DWTS Season 24, Week SIX – LIVE BLOG (Spoilers)
If you’re timing the show for me this week, please see Manipulation Mayhem for some pointers on how to do it – we’ll get better results if everyone does it approximately the same way. Thanks in advance. π
Team Dances!! Ah, makes me think back to the good old days when they actually had to do Ballroom – much more difficult than freestyle. And I miss those good ole days. I think the first one might have been my favorite…
Changed my mind…I think I like the kicks at the end of this one the best…
Here’s a lesson in never pre-judging the teams. Lil Kim makes an error and Ty dances better than he ever has, while Gilles the front runner did okay…
I could go on all night. Since they started doing freestyle some of the difficulty has gone out of it. No rules has that effect.
T-minus 7 minutes…
That opening makes it pretty clear that two of the women are ringers, don’t it?
Simone up first, which means she will be underscored and she’s likely to have the least screen time on top of it.
“sexy is stretching it” LOL Simone.
Rather obvious mistake in the first section making it too easy for the judges, unfortunately. She’s definitely not comfortable doing this style of dance. Plenty of content, for sure. I think I agree with Len, depending on what number he throws out.
Huh. Sexy? Only comments on the timing, nothing about the obvious mistake. CAI very kind. Hmmmm…scares me they’re being so nice.
Ok, looks like she’s going to get some Erin time for only the second time this season. Erin, meet Simone. Simone meet Erin…
Oh Simone you lucky, lucky young lady. Who wouldn’t want to have Rashad draped over them. HEY, who would have thought that Nick would be the hard ass on the scores? Good overall score for Simone. I guess this means everyone else will get 10s…everyone female that is.
This is the first I remember seeing personality from Bonner. They’re doing contemporary? Oh, wait…rumba. Took a long time to get going. Not doing horrible, but he’s not very flexible. Okay it got a bit wonky there in the middle.
I guess that’s a good dance for him. Bruno is right there was a lot of stop and start in there, but that’s what you have to do with a non-dancer. Petal alert, CAI…or a mic wire.
I love guest judges who danced one season and are suddenly experts. :::smirk:::
Really Nick? Simone and Bonner get the same score from you?
Nancy looks beautiful once again!! I love how she swears and then puts her hand over her mouth. They’re getting a crap edit…she might be doing too well with the voters.
Okay, that beginning part was super cool with the camera in the rotating cage. Very cool, different – maybe too long, but… She then started kicking it’s ass, then had a messy part in the early on part, then she started kicking it’s ass again. Ultimately, one short little messy part but man did she get it back together.
Oh that’s too low of a score, especially since Bonner got 8’s. Hosed her. I don’t think she should have to pay that much for that messy part. I would have given 9s. I can almost guarantee that neither of the ringers will be given that much choreo. Artem is impressing me with his work and I ain’t easy. π His choreo sure looked harder than Maks and Mel B’s.
Peta Murgatroyd buzz kill, ladies and gentlemen. π Okay, she gets better throughout the package. That’s right Nick, just have fun.
Well, well, well….I gotta say, at first I was like “what the hell is up with this tempo” and I moved quickly into “damn, he’s doing a great job”. He did very well, I thought. He’s NOT A DANCER – he did a good job. He never got off time, and he didn’t miss any steps.
Overly harsh judges. Kinda ridiculous. I suspect that he’s really damn safe and they’re going to make sure that doesn’t happen again next week.
Yeahhh….remember last week’s DBTN when I suspected that they overstored Nick with the assumption that he was going home?? LOL – they tryin’ to make up for that error now by going in the opposite direction.
Yeah you can do anything you want…when you’ve trained for it since you were three. :::rolls eyes::: Kinda ironic she’s dancing to Pussycat dolls, eh? Her being a bigger ringer than Nicole, and Maks dragging Nicole for years before.
Capable Val?? She’s a RINGER. Start with the standard C-bro walking. Standard High kick. Was there salsa in there? Toward the middle yes…kinda blew that lift didn’t they?
Too much hop hop, not enough salsa, but she’ll get raves….oh, second flip lift came out awkward.
Right on, Len. His calls were predictable. STFU Val! Jesus!!
She does have it, Nick…17 years of training. Of course she did great, Val didn’t give her anything much outside what she was trained for. As Court said on twitter – jazz with arms. Or something like that. π
David getting a shit edit too apparently. Lindsay very brave working those lifts with a non-dancer. Brave or stupid – we’ll see.
Okay, that was impressive. Seriously. Best AT ever? Of course not, but David – like Nick – is NOT a DANCER. That was damn good. A proper AT. I didn’t see any mistakes, I saw some shakiness. The judges are KILLING me. Assholes.
Look, Nick, David, Rashad and Bonner are not dancers. They have zero training. Yet they are pulling off some decent dances with content, while the ringers are NOT doing the assigned movements and getting much higher scores – and they have YEARS of training. Never has this show been more lopsided than it is this season. And they have never judged the dancers against each other – until now it seems. What a shit time for them to start comparing dancers to each other.
Emma looks stunning yet again. “treat me like a football”? LOL
Rashad, you are one fine lookin’ man. And you are getting a great edit which is nice.
Good choreo from Emma, there. Loved the beginning. With that crap song for a tango, you work with it. Rashad did very good over all but got a bit stompy there towards the end.
I agree with Len this time, my critique would be similar – I suspect that I would score it higher than Len will however. We’ll see. π
Good score for Rashad – I think he should be tied with Normani just for having a ton more content.
Heather has a frown-y smile. Just an observation.
Let’s see if Maks can get more content in his Rumba. I wager he can.
Chmerkovskiy walk – check. Other than that, lots of good content. Len might not like it for not enough light and shade, but I liked it! Safe to say that Maks out choreographed baby bro by a lot. This is the first time I’ve liked Heather’s dancing.
Hmmm…she’s getting the under-talk from CAI. Where she says all the right words but her tone is depressed. Interesting.
Erin, you never looked like that because you’re not a professional dancer like Heather is. But I understand you have a script, girlfriend. My job is to remind people who the professional dancers are. π
Ugh. Results. Before the team dances.
SAFE: Team BOYBAND HOLY SHIT. And actual shocking elimination. I can no longer concentrate.
Okay, pull it together. At least the boys are having fun and the women’s reaction is hilarious as well. π
Well I have to say, that was a damn good dance. The women are all good choreographers and they did a really good job. Lots of good sync. I’m sure there will be complaints about the shirtless part, but they had plenty of good dancing in there.
I think we see why the men were getting hosed on scores though, since they are all safe. Bruno just called it a mess and I think it was anything but. I sense some underscoring coming…which implies that they are aiming to prevent another shocker.
:::runs to look at the numbers:::
Okay, here is what I said in my numbers post. going with Heather.
So, Iβm going with Bonner being eliminated β mainly because 13.2k votes is kind of a lot for him. BUT, if Bonner, Rashad and David are all called safe, it comes down to Nick and Heather and are YOU certain that Heather is getting one more vote per million votes cast than Nick? Iβm not positive. Thatβs when things could get interesting. Me thinking that Heather would be next is probably wishful thinking on my part and my second choice should be Nick. Should be. ?
The men got totally screwed on that score…but we already know why, don’t we? We do.
Are the women going to dance at some point? Or just be girly?
So far, not impressed with the Women’s dance. Not at all. It had far less dancing than the men did. Very strange. Seemed shorter too.
Thank jesus, CAI is on target tonight. Nick is totally full of shit. Len is on target as well. That dance was a piece of crap, honestly and two of my favorites are on the team.
Utter bullshit, overscored. That totally sucks.
Safe – Simone
Safe – Normani
Eliminated – Heather
Man, I almost called it (see above) – I just didn’t think the shocker would happen this week. I thought it would be next week.
Note: Seriously lacking in class, Maks. Very disappointed in you – you might not have intended it, but that was some mean shade you just threw at Alan, dude.
You saw what I said, and going back to look Courtney had Nick, followed by Bonner, then Heather. Vogue had Nick going, then Bonner, then Nancy, THEN Heather. So, essentially, we all thought the shocker would be next week.
Finally, when will you negative Nancy’s (pun intended) start to listen to me?
I still miss Derek’s team dances….?
Awww thanks for the team flashbacks. I loved those dances. DWTS Producers, please bring back Ballroom Team Dances next season!
Erin gets harder to listen to as time goes on does Tom really need a cohost cause I’d be just fine with no interviews
I remember CAI docking Team Tango for their lift. Oh, some things never change.
I miss Derek and Mark
Erin looks amazing….only costume that had me go “interesting choice” was maks…who apparantly must have had no creativity costume wise this week.
I always liked Lacey Swimmer anyone know what ever happened to her?
Aaaand here is the sexist “young innocent gymnast not comfy being sexy” edit for simone. Oi…it was only a matter of time
Pretty good samba Simone and Sasha have
Simone made me laugh with the video but that dance had my jaw on the floor. That was killer. She didn’t seem to have an issue with the sexiness at all. I always think party when I think of samba and it was that times ten. I’d easily give that a 10.
Simone looks great tonight but she messed up in the beginning and got confused for a moment but I really liked that!!!
I think that was simone’s weakest dance. Looked a little too posey and not bouncey enough. I think song choice is partially to blame. That song just doesn’t say samba to me as much as I love it.
Not really excited to see Maks back. Maybe he came back to prove he can beat a hough/ballas at a team dance (rolls eyes) I miss those boys!
I liked Simone’s Samba…was hoping for some Samba rolls though.
Hmmmm loved the honesty of her package-she was sooooo funny and adorable!!! Her technique was good in the dance and Sasha put in a lot of samba choreo but I didn’t see enough of that samba bounce that I, personally, like. It wasn’t my favorite dance of hers but it was a good dance.
