Dancing With The Stars All Access Behind The Scenes – Watch Teams In Rehearsals
What a cool new idea this is! If you go to this link at the official site of Dancing With The Stars, you can watch the teams in rehearsals LIVE. There is a schedule there too for which teams are rehearsing and when. Plus, we embedded the video stream below!! Be sure to watch and check in every day and let us know what you think in comments.
Up Next:
Wed, March 11th: Chris Soules & Witney Carson 1pm-2pm Eastern | 10am-11am Pacific
Wed, March 11th: Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess 4pm-5pm Eastern | 1pm-2pm Pacific
Wed, March 11th: Rumer Willis & Val Chmerkovskiy 9pm-10pm Eastern | 6pm-7pm Pacific
Notes: If the stream below doesn’t work for you, see the link in the paragraph above. You might have to try a different browser too. Also, scroll below for Video updates in case you miss the LIVE feed. We’ll leave the videos up for a few days and then take them down (and archive them in another post) as we post new videos. Thanks to Storm Viking for recording!
ETA: Thanks again to @StormViking010, below are videos of the LIVE Feeds. We’ll put the most recent at the top…
For an archive of all the previous rehearsals so far, see this link:
Dancing With The Stars Season 20 All Access Rehearsals Part 1
So cool! Having a blast watching the producers talk and walk around 😀 Hahaha.
Can’t wait to see the couples rehearse! I have a feeling this live feed is going to take a whole lot of my time…. Lol
Rats! The link didn’t work for me.
@Sandy It stopped working for me as well. They’re probably fixing it or sonething. Apparently they were having some audio issues.
Hopefully it’ll be back up soon!
Yeah, I bet they could still be working in it. Keep checking back. It’s cool!
We had the test feed 😉 The real feed will go live at 2 PM PT.
Thanks for your help, John!! Can’t wait to watch this!
Thanks, John! I’m curious to see how it’s going to work. It could be cool to watch my favorite couples rehearse. The cynical part of me also wants to see how TPTB might be able to use it to manipulate viewers.
So it’s working for me, thankfully 🙂 I
I’m very happy the first couple we get to see rehearse first is Redfood and Emma! I love them already! He is looking really good right now! I’m excited for these two.
This could get way to addictive while I should be working. Yikes!
I’m really impressed by Redfoo and it’s only been 10 minutes… He doesn’t seem to be messing around & he looks like he moves pretty well
OMG I AM LOVING THIS!!
This is very weird to watch, but I’m enjoying it. I feel like I’m watching something I shouldn’t be. It’s cool to see Redfoo taking this so seriously.
I can’t wait to see his hair all slicked down for an Argentine Tango or a Viennese Waltz.
Wow, he’s not bad too!!
lol Daniel. I feel like I’m watching something I shouldn’t too.
Oooo yeah Suzi! That would be cool to see.
I fell like it gets a little awkward at times with them being aware of the camera rolling live. It probably has something to do with them not really knowing each other well yet.
Suzy, Is there enough hair gel in Hollywood to tame that mane? 😀 I’m sure there’s a way, and he could look really sexy because he has a lean frame that suits tango.
I don’t know much about Redfoo.. Does he have a fanbase? I really hope the viewers support Emma and Redfoo. I would hate to see them have an early exit.
Is there a way to watch these like on YouTube or anything. ? I just got home from work and only caught the last 5 min :(. But redfoo seems like he might do well. so far I like these two.
Can I just say I LOVE Emma’s teaching style? She makes it so easy to learn the steps. Not only for Redfoo but even I was kinda learning along as she demonstrated them. Hahaha.
I’m gonna love this too much.
I wonder who’ll be the next couple to hit the rehearsal room. Kinda hoping is Rumer and Val just so I can see how these two are getting along.
I wonder if there will be any footage of Nastia and Derek since they will be rehearsing in NYC.
This is really cool!! It was so much fun, watching Emma and Redfoo rehearse! Emma is such a sweetheart, I love her. And Redfoo is taking it more seriously than his appearance would lead one to believe. Oh Suzy, how I hope we get to watch Derek and Nastia rehearse in New York! Wouldn’t that be awesome?!!
this sound like loads of fun. wish there was more schedule available so i can plan for the next live footage. I missed this one (too bad it’s not available in replay mode for those of us to tuned in too late).
i’ll be checking back often in the hopes of catching a team rehearsing.
i really like this cast and would be excited to see any of the rehearse, but sorry i missed this one with Redfoo & Emma – i’m really like this team
Watched a little bit of Emma and Red Foo today and felt like a fly on the wall but it was nice to see them address the camera while they were taking a break.
Mark Ballas stopped by to say hi. I’m guessing he was on his way to rehearsal.
Did Yall record this or anything? I was at work
@ Kenya I remember them sending a team along with Evan and Anna while they traveled the country so probably a team assigned to Derek and Nastia…lucky crew 🙂
Are they selective on who’s rehearsal to show? It’s only listed as Emma & Redfoo on the schedule but I hear from his facebook that Noah is due to rehearse this afternoon.
#Kim — Lucky crew is right!!
#Linde — Just think — if the practice sessions were recorded so you could view them after-the-fact, you would NEVER GET AWAY FROM YOUR COMPUTER!! lol
@Christy – they’re probably going to rotate it. Likely too hard (and costly) to maintain a live feed of all the couples at all times.
good point Suzy at #28 – i’m already liking everyone, so would want to see ALL the rehearsal footage i could lay my eyes on LOL. And the rehearsal footage has always been one of my favorites =)
Misty,
That was exactly what I tweeted. This type of footage was extremely addicting for me. You’re wondering what’s going to happen next and you don’t want to miss it. Plus, Emma is a total doll, so there’s that for me.
This was a stream from YouTube so it was definitely recorded, but it doesn’t seem like they’ve posted the recording. I’ll check with the PR person and see if they’re going to post it.
Up next! Don’t miss it:
Wednesday 3-4 PM ET | 12-1 PM PT – Charlotte and Keo
thanks for the heads up Vogue – have already got my day scheduled to be clear for the 3-4pm hour so i can catch them. disappointed i missed Emma, but hopefully we’ll get another peak at one of their rehearsals.
I loved just watching Redfoo and Emma talking in between their dance breaks yesterday… it felt so real and genuine and they wouldn’t usually show moments like that on the actual show, but it was so nice to see Redfoo getting to know Emma and her talking about her time on the show, etc.
I can’t wait for Charlotte and Keo though! I really liked her on GMA and while I hadn’t heard of her, she’s a favourite for me… so looking forward to seeing what she’s gonna be like!
That is 8pm for my fellow Brits
Loved Redfoo and Emma last night
It would be interesting to see what Keo is actually all about
I hope they post more of a schedule for these! hopefully they’ll end up having some during the night (ET) and more on the weekends. I would love to watch but need more than a days notice to watch live. Very interested to see how these will go
Oh, I am beyond excited to see my other favorite couple rehearse. I am already praying that Charlotte is a good dancer because otherwise she might be out VERY soon considering her fanbase and Keo’s. Just kinda hoping she isn’t a Pamela Anderson or Holly Madison. She seems very fun, relaxed and full of personality so I hope it all translates into her dancing.
I’m just an old granny who still uses a “flip” cell phone and a desk top computer which is in another room from where the TV is; so I miss a lot of stuff. I was sick yesterday and was not on my computer at all. And, it appears the above video was only available to watch at a certain time, so I will just be patient until March 16th and see the real thing. Looks like a great entertaining season lies ahead for us. For me it’s all about the celebrates and watching them learn to dance Ballroom style. I really admire all the Pro Dancers and know they will do a great job; and, for me, it’s the celebrate’s journey that gets my attention. I think narrowing the competition down each week passes is going to be a challenge for me. We have some great personalities and a wide variety—-something for every age group.
@Kenya Smith…#22
I remember in S-16 that Derek had to travel with Kellie Pickler to her shows during that season as they were showed rehearsing on the road between her shows. DWTS has Derek and Nastia covered during their rehearsals. Meryle and Charlie in S-18 had skating engagements to perform and Maks and Sharna had to travel with them to rehearse, I believe.
I remember that, KreativeKat. It was a grueling schedule, but Derek came through it like the champ that he is. If anyone can pull this off, it will be Derek.
Charlotte looks like she may struggle. She does look like she works hard though. Also I only just realized this but Keo has a really nice butt lol!
I like what I am seeing from Charlotte and Keo. She seems like she is a hard worker, they’re already getting along, and seem to have some great chemistry, and they’re having fun. He’s working with her on the little details already (or at least, it seems it to me). And, I think he shut down some showmance.
She’s gorgeous, and flexible, and seems to be working hard. Hopefully she’ll get her “other left” straightened out before March 16.
This was lots of fun to watch! Keo is a very patient teacher and Charlotte is really trying. She’s not a natural though! They look like they’re having a bit of fun too.
I don’t know if Charlotte will be a good dancer or not, she seems to be struggling but who wouldn’t in those heals. I love her though. She is genuine, funny and not trying to be sexy. She’s so cute. Keo is doing great. He is being extremely patient and funny. They have great chemistry, and I don’t think they’ll go the showmance route.
Definitely seems like Charlotte is trying hard. She isn’t a natural but I think the more she practices, the better she will get.
I am also liking the chemistry with Keo a lot. They look like they’re having a lot of fun! Can’t wait to see them more and more!
Charlotte is off to a decent start. You can definately tell she is giving one hundred percent to this and I love that but at the same time I feel like she is going to have a kelly Monaco season one transformation as her confidence grows. She doesn’t seem nervous so that’s always a plus. No Bambi on ice moments.
I think it’s fair to say she’s not a natural. On the other hand, if Charlotte’s never done any real dance classes before, it could take her a few sessions to kind of get the hang of it. Also, both teacher and student need to learn how the other person communicates and develop their own shared vocabulary. Once Charlotte has a dictionary of steps to pull from, it should be easier for her to put them together. Right now she doesn’t have a single step in her dictionary. They do seem to get along well and she’s funny.
I am loving this again. It’s so cool to see more of Keo like this. I love love his accent.
Thank you Vogue, for posting this and all the other goodies in the past few days! Is there a spot where we can find the whole schedule or do they just put it up one pairing at a time? Thanks!
It was interesting to see how much she improved when he was dancing with her as opposed to when she was dancing alone. This is the type of stuff we never really get see. He is definitely high energy.
You are so welcome, Megs. So far, no full schedule for this yet…just a daily one for one couple is how they’ve been doing it so far.
this was loads of fun. I like this team already, and she seems very committed to getting every little thing just right.
gives you more insight into their communication and chemistry – not just the little tidbits TPTB choose to share on show night in the package. hope they continue this throughout the season.
looking forward to the next hour, don’t really care which team is next
So much fun to watch Charlotte and Keo!! I love that the producers are making these rehearsals available for us to watch. It looks like Charlotte is trying hard and Keo seems patient with her. They appear to have a really cute working partnership so far. I’m looking forward to watching these two, now that I have seen the rehearsal video.
I think this was an awesome idea to let us see the rehearsal live. (I wish we can see the ones we missed). But the way keo taught her, I felt I learned it too. Lol. Very cool.
I like this idea, and it enables us to know a little bit of what goes on behind the scenes and what the pairs are doing. Like for instance, Redfoo and Emma are heading off to Australia.
And today I was only able to watch a few minutes of Keo and Charlotte rehearsing. It stinks that I wasn’t able to watch it in it’s entirety.
I loved hearing the small talk though like Emma mentioning to Redfoo that she’s been living with two of the troupe members, moving from the UK, etc.
I missed both Redfoo and Chartotte. I was thinking we could see what we missed. I guess not.
