DWTS, Season 11, Week 6 – Media Before the Show Tonight
We have a couple of things to share before the show tonight to get you pumped up. 🙂
First up, Kyle and Lacey are adding an “Interesting Twist” to their Tango! Here is what TV Guide is reporting in a new interview with Kyle.
TVGuide.com: How’s the tango going?Massey: The tango is going pretty well. It’s just strenuous and continuous. It’s probably one of the hardest weeks, but it’s necessary to win. You’re in hold a lot in the tango, and there’s a lot of technical moves you must do in order to make it a tango. I think just the footwork — the backsteps, the ball-change and the turns — is the hardest. You can never move your frame when you do them. Your posture has to be up and out, and everything has got to be perfectly straight.
TVGuide.com: It’s Rock ‘n’ Roll week, so I’m assuming you have a rock song. Is it weird to do a tango to a rock song?Massey: It actually works! It works very, very well. Once you see it, you’re going to say, “That’s very cool.” It’s a very interesting twist to the tango. We always try to have a story, like a love-hate relationship sort of thing, but I think this week is probably the most unique because of the way we did it. … The usage of the stage — we use the full stage. We really have a lot of attitude in our performance with our grabs and holds and pulls. Everything’s really intense, but at the same time, it’s like a flowing dance. I can’t explain it well. It’s really rough, rugged and hard and sharp, and then it flows.
And here is what he said on the marathon dance.
TVGuide.com: What are you focused on for the marathon? Are you nervous to do two dances?Massey: Nah! It’s necessary. This is a competition. I’m totally ready for it. I think you have to really perform in the marathons. It’s not so much about dancing, but it’s more about performing. I think when we go out there, we just have to out-perform everyone. We’re going to throw some cool moves in there and we can do lifts. It’s like a whole different ballgame. I’m going to see what I can do!
Maks and Brandy attended “The Carousel of Hope Event” in Hollywood this past weekend. Maks had high praises for it at Twitter saying, “I rarely leave an event with such happy feelings. Loved EVERYTHING about tonight! @4everBrandy looked amazing , btw 🙂 “. And she did! Check her out in this new video from Access Hollywood of Brandy talking about tonight’s dances.
They also talked to ET On-line. Here is a snippet. You can also see a video at the link.
During rehearsal, Brandy asks Maks how he feels about spending so much time together perfecting their routines. “Next question please,” he jokes, then adds, “Just kidding! I love our time together. It’s confusing for the most part, because we have hot-cold, extra-hot, extra-cold, cry, laugh — all within five minutes, so it’s really fun. … It’s been a pleasant and a great experience.”
“That’s sweet; I feel the same way about you,” replies the R&B star, “but I want to know this: Do you think I talk too much?”
“Yes. No,” answers Maks with a laugh.
Concerning their current status at the top of the leader board, Brandy comments, “Maks said to me yesterday, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’ so we’re just going to keep doing what we’re doing. … Top of the leader board feels great. There’s just pressure now to stay consistent and to stay on top, so that’s what we’re working hard to do.”
But is Brandy ready to take on the Tango? “Maks thinks I’m a little too nice for the Tango ’cause it has the aggressive side of it, so I have to get in touch with that side of myself,” she explains. “Every week I’ve been trying to channel different parts of myself.”
Maks says doing the Tango requires a little bit of “method acting,” saying, “Same thing with the Tango and the Paso and the Rumbas, those emotional dances, they have to be lived.”
The couple also faces the marathon dance tonight, which Maks says is a mixture of the Jive, Swing, Lindy Hop “and all that,” and the judges are looking for “a clean, professional dance, so we’re going to stay away from gimmicky stuff.”
I hope Brandy won’t be “too nice” for their Tango. 😮
Rick and Cheryl also talked with Access Hollywood. They know there is no room for mistakes. Be sure to read more at the link.
“There’s no clear front-runner – everything changes every single week,” Cheryl told Access, at a rehearsal with Rick on Friday. “Anyone can go home at this point. So the pressure’s definitely on for sure.