Anybody else not like how the lighting and the smoke came across on their TV screen though? A bit distracting. Maybe it’s just me….?
Bonner being honest about his dancing skills and Sharna is holding off actual dancing and making him dance small steps.Its not terrible but no hip movement.Pretty proud of him right now,thought it be cringeworthy.
Bonner and sharna was interesting for sure. Like bonners honesty though. Beginning was my fav part of it all. Rest was good though. I’d give that an 8 to be honest. Definately memorable though.
I was like meh on Sharna and Bonner’s rumba
Ok no offense but that was just Sharna beautifully dancing rumba around Bonner-he didn’t do any dancing, in my opinion. If the judges are being kind to him, then….
I didn’t like Simone & Sasha’s song. What she did was perfect; but with her scores, this may mean she is killing it in votes. She is at the top in total scores for wks. 1-5, until tonight.
Bonner still seems kinda stiff to me. Like he’s afraid of reinjuring himself. And I agree with what Nick said…Let it Go!
Can’t wait for Nancy’s pasa doble
I agree with Len. Not his best. Not his worst. Better than I thought it would be, but still just okay. Not very fluid, as expected.
Hmm I only just thought to think about the team dance. How that might they use it to manipulate scoring this time around?
Omg that fall from heather looked so scripted. Yeesh.
Oh no,the edit makes it seem like David and Lindsay are having issues.I hope they aren’t trying to get rid of him.Also sorry my comment above didn’t really make a lot of sense.
Simone and Sasha- Not her best dance but it was good 9’s are good It will be interesting to see how some of the others are scored by comparison.
Bonner and Sharna I liked it. Well choreographed and he moved much better than I expected. 8 seems about right.
Nancy and Artem totally made this dance and song their own
Artem’s Choreography was really good right there.I wish he had an able partner more often.
I thought Bonner seemed stiff, also, KellyK. He just isn’t that flexible in his lower body.
I thought Namcy slayed that Paso Doble; I never took dancing so it was good for me.
Nancy and Artem owned that dance. Loved it. Easily would give that a 9. Love this pairing becuase they are just so normal and she doesn’t hide that she is tough on herself. The 8s kinda annoyed me.
Well I guess they had to throw Artem some shade sometime in his package? ????
This was a different side of Nancy we’ve never seen-a new character-I liked it and I didn’t like it….but I thought she handled the dance well enough!
Serious question…did TPTB only give Nick an 8 paddle?
I really like Nancy’s dance my favorite so far of the night and yeah she got a crap at it. For a great dance. It wasnt perfect now but then nobody’s has been thus far. And is the 8 paddle the only one Nick Carter knows to use ?
Len thought too long in the cage. I could swear he was going to say that for Bonner and Sharna that it was too long with the wall between them.
Laura, I was just about to ask the same thing about Nick! I thought after the raving over Nancy, it might be a 9, but nope!
I agree, Vin, I would have liked to see another 9 or two even. Artem did great choreography for that song. Can’t the producers find more Paso Doble fitted songs. It doesn’t feel like Ballroom or Latin with some of the songs they pick. But, then I am not a fun of modern Rock. Just a 67 yr old gramma.
Bonner seems like he kinda checked out of the show…I think he may face elimination earlier than I intended.
Nick and peta….yeah that was good not great. Kinda forgettable. I’d give that an 8
That was so preppy and bad but weirdly cute and good.He had the personality but maybe it was his costume? Either way Peta makes him seem likeable and that’s worth a 10 alone.
Nancy and Artem- The facial expressions were amusing but the DANCE was awesome.
Nick and Peta- I want to be nice because that package would be SO me I can’t dance a lick WAY worse than Nick (think Chris) Anyway sorry but 7 is probably a tad generous.
Nick Carter finally used a different number paddle
I thought Nick did well at the jive
A movie night theme next week sounds like I’ll be sitting out
Ok Nick Carter needs to shut the hell up!! Really buddy? Mr. Ballroom expert? ??????
It was a slow-paced jive I’ll give it that but I liked it!! It was fun, it had clear choreo and Nick handled it well regardless of what the judges say….the scores are ridiculously low!
I thought Nick did better than all 7’s. He showed energy and his timing seemed good. Neither Bonner or Nick has ever done dancing before or David and I think Rashad has natural ability. The guys are doing so good so far, and I wonder if their scores will be high in team dance. Hmmmmmm
I’m totally discouraged. They are setting Nancy up for good bye if not now, next week. Time to watch something else on Mondays. I miss traditional dancing, hoped this partnership was bringing it back, but it’s not to be. The show continues to chase the elusive young demographic and they haven’t got it in ten years. Sad!
Val do you ever shut up? Let the girl speak. I thought she did well but I agree with Len. Didn’t really know it was a salsa…. or what dance it was
Normani and Val’s video was enough for me want to mute the tv but the dance was good in my opinion. Kinda forgettable but done well. I’d give that an 8. Val needs shut the hell up. Val had to know that Len wasnt going to like it and could have edited it out a bit. Anyways, I agreed with Len.
Val and Normani were all over the place man I wish Val would be quiet
Liked Normani’s dance but side eying the girl group girl getting the big music video production on girl group week. And Val’s being annoying bitching about Len’s rightfully taking him to task.
Honestly? I’ve enjoyed Nick best tonight thus far.
I have no words for that dance. Normani and Val was a good dance, but a salsa…I think not. I think she is a great dancer, but when she seems to do a freestyle every week of course she is a good dancer.
And Len said it RIGHT THERE-it showcased the fact that the girl can dance-We all know Normani can dance!!! ????
Did we have to see an ENTIRE SECTION of hip hop added to that salsa?! That’s very debatable!!! And the answer is NO!!!!
Sorry, I met the guys AREN’T doing so good so far.
The two professionals just danced and of course the dance was perfect from my non-dance knowledge. Here comes some high numbers. Oh know, Val, you are arguing with Len like your bro used to do; better hope he doesn’t low ball you and Normani. Yes, CAI, we all know she’s been the chosen one. Nick Carter, you didn’t judge her, you just pimped her like the other’s; except for Len.
# 44, 45, 46 I agree
Save for Len, a big ole tongue bath for ringer pro Normani from the other judges. SHe’s a freakin pro dancer for the love of God !
Normani is the best female dancer on the show for sure but too bad she has Val who BTW shouldn’t talk back during Len’s Critique.For Heather being a former back up dancer for Beyonce the other 3 have left her in the dust.
Normani and Val are kinda plateauing. She does the same shit every week and I never feel surprised or excited.
Wow I’m loving David and Lindsay’s dance
Well David falls into the same catagory as nick for me This week. Saying that I’d give that an 8.
Ouch.That wasn’t that great but he really tried.Lindsay has to remember David is not Calvin with those lifts.Carrie Ann needs to stop starting stuff though saying he stopped trying! I hope he sticks around!!!
Normani could be a troupe member with her training & background. So yeah, she’s a dancer alright! A PRO dancer… just like her partners brothers partner Heather morris! Neither of whom should be on the show as competitors imho! But she didn’t truly do a salsa. It was a hip-hop with a few salsa moves.
And David’s apologizing all over himself. I sure hope he still pulling in the votes because I feel he is being hosed right now.
Oh shut up CAI ?????
I, actually, love watching Lindsay and David bicker with eachother LOL
There were a lot of tricks/lifts in that dance-that big lift seemed a big shaky looking at it on my TV screen and I would’ve liked to see more Argentine tango steps-all in all I don’t think it was David’s best dance but not his worst….
I just hope he’s not gonna get a jeopardy call tonight ???
Normani and Val- GOD WILL YOU PLEASE MAKE THAT MAN SHUT THE HELL UP!!
There I feel so much better!! LOL
Len happens to be right As a SALSA there is NO WAY that dance deserved a 10. Being as she’s been dancing almost all her life my guess is she could handle doing a proper SALSA and do it just as well as the hip hop whatever she did.
David and Lindsay- Puppet masters at it again GEESH can you be any more obvious Anyway Lindsay did her magic again and David delivered Should have been all 8’s.
I’ve never seen a season so geared to one person winning as the season with Rumer….and yeah, Val was partnered then too. I thought Simone had this in the bag but of course not….gotta give that trophy to Val again.
This dance from Rashad and Emma is not one of my favorites I think it was the song
Jesus, this season’s scoring is a mess. Rashad, Nick, and David are not dancers. Both Nick and David’s dances were criminally underscored IMO. I get not everyone on this show can start at the bottom. But to score trained dancers as if they just discovered dance today while raking the actual newbies over the coals is bs. They really, really want to make sure the guys popularity doesn’t lead to a “shocking” elimination of the girls, don’t they? Might be time for me to stop watching this show live and just catching the dances later on (and avoid the judges comments).
The only exception to this has to be Bonner. Again, overscored. I really don’t think he did much during that dance at all. I’m hoping he’s the one going home.
They’re bringing back dance offs next week I’ll definitely not be watching next Monday
Rashad and Emma π 10 easily. That’s the best dance tonight so far for me.
I thought Rashad did excellently!! Bang-on!!! Great job!
Ha! Ha! Honestly I will agree with Len’s comments re. Rashad but I think he did a great tango! There is just little negative to say about this guy!!
Dance offs…..just hating that already. Theme is even worse (the movie thing).
Emma and Rashad are gorgeous tonight.
I liked this dance and Lindsay did great on the choreography. Could have been another 8 in that score.
Yep, I have a gut feeling about the guys low scores. I may be wrong but watching this show since season 7, and being here since season 17; there’s a reason why the scores are so low.
