DWTS 2011 – Pros Karina Smirnoff and Dmitry Chaplin Predict The Winner Of Season 12 Dancing With The Stars
E Online asks pros Karina Smirnoff and Dmitry Chaplin who they think will win the coveted Mirror Ball. Karina thinks the winner is hard to predict, but, she thinks it might be between Chelsea and Hines. Dmitry weighs in with his thoughts too. He thinks the winner will be Mark and Chelsea because of Mark’s choreography. He says everything rides on the Freestyle. More below. We’re inching closer to showtime. 🙂
I know it looks like whoever wins is based on the best freestyle but that’s not true. I guess Dmitry didn’t know that Emmit Smith won season 3 and he got a 29 in his freestyle while runner-up Mario Lopez got a 30. Besides, if it’s only all about the freestyle then why are we going through 10 weeks of competition if none of that matters?
I meant to write: What’s wrong with KIRSTIE?? 🙁
This is just my opinion but he might be just being a little bit of a sore loser because of season 9. Mya was great and probably should’ve won since she was the best dancer and they always had the highest scores, often scored higher than Donny but his freestyle with Mya wasn’t as spectacular as most of us expected (not sure what happened or why he and Mya disagreed on the idea of the freestyle). So he probably thinks that he lost with Mya because they didn’t give it their all in the freestyle and he might be beating himself up for that. Again, I think it’s all about the whole package and the fanbase and that’s why Donny won. I think he would’ve won even if Mya had a better freestyle.
Mark winning on his birthday on top of receiving his 15 grace points will be the end of this show for me. I definitely would not be watching it next season, especially if he would be returning.
And I dont buy that the freestyle wins it. I Cant say anyone would drop their season favorite based solely on the freestyle. And be like, oops sorry voting for someone else now. Never happen, No way!!! BTW Dimitrys freestyle was lame..
@Liz – Everyone knew Donny Osmond was going to win as soon as his name was announced. None of the other celebs ever had a chance.
I dont think a bad freestyle would have affected him at all. But fortunately Kym rocked it and produced a perfect routine for him and sealed the deal.
Sandy, I won’t be happy either if Mark wins…can you imagine how his head will swell especially if he wins on his birthday. We’ll never hear the end of it.
I don’t think the Freestyle determines it all either. Fans who have watched the show all Season look at “everything”. Then there are those who just want their favorite to win. I don’t think Karina and Dmitry are considering “fan bases” either and just how big Kirstie’s might be?
If you thought a bad freestyle shouldn’t affect Donny then it shouldn’t have affected Marie but it did. You cannot assume anything and that included Donny winning. If you did then no one or a lot of people would’ve stopped voting for him, thinking that he’d be fine without extra votes and he would’ve lost. It is not impossible for a celebrity with a large fanbase to lose. There’s no guarantee. No, not everyone knew he’d win. There were Mya fans who thought she’d win even though they knew Donny had a massive fanbase. Even I didn’t know for sure that he’d win and I was rooting for him. I was rooting for him, I knew he had a huge fanbase but I didn’t know for sure if he’d win. The votes count, not the fanbase. This is why we get shocking eliminations. People assume that they’re safe because of fanbases or high scores then everyone goes, “oops, nope, they’re not safe. I should’ve voted!” There were a lot of Gilles fans that I knew of who thought he would win so they didn’t vote, thinking he didn’t need the extra votes. The result of that thinking? Shawn won.
Exactly, Voguerista. The poll here shows Chelsea in third place and Karina thinks that Chelsea will be in the top 2. Actually, many people predict that Chelsea will be in the top 2. Besides, Dmitry’s kinda new to the show. The only season he’s been on for a long time is season 9 so he probably wasn’t thinking through and didn’t realize that it doesn’t always come down to the freestyles. It looks that way but it doesn’t.
Yeah, the “best freestyle will win you the comp” is, IMO, bull. Like I’ve said several times, however, is that a BAD freestyle can cost you the competition. But not in Donny’s case – he was gonna win no matter what. I said it before the season started. Shawn was always going to win. Nicole….harder to say, since that was a 2.5 ringer season. Jennifer? Probably. Brooke? No guarantee. Kristi – shoe in for the win. Apollo?? I think he was guaranteed – very popular Olympian. Helio?? Nope, I think that one was likely very close. I think that if Brooke, Helio – people like that, had had a disastrous freestyle, they might have lost. But most of the others I think were going to win going away with it.
@Princess Heidi – Do you think Kristie is a shoe-in for the win?
Good question Sandy. Heidi can call it most times and I swear, she’s psychic too!
No, actually this is one of those weird seasons where there are TWO very popular people and a third person who is technically the better dancer. I think, and have thought for a long time, that Hines will win – but there’s no sure thing this season. I think it unlikely that Chelsea will win, but you never know.
My money’s on Hines, but I won’t be shocked if either of the other two take it – especially if the judges got the GOOD crack this season.
Wow, what a hollow victory for Maks if he wins with such an undeserving partner. I think ABC will continue to predetermine who will win this farce of a show. Sorry to Ralph & Romeo, either one should have been in the finals over fumbling, bumbling only one decent dance Kirstie. Well DWTS must satisfy their demographic, middle-aged caucasian women living vicariously through Maks with a HUGE dose of wishful thinking. Kirstie makes them think they have a chance. LOL.