I LOVE this idea right now! I saw the last 30 minutes of Redfoo and Emma, and I like them so far! Disappointed I couldn’t catch Charlotte and Keo, because I was in class then. I feel like seeing the live rehearsal footage is going to be great for the tenth anniversary!
I kinda am curious to see how the rehearsals will be for mark and willow….mostly becuase mark is pretty fun to watch in the pretaped footage (water fights, calling in that group to loosen up Bristol, etc) so that’s the one I am most excited to watch.
Sigh! I’ve missed both Redfoo/Emma and Charlotte/Keo all-access BTS. Can’t get the time right. Hope I can find these on YT.
Lois – it does appear that if you’re not turned in live at that particular hour, you’ve missed it. I tried finding something on you tube but had no luck. Admittedly, that could be due to my lack of savvy with that kind of search
Missed it as well. Hopefully I can catch up at a later. Charlotte strikes me as someone that needs to score well early on or she’ll be probably be out quickly due to her fanbase so hope her training can give a small indicator of her progress.
Fanatical fans of a pro like Val will probably find a way to record all his streamed rehearsal’s and them up on youtube. Maybe Riker’s fans will as well because they come off as a bit crazy on Twitter. Unfortunately I have little interest in seeing Val’s rehearsals 🙁
I want to watch it, but I’m making myself stay away or I’ll never get any work done!
The next two streams have been listed on the ABC website:
Thursday 7-8 PM ET | 4-5 PM PT – Willow and Mark
Friday 7-8 PM ET | 4-5 PM PT – Rumer and Val
Thank you..Gitte
I thought Rumer & Val was on yesterday. I know Charlette & Keo was on today.
I missed Redfoo and Emma, but I did catch some of Charlotte and Keo. I’ll miss both Willow and Mark, and Rumer and Val because they just don’t fit my schedule. 7-8pm ET just ISN’T a very doable time for me!
I must say, from what I saw of Charlotte and Keo, I was impressed with them. Him especially. Did anyone see when she was changing bandaids in her shoes, and her “my knight in shining armor” statement? From the little I’ve seen, I think Keo has a good sense about the show, and is heading this partnership in the right direction.
And he’s a sweetheart!
Lori, I agree with you. I think Keo learned a lot from his hideous experience with Lolo.
What Charlotte said right before she called Keo her “knight in shining armor” was (I believe) “my lover”. Keo’s response was something like “It’s way too early for that”. Later in the rehearsal he commented on how how comfortable she was being held. She commented that it would be hard if your partner was scared to be held. His response was immediate. He said something to the effect of “yeah, let’s not go there.” To me that was an obvious reference to what happened with Lolo who seemed to flinch every time he touched her hand.
God love him, I hope Keo and Charlotte aren’t this season’s first elimination, but with their combined lack of fan base and possibly some prejudice in the general mostly older female audience against a voluptuous young woman, I’m afraid they could be.
I missed yesterday and today Cidra & Lori. When these videos are set in stone and only a one time view, it’s hard to catch them. I’m just not going to fret about it, I will see the real deal on March 16th. I do have to agree that Keo seems like a real sweatheart of guy. Looking forward to seeing him with a cooperative partner. I would like to see him go much farther this season.
KKat, the live streams can be interesting, but if you don’t catch them, I don’t think it will affect your enjoyment of the season one bit.
I think if you tried to catch all of the live stream rehearsals, you’d go crazy and also get bored. I’ve decided I’ll check the schedule to see who’s on. If I’m interested in the couple and can fit their rehearsal into my schedule, I might tune in. However, in the long run, I think we’ll learn everything we need to know about the couples by watching the show and checking out all the goodies here on Pure.
You betcha Cidra…I missed you!! So glad you are back. I have Thursday’s written on a “stick em” note and attached to my monitor. LOL…I’m hitting the big retirement number March 8, and that SMT is trying to be my friend more and more. 🙂
@Cidra…I met STM…oh and I turn things around, also. 🙂
Good to see Kim back.
So now on Thursday they changed Willow and Mark to Robert and Kim?!!! Sh*t …… why they did something like that…. Can I still hope to see Mark and Willow today? time is different so maybe they show both or they just did a mistake and will show Willow and Mark instead of Robert and Kim? :/
Please be patient, ggfgggg!!! Haven’t you had to change your schedule before? Maybe Mark and Willow have to do something else or there is some other reason for the change….Promo shoots, interviews, costume fittings, etc etc are all taking place. Anyway, please be patient as I’m sure they have good reason and will show Willow and Mark too at some point.
KKat, thanks for the kind words and congrats on hitting the big retirement number.
I’ve use the sticky note on the monitor trick too. Works great for me. 😉
Vogue, Did you see the live streams for both Redfoo/Emma and Charlotte/Keo? If so, did they do them in the same room — the big studio with the stage at one end?
Another thought, if these streams really are “live”, then Robert and Kym are rehearsing pretty darn late in the day. Robert must have other commitments otherwise they’d surely prefer to rehearse at a more reasonable hour.
I hope this live stream rehearsing isn’t going to be a hassle for the couples. For example, the producers making a couple come back to the studio in the evening to do a 1-hour rehearsal just so they can have something to show on the live stream at night on the West Coast.
I saw both rehearsals (though only the end of Keo and Charlotte’s). They looked like they were in the same room, but, it’s hard to tell being all of the rooms looks so similar.
And you are right. I bet Kym and Robert are rehearsing late to fit his/her schedules…which is not uncommon. I’ve noticed too (over the seasons) that some Pros are night owls and would rather practice at night and sleep in in the mornings. lol Adding: I think it just depends on their partners and what fits their schedules every day.
Thanks, Vogue. You’re probably right about the rehearsal time just being what works best for Robert and Kym. I’m not a morning person so I totally get that some couples might not want to be at the studio at 6AM learning the cha-cha. 😛
I agree, Vogue, that schedules are going to be a little wonky these early days while the celebs honor commitments they had already scheduled PLUS all the DWTS stuff that you mention. I suspect the Pro’s, being on contract, have pretty much cleared their schedules to make themselves available to their celeb partner.
I missed Redfoo’s live feed (darn – really wanted to see our goofball team in action) but did catch some of Charlotte & Keo. This is loads of fun, for sure, but in small doses. I enjoyed seeing their interaction and getting a feel for her movement (she moves pretty good and seems to have a good sense of humor even about herself), but there’s only so much of “1, 2, cha, cha, cha; 1, 2, cha, cha, cha; 1 but 2, cha, cha, cha;” you can watch before you go bonkers. While I did pick up a few cha cha cha steps, i had to turn it off after a while because i didn’t want to be watching the premiere from my bed in the loony bin =)
i will be tuning in when i can to catch a few minutes of whoever is rehearsing – am really excited to see everyone, not a bad apple in the bunch it seems (hoping the Rumer neg-vibe was just early jitters)
I very much appreciate that the fans have been given the opportunity to sneak a peak at rehearsals of all the couples. So no complaints from me.
Sandy, same here. I’m just glad they are doing this. It’s so awesome.
Linde-LOL 🙂 I will probably be the same way..
I missed both Redfoo & Charlotte, hopefully I can catch Rumer & Robert’s rehearsal footage.
Thanks for sharing…
I’m gonna try an record most rehearsals starting with Robert & Kym’s right now. Hopefully it comes out smooth. I have great internet & a Pro screen recorder.
Just finished learning some ChaCha steps with Robert and Kym. Hahaha. If it weren’t so late I would have probably gotten up and danced along with them but anyways… few observations on Robert & Kym:
-Their chemistry is great. He is very funny and they seem to get along really well.
-Robert is quite analytical and seems to be a bit of a perfectionist.
-He’s learning and doing his best and at times he looks great and at times he looks weird. He isn’t bad at all though! Specially in the ChaCha. Very impressed.
-He just has to loosen up a little bit more and work his hips better.
I also have to give credit to Kym for being very patient. I love her method of teaching. It’s wonderful! Very excited to see this pair in action 🙂
Just finished watching Kym and Robert’s rehearsal and was so impressed with Kym’s teaching style, patience, creativity, humor and connection with Robert who seems a bit of a challenge as he is literally starting from scratch and is not a natural mover, and tends to overanalyze everything, imo. Kym is really a wonderful teacher and I love being able to have a view into their rehearsal process. Robert is really lucky to have her as his teacher. This is so awesome!!
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Robert asked for Kym
I just finished watching Kym & Robert rehearse and WHY has the show not done this before?? This is amazing. It really gives you such a more in-depth look at how hard the celebs and especially the pros work.
The things I noticed about Robert and Kym:
They have amazing chemistry together and look really good together. However, in heels isn’t she going to be taller than him?
He is going to have the work ethic and drive to do the show for sure!
While he may be a little stiff he actually looks like he is going to be a good dancer!
This whole thing just reinforced how much I adore Kym! She has always been my fav but it was really cool to see her actually teach dancing. I actually learned some cha cha steps with the way she explained it and she seems to understand that he needs the mechanics of the movements broke down before he will be able to do them.
@Linde It seems very plausible considering his fellow Shark Tank buddy, Mark Cuban, was also Kym’s partner.
I think though, this was just a lucky pairing. Not sure I can picture Robert with any other female pro this season. Maybe with Witney.. But I like his partnership with Kym. If he did ask for her, he did the right thing for sure.
Also, am I the only one who sees a resemblence between Robert and Robin Williams? Hahaha.
Just a random thought I had. Robert just kinda reminded me of a young Robin Williams in “Mork and Mindy” 😛
Anywho.. Looking forward to Rumer and Val tomorrow. Can’t wait to see how those two are getting along. Right now to me they just look very awkward together but let’s see if that chances. I also fully expect her to be a good dancer and possibly a quick learner.
Robert has some good hip action!
Yeah, Robert just might surprise us all on premiere night. An to @CC above I totally agree with the comment about the resemblance to Robin Williams.
Kym is so patient and Robert is very eager to learn, he does over analyze quite a bit and I’m not sure if that will be problem or not. I loved their teasing one another about getting a “Porsche”.
I love this insight into all the couples, I hope this isn’t a once and done deal and that the show continues this process in the future.
I was too tired to tune in last night. So, I’m really appreciating all of your thoughts about Kym and Robert! Sounds like he did pretty good and Kym was a great teacher as always.
LOL CC…he does look like Robin Williams!!
Also, I was just noting how we have 3 Cha Cha’s now from the three couples we’ve seen.
I wish these were available to those who miss them or can’t watch for other reasons.
@Sandy
Gosh, I thought their was resemblance right away with Robert and Robin Williams and was going to say something if anyone else could see it, too.
@Lois…
Yes I wish we could bring them up on youtube and watch them the ones we’ve missed. I am so glad to see Kym back, she is such a classy lady and I love to listen to her talk.
Robert an Kym really are a great pairing. He definitely is a perfectionist and analyzes a bit too much but he is off to a good start. A little disappointed that he has the cha cha though in week one. I think he will be better in ballroom dances.
Stormviking, thank you so much for recording Robert/Kym BTS! Wouldn’t have seen it if it were not for this. Love listening to Kym teach. I have missed her on the show. Yeah, I think Robert may surprise us. Looking forward to his first dance with Kym.
Thanks to StormViking for a video of Kym and Robert’s rehearsal. You can watch it in the first post if interested.
Thanks so much Stormviking. This is awesome! I’m still bummed that I had missed the beginning of Redfoo and Emma’s reheasal. Grr!!
This is great. 🙂
Actually, at some points Kym mentions that they COULD have ChaCha on week 1, but I don’t think they know that for sure yet.
I actually think he might be better at the ChaCha than the Foxtrot. It looked like he was struggling more when he was in the ballroom hold with Kym than when being a bit loose in the Latin. So I kinda wish he gets the ChaCha first… think he probably enjoyed that one more too 😛
Thank you StormViking! I tried to watch a bit last night but my internet was spotty for some reason and I couldn’t get it to load for very long. Can’t wait to watch the rest.