“We have to make sure we nail every step — there’s no room for mistakes now,” she added.
The dashing duo is furiously rehearsing for their upcoming Argentine Tango performance – a dance that Rick found challenging when the couple originally performed it two weeks ago.
While Rick and Cheryl’s height difference has proven to be to be a challenge for the couple (Rick is reportedly 6’ 7”, while Cheryl reportedly measures a mere 5’ 4”), it just may come in handy next week, when the dancers will be allowed to add “tricks” to their routines.
“What we have over every couple is lifts,” Cheryl told Access. “[Rick] has done lifts before with me in the Argentine tango.
“I definitely feel safe in his arms, so that’s a good sign!” she laughed.
Here is Audrina and Brandy talking to MTV on their dances tonight.
From Audrina’s new blog at People today. Be sure to read more at the link.;
This week is rock-themed on Dancing with the Stars, and my partner Tony Dovolano and I are dancing to “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen. I love classic rock, so it’s really fun! We’re doing the paso doble, and Tony’s starting to push the limits by making our choreography super challenging. So we’ve been working really, really hard in the studio.
We’re actually doing two dances this week. I’m also learning a second dance for the marathon, where all seven couples take the dance floor at the same time to perform a minute-long routine over and over for four minutes. Whenever a couple starts to struggle or get tired, the judges tap them out of the competition. The last couple dancing gets ten points added to their score for the day.
The dance Tony and I are doing for the marathon is completely different from the paso doble. It’s a combination of the jive, the Lindy hop, and another dance. It’s really fast and there are lots of lifts and flips. Meanwhile, the paso doble is very intense and aggressive. We’re going to be stomping our feet a lot and looking kind of mad and sultry. The other dance we’re hopping around, having fun and smiling. They’re completely different!
It’s really hard learning two dances at once. Plus, it’s beyond the halfway point in the competition now, and all this hard work is finally starting to hit me. My whole body just feels sore and achy. I feel completely exhausted. It’s really starting to get hard!
At the same time, I’m really happy to make it this far! I honestly didn’t imagine that I would make it to the halfway point. I didn’t know that I could do any of this, so it’s really exciting. But there’s also a lot more pressure and nerves because I know it’s only going to get harder from here.
Don’t forget Audrina and Tony are on The Ellen Show on ABC today before the show where they will be interviewed and do a dance as well.
Lastly today, we want to remind everyone to VOTE for your favorite pro-dancers or who you’d like to see dance in the show’s “Design a Dance” Competition. Voting is open until Thursday, October 28th at 9AM PT.
Ok, that is it for now Dancettes!! More later and don’t forget to get your reviews ready of the show tonight for the new “Power Rankings” post that will be posted after the show!! 😉
Wow, this is a cool contest, you could be dancing with either Cheryl or Derek!
http://www.ryanseacrest.com/contest/dancing-with-the-stars
I’ll take Derek!!! But, I’m not sharing him with anyone! 😀
STEP AWAY from the Hough, Vogue. I don’t want to have to hurt you. 😉
I guessed a week ago Rick Fox might win the trophy and, what do you know, Louis VanAmstel agrees with me: http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story/Louis-VanAmstels-insider-look-at-DWTS/geHq1QgQDUK4dGT8O_VoUA.cspx
Ha!
I was wrong though about Kyle (not) leaving last week, but I had totally forgotten about Florence since it was too uncomfortable for me to even watch her dance. I’m going to go with Kyle again this week.
You can find betting odds for Dancing with the Stars and the latest Las Vegas odds to win at http://www.osga.com/Dancing-With-The-Stars-Betting-Odds.html
Glad to here Tony is really pushing Audrina in the cheorgraphy!! Got bad news yall! IM GONNA MISS DWTS TONIGHT!! Going out for my moms bday! Really excited tho! Guess its ABC player for me. Yay…….LOL! 😛
HEIDI!!! ROTFLLL!!!!
Zack, cancel your plans. You can’t go out! NOT ON DWTS NIGHT!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS??? (lol)
Sasa and Dave, thanks for the links!!
