DWTS10 Week 9 – The Cheesecake Awards!
So apparently Heidi & I were on this freaky wavelength this week where we both agreed on everything…literally, we thought of almost the exact same things for this weeks awards. Add to that the fact that this week was just a pretty damn good week, both performance-wise and results show-wise, so this week’s awards are a little less snarktastic (sorry kids…we just were feeling the semifinal love this week :-D) and a little more just odd observations…but interesting ones nonetheless! Now…let’s take it cheesey, shall wee? 😉
The “3rd Time’s a Charm!” Award – Cheryl & Chad , for their 3rd week in a row wearing see-through ballroom outfits
Courtney: I think wardrobe was cutting corners and just made 3 identical dresses for Cheryl, and then dyed them whatever color felt right for the week, hehe. But this time they actually got it right: I loved that flesh tone on her, and it went perfectly with her 40’s-esque, softly curled hair. A definite improvement from the white christening gown two weeks ago, and the black negligee (complete with thong-like lower back thingie!) from last week. Chad dittoed his Viennese waltz silky pajamas again…gotta say, that’s the most interesting interpretation of a ballroom suit I’ve seen in awhile. To me it says “Heck yah I’m gonna do the waltz, and then afterward, I’m gonna go have drinks with Hef – without changing clothes!”
Heidi: Hee – we are sharing a brain today – I was having deja vu with my “another day, another see thru skirt. But you’re right, this one was very pretty.
Biggest Waste of Season-Long Buildup Award – The Design-a-Dance
Courtney: Why oh why did they think having two former celebs doing a dance together would be a good idea??! This was a disaster, IMO. Sloppy choreography that neither of them seemed to really know well, a crappy tango song, and Joey Fatone in KISS makeup. Bleeeccchhh. Even the guy that designed the costumes seemed to be unhappy to be there witnessing it! The Design-a-Dance has really been going downhill since the first one where Julianne & Derek did the jive to “Great Balls of Fire” in season 7 – now that was worth the season-long buildup. Then there was the 4-person quickstep with Derek, Mark, Julianne, & Lacey, which was still pretty cute; and then the pro-am paso with Mark & Sabrina, which was just kinda ok…and then this. Oy. Hopefully next season they’ll revert back to the 2-pro format…because this was a big letdown. 🙁
Heidi: Again, sharing a brain. WTF? Like we don’t have enough amateurs dancing on this show they have to make DaD amateur as well? I must say, though, that the designer will probably be a huge success because he has “bored bitchface” down to a science!! And really, that’s all it takes to be a designer, right?
The Carrie Ann Inaba Weird Analogy of the Week – Describing Nicole’s ability to learn new dances as “Pooping out cells”
Courtney: It’s moments like these that make me wonder if Carrie Ann knocked back a few drinks before hitting the judging table. I mean, I understood what she meant; it was just really…awkward. I think I liked the Charlie Brown teacher analogy better.
Heidi: As soon as I heard the word “Poop” I was gone. I mean really, I prefer Bruno’s f-bombs. 🙂
The Peculiar Body Language Award: Nicole & Derek, for their repeated neck-touching
Courtney: Now Heidi may have been tipped off by their armpit sniffing and gum spitting last week, but the way they kept touching each others’ necks this week made me wonder if there was something more than just platonic friendship going on between these two. The neck is a vulnerable, erogenous zone – you don’t just go around caressing someone else’s unless you’re romantic with them. Yes, I am aware that Derek injured his neck – but why did Nicole feel the need to keep touching it? And why was he touching hers? Hmmmm….
Heidi: Honey, he wasn’t just touching, he was stroking – very strange, particularly since he’s not giving off the vibes he did with Joanna (aka the “yer sooooo pretty and hot” vibes 🙂 ). I had several WTF moments with Nicole and Derek this past week – like, if she had taken any longer with the family after the AT (including bf) he would have picked her up and caveman carried her to the celebraquarium.
Unofficial Sponsor of the Semifinal Performance Show: Prince
Courtney: The Purple Man…the Artist Formerly Known as Prince…whatever you call him, he’s AWESOME. Two Prince songs in one night, and a Purple Rain-inspired costume? LOVES IT. The only thing better would be him sitting in the front row, glasses on, hair all pompadour-y…glorious.
Heidi: Derek says in his blog that the song they danced to was specifically ONLY allowed for Nicole. I believe his words were “Nicole and Nicole ONLY” was allowed to dance to it. Pretty cool. Love the Purple One.
The Whoopsy-Daisy Award: Bruno and his various faux pas this week
Courtney: First there was the “9!” while holding up the 10 paddle; then the naughty word slip that those skillful censors managed to catch in the nick of time. I wanna say there was more stuff he fouled up a bit, but I just couldn’t keep track of them, haha. The man was in rare form this week…didn’t think it was possible for him to be any more flamboyant than he already is! LOL.
Heidi: I love the little dude. You want me to post the video of him and Billy Bush in speedos? Seriously – I have that and haven’t had time. It’s a little on the scary side. 🙂 They cook in their speedos too.
Tom Bergeron Line O’ the Night: “Bruno had premature paddling” (check the actual phrasing) tied with “I’m gonna go get me one of those Derek Hough Injuries”
Heidi: You know, the very best thing about Tom and what makes him so lovable is that he clearly loves this show and everyone involved in it. That makes him genuinely hilarious in a sweet way.