I also think this might be one of my top pairs to root for right now. I hope they can make it at least past the first 3rd of the competition.
@kaitlyn Your welcome! It came out better than I expected minus a pop-up. I’ll try to keep it up with other couples.
I am loving Kym. She’s so gentle and yet totally honest with him when something isn’t right and it doesn’t look good.
I also like how’s she showing him different moves for several dances, not just one. So interesting.
It was great to see Kym Johnson teach at length. You can genuinely see her generosity & patience as a coach & partner. Love her even more now. Swell idea the TPTB had.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I have always been a Kym Johnson fan. 🙂
Me too! She is incredible.
And Storm King, you rock. Thank you again!
Kym definitely said that they didn’t have a dance assignment for Week 1 yet. It sounded like in previous rehearsals she was just showing him a little bit of everything. Working on cha cha at this point seems like more of an educated guess.
OMG Thank you Storm King!! You are the best!!
I love Kym! I feel like I’m taking a dance class right now! What a great teacher! wow
He’s not bad too. They might be good.
This streaming thing is great but I can see myself addicted! :S
I feel like the amount of times they’re showing the rehersals is perfect. When Rob originally talked about it in an interview at the end of last season I thought it was a bit much, but I like this a lot. You can a little bit more insight into the partnership, how they work together, how the pro teaches, ect, but it’s enough to still keep me excited for show day. I can see them doing a once a week thing for each couple as the show really kicks off.
OH MY GOSH!!!! THAT WAS AWESOME….VOGUE
I put my monitor on full screen and I felt like I was right there with Kym and Robert. When she was teaching Robert the cha cha steps and getting him to move his hips….LOL…I caught myself moving my hips in my computer chair and almost started moving my feet. I never felt like so much a part of the rehearsal as just now. I just love that Kym, and her talk and how she is working with Robert. She so patient but firm yet comical at times and so is Robert. When he gets all loosened up and relaxed, they are going to BRING IT to the dance floor on Premier Night. So excited to see them dance on Mar. 16th. They get along so super, too.
I LOVE kym! I’m not gonna lie…At first I thought this guy was gonna be a stiff one. But he’s in good shape and from what I saw, He might not be so bad. Oh, And I also wish I had kyms accent
I haven’t had a chance to watch any of the videos, but I can say even without that Kym Johnson is not only one of the kindest pros, but probably one of the warmest human beings on the planet. I’m so glad she’s back, and glad to know that it may be for a little longer than I initially thought.
Thank you so much StormViking for recording this and Vogue for posting it! I have a 4 hour time difference from here to L.A., so these late night rehearsals don’t work for me! Kym and Robert look great together. I have always loved Kym. I’m so glad she’s back. I hope she stays put for another few seasons. Wow, what a great teacher she is too. I’ll be rooting for these two. Hope to see a few other rehearsals this way, if we’re lucky! 🙂
What a treat, thank you StormViking and Vogue! Kym is such an amazing teacher. I’m so glad she’s back and I hope they stay for a while.
StormViking, can’t thank you enough for sharing Robert and Kym’s rehearsal! That was absolutely fabulous, and I wouldn’t have been able to see it without your help.
I’d never heard of Robert before, but he’s such a charming and funny man (and pretty darn easy on the eyes as well). I’m over the moon that Kym got such a nice guy who’s determined and eager to learn.
(OL)Jess, I was going to say exactly the same thing about Kym — fantastic teacher. Oh how I’ve missed her sweet, gentle positivity.
Hope these two make the general audience fall in love with them because I want them to stick around a while. They are adorable.
I hope Storm King is planning on recording all of them? I am so grateful!! I try to watch them live, but sometimes it’s just not possible. I really want to see Val/Rumers but I will be traveling at that time. Hope we get a video! 🙂
Allie, Upthread StormViking said they’d try to record all/or as many of the rehearsals as they could.
So far I haven’t missed any of the reversals and I’m absolutely LOVING them! These should have been a part of the show from the beginning, instead of those short little clips from their packages. (Oh, to have had Derek and Kellie’s first rehearsal, and a few others I’m thinking about!) Anyway, this takes the show to a whole new level. It turns it from being just a glitz and glamor reality show to a sports event! I mean, we all knew it was physically demanding and technically tedious, but to actually see all that is involved in turning someone, especially a novice, into a good dancer is beyond fascinating. And it’s also just plain fun to watch! The only downside for me is that I want to see the couple’s next rehearsal! Ha! Honestly, I don’t think you could have a much better teacher than Kim. She is so kind and patient and has such a calming presence about her, and yet, she gets the job done. I wish the producers would continue showing these throughout the season, but I highly doubt it. The training becomes much more difficult as the weeks go by and the producers would have to spend their time censoring every other word being said!
Ok guys, the live stream is about to begin and John’s link in the first post is working.
It’s ON! 483 people are tuning as of right now.
LOL to what they are wearing! What the?? lol
Rumer is soooo not like Janel. Onesies HILARIOUS
Love from UK. Midnight over here
LOL, Vogue, thanks for the warning. In about an hour, Pure will be overrun with Val minions coming to tell us how awesome their guy is, that Rumer’s his perfect partner, that it’s obvious they’re going to fall in luuuuv and are a shoo-in to win that gorgeous gold MBT. 😛
Why aren’t they rehearsing?
Sorry but this is idiotic. Much more interesting to see them actually rehearse. I am surprised at this rehearsal.
She looks good from the little dancing they’ve actually done. But I’m slightly annoyed at the “we don’t want to show anything” attitude.
Don’t really feel like watching an hour of them just talking
Cids, yep! lol Misty, good question. Gitte, I agree.
Btw, 1106 people tuning in as of right now. Amazing!
That’s what I think too Gitte. Appreciate the opportunity to see the rehearsals but I am out on this one. Thanks so much for all you do mods!!
lol Judy. Ok, sounds good and more later. xx
Good to see you Nathan!!! I agree…she’s seems like she might be a better dancer. I like her personality more too.
Yes, I am currently recording Val & Rue’s rehearsal… For anyone who wants to know.
Awesome StormViking!!
So far, I really like Val’s teaching style. She’s obviously much better than anyone we’ve seen rehearsing so far, but I’m liking that Val is getting much more technical and detailed because she is so much more capable. The onesies are killing me as well. Too funny.
Excellent StormViking, thanks – I’ve been watching but will have to go soon and don’t want to miss out on more!
Rumer looks like she’s got potential. The one thing she maybe needs to watch out the most is the fear of looking silly or showing herself up on live TV – I think she’s sometimes holding back from doing something so out of her comfort zone which is making her laugh a bit sometimes. But I’m impressed.. she looks good!
They are allowing lifts now then?
Foxtrot / Paso Doble (movie references) Week 2 movie week?
I actually think Rumer is a better natural dancer than Janel. I know the judges were trying to convince us that Janel was some pro-like dancer but Rumer’s movements are much more natural to me and sharp looking. If she gets the audience on her side I think they’ll do very well. She’s also more likable than I thought she would be based on the cast announcement.
1501 viewers tuning in currently!
@Nathan I think Val was just looking for a movie reference so that Rumer could pretend to be the character of that movie during that little dance. I also think the lifts were just him teaching her how different attitudes during the dance affect the way they move and how he lifts her. Or something like that… hahaha.
She is looking really good though. She moves very well. Her partnership with Val seems good too. They get along well and I don’t find her as “fake” as I sometimes found Janel. Thinking she may give Nastia a run for her money though I am still not sold on Rumer going all the way.
Wow, I’m impressed with her so far!
Her Salsa basics are looking very rhythmical and natural.
As the mods said before, Janel have off a serious mean girl vibe and wasn’t the most natural mover. So far, Rumer has her beat in both categories. Granted, this is one snippet of time where she knows she’s being filmed, but she seems like a much nicer person albeit a little nervous about looking goofy. They feel like a very comfortable partnership.
Her dancing is great no doubt. Her legs and feet move very very well. She also seems to have the hip action down. I kinda feel like she’s more secure when she’s in hold with Val than on her own, but I’m sure that’ll change with time.
I wish I could have seen them practice more of their Foxtrot, which I’m guessing might be their Week 1 dance. Wonder how she handles the ballroom since she seems to be very comfortable with the Latin.
I’m still just indiferent to them as a pairing. Don’t like them, don’t dislike them. They’re just there. Haha. Maybe once I see them more and more I’ll like them 😛
I found Rumer pretty likeable. I get the feelilng she’ll be better in Latin than Ballroom
It’s funny….I liked her before doing DWTS. Then I thought she and Val were very awkward in their ET interview and I wasn’t sure I’d like them or her on DWTS…. and now I’m liking her again and they seem to work well with one another. Val, don’t mess this up.
Val is vey technical! It looks like she can handle it though – strong but not aggressive like Janel. I wish I could have seem more of her leg lines, but those onesies where hysterical. I did like the convo as you can see more her personality seeing how I really know nothing about her aside from who her parents are. This couple should be fun to watch unless he pulls that romance bs.
Janel’s problem, or part of it, was that she had very little core strength. So the judges kept telling me how amazing she was and I mostly saw a floppy mess who didn’t finish her movements. Except I’ll give Janel that she improved greatly down the homestretch of the season. I think Rumer already has more strength to her movements and she looks more natural to me than Janel ever did. Can you tell I didn’t really like Janel?
I like Rumer’s personality as well and I think she and Val have a good working vibe. I’ll be interested to see how the audience gets behind her. I know she has famous parents, but I don’t know what sort of natural fanbase she’s coming in with and if people will mobilize behind her. I do expect her to be one of the best technical dancers though.
I just gone done watching Rumer and Val…and Val really impressed me once I got to see the real thing. And Rumer is picking things up really good. I felt my self wanting to get up and do what they were doing.
Thankyou ABC and DWTS for doing this for us viewers this season. I am really enjoying seeing the real knuckle breaking hard work and sweat the couples have to do learning these dances. I feel more part of the show each time I see a couple rehearse for an hour. It simply awesome!!! Rumer seems to connect with Val really good and he is being very patient. Thumbs up to you Val. Turn into a ballroom dancing lady and knock our socks off on March 16th.
Takes note to self: She is a Leo and he is an Aries. One of the most explosive and moody pairings in the zodiac.
God stayed the whole hour now 1:18 AM
Nice package there.
Interesting what Kym said about possibly choosing the first dance
Well, I almost turned off Val and Rumer when I saw them just sitting on the steps chatting, wearing those costumes, because I was too bored. Why were they wearing costumes? I didn’t get it. But I’m glad I waited, because the actual rehearsing was very interesting and I have a new respect for Val’s talent as a teacher. He and Rumer make a good pair as she seems like she is motivated and her body movements are pleasing coordinated. Now, if he can just not blow it with a faux showmance, I might stay interested in their dance journey. It’s up to you, Val!
Oops, sorry, meant to say that Rumer’s body movements are pleasing and coordinated.
LOL Nathan. I hope it was worth it.
Kkat, ditto from me to what you said to the Producers! I’m loving this new feature!!!
LOL…Vogue, when I first saw them, I thought they just come back from an Easter egg hunt!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
I also thought she is a better dancer than Janel.
I know I’m a little late with this, but Robert and Kym are great. Robert is genuinely interested in how he can get better, and Kym is fantastic at teaching him what he wants to know. Saw the last 15 minutes of Rumer and Val and I also liked what I saw.
Rumor is already a step up from janel (sorry any janel fans that I might have offended) in terms of personality but after watching I have really high hopes for this pairing. Sidenote: I’m loving these live feeds. Would pay big money to see them last season.
Hit submit too early: I am hoping that rumor gets to dance the paso and the jive.
