PureDWTS 15 Week 8 – The Couples Reactions After Monday Night’s Dance (Interviews)
What a fun night, but, I am NOT looking forward to TWO eliminations tonight…especially if there is a “surprise” elimination, but, more on that in depth later with Heidi in her new Number’s Post. For now, let’s see what the couples had to say on their dances last night with On The Red Carpet.
First up, Tony and Melissa. Their big smiles say it all. Tony says last night was “insane”. Melissa’s goal was just to soak it all up and have the time of her life. Tony praises how hard Melissa has worked. He also speaks of how he doesn’t like to break the rules. The energy with the Veterans at the show helped them to fly.
Emmitt was so honored to dance with two top notch dancers in Kym and Cheryl. He talks of the Veterans and what the show is all about. The Veterans are the true role models so they can be there to entertain. Cheryl says Emmitt worked so hard. Emmitt says he loved how Kym and Cheryl showcased him and who he is. If they get to come back, they will keep working hard.
Kirstie says she’s a “crazy optimist”. At the same time, she’s learned you “have to move on” when you have to. Maks talks of how he let Kirstie decide on the choreography with the Trio dance with Tristan. A little girl named “Tori” joins them for the interview and rates them with a “10”. So cute.
Karina talks of her injuries this past week, but, she’s much better and a “warrior”. If they make it to next week for Michael Jackson’s “Bad” Tribute, they have ideas that are “beyond spectacular”. Apolo says they will “freeze” the dance floor. Karina loves Apolo’s “Grease” look (so, did I! 😀 ).
Kelly and Val! Kelly loved hanging out with both Val and Louis! She’s loved all the new things the show has thrown at them every week. Val talks of Louis and how much he respects him on and off the show. He owes Louis for helping to make a special performance for a “special lady”. They have a lot planned if they get to make it. Val talks of how Kelly is the most improved of all the celebrities comparing them to their first seasons. The interviewer asks if Val tries to please the audience or the judges. He likes to do both, but, knows he has to follow the rules because he isn’t Derek Hough with a big fan base to support them yet. He also makes it a point at the end to say how Derek has three mirror balls (why did he have to say that? It sounds like he has an issue with it and is using that fact to help them get votes? Not cool in my opinion.)
Gilles and Peta talk of how fun it was to have Chelsie as their trio partner and how she helped Gilles’ fantasy to come true. Peta is trying to stick to the rules. Gilles says they are dancing “tremendously” (really?). It’s all about the public for him versus the judges. Gilles wraps up the interview with why he owes so much to our Veterans.
Below is a take from Enews with Gilles, Val, and Kelly….
“It’s wonderful, you know I’ve never had a trio dance,” Marini told E! News about dancing with partner Peta Murgatroyd and Chelsie Hightower. “A ménage à dance I’ve never had. A ménage à trois—I would not answer that. I would plead the fifth because that happens many times.”
Hey now! Did anyone else just get a flashback of Marini’s, um, special appearance in the film Sex and the City? OK, that’s enough. Back to backstage scoop. Sorry, but we must.
Anyway, as if things weren’t getting hot enough, Monaco and a shirtless Val Chmerkovskiy talked about Kelly’s lip-locks throughout her routine.
“I don’t know, I wasn’t very happy. It’s OK,” a slightly jealous Val said, but Kelly felt the total opposite. “I liked it,” she told us. “I got to kiss Len [Goodman], Louis [van Amstel] and Val tonight. I’m a little whore.”
And for all the media on Derek and Shawn, be sure to visit Pure Derek Hough as Heidi will have everything on them.
Also, here is some of the cast out and about after the show thanks to PopTVDotCom….
Ok, this is Vogue over and out. Thanks for reading and more later, Dancettes! 😉 xx
ADDING: Here is the cast with ET Online….
ADDING #2: Below is the cast with Extra. Lots of talk about Cheryl doing The Bachelorette.
For anyone wondering about Tori – a most lovely little girl! – here’s one of her videos that Maks and Kirstie were talking about.
http://youtu.be/WZtHCEh5R8Q
Thanks for the interviews!
I thought val gave Derek a compliment.
He can’t go outside the box just yet because he doesn’t have Derek’s fan base…but outside or inside the box whatever Derek is doing is working, he has 3 mirrorballs
I love how adorable Tori is with Kistie and Maks they were very “appropriate”last night and i dont think what Val said was bad i think its very true Derek doesnt really need to worry about stepping out of the box because he has a very loyal voting like crazy fanbase like Maks does and Val is still new.
