DWTS Season 17, The Finale (Week 11) – Who’s Dancing What…and When??
Well, a little birdie tells us that the producers put out a call to the crew for more paparazzi impersonators. Seems they are reworking the season opener, only it’s going to be bigger. 🙂 That’s what Court hears, anyway. 🙂
It will be interesting seeing who goes last. They had their big ringer go last last season and we know how that worked out. Interesting. 🙂 Any bets? I’m going with Amber opening and Corbin closing…or vice versa. I may change my mind in 10 minutes. I can’t seem to stick to one opinion this season. 🙂
Corbin and Karina
Quickstep
Samba Relay
Freestyle
Voting # 1-800-868-3406
Bill and Emma
Viennese Waltz
Samba Relay
Freestyle
Voting # 1-800-868-3409
Jack and Cheryl
Jive – Dancing 3rd
Samba Relay
Freestyle – Dancing 7th
Voting # 1-800-868-3402
Derek and Amber
Charleston
Samba Relay
Freestyle
Voting # 1-800-868-3407
I’m excited for the freestyles this season particularly Bill and Emma’s. I think they can make a really fun routine. This looks like a good list of dances. I’m not really a fan of the samba but I still think it will be interesting.
I’m so excited for the freestyles! I’m curious to see what Bill does but I know it’ll be entertaining to say the least.
I was actually hoping Corbin and Karina re-did their paso and not quickstep but oh well.
I’m looking forward to amber and Derek freestyle love them
My guess is Bill starts the show and Amber closes it.
Yay! I was so excited for this post to go up! Here’s to the finals, Everyone!!xx
I am looking forward to the final. Love everyone that is left. Should be good.
Just to nitpick 😉 …
I hate, HATE that they want Amber and Derek to redo their Charleston. I already have an issue with so many non-ballroom dances they’d added. But I get they want viewers. And some of the less-stodgy ballroom dances may attract more eyes or younger viewers. But for the finals? Nope, I think they should do a freestyle and then redo a ballroom dance.
And I’ve been watching since season 4 and can’t remember a time where I really felt like the top 3 or 4 could all take it. I have no idea who is gonna win this thing.
Can’t wait for Derek’s freestyle choreography. Every season that he gets to the finals he manages to blow everyone away, and I’m certain that this season will be no exception.
I cannot wait for the freestyle. DWTS posted on IG bits from each couple’s dance.
Rumors suggest that Derek and Amber may do something MJ related. We already know Karina and Corbin have been to Las Vegas and attended MJ One show. Could it be that both couples do MJ freestyles?
I’ would like to see Jack win. Mainly because he is originally what dwts used to be about. But i’m worried with his limitations. And he does look to be losing strengths these last 2 weeks from all the photos i have seen from them. He looks really exhausted! I’m eager to see how Cheryl can pull this off, with everything that is going on around Jack and his relapse.Cheryl sound supportive of Jack, but her tweets don’t have the same excitement to me. Must been a tough time for them to get into rehearsals and all that.
I would be so upset if Corbin win this season. He is the biggest ringer this show had, and i hate to see a trained professional dancer like he is take the trophy. He is an athlete, and more known to be a dancer than a celebrity. He should be competing against the professionals, not on dwts. The show would lose such amount of credibility if a professional dancer win! And he’s not exactly the most likeable person either.
If not Jack, i would rather have Amber win and Derek again. Even though i would like to see others win. But in my heart, Corbin is too over qualified to even be on this show. And Bill is just not good enough and never really had thaT kind of improvement that many eyes look into;not good enough to be a champion. Corbin and Bill in my humble and my passionate opinion……….. are both wrong winners if ever!
I’ve seen no rumors that Derek and Amber will do something MJ related – unless MJ did an old style western that I don’t remember.
Kinda tired of people telling me what DWTS was supposed to be about. DWTS is about celebrities learning to dance. Period. All the people in the final four are learning to dance. Yes, Corbin is a ringer, but so what – he’s still learning.
@Anna- I think some people took the dancingabc IG video and a move Amber did as MJ and ran with it. I honestly don’t see anything MJ in what she’s done and with Corbin doing it, I doubt they would be doing that as well. Plus I don’t think MJ has anything to do with old western at all.
That’s exactly my reasoning. Dwts is for celebrities learning how to dance. Corbin is not learning anymore. He’s already on a professional level from day 1. How boring is that?
Really no reason and to have a show if already dancers are gonna keep winning. Big part of success of this show is to see these celebrities start from scratch and how they grow as a dancer. See those pros challenged their teaching and choreography skills with less amount of talent they get.
Dwts is not a 100% dance competition. It is a reality show, and wheres the fun to watch when there is no story to tell? I don’t think Dwts is successful as it is, merely for those good dancing.
Derek said in his blog it’s an old western style theme – doesn’t sound like MJ to me. Looking at the Instagram vids, it seems like Jack and Cheryl have kind of a jazz club look, and Bill and Emma were giving me an Indiana Jones vibe…I can’t wait until Monday!
