Dancing with the Stars Season 22, Week 7 – Who’s Dancing What…and When?
As you heard on the show the other night, there are individual dances, and team dances. Why on earth they decided to do guys versus girls to medley is beyond me (click the link to see Courtney’s Team Dance Post). Are they just unable to NOT tinker with stuff?? Honestly, I recently rewatched the first team dances (Seasons 7, 8 and 9) and they were so much better than most of what we’ve been getting these days, with the exception of the one that Allison spearheaded last season. There is not much of a real challenge to it when you make it a freestyle – well, I take that back, there’s a challenge for SOME pros even when it’s a freestyle. But I would much rather go back to the days of Team Tango and Team Paso and see what they can do with their partners in a group within the confines of a ballroom style. But then, if they were doing things MY way, Val would remain fully clothed for the remainder of his time on DWTS. 😀
Also this week, for the theme “Iconic Artist”, we have a bunch of individual dances. I think this is kind of a BS theme – iconic in whose eyes? They are following the same path as last season – why do they have to redo the silly stuff? Although, you might recall one of my favorite dances of the season was Bindi’s “iconic artist” dance to Grace Kelly – that was awesome.
ETA: Thanks to Just Jared, we now have all the individual dances and their “iconic” songs – and they are pretty iconic. Question is, do they fit the dance style?
ETA: Paige is going last per her periscope (thanks Julia) – now, is this a good sign or a bad sign?? 🙂
Jodie & Keo – Quickstep (Song: “For Once in My Life” by Stevie Wonder)
Phone # – 1-800-868-3405
Dancing 1st
Kim & Sasha – Samba (Song: “ABC” by Jackson 5)
Phone # 1-800-868-3406
Dancing 2nd
Nyle & Peta – Foxtrot (Song: “Beautiful Day” by U2)
Phone # 1-800-868-3409
Dancing 3rd
Antonio & Sharna – Tango (Song “Paint it Black” by the Rolling Stones)
Phone # 1-800-868-3401
Dancing 4th
Wanya & Lindsay –Foxtrot (Song: “I Say a Little Prayer” by Aretha Franklin)
Phone # 1-800-868-3412
Dancing 5th
Ginger & Val – Viennese Waltz (Song: “I Have Nothing” by Whitney Houston)
Phone # – 1-800-868-3404
Dancing 6th
Von & Witney –Salsa (Song: “A Little Less Conversation” by Elvis Presley)
Phone # 1-800-868-3411
Dancing 7th
Paige & Mark –Jive (Song: “Proud Mary” by Tina Turner)
Phone # 1-800-868-3410
Dancing Last, per her periscope
Guys Team (Antonio, Wanya, Von and Nyle) – Freestyle (Song: James Brown Medley)
Dancing 1st
Girls Team (Ginger, Paige, Kim and Jodie) – Freestyle (Song: Beyonce Medley)
Dancing 2nd
LOL Heidi. Ditto on Val!!
And he makes such a point of covering his boy parts after he dances!
I’m kind of hoping there will be a pro dance to honor Prince since he is an iconic artist.
Val-
When he was on The Real he said some ladies feel the need to “grab his a–” and it “gets under his skin”. Not saying it’s right but I think those ladies feel that he wouldn’t mind because he (obviously) loves attention.
I’m pretty sure I rewatch Bindi’s Grace Kelly Foxtrot at least once a week because it just makes me very happy 🙂
I’d love to see a tribute to Prince as well but I won’t hold my breath on that. Who knows if they’ll be able to get rights to his songs now.
I’d kill to see a pro dance to “Kiss”.
While I’m always happy to hear The Rolling Stones on the show, I hope it’s a song that hasn’t already been used before. Since it’s a tango, maybe Paint It Black or Under My Thumb. Unfortunately one of my favorite bands is going to be wasted on my least favorite celeb.
I’d love a Prince song as well. Maybe a samba to You’ve Got The Look or a Cha Cha to my favorite Prince song, Controversy.
Von and Wanya doing James Brown? I can’t…. thats amazing!
im so sick of hearing about Beyoncé lately that I’m disappointed she’s their choice for a icon lol. They could’ve picked a better one for the guys too. :/
I’m curious as to who Nyle will pick, whether it be a musical icon, or something out of the box.