Awesome tango by Rashad & Emma. A real competitor here. He will be in the finals. Great score!! Erin asked Rashad what can we expect from next dance and replied, “sexy!” Imagine that….not surprised.
Lindsay is such a sweetheart, even when she and David “bickered” a bit, it was cute in a way. The AT was not bad given the sh*tty music they were given. Got hosed by the judges. I see a problem though, where David does not see Lindsay as his coach, but as a team mate. I am sure the age difference plays a part in his way of thinking, but he can’t get into that frame of mind, he has to listen to her direction. Val is such an egotistical azz! I hope he doesn’t win this thing. What a jerk!
Emma and Rashad are such a great partnership. I was so glad to see them skipping up to the sky box. That dance was so well done.
I really felt bad for David tonight I felt like the last two weeks CAI has made some really uncalled for comments last week it was the average guy sitting around with there beer and then this telling him that he just gave up i feel really bad for him and hope it just doesn’t get into his head because is he the best dancer no but he at least puts in the work and really try’s.
I think they’re over scoring Normani because the voted she’s getting is not jiving with their agenda for the season that Normani/Val make it to the finals.
The producers are committing ratings problems for themselves if they get rid of David. Lots of people will stop watching and a lot of them are first time viewers. If they want a popular show, stop low balling the people bringing in the ratings. This goes for Rashad, David,Nancy and (I can’t believe I’m saying this) Nick. Don’t think the show could get good ratings going forward if we are watching Bonner, Heather, Normani and (I’m sorry) Simone. I like almost all the pros that are left except the one I won’t mention since most other comments have.
I hate all of TLCs music so I had to put the mute button on I will admit Heather and Maks moved graceful together
Heather moved beautifully but it had no chemistry and he did the weird thing he tried with Amber last season with the Rap Solo …Ruined it honestly.
Imagine that, the professional dancer gets the first perfect score of the season go figure. I did like the dance though as much as I hate to say it. But then she should be able to give that kind of performance every week because she is indeed a professional dancer
I thought Heather was OVERSCORED honestly …38 sounded good to me so I don’t know who they were trying to impress more this week… Chilli watching or it being Maks return dance?
Well if you know any of Maks’ rumbas from the show, that was a typical Maks rumba lol-I’ve never seen so many rumba walks and turns in one dance ??????
Did she execute it well? OF COURSE SHE DID!!! She’s a professional dancer herself!! Repeat the phrase LOL
I could of sworn I saw her feet lift the ground towards the end of the dance though, unless it’s just me….?
Heather and maks were great. I would have given a 9 though. Loved it
Ok, Heather impressed me, lol.
Such BS about the jeopardy lol ?
Rashad and Emma- WOW are you sure that guy has no training? Emma’s choreography was AMAZING and Rashad danced he hell out of it. I’d give it a 10 but he’s a guy so you know……….
Heather and Maks- Nice PRO dance though a bit too much messing about at the beginning. WOW I’m SHOCKED they got a perfect score YAWN
I don’t want David to go ever because his personality is so amazing and he makes me really happy when he dances
Well crap. Now I’m actually worried about Nancy. I HOPE it’s Heather or Normani, but knowing TPTB…
I like everyone left but I’m sorry the thought of Bonner staying over any of the girls is nauseating.Its not fair.
TEAM BOYBAND YES! That dance was so much fun and energetic. I loved every minute of it and want to watch it again and again. C-bros did not look happy after that
Are you KIDDING me, the four best dancers are in the Bottom 4?!
If Nancy goes I’ll be gutted, but I have a feeling she will.
Rashad showed that chair who’s boss!!!
Praying for a Heather or Normani shock boot. Would be absolutely fantastic for a C-Bro to be shock eliminated.
Team boyband isn’t playing around lol. Team fun. π I’d give that an 8 though.
Yikes, Nancy is in some real trouble here out of all the women. Really crossing my fingers for Normani or Heather to be a “shocking” elimination but my gut feeling says Nancy.. Artem’s really impressed me especially with their dance today and I still want to see more. Crossing my fingers for good results to come although the scoring and the agenda this season has been a let down.
Looking at all the girl contestants in the sky box and you can see they look worried-I’m thinking Nancy could be, sadly, going home? ???
Praying it’s friggin Heather or Normani but, highly, doubt it….????
so underscored. I am heartbroken. The boys did amazing. Bet the girls are gonna get 10s
Loved the Boy Band!!! Great job seeing as how they are ALL non-dancers….unlike 2 Pro & 2 Olympic medalists
Bye bye Heather!!!
We need content. No one-liners and stop hitting refresh. Make a comment and walk away. Server is getting hosed thanks to a “shocking” elimination.
THAT WAS NOT A BOTTOM FOUR. Seriously, how long have you been watching this show??
Heather is the most likely boot. Don’t panic till it happens, Nancy fans.
TBH, Val and Normani annoy me more and there’s no chance Heather will win. Because of this I don;t mind if Heather stays and Mani goes.
Well Nancy messed up the girls dance and it was obvious.
So the fact that Tom never mention a shocking elimination during the show means no one is going to be aliminated? Just a thought…. i hope Nancy stays!
bet money, when heather goes, maks will make it about him. a pity party for his injury and that he couldn’t be the best partner….yaddah, yaddah.
and hopefully at least doesn’t find a way to blame alan!
It DEFINITELY SHOWS that all the strong choreographers were on Team Boy Band.
Also kudos to Nick for keeping it real in the boys’ package about professional dancers Heather and Normani.
Hope Heather goes home. If I had to pick another, Normani
Team girl group was better dancewise but I still found it to be a bit boring. I’d give it a 9.
Just like you called it PHeidi and Courtney. The boys were entertaining and the judges went for it. I liked it better than Maks and Val’s choreography.
Just who I figured, after that PERFECT score!! But, in all fairness, a few of the guys aren’t as good; but they are entertaining.
Heather got the pimp spot, the first perfect score, and this is Maks’s first dance back; it’s the elimination trifecta!
I didn’t enjoy the girl band dance. I feel sad for Heather. However I am glad Nancy dances another week.
Well that explains her perfect score but I thought she was better than Nancy.I am shocked.
Now that’s a surprise elimination to some and in my mind all I keep thinking is “well last week wasn’t exactly well received either”.
The boy group was so much more entertaining and fun. I smiled the whole was through. The elimination was shocking to me because I assumed it would have been Bonner or Nancy. I think the shippers are keeping Bonner around.
Thank god it wasn’t Nancy!! ????
Interestingly enough Maks doesn’t seem that upset after coming back from his injury and now getting booted off but yeah Heather, definitely, looked shocked to say the least LOL Oh well is what it is….
Should I still predict Bonner goes next week? Who knows now….
I with you, Heidi. I expected Heather to be the “shocking” elimination, but I didn’t expect it to be this early. Although it’s overused, this is the first elimination I’m genuinely surprised by in a while. While Heather was an outside possibility, I’m honestly surprised Bonner was able to get past her.
I will be verrrrry interested to see who gets immunity next week. The boys are a good deal down on the girls scorewise, but I’m still curious about Nancy and Normani.
You guys worry about Nancy too much. None of us who have been blogging about this show for YEARS has worried about Nancy yet. Perhaps relax a bit, eh?
My phone went bonkers but I can finally comment
Wasn’t rooting for Heather and glad she’s gone but I thought Nick and Bonner would go home first or Nancy would end up a shocking elimination
Ok. One down and one to go. Then I can really enjoy the rest of the season. Thanks for all the good work.
But he did find a way to sort of blame Alan -total dick move by Maks and I’m not even an Alan fan.
BOY BAND- Well except fr the Magic Mike I LOVED it! 8’s?? REALLY hmmmm
GIRL GROUP- That was nice and gave the girls a boost but I still think the guys did better
So Heather is out not surprised really. Looks like they just might get a “SHOCKING” FINALE without their main men.
I’m actually sad to see Heather leave. I didn’t like that she had experience and I am not a C bros fan but I wanted her to stay one more week, and I wish Bonner would’ve gone home tonight. I know that sounds really mean but I don’t know, I guess he just doesn’t click for me like he does for others. I loved a lot of the dances tonight. My favorite was the boys team. So entertaining and fun! I also liked Rashad, Normani, Heather, Simone and Nancy, who got underscored IMO!
I hope Alan knows he did a great job with Heather. I was honestly just happy to see her go, no more beating around the bush saying she’s not a “professional”
Well, tonight was a mess from what I saw! Scoring all over the place and TPTB really showed their hand IMO.
To be honest, I didn’t care for either team dance. I’d probably give it to the guys just because of the completely lousy choreography Maks and Val did (that was so classic for them, all that posing). I really miss the creativity of Mark and Derek in these dances. Both dances underwhelmed me!
On the bright side, the pro dancer is gone! I won’t miss her, now if we could just eliminate Val, I’d be happy!
Anon, Courtney saw the lift too, so it wasn’t just you. I missed it. I was so shocked that Maks was actually choreographing the assigned style that it got by me. π
I can tell I’ve been around this blog awhile. I responded to Kristyn Burtt’s poll saying my vote went to Bonner, but I thought there was an outside chance of Heather going. Proceeded to get a bunch of replies (that were shockingly not that rude) from random fans telling me she’s too good to go home. Feeling very vindicated right now and having a hard time containing the gloating.
Also, I love that the dance Heather went home for was the one she’s professionally trained in. That’s what kindergarten choreography gets you.