@Sasa, thanks for the article. Well I don’t think Louis says Rick is going to win, only that it could get tight at the end. Rick for me is still the guy in the competition. Hopefully he’ll stake his claim this evening.
It sounded to me like he didn’t want to say anything against Jennifer so he kept it at tight. Or maybe that’s just my wishful thinking. I hardly ever have a clear favorite and this season is no different, but I can’t bring myself to root for someone who is a dancer in week 1. Except maybe Emmit Smith :). I always want the underdog to improve and since I find Kyle’s personality a bit tiring and lame (the way he presents himself in public I should say) and Audrina is just so… bland, I find myself rooting for the Situations, Bristols and awkward tall guys. 🙂
I give Audrina and Brandy extra credit for their hard work in the face of the competition with Jen Grey . . . who’s had the dancing basic down for 30 years already. Both Audrina and Brandy have captured my votes for their obvious newness to ballroom but great determination to learn . . . hope they do great tonight.
@Dave thanks for that odds list…Jennifer is consistently the odds on favorite, but on this list it looks like Rick is second. Hopefully he can stay there.
Joanie, do you have some proof Jennifer has had dancing down for 30-40 years? Broadway musicals, TV, movies? Anything?
She has said she hasn’t danced since her Dirty dancing days and that was just for a movie part where she played a beginner dancer.
Not that I don’t agree with you Audrina and Brandy. I love them too…. but Jennifer is just as green as they are to the ballroom in this competition.
Oh Vogue, of course Joanie doesn’t have any proof. She’s been trolling this site for Maks for more than a year now and just randomly makes stuff up. It’s what she does.
Kyle was cute at first but now I want to see improvement! He has been getting by so long on his personality.
This is also a fun video: “Corky Ballas turns our editor into a dancer — overnight!” http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-tv/info-10-2010/dancing-with-star-corky-ballas.html
John, I’ve gotten to the point with Kyle that I was with Kate last season – tired of it. STFU and dance, team schmurgles. Or however the hell you spell it.
The TV Guide interview only worsened my opinion of Kyle.
And just to contribute with some superficial snark, you said Brandy looked lovely at the Carousel event but I beg to differ. Have you seen her wig?! http://www.dlisted.com/node/39364/images/carousel_of_hope_002_wenn3063290.jpg
I can’t take a woman who wears a wig like that seriously. The whole interview you posted I was wondering how the interviewer is able to divert her attention from Brandy’s forehead.
Re: “Corky Ballas turns our editor into a dancer — overnight!” – not bad for 3 hours of practice! But did anyone else think that Corky’s head looked rather small next to the woman’s in the close-up still pic? I’ve actually thought the same thing in pix of Mark and Bristol. Maybe it’s just me (or rather, my eyes)…
Brooke Burke just tweeted “In the final moments, boob patrol has nixed my bad girl leather rock gown!” Geez! The dresses that they usually allow show an awful lot already. What the heck do you suppose this one looked like?
Dang – I would really have like to see Brooke in that dress!
Ooh, I may have to eat my own words. Kyle was good, he worked hard. Well done! Audrina wasn’t as good though.
Audrina was just plain boring! The same dance over and over again!
Jennifer, what happened tonight? The routine was off from the beginning and then she lost that turn at the end. Unfortunate
Would it kill the judges to give Rick one 9? He rocked that Tango.
Bristol did well, I knew Len was going to dock them, I don’t know why Mark didn’t put the air guitar in there at the end or the beginning.
Yay, Bristol brought it. I’m glad.
Wow, Bristol finally put one together! Well done!
Well it happens Andie – It’s easy to forget that Jennifer is 50 years old. With everything that comes with it.
The judges were harsh with Kurt I think.
Could someone give us the total scores for each couple please?
I didn’t see any of Brandy’s dancing in the Tango, I was too distracted by Makses behind. She was good in the marathon though, deserved the top score in my opinion.
I really think there’s a push to get Brandy on top and that Tango wasn’t clean. They keep dropping their frame and nobody says anything.