Well this time slot of 7 to 8 ET was a much better time slot than last nights 11 to 12 for Kym and Robert. I was dozing off.
I think it really makes a different what time slot the producer cam falls into. The Friday night 7 to 8 ET was much nicer. Plus I think that now after doing a few of these more fans/viewers have caught onto the idea.
So far I’ve seen 3/4 live feeds and I like Redfoo, Robert and Rumer. Is it an R thing? I missed Charlotte completely. If everybody is likable and working hard, I’m going to be at a loss.
I can’t wait to watch Suzanne and Tony’s.
Ok, the new schedule is up for tomorrow and Monday!
Hopefully I don’t forget to watch Michael and Peta tomorrow. I’d really like to see what he can do. But Robert and Kym again?
@Vogue…
I watched Robert and Kim the other day, so maybe since Willow and Mark were switched and Robert and Kym was viewed; Willow and Mark will be on Mon. @5:30 – 6:30. Why would they show one couple twice?
These live streams are great for us serious fans, but the vast majority of the viewing audience will never tune into one. Knowing that, I’m hoping TPTB resist the urge to use this as another tool to pimp couples and instead give all the pairs equal access, fitting them in randomly and equitably. To some degree they’ll be limited by who can practice when, but if they decide not to use it as a manipulative tool, at least there’s a chance that everyone will get to see their favorites.
Can imagine the reason they show one couple twice is because they can only do the streaming in that studio (is it called McCaddens?) due to internet/technical reasons. At this point in time couples such as Robert & Kym, Charlotte & Keo are practising there whilst other couples would be currently practising at home, Noah & Sharna in Alabama for example. So instead of showing no footage at all why not show Robert and Kym again if they are practising. I mean you’d rather see a certain dance couple again than not have a stream at all right? 🙂
@Cidra – You brought up a good point. I don’t want any of the couples shoved down our throats.
I don’t know much about the whereabouts of any of the other couples. I know Derek is in New York and I know that Redfoo and Emma are in Australia for about a week, so they lose a week of producer cam rehearsals. I will be curious to see if the producers try to even out their missed opportunities somewhat.
@M8 – Your right… any footage at all is better than known. So I’m good with that. I never really thought about the fact that maybe only a few couples are rehearsing at that studio.
Either way, I love the live streams. 🙂
I got Val & Rumer’s full Friday rehearsal up on YouTube now! 🙂
Thanks, storm! I’ve updated the post.
I think it will be interesting to see if Val and Rumer ever forget that the camera is live. I think when it’s not live they have some comfort in having a decent idea of what will be edited out. When it’s live, it’s all on them and it’s almost like they were using it as an opportunity to give an interview (at first). I wonder if other couples use the opportunity to more directly sell themselves the producers will put the kibosh on that and tell them to get rehearsing.
I’m bummed out because I don’t think we’ll get to see Derek and Nastia at all. I think a live stream likely has to be done at McCadden.
am I being too selfish in saying that I want to see more of Derek and Nastia rehearsing
Thank you so much @Stormviking for recording their rehearsals! I’m from Europe so I can’t wake up in the middle of the night to watch them rehearse (I mean, I’m gonna do it for Derek if I’m gonna have to, but definetly not for Val). Thank you! 🙂
KKat, not sure why they are doing Kym and Robert so soon again…but, I think they plan to show everyone more than once. It will be a new recording of a new session too. We’ll just have to wait and see.
And KKat, you could be right too. Maybe they made a mistake and meant to switch Kym and Robert for Willow and Mark.
PH, Since Derek and Nastia are in NYC (rather than the back of beyond), maybe TPTB would spring, just once, for an hour of rehearsal time in a studio that is either set up for live stream or can be made to work for it. We are talking the 5-time MBT pro and a pretty big-name celeb. If any couple is worth it, they are.
I guess we can hope, Cidra.
@Cidra : I don’t think it’s fair to say that since it is Derek and Nastia, TPTB should make something to allow us to watch their live rehersal… I don’t like the idea that a pro is placed on a pedestal or that the production is favorising him by giving him ringers all the time for example ( cough Val cough). Sharna and Emma are good pros too and are not in LA apparently and I think their partnership is also worth it! Don’t get me wrong, Derek is my favorite pro, but I don’t want him to have a special treatment, do you see what I mean?
On another note, thank you so much to Pure and the modos for giving us the news about DWTS! You are awesome. And thank you to Stormviking for the videos of the live rehearsal
Gladys I don’t think setting up one livestream for Derek and Nastia would be considered favoritism considering all the other couples will have this opportunity multiple times. Emma/Redfoo have already been featured and Sharna/Noah will eventually be training at McCadden as well, so they should be featured. Derek and Nastia though will not be in LA for any of their rehearsals so unless DWTS does set up something in NYC, then they will never be featured. It would not be special treatment at all, it would just be giving Derek and Nastia the same opportunities as the other pro couples regardless of them being stationed in NYC and not LA.
You’re not thinking very clearly, gladys. All the other couples get live streams. If Derek and Nastia get one too, it can hardly be called “favoritism”. Sharna and Emma are only temporarily not in LA. Derek is based in NYC, as is Nastia. Set up a stream.
I do love when people claim to be Derek fans here just to be taken more seriously. Your email address implies something else.
PHeidi…
I’ll be the first one to honestly confess that I just adore that young man. If I could be everywhere he performs all the time, I would be so honored. I greatly have respect for him and his accomplishments. And, in saying that, I don’t dislike any of the other Pro dancers, either. For me, as a fan of DWTS, it’s more about the celebrate when it comes to having a choice in couples. I love to watch their journey, all of them, and base my support on the celebrate. I loved Katherine Jenkins and was so hoping for her and Mark to the end, even though Derek and Ricki Lake were dancing each week, also. I also just absolutely adored Kellie Pickler and Derek was definately the right partner for her.
I like your straight forwardness, PHeidi, and do admire you for that, because there is so much phoniness in the world today.
@Vogue…
Thank you for your reply to my confusion. Although I would like to see every couples’ rehearsal, I will be content to just watch whomever I can see, until the big Premier night arrives. I just think it is a great new treat for us fans and appreciate TPTB and ABC for do it these live rehearsals.
I would also like to thank Stormviking for uploaded the rehearsals for us; since I missed Kym and Robert, I got to see it because of Stormviking.
Glad everyone appreciates my efforts. Thanks for the love. Necessity is the mother of invention. I was surprised no one was doing it yet, so I gave it a try. I figured there were fans who might miss the live streams or just want to watch again. You’re welcome. 🙂
Gladys, In addition to the points Michelle and PH made (thanks for the backup, ladies), I was also trying to think from a producer’s point of view (not just a fan’s).
They want to promote their product and generate interest/excitement for Season 20. Nastia is a pretty big “get”, and Derek is their most successful pro. Unlike other couples who are temporarily out of livestream range, these two are going to be rehearsing in NYC all season. The Big Apple must have plenty of infrastructure in place for live streaming; it’s not like you’re going to have to retrofit some studio. So while there’s extra cost involved in getting a remote livestream set up, it’s not going to be outrageous. Seems to me from a cost/benefit standpoint, it’s worth doing.
We’ll just have to wait and see.
Michelle and Princess Heidi :
I really didn’t want to be rude or anything! I was commenting Cidra’s message where she (he?) said that Derek and Nastia are worth it. Cidra, were you saying that if it was not Derek and Nastia rehearsing in NYC but another couple, the production don’t have to make evreything possible to give us a live stream because this pro isn’t Derek? Don’t hesitate to correct me if I misunderstood you, it would be a pleasure to hear what you actually thought!
And I completely agree with you Michelle! If all the couples have a live stream and especially multiple ones, Derek and Nastia should have at least one too. So that the couples can be on equal terms and have the same opportunities. I would personnally love to know Nastia better, she seems like a beautiful person.
I am sorry Princess Heidi, but I don’t see the link between my email address and whether or not I am a Derek fan… I can support both Jenna and Derek thinking the 2 of them are wonderful dancers: One is my favorite dancer on SYTYCD and the other on DWTS. I find it a little sad that you judged me on my email address and my message only… I thought it was important to add the fact that Derek is my favorite pro because you’d think I was just one of the numerous Derek’s haters by looking at my message. Actualy, my remark was not directed towards Derek or anybody. I was just trying to say that all the couples are equal and none of them are more important than others just by the numbers of the mirror ball. Even if Derek didn’t have those 5 mirror balls, it would still be more fair from the production to achieve to settle one live stream of him and Nastia.
Here is this long message, I hope you understood my way of thinking now… I didn’t want to come off as rude or not a “true” fan and I definitely didn’t want to start my journey on this site that way… Hopefully I will explain myself a little better in order to avoid those misunderstanding. Let’s have a beautiful time by watching our favorite show and getting all the information we want thanks to this site 🙂
Oh man, haha – PH busting a fake Derek fan via their email address? I’m giggling so much here.
Cidra you answered me while I was typing :)!
First of all, thank you for taking the time to detail what you were saying, you didn’t have to.
I now totally understand you and you actually are right! When we think from a producer’s point of view, Derek is easily the most famous pro, and Nastia is also greatly appreciated! Vogue was telling us that the live stream from Rumer and Val gor 1000 viewers an I am sure TPTB want to renew that with another couple 🙂
We just have to wait and see but I really think that we’ll have one livestream from Derek and Nastia, they will hopefully find a way for doing it.
LOL Miss Heidi! Well done on the email address!!!!
StormViking, may I ask what screen recording software do you use?
I started dabbling in screen recording toward the end of last year. Have some software, but wondered if there was something better out there I should try.
To All, I promise not to derail the topic. Just asking this quick question.
You still miss the point, Gladys. It’s not favoritism if he and Nastia are getting the same videos as everyone else.
And it’s a little late to back track and say it wasn’t about Derek, since you were responding to a post about Derek and used Derek’s name in your post.
There are more of them than you realize, Fig. I mean, come on – they think the way to not get treated like a troll is to claim they’re a Derek fan?? Little do they know that I don’t drink kool aide and I’ve blocked more than one person who was a “Derek fan”.
If I hadn’t moderated boards in my day, I’d say that it’s unbelievable that someone would take the time to “infiltrate” and play games with disingenuous comments. But I’ve seen it happen so many times that it really boggles that this is how some people spend their spare time. Take up knitting, or spelunking, or hey – ballroom dancing.
I am a little late for that, I just saw the videos but I agree with others : I would have preferred to see Rumer and Val actually rehearsing than goofing around and talking to the camera half of the time. But what I have seen, Rumer seems like a funny person and quite good dancer as well.
I didn’t really know Kym but I have to sayI’m relly impressed! She is a wondeful teacher and I did a little dance class in my room thanks to her 🙂
Thanks for the uploads! I bailed on the livesteam early and glad to see they actually ended up having a rehearsal. I think Rumer is going to be a great dancer, she seems pretty good already. But the whole “not giving anything away” talk is irritating. Not sure if she will end up attracting a lot of votes though. Just think there are other couples that are more interesting. However, I dread the salivating from the judges. I don’t think any of them will be able to be neutral considering her Hollywood lineage. So regardless, they will be pimped probably more than Janel Imo.
@Cidra I use Screencast-O-Matic. With a paid for Pro Subscription, cause with out it you can only record for 15 minutes at a time.
What I’ve seen:
Keo and his partner wasted a loooooot of time at beginning. Not a good sign for me… (sorry, didn’t watch all the rehearsal)
Absolutely loved Kym. And the guy is a hard worker. Just seems he is overthinking, but I loved how she explains when he’s right, when he’s wrong and why in the nicest way possible. Love her. She’s an amazing teacher. I learned a lot…
We can see Val is passionate. Just didn’t like the way he always correct her on every single misstep… she misses the turn, he corrects. after she misses the footstep, he corrects. Think this stresses more than helps…
Stormviking, Thanks! I’ll have to check it out. Love your recordings. Thanks too for stepping up and offering to do this. It’s a ton of work but you’re making it possible for those of us who can’t tune in live at varius times to see these rehearsals.