Love Karina and apolo so sorry i missed the show damn fracture 🙁
I agree that Val’s remark was more in line with being complementary. Derek does have a big fan base, and I don’t think Shawn is in any danger of being eliminated because of that trio dance. Did I mention I loved it? I think most of the viewers and people in the audience did, too. Who cares what fuss budget Len thought. The stick fairy must have been making rounds last night. 🙂
Evaine, the Tori video was so cute. I hope Tori enjoyed her night at DWTS.
Jim, I am so sorry. Please get better soon. xx
Auntie, I follow her mom on Twitter and she posted pictures of the wee thing back in their hotel room. She LOVED it! DWTS and Ricki Lake are her FAVORITES! 🙂 She’s going to be on Ricki’s show today, I think. OR maybe just visiting – not quite sure on the details. A couple of details – when Maks went running off to the side after his and Kirstie’s Waltz, it was to see Tori (seated with Ricki by the stairs) And for you Karina fans, apparently during the press line, Karina picked her up and held her for the duration of one of her interviews. According to Tori’s mom, Michelle, the WHOLE DWTS family was wonderful to them. This is why I love my show and its peeps. 🙂
Not entirely sure how to take Val’s comment. However, I thought it was interesting to see how all the pros/couples reacted to the judges vs audience question. Tony pretty much said he doesn’t know how to break the rules (my thought – either he doesn’t have the creativity to do so, or he doesn’t have the personality, or both), but there was a little something there – maybe regret? – that he didn’t have that skill set. Peta and Gilles were also saying they dance by the book, but more like they were proud of it (and Gilles said that it’s harder that way – again, making him (them) “better than” those who stretch things. But Peta just came off as a people pleaser – particularly an “authority pleaser”/teacher’s pet type. Karina and Apolo were the only ones who really owned that they were thinking primarily about the audience, and that, though they wouldn’t break the rules just to break them (which I don’t think Derek does that either), if the choreographic vision so dictated, they’d create entertainment vs a judge-pleasing routine. I thought Derek and Shawn’s interview was also enlightening – Derek can put together a routine that Len would be happy with in his sleep, but it’s not about Len, but about Shawn, and the audience.
I have to say, I appreciate Derek and Karina’s approach to the show and choreography more than the pros who just work by the book. Not that I’m a fan of breaking rules for the heck of it. I think that’s one reason I didn’t really like Lacey’s choreo – she didn’t seem to have a real reason to break the rules she did; it just felt like she was being a rebel, whereas Derek is following a creative vision.
I also thought it very interesting how Derek said he could choreograph a Samba that Len would love in 20 minutes – of course he could. And I have to say, at this stage, during an All Star season – that would feel like a cop out from him. From all of them, actually. Sure, you can play by the rules – but when you act like that is the ONLY way, then it just makes me think that perhaps you don’t have the skill or creativity (or balls) to take it farther. But the key is – when you take it farther, you have to take your lumps. And Derek does that too.
But still, the 7 combined with the shitty comment was too far. And still Derek says nothing.
The thing is, Derek didn’t really break any rules in that trio. There were no lifts, he had sections together (in hold) and apart (which generally Len seems to like), there were recognizable samba steps, and it was a trio, for goodness sake! It’s not going to look like a typical dance, no matter what you do (or it shouldn’t – otherwise, what’s the point of having a trio?) So I don’t understand Len’s gripes.
Interesting to see the interactions of celebs and pros off the show. Love Apolo and Karina – and Carrie Ann is saying there is no chemistry between them??? Derek is absolutely right with thinking about the audience – it will be a dull show when he leaves and there is only choreo that is within strict rules! His creativity makes him in a league of his own. As for Val and Kelly – I think even they are tired of their showmance at this point, and what Val said about Derek makes him look jealous and petty. Sir Douchelot is as douchy as ever, except when he is talking about the veterans. Derek and Karina are by far my favorite pros!
I have to say, I didn’t see Val’s comment as dissing Derek either. I heard it as an analytical answer of how Val has to approach the routines he choreographs because he can’t afford to do otherwise this early in his tv career when most don’t know who he is. Whereas Derek is now known by everyone, DWTS viewers and those who have never watched the show.
And Tori, what a doll!
