Sabrina Bryan Chats On DWTS, Louis Van Amstel Talks Of The Upcoming Eliminations And More
Sabrina Bryan answers questions from the fans about the best part about being on Dancing With The Stars this season. She talks about what she’s doing when the show is over too.
Louis has written a new blog for ABC as well. He talks all about last week’s dances. Then he gives a preview for he and Sabrina’s Rumba tonight. He also talks of camera blocking yesterday, the camaraderie between the couples, and how the eliminations will take place tomorrow night and the coming weeks. Read the last paragraph carefully below for how only the judges will get their say for who goes home next week. We don’t get to vote as Courtney and Heidi have been reporting to us.
With this week’s Rumba, we will show a very different side. Our song touches Sabrina in a way that exposes her vulnerability. Even though she’s scared about opening up like that, it’s such a beautiful side to see from her. As in real life, love is not always about being sexy or lovey dovey, it’s about the ups and downs between two people that love each other and the raw emotions. Our Rumba is more like “The Notebook” rather than a shallow love story.
Yet again, the production this week has gone all out. All the couples I’ve seen doing their camera blocking yesterday have beautiful set pieces. A big time thank you is necessary to the producers for giving us so much more freedom and opportunities than in any other season. This week’s theme is “Country Week” and it’s going to be off the charts. I love all of these new themed weeks. It’s so exciting to have Big & Rich, Cowboy Troy, and none other than Taylor Swift perform on Monday and Tuesday. You don’t want to miss seeing the entire show!
You might wonder if the camaraderie between the couples is sincere when you watch the show on TV. I can tell you that it is and in my opinion, that’s the part that makes this season so special. Everyone is so nice to each other and helps each other out when needed. True friendships are being built. Yes, it’s a competition, but everyone focuses on their own dances and tries their hardest to bring their A game every week. It’s all about personal growth and wanting everybody to be at their personal best. It’s truly the healthiest way to compete. You guys, on the other hand, can fight on the message boards and so can the judges over their scoresโฆhaha.
It was so nice last week to have no elimination, but it makes this week even more nerve wracking. I can’t even begin to talk about the elimination process in week 7 and week 8. Actually, let’s talk about it since it’s different almost every week now.
This week’s elimination is based on scores and votes from last week and this week. Next week (week 7), there’s no Tuesday show due to the election. This means there will be an elimination at the end of Monday night’s show (Nov. 5), which is based only on judges’ scores. Week 8 is back to normal, but we will have the dreaded double elimination again. Are you still with me?
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ADDING: And here is an interview in the rehearsal studio as well….
And everyone thought the WTA cha-cha was over the top. *shaking head*
Obviously the show wants to do something the fans would never do. I’m sure they could come up with better options, like a double elimination this week.
double elim next week KarenT
A double elimination is Week-8, this is week-6
I think double elimination is week 8. I would just prefer 3 double eliminations to a week when the judges get to decide who goes home with NO fan input.
I don’t know how I feel about the judges’ score deciding. On one hand, perhaps someone who should’ve gone home earlier will get the boot because they won’t have their fans spamming the vote. On the other hand, the fans’ voting is an important part of the show and I’d hate to see a good couple have one bad week and go home for it.
The double elimination is in week 8. Which is what I’ve been saying for quite awhile now…
Not, not NOT happy with no fan input for an elimination. Shades of Season 1!!!
Well, I think there’s no problem in elimination based on judges scores. The problem is THE JUDGES SCORES. (On CAI and Bruno’s POV less is more, so Gilles will play safe and go naked so he’ll get 10k from them).
Seriously… The judges NEED to be fair. =/ Tired of Gilles and Emmitt overscored. (And I like Emmitt, but…)
Week 8 we’ll have what? One Ballroom and othe latin Trio Dance with eliminated stars?
Carlos, I have a post coming up this week (probably on Wednesday) about what the rest of the season is going to look like. I’ll explain then.
ok so tell me if you all agree with this. do you think the judges and/or TPTB will kinda already have in mind who they want to send home in week 7 and score them very low regardless of how good the dance is? if so who do you guys think they are gunning for? im gonna guess Apolo and Karina and maybe Sabrina and Louis (god i hope im wrong). That is of course they are able to make it through this week.
I wouldn’t have an objection based on judge’s scores – IF the judges and TPTB hadn’t repeatedly demonstrated for the past several seasons that they CAN NOT score appropriately… I don’t know – it may be time to start up the theme from “Jaws”…
I think a lot of it will hinge on who makes it through this week, Mike – if Kirstie somehow survives this week’s elimination, then I’d say she’s probably a shoo-in to get chopped next week. If not, it could be a complete crap shoot…especially since I’ve heard that the theme for next week’s dances is “dance fusion” – and no, I have absolutely no clue what that means. If I had to guess, I’d say it probably means the couples will get assigned two dances, and will be tasked with combining them into one routine, somehow. I’d say if that’s the case, it’s going to probably benefit the couples that are more versatile, and probably be a struggle for the couples that are used to more straightforward dancing. I think it also depends on what dances are getting “fused” – fusing a quickstep & a jive is a piece of cake, but mixing something like a samba & a waltz? Yikes.