I’m really feeling bad for David. He seems to feel really bad about his recent performances and how he has been getting lower scores and much more negative feedback than pretty much anybody else. I hope Lindsay sits him down off camera and explains to him what’s happening. It’s frustrating to watch a guy who has absolutely no dance or performance experience learn a proper ballroom dance that has lots of content and do it well (not spectacularly, but well) and then see the judges act like it’s awful while at the same time praising couples who have much more natural ability and choose not to really do the assigned style much. That being said, their plan might be backfiring on them because this is ticking me off and I’m throwing all of my votes to David.
That was priceless, Maks’ face hahahahaha. Cheerio pal, you brought it on yourself. Next week is defiantly between Nick and Nancy, everyone else I think is safe. Nancy’s going to need all the votes to survive this week because Bachelor Nation will hunt her down in the votes otherwise.
I think Maks should be mad at Val because tptb is trying so hard to make Normani happen and give her high scores at Heather and Maks expense. Heather got the highest scores but since she got eliminated, Normani is on top.
And it’s Maks fault for choreographing that lame ass jazz number with no dancing in it so no one voted for them. Alan would’ve choreo’d something so much more entertaining!
Looking forward to the Numbers post, sans Heather, and with all the boys called safe. Should be interesting. I wonder, with the lowballing of most of the boys, if one of them is going to be eliminated. It seems as if they’re at least trying to make that happen. Then again, being in the bottom two isn’t great news for Nancy, especially since she got underscored as well, but maybe that’ll motivate her fans to vote for her.
Was it a legit “bottom four” and bottom two, or was it just TPTB trying to inject some shock/drama?
Thanks for the liveblog, PH!
I did think Heather was better than Nancy tonight although previous week’s I enjoyed Nancy more.I was so grateful tonight that she reminded viewers Alan was a great partner after Maks tried to shade Alan by reminding viewers Alan was with her last week and that was possibly the reason they got eliminated.It might have come out weird but it seemed like he was trying to blame Alan.
Darn, I was hoping Bonner, or even David, would be leaving tonight. Even thought I didn’t necessarily want Heather to win, I still wanted to see her produce beautiful dances for a few more weeks. I wonder if she lost any votes because of Maks’ announcing his return, or if it was just Maks’ lame Jazz choreo that axed her.
I’ll just give my votes to Nancy in hopes that a male celebrity goes home next.
Thank God for Len holding Val in check. If Normani doesn’t win it rests solely on Val’s choreography and rule breaking.
Maks’ go to is “when it doubt take off your shirt”. Lindsay’s seems to be “when in doubt throw in a lift”. I honestly think that is where here dance went wrong. David is an athlete but he’s not Rashad.
I thought Bonner should have been the one going home but I’m not mad about it being Heather. I was hoping with her perfect score, it was foreshadowing.
I’d also like to give a shout out to the producers for not doing the expected C-bros against each other in an elimination. Glad they were a little more classy about that.
Of course he blamed Alan! A C’ Bro actually take responsibility? That would be SHOCKING. Oh and after his snide comments about Derek & Mari Lou well it looks like Karma bit him in the butt. So there’s that too. Peta darling please teach little Shai about the value of hard work and humility his Daddy and Uncle Val evidently missed school that day.
Well it’s been interesting.
Have a good night everyone
My hope for this elimination is that it sends a message to the producers that the viewers aren’t interested in watching a professional dancer compete as a contestant on DWTS. I remember saying before the season began that everybody can complain all they want, but the real, meaningful way to communicate your displeasure is voting. If someone isn’t getting many votes, clearly not many people are interested in watching that person on the show. The fact that a professional dancer couldn’t even finish in the top half should be a strong message to the producers that this is not what the viewers want to watch.
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I agree, I hope it does send a message.
Now we just need Normani out, who has also spent most of her life dancing, even competing (as well as being a gymnast). Even with all that experience though, she still seems to do the same moves in every dance. Please go away Normani and Val.
I feel like Maks didn’t handle having Heather as a ringer very well. If Mark had Heather, he would have treasured her with intense choreography and themes that entertained the audience and make them forget that Heather was a pro. This shoudln’t have happened to Heather, and I feel that if she was with a different pro, she may have had a different result.
I kinda feel that Heather got eliminated because of Maks’ poor Frozen jazz choreo which should’ve been amazing but just a lot of walking and twirling. I think some people wouldn’t have minded watching some amazing dancing from her at this point of the competition. But maybe not enough to vote for her? I do have a ballroom dancer friend who says Heather is her favorite to watch but she doesn’t vote.
Nina#132: that will be my wish that Normani is out next. But with the highest scores and higher team score, probably unlikely? Can’t wait for the numbers post.
There was another Lee @ #75 above, so I will go with Lee (2) for the rest of this season.
After they announced that all the guys were safe, my wife and I agreed that if it got to Nancy and Heather as the final two, there was a very good probability that Heather was the one leaving. Totally agree with #m’s #132 above. And we liked Heather, just not as a celebrity contestant.
Like #112 Chayse, I wonder who will get the immunity next week. If it is Normani on another dance lacking content (thank you, Len), that may be another clue that her votes are lacking.
Oh why do I have such a good feeling the C Bros are getting their just desserts ? i’m so elated to hear of Heather’s elimination, so unhappy to hear Maksim being an Asshole (again) and to someone who was probably nothing but exceptionally happy to stand in for a pro. Mark treaed Alan way better.
I’m happier to hear that a Twitter thing is put into play right now dare I say the Hamonizers might Hayes this situation for Normani (pun intended), I hope so!
I loved Simone and Sasha’s samba, very good display of Simone’s prowess as a competitor, and kudos to Sasha for bitting his tongue when Len went into a tailspin. At this point Sasha just needs to get Simone comfortable enough to lose her happy go to face with high energy dances: specifically in Latin.
Nick was rather good tonight, albeit his feet could’ve been more pointed it didn’t matter because his legs were sharp surprisingly for not pointing his toes more. The vibe?? Really, that’s the best mesh of a song and dance style that don’t normally mesh this season.
I love Nancy more and more each week! I was wondering if she’d be able to channel the feeling of the Paso Doble, I’m so infatuated with how good this Paso Doble was in terms of content. Artem’s really stepped up his game from the beginning of the season, and even if Nancy did have a minor bobble once she got in hold it didn’t affect the performance as a whole.
Normally I’m pretty rough on Normani, but I actually liked the samba she performed. I don’t like Val’s sambas (usually because he choreographs sambas that don’t tend to mesh well with the personality of his partners), they bore me because his usual gimmicks overshadow the contestant, but Normani was in the zone.
Bonner, cannot believe he wasn’t eliminated tonight, he’s getting better in little incrimonts, but at this point he’s not advancing at the level of a non-dancer like Nancy or David, or even Nick. I think he has two weeks left. The only one who has a better chance at going home next week is Nick, slight chance of a back to back shocker with Normani if her legion went to Twitter rather than to vote a la Hayes Grier.
David is such an awkward dude when put on the spot, but the guy has a charm about him that it works out well in his favor. Lindsay’s tough love session was kinda refreshing to her usual bubbly package personality. Kudos to her for performing a ppl roper
proper Argentine tango and David handled it to the best of his ability.*
IT WASN’T A BOTTOM TWO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!! Please read all the comments before commenting – I don’t care that there’s a lot of them, that’s the etiquette.
If you don’t hear the words “bottom” and “two” then it is not a bottom two. They use the word jeopardy for a reason. I mean, come on – do you really think that it happened that the four women were actually in the bottom and the men were the actual top?? Actual bottom two was likely Heather and Bonner.
Seriously, you Nancy fans are losing it. Next week it’s “definitely Nick and Nancy”?? In what universe do you leave out Bonner? How about thinking rationally about the actual scores for a mo, eh?
I forgot my favorite part of this elimination!!!!
Does anyone else remember Maks whining about how if he had a ringer like Nicole, he’d win too?
Weeeeelllll, sweet cheeks they gave you one even bigger than Nicole and you didn’t even make it to the semi-finals.
Boo-ya!
@Molly – Your having way too much fun! I’ll have what you’re having. π
@PH the dance offs are back and I am very interested in who will get immunity.
#Sandy – High on life (and maybe a glass or two of wine). π
Usually when there is an elimination the judges don’t like, they go overboard with over and underscoring – like they did tonight. So expect Normani to get immunity whether she deserves it or not.
Hopefully this gets Simone’s fans really voting for her. Even if it was an off night, I still think she deserves to be in the finals.
I really liked Nick’s jive! He did pretty well considering he has zero dance experience! I’m glad he reminded the viewers that he’s competing against a cast of experienced dancers and professional athletes!
I did notice that Peta’s pre dance package had an arc of negative frustration from the celeb but then reassurance from the pro that they will do well at the end. Nancy’s package just ended abruptly very negative right before their dance. Simone often gets this kind of package too. Not fair.
Emma did a great job given the music, and looked AMAZING! (Rashad’s not too bad either,..) Ok with scores.
Simone just looked tense & not into the performance at times. Another poor music choice for the dance assigned.
This was the first time I felt something positive for Heather. She looked beautiful, but I would have preferred a more classsic dance & yes, saw the lift. The connection was there, but could have done more with her hips. This should have been a 9 at most, & an 8 from CAI.
Was Lindsey trying too hard with David? I would trust Calvin or Rashad with that overhead lift, but for me that was a stretch. Fabulous dress. Scores could have been a point or two more.
Normani’s high kick/fan kick got really old for me last week. It reminded me of when Len asked Peta to stop including one in nearly every number. “Yes, we know you can do it.” (or something close) Scores did not make sense. Where was the Salsa?
Love Nancy, great dress but she was a bit off tonight as well. Wish we could see a do over on a few of the dances tonight…
Liked the Boys better, they gave more content & fun. Why was so much time wasted with the Girls? Lacked effort/content. Felt phoned in.