I have to second the Maks butt distraction. I am not an ass girl at ALL, but I was captivated. Gonna have to go back and rewatch it, but I did feel that the judges were a little kind to them – their hold seemed off.
Oh, and Derek was doing all the dancing while Jennifer walked around a lot. I think they got lucky with their marathon score. Maybe the judges felt a bit sorry for them after the Paso.
I was so distracted by Rick’s hair! and eyeliner that I wasn’t really enjoying their dance. I thought he looked like a megatron.
Brandy and Maks 36
Audrina and Tony 32
Rick and Cheryl 30
Kyle and Lacey 30
Derek and Jennifer 29
Bristol and Mark 28
Kurt and Anna 22
Sorry, but rock week sucked… =(
how about top 10? really? cheryl got top 2… c’mon!
Thanks, Andie!
I enjoyed rock week. Maybe the overall dancing wasn’t top quality but it was interesting and fun.
Sasa, I agree Jennifer definitely lost focus tonight, and I wonder if there’s not something else going on. You’re right she wasn’t full on with the marathon at all.
@Meggie, no problem. 🙂
Are Bristol and Mark really above Jenn and Derek on the leaderbored? Are Kurt and Anna really at the bottom? Am i really about to pass out?
So who is out? This is going to be an interesting elimination. I threw my votes at Mr. posture, Rick Fox and Jennifer, because she’s a quality dancer, she just lost it tonight, and bless Derek’s heart, throwing in a backhand spring, backflip to keep her in.
I am surprised that the judges marked Jennifer and Derek so low. It came apart a little at the end, but there is no way that Kyle or Bristol or even Rick’s was that much better than D and J.
Zack, no Bristol is one point behind Derek and Jennifer.
Meggie, I am a huge fan of Jennifer, but she lost focus tonight, that dance was hectic and forced from the get go, she was pushing way too hard and lost control at the end.
I think Jennifer’s body is tired and she’s hurting, that’s what’s going on, but I stick by my comments that the others weren’t that much better than she was.
Meggie, I think based on the standard Jennifer set for herself from the beginning this really was as bad as the judges scored. Not overall horrible, just horrible for them.
Not counting the marathon Andie.
I agree, I think there’s something going on with her, maybe she is trying to manage the pain and it’s not making for a good performance. But I still back her because I know what she is capable of.
GO BRISTOL!!!!!
Hated rock week! The music was so distracting.
I can”t believe Jennifer and Derek”s scores. I wonder if she is in pain. The dancing has been off the last couple of weeks. I hope she is OK.
On another note, it was nice to see Bristol show up.
I may be stating the obvious but Rock only looks good on certain people under a certain age. Otherwise it can be sad and somewhat scary. Tom was right when he said tonight could double as their halloween night.
Okay, sasa (and Andie), well let’s just cross our fingers that they get through tomorrow night then. I hope they have a less exuberant dance next week, so she can save a little energy.
Agree that Jennifer seems tired, at least mentally. There were already some signs of that last week.
I like Kurt but haven’t seen the dances yet. Was he really that bad? Being 6 points back, it sure doesn’t seem like he has any chance of surviving this week.
Kurt wasn’t clean by any means but he really brought out the character. He was this week’s Kyle. And I didn’t mind it at all, but the judges certainly did. I was surprised that he we would go rock the way he did, 10’s for bravery if nothing else.
Kurt’s Paso was pretty awkward, he really didn’t strike any spanish line, and his posture was a problem. I also thought Anna’s choreo wasn;t good.
And on the Tango Maks slipped in a hold move, I thought that Tango was on the sloppy side.
With Jennifer she may be tired, but her adrenalin is working overtime. She’s pushing far too hard.
I think Derek pushed Jennifer a little too hard tonight. After all those spins, Jen seemed dizzy n tired at the end n lost control. I think Jen has the best facial expressions of all the dancers…I guess thats part of being an actress.
Someone mentioned that she showed repulsion, lust, rejection, wanting in this PD dance. I must say Derek gave his all in that marathon dance….lol