DWTS Season 11 – Who’s Dancing What…and When?
UPDATE: Here’s the full list of DWTS Premiere music with song title and artist.
Okay, here’s what I’ve gleaned…from Marianya. 🙂 I’ve also checked Wiki AND everyone’s twitter accounts. Dance order, if known, is after the pair’s name. Song is per TMZ – no clue on their accuracy so take it for what it’s worth. 🙂 I will update this post as more info becomes available.
ETA: ABC MESSAGE BOARD CLAIMS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PHONE # IS NOT MATCHING FIRST NIGHT DANCE ORDER. They want to “mix it up” according to the board. Anna’s Twitter seems to corroborate that, although it wouldn’t be the first time they pulled a last minute switch of dance order. We’ll see!! 🙂
VIENNESE WALTZ:
Michael Bolton & Chelsie Hightower – Dancing 2nd
Song: “Life After You”
Margaret Cho & Louis van Amstel – Dancing 5th
Song: “We are the Champions” (WTF??)
Rick Fox & Cheryl Burke – Dancing 4th
Song: “Crazy” (Patsy Cline version?? Cool.)
Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough – Dancing 11th
Song: “These Arms of Mine” (Shocker. Not.)
Brandy & Maksim Chmerkovskiy – Dancing 6th
Song: “Cry Me Out”
Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya – Dancing 8th
Song: “This Ain’t a Love Song”
CHACHA
David Hasselhoff & Kym Johnson – Dancing 12th
Song: “Sex Bomb” (um, ick?)
Florence Henderson & Corky Ballas – Dancing 9th
Song: “Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me”
Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer – Dancing 3rd (crap spot)
Song: “My First Kiss”
Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas – Dancing 7th
Song: “Mama Told Me Not to Come” (bwahahahah….she told you to NOT do a lot more than that, sweetie. Sorry. Can’t resist that opening line. 🙂 )
Audrina Patridge & Tony Dovolani – Dancing 1st
Song: “California Gurls”
Mike Sorrentino & Karina Smirnoff – Dancing 10th
Song: “Break Your Heart” (He wishes. 🙂 )
I am beyond excited for tomorrow! I’ve been watching DWTS every since season 5, and have loved it since. I’m ready to see all the pros back, as well as all these new stars. My early favorites probably have to be Jennifer, Audrina, Brandy, and Kyle (don’t ask). Even though I’m far from a fan of her mom, I’m gonna give Bristol a chance. I keep thinking “remember, you said Kelly would suck and tick you off, but she turned out to be pretty good and absolutely lovable.” Good luck to all the contestants tomorrow, hopefully nerves don’t knock any of them down. I’m really worried about Bristol, the poor girl’s never done anything near like this in her life, those nerves will probably hit her the worst.
Lol @ the Bristol comment; you’re horrible, Heidi 😀
Now that Kyle is dancing third I’m much more certain that he is going to be this years Shannen Doherty. So sad… But that’s a cute pic of Audrina and Tony! 😀
Third is a good spot a think. 😛
I think everyones wrong about Kyle. P.s. Shannon Danced 2nd last year ( crap shot ) Erin danced third ( finals ). lol
Thanks for the update Heidi! I am with Will, I am excited about tomorrow. I’ve been a fan of the show since the beginning, but really got into the show more once Derek Hough joined. Something about him. Not sure what it’s up with his tweets on the team name though. Guess he can’t decide???
Not sure how accurate the song list is, but the one for Jennifer and Derek would not suprise me a whole lot. I expected them to have a DD song sometime. I am sure they will have another along the way depending how long they last. I want to say good luck to Bristol and all the other celebs tomorrow. Bristol will sure need it the most. As Will said, nerves will get the best of her more than the others since this is SO out of her element.
OK, is it just me or is Tony crushing on Audrina? Shopping and going to concerts together. HMM!
Kyle is going 3rd. Interesting. Whatever that means.
Sorry! Wanted to add
I doubt it’s because of Audrina’s good personality and dance aptitude.
And
The playlist is typical of DWTS in general. That’s why we like DWTS. LOL.
Can someone please explain to me the significance of the order in which they dance? I know that the best dancers usually go first and last, but I don’t know what significance it could have as far as second, third, etc.
I am till chuckling over Mark and Bristol’s choice of team name. It strikes me as one of those that sounded good at the time, not realizing there were other ways of seeing it till too late.
Well, Carlie, when there are 12 people on the show and you’re dancing in the 2, 3 or 4 (or maybe 5, depending), you better be really good or really entertaining because by the time the show is over people may not remember you. If you dance first, at the top of the hour, or really anywhere in the second hour, your odds of sticking around are better.
The last dance spot is usually called the “pimp spot” because they want the voters to remember that person and/or they want to end the show with some sort of bang – horribly good or horribly bad. 🙂 I think that spot will either go to Bristol or to Brandy, for that reason. 🙂 It’s all about ratings.
OH GAWD! I CAN’T WAIT! Thanks for posting. Awesome pics too I hadn’t seen yet. Loves the pic of Brandy and Maks. THANKS HEIDI!!xxx
Thanks, Heidi. 🙂 Does anyone remember what order they generally stuck Kate Gosselin in?
You are anticipating evvery thing! Love this site. crtl+D already =] thanks guys! Hugs from Brasil =]
@Carlie – Heidi did a really good job of summing the whole “running order” hypothesis, but if you want a more in-depth look at things, you should check out DWTS Stat Class: What’s Running Order Got to do with It?. Gives a little bit of background into the role running order has played in past seasons, and the comments section also offers some good discussion of it.
