DWTS 13, Week 7 Interviews After The Elimination, Information On Week 8 Dances Revealed
George Pennacchio was there to greet and interview all the couples after the elimination last night. He asks them their thoughts on it as well as their next two dances next week. The couples have the instant Jive (that they won’t get a song for until 30 minutes before they dance) and another dance which you can read more on below.
First up, Derek!! He won’t speak much of Ricki and his second dance except to say it’s a “Slow Waltz” and he wants to make it emotional and fun. Derek thinks Ricki is looking beautiful in her presentations…especially in her top frame which keeps improving every week. He’s having fun designing costumes for her and doing new things for her new figure with it. Ricki isn’t here for this interview. Derek sent her straight home to rest her ribs so they could practice hard today.
Rob feels his dedication and focus really need to come now if they want to make it to the finals. Cheryl says they have to step it up and put even more time into practices. Rob is ready! Their second dance is the Quick Step which Rob says will be fun and “cool”. He talked of how he will miss David. He made him laugh every week.
J.R. and Karina are going to miss David’s energy like they missed in Carson. They have the Slow Waltz next week as their second dance. Karina is hoping to show two sides of J.R. again…the romantic side and the fun side. J.R. says Dancing With The Stars has been life changing for him and it’s been a tremendous honor to do the show.
Nancy believes the competition right now is between themselves since they are all such good friends. Tristan plans to remained focused on what they’ve been doing all along and “do their best” not necessarily “being the best”. Their second dance next week is the Tango. They have the same two dances next week as this week. They hope to use this week’s dances as inspiration to do better.
Maks seems more himself in this interview versus last night’s interview. He admits to not being in a good place yesterday. Some of his past partners texted him about it. He wants to make it clear how much he is enjoying this ride with Hope.
In this interview by Access Hollywood, Maks admits to being too intense and how he lost the focus of why they are doing the show. He hopes the fans don’t feel betrayed by him and think he isn’t the person we thought he was (is he reading our posts?). He is not the person we saw yesterday. Hope goes on to say she’s appreciated how Maks has coached her, but, they hope to have more fun in the coming weeks. They have the Quick Step as their second dance.
Derek was interviewed by Access Hollywood as well. He talks of his triple duty this past week. He speaks of he and Ricki’s two dances next week. Nancy jumps into the interview and unzips Derekβs shirt. LOL
Ok, that is all for now!! Here’s to next week’s dances!!
Everyone’s done the jive once before, right? So pretty much everyone’s on a “level” playing field as far as that’s concerned. Some are better at it than others, but at least they’ve all had experience with it.
Thanks, Vogue, for being so quick with these as usual. When do you sleep? π
Really glad Maks said what he said here. Let’s hope they have more fun here on out.
I do hope the final is J.R. vs. Ricki vs. Rob though, based even more on the dancing than the personalities and drama of the season.
Instant Jive with the same dance….kind of combining the usual cha cha battle and instant dance? I like it actually, something different, and it will be very interesting to compare! And I’m just thankful that theme weeks are over as well!
So we have J.R. and Ricki doing the waltz, Rob and Hope the quickstep and Nancy the tango.
According to the “What’s left to dance” post Ricki and J.R. don’t have any ballroom dances left for week 9. They have 2 latin dances. Will they skip one of them completely and get the Argentine tango instead?
And if so, will the other 2 couples(probably Rob and Hope) also skip one of their remaning ballroom dance and get the Argentine tango or skip their remaining latin dance and get a salsa?
Or maybe they will have 3 dances?
I’m highly skeptical about this instant jive, especially since I was told by a reputable source last week that Ricki & Derek’s instant dance would be a samba. I have to wonder if this was a last-minute change…regardless, I daresay the instant jive will likely not favor Nancy or Hope. Perhaps that’s why it was chosen.
Gitte, I think you’re probably right – since JR & Ricki don’t have any ballroom dances left, they’ll probably end up doing Argentine tango next week. Not sure what’s going to happen with their remaining Latin dances – like I mentioned above, I’m still highly skeptical about everyone having an instant jive, because it’s contradictory to what I’ve been hearing for over a week now. I’ll see if I can get some answers today, because this is just…wonky. π
Good questions Gitte!!
YW Magnolia!! π
EP, I was glad to see Maks and Hope happier too, but, I’m not sure I can ever get past his behavior this past week and the interviews after their dance made it worse. Wow, it’s a lot to swallow.
Court, I wish they went the Samba instead. I love the Samba. Oh well.
Vogue- I definitely don’t care for Maks and I really don’t care for Maks and Hope’s dancing but I am kind of convinced that they will be around until at least Top 4 and maybe even the finals due to fan base. I hope Rob’s fans can pull him through to the finale but not at the expense of J.R. or Ricki. And if it comes down to the finals, I think the judges as well as the fans of great dancing will pull J.R. or Ricki to the win, like they generally have during the course of this show.
Anyway, since I think Maks and Hope still have a few weeks left regardless of what I wish so I am hoping at least the drama part is over and they can have a better time and show us they are having a better time. I don’t want to focus on all this crap anymore. Focus on the dancing Maks and fix some of her technical problems! I still hope Maks takes next season off, or if they want him on the show too badly (which wouldn’t surprise me even after all of this) they give him a partner that brings out the good side of his personality.
I hope for those things too EP!!!
instant Jive…bummer…don’t like that…the only person that will be favored by it will be JR…it’s setting to be the come back week for JR and with that he will have his place in the final. Hope wasn’t so bad with the Jive…but Quickstep…he footwork is so intricate …glad that Ricki has the waltz … love the dance…i am sure it’s gonna have a great choreo and i am sure Ricki is gonna nail it with an amazing performance…and after seeing Ricki doing the QS i am not so worried about the Jive … i still don’t like the idea! Rob will do good with the tango…Nancy…not so much.
