PureDWTS DWTS Juniors, Season 1 – Week 6 Live(ish) Blog!!!
It’s “Giving Thanks” week, and the junior celebs are paying tribute to those they’re thankful for – get ready for appearances from Stevie Wonder and Maddie Ziegler, as I believe they’re joining Mandla & Brightyn and Kenzie & Sage, respectively, for their performances tonight. Looks like a dark horse might emerge tonight, and we say goodbye to yet another beloved couple. Although Jason’s relatively composed elimination last week gives me hope that maybe the remaining kids will be able to keep their composure from here on out…prolly not. Oh well…at least the rest of the show is pleasant to watch 🙂 Far more so than its adult counterpart these days…
Pretty cute opener, seeing the junior celebs, junior pros, and mentors all dancing together – reminds you of how young these kids are 😛 Once again, Kenzie & Sage look more like mentors than juniors.
Ariana’s dedicating her routine to her family and is doing a salsa. Ariana’s abelo & abuela come to visit at rehearsal 🙂
It’s fun and energetic, and they both are selling it well – though I don’t know that it’s necessarily their strongest performance. Tuck that tush under, Artyon!
Mandy is “thankful for that salsa!” and commends Artyon on the lift. Adam wants to know if Artyon can lift him next. Val says it was “spicy” and “authentic” and thinks Puerto Rico is proud of Ariana.
They get 9, 9, 9 – they seem happy.
As an aside: you start to notice some of the editing if you know where to look. Case in point: the voiceover from Jordan talking about the DWTS finale tomorrow night. Clearly filmed later on, and you notice the only thing you actually saw Jordan saying was “Frankie!”
Mandla is giving thanks for his dad – and he’s dancing to “Isn’t She Lovely”, his favorite song his dad has written. Stevie seems touched 🙂
It’s a lovely foxtrot – no pun intended 😉 What I love about how Mandla moves is just how organic he is – he may lack the polish of some of the kids with previous experience, but there’s something so genuine about his dancing.
Adam thinks it was his best dance. Val thanks Stevie for being there, and Stevie says the dance “looked good to him!” Hehe. Brightyn is crying, and saying how she’s so touched by Mandla’s relationship with his dad. Mandy says it was beautiful. They get 9, 9, 9 – looks like tonight’s episode of Sesame Street may be brought to you by the number “9”.
Akash & Kamri up next – and I’m told this Bollywood jazz is TOTES ADORBS.
Akash is thankful for his parents, and they love “Jai Ho”. They’re visiting rehearsal and they’re every bit as darling as he is 🙂
I think that may have been his best dance – he was nailing all of the arm and leg movements. And he looked so proud!!!
Val thought it was his best dance. Mandy praises him for “cleaning up” his movements. Adam agrees with both.
Akash’s favorite move was the “pump-up move” and he’s trying to teach Frankie 😛 He gets 8, 8, 7 – and they’re shrieking with joy. Adam’s weird.
Miles & Rylee up next!
Like everyone thus far, Miles is thankful for his family. He’s dancing to “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”. I remember his mom & Dad from when he was on AGT 🙂
Miles is like a mini-Jordan – he just moves so confidently. I loved it.
Mandy name drops La-La Land and praises Miles “genuine sense of joy”. Adam is mad he didn’t get any flowers from Miles 😛 Val thinks it was one of his best dances and praises the footwork and technique, and appreciates that he’s a short guy that “dances big”. His critiques have improved from week 1, I’ll give him that.
Miles says his family has both chicken & turkey for Thanksgiving. They get 9, 9, 8 – seriously, WTF, Adam. You’re my least favorite judge.
Sky is thankful for her family, too. Her brother looks like he could be her twin.
It’s a pretty foxtrot and Sky seems so chuffed to being doing it the whole dance. I still feel like both Miles & Mandla were better, thought.
Adam is getting choked up. Val says it was “so special” and had “emotional range”. Mandy says it was excellent and praises Alan for Sky & JT looking “coached”.
Ocean (Sky’s brother) is waiting in the skybox and making me cry. Sky & JT get 9, 10, 10 – ok, it was good, but I still feel like Mandla & Miles were just as good. And dammit, these kids are making it dusty in my house…
Obvi, Kenzie is thankful for her sister, Maddie. So clearly, we need to invoke Sia again.
It’s good, but Kenzie still seems to exaggerate her movements – contemporary dancer having trouble transitioning to ballroom?
Val praises the sisters’ relationship. Mandy talks about “dancing big” and “full-out”. Adam wants to be the 3rd Ziegler sister.
Frankie sarcastically saying that Maddie has “never danced before” is unintentionally hilarious, given the song-and-dance of this season. 😛
They get 9, 9, 9 – I’m getting a tad tired of the “9” paddle tonight.
And now its time to say goodbye…
…to Akash & Kamri. 🙁
Akash was such a bright spot this season – just so exuberant and happy to be there. My god, Akash is so mature and articulate. I’mma miss this one…