All I gotta say is, that fan in the papparzzi video NEEDS to learn how to take a picture..I think she had ulterior motives..annoying! haha
There were a lot of good dances last night, but honestly, I was bored in the trio round after Shawn & Derek’s dance. Derek is right, the super-fans have seen hundreds of typical dances. I watch SYTYCD too. I have seen a lot of dances and I just want to see something new. And he didn’t really break any rules, he just put a bit less of the moves of the chosen dance style in it and changed the feel of the dance from the traditional.
If an All-Star season isn’t a time to focus on being creative more than playing it more safe, I don’t know what is. I think Tony, and often Maks’, lack of choreographic creativity and lack of really pushing their celebs to their max potential is what has caused them never to win a mirror ball.
I agree with Val that Kelly looked so much better Week 1 this time than she even did in the finale of Season 1. And I don’t think he meant his comment in a negative way towards Derek, you can tell by his tone and expression while saying what he did.
Agree, Val was not dissing Derek here, he just said the facts.
Quotes taken from ZapToIt’s interview of Shawn & Derek.
If this isn’t legal to post you can take it down, I just found it interesting.
Even Len actually liked the dance…see below. I am predicting him doing a Nicole & Derek type turn around in his remarks to Shawn in the semis or finals…..well, at least I hope!
—Although Len warned Shawn that the pros were to “blame” if she’s sent home this week, the petite gymnast told us, “I gave everything to [Derek] on day one. I said, ‘I trust you and I will do what you say — I know you have a vision.’ It turned out fun — so much fun.”
Besides, Derek insists, the judges’ concern about deviating from the traditional samba was limited to the broadcast. “They had an issue on television, [but] backstage they were like, ‘Oh my gosh, we loved it!'”
And as far as scoring goes, Derek is much more concerned about fan voting. “Percentage-wise, [the judges’ scores are] so close, they don’t matter. They just don’t.
“I have the utmost respect for the judges, absolutely. I always have, that’s why I don’t talk back, but this season in particular is the audience’s season. Purely. And we’ve been very consistent with that.”
Now — knock wood — Derek says he feels “amazing” after a neck injury forced him to the sidelines. And having Mark fill in for Shawn’s pro partner may have been a blessing disguise.
“I think it is warmed me up to both of them together — the two of them together is a force you should never mess with,” Shawn told us. “In my opinion, they are the two best dancers on the show, so it was an honor — just trying to keep up with them was the biggest task all week. I love how it turned out.”—
Tori is the cutest thing ever.
Mr. Marini on the other hand … No words for that. He really tries to convince the viewers that his dances are much harder?!? Really? Aw, poor boy, getting the hardest choreographies from amazing Peta who was dancing around him a lot in at least his Rhumba. I forgot how he did in his other dances because I erased them successfully from my memory.
I think Val didn’t try to diss Derek at all. The things he said, are just facts. 3 mirror balls, huge fan base (which he really deserves). BUT he should’ve mentioned his amazing talent, too so that the list would be complete 😉
I am more upset about what Val said about the other contestants than what he said about Derek. He said that Kelly is the only one that has shown a huge improvement from her first season and that the rest of the celebrities are just replicating the dances they did in their previous seasons. I can’t believe he just said that. I know for certain that both Shawn and Apolo have improved alot from their previous seasons, and I think that Melissa has improved as well. I did not watch Kelly’s season so I cannot say how much she improved. But for him to say that everyone else is replicating their dances is beyond belief.
#18 I agree with you – that bugged me. Obviously he hasn’t been watching certain couples’ dances (Shawn, Apolo, and Melissa, as you said). I think even Kirstie is dancing better than her first run through the show. Emmitt – I honestly don’t know. His dances seem about the same, and as for Gilles, I think he’s gotten worse. Or maybe it’s just in comparison to the improvements other couples have been having. However, having seen Kelly’s season via YouTube, etc, I have to say she has improved a *lot*. Her first few dances she was stiff as a board with a deer in the headlights look.
It’s a shame Val hasn’t yet learned to praise the accomplishments of his celeb without denigrating the other celebs on the show. I hope he’ll improve in that area. However, for that to happen he’ll have to acknowledge it’s a problem, and there’s the rub.
I agree that the celeb mention was even worst, what is wrong with him, just shut up.
Val seemed really rude to Henry when he asked about Brooke! No idea how to take what he said about Derek, but the fact that he brought him up at all is a little funny. Sorry I’m late with the comment, just saw the videos!