I’d like to see Wanya do a Quickstep or Paso Doble. Jazz is a walk in the park for him, so now I wanna see if he can get the same high scores with more technique-driven dances.
I’m going to guess Kim will get eliminated next (a lot was working against her this week), and perhaps Ginger. They’re at the bottom of the pack and I’m not sure if their fanbases could take them further. I do love Ginger’s technique, but she has a tendency to only deliver 80% energy to some of her dances. Though I hope she stays and improves.
I hope wayna can now channel the good scores into a more technical dance than jazz. Also I really like Kim but most likely she’s going home. Also I think using Beyoncé is so unoriginal they should use like whitey Houston or something
Yes, please keep ya clothes on Val! I actually liked the opening number (esp. the beginning 😛 ) until Val had to attemt to bring the sexy. Just keep it classy for once. Don’t need to glamorize the naked human body every second…sheesh (unless its Derek lol)
Not to be a negative nancy here, but honestly tired of all these themes and jazz numbers that feel like a “anything goes” dance overflowing with numerous dancers as if its not DWTS but America’s Best Dance Troupe or something.
I forgot what it feels like to have a ballroom dance with just the couple performing and no one else…that includes troupe members standing around as extras at a club, bar, beach, or hotel. Its too much now and to me is the easy way out for lack of creativity and dampens the dance…but sometimes it does work like for Disney Week…I get it.
That being said…I AM excited to see Kim and Sasha do a samba and have fun.
Would love to see Paige and Mark do an Argentine Tango.
So worried about the double elimin. I am praying every night this week that Paige and Mark stay…otherwise I won’t be able to watch the show. 🙁
Same here CC NY. That dance, along with Nicole and Derek’s foxtrot has a way of making me just feel happy. It’s just one of those things. Perhaps it’s because they were crafted by a joyful person. I loved all of Bindi’s dances, but she had a couple that were just so filled with joy that I could watch them over and over.
As far as I’m concerned there is a clear difference between this season’s take on Icons Night and last season’s.
Last season it was about personal icons, as in not just idols/famous role models (like Grace Kelly and Marc Anthony) but also family members (like Andy’s late mom and Nick’s wife and baby).
This time, it seems to revolve around iconic artists — I’m pretty sure Tom namedropped Queen, Kiss, Rolling Stones and Whitney Houston last night.
I just found out Nyle is doing a contemporary routine but idk what music icon
Source, Ajay. You’ll forgive us if we don’t just take your word for it…
Ok Courtney I will but I’m not sure if he is or not, but I saw it on another source but I think he does
Ok Ajay, that’s great – WHO IS THE SOURCE?
On dwtsgossip’ tweet there is a double elimination on Monday.
Yes, Kennedy – and they also announced it during the show on Monday night. **eye roll**
Did anyone see what deter psited on Facebook!? He is going to be in hairspray live with Martin short, Jennifer Hudson, and the guy who played the mother in the original broadway production….his name escapes me but I think he is a hoot.
What Derek posted on facebook*
Sidenote, I’m hoping wanya gets a prince song next week. Any of them would do 🙂 .
I would think that Prince’s music might be tied up in legal matters until things get somewhat settled. But what do I know. 🙂
@sandy: I didn’t think of that. Very surprised that he didn’t have a will but then again he probably didn’t see himself dying anytime soon either. It’s going to be interesting to see how this ends though. Hopefully it amicable and not crazy.
@Sandy & Vin – Prince songs were nary impossible to clear WHEN HE WAS ALIVE – I have a feeling things are only going to get even more complicated for a little while after his death, while they sort the estate out. I know Michael Jackson’s family immediately and swiftly locked down all of MJ’s stuff after his death – it was hard to get a Michael Jackson song cleared for about 3 years after. Fast forward 7 years later, and now things are starting to loosen up – but stuff was caught in limbo for awhile there.