Seriously not in a bad mood tonight. Just a bit disappointed. Hoping things get better next week.
Now the C-bros’ little groupie JT is on Twitter whining about David. Good to know The Fam continues to be a clan of sore losers.
So if Chilli from TLC is getting more screentime tonight than all of Simone’s screentime put together for the whole season so far, do you think it means we might see Chilli in upcoming seasons?
Welcome back Maks! Bye, bye Maks! LOL! Maks went in 1 week from saying “Alan should be a pro” to “I’m not gonna say anything about Alan.” Then preceded to throw him under the bus. The reason Heather’s butt got kicked out the door is due to 2 things: 1) Backlash from being a professional dancer 2) That lousy “jazz” choreography that Maks did during Disney week, that was not jazz at all. All Heather did is run around a bit and did a couple of turns. But I do think that people did not think it was fair to have an obvious professional dancer competing against other contestants that have less dance experience to no dance experience.
Rashad was so awesome tonight, and side observation Emma looking like Chelsie Hightower with those bangs. Makes me miss her more. Oh well, anyway Emma’s stepping up her game, as she should, so I hope to see more hits like this tango.
I can’t express how much Heather’s rumba was blase. It was technically pleasant, but I just hated the fact that Maks really didn’t do Alan any favors. Anyway I’m just left feeling like Alan. Sucker punched by a Chmerkovskiy.
TEAM BOY BAND- Liked the guys enthusiasm with the package, lmao at the Magic Mike bit. Rashad is so funny this week, CAI is officially winning couger of the year, calm down. Overall, this was just poor in syncronicity, Bonner seemed so focused on remembering choreography (wonder if Sharna spent more time on the Rumba than drilling the team dance), David was David, and Rashad was the leader who steps up to deliver solid content to match the ladies. Judges: just laughable. Sharna’s genuine comment was reassuring though.
TEAM GIRL GROUP- Normani, yasss tell Val to shut up! ? Please do it more often, it’s cute and funny, Val learn something. “Spread legs βto open this bit” Maks lmao. Heather always seems to run auto pilot when Maks talks. Slumber party: the cool hot mom (Nancy), the teenage daughter (Simone, the cool girl (Normani), and the sidekick of the cool girl (Heather). Simone is so perfect for the love dovey teen. Nancy so casual and could with Artem, love it. Heather, non event. Normani was fading out quickly with Nancy and Simone. Nancy’sβ kinda doing well too but she’s doing the sexy her way! Simone was so cute but a big improvement to feeling the sexy. Judges:CAI nailed this.
Nick Carter should never guest judge again. Js.
I hope this jeopardy call for Nancy Spurs a good chain reaction. Heather is okay in my books, I just hope everyone learned their lesson in the casting department tonight. A lot of people not too thrilled, but that’s the drama of live television I suppose lol. Maks is a jerk…
Hope Julianne enjoyed her night off. Wonder if she & Derek watched the show?
Agreed!! Of course Normani’s gonna get immunity next week, over anyone else, whether she deserves it or not!! That is a given!! I would bet $$$$$$ on it!! ?
I hope that len’s favorite, nancy, will get immunity. Anyone else besides, Normani. I know you are right about Normani manipulation will most likely happen. Like they will use last week’s scores or something.
I can’t believe the boy group didn’t get higher scores!! Usually, the judges are very generous with team scores. It was great choreo, and they did well and in sync for the most part. The girls choreo didn’t seem that exciting or challenging. I hate TPTB manipulation so much!
Thank you, Princess H, for the spoilers. Thank you also to all who commented. I’ve said this before, but I’m saying it again: glad I’m not tuning in live this season. What I can’t stand the most is the crazy judging and under/over-scoring. Next to that is the manipulated BTS.
So, the professional dancer has been eliminated. Good. But we still have one more pro dancer-contestant left, who has been dancing since she was three. Hope she’s next. Then I’ll tune in live. Now, I’m off to watch the dances of my faves.
Bowing The Eff Down Ms. Heidi for calling it correctly. ?
If Maks ever decides to come back as a pro for another season, then I want the old Maks from the Mel B, Laila Ali and Kirstie Alley days. You know, a pro that actually gives a shit about their partner and showing them off to the best of their abilities. The Maks of the last few years is there only to collect a paycheck and get camera time.
And let the Heather early elimination be fair warning to casting. People don’t want to see a professional dancer in the competition. We want to see charismatic, fun celebs learning and achieving in a new skill while having good chemistry with their partner. By all means continue casting performers with dance in their background, it’s kind of hard not to, just NEVER again cast someone who actually makes their living as a professional dancer. People will see through it and vote for other contestants.
I find it so interesting that the same people that crucified Amber and even Erika for being too sexy for a family show, are raving about the boys’ little striptease show. It was literally taken from a stripper movie. So I don’t get why the celebrity women in this show always get some scrutiny from the viewers for being sexy but the guys take off their shirts and everyone goes crazy. It’s clear, blatant, sexism.
I think that more people would have voted for Heather if the professional dancer brought awesome routines. But the deadly combination of experience, lackluster choreography, and a personality that doesn’t really connect with the audience while other contestants do really sealed her fate.
I’ll also say this: in my opinion, Heather doesn’t have the “It” factor either, even when she dances perfectly. There’s a disconnect between her presence and emotional depth. She doesn’t draw people in, or push her own energy out. She’s flat.
I would also say is typical for most of the C-Bros partners. So either the producers know this and give them these kinds of women, or they are unable to help them reach inside to find that depth when other pros can. I think it’s a mixture of both.
Time was wasted in the girls routine, Carol, because Maks and Val were on the team. Maks has been a time waster for YEARS now, even with ringers, and Val seems to have the same habits.
Did Lindsay go to far? I dunno – I give her credit for giving David a more content-filled, difficult routine than what was given to Normani. That’s what Derek always tried to do, Mark too. It’s not always successful, but you gotta appreciate the effort. Beyond that one shakey lift, he did a fantastic job, IMO. He’s not a dancer, yet she’s actually making him into one. I consider that to be a harder job, and a more worthwhile job, than what Maks and Val got handed this season.
Sasha needs to find some other way to reach Simone, I think. That was a pretty good dance, but there’s still an issue there. But again, more content-filled and difficult than what the ringers got.
Julianne watched the show, Carol – it was on her instastory. Derek was invisible yesterday except when people asked him for photos at the mall.
They actually did some dancing in that ‘stripper movie’ though Ruben. Have you actually SEEN Magic Mike? I have and while yes, they took their clothes off, there was some dancing in those routines.
There’s nothing wrong with playing up the fact that you’re an attractive sexy female BUT if that’s the ONLY thing you play up week after week after week? It loses it’s appeal and makes you a one-trick pony. I don’t wanna see that every week. I wanna see someone who continues to grow as a DANCER. Yes, there are certain styles of dance that are meant to be sexy. Rumba and Salsa come to mind.
As far as the men taking their shirts off? The main demo of this show are older females like myself (I’m 44 turning 45 later this year) while not conservative, I have an appreciation of the male physique. Why do you think Val dances so much with his shirt either open or off? Gleb started to do the same thing with Jana last season as well. Sex sells.
Ruben, go away if you don’t like it. People liked the men’s dance because it contained a lot of actual dancing besides their little (actually pretty funny) Magic Mike moment. The women, on the other hand, all of whom are ringers of one degree or another, were given little to nothing to do. Yet still got the higher score for some (not so) mysterious reason.
I think Sasha needs to ease up on pressuring Simone to be sexy. There are other ways to stand out, although I suspect the producers are pushing that storyline. Maybe he should watch some old videos of Mark and Shawn.
I think besides what appeared as a lack of enthusiasm, Heather’s biggest drawback was her job with Beyonce. That is on another level even for a pro dancer. It didn’t help that her pro spent a good deal of his time promoting himself, and the show did too with all the Maks is back stuff. They really thought Maks would carry the votes?
When watching last night; when the guys were safe and the girls were in jeopardy, I thought that the only person I saw going home was Nancy. But then I forgot that Maks was gone for 4 weeks and with Heather dancing with Alan, the audience at home were unable to connect with them and it made her dances forgettable and I think that that is the biggest reason for her elimination last night. This is now making me look back at some of the other shocking eliminations that Maks had gone through, like Willa Ford in Season 3 and Brandy in Season 11. This one is beyond shocking. As far as the boys team goes, I must say that there are two out of the four on that team that are pretty good (David and Rashad). I just hope that this does not lead to the end of the show because there are some people on Twitter that are furious and saying that they may never watch the show again.
Er, note to self (aka Maks, CH), when you’re a regular victim of a “shocking elimination” it might be YOU, not the celeb, not Alan, not any other reason. Just a thought.
And it’s not “beyond shocking” when I and others have noted the possibility of it happening. The only surprise was that it happened THIS week, when Bonner is still around.
Also FYI – there are ALWAYS people on twitter saying they will never watch again. It’s been that way since the beginning and yet here we are.
Agreed PH, wasn’t expecting it to happen yet but I did not think she would make the finals, or even the semis, with or without Maks.
Fig said it above somewhere, it was multiple issues in one – her being a ‘pro’ dancer, not having a personality that stands out, and mostly getting sub-par choreo for her dances.
Producers LOVE the attention from this, dwts will be all over social media and entertainment media this week. People always say the show sucks and they will never watch again after stuff like this, though the majority of those people probably didn’t even vote for her.