Just to be clear – all I know is the theme for next week is “dance fusion”. I don’t know ANYTHING ELSE about the dances next week – I’m just speculating. Consider this a warning for those of you that take my own personal speculation as law ๐
O crap, not happy about this week 7 situation, Derek will have to play the judges game that week, because a 8 from Len on that week can actually send them home. Of couse Gilles will be just fine, hopefully the double will take him down.
I agree with Courtney – and I also don’t think that any of the front runners have anything to worry about unless the judges don’t like them. I think perhaps Apolo fans should be worried, Kirtie fans…and Emmitt fans. I don’t think they’re going to cut Sabrina, Melissa, Shawn or Gilles for sure. I think those four could dance like total shit and still not get cut. I fully expect them to low ball Kirstie if she’s still around. I think Kelly is on the bubble. We’ll get a much better idea of that tonight, I think.
im tired of derek and shawn..i hope they be out this week~!!!
I’m tired of people trying to hijack the comments sections of posts by bringing up something completely unrelated to the topic at hand.
@Courtney – You think Apolo fans should be worried? I just can’t see the finals without Apolo.
are they only doing this dance fusion next week, I feel like two dances would actually be more fair to eliminate someone. They probably won’t show the scores right after the dance or not, this so weird.
If Kirstie leaves this week, I think it will come down between Melissa, Emmit and Kelly.
@Sandy – Hard to say right now. If the judges have decided they don’t want Apolo around anymore (and I’m not sure they have, aside from CAI), next week would be the perfect opportunity to get rid of him. However, I think they may actually take next week’s elim pretty seriously, and use it to eliminate someone that isn’t up-to-snuff with the current level of competition. Thus far, they’ve been able to score like idiots, with the knowledge that they can just blame the votes (or lack thereof) if a decent dancer gets sent home. Now they don’t have that safety net – the blood will be entirely on their hands for this elimination. And if they end up sending a good, popular dancer home – I could see the backlash being rather nasty. For that reason, I almost think they’re going to avoid really rocking the boat with next week’s elim – I think they’re going to go with the couple that’s left that’s clearly not up-to-snuff with all the other remaining couples, just to avoid a lot of fuss. That being said, I have been wrong before, and it’s always good to create more verified accounts to vote with ๐
@laila – Don’t know how many dances yet. Like I said, all I know is “dance fusion”.
Food for thought: do you think the judges will watch all of next week’s dances, and then rank them accordingly, as opposed to giving each couple a score immediately after their dance?
sorry…my bad ๐ I can’t count apparently. I thought this was week 7…when its 6.
Interesting food for thought, Courtney.
Mirk, is there a reason why I see 6 different names posting under your IP address?
Well I am ready for Gilles to go! And Peta too. I hate to say that, but I just don’t care for her either this season.
Hoping that Apolo has his snuff up to par for next weeks elimination … So he can stay. In my opinion, the finals would be a joke without him.
I’ve been OK with most of the themes this season, but I’m starting to get mad that TPTB can’t just let them do an assigned dance anyone.
I wanna see these All Stars do ballroom. I don’t want to see dance fusions, country cha chas. What else is next? Dance the Quickstep to a a foreign song and must include 3 tricks? Just come on, now. I just want to see them dancing. What an odd concept.
Courtney- I think they score after the dance but they won’t show all the score until the very end, I think if they score normally it will be weird for the couple with low score to keep waiting for some else to get a lower score.
I don’t think you understood what I meant, laila. I’m saying that they wouldn’t give anyone a score until they had seen everyone dance – and then they’d score on a 30, 29, 28, 27, etc. scale (or something similar), with the highest score going to what they thought to be the best routine of the night, and the lowest score to the worst. They’d announce it at the end of the show.
Courtney – That is actually a really good idea if the judges were consistent, it would be hard not to play favorites.
Oh, this is such crap! They are going to lose what little credibility they have…
Well, this is interesting. I’m going to agree with some others and say if Kirstie makes it through this week, she will be a goner next week. I could also see this as a chance to get rid of Emmitt. I hope it is not an easy way to get rid of Apolo.
I am slightly worried for Melissa, but I think she usually scores well enough, and is better than enough of those left, that she should be okay. I hope.
The safe way to go…and the way to avoid backlash…is to rank them, IMO Courtney. And I agree with you about them being really serious about not rocking the boat. I imagine that if a couple is getting a shit ton of votes, that person will likely be safe – unless her name is Kirstie. I don’t think they will want to risk the wrath of viewers by eliminating a high vote getter who is actually a decent dancer.
I also think that ranking them will give them the bit of drama that they so desperately crave.
Of course, they might not give ANYONE a score, just eliminate who they determine to be the lesser dancer at the end of the night.