Looks like Michael and Peta are dancing cha cha cha to Uptown Funk. I like their dynamic so far. They’re silly and fun and seem to get along well. I admittedly don’t know a lot about him, but he seems like a great personality for the show so far.
Well I am a little behind, just watched Robert & Kim. I didn’t know what to expect from him, but I really enjoyed their rehearsal. I guess I never really fully understood how much effort it takes to do this show.(or just to learn one dance.)
I came away really liking Robert, when I was kind of on the fence before. He and Kim seem to be a good match. Can’t wait to see more.
Michael and Peta are looking great. I think he has A LOT of potential. He moves well and he seems to have a lot of rhythm. I noticed too that it sounds like they are going to dance to “Uptown Funk”. Had a feeling someone would ChaCha to thay song on Week 1.
His chemistry with Peta is also really great. They are silly together, seem to have fun but still get work done. I am liking them a lot. If he gets the public behind him, he could go far.
It’s lovely to see Michael relaxed and being himself. He seemed to be holding back at the cast reveal, like a kid at church afraid to say or do the wrong thing.
I like the chemistry he and Peta are developing. He’s got a fun personality, and like almost all the athletes, he’s extremely hard working and coachable.
There’s some natural rhythm there, but he’s got *big* feet, and like so many footballers, he’s major pigeon toed.
I confess to having not watched the entire video of Rumer and Val, so I’m not speaking from experience – but what was the tone of “not giving anything away”?? Do they want people to be surprised?? Or are they so competitive that they don’t want someone stealing their moves?? As if.
I think it’s important to remember that we are still only seeing one hour at a time of rehearsal and they know when the streaming is happening. They can use that time however they like – including to manipulate the viewers, if they are so inclined. Or not show content. Or engage the audience.
There is a whole lot of rehearsing going on that isn’t being streamed – you’re not seeing all of it, so I wouldn’t worry about how your favorite spends their hour. It doesn’t mean they’re not rehearsing at all.
Anyone watching the Michael & Peta live rehearsal, are you experiencing camera shakes & a few glitches were the stream cut out for a few seconds??
Just want to know if it’s not just me. Thanks.
@stormviking I was having the same problem, so you’re not the only one! 🙂
Yes the feed kept cutting out. So far everyone is doing great. Micheal is a fast learner and they look like they are having fun – great partnership! Him and Noah are the ones I am rooting for!
I didn’t get to see the entire rehearsal, but they seem to have a pretty great energy together. Michael doesn’t seem to be self conscious at all which is pretty refreshing. He’s definitely majorly pigeon-toed like Cidra mentioned, but he has great rhythm. It’ll be nice to see another season of non-sexpot Peta.
So far I enjoyed this rehearsal over the last couple I’ve been able to watch. They look like they have a lot of fun. I kinda wish I was lady on the laptop lmao. It would be cool to see these rehearsals in person.
I like Peta and Michael. They’re a lot of fun. It’s nice to see how she can be silly with him but then also find these teachable moments and keep him going. And he comes off like a hard worker who is really motivated. He seems like he’s got a lot of power behind his movements. Even when they were just doing new yorkers together Peta would remark how powerful he was and how much force she felt from him. Fun session!
I think Val just doesn’t want to give anything away. That’s his personality. I can’t imagine he’s worried about other couples stealing their moves. They share rehearsal space with all the couples, or at least the ones in LA, so anyone can spy on their rehearsal at any time and he can’t do anything about that. I think it’s mostly to keep an element of surprise. They did dance during their live rehearsal and he was teaching Rumer, which is all I care about.
Whereas Peta seemed to have no problem giving out details. She and Michael discussed costumes and she straight up confirmed they have Uptown Funk. Val also walked in at the end and Peta made Michael do his New Yorker for him. Anyway, I think Michael will be pretty good. He needs to refine his movements, but he has a few weeks and I can see him being a big crowdpleaser.
I really enjoyed that rehearsal. Michael seems so genuine and incredibly eager to learn. I hope they go far in this competition. As for Val, it was that they didn’t want to give their competition a preview. They didn’t do their regular warm up either which was weird. So they seem more secretive. Peta and Michael gave the whole thing away!! Kind of cute and will be fun to see the progress of their routine from now to opening night.
@stormviking: I’m having the same problem where the stream cut out for a little while. But I love this team! Peta is beyond adorable and she is such a patient and fun teacher and has such a great sense of humor. I also really love her dancing (especially with Derek!). And Michael seems to be very dedicated to learning the steps and is a hard worker, and like a lot of the football guys has really fast feet although a tad pigeon-toed. He also has an adorable personality. I loved how they enjoyed each other and I’m really looking forward to watching them on the show. These rehearsal streams are sooooo fantastic! Thanks to TPTB for doing this! And as always, thank you Mods for this wonderful site!!
Peta and Michael also made a comment about not showing something they were working on. I can’t remember the exact words but the reference was they wanted whatever it was to a a surprise. You don’t want to show everything….leave us wanting more!
PH, Yeah, I don’t know what Val’s “don’t give anything away” foolishness was about, but then I didn’t watch their livestream. However, it seems to me that Val is either being a paranoid idiot (as usual) or doing a propaganda piece for his legion of devoted, delusional followers.
Regardless of his intent, any pro who wastes an hour of precious rehearsal time is a fool.
There’s no benefit to any of the other pros watching the other couples’ livestreams. If this was a pro competition, maybe they’d be spying on each other to see who was doing what so they could either steal their thunder or make sure they didn’t do the same thing. However, when you’re dancing with a celeb, what anybody else is doing is a moot point. All you can do is get your celeb to put out the best performance they can on show night and let the chips fall where they may.
As a side note: Michael Sam is giving me serious Donald Driver vibes…
I felt that Val and Rumer want to surprise the fans/audience not that they cared about other pros or competitors seeing their moves. I don’t mind them keeping things a surprise for the premiere. I got to watch them practice and got a good feel for what kind of dancer Rumer will be as well as their chemistry together.
I have watched the last 3 live feeds and have enjoyed all of them! I enjoy getting to know a bit about them and their partnerships this way. It’s fun!
I watched a little of Val/Rumor and got bored. Really disappointed that they didn’t make better use of their time. To each his own.
I wasn’t really interested in this partnership to begin with and they didn’t do or say anything to change my mind.
Val really needs to check his ego at the door. Michael and peta are perfect together. Now that’s a great pairing.
I don’t really get the argument that Rumer/Val wasted their rehearsal time. They were rehearsing and Val was teaching her for most of the hour. They just weren’t working on their foxtrot. The only time they wasted was to talk to fans at the beginning and maybe the very end. Also the live feeds are as much about connecting with fans as anything else. I didn’t see the Charlotte/Keo feed, but other than that all I’ve seen is a bunch of hard working people rehearsing their butts off.
Dang it! I missed Michael and Peta’s rehearsal. I’m really excited about this pairing and from reading such positive comments Michael and Peta could end up being one of my favorite couples this season.
Michael Sam & Peta’s full recorded rehearsal is now up on Youtube. Enjoy!
And we just added it to the post. THANKS STORM VIKING! I’ve been away today and I can’t wait to watch it!
Peta and Michael are a good pairing. Enjoyed watching some of their rehearsal but need to sleep. Peta’s a great teacher with him and I really like his personality and sense of fun but strong work ethic. He seems so relaxed and genuine. I got bored with Val and Rumer in the onesies but I want to see her dance, she seems to have great lines. Also seems like she’s not impressed by Val, I guess not when your parents are Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. Lol. Just no showmance Val. I REALLY want to see Derek and Nastia. If they are going to show all other couples they need to get live feed in NY. This is s good idea cuz we all know the packages are so edited and phony.
WOWIE!! wOW WOW WOW!!
Thank you Stormviking that was a really fun rehearsal. I was at my daughters for dinner and missed the DWTS life stream. I can’t find the words to express how grateful I am that I could what it because of you.
This sure gives us more of an inside scoop on the Pros teaching their celebrate partner and how much they devote themselves and invest in what they are so good at doing; and I haven’t been disappointed in any couple. Peta is one COOL lady. I love the connection between her and Michael and that is a very important asset a couple needs to be able to work well with each other. I think we are going to see a Football player turned into a twinkle toes on March 16th.
Bless you StormViking. ⭐️
I really like Peta and Michael. People wrote such rude comments about Michael on the instagram page. I hope he doesn’t read them.
No Offence, but ”just” coming out as a gay doesn’t make anyone a star.
I absolutely respect him for his courage and for doing so, but let’s be real he is not a star.
And please don’t start with the ”he’s a NFL player” crap. We all know he isn’t any popular NFL player, and sucked at football very bad. The other football players we had on the show earlier were atleast well known and popular, he isn’t. So who are we fooling?
Least bothered about him.
But let’s see how he dances. 🙂
Even if we can’t have a live stream of Derek and Nastia, they can pre-record one. I enjoy Redfoo and Emma, and Kym and Robert, but I’m left wanting 🙂
Really enjoyed Peta & Michael~ Their awesome together!! Looking forward to seeing his performance.
x2 on that one, I enjoyed Peta and Michael the most! They’re so adorable together but could also work well too. I especially love the answering questions bits in the middle and the very brief one in the end. And even only seeing one hour of their rehearsal makes me feel like they’re going to be one of the strongest teams there. Hopefully I’m not wrong, they really are shaping up to be my favourite couple this season.
I also enjoyed Kym and Robert, very nice to see Kym teaching again ever since the last time I saw her with Ingo. Bored to death with Val and Rumer’s, but actually I like Val’s cameo on Michael’s rehearsal. Didn’t catch Emma and Redfoo’s but hopefully he didn’t turn out to be Emma’s first time eliminated first. Now bring on Nastia and Derek’s rehearsal!
#225 DWTSFan. There have been a lot of ppl on this show who could be questioned as a “star” such as Bristol Palin, Steve Wozniak, some ppl didn’t think Bethany Mota was a “star” etc. Michael was a very successful college football player and just because he was cut from one pro team doesn’t mean he won’t make it with another. But it’s good that “you’re least bothered” by him, whatever that means, I’m sure that is making Peta sleep easier at night. You sound like a closet Maksyl shipper or Peta hater. I’m sure TeamSambatroyd isn’t worried about you either. Have a lovely day.
Michael has been my fave of the live streams so far. I think he’s gonna go a long way in this competition, and rightly so.
Loving the producer cam! Michael and Peta were having so much fun and he has a lot of potential already. I watch the dancing and the personality and don’t get into whether someone’s enough of a star. Once Rumer and Val got going, they showed some solid dancing too. They were having fun with the onesies – nothing wrong with that. Val seemed to really enjoy the live interaction.
Hope we get to see all the couples in the next few weeks.
Thanks so much for the Michael/Peta recording! I love them together!
Okay, Michael and Peta are adorable together. And he can *dance*.
I hope the viewers really get behind Michael and Peta this season. I know I am. And might I add, I read a comment from one of his fellow NFL players (and friend) something about… wait until you see him dance… It sounds like Michael does have some of his fellow players as his friends and his biggest fans.
@DWTSFan – I could give a rip if he’s a good football player or not. All I see is a charming man, with a sweet personality, who is working hard at achieving any goal that is set for him. Including Dancing. I for one, will be supporting Michael and Emma. Just as you are free to support whomever you like. Go Michael!
Wow, Michael did pretty good and I love all the fun they are having!!
Storm Viking, thanks again!!