The only thing negative about it is that they can fully devote the attention to pimping Val & Normani now and the C bros fans are no longer divided. I would now be shocked is N&V are NOT in the finals. Though I am hoping for a Rashad, Nancy and Simone finale. If there was a 4th, I would want David in there.
I definitely expect males – Bonner and Nick – to go next, not sure which order. Possibly David right after them, hopefully not before. Judges, producers and also the crazy so-called fans that are ‘outraged’ and claiming sexism and that the male celebs are horrible and should have left before Heather, will probably all help make that happen.
Do we know at this point what the deal is with the whole immunity thing? Is it the top performing couple getting immunity, or is it multiple couples? I assumed the former since there are 7 couples left and that’s an odd number, but then I read in the media interviews post that each celebrity has to learn 4 dances, so now I’m wondering if they’re going to give the top scoring couple immunity and then have dance-offs with the remaining 6 couples. I really hope they don’t give immunity to multiple couples at this stage in the competition because if they did, the producers could legitimately pick who will be eliminated next week (within reason as there are a couple contestants who I don’t think they can touch).
@m – If it follows the pattern of previous seasons, the highest-scoring couple from the individual dance round will get the immunity, plus 3-5 points added to their score. The rest of the couples will face off – I think the next highest-scorer gets to pick their opponent first, and then the opponent picks the dance style. Each couple dances on the floor at the same time, and the judges pick a winner – that couple gets an additional 2 points added to their score. Make sense?
Maks should really be ashamed of himself. Last week I did predict that Heather would be the one eliminated just so Maks could save face and blame it on Alan. That was low even for a C-Brother, especially since it was last week’s dance (which Maks choreographed and was Heather’s specialty)that sent her packing. TPTB really played their part making sure they got a perfect score to reinforce that if only Maks had not gotten injured Heather could have won. I feel really bad for Alan and I personally don’t think that rumba was a 10. Maks didn’t even show up for GMA this morning and Heather was on from LA, not New York. I guess the rules are always changed for the C-Brothers. Please tell Val to not talk back to the judges and actually do the assigned dance style.
Just two more thoughts-
Nick was the most annoying guest judge ever, he acted like he’s been doing this for years.
CAI was out of line pushing David for an answer to her silly question.
@Courtney Yes, thanks so much for the clarification! This is far better than what I thought might be the plan.
Watched GMA this morning. Maks was a no show, but Heather showed up, she was still in LA. He told Heather one hell of a whopper. Supposedly Maks had a run in with a man trying to break into their house and the main thing is that Peta is ok. The police were called. I have a very hard time believing this. My guess is that Maks is pouting like a baby because he got eliminated. Like Heather said in one of their packages “it is all about him.”
Nick: “…I actually liked the samba (Normani) performed. I donβt like Valβs sambas…”
My issue is not with your opinion but that SALSA was her assigned style and I only saw about 10 seconds of actual Salsa. Val should be on his third twitter thrashing from Louis this season alone!
Even though Heather is a professional dancer I really have not enjoyed any of her dances up until tonight’s rumba, which I thought was pretty good. Comparing Heather and Nancy up until tonight, I have enjoyed watching Nancy dance more than Heather. So I am not surprised, upset, or bothered that Heather is off the show.
I did enjoy Rashad’s dance tonight and David needs to realize he is not a professional dancer and to look at how far he has advanced in just a few weeks is amazing considering he knew absolutely nothing about dancing.
Thanks to PH for the wonderful comments during the show. It’s my favorite part of the night reading the Live Blog!
I don’t think Normani will get immunity next week because on the dance offs they usually have the Twitter vote and you know the harmos are gonna be voting like crazy it will probably 99% in Manis favor. The producers want that. They wanna have people be tweeting for her and creating buzz.
Jazz, go away. You clearly don’t understand the immunity & dance-offs, and have no place commenting on them.
Looking back on last night’s dances, I really did like Heather’s rumba and it was the most enjoyable of the night for me, with Rashad’s tango just behind.
Every other week, I felt distinctly underwhelmed watching her, but I feel her skills were finally put to proper use this week.
I kinda wish she could’ve stayed a couple more weeks, to see how she’d fare with something like a Samba, Paso or AT.
@Jazz Tweets do not equate to votes…winning immunity will come from the JUDGES!! And we’ve already seen their agenda when it comes to Normani. You harmos can win your girl the Twitter dance-off all ya want. winning a Tweeting contest means NOTHING if you Harmos aren’t actually VOTING for your Mani. Ya know, by using the touchtone keypad on your cellphone. And I still don’t think Normani is winning over the general viewing VOTING audience! Much buzz from the main demo is for Nancy, David and Rashad.
As Courtney has said MANY TIMES…if you don’t win over the general viewing audience, you are NOT gonna win DWTS! Social Media followers means nothing. It didn’t help Zendaya because her Zwaggers crashed the ABC website on finale night with all their email accts Zendaya encouraged them to make, that the ONLY fair thing for ABC to do was to throw out ALL of the online votes and go by phone votes only. Social Media followers didn’t help Bethany Mota in S19 win because her Motavators were upset she wasn’t posting more videos during her DWTS run. Hayes Grier didn’t get far because he was more concerned with trending on Twitter than encouraging his fans to VOTE!
I see lotsa people who are mad that Mani has all this dancing experience and not being held to the standard of actually performing the dance to which you are assigned. So yeah, I think your girl will get immunity from the judges because I don’t think she’s as popular with the general public as you’d like us to think she is Jazz!
PH, your post #166 – is CH Chelsie Hightower?
I remember she was paired with Ty Murray, a rodeo performer, who we thought would never get near 4th place, which he did. Was she supposed to do better than she did with Louie Vito, Jake Pavelka, and Romeo? (I omitted the famous dog house performance of another partner.)
Or have I missed what you meant completely? Sorry if I did.
@Lee – CH was the name of a commenter further upstream. Heidi was responding to them.
I didn’t think I could dislike Harmonizers any more than I already do until now. Some of them have actually called out Len as a racist because of him giving Normani an 8.
1st of all – he gave them that score based on VAL’S choreography. He’s trying to hold Val to some sort of standard. Val is just too thick headed to listen.
2nd – Normani isn’t the only poc on this season. If she were and she was the only one getting a bad score from him, I might could understand your logic. But she’s not.
It’s sort of amusing that Heather would do so well last night, well of course she was going to do well. Maks knows how to Rumba light years better than he knows how to choreograph Jazz. He is a latin dancer and makes a living at it, although he is more into other things these days.
Heather dances at a professional level. I dare say some of the troupe members don’t have her training and it shows. Heather has been hidden by shit jazz choreography, she has been stunt cast as a ringer in the truest sense of the word. Think of being hustled by a pool shark. It’s the same scenario. Folks don’t like to be hustled, she had to go. Normani is not getting the pro edit and she should. If she danced competitively and she’s a dance teacher she needs to dance prescribed Ballroom and Latin, not these hybird jazz solos. If she gets immunity as PH mentioned then the show has to stop protecting her.
If the show wants ringers to populate a show then we won’t get the Davids or Rashads to participate. When will the show get it? The still don’t get the youngin’s ten years later. The boys won the fans and the girls won the points as it often happens on this show. It’s getting tiresome.
I’m trying to figure out the Nancy edit however, if people think she is some sort of whiner that’s so far from an athlete like her, so that edit just bugs. It’s a bit misogynistic actually, because we rarely see a male athlete who is in contention for the title whine. So let’s cut the crap and the hours and hours of video to find 5 minutes of when Nancy is unsure of herself because she’s up against at least 2 pro dancers who are half her age. Nancy is also better than her scores so I wonder at all of this. She got a dressing down last evening by Len so that’s disappointing for her, but I am glad she told the audience about the boot change at the last minute. Skaters are very cognizant of their footwear. This felt like a bit of sabotage just to see how she’d do.
But she also knows her Dancing With the Stars. Heh, she knew right away the Mel B Paso music. It’s like the biggest baseball fan knowing Mickey Mantle’s batting average. You gotta love her for that. So many people come on this show and no diddly squat about the previous seasons, so that was way cool.
I also was slightly intrigued when they cut to Val in her package and her dancing Jazz and he said something like “wow she just turns it on…” meaning she may stress but she delivers when it counts. So they are trying to I guess give her a bad/not bad edit, but come on, people only see the bad. Well I wasn’t going to bother given the disappointment last season seeing James get second, but I’m dusting off my VPN in hopes that NK will make the finals.
DWTS is getting 4 times more media attention with this surprise elimination during May sweeps – enough said.
I watch this show for the dancing, and not so much on the tries really hard factor. I’m not sure what the voter split is between the dancing superiority and the social aspect–the underdog factor.
The true ringer on this show is the good looking male professional athlete who have won more often than someone who had been paid to dance/perform (in this season, Normani and Heather). They have the statistical advantage.
I do expect more from the people who have some experience dancing to choreography. It’s up to the pro to deliver on this aspect and the judges to expect more difficulty. The problem I have with Normani/Val is that it seems she dances the same dance every week. Heather was doomed from the beginning with a rookie pro. I like Alan, but he has a weak fanbase, and pro popularity counts.
As the show proceeds, I’m hoping for a Simone, Normani, and Rashad finish. My money is on Rashad, but I’m voting for Simone and Nancy. I think that last night both were uncomfortable with the push for sexy. I was too.
Power rankings are up: https://www.puredwts.com/2017/04/25/puredwts-season-24-week-6-power-rankings/
Gunny, I don’t think you really understand what a “ringer” is…
I really thought the only shock last night would be Carrie Ann believing she’s only 20 years older than Simone.