Thanks guys. I’m glad you didn’t see any resemblance. I did not grow up with either MTV around or old style westerns, so I have absolutely no clue of how likely or how far off the speculations may be. That’s why I asked.
For a second I thought that maybe the pros do not share ideas early on, and coincidentally ended up with some similarities.
Ahhhh…. can it be Monday evening already?
I think a western themed freestyle is genius, never been done before and should be great for Derek and Amber.
@Steve J – I can recall 2 western/cowboy freestyles, Drew and Cheryl and Donald and Peta. But I agree, I think a western freestyle choreographed by Derek will be epic. And a surprise.
Just a little observation: Cheryl seems to be the only pro consistently (or almost consistently) tweeting about their dance order.
From what others shared in the comments, seems the freestyles are all interesting. I really look forward to these. Last season, I was only interested in watching Kellie & Derek’s and Jacoby & Karina’s.
I may have missed it but… Has anyone heard any information about Jack or Bill’s freestyles?
@Pam Seriously though? Corbin is not a ballroom or latin dancer, he still struggles with his dances (especially his frame for ballroom) – Overall I think Amber had a better accumulative score than him.
Yes, he is a good technical dancer and yes he has some experience but not to the extent where he could compete against professionals.
Many celebs who have been on the show probably have had some dance training at one point in their life (Nicole Scherzinger, Zendaya, Elizbeth,etc.)
I’m not saying that Corbin is going to would but your argument is so invalid because the same thing happens every season. Watch, next season it’ll be the same thing over again.
As for Bill, why doesn’t he deserve it? He had the fan votes because people relate to him. He may not be the BEST dancer but he still is learning to dance as is everyone else on the show.
Is there any relevance to dance order in the finals?
Hey guys,
I’m really excited! But, I have a feeling Cheryl and Jack’s freestyle may be a similar freestyle to Rob Kardashian’s freestlye. I am hoping they come in 3rd.
It would be really exciting (my competitive side is speaking) to see if 1st place was between Amber and Corbin at the end.
Also, I think Corbin and Karina are awesome, but I am worried there will be an overload of sensory stimulation, turning the viewer off making him come in second to amber. lol . (like too much going on)
… oh and Bill. Well, what can I say? lol
Dancers don’t keep winning, though. Look at last season, for example. According to you Corbin isn’t learning – are you in the room? How do you know? Unless he’s a ballroom professional, he’s is learning.
You have NO IDEA what the “big part of the success” of this show is, you can’t make that claim with nothing to back it up. And really, you defeat your own argument. If dancers “keep winning” – then how is that NOT the big part of the success of the show? You can’t have it both ways.
Eh, “Save a Horse…” doesn’t stand the test of time. I wouldn’t even count it in this discussion.
Good point, Jessica. Pam, how can you discount Bill when you claim that DWTS is all about learning from scratch?? Bill has – and his AT last week was very good.
The MJ theme freestyle is supposedly Corbin’s per a link that DWTSGossip had, it said he went to “ONE” in Vegas for inspiration.
Eh, “Save a Horse…” doesn’t stand the test of time. I wouldn’t even count it in this discussion.
To me, it does. And Donald Driver’s freestyle was a straight rip-off of it.
I got the impression Derek was going for a 50s western style, not a country western style, but either way, I’m sure it’ll be fantastic.
The Smooth Criminal video does kinda have the old Western fill/style to it. I have to say an MJ song was one of my earlier guesses for Amber & Derek too. The Will Smith/Kool Moe Dee’s “Wild Wild West” is my other guess. Could be either one.
Would love to see them perform to an MJ song too. Lets see what happens.
Looking forward to the Finals. Good Luck to all the contestants!!
If only Kellie could sing for Derek’s freestyle.
Sheery, we posted that article on Friday: https://www.puredwts.com/2013/11/22/dwts17-corbin-blue-and-karina-smirnoff-spent-day-rehearsing-with-michael-jackson-one-artists/
@Fancy – “To me, it does. And Donald Driver’s freestyle was a straight rip-off of it.”
LOL.. Not in a million years.. Not even close, okay I’ll be fair and give you one rip-off that Donald and Peta were definitely guilty of.. both couples wore cowboy boots!
Dee, I love Will Smith’s Wild, Wild West song. If Derek and Amber did a Steampunk/Western themed Freestyle to that song, I’ll feel like I’ve died and gone to heaven!
I don’t really consider Drew or Donald’s Freestyles as Western. They were Country themed. When I think Western I think old timey cowboys, saloon girls, stagecoaches. To use TV shows as an example, Western is Bonanza while Country is Nashville.
So far, all of the Freestyles sound really cool and perfect for each Celebrities strengths.
Why are we just now getting complaints about Corbin’s ringer status? I mean, I’ve enjoyed the lack of those comments all season long. The season’s (almost) over anyway, so why bring it up?