Then again, there seems to be quite a bit of confusion over Prince’s estate – unlike MJ, he really only has one living blood relative (his younger sister, Tyka), no spouse, and no living children. And now I’m hearing that he may not have even had a will – if that’s the case, everything goes to his sister, and all his music will be used at her discretion. MJ was also in dire financial straits when he died – and his death actually put his estate back in the black, so I think his family was a lot more vigilant about his music being used. Prince was apparently VERY well-off, and had been smart with his money – so I would say that the best case scenario is that his sister inherits everything and decides to share it with the world in a way that her brother maybe didn’t. I also hear that Prince’s vault of unreleased material makes MJ’s look TINY.
But I digress – I daresay it’s too late to clear anything for this season, but who knows about next season. I’d be all about a Prince night – would be interesting to see which Prince songs they could get past the FCC, though 😯
I think Val was King of the Shirtless Hunks until Nyle came on the show. If the show is behind him, Val is stepping up his scantily clad game. I’m taking the glass-half-full approach to Nyle’s pre-dance package. He either was joking or he’s very self confident, which I commend him for. He has such natural dancing talent. I took ballet for years. His arm placement and grace are amazing.
One more thing: I just watched Jim Carrey’s version of Nyle’s “The Mask” dance. Nyle danced just like Jim did, very loopy and over the top. Peta/Nyle should have been told to make their dance a more precise ballroom dance, since that’s how the judges rated it. In closing, if I didn’t know that was Nyle under that getup, I would have sworn it was Jim. It was that great. Also, Cameron Diaz is no Peta.
If I was going to guess Jodie’s dance I would say Salsa or Quickstep
Hunk is in the eye of the beholder – Val ain’t it. Nyle certainly is.
Broadway World says that Jodie has Quickstep.
Interesting, didn’t Derek and Nicole do a jive in the finale to Proud Mary?
Seems like some odd styles to the music, but what else is new?
This is the first week that all songs ACTUALLY fit the dance style. I can’t wait!
They did, Leigh – and it was AMAZING.
I agree Tony (#31) ; I’m no expert in music/dance match-ups but it sounds like they all match with their given styles with the exception of MAYBE Nyle .. whose song may be a bit too mellow for a Foxtrot.. but it still sounds like it’ll work.
Very excited for Paige and Mark.. love “Proud Mary” and I love a good Jive to it. Ginger has such a beautiful song.. probably my favorite of the whole list. Not a huge fan of hers but if she and Val deliver a great dance to it, I will be very pleased. Based on the whole drama of the song and how powerful it is, I won’t be surprised if they save Ginger’s dance for last.
Thanks PH, I thought that was the song they jived to! I went and watched it again and it was awesome! I hope Mark can deliver an equally exciting routine, since I think Paige could kill it!
It actually looks like a straight up dance week which I love. Beautiful Day was a Paso Doble on Strictly last year and it was shit. The timing is all off even for Foxtrot, it is not really at the right tempo. Does anyone find it odd that Nyle is the ONLY celeb who has not danced any dance outside the standard 10 dances (4 Ballroom and 3 Latin)
Ginger will probably dance last with that huge song and will most likley get 10s
No Contemporary and Jazz this week LOVELY JUBBLY!
I think Ginger will be a fail, which doesn’t mean she won’t get high marks. But neither she nor Val has the depth for that song: neither his choreo nor her performance quality. This is the person who told us during MMW that things usually go her way. “I who have nothing” has nowhere to resonate.
I’m not so sure about the V.Waltz to “I have nothing”. To me V.Waltz are nice to see with fluid songs (I don’t think I’m clear right now…) like Nyle & Sharna’s or Kim & Keo and this song from Whitney Houston is really a vocal performance. Maybe the band will rearrange it I don’t know (and I hope they won’t ruin it).
And I would like for once to see a proper samba song for a routine on this show because I am clearly no Latin nor Ballroom expert and for me Samba is really the brazilian one like “Samba di Janeiro” and that king of things so … (but I could also check on Youtube I guess).
But for once I know all the songs so I’m happy, they are also well knowned from France !