I’ve heard both sides of it and I’ve decided I’m with Sandy. He seems sweet, charming, and fun so far. Also, if we can have a You Tuber on the show, why not a guy who has become famous for making a statement on Gay rights in sports (not sure I agree with the way he went about it from what everyone says about it, but, that’s another topic)? Also, he was an awesome college football player…so, why doesn’t that make him good enough to be on the show too?
I think that as long as the contestant is charming, is working hard and have a great personnality, it doesn’t really matter if he is a “true” star or not. And that’s the case for Michael. He is known by certain people so he is not just a random citizen walking in the street and being called to do the show. Bethanoy Mota also “just” made videos on Youtube but at the end of the day, most of people enjoyed her journey and that’s all that matter (I think)…
I am really happy that Peta gets to show her real personality and not just the sexy blonde kind of girl that was pushed a lot at times!
I am liking all the couples so far! Even Robert and Kym, which is quite surprising. I am excited to see the other live streams! And again, thank you so much Stormviking!
I think DWTS is partly to blame for the problem some people have with Michael’s celebrity status. They should *not* market him as this season’s “NFL Football star”. He’s not in the NFL and it gets the football faithful all stirred up.
By what I’ve read online, he was an excellent college player. So they should tout his college credentials. Something like “College Football Standout (and NFL Hopeful)” Michael Sam. That’s legit and doesn’t make him come across as a poser.
Take it easy, Liz. DWTSFan makes a point that has been made my many people over the years – but just because it’s been made many times doesn’t mean it isn’t right. It is actually a good point and it’s one that is all over twitter in the NFL fans circles. I also didn’t get a “hater’ vibe from the comments either.
ETA: There are two different arguments going on here. First it DWTSFan’s claim that Michael isn’t a “star”. I would be inclined to agree. It’s a DIFFERENT discussion about how charming he is and how sweet he and and how people like him. Two different subjects, actually. Both can be right.
Well, I don’t think it’s a valid comparison, Bethany and Michael. Bethany is a success at her career which is THE BIG THING now with youth in America (and worldwide). She actually IS a star to millions of kids and she’s a self made one at that. I’m not seeing how that equates to Michael Sam at ALL.
Great point, Cidra.
Every season we always have a few celebrities that some would question… What? They are a star? Even this season, there are some that very well may fit that category. Charlotte, Redfoo, Chris Soules, and maybe even Noah. And nine times out ten, one or more celebrities on that list ends up being one of my favorites of the season. So for me, at the end of the day, it’s all about the dancing, the entertainment, the journey, and the pure enjoyment of the show. I love it!
So true Sandy. Some of the most unknown people have been my faves on the show. I just want to see some great dancing and I love the journeys. I love the way so many of them inspire in ways we never thought before. I learn a lot from this show and look forward to that aspect every season.
Er, Redfoo has at least one hit song and Chris Soules – like it or not – has been on TV for the last few months. I don’t think you can put either into “they’re a star?” category. The other two are debatable.
Just because you don’t know who someone is, doesn’t mean they aren’t a star. Likewise, just because you know who someone is doesn’t mean the ARE. I think it’s rather intangible a lot of the time. But I have to say, Michael is probably a new standard here.
This is NOT to be confused with me saying he shouldn’t be on the show or that I don’t like him. That is rather simple-minded, after all. I’m just saying that I get where people are coming from when they make those comments. I got it with Bethany at first too – then I saw the size of her fanbase. If you can have thousands of kids turn out when you make an appearance, I think you qualify. Not sure that Michael qualifies. But so what? He’s on the show and people like him. Happens every season. I do think they have to be very careful about HOW MANY people who may not qualify as stars (to most people) they get on a given season.
I dont think Michael is a star just like I don’t think that Noah and Charlotte are stars. Still, I’m very interested in seeing their journey and their dancing. I think both Michael and Noah have the potential to get America behind them and to go far in this competion, even tough they don’t have strong fan bases.
I apologize for my earlier comment.
Michael and Noah are likeable, will have big fan bases, and will be an inspiration to many. If you have read anything about them you will see how they have the potential to reach/speak for those who are marginalized. Their stories are incredible and I think they will go far.
Chris is rich and is on a dating show and Charlotte eats burgers in a bikini. So riight now, for me, not really interesting but that could change. Right now a little on the superficial side, but the more we see of them, hopefully their story will unfold.
Let’s face it – George Clooney and Neil Patrick Harris are busy…..
I would argue that Michael Sam is one of the most known names on the show this season, perhaps not a “star” but certainly a celebrity. He’s been all over main stream media over the past year.
I forgot to mention that the NFL Veteran Combine is on the 22nd. Michael was invited and could possibly be picked up by a team.
Exactly, Jess – maybe it’s because I’m a sports junkie, but I know more about Michael and he had more media coverage over him than anyone else on this season. Every move he made during preseason was reported and commented on. He was a HOT topic for months.
He was also pretty big news in college football even before he came out – again, he was Defensive Player of the Year – and he displayed amazing talent on the field during his short stint with the Rams. He is not on a team for one reason, and that isn’t his abilities.
Also just wanted to add: I have loved most of the NFL players on DWTS, but I’m actually glad that this season isn’t your run-of-the-mill NFL star – don’t get me wrong, I’d love for Russell Wilson to dance – but the particulars of Michael’s case make him a much more fascinating candidate for me. Unlike most of the NFL players who have already “made” it, Michael’s time on DWTS could have some significant implications for both his career and society’s perception of him. For Michael, the stakes are just so much greater, which is why I’m glad to hear that he and Peta are doing well.
Yes, you are right PH, I didn’t see it that way for Bethany. She is a star for her public following her with her videos.
I made the comparaison between her and Michael, because, for me, they may not be a “star” in the way we see it, but are known by a specific public : the youtubers for Bethany and people interested in Sports/Football for Michael.
The two of them are not just unknown people, even if at first some may question their star aspect.
Fig….I too am a sports fan and knew about Micael before as well. Being a football player is one thing, but then add being a gay man of color is huge. The NFL has not been doing itself any favors with their probs of domestic violence and child abuse. Micheal can show a different side and encourage other gay players to live openly. The NFL is still decades behind social awareness, but hey if he can he one man, then it was worth it.
I hope he gets picked up…he’s short for his position.
I also could care less about dwelling on whether a celebrate is a “real” star or not; because those are minor things to me. I am just content to know who is in the cast and especially this year TPTB makes things so special with the live stream rehearsals for an hour’s view by the viewers. It’s such a great way for us to connect with each couple. I think TPTB have out-done themselves to make this special anniversary season the best it can be for us. I so appreciate them for this!! It also has shone me just how hard our Pro dancers work with their guest partners and we can appreciate that part of them as teachers.
I am anxious to see the other contestants they haven’t shown yet~ especially Nastia & Derek!! I think it’s going to be a great season.. 🙂
I think there will be fewer issues with Michael for football fans if the show does not try to promote him as a NFL star. Yes, he had success in college, but that does not make him a NFL star and neither does getting cut from two practice squads.
It is too bad we don’t have a real NFL star this season. Over the years, I have enjoyed them as contestants.
MelissaC, That’s what I said up at #237. They aren’t doing him any favors if they promote him as an “NFL star”.
I don’t think we need a “real NFL star” this season. One football player per season is enough for me and, in my opinion, Michael qualifies as this season’s football player. Whenever DWTS gets celebs who have a large, rabid fanbase, the season becomes even less about the journey and dancing and even more of a personality contest. Viewers vote for that person based on their outside affiiation. There also tends to be lots of voting from people who aren’t even watching the show which can mess up the early-to-mid-season eliminations. Perhaps most annoying of all, you get fanatics stomping in here trying to “educate our a$$es” because we obviously don’t know *anything* about their guy/girl.
The expression is “couldn’t care less” not “could care less” for obvious reasons, when you think about it.
Yes, I have made it my mission recently to correct people when they use the wrong phrases. I’m sure there are times you “could care less” but in the context used it’s incorrect. It’s a pet peeve and I see so much of it that it drives me crazy. 🙂
PH, Can you also work on all the incorrect pronoun usage? That’s kinda driving me crazy.
I’m with those who couldn’t care less whether we have an “NFL Star” or not on the show. Michael was outstanding playing college football – but there are lots and lots of cases where an outstanding collegiate player had a less than successful NFL career. The best example I can think of is that Tim Tebow won the Heisman trophy. 😉
That said, I hope Michael does well. I’m one of those who votes based on the journey and effort, and it looks like he’s giving it his all. I’m ready for premier night! 🙂
Comment #257 With you on that, PH!
Me too, cidra, but one thing at a time. 😀
Please excuse this 65 year old brain and fingers, and they will try not to drive anyone crazy.
OK, KKat, you get a pass from me, but everyone else better shape up! 😛
Finally had time to check out the other practices. Already saw Keo and Charlotte and Emma and Redfoo. Loved both couples. Kim and Robert were charming, and I enjoyed the fun chemistry between Peta and Michael. All of them are working hard and have potential. Val and Rumor for some reason still bored me even when both were in onesies. She looks like she will be an excellent dancer though.
Thank you Storm Viking for recording these. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the couples.
Off-topic, but I have a quick question – they won’t do an elimination on the first night, will they? I don’t think they usually do one, but I haven’t heard about this season yet.
@Cidra – “One football player per season is enough for me and, in my opinion, Michael qualifies as this season’s football player.”
I agree. And he’s charming.
Okay, I’m guilty of poor grammar!! I’m just an old lady that wasn’t given the opportunity to go to college. Times were tough when I was young. Hopefully I haven’t offended anyone. I really love everyone on this site.
Plus I also have some of what KreativeKat has!
Thanks…Cidra
For a minute there I thought I was going to have to go around here “typing on egg shells.” 🙂
It’s never offensive, Sandy. And the college educated are just as guilty. It’s usually phrases that people hear with their ears but never see written down…so when they write it, they misuse it.
Sandy, PH is right, getting grammar wrong is never offensive. It was impolite of me to bring it up. Nobody’s grammar is all that great these days. It just gets to me sometimes because, what with texting and tweeting, nobody seems to even care anymore.
Older folks are actually better than many young ‘uns because back in the day, at least the basics were taught in grade school and high school. Now, in addition to *not* learning how to write cursive, I don’t think students are taught to write *period*. I’ve forgotten more rules of grammar in the last 25 years than most younger people ever learned. My hubby, who’s a professor, says it’s truly disturbing how poorly incoming students write.
For those interested in the Private Area and submitting questions for Sharna Burgess for a new interview on the new season, see this post:
https://www.puredwts.com/2015/03/01/private-members-area-do-you-have-questions-for-sharna-burgess-for-the-new-season-of-dancing-with-the-stars/
KKat “typing on egg shells.” That’s a very nice turn of phrase.
You and Sandy don’t ever need to do that. Say what you want to say and just ignore me when my inner grammar snob sneaks out. 😛
@Heidi – Thanks. 🙂
It’s okay Cidra. No offense taken. I have always enjoyed reading your comments. And you touched on a great subject, way back in the day we had Penmanship class and you were graded on the neatness of your handwriting. If you received an A you no longer had to take the class, but once your grade dropped you were back in class again. Hey, I may not have the greatest grammar but I excellent Penmanship. 🙂
Yeah, I’m with Cidra – twitter and social media, in addition to the lack of funding for decent public schools are the culprit here.
Yes, it’s okay Cidra, if I typed like I talk (because of my ancestry lingo) it would either give everyone a good laugh or cause them to be scratch their heads.
I can proudly admit that my penmanship was an “A” in school 6 centuries ago, along with “A’s” in writing receiving certificates, and “A’s” in English grammar. Winning spelling bees was no problem. Might I add that the steady hand isn’t too bad but don’t laugh, I have a dictionary at my computer, because I know a word in my head to spell it, but the old brain gets foggy. And, some of the words the college educated post, I haven’t seen ever; but they keep me on my toes looking them up! 🙂
Hey all! Just a heads up. John talked with the people from All Access. They said they are working to get rehearsals with Derek and Nastia. Yay!