@Carlos – Glad you’re enjoying it as much as we have! Obrigado 🙂
Yah, now that I know Kyle’s going 3rd…I’m fairly certain (without having seen him even dance yet) that he will be in the bottom 2 on Tuesday night, unless he really knocks it out of the park and really wows us Monday night (I’m skeptical). He’s got a pretty hard combo to overcome: bad running order, small fan base, generally pretty awkward mover, and a pro that’s pretty polarizing. Oh, and one HIGHLY annoying song that’s already been used as a cha-cha recently on another dance show (Kent’s 2nd cha-cha with Anya on SYTYCD this past season – which is going to be hard to top!) Normally I’d say that the person going 2nd was at the biggest disadvantage, but it has to be either Rick & Cheryl, Michael & Chelsie, or Kurt & Anna, and I think those 3 each have enough of a fan base to be ok through week 1.
“Sex Bomb” for the Hoff? Oh jeez. Let the hamfest begin 😛
@ Courtney – Thanks so much! That was a fantastic analysis and very informative.
Here’s the post that talks about the dance order for the first show last season. https://www.puredwts.com/2010/03/21/dwts-season-10-the-dance-order-and-voting-numbers/
I’m guessing, since Brandy got the Top of hour slot, that The Hoff will get the pimp spot and they’ll put Bristol at 9th, thereby end loading the more anticipated dancers (for whatever reason, train wreck or nostalgic favorite)
does anyone know why Julianne is not back as earlier anticipated and reported? And Edyta? Will miss her
Julianne is filming Footloose in Atlanta.
@ Sue, Julianne is in Atlanta filming “Footloose”. I believe the movie will be out sometime in 2011.
There is a post somewhere on the site in regards Edyta not being on. For the most part, Edyta decided has decided to move on after 10 seasons.
Heidi: “Here’s the post that talks about the dance order for the first show last season. https://www.puredwts.com/2010/03/21/dwts-season-10-the-dance-order-and-voting-numbers/ ”
Interesting! Note how their ending phone number last year matches their dancing order. Will it be the same this time?
How do you think I know the dance order? 🙂 It’s always been that way.
Man, sometimes I scare myself with my predictions. For some reason I had a gut feeling that “the situation” would dance his cha to Break Your Heart, and low and behold it is potentially true. Scares me a little, kinda like when I predicted Shannon and Derek would dance a Viennese Waltz to Keep Holding On.
Had a feeling Audrina would go first. I’m guessing either Bristol or the Situation will go last.
Opps. sorry Heidi.
According to Karina’s tweet they are 10th and according to Corky,they are 9th. Would that make two Cha, Cha’s in a row.
Bristol must be last!-Surprised-NOT!!
No problem, Vogue. 🙂
I love your comments Heidi, especially the one on Bristol.
By the way, any idea how I could watch the show outside the US, if I’m able to vote, I’d like to see the performances first.
Oh, I love how you added the songs on iTunes! 😉
Here’s to tonight Everyone! Can’t wait to read your thoughts afterwards.
Miss P, I hope you can watch and vote!!!
Thanks Voguerista, if I can’t watch the show this night or early morning tomorrow (it’s 3 pm here) I’d have to find an other way to watch it, so I won’t be able to make comments for a few days.
Enjoy the show everyone
I just wanted to add that first week dance order isn’t really indicative of how well the dancers do, in fact there’s usually a shake up after the first week, and it’s all about ratings.
For example in season 8 Gilles and Cheryl went 5th first week, the next week they got the pimp spot.
Last season Pam Anderson went last, and got huge ratings, but they put Kate Gosselin in last after that first week because she got even bigger ratings.
Miss Pompon, I use a site/software called FilmOn to watch UK television – I think you can use it to watch US television but I’m not really sure. I would look into it though. Once I got it set up (and paid 14 dollars) it’s got a nice, almost HD picture.
I don’t think anyone is disputing that, Andie. In fact, my point was that they’ll put EITHER those they expect to do well OR to attract the audience at key spots in the program. I do think that dance ability plays a small part in that, but certainly not the lion share. I could have predicted that Audrina would go first, because she’s unknown but beautiful and will probably do pretty well at least the first week. Before last season, that was Derek’s normal spot, and Tony got the “typical” Derek partner (until recently). Then they have someone either good or with an audience (or both) at the top of the hour (Brandy) and then they’ll load the end of the program with some combination of train wreckery, ratings draw people and likely favorites. Bristol, David and Jennifer, among others.
In the “good old days” they used to draw dance order out of the hat after the first week. But no more, I don’t think, sadly.
Oh sadly, indeed. I like the idea of drawing dance order out of the hat – makes it less manipulative.
I really also liked when the Pros did a demo dance and Tom(or was it Len?) pointed out the various important aspects of each dance that we should be looking for when we watch the teams dance. That was a really informative segment, especially for a non-dancer like myself
@Miss Pompon – Someone always uploads the episodes on You Tube within hours of them appearing on US television.
@Vogue
Glad you like the iTunes links. We try to serve. I’m not sure all of them are right since there are plenty of artists that have done a number of the songs, so I just chose the most popular one on iTunes and linked to it.
Thanks Heidi, I’m gonna try it, i I get up early enough tomorrow
Calie, I know I could find them on youtube, but I don’t know if I could have them before the closure of the votes.
If Derek and Jennifer Grey are dancing 11th, I bet they’re saving Mark & Bristol Palin to go last!
Gotta tease out the most anticipated performers to keep people watching the entire 2 hours!
I don’t like the manipulation to draw up viewership, but it is a tv show that has to compete for ratings, and not some PBS documentary. :/
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