For the team dance I don’t know what to expect : I don’t want the Beyoncé’s dance to be a caricature of her performance and I would be really disappointed if they just throw all of her classical dance move, even though I’m counting on Mark & Sasha for the quality because Val can be kind of lazy and since it’s a first for Keo and the bashing he got, I don’t think he will really try to impose his POV.
The James Brown’s team has an advantage: of course James Brown was an EXCELLENT dancer and entertainer but his performance weren’t choregraphed so he has iconic steps but the pros can’t just put them side by side. On the actual teams I fear a little bit for the men because of the lateness problem of Von & Antonio (and his travelling). The girls also have Kim and Ginger who travelled a lot. Maybe technic will be on the women side and entertainment on the men’s.
(PS: I think the show should reduce to a minimum the travelling and cast people who have the possibility to be nearly 100% in LA. We saw what happen with Tamar last season it’s just too dangerous.)
I like Ginger but to go last again would be very unfair in my eyes. I don’t understand the TPTB crazy love of Val. They constantly dis other pros that have been there longer in favor of Val. Mark and even Tony were there working hard long before we saw ever knew of Val. Now he is the hottest thing ever to hit the show??? I can live without all the shirtless pros-no matter who-unless it makes sense in the dance or customizing of the characters. Things should be equal so Mark & Paige, or Sasha & Kim should have the chance at the pimp spot. I don’t think it is reserved for Val only. You would never know it by this post, but I really do like Val when he just tries to be one of the pro dancers-and not the God of DWTS.
Thank for posting most of the songs and dances!
I’m thrilled we get a U2 song.
I’m really, really shocked if it indeed turns out that Prince doesn’t have a will. This was an artist who protected his musical catalog and even went to war with his record company for many years over it. Tyka is Prince’s only full blooded sibling. I believe he has several half siblings. She supposedly has said that it’s not fair for only her to inherit all of Prince’s assets and wants them to be equally divided amongst all the siblings. Sounds like a reasonable and mature person, so hopefully Prince’s music will be well looked after.
Thanks to Zoe and Bia both, for their contributions this afternoon. 🙂
Do you know if this is the order of performance? It looks very similar to last week. I don’t think it is fair to give AB the pimp spot 2 weeks in a row.
I think all the songs actually are excellent this week but for some reason I can’t picture that song working as a samba for anyone but I think Sasha can make it work. Kevin and Kellie had “I want you back” as salsa on the recent season of strictly and i thought the same thing an ended up liking that so hopefully history repeats itself.
It’s not the order. The reason it looks similar is because I just copy the old post and change all the information. So it stays in the order it was the previous week. If we find out the dance order and I change the order they’re listed accordingly, the next weeks post will start in that order.
All of the songs are FANTASTIC! I love me a little U2 now and again.
So excited for this next week.
Im so culturally unaware i know all the icons but only like three of the songs, but even those three dont seem to match their dance style..
@Susan2 – According to a lawyer on one of the many news channels that I watched that were covering Prince’s death, he stated that according to laws in the state of Minnesota all siblings full or half are equally entitled to Prince’s estate. There will be no difference.
A salsa to an Elvis song? I dunno…
Georgia and Giovanni on Strictly did a beautiful American Smooth to “I have nothing” but I really can’t see it with Ginger and Val…
@Nathan: Yeah, I found it weird that we’re on Week 7 and they still haven’t had Nyle do a dance that allows him to do lifts. I have a feeling we’ll see him do lifts in the team dance for that reason.
I have to wonder if they’re somehow worried about it because maybe his deafness would affect his balance if he tried or something (the same way Noah wasn’t given Jive or Quickstep)? Then again, it could just be an attempt to protect their “real” favorites—after all, they didn’t let Charlie White *or* James Maslow do Argentine tangos, and I think they both would have done well.
Does anyone remember when alfonso and witney danced to trust by Prince??? I want that to be one of the opening songs! And they better do prince!
Thanks Sandy. That’s the way it should be.
Sam – yes!! I have been wondering why Nyle hasn’t been given dances that allow lifts too! And why did Nyle have the only true ballroom dance requiring a frame last week? I am dying to see him do an Argentine Tango or even a Contemporay. I am excited for this week’s Foxtrot though!