It would be great if we could get to see Artem & Patti’s rehearsals while they’re in Philadelphia too!
Hope they can get something arranged with Derek and Nastia simply because they’ll be doing all there rehearsals in NY from the start to the end of the show. Everyone else will be in LA at some point before the show so no need for them to spend lots of money sorting out equipment/manpower to record anyone else practising outside of LA. Hope Noah & Sharna come back to LA soon before the show right now as them, Nastia and Suzanne are the three I want to see.
That’s great Vogue! 🙂 I am not sure where they are rehearsing but I would love to watch Suzanne and Tony’s as well.
Thanks Vogue!! How awesome would it be to watch Derek train his partner for a solid hour!
Indeed! For sure!!
The new rehearsal with Kym and Robert has started. I love how she brought her dog.
469 people tuning in right now.
Just finished watching Robert & Kym’s live rehearsal and he is really improving! I honestly think he is going to be a dark horse for the competition.
Kym (and Lola) are the cutest things on the planet! I could listen to her all day. I really love their chemistry and how adorable they are together, but good lord I think Robert might like her a little toooo much lol.
I am really loving Robert and Kym! They are so much fun together and he is hilarious! 😀
I actually didn’t mind that they didn’t dance for that long. I thought the Q&A they did was pretty fun. When he DID dance, though, I was impressed! He actually looks really and seems to have improved since last week. In my opinion he neess to work more on the hip action but I think he’ll get there. Glad they have ChaCha first… think it’ll be good for him to show his personality.
PS: Kym’s dog is adorable.
Finished up watching Robert and Kym’s rehearsal…. 8O. Let’s just say I didn’t get the same impressions as Heather (#282) and CC (#283). Among other things, it seemed odd to me that he couldn’t seem to stand still, and kept repeating everything she said. I just hope it was a bad day. 🙁
Robert snd Kym also left some things out of rehearsal that they didn’t want seen. I have watched 3 couples, Robert and Kym twice, and they all said they are aren’t showing us everything so we will be surprised. It’s not just a Val thing.
I was hoping for a new couple, but thanks for the update.
The problem with these All-Access videos is that now I have too many favorites going into Week 1.
I enjoyed their rehearsal and like that they have fun together. I can see how being “live” (as opposed to just cameras around) could be difficult and distracting although Kim is very, very focused. I also think it is a learning experience for Robert to have to be subordinate and let her finish when she is correcting him, etc. He is clearly a perfectionist. It is going to be fun watching them!
I really admire Kym’s patience with Robert: she lets him yap, yap, yap and then quietly brings his focus back to the choreography. She is very skilled in dealing with his somewhat intense personality which would drive me mental in about 5 minutes. I think that thanks to Kym, this is going to be a fun couple to watch, and I’m really looking forward to seeing their journey. Plus I love her little Lola!
Robert and Kym’s second live rehearsal is now youtube in full. 🙂
Thanks, Stormviking. I’m going to have to defer watching until tomorrow, but at least I know it’s there waiting for me. 😀
Oh, also meant to say, huge thanks to John and Vogue (#275) for the fantastic news that All Access is working to get Nastia and Derek rehearsals. Yippee!!! *does the happy dance*
DW That is literally 100% correct regarding Kym and her ability to handle’s Roberts chatty nature. To do a job like being a pro dancer you must have the patience of a saint. Live streams like this prove it. I’m just glad that with these streams people are appreciating even more just how good these pro dancers are at their jobs. You have to be more than just a world class dancer. You need to have patience and not only be able to listen but to get your partner to focus when needed. Their’s a reason they have all been hand picked as pros other than just looking attractive or having a toned body.
I’m beginning to love these two. I felt they (mostly Robert) were delirious throughout the whole thing which was hysterical for me. I was laughing the whole time. Robert is in good shape and seems to do pretty well in the cha cha. Thanks storm for uploading these for those who can’t catch it on time. And thanks to the mods. I’ve been hooked to this site ever since I came across it. It’s one of my favorite websites in general 🙂
sooo looking forward to see Derek and Nastia!
I’m ready to see my girl Patti!
Can’t wait to see Derek’s LIVE episode because his teaching is a mystery to me. Does he teach the dance or the choreography? Can’t wait to find out.
Ok, Charlotte and Keo are up next again:
Tue, March 3rd: 7pm-8pm Eastern | 4pm-5pm Pacific
While I wish we could see a different couple (Riker & Allison, Willow & Mark, Suzanne & Tony…), I’m excited to see if and how much Charlotte has improved since last week. I really want her and Keo to do well. Here’s hoping she’s gotten more groove in her!
Thanks for the update Vogue! 🙂
So now we will have Robert 2x as well as Charlotte 2x, arguably the weakest fanbases of the cast. I hope the other castmates that are not rehearsing at this studio, are given this same advantage before premiere night.
I’ll be skipping this one. Thanks for the update.
I wouldn’t say Robert has one of the weakest fanbases. Shark Tank is super popular and so many people love this guy. I have noticed that not only does he have adult fans but even teens seem to be fans of him. If social media is any indication of fanbases then I think Robert is good with his 297K followers. Lol
I think Charlotte and Noah probably have the weakest fanbases, except Noah has a story that will reach out to millions (and it already is). Charlotte doesn’t have much going for her so I think it’s good they are streaming her rehearsal for a second time. She needs the exposure more than anyone else at this point if she wants to stick around longer than a week.
I think these producers cams can have a positive effect and a negative effect on the likability of the couples. I enjoyed Robert much more in his first producer cam than I did in the second. I’m not sure if I would watch a 3rd one.
I agree about Robert, Sandy. I much preferred the robert we saw in the first rehearsal who was most concerned (almost hyper-concerned, but in a good way) with learning the steps and I found it really interesting to watch him critique himself. The Robert we saw in the first half of their second rehearsal was pouring the flirtation on way too thick and I found myself enjoying it less. I was glad when they moved to answering questions on Twitter, bc then the dynamic evened out again. I look forward to their third one (at this rate I won’t have to wait long haha) to see which Robert we get this time.
Also looking forward to Charlotte and Keo tonight! I missed their first rehearsal.
@CC – I don’t believe twitter/facebook followers (whatever) are a firm indication of their true fanbases. It all comes down to the actual fans that watch the show and pick up their phone and vote.
If you go by followers alone I believe Redfoo has crushed the competition in that category with 1 million+ twitter followers and 3+ million facebook likes. But it only matters if those are the fans that vote. And we all know that’s not the case.
I find myself more and more inclined to root for Charlotte – simply because she likely doesn’t have a huge voting fanbase and also because I’ve seen her not exactly getting a fair shake from some fans (not necessarily here). Had someone told me that being an attractive woman with large breasts was somehow and indicator that someone is “fake”, I may have considered a breast reduction at some point in the past 🙂 Luckily, I’m quite fond of my bust. I actually thought some women might find Charlotte refreshing – she’s actually quite curvy and doesn’t really fit the typical model mold of being thin and slight in build: 5’7″, 145 lbs, and 32F breasts (and they’re natural!).
I think it could actually work out to be a disadvantage for the couples being filmed more regularly. It’s nice to see how the rehearsals are going, and I agree, it sure shows how hard the pros work, but it also takes away from the intrigue and really, hour long sessions can get fairly boring. Look at how the first hour made people think they like Robert, but a second hour shifted some people toward negative. IMO he/they were overcompensating after their first, worried it was boring and intense and thought they needed to liven it up…plus it seems perhaps tptb are asking the pros to try to engage the audience, thus the requests for questions etc. By the time these few in town work through how to make it interesting and revealing but not too revealing…find the balance, the ones who get back to LA will have gotten to miss out some on that learning curve and perhaps get to look better…
I guess I think it can be overexposure in a non interesting/non entertaining way. But I doubt a large portion of the general viewing and voting audience are even tuning in so it probably won’t matter too much.
I think Charlotte’s body type may be more curvy than a runway model, but she’s still very thin – at least based on all of the pictures on Google (she may weigh more now?). Her breasts definitely take up an enormous chunk of her weight – and they are very obviously natural, so why anyone claim that they are fake? She’s just got an abundance, but they’re real.
But I do think she and Keo can use a lot of votes in the early weeks just to power them through. Strategically, it makes a good amount of sense, but of course that will be determined based on how the 16th goes for them!
If it’s good choreo, Jenniffer, it should be one and the same.
I’m sure it’s not just Val. It’s the intent/tone of the comments that I was questioning, and that continues.
I expect that will change, Sandy. After all…this is still the Honeymoon Phase. 🙂
Except for Rumer/Val, it almost seems like the potential early exits are getting the lion’s share of the rehearsal videos. And, judging by the reaction here, those are having a very large and positive impact.
So who still thinks that Derek/Nastia have an edge?? My thought is that that edge is decreasing every single day.
Really, CC, did you learn NOTHING from last season?? Bethany had the most followers of all the competitors and finished fourth. Social media is a big indicator of popularity but it means jack shit when it comes to voting.
Those live streams are an excellent idea! I find it so interesting to see how the pros teach their dance. I love the way Kym and Peta work, they are really patient yet funny. Their partners are in good hands.
I am excited to see the other celebrities too, especially Nastia and Noah! I don’t rememeber who was wondering whether Derek teaches the dance or the choreography but I think that since the rehersals began already, he probably already teached the basics to Nastia, and now he will only teach the choreo? I am also excited to see him
And again a huge thank you to Stormviking (one is not enough :D).
Me too, Court. I’m disappointed but not surprised that Charlotte is attracting catty comments from fans. The same people who complain that female celebrities and models are too thin and it’s causing young girls to have unrealistic body expectations, get all spiteful when they see an attractive, young curvy woman.
Whenever I look at the cast list, it just seems Charlotte and Keo have the deck stacked against them. They need to be really good and surprise a lot of people Week 1, or they could easily be the first elimination.
Oh no I know, and you’re right PH. Should have made myself a bit more clear haha. I guess my point was more about Robert being more popular and known. I don’t think the fact he has that many followers is gonna get him far or anything – truth be told I think he will only make it to the half way point or so – but being that he is a bit more known he probably has it easier than Charlotte (and Noah… kinda).
@Heidi – That’s true. But for me, Robert went down a notch from where I loved him in his first producer cam. Now… Not so much.
Now I wish that I had never watched their second rehearsal. I lost interest in Robert even before the producer cam had ended. Unless Robert and Kym blow my socks off in Week 1 they probably won’t be getting my votes. So definitely there can be some good and bad that goes along with this process.
But I will say this for all the couples… Week 1 is crucial, that first impression is what matters the most. They have to win over the viewers. Or they are going home.
Charlotte is coming off Whiney and kinda bossy or is it just me? Maybe they are tired or bickering is their dynamic….
Im 20 mins into the livefeed and it already looks like keo is going for the showmance, witch is sad because charlotte really seem to be focused and try to learn the assence of the dance reather flirting with her partner.
First time watching the live feed. It is super cool! I really hope Keo and Charlotte hula hooping (she was right-she does have great hips!) and Keo mocking Charlotte’s voice is in their package the first week. I like Charlotte but she was slightly bossy. I don’t think that she was trying to be and think she was just genuinely confused with the dance but she came off a little snippy. I have so much respect for Keo after watching this rehearsal. He was really patient with her and never lost his temper. I did love that moment when she was talking about how a magazine said she weighed 145 pounds and Keo rolled his eyes.
Just Fan, I haven’t been watching until, but, I hope not.
759 tuning right now.
Wow! I love the back bends she just did!!
I’m looking forward to these two. They are sweet.
