Derek Hough Gives Sneak Peak Into The Finals Of Dancing With The Stars
Derek has written his new blog at TV Guide. He gives some teasers on he and Bethany’s Freestyle. Note that their “jive” is the “Judges Choice” dance.
With the freestyle, I feel like I’ve covered a lot of bases before and it’s like what’s next? It’s a sense of trying not to do something over and over again. I did the stripped-down contemporary with Kellie already. I’ve done the upbeat stuff. You can go with heart or a fun, lighthearted dance or something completely serious. With Bethany, I’m trying to figure out what the right thing for her is. What are her strengths and what’s going to make her shine? So I’ve settled on telling her story. It starts off slowly and lyrically with beautiful shapes and beautiful lines. There will be other dancers as the dance builds to show her Motavators behind her. It signifies her life and strength. She’s created her own brand and her own career — her own everything, really. When I look back at the season, I look back at the moments that showcase how tough and fierce she is, like the Argentine tango and paso doble. It’s strong and it’s a big song, like Inception. It’ll be like Hans Zimmer is there!
The judges picked the jive, which was our first dance, for us to redo. We’re adding 30 seconds and tweaking some things. I’m glad they picked something from early in the season because you can definitely see the growth in Bethany. We feel good so far. We’ll have a fusion dance on Tuesday, but none of us know what’s going on with that yet.
More at TV Guide including his thoughts on the other finalists and Tommy Chong. Lot’s more fun things at Pure Derek Hough including a new Ryan Seacrest interview with Bethany Mota.
Can hardly wait to see Derek’s number… what he has created!
Sounds like their freestyle could be really impactful! Hopefully it plays that way.
Interesting on the Jive selection for them. Sounds like the producers are doing the thing where the celebs are just re-doing a previous routine and not a brand new one. So we have two Jives already. Wouldn’t surprise me to see Janel’s Samba or QS again and maybe Sadie’s Cha-Cha? I’m just guessing. I like it better when they do brand new routines but it is what it is. Just brushing up on a routine will give them a lot more time to focus on their freestyles. Janel is lucky in that sense since she was filming most of the week so far. Alfonso also with his injury probably.
Anyone else a little worried about what Mark is going to do though? I don’t want Sadie to bomb.
I am a little worried about Sadie now. I think Mark is a creative genius but sometimes the judges don’t appreciate that as we’ve seen this season. He has posted a couple of things on his snapchat with Sadie playing the old Mario Brothers and a picture of an old Nintendo. I really hope that’s not what they are doing. If it is, I hope they pull it off. I love Sadie. Misha Gabriel is helping to choreograph so with Mark and Misha it will definitely be amazing. Whether or not it’s something that everyone will appreciate remains to be seen but it should definitely be memorable.
I would love to see Alfonso win, even though I’m a Sadie fan (if that makes sense). Like, I would be okay if Alfonso came in 1st & Sadie came in 2nd. I just want both of them (as well as Bethany) to have great freestyles. This is actually one of the few seasons where I’m excited to see all the freestyles.
Like JJ, I’m a little concerned about Sadie’s freestyle after reading Derek’s blog. Using the words “different” & “out of the box,” I can’t help but think of (in my opinion) the disastrous Chelsea K’s freestyle – one of my least favorite freestyles ever. Please Mark, don’t screw this up!!
As for Bethany, I’m really looking forward to what Derek comes up. To be honest, I wasn’t a Bethany fan in the beginning, but she has grown on me & her contemporary last week was one of my favorite dances of the season.
BTW, do the other pros write blogs too, or is it just Derek & Mark? It would be nice to hear their POV’s…
Im confused about the redo dance, so in this case Bethany and Derek will jive with an added 30 seconds but Im assuming its to a new song or will it be the same song they did last time?
I echo everyone comments Im worried for Marks freestyle. I think its great he likes to be outside the box but as derek said they dont always hit the mark. Hopefully this one does.
I remember when Mark and Shaun came out in their freestyle costumes before they danced. Remember them? The black garbage bag looking jumpsuits, the be-dazzled gloves and the terrifying, WTF masks. Then they tore them off and did an eye-popping, high energy, completely awesome freestyle.
I’m going to trust that Mark is going to give us something like that with Sadie.
Susan2, I remember that freestyle loved it. I don’t think Derek would call something like that different and out of the box though. For Derek to say that it’s something that only Mark would committ to I think it’s got to be pretty far out there.
As long as Sadie is not dancing in a gorilla suit, I think I will like it. lol
@ PJ, or dancing on pole 🙂
Derek’s talking about Sadie’s freestyle worries me, out of all the pros I think Derek is the best one that understands the show and what the fans what. Something tells me Mark’s risk may not pay off, it will have mixed reviews, and judging by their scores, probably will be the lowest scored freestyle.
Sounds like Derek has a really special dance for Bethany to showcase her and her growth in Ballroom dancing here on DWTS. So excited for Monday. I will miss these people after the final night. I’ll be watching you tube a lot.