I just hope everyone gets good songs. “Song” choice matters so much!!
Words. A lot of words. Let’s see how the actions match up.
I think everyone has done the jive, except Rob.
I’m really sorry to see David go. He was certainly a happy guy. So, they’ve all got a jive for next week?…that should help Nancy , since that was her dance for this week. Still not seeing what others see about Rob…he didn’t keep up in the Group Paso in (my opinion). He is definitely flat footed. Plus, I may be letting my distaste for anything Kardashian color my opinion. I’m just ready for next week, and hope we get to see Carson again. π
Strictly my opinion, but this is what i think maks was thinking when he found out he had hope for a partner
a)Really hot chick that i could potentially flirt with and have fun with all season
b) Really good dancer
c) both
i dont think he ever considered option d) none of the above. Thats why i think you saw that definate shift in their dynamic between weeks 2 and 3. i think thats when maks found out a) hope has a LONG time boyfriend and b) to put it lightly, she’s not naturally a good dancer…and i think the frustration naturally started to build for maks…he’s use to having good partners with a decent shot of winning, i dont think he knew what to do with hope, and in turn, flipped his frustration out on her and tried to force her to be a good dancer, which you cannot do. I think now his finally realizing what the whole point of the show was from the inception, the journey of the stars, not the battle of the superior pros and the quest for their mirrorball..i think somewhere along the way he lost that concept. If he is sincere, IM HAPPY he found it again, and hopefully Hope enjoys the time she has left, and really gets to see what an amazing experience this show is.
Elmari: Rob did the jive in week 2 to a Beach Boys song.
Thanks Gitte… I had already pushed the submit button when that dance came to my mind, but I couldn’t remember what latin dance that was. So good, even playing field for everyone. I think JR will cope the best out of the 5, he jived the best and was totally underscored for his amazing jive. I would say Ricki would be next, but her rib injury worries me and all that bouncing is not going to be good for her. Nancy, Rob and Hope can only improve from their previous jives.
I was really glad to see Hope and Maks looking more friendly and light-hearted. I hope it continues.
I appreciated that Maks apologized and vowed to be better. Whatever bad place he was in, I hope that he is truly out of it now.
I am looking forward to next week, even though I am not a big fan of the instant dance.
Jive is probably my least favorite dance so blah! to the insta-dance, but I look forward to both Ricki and JR with the waltz, yay! And, Rob, please dance your ass off and get third place, please!! lol.
Aww am I the only one who likes the instant dance? Did those who don’t like it watch season 11 or only last season? Last season’s instant dance round was VERY underwhelming but season 10’s round produced 2 of my favorite dances that season- Kyle & Lacey’s jive and Jennifer & Derek’s rumba. If you never have seen these dances, youtube them and see that it is possible to have a great instant dance!
Oops I meant season 11, not 10 in the one sentence, sorry.
I am glad that Maks ackowledged that what happened was all kinds of wrong on so many levels. My thoughts on him have…um shifted. This season at times has been a, “who the hell is this guy???” Granted last season was my first time really watching the show. These last few weeks have been interesting. Kind of like watching a train getting derailed. The train might be back on the tracks? In all the drama of the last few weeks I have really been rooting for Hope. Between Maks and the judges I think she has been working really hard and wants to be there. Setting aside my thoughts on Maks I want to reward Hope.
OK. Long ramble over. Instant jive? Hands down JR should do really well. Ricki should fare well too. I think her stamina has increased since the last time she did the jive. I am worried about her ribs though and how Derek can choregraph around that? Don’t know if that is possible with all that bouncing.
I need to go back and watch Rob’s jive but from what I can remember he did a decent job at it.
Hope – If she can clean up the technique/posture and really stay in sync with Maks it could be good.
I am worried for Nancy because of the stamina.
# EPmusic
no, no, no…i love the instant dance!!! every time i think of instant dance Jennifer Grey and Derek’s Rumba comes to mind. and i sooo love the Jive…especially dances by Derek … both season 10 jives were among my all time favorite dances …i don’t like now the instant jive because they all had this dance and because except JR i really doesn’t do any favors to any star…just my opinion…
Don’t forget Kyle and Lacey’s instant dance… Spectacular!
Maks is full of crap. Those interviews are nothing but damage control because of how he got raked over the coals for his behavior in the group rehearsal and because of his attitude to Hope, which was only made worse when all the videos from after the show came out.
I would just love to know who sat him down and told him he was wrong and didn’t get kicked out of his life for doing it.
@ Donna, word.
I have watched all of the videos including one from NY post & I sense Maks is sincere in his recognition that he was in a bad place & is truly remorseful for how he acted. I really don’t think he said all he did strictly for damage control. I guess time will tell.
I hope that Hope is able to find some enjoyment out of the show for whatever time she has left.
Elara38—Jr is a good dancer, however just because the fans thought the jive was great, the judges picked away at it—remember Len & Bruno thought “too much Lindy Hop”? Karina even mentioned in an interview that they’ll have to do the jive the way the judges will want to see it…and no lifts lol!!!
# sheery – i remember. but Karina knows now what the judges expect and she will choreograph to suit their expectations. and JR will have no problem in delivering.. he is fit, young and he can jive! that’s why i think he will have no problem. but Ricki is looking sooo much better now and she is in a better shape than she was in week 2 .. and i trust Derek will come up with a great and suitable choreo for the instant dance… he is the best at creating something .. how should i put this … world wide … adaptable ! there π