I’m really glad someone got a U2 song (although I happen to prefer Sunday Bloody Sunday or New Year’s Day) and that it’s one of my top 3! The music for this week in general is amazing! I can’t wait.
I LOVE Proud Mary! And they gave it to Paige and Mark at that! I can’t wait to see it. Speaking of, I don’t remember Nicole and Derek’s jive to the same song(I don’t remember much of that season, tbh, other than Evan was my favorite and I absolutely adored Nicole’s Just Haven’t Met You Yet dance). I’ll have to look it up. 😀
Be sure to look it up, Evangelina – one of my favorite jives of all time. And when I became fairly sure she was going to win. Well, technically, after I saw Evan’s freestyle I knew Nicole would win, even with the bobbled lift. That was not a good season for freestyles for sure.
Although I have been visiting this site for years to get my DWTS information, this is my first post. I just got so angry, that I needed to vent. After Antonio’s big speech about having your teammates backs, why wasn’t he in the team picture Sharna (#squad goals) posted on Instagram!? Sorry Antonio fans but I really want him to go!
@leery1 – Antonio is in the photo – He is in the back – between Sharna and Von. Click the photo and you can see the Tags. And no he wasn’t photo-shopped in. He also is utilizing UCLA training facilities for his day job. Which should help with practicing his dance moves on his down time.
I can’t help but be a little blue. I fully expect this is Kim and Sasha’s last week so I wish they’d gotten a tango, paso or even a slow waltz so that we’d get a different view of them for once. I did enjoy Kim’s dance with Keo but it was marred by the controversy Maks stirred up that had absolutely nothing to do with Kim Fields!
Aww, I LOVE “Say a Little Prayer” but I far, far, far prefer the Dionne Warwick version to the Aretha.
Antonio seems to putting in the time now, but I’d like to know why Sharna is helping Peta and Nyles with their dance while Antonio is sitting around videotaping them. He might have a shot at doing well if they both acted like it mattered.
Maybe they’re working on a team thing.
Suzy, that’s possible. She is working with them on a ballroom dance in hold, but I suppose they could be doing ballroom in the James Brown medley too so maybe I spoke too soon. Just seeing a lot of heat for Antonio, which has been well deserved, but he does seem to be trying to get on track.
The press I’ve seen on my Yahoo feed is extremely negative towards Nyles (“Oh! The arrogance of that man!”) and full of praise towards Antonio (“What a stirring speech about partnership and commitment!”)
The spin doctors in the the editing room deserve bonuses this week… smh
A Foxtrot to Beautiful Day? Mmmm ok. (No).
Fig, sorry about your comments. Something screwy is going on. I just wrote to John on it.
Since there’s now a new Tony in the comments, I’m taking a K on to mine to help differentiate. 🙂
I’m kind of surprised that they went for some big names. Outside of Disney Night, it seems like TPTB have finally managed to make all the song/dance combos work with the theme they’ve designated.
Nicole’s Finale jive is something I often go back and watch, so for me, Paige has that slightly going against her. lol But I know Mark can put something together that really makes their jive stand out.
Now that Nathan mentioned it, I’m now realizing that yeah, Nyle really hasn’t done anything outside the standard. I don’t think it’s really anything bad, but at this point in the competition in past seasons, everyone has either done Salsa/Argentine Tango/Contemporary/Jazz. When Nyle does contemporary though, I suspect we’ll see a weepy Carrie Ann. Haha.
Thanks to all the mods for updating this post. I definitely don’t check Just Jared.
Ok random thought but after seeing the lemonade video/special and the aftermath (poor Rachel Ray even got dragged into it lol) I hope the producers are ready for some weird comments on social media becuase some of the those fans are really out there.
Okay so I’m confused! Do they not dance to their icons? On the ABC Instagram Paige says Michael Jackson is her icon, but she’s dancing to Tina? Did something happen with their song or dance this week again.
#Leigh They didn’t name their own icons this season. They were all chosen by producers.
Thanks Suzy, I assumed it was like last year when it was who they admired (or so they said, and I have my doubts,)
I sincerely hope the producers will elect to use the original track for all the dances this week seeing the whole point is to celebrate the iconic-ness of them.