That Heather elimination seems bogus to me. Of course since it’s Maks going home too, it’s happy time here, and since I was on team “Leave Alan with Heather for the rest of the season”, I couldn’t care less about Maks going home either. But I did want to see Heather do more dances even if she didn’t win the season. Your head goes to that conspiracy theory place because of all the undeserving people that are left. I don’t buy it. But yeah, I can see where a backlash and lack of votes can come from. Anyway, it’s a dancing competition and I want to see great dances, sue me, I would’ve preffered obvious choices Nick, David, Bonner (because of their abilities) and to some extent Simone (because I can’t help but loose interest each week, except Disney night) to be voted out before Heather.
Now they can freely and ridiculously push Normani all the way to the end, so the only thing close to a male “star” they have left, can keep going to the finals or maybe even winning again.
Maybe with the way Maks must be feeling, asuming it’s all true, and it’s a true “shocking elimination”, he leaves the show for good.
Nothing more annoying than a celebrity guest judge. Sometimes they look and act like they understand they are there for entertainment value and don’t really know shit, but it’s specially annoying when they pretend they know a lot and are actual pro dancers.
Rashad is NOT the “true ringer”. But thanks for playing. Nice try.
Can someone tell me what Maks said about Alan at the end? My TV cut out right after the elimination and I can’t find it anywhere. IMO, David can stay as long as he wants. He’s not much of a dancer and was off this week, but he usually makes me smile and I like seeing his progress. I’m mostly indifferent to this elimination, though there are a few people I would have rather seen go first.
Um, hasn’t Maks been on set every week except for the week he was getting treatment? Even if Alan filled in dancing for him, Maks was still very, very visible as Heather’s partner. Actually, I’d argue even MORE visible, since the show was slobbering over itself to put the “poor Maks is injured” story front and center. Maks isn’t a shrinking violet, he loves him some camera time.
So blaming Alan for Heather’s ouster is rather silly.
@Mafer I disagree with your comment that some contestants who are still on the show are “undeserving.” I assume you’re talking about some of the men whose dancing isn’t as strong as some of the other contestants. The term “undeserving” makes it sound as if they’ve somehow evaded the rules of the game and continued to be in the competition when they shouldn’t be, but that is not the case. As has been stated many times on Pure, DWTS is not strictly a dancing competition. Rather, it is partly a dancing competition and partly a popularity contest (or personality contest or whatever term you’d like to give to it). Everybody goes in knowing full well that the judges scores (aka the strength of your dancing) counts for half and the viewer voting (aka the personality/popularity part of it) counts for half. If you’re good in one but severely lacking in the other, you aren’t going to make it very far. That’s the way the rules are written, and everybody knows that going in. People who are decent but not great dancers (like most of the men this season) who are really great at getting viewer votes aren’t undeserving. According to the rules of the competition, they are every bit as deserving as people who are great dancers but are mediocre at getting viewer votes.
#m: in my opinion, they are undeserving as the show should be won by people who can actually dance. That’s the way I personally like it. The term “undeserving” simply means you’re not deserving of a win. It’s a popular thing to say. Who cares what the dictionary says?. In this case, you can’t really dance better than others in your season. You can’t even dance as good as other people, and you simply move up the line because you’re more popular and that’s part of the game. Nobody’s talking about rules. That would be like if I say somebody “undeserving” won an Oscar, I’m also saying they must have evaded the rules. No. I just didn’t like that performance. Somebody was better in this or that movie in my opinion. It’s as simple as that.
By your reasoning it’s ok for Rob Kardashian to win because for some reason he was popular, or it was a “vote for the worst” situation which in the end also means “more votes”. And votes are part of the rules so he’s deserving of a win. Or because everybody loves the Bachelor and Nick, I’m supposed to ignore that awful Jive from last night and it’s ok for him to win the show anyway because he got votes. Sure, that’s the rule. But it’s not the “deserving” part. The show shouldn’t be won by David because he’s fun to watch. The show should be won by a Nancy or a Rashad, or if you want to go there, by Normani or Heather because at the end of the day, professional dancers or not, they can actually dance.
I don’t think Bonner is very good, I don’t think David is good at all, I don’t think Nick is good and I don’t care for Simone and haven’t really seen anything that great from her. So to me, it’s easy to say that Heather deserved to be on top of them. And I suppose you wouldn’t throw the “professional dancer” card at me for saying that because…she’s not evading any rules by being a celebrity who also happens to be a pro. It’s just like a “moral rule” that we go by when we say that they shouldn’t be on the show. Same as me saying “undeserving” of a win. Regardless of the real rules.
And no, I’m not hating on you for replying to what I said before. If it sounds that way, it’s just the way it comes out. Sorry about that.
This is a reality TV program not a dance competition. Check out many past seasons, very often the best dancer is not the winner. It is the person who has talent, but more than that grace and gets the voting audience behind them. No way Heather would have ever won this season and exactly why David might make the finals.
@Mafer Okay, I understand. Clearly, we just use the word “undeserving” differently from one another. You mean it in a subjective way related to your own opinions about who you want to win, which in your opinion means dancing ability is far more important than other factors. I use the word “undeserving” in a more objective way relating to whether or not a person won fair and square by the rules that had been stated before the competition began. I don’t think this means that we wildly disagree. I can completely understand why you and others would prefer that the show be more about dancing ability than all the non-dance factors that cause people to vote. We all have our own opinions about exactly which combination of dance ability and personality should win, and I respect everybody’s right to form their own opinions on this matter. Fortunately, we all even have a chance to communicate these opinions via votes. The reason I objected so strongly to your comment was because I read it as being in the same tone as many of the complaints I saw on Twitter last night that said: “This is so unfair! The show screwed her!” when in fact she had not been screwed at all and had lost because she did not succeed in doing what the rules clearly stated that a person needs to do to stay in the competition. If people are sad to see her go and wish it had been someone else, fine. We all have favorites. If people feel that show did something wrong by abiding by the preset rules, however, that is where I take issue.
In regards to your comment about throwing a card at you about Heather being a professional dancer, you are correct that I would not do that. As I have said on previous posts about the matter, I don’t agree with that casting decision, but once the decision was made that ship sailed. It would not be reasonable or fair for the producers of the show to invent some random way of removing her from the show (I believe some talk show host suggested this).
Hello? The dictionary matters. Words matter. They have MEANING. I realize it’s kinda trendy to just change the meaning of words as you see fit, but that don’t make you right. It’s rather ignorant, in fact.
Undeserving in this case is strictly a matter of opinion – and in this one instance your opinion is WRONG, Mafer. The fact is the show is set up so that it’s half judges scores and half viewer votes. That’s an objective fact. Therefore, your opinion on someone being undeserving is highly flawed. Fact is, if they are still there it’s beause they had a better cumulative score based on the shows own rules. Learn to deal with it.
Yes, if Rob had won, he would have deserved it. And “Vote for the Worst” has never worked on DWTS – sorry.
Interesting how words no longer matter, or you meaning only matters, when arguing for your favorites – much tougher to play within the rules, ain’t it?
#PJC yes, it’s true. Sometimes the best dancer doesn’t win….and so on. What people don’t seem to understand is that everybody watches the show they want to watch. And considers the show to be what they want to the show to be. Same for its winners. Take another similar show, American Idol. It wasn’t just about singing, it was a popularity contest too. But don’t come at me because I want Jennifer Hudson, Michael Johns, Carly Smithson or Daughtry to win the show and I think several people above them were undeserving. Yes, the game says you can have more votes and stay longer. But I want good singers to win. Not mediocre people with more votes, better personalities or relatable stories. Maybe I just don’t care for David like many of you here do. Again, sue me because I prefer to care for Rashad and Nancy’s clear growth and much better dancing. Sue me because I don’t care for stories. Maybe this is all happening because I don’t actually “love” any contestant this year, so I choose to go by the dancing alone. That’s also a valid point. Well, I 100% love Erika but I never wanted her to win.
And yes #m, it’s entirely subjective. Objectively, we wouldn’t vote the way we vote, we wouldn’t complain as much, we wouldn’t love or hate this or that person. Everybody technically deserves to win, celebrity or pro. This site has a weekly paragraph or line dedicated to hating on Val, Maks or throw a snarky comment here and there to anybody close to them. It’s been mentioned that they shouldn’t win or shouldn’t get this or that. Countless times. That they don’t deserve to win is a popular opinion here. And most of the time, it’s very much true. However, those aren’t the rules. According to the rules, they and their partners should win and are deserving of wins every single season, and if they’re popular, even more so. And yet hardly anybody here would agree with that. Everything is subjective.
Sometimes the best dancer wins, sometimes Donny, Kellie or Nyle win. I can consider them undeserving if I want to. Even if they got more votes, were more popular, had a story, grace, whatever. I don’t care that Nyle was deaf (story), hot (more votes), Peta (popular pro), good dancer but he can’t listen to the music??? (points, points, votes, votes) or will forever be on my personal list of hottest guys since Top Model. I cared about the fact that Paige was killing it each week in the second half of the season and Mark was throwing everything at her and she was nailing it. According to this discussion, or when it started, I’m wrong and Nyle should be my winner too. Nope.
Sorry for the long post.
Well Princess Heidi, that’s your opinion. Mine is not wrong, it’s just mine and it’s different from yours. I’ll follow my own and keep thinking what I’m thinking unless I see it fit to change it.
