feeling it’s going to be a very good week -dance and scores wise.
Yeah, I don’t really care if Janel dances to a PLL theme. My thoughts are that most of the viewers have never watched her show, nor they even know the theme song to it.
Before the season started I had never heard of Janel. I never even watched PLL. So I only know of her through her performance on dwts. She is a good dancer but her behavior has overshadowed her dancing. I have no respect for this woman at all. She has/had a boyfriend but she played up her chemistry with Val then Artem. Now she is front and center with a lot of PDA with Val. If it is a showmance then shame on them and if it is a real romance then double shame on them because they both cheated on her real life boyfriend.
Yeah I actually have no problem with Janel dancing to her show’s theme song. I don’t really see that as ANY benefit for her. I think the song fits the theme of the night perfectly. So I don’t think the fact that she’s dancing to that specific song is gonna help her with the scores or votes. But I guess we’ll see.. I’m still looking forward to her dance, actually, just because I really like the song.
I guess I’ll do some score predictions for fun:
Janel & Val: 36 (9,9,9,9)
Sadie & Mark: 34 (9,8,8,9)
Alfonso & Witney: 34 (8,8,9,9)
Lea & Artem: 33 (8,8,8,9)
Tommy & Peta: 25 (6,6,7,6)
Antonio & Cheryl: 31 (8,7,8,8)
Bethany & Derek:: 37 (10,9,9,9)
Michael & Emma: 23 (6,5,6,6) #SadFace
Team Alfonso: 32 (8,8,8,8)
Team Bethany: 34 (9,8,9,8)
ITA Carolyn #89. Makes me sick to see people act like that when they are allegedly in a serious relationship with another person, married or not. Hopefully, her stint on DWTS will soon be over. Not soon enough for my liking. Make it about the dancing NOT about whether or not you are or aren’t dating your Pro partner :/
I’m working 2pm-10pm so I won’t get the chance to see the show live tonight. 🙁
on the team photos: rather telling, I think, to see Janel’s back turned to every one of her team members except Val, of course.
The thing that always bothers me is in the beginning of the show they tell a couple of people if they are safe or not and for the couple that are not safe they need to dance first..if that were me I would become a little more nervous than I already was.
Oh no.. Nancy Grace’s Jive song. Lord have mercy on our souls that was TERRIBLE.
Poor Michael can’t ever win… What a crappy song for a Jive. Why couldn’t they get like.. “Monster Mash” or something. Ugh… :/
The only good thing about the Nancy Grace Jive was how deliciously hot Tristan looked as the Devil.
I was kind of hoping we weren’t going to get repeat songs tonight.
Just like to say thank you for all the hard work and dedication the ladies of pure and of course John put into this fansite. Thank you all!
Haven’t posted in a while, so I do apologize if this is a long post.
Janel and Val, like a few of the other viewers I’ve fastforwarded though most of her dances, but tonight I won’t. I have an inkling this could be there last dance though.
Sadie and Mark, I love Sadie! Her rumba was sublime and not just that, but I’m so estacic that she showed a little more vulnerability after that emotional scoring process. I think this paso doble will be amazing, yes it’s aggressive and all, but she has proven herself to be a worthy adversary to the other contestants.
Tommy and Peta, could go either way honestly, but the song is slow enough for Tommy to keep up (hopefully) his foxtrot was enchanting to say the least. Still not top of the leaderboard, but damn is he quite the entertainer!
Mike and Emma, I’m so afraid for Mike going into tonight that 30 from last week should give him a leg up (hopefully), but then again I’m struggling to remember his AT from last week. I just hope I’m wrong.
Lea and Artem, also afraid for Lea tonight as well, not gonna lie, between her and Janel I feel like these two are likely canidates for a shock elimination tonight. As far as AT is concerned I hope Artem can give us a feast for the eyes. I’m in love with Lea’s legs and I hope tonight can be a turning point for her.
Alfonso and Witney, this whole season I’ve wondered if Alfonso is ever gonna run out of steam. With two dances this week I wonder how it will work especially with Rumba and his groin injury. Hip action is imperivtive and his last latin dance was rather stagnant, but that’s okay since he was injured. Also did anyone else find it the slightest bit funny how the injury occured during the Carlton segment of his Jazz? I just thought it was like an ironically funny moment, and before I get hate comments back, it isn’t something to laugh at. It is tragic that the projected winner is injured.
Bethany and Derek, are they Nicole and Derek… no, but Beth is arguibly one of the best partner’s Derek has had. No prior training and a Youtube star to boot seems like an iffy combo, but if anyone can roll with it, it’s Derek. Looking forward to an electrifying Paso from this couple, I hope Derek found a way for Beth to channel her anger into the dance, she’s too sweet and likeable, so cheers to Derek for being an outstanding teacher and friend.
Antonio and Cheryl, I could’ve sworn he was eliminated weeks ago, but then again I’ve been probably fastforwarding though his routines much like I have been with Janel. I’ve been starting to wonder why this is Cheryl’s last season… I mean if Antonio was a shoo-in for the finale I could see her going out with a nice bang. Hmm… Heidi, Court, or Vogue if you have any posts regarding why Cheryl is leaving could you possibly hyperlink them, please?
I used to like coming here to read comments and what not, but I like Janel and Val because they dance well and it’s not fun seeing the constant bashing everywhere.
Personally I don’t care if a star promotes something current or in the past, it’s promoting part of their image. Everyone on here went nuts for the Carlton but now Janel is promoting PLL and everyone is pretending it’s pimping?
There is no “everyone” Matt – you know better than that. I don’t see too much actual bashing – I see a lot of people who just don’t like what she and Val are doing. If that’s bashing…well, any less than glowing word is bashing and that’s just silly.
Whitney is my favorite pro…she is only 2 years older than me…I kind of have a crush…the dances that her and alfonso do are always entertaining…I hope they just keep getting better and better so they can be in the finale and win the mirrorball..and I like sharna and emma you can never go wrong with beautiful women that have accents.
Yeah…Bobby/Noah, pick ONE name and stick with it. Using two names on this site is trolling and will get you banned.