PureDWTS Season 24 Week 5 – Media, Interviews, Scores, And More After The Dances

What a night again on Dancing With The Stars. Disney Night was so showy and magical. Though I was sad to see Gleb and Erika eliminated. In another season, they might have made it further (being this season has so many great dancers), but, they made their mark never the less. I’ll never forget their magnificent holds, dips, and lines. I loved her Madonna presence and her HAIR (which I thought Gleb showcased so beautifully every week). I also loved their costumes.

So, let’s review the scores which seems so whacked all night. Should Rashad & Emma and David & Lindsay be this low? 🙁 I don’t think so….

Normani & Val 39 (10, 9, 10, 10)
Simone & Sasha 38 (9, 9, 10, 10
Nancy & Artem 36 (9, 9, 9, 9)
Heather & Alan 34 (8, 8, 9, 9)
Nick & Peta 34 (9, 8, 9, 8)
Rashad & Emma 32 (7, 8, 9, 8)
Erika & Gleb 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Eliminated
Bonner & Sharna 30 (7, 8, 8, 7)
David & Lindsay 29 (7, 7, 8, 7)

You can relive all the dances again at Idolxfactor (these videos work Internationally) and the official You Tube site.

For media, recaps, and interviews, first see People and Entertainment Tonight (I’d embed these, but, they won’t stop and go.). Glamour has some interviews with some of the cast as well. Below is a take with David and Bonner.

David Ross had the lowest score of the night, but was in a great mood backstage. “I’m having the time of my life,” the World Series champ told me. “I have a great coach who works my tail off every week and choreographs amazing dances and brings out my strengths.” While it might seem as though he could be the next to go home, I don’t think he will. David is charming, charismatic, and probably the most fun contestant to watch this season. I wouldn’t be surprised if he makes it another few weeks.

Bonner Bolton was intent on smiling through the pain backstage, but admitted he wasn’t feeling great. “It’s something I try not to talk about a lot and just keep stepping up to the challenge. I’d just rather not focus on it personally. I’m amazed at what I’ve achieved. I didn’t know I could get this far.”

Be sure to read more at the link. Sadly, Erika skipped the press line.

FOX talked with some of the couples as well. Note that Maks will return next week….

Chmerkovskiy told FOX411 of the incredible stick fighting incorporated into the dance, “I met up with somebody who is a professional stunt woman and she taught me some stuff…I was just really concerned about it looking corny…I wanted it to be like, he almost hit her in the face.”

Gymnast Simone Biles was close behind Kordei, scoring 38 with her partner Sasha Farber for a “Moana” contemporary dance. Rehearsal footage showed Biles getting irritated with Farber for pushing her too hard, and she explained to FOX411 backstage, “I don’t like to speak out because I’m such a hard worker. I’d rather just push through the hard times rather than just say anything.”

Biles said free time is rare with the hectic “DWTS” schedule but when she gets it, she wants to “lay in bed and watch Netflix and Face Time my family back home.”

Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan continued to score high, getting 36 for her jazz performance based on “Enchanted.”

With partner Artem Chigvintsev by her side backstage, Kerrigan told reporters about the continuing vulnerability she showed in rehearsals, “On the ice, I feel very confident. But I haven’t been doing [dancing] that long.”

“Glee” star Heather Morris and “The Bachelor” Nick Viall tied for fourth with both earning 34 points. Morris was thrilled to hear her original partner, Maks Chmerkovskiy, announce that he was well enough to return next week. Maks joked that her fill-in-partner, Alan Bersten, “is officially fired.”

More with Fox HERE. Donny Osmond is interviewed HERE on what it’s like to be 60. It was great seeing him again last night.

And below are more interviews….

ABC7:

E News (not much dance information here except that they have Team dances and it’s boy and girl band week next):

Alfonso and Donny give their predictions…

Keep checking back. We may post more later. Thanks so much for reading. ~ Vogue xxx

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