@Mafer I think you’re misreading my posts. As I explained in my last post, everybody has a right to have favorites and be sad that your favorite didn’t win/wish your favorite would’ve won. For anybody to say that you have no right to like who you like would be quite ridiculous. As I explained in my last post, I interpreted your first post as meaning: “This was totally unfair! The show screwed Heather over!” like many people were saying on Twitter last night. That is entirely different than just having a different opinion from other voters about who should have won. I loved Paige. I wanted her to win. I voted for her. I was sad when she didn’t win. However, I don’t believe that she was screwed by the show because Nyle was more popular with the voting public, and that was clearly stated from the beginning as being half of the calculation. If you feel that Heather was better than the other contestants and should have won and you are now upset that she didn’t, that’s reasonable. If you feel like the show was wrong for following it’s own rules, that’s where I would have an issue.
@wynn I didn’t even realize what dance style it was until today, and for a salsa it was pretty meh, had a better samba beat in the song.
The good thing if Normani wins immunity is we wont have to watch Val or listen to him either…Thanks for all the interesting comments, always enjoy reading.
Did anyone else enjoy seeing Artem beat out Maks? Hehehe….I felt for Artem because he just seemed defeated in his face like he accepted fate…until it was actually announced.
And What is going on? Maks didnt show up to GMA? His house was broken into? Really? Too many things happening with Maks this season and I’m glad he’s gone. I think he took advantage of this season and the higher higher ups may be over him…
#m no, don’t worry I agree with you. No, Paige wasn’t screwed by the show. Neither was Heather. As I’ve said I personally think she should’ve won, she was a better dancer than Nyle, her pro did a better job with her too. That to me is enough. Like you said, the show didn’t screw her because the rules, the game also include another factor, the vote, that they supposedly can’t manipulate (*wink). That’s on us the viewers. So Nyle is a rightful winner if we go by “the rules”. How I feel personally and about voters and our decisions while voting, that’s another story. And it’s the only story I’m talking about. I don’t take into account the judges because if I remember correctly, the scores were there in her favor too. So that half of the equation is fine by me. My last paragraph and response to you was about votes and how people work them out (story, personality and such). I tend to not care about that and look for my best dancer(s) and go from there. So my “deserving” aspect is about dance only. If Bindi were a bad dancer, then she shouldn’t have won. Screw her amazing personality or her talented pro.
You keep mentioning twitter, I don’t use twitter anymore I have no idea what goes on there I only see what you guys post. What you say they’re saying there is of course wrong. Who screwed Heather? Well votes. Maks/Alan and their choreo. Her being out of Glee for about 3 years now. The Gleeks growing up and not caring anymore or not even watching this show. It still doesn’t mean that I don’t want her to stay over others. Or that my mind doesn’t go conspiracy theory and then it’s quickly over. Well, she didn’t get the votes, what can you do. I’ll root for those “deserving” ones who are left: Nancy, Rashad and Normani.
#Emnem yes of course, Artem going far, getting scores, doing a good job with his partner, the partner allowing him to show his abilities. It’s a highlight of the season for sure. There’s a bit of extra icing on that cake too because Maks is gone before him too. He knew he was going home, he knew he was gone yet again. Until he wasn’t. It was supersweet to watch.
People often hold dear to opinion that is based on an incorrect set of facts. If that’s what you want.
Wow, Mafer, you sound terribly defensive for someone so sure she is right. Also a very general and simplistic take on our previous discussions here – designed that way to fit your agenda but hardly that simple. I let it slide this time, but I will start deleting you if you continue to talk about this site. If you don’t like it, GTFO. Also a deliberate twisting of every one else’s opinion cuz yer feelings are hurt and you’re trying to hard to make some sort of point.
Consider anyone undeserving that you want, it doesn’t make you right, but it certainly makes you sound very bitchy. Congrats.
ENOUGH! Mafer (or MF) and whoever else is involved in this back and forth, it’s old, tired and you’ve both had your say more than once. Change the damn subject to something else.
#EmnEm Yeah the house break in story is weird. People mag says the police didn’t arrest anybody because no crime took place. It is a “civil dispute” between Maks and someone else that should go to civil court.
That story doesn’t make very much sense. If someone was trying to break in, that was a crime – so, I guess that means that no one was really trying to “break in” but it was some kind of misunderstanding?
I just read the People article as well, and it left more questions than answers. It moved quickly from a quote from Maks about how someone had tried to break in to saying the police said no crime had occurred to describing where in their house Shai’s nursery is. This is all so strange.
@PrincessHeidi No, I am not going to go away because I actually enjoy your insight a lot. Yes, I disagree with your approach and opinions most of the times, but just because we don’t see eye to eye doesn’t mean I can’t comment or respectfully refute your point. ?
While I understand your opinion about the Girl Group having little to do and being overscored, my opinion had nothing to do with that! I am not comparing these guys with these girls specifically. I am stating a bigger issue here; men in this show are sexy and they’re instantly rewarded while women who attempt to do the same get a lo of criticism and backlash. And I’ve heard the whole “You can be sexy in a classy way” argument, but apparently that doesn’t apply to men. What the guys did was not classy at all but it doesn’t matter because they’re hot guys and they can pull it off, while we put more pressure on the girls because we judge them even because of the dress they decide to wear for their routine.
@Kelly So what you are essentially saying is okay for the boys to be sexy and even inappropriate because horny middle-aged women won’t mind it? I don’t think that’s a valid excuse because it only applies to the boys, apparently.
And yes I recall Jana and Gleb last season bringing the sexy to their routines, and I specifically remember Jana being called a tramp for her Argentine Tango (which was absolutely delightful!). I even read comments saying that she should worry about what her daughter would think of her in the future! But why am I not seeing this same argument for the guys in this group that have kids and chose to dance like strippers?
And yes, I have seen Magic Mike, both movies, actually. I am proudly gay and I enjoy the male physique as much as you do ? But as viewers we have a double-standard (that transcends DWTS obviously) when it comes to the ladies and it’s unfair that we punish them by calling them trashy, but the man does the same and he’s called sexy.
Sorry for the long reply. I’m very passionate about this topic in particular. Also, please excuse me and correct me if I made any grammar mistake; English is not my first language. ?
It is also strange that People has more or less become Maks’ defacto Facebook page.
Yeah, that break-in story sounded weird to me too at first, but some of the later news stories have filled in some of blanks. Apparently Maks and Peta are renting the place, and some guy and his friend showed up at 230am and said the place was actually his? Maks was on the Maria Menounos show and made it sound like the guy was a previous owner or something who lost the property and wouldn’t leave so it became a thing.
I was highly skeptical on why he would miss the GMA interview, but apparently it’s at 4am LA time and he was still dealing with the cop thing.
sounds like the dude was drunk and decided now would be the perfect time to “take back his home.”
Incidentally, one of my law school friends had this same idea, but drunkenly decided the governors mansion was his home and was tackled trying to scale the fence. Not the easiest thing to explain to the Bar association.
Maks is lucky he gets special treatment and wasn’t required to fly out to GMA like other booted contestants. In the People article, it said he would have gone to GMA but heather wasn’t ready and since they both have kids, GMA allowed the satellite interview instead. Why does Maks having a kid get to factor into anything? It’s not like he’s personally nursing the baby and can’t be away for 24 hrs.
Just because he was eliminated, don’t expect him to disappear completely. I’m sure GMA will make him a special correspondent for the rest of the season so he can personally interview his bro and wife each week.
People is run by shippers these days. If you manage to get knocked up, you’ll get a cover. π
Ruben, unless you READ IT HERE, then don’t discuss it here like we have the same opinion. I saw no one make those comments about Jana last season – the main complaint that people here had was that sexy dances were ALL she had. She had little range – that is largely Gleb’s fault. Many of the other opinions you discuss in your post are also not from here – you’re generalizing. Just don’t be taking the opinions you see somewhere else and act like the people on this site have the same – that’s rarely true and it’s just annoying as hell. I don’t much care what people say elsewhere on the web. Period. Stop it. And you may not want to go away, but you best watch your step.
Again, in your last two paragraphs – what is this “we” shit? Point to specific posts you take issue with in the future and then we’ll discuss it. But don’t try to justify your argument with things you read elsewhere on the web. We have, in the past, pointed out when we thought that someone was being sexist or had a double standard. It’s not common here and I’d appreciate it if you’d take it up with the people who actually say such things instead of the people here. I doubt very much that Kelly was doing anything of the sort, but at least you mention her by name.
I think that you are generalizing also when you speak about our opinions here on the men versus the women. A little reading comprehension and a lack of projection goes a long way. Most of the time, when we (or Courtney and I, anyway) comment about a dance being bump and grind and being critical of that is because THAT’S ALL THEY DO. There is nothing else. It’s like the male pros (and Mandy Moore) often don’t know how to choreograph anything else. It’s cheap, easy and requires no creative thought – and I actually far prefer the female pros choreography in this area. They had a few seconds of Magic Mike, but the VAST MAJORITY of that dance was filled with other dance moves that were specifically designed to show off their celebs in the best light possible – like, the whole point of the show. Conversely, the male pros gave their female celebs – all of whom are terrific dancers (as they should be) – shit all to do. Hell, what is that bit with them sitting on the chairs, anyway? Male-centric when the it should be celeb centric (i.e. the women). Like Courtney, I’m actually surprised they didn’t throw in the obligatory pillow fight that men seem to have fantasies over. Honestly, looking at the two routines as a whole, it wasn’t the male celeb side that was sexist. For one thing, the male celebs came up with that part themselves and for another it was a small part of an overall dance. Did the women even dance at all? I don’t recall – which is a bad sign.
Ruben gets the “mansplainer of the year” award…
Casanova, I am right there with you! Hoping Nancy can make it past Bachelor Nation and Bonner and possibly even Normani. That still won’t get her to the finals but if she can get that far then there is a chance. I have enjoyed her on this show so much. I’ve also enjoyed Artem this season. He looked so worried he was going home! So glad he didn’t!