Since Corbin is doing an MJ tribute of some sort, I doubt Derek will go the same way. Derek is smarter than that.
#Pam so Corbin is to over qualified and Bill is Under-qualified, and Jack and Amber are just right? How about they all have been working their butts off for 13 weeks and if there was an over qualified person they would’ve gotten way more perfect scores they they have now? I think each and every person that is in the finals deserves to be their based on their own merit and because they EARNED the viewers votes. We all know judges scores mean squat this season.
Anyway… I’m looking forward to all the freestyles tonight.. But will Amber go last 2 weeks in a row? Idk… Hard to say
Don’t agree at all that Donald’s was a rip off of Save a Horse. It was actually better. That was a long time ago – as a freestyle it doesn’t compare to what has been done more recently. People love it for nostalgia reasons.
There have been comments all season long, Tony, but now we’re getting newbies in who are all freaked out that their favorite may not win. Happens every season.
:::sigh::: When someone says “the judges scores mean squat” they are flat out WRONG. The judges scores are VERY important every week. Proof was in last week. When they finally scored Leah down where she should have been, she was eliminated. When you have six people all with very close scores and one low guy who’s getting plenty of votes compared to a couple of others, there will be a “shocking” elimination because there is NO MARGIN between all the upper tier people.
You say judges scores don’t mean squat – you have it exactly backwards.
Agree on Save a Horse Freestyle not being all that and a bag of potato chips. I liked it, but I didn’t love it. I don’t even think it’s Cheryl’s best Freestyle.
I’m assuming we’re getting the individual dances first, then Samba relay, then Freestyle. Is that right?
ButterflyWhirl (post #15) I heard something this morning that confirms your Indiana Jones vibe for Bill and Emma. Bill does a weekly comedy radio show on SiriusXM satellite radio called “Off the Cuff”. He does the show with another comedian, Gary Brightwell. Gary said today that Bill and Emma’s freestyle is Indiana Jones themed and that Bill will be swinging in on a rope. LOL. Now that will be interesting. Gary saw Bill this weekend at a comedy show in Nebraska. I don’t think Gary was supposed to say anything.
At the very end of the show, Bill called in and spoke to Gary. He confirmed the Indiana Jones theme. He is definitely ready for DWTS to be over but is excited for tonight. And as always thankful to the fans.
If you have a subscription to SiriusXM, and you pay for the online service, you can listen to today’s show using their OnDemand service. The show plays on the Blue Collar Comedy channel and airs live on Mondays at 11am PST. Bill hasn’t done the show since he start DWTS and Gary has been having guest comedians fill in for him all these weeks, although today Gary did the show solo. Bill also said that next Monday, the whole radio show will be about DWTS. I’ve listen to “Off the Cuff” every since it started on SiriusXM and it’s been funny listening to his partner Gary talk about DWTS because this is the first time he has ever watched it.
I agree about Donald’s freestyle. It was way better. But the Save a Horse freestyle is kind of dated.. It was way back in season 2. CAI did a list of all her favorite dances, and I can’t remember when she did it. It was this season sometime. and she still had Save a Horse on their and Gilles Argentine Tango… I’m like really? There have been some way better dances in both genres then those two…But we know how CAI likes her *clears throat* men.. nothing against Drew.
I remember watching Donald Driver’s freestyle and seeing people losing their minds over it and I was like, why? I thought it was a straight rip off of Drew and Cheryl’s freestyle. The country theme, using Cowboy Troy who is part of the Big & Rich family. It just screamed rip off.
And loving Drew and Cheryl’s freestyle for “nostalgia reasons”? That’s kind of an insult. People can’t love it because they actually think it’s great? It’s not okay to think that? I don’t believe this “freestyles have changed since”. I don’t see that.
Since when does Cheryl own the rights to the country theme? OR country music?… That’s like saying no one can ever use “Hip Hop”, or “Broadway”, or “Contemporary” or whatever the style, over again. That’s just silly.
People lost their minds because Donald and Peta did exactly what is expected in a freestyle… The element of surprise.
And btw, Cheryl’s “Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy” in today’s standard of Freestyle is below standard compared to what is expected now.
I’m soooooo excited! I’m thrilled for all 4 teams making the finals. They worked hard, made excellent partners, didn’t bash anyone and entertained me all along. I hope and expect they are all proud and grateful for their experiences on DWTS S17. Who knew this is where we’d be Week 1? I know I’ll be content no matter the outcome now.
You can watch “Save a Horse” followed by Shawn and Derek’s freestyle, or Derek and Kellie’s freestyle or Zendaya and Val’s freestyle or even Melissa and Tony’s freestyle and say that they haven’t changed??
Oookay.
Ya do know that Cheryl didn’t invent Country Music, right? I have to go with Sandy.
Does ANYONE please anyone have an idea of what was the song that snooki danced to tonight? PLEASE let me know it is stuck in my head
Me too Bryant! I’ve been googling it with no luck 🙁
Bryant its Work, Bitch by Britney Spears.