PureDWTS Season 22 Week 5 Media, Scores, And Interviews Before And After Dance Night

What a show last night! I loved it! Let’s see what the cast thought. But, first, the scores again….

Nyle DiMarco & Sharna Burgess (Viennese Waltz) 9-10-9-9 for a Total of 37
Jodie Sweetin & Valentin Chmerkovskiy (Paso) 9-8-9-9 for a Total of 35
Ginger Zee & Mark Ballas (Salsa) 8-8-8-8 for a Total of 32
Paige VanZant & Sasha Farber (Rumba) 8-8-7-8 for a Total of 31
Wanya Morris & Witney Carson (Tango) 8-7-7-8 for a Total of 30
Von Miller & Lindsay Arnold (Jive) 8-7-7-7 for a Total of 29
Kim Fields & Keo Motsepe (Viennese Waltz) 8-6-6-8 for a Total of 28
Doug Flutie & Peta Murgatroyd (Tango) 7-7-7-7 for a Total of 28
Antonio Brown & Karina Smirnoff (Cha Cha) 7-6-6-7 for a Total of 26

Be sure you are ready with your rankings. Court will be posting her Power Rankings post soon!

So, onto the media, recaps, and the interviews. First, read Glamour for a recap and some backstage goodies. Also, ABC7 has a great recap and some beautiful photos. Then watch below. Note how some of the cast comments on the passing of Doris Roberts. Not sure what I think of Maks and his judging comments. He was way too rough last night in my opinion. Also, below are some rehearsal interviews mixed in that were posted late yesterday. You may have to stop some of these videos from playing…

Access Hollywood:

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E News

Extra:

Keep checking back. We’ll have more in a bit. ~ Vogue xx

ETA: From Fox411….

Backstage, DiMarco told FOX411 through his interpreter, “I wanted to think about what it was like to be in love and to incorporate that with Sharna and Sharna did a great job of connecting with me.”

Of his former love, he recalled, “It was a very healthy relationship and it’s just that we grew apart. My career went a different path so we couldn’t stay together. I didn’t want to force it so we just went our separate ways on very good terms but I think that’s a good thing that you’re able to bring that into the dance.”

DiMarco, who was visited by “America’s Next Top Model” host Tyra Banks in rehearsal, wasn’t ruffled by the scoring controversy, telling reporters it was “an honor” to get the one 10.

“Switch up” week was sweet for Jodie Sweetin, who scored 35 for her Paso Doble with Val Chmerkovskiy, good for second place. She told FOX411 afterwards that the performance was much different from last week, when she couldn’t hear the music and got poor reviews.

Sweetin was happy “to really just shake that off … wipe the slate clean, start over again … get my mojo back.”

ETA2: People is starting to post their interviews. Here’s a little with Sharna on Nyle.

“His senses of sight and touch are heightened to a degree that most of us will never really understand,” she says. “In the entire dance we only had to have two cues. For the rest of the routine, he could just feel where my body was moving. He could sense my timing around him. It was incredible to watch his internal timing.”

But what impresses Burgess, 30, even more was DiMarco’s ability to convey the musicality and emotion of the dance.

“He put the emotion into it because he would see the emotion I was putting into my face and body,” she says. “It was fascinating.”

Though Burgess will return to her usual partner, Antonio Brown, next week, she is not likely to forget her time with DiMarco any time soon.

“I absolutely adore him,” she says of DiMarco. “I might be a little in love with him. He’s the most incredible man.”

Be watching People for more.

ETA3: E News has posted a few interviews. You can view them here.

ETA4: Fox 411 talked with Paige Van Zant. She talked on dancing with Sasha and more…

“I had a lot of fun working with Sasha [and] I felt like I did great job with [him].

“The 22-year-old, who is now competing for the mirror ball trophy instead of a title belt, doesn’t like to lose and told reporters after Monday’s show, “I think the hardest thing I went through in the UFC was my first loss. It was terrible. It was traumatizing. But it’s just going back and rebuilding and getting better.”

VanZant said of her grueling training schedule for fighting, “It’s usually five to six days a week depending on how serious you train. It’s a full time job and if you really want to make something your passion and your career, you have to put the same amount of effort into it as if it was a full time job.”

Rumors flew that the pretty blonde might be in a romance with Bersten, her dance partner for week 2 after Balls was sidelined with a back injury, but VanZant told FOX411, “I am not dating anybody. I am very single.

“Me and Alan did a salsa which is obviously a very sexy routine. I feel if maybe me and Mark would have done that routine … we would have gotten the same comments … I was in love with the salsa.”

Next week, Van Zant will return to her original partner Ballas and hopefully, kick some ballroom booty!

“I’m really happy with how every dance has gone so far,” she smiled.