I’m predicting Ginger will be at the top of the leaderboard this week since she seems to be really good with standard ballroom. So if she doesn’t leave this week I expect her to make it past the next elimination as well. For the bottom I’m guessing Kim and/or Jodie because Samba and Quickstep are the two styles that I almost always get nervous to see on the setlist and I’ve seen hints that rehearsals might not be going too well for Joide and Keo this week. I doubt it will matter for Kim since she’s probably leaving on Monday anyway (though it’d be nice for her to go out on a high note) but I think if Jodie is not already going home this coming week this will be her undoing for Week 8. If they both go home this week than I think one of the football players may be on the bottom out of the remaining contestants.
Ok so I was watching videos online and it hit me that they used the Michael buble cover of Stevie’s song on strictly back in season five for a dance and it was an American smooth but I am now very excited to see it as a quickstep.
PJC I was just wondered are you a Derek fan.
PJC, what has that got to do with anything and why do you care?
Happy Show-day everyone!
I’m looking forward to some decent dances tonight (I’ve learned to lower my expectations lately).
Antonio has pretty much snapchatted about 40% of his team dance and from what I have seen… I’m not too impressed, sadly. He looked quite lost, quite often. The only one who seemed better was probably Wanya and that’s no surprise. I’m gonna guess the girls’ team might end up winning this one.
And a side note: I’m hoping they don’t give Kim a bad running order tonight though I’m already predicting her going 3rd or so. Also won’t be surprised to see Paige open the show. Eeek..
CC NY – Paige was actually just on Periscope and said she’s going last tonight!
CC NY, I agree. It’ll be a pleasure to have a whole slate of standard dances. With all the themes and excessive production values, I’ve had my fill of jazz and contemporary, as well as standard dances “in name only”. It’s annoying to get to the end of a number and find myself saying, “well, that was pretty, but what was it supposed to be again?”
Julia, well, it’s better than being buried at the beginning of the running order, but going right before the team dances isn’t as big a plum as closing the show. Still, The Stooges should be more generous with their marks since they don’t have to save scores for the pimpees. If Paige and Mark nail their Jive, they have a chance at actually getting legitimate scores.
It’s week 7…running order doesn’t really matter much anymore, one way or the other.
CC NY – I was hoping that Wanya would finally get the pimp spot. I think he is a fan favorite…. But I’m not sure how to read this.
Is Wanya running away with the votes? and it’s smooth sailing into the finals?.. or Is he just coasting along enough to keep him planted in the latter half of the show but TPTB would rather give Paige a boost to get her into the finals. For a final of Paige, Nyle and yucky Antonio?
I’m so confused…
Since the team dances are last (presumably – who knows) that may also influence who goes last in the individual dance round.
I think Paige going last probably is at least partly a result of the team dances. If the girls’ dance is much better, they might want to put it last, and so a girl needs to go last. Of all of the girls, I think Paige is the strongest and makes sense to go later (but with Ginger, that wouldn’t surprise me if she went last)
PH, do you think that will impact who they call safe as far as team dances go now that we kinda know the order?
Maks is all around doing interviews…probably why Sharna stepped in in his absence to help Peta & Nyle.
Hmm, I don’t know what to feel,about Paige going last. It could mean nothing at all. But on the other hand, I could see them either declaring her safe after being in jeopardy last week or even telling her she’s in jeopardy and making her dance twice not knowing if she is staying or going. If they go that route, I am going to be really mad! I am keeping my fingers crossed that being peril last week brought her extra votes and she will be safe! I really hope she makes the finals as I think the best chance for a creative freestyle lies with Mark and Lindsay.
But we don’t “kinda know the order” – we only know Paige is going last. Although it’s possible I’ve missed something since I’ve been in meetings half the day.
Maybe Paige and Mark just have an amazing jive, package, and production and maybe lots of fans (like myself) are worried about Paige so making us go through the whole show to see her performance can be a reason…maybe?
I think Paige and Mark will get a 10, 9, and 10 from the judges or even a possible 30 and then be told their in jeapordy still.