Courtney: He’s like the Papa Bear of DWTS, looking out for all his baby pro-ducklings and star-ducklings 😀 He reminds me of Cat Deeley on SYTYCD – she always seems to look out for the contestants and seems to develop an attachment to them each season. Seacrest, on the other hand – he almost seems like he intentionally puts the Idol kids in the hot seat for ratings. Whole lotta good that’s doing, buddy.
The Cheese Match Made in Heaven Award: Corky Ballas sitting almost next to Donny Osmond
Heidi: Lord have mercy, that’s way too much cheese for me. Good thing there was one dude sitting between them or we might be drowning in cheddar sauce.
Courtney: Oh good GAWD – I do remember seeing them sitting in pretty close proximity, a few rows behind Rick Fox & Kareem Abdul Jabbar (glad those two Lakers were there to run interference and cancel out some of the Corky-Donny energy…the building could have imploded from too much cheese!). The clash of the attention fiends! Here’s my weird Carrie Ann analogy for them: have any of you ever watched MadTV and seen the sketches with Stuart, the little boy Michael McDonald played that was always saying “Look at what I can do! Look at what I can do!”? Well, put Corky & Donny in front of a camera and you’ve got yourself a regular old Stu-off…each one trying to outdo the other, saying “Look at what I can do! Look at what I can do!” Hilarity.
Most Stark Transition to Adulthood since Britney Spears: Miley Cyrus
Heidi: What the hell? How old is this little chickadee?? Or do I not want to know? So, like when you reach (Hollywood’s version of) adulthood you grow feathers and live in cages, or is that only for lip-syncing pop tarts anxious to shed the Hannah Montana label?
Courtney: This was like the second coming of the “Dirrrty”-era Christina Aguilera – totally contrived and just plain weird. And yes, Heidi, when you reach adulthood you do grow feathers and live in cages, and fake smooch on your female backup dancers and grind with gay choreographers (*cough*Adam Shankman*cough*)…apparently you and I just missed the memo 😉
Ahhhh…this week’s awards seemed to go down like a nice brie cheese – smooth and not at all sharp. Apologies for those of you wanting something a bit bitier 😉 Maybe the chips on our shoulders will return next week for one last hurrah before a 4-month hiatus…fingers crossed! 😀
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Why didn’t the Derek smacking Nicole’s bunda win a Cheesecake award O.O Anyways, I’ve enjoyed following the whole season of DWTS and for the past weeks reading the blogs, but I think that after the finale, I won’t be watching DWTS anymore. But I’ll just have to wait and see what I’ll do 😀
Haha…Cindy, if we gave out a cheesecake award for every strange bit of body language that Derek & Nicole displayed this season, they would dominate each week’s awards! 😀 Those two have been touchy-feely all season long…the booty slap was a little suspect, but I think the neck touching was weirder, which is why it got the award. But we did mention the slap as an aside 😉
Lol, I get it. What do you guys think of Nicole & Derek picking the rumba to perform again? I think it’s not the smartest move, because the dance rumba is just boring (at least, that’s what I think) and I would prefer to watch a high energy performance. However I do support every decision they make, so Derek & Nicole ALL THE WAY!
I can almost guarantee they’re doing the rumba for the judges – Pros do this all the time when in the finale. They pick their “worst” dance to perform again so that they can get “growth” comments from the judges. The dialogue will be about how they didn’t do so well on the rumba the first go round, yet knocked it out of the park the second time. It’s a good storyline. Happens a lot on this show. Last time Derek was in the finale, however, he picked one of their most beautiful and sentimental dances – but for good reason. Just google Derek and Brooke’s Viennese Waltz. 🙂 Carrie Ann cried.
I guessed that they would think that way, but still. The viewers also vote, so if they see a slow/boring dance, they won’t vote. At least, that’s my thinking.
Rumba can be really sexy and encourage votes too. Although, I’m not sure that they’ll pull it off since the dance did fall flat the first time. I’m with Heidi on them (or possibly the producers) wanting the storyline of Nicole not being on point on that dance and improving.
Unlike you all, I enjoyed the rawness of the design-a-dance. It made me want to have them have the stars dance with each other on future episodes. I’m not sure how you’d do that and stay fair, but I liked seeing a bit of struggle and the impact the pros make.
This season I haven’t seen a Rumba that blew me away or not even one that I loved. I hope that Nicole can improve and nail it, but I don’t really think so. Hope that she proves me wrong.
But, Cindy, they won’t just see a slow boring dance – they’ll see that rumba PLUS the Freestyle. A good mix of technique, hopefully.
Cindy – but if Nicole improves, that will get votes! The improvement factor can get more votes!
By the way, Wikipedia says it was a random Ballroom/or Latin. I don’t think the rumba was picked by the Judges.
Here’s my take on Nicole and Derek ‘questionable’ body language. She has a bf who is not around most of the time. And since she is a ‘sexy mama’ (as in her Buttons song) sometimes a little touchy feely with another guy, who is by the way her bf age, is ‘needed’. I kind of sort of did the same thing once upon a time. erm… let’s just say I didn’t end up with either one of the guys. 🙁
I just wish Lewis put the ring on her already especially since she blatantly ask for it during an interview last year and personally I think is the reason why they broke up early this year. I just hope she is not just his ‘trophy gf’ since F1 tends to be ‘show and tell’ event sometimes. I’m a Nicole fan and want her to be happy which I’m glad she is during the show.