If someone actually manages to win this show, Stacey, there is no such thing as undeserving. Provided the judges don’t go insane on the final two nights, if you win you are, by definition, deserving. That’s how the show has always worked – half judges scores, half viewer votes. Period. The ONLY way it won’t be a “deserving” win, IMO, is if the judges whip out another 15 point bonus. I also think that a Chelsea win could be heavily questioned since she was given a free pass into the finale.
Every poll I have seen has Chelsea a distant third. If the votes match up, she will lose. Also think Dmitry and his friendship is clouding is judgement. Kym is good. But I would not be surprised if the judges find a way to get it to Chelsea. Try to get her at least second.
StaceyK, they’ve all worked hard and they ALL have their PLUS and NEGATIVE sides. I don’t see how you can day Kirstie is undeserving more than anyone else.
And I agree with Heidi, if anyone is undeserving, it’s Chelsea for how she was given a free ride last week and all the pimping the judges and the show did for them alone.
Can I start talking about the show, or should I wait until all of the time zones have seen it? I will wait… And I will also say that the results were exactly as I had predicted (but didn’t say online at all). The judges would score Hines and Chelsea exactly the same, and give less to Kirstie.
And Maks choreographed the “PERFECT” freestyle for Kirstie, and Kym did also for Hines, both pros managed to create a freestyle that FIT their partner, and was very entertaining. Mark? Technically, it seemed great, but very frenetic and disjointed, and hectic. Very much NOT a freestyle I was expecting Mark to produce. You can tell when a Pro is trying too hard, and Mark’s and Chelsea’s faces at the very end of the show proved that. They were NOT happy.
Kirstie’s freestyle should have been scored higher than it was. I was impressed. No way did I think she’d be able to do those moves. I like Hines, but seriously…..it isn’t fair to give such high scores when the PRO was the one doing the acrobatics. I did NOT like his freestyle/marching band routine at. all.
Still, if Kirstie & Maks don’t win, I’d rather see Hines win than Chelsea.
Jo, that’s the problem with men and women going against each other. The women usually are the ones who have to do the acrobatics – it’s not like Kym can lift Hines. And really, who has it harder?? Kym has to TEACH someone how to lift her correctly so she doesn’t get hurt. From where I sit it is FAR easier to just lift someone and show that person where to put their arms and legs. The male celebs also have to be able to LEAD – and that is extremely difficult, but Hines does it very well.
I think it’s way easier to teach a man to lead and lift than to teach a woman to do aerials, splits and the like.
Acrobatics requires flexibility, core strength, agility, coordination, timing and balance – none of which can be taught overnight or over the course of a few weeks.
I was happy with Kirstie’s scores myself but I thought that some of the other dances, particularly Chelsea’s freestyle were overscored.
To be honest, none of Chelsea’s and Mark’s dances have got me emotionally invested over the entire season.
Regarding the judging: there is no point to having a melange of stars – teenagers and sixty year olds, naive and experienced dancers – in the same competition if they are going to be expected to do the dances with the same degree of expertise and be judged solely on the mechanics of the dance. The beauty of dance also lies in its ability to engage the emotions of the audience, and Kirstie’s and Hines’s scores reflects their abilities to do just that.
DWTS is a competition where the winner is decided on judges scores AND fan votes. So let the chips fall where they may.
For me, DESPITE them NOT being the ‘BEST’ dancers, I hope that Kirstie and Maks take the win, with Hines and Kym 2nd.
Kirstie did well last night but so did Hines and Kym. I think people need to get away from the idea that Maks deserves a Mirror Ball Trophy – he deserves it with the right partner and as much as I love Kirstie and how far she has come, she is not the best dancer this season. Frankly, the season hasn’t been all that great. If we had some better dancers on the show this season, I doubt that Kirtie, Hines, and Chelsea would all be in the finals, maybe one of them but not all of them. The WTA dance has soured the final for me. 🙁
I have to say I must agree with you regarding Mark and Chelsae I think they are and have been the least deservering, Mark as many say and I also agree has ego problem. I have never been impressed with Mark,
Sorry to say Bristol Palin and him destroyed the DWTS, THEY WERE OVERSCORED and I got so sick of Mark gushing over Bristol. That whole season was a joke and slap in the face to other contestants. Mark has the idea is he such a dance stud. I get sick of his shirts open flying in the wind, Just his bare chest, how defining can that be. Show no class or elegent dance.
Its like a gym competion more gym then dancing.
What has happen to those lovely waltz, and other dances now its all athletic dragging around the floor or lying on the floor spins. That is not dancing.
Top two Kristie and Maks Hinwa NS kYM
Mark does not come back would not hurt the show either.
Kristie and Maks
Hines and Kym
sorry the fingers hit the wrong keys.
Good Luck to the above and thank you all
for your wonderful insights.
Love dancing
I do miss seeing the old Dancing that was on TV all those beautiful gowns, and men in their Tux
floating across the dance floor,
Not this jungle gym
Ice Skating has beautiful couples dancing that simply bring you right into the ice.
I don’t think that a freestyle wins you the competition, but I agree it can cost you the win.
I think that fans will just continue to vote for their favorites.
What makes the last show important is that the dancers are trying to compete for and inspire the fanbases of other eliminated couples to vote for them. That is why it is important not to piss off the fans of other dancers–you need them to stay on the show and win in the final.
So true, Cori and it’s amazing how many people have yet to figure out that a pro who’s absent (like Derek) has a big fanbase that could be wooed. 🙂