PureDWTS Season 22 Week 6 Media, Scores, And Interviews After Dance Night

What a night again on Dancing With The Stars! I was impressed in different ways with them all. More on this later in comments in Courtney’s new Power Rankings post. For now, I have to say I was sad to see Doug Flutie eliminated. Though kudos to him and Karina Smirnoff. I loved how they did so with a bang and with a “Bollywood” dance to boot with such beautiful moves mixed in. And Doug….I’ll never forget his piercing gorgeous eyes for the way he took on the Paso Doble and other dances. He also proved age is only a number and that the football fighting spirit never ends. Doug, thank you for dancing and with all of your heart and soul.

So, before we get to the interviews and recaps, let’s review the scores again….

Wanya Morris & Lindsay Arnold (Jazz) 10-9-10 for a Total of 29
Paige VanZant & Mark Ballas (Jazz) 9-10-9 for a Total of 28
Antonio Brown & Sharna Burgess (Jive) 9-9-9 for a Total of 27
Jodie Sweetin & Keo Motsepe (Contemporary) 9-8-8 for a Total of 25
Nyle DiMarco & Peta Murgatroyd (Quickstep) 8-8-9 for a Total of 25
Kim Fields & Sasha Farber (Jive) 8-8-8 for a Total of 24
Von Miller & Witney Carson (Jazz) 8-8-8 for a Total of 24
Ginger Zee & Valentin Chmerkovskiy (Jazz) 8-8-8 for a Total of 24
Doug Flutie & Karina Smirnoff (Bollywood) 7-7-7 for a Total of 21 (eliminated)

And now onto some media. First, go to Glamour and ABC7 for their recaps and photos. Glamour is also suppose to post some interviews later. For some fun Team Boomin’ coverage from Pittburgh, see WTAE here.

You can also read some new interviews at People. I loved what Wanya told People about NSync…

With a performance like this, Dancing with the Stars won’t be saying “Bye Bye Bye” to Wanya Morris any time soon.

The Boyz II Men star performed the NSYNC hit – in front of his close friend Joey Fatone and Fatone’s bandmate Lance Bass. After a spot-on performance, Fatone burst into (mock) tears backstage, but got serious as he said he and his bandmates look up to Boyz II Men star.

“We’ve been friends a long time and I know how much they looked up to us before they started their own careers,” Morris told PEOPLE after Monday’s show. “So it’s really great to get to now pay homage to their great success as a band. It’s a full-circle moment.”

Be sure to see E Online’s interviews after the show. Note how Wanya said they went straight to team rehearsals after the show last night.

FOX411 also has a report from backstage. They question if Nyle was dissing the competition. The pros react. I agree….Nyle’s comments shouldn’t be taken so seriously. Please give him a break. He was just having fun….

A stringent “DWTS” rehearsal kept the reality star and partner Murgatroyd from speaking with press after the show, but others in the cast shrugged off DiMarco’s comments to FOX411.

Jodie Sweetin’s partner Keo Motsepe said, “Listen, if he compares himself to a pro dancer, and that’s how he feels, it’s all good.”

But Boyz II Men singer Wanya Morris, who earned the night’s highest score, 29, insisted backstage that DiMarco’s comment comparing himself to Val “was a joke.”

Morris’ partner Lindsay Arnold concurred, “Of course it was! I think it was more, ‘I’m aspiring to be Val’ and I think that’s amazing. I think all of these celebrities should be doing that, aspiring to be a pro.”

According to Arnold, Goodman, who celebrated his 72nd birthday on the show Monday night, called out DiMarco for his rehearsal comments because “I think Len didn’t have that kind of younger sense of humor.”

And Burgess, who performed with DiMarco during last week’s “switch up,” said, “I think everyone has to understand the sarcasm and the humor in that. This is a TV show that can play things in any different way and Nyle had a funny moment in rehearsals. I think for anyone to take that seriously—that Nyle thinks he’s as good as Val, is ridiculous.

“He is the sweetest, most humble person on the planet and he’s incredibly talented. So what, he wants to be like Val? That’s cute, not cocky,” Burgess concluded.

More interviews….

Entertainment Tonight:

Access Hollywood:

That’s all for now. Keep checking back as we’ll post more interviews as soon as we can if more are released. Thanks for reading. ~Vogue

ETA: If you go to Stormy’s Tumbler page, you can watch the DWTS All Access coverage from last night. Thanks Storm!!!