I’m expecting the the Guy’s Team to score higher. Technically it seems like it’ll be better based on rehearsal footage/clips.The Girl’s Team dance seems like it’ll be more of a production and fun dance. Leaving Tom to declare the Guy’s team safe. 🙁 Of course this is all the result of high caffeine speculation.
Hoping Paige and Mark pull through. Knowing Mark’s luck with eliminations and good partners…I’m worried. Hope the UFC fans voted. She has great scores…but are people actually voting? Hope so!
EmnEm, think positive!! I have seen lots of people saying they voted for Paige this week because of jeopardy so fingers crossed. I THINK like PH said in the numbers post that she will be safe this week but next week will start to get scary. Just re read the numbers post again and it’ll make you feel a little better 😉
#EmnEm, if I may, please think about what a colossal waste of energy worrying is — not only about this, about anything. While worrying itself accomplishes nothing, it does result in biochemical reactions we’d all be better off without. I’m taking my cues from Paige and Mark, who appear to be in fine form and excited about tonight. What is to be gained by filling the intervening time with angst?
It seems to me that going last is difficult, since the team dances are right after that last dance. Hopefully it won’t be an issue for Paige, since she’s an athlete and in good shape. I think she will make it to the finals – it would be such a shame if not, since she and Mark are killing it every week.
Very wise words, Suzy! There’s not a thing anyone can do to about what’s already decided. So no point in worrying. The older I get the more I’ve come to understand just how unhealthy worry is, and I try to do as little of it as possible. 😀
Hoping for great dancing all around and the team dances look like fun! I expect Nyle to do well with the other male celebrities. The one photo I saw of just them on the stars had Wanya leading the pack which seems like a good call.
Also hope they don’t call couples in jeopardy during the show . . . like right before they have to dance. Any way tonight’s double elimination is going to be hard.
So George Pennacchio released the order of the dances, isn’t it interesting that the two people left “in jeopardy” last week (Von and Paige) are the last two dancing this week? Seems rather coincidental to me, although I’m not sure what the strategy could be if there is one.
#Julliana — Wanya would have to be leading the pack or you wouldn’t see him. :-))
@marintx, normally what happens is the person who goes last in the individual round goes last for the team dance so that way they have time to get ready while the other team goes before them.
@Leigh, the weirder thing is Kim is going 2nd tonight, hasn’t she gone in the first half for the past couple of weeks now? I don’t ever recall a time when she’s went in the second half or at least close to last.
Oh and George also confirmed that the guys are going first in the team dance round.
Tina, thanks…taking your advice on board. Funny thing is the numbers post did calm my nerves when it was posted. The mods are professionals at it, so hopefully they are right this week as well.
Suzy, very true. It gets worse when I drink too much coffee. I may be TOO emotionally invested into this show.
On another note, Paige’s outfit looks amazing tonight. Also, I wonder when the argentine tangos kick in this season…I believe Marla and Tony were the only ones who did one so far.
@Tina, I was thinking the same thing about Kim! I don’t recall this deep in a season a contestant who has always went in the first hour; at least I believe she has!
from what Val and ginger posted on Facebook it looks like single ladies is in the Beyoncé medley. I’m not a big Beyoncé fan to be honest but that song is super annoying now.
While I think the girls will do great. I’m kind of tired of Beyonce.
Kim has been at the half way point or earlier every week. Yeah, kinda hosed.
Tina, that’s not actually typical at all. It’s about 50-50.
@sandy: I agree. It’s like she went from really fun music to her last album and her most recent one where it’s kinda more of a non radio kind of album. I can’t imagine any of those songs really taking off. Also her hour music video on HBO was just overkill
So sad to see Kim and Sasha, Witney and Von go. They were such fun dancers, also great dancers. Love them on the dance floor. Overall, Season Twenty Two has great talented dancers. Paige, you remind us of Meryl Davis, also an elite athlete and a great dancer. Love your routines, very memorable. Mark is a great choreographer. Wanya and Lindsay, you are up there with the best of the best, memorable routines. Great choreography Lindsay. Jodie, Nyle, Ginger, Antonio great dancing. To paraphrase Len, the competition is stiff, anybody’s game.