@Jill (#318) – I kinda thought the same thing. Charlotte did come off a little bossy & whiney. But I thought it was good that she and Keo answered the romance question – the less shipping, the better. 🙂 I don’t know… she’s pretty much at the top of my “First one out” list right now.
Anybody else got guesses as to who goes first? I know we haven’t seen everyone dance, but… ???
Sally, they could be the first, but we have not seen Patti or Suzanne yet.
Few things I noticed about Charlotte:
-She did come off as somewhat bossy and a bit whiney but my guess is because she is getting confused too easily. She needs to relax and just let it flow. Less getting frustrated and more doing the steps over and over to get them down.
-She is actually not that bad a dancer. Her kicks and flicks looked pretty good during the Jive and she seems to be quite flexible.
Kinda wish they would have gotten the ChaCha first but I’m looking forward to their Jive. I hope they make a good first impression on the judges and the public.
@Sally I think there’s a good chance Charlotte could be the first out. I would hate for that to happen but the odds seem to be stacked up against her. That being said though, I could see Patti LaBelle being out first too. Yes she is a “music legend” but I don’t get the same endearing vibe from her as I did with Gladys Knight for example. Patti just gives me a cold vibe…
@ CC the vibe I got from Patti(and I could be totally off base) was that she said yes to do the show, but doesn’t really care if she does well or not.
@PJ That’s kinda what I got too. Like she just signed on for the hell of it. Of course I haven’t even seen her rehearse or anything so I shouldn’t make any assumptions but I just didn’t get a good first impression from her on the cast reveal. Maybe that’ll change… we’ll see!
@CC (#326) Oh, Lawdy – they have a week-one JIVE?!? 😯 I was afraid of that. I only saw about the last half of today’s video, so I didn’t get what dance they were doing… Poor Charlotte. And Poor Keo.
@CC – I remember when Patti competed in the Clash of the Choirs competition with other choir teams (the team led by Patti was definitely the best), but in the end her team lost to Nich Lachay’s team. Patti was definitely a sore loser and stormed off the stage without saying a word to Nick or the other team. I have never forgotten how unprofessional and rude that was. So I don’t get the “warm and fuzzy” vibe from Miss Labelle at all. Doubt if she will go far.
Jive? Hope they costume department has some contraption to keep Charlotte from busting Keo in the face.
@Fig (#331) Bwahahahahahaha! 😀 I’d imagine DWTS’ costume department have quite a bit of expertise in that area – they’ve done lots of costumes for Kendra, and Joanna Krupa, and Nancy Grace… 😀
@Fig Hahahahaha. She didn’t seem to have that problem during the rehearsal but I think you’re right. They better strap her up good. Apparently she and Keo are both excited for their outfits so.. wonder what that’s gonna look like.
And also, if I heard correctly, Keo is planning on some sort of lift for this dance. Pretty sure lifts are illegal in the Jive so if they do a lift… Oh Keo, you’re gonna feel the wrath of the judges. :/
@Sandy I had no idea about that. Wow… Miss Patti is a bit of a diva. If that’s how she’s gonna come off during the show then I don’t think I’m gonna have any interest on watching her. Truth be told, I had already forgotten she was part of the cast until yesterday.
@CC – No, I think lifts are allowed in Jive.
They’re not, Sally. Only in the Lindy Hop version.
Oh. OK, PH. Thanks! That’s what I love about this site – I’m always learning! 🙂
I can’t believe I am saying this since I am extremely delighted and grateful that we have the opportunity to watch these rehearsal videos, but I couldn’t bring myself to watch Charlotte and Keo’s entire rehearsal: I had to turn it off. I enjoyed the actual dancing parts and she was picking up his choreo pretty well, I thought. But, unless I am way off base, he seems to be really immature and rather full of himself and kept ordering her to listen to him when he talked. I think Charlotte handles him well so his ego doesn’t get too annoying. But I was disappointed that I didn’t enjoy his personality and Charlotte also seems very self-involved. Maybe I am just missing something and they may grow on me later, but right now I don’t really enjoy this team very much.
Charlotte and Keo’s 2nd rehearsal now up in full ICYMI. 🙂
@DW, I FULLY agree with you! At first i liked Keo …but now i’m not sure.
There’s something weird about Keo’s personality He’s too full of himself… The way he was behaving and messing around with Charlotte was off-putting!
Charlotte is really sweet and was trying hard to pick up the steps and keep up with him. Also they lack chemistry …gotta watch ’em dance first, then decide. But so far, i’m not liking ’em together.
I have enjoyed watching Robert-Kym and Michael-Peta’s rehearsals the most, also Redfoo-Emma’s.
PH re #312, just to give a counter thought, I still think this new exposure is a double edged sword, sure, after each person’s first go at it people come here and talk about how much they like the pair, but it seems with the second people are moderating their positive opinion. Plus, in the scheme of things the people watching and commenting are probably a *miniscule* percentage of the viewing/voting audience.
VERSES: national mainstream media attention that Derek is getting right now, that VAl gets, even that Cheryl is now getting for her new venture. If Derek was an unknown new pro I’d worry about him not being seen by the 3000 or whatever people seeing these clips. He’s got his face on New York City buses right now for goodness sake.
The seasoned pros and their representation know how to time things: release the news of Sway 3 (hurry up and do that quick before the bigger news comes…), release your book Karina, promote your new tv show Cheryl, release the big news of MOVELive, cross that with promotion of RCMH all at the start of the new dwts season. Good smart business.
If Derek and Nastia don’t place in the top 2 it’s going to be because the anti Derek pack has grown not because people didn’t see their rehearsal on all access imo.
Thank you …Stormviking for posting Kym’s & Robert’s 2nd rehearsal and also Keo and Charlotte’s rehearsal. I think Kym’s partner is quite talky, but I think Kym is handling him well, as they seem to connect in a humorous way. She certainly laughs a lot. And, loved seeing Lolo, especially because she looks like my dog. I love dogs. I think Charlotte seems more mature, but Keo is fun of happiness, so they will be good for each other. Looks like we are going to see some good stuff from both Robert & Kym and Charlotte and Keo. It’s a lot of hard work and dedication and I’m appreciating that in the access videos. While I realize the couples do not want to reveal everything, I appreciate what they do show us.
#DW #DWTSFAN I agree with everything you guys said.
With Charlotte its going to solely come down to the first dance for me. A negative VT & some lowballing from the judges and she’ll be gone. The problem for them is quite simply everybody seems to have a decent fanbase, which means it’ll all come down to how many pick up the phone and vote for certain couples. To me that will benefit couples like Suzanne and Noah rather than Charlotte, Riker or Chris Soules. I can’t see Robert getting to many votes either.
Someone mentioned Patti La Belle. You have to wonder if she really thought things through before doing the show. She’s performing in Amsterdam March 15th before flying back for DWTS March 16th to then fly to the UK to perform in London March 17th. For a 70 year old to do that much flying in such a short space of time is surely going to have an effect on her dancing. But like Suzanne she’ll appeal to the main demographic of viewers & voters which could make up for low scores.
#M8 – I agree. But I will also add Robert’s name along with Charlotte’s. Unless they blow me away on premiere they will be off my DWTS radar completely. As it is, I already have a few other favorite pairs, Redfoo and Emma, Suzanne and Tony, and Noah and Sharna, so scratching them just makes it easier for me anyhow.
Yeah, I agree about Patti, I don’t think her heart is in it, it will be too stressful, too much travel, too much of everything, plus adding in a new grandbaby too.
Sandy I like Suzanne and Tony train as well and want to see them train. Getting good vibes about this couple. If they start well then they and Redfoo are my tips to Tommy Chong it to the final few weeks. 🙂
Apologies for the bad grammar in that last post 😛
I think this is going to be a hard season to predict and a lot of “surprise” eliminations. Everyone is coming in with fairly even fan bases in the sense that no one is massively popular that they’ll run away with it. With maybe the exception of Riker and Willow, but like Cody I don’t know how engaged their fan bases will actually be as Riker himself doesn’t seem that engaged. Redfoo has the most twitter followers but I’ve long since learned not to take that too much into account.
As others have said I think a lot of it will come down to how a celeb does the first night and likability is going to MASSIVE this season. If you aren’t coming in with a dedicated fan base it’s all about getting the general audience on your side. So even though people like Noah may not be well known at the moment that won’t matter once/if the audience starts falling in love with the guy.
Rumer, for example, was second to last in Vegas odds (which don’t mean much) but I think she’ll be the most technical dancer up there with Nastia BUT I don’t know if her personality will vibe with the audience. I do think Patti could be an early boot also but wouldn’t mind seeing Suzanne stick around.
Charlotte, unfortunately for Keo, I think will be the first one to go. She isn’t that likable to me and I just don’t either her OR Keo have enough of a fan base.
I never would have dreamed one of my pre-season favorite couples would include Tony… Or even Redfoo! That’s the beauty of this show.
Agree with this season could be hard to predict, I predicted the top four of last season on the day the cast was revealed (top five as well had it’s Lea instead of Tommy). This season looks like it could really be anyone, even Rumer/Val could be the surprise elimination, or Willow/Mark eliminated in the Kristin/Christina style.
Keo’s very off-putting in that second vid. I still don’t want him to leave so early but now I’m not as keen as I am before.
Charlotte got the Jive? So they got Cha-cha, Jive or Foxtrot, just like last season. So it looks like there will be no Contemporary in first week, thankfully. Also hoping that Contemporary and Jazz be banished entirely, both of them are way too Freestyle for me.
Hoping for no extra dancers around anymore, when they perform a Salsa I want to see one, or at least resembling one and less like a Supersized Freestyle.
One thing I just realized is that they are not allowed to do lifts in any of the ten ballroom/latin dances, and the ones allowed (Salsa, Argentine Tango, Jazz, Contemporary, etc) aren’t part of the ten. I love it when I learned something from here too.
Same here, Sandy, I like both of the couples you mentioned…and I never feel that way on Tony (with a few exceptions). This may be one of them. I like his attitude so far.
I haven’t watched the last two vids. yet. With some of the comments, I’m not sure I want, too because even though an hour seems like a long time it is still a small snapshot into the teams lives. They could just be having a bad day.
I agree it will be tough to predict this season. Still going to try. HaHa. At this point I think the top six will be. Not necessarily who I favor.
Noah/Sharna
Nastia/Derek
Rumer/Val
Redfoo/Emma
Michael/Peta
Riker/Allison or Willow/Mark
I think, if Noah is a half-way decent dancer, he is the winner. Not because of sympathy, but because this guy is AMAZING! He’s strong, brave, nice, inspiring, loves his family, loves his country, and he is very good looking (sorry, but that will count). He’s just an all-around good guy and hero.
Pretty sure about the top 4. Less sure about everyone else.
Good point, Jess. And I saw those buses with Derek face and nearly fainted with joy. 🙂 I will say though, that Derek’s massive exposure, combined with Nastia, is much more likely to work against him at this point. So maybe it would be better for him to not get a rehearsal clip. That said, I think the “anti-Derek” contingent is very small and consists of C-bros fans who wouldn’t vote for him anyway. BUT, as much as people may love Derek, I don’t think they will vote for him. People like an under dog and he wasn’t that even when dancing with Amy Purdy. There is no *need* to vote for Derek. Hell, half of his fans probably don’t feel the need to vote for him anymore.
Val is getting national mainstream media attention?? Where? The interviews with Rumer? That’s typical DWTS stuff. He was the lucky winner of the sweepstakes of the PR team deciding which couple to go around before the show stars to pimp the show. Not so sure that will benefit him either, because they seem to go in groups. If he’s going NOW, he’s less likely to get a bunch of it when people are actually voting. That will heavily depend on who turns out to be a hit with the audience/media.
Oh, and the news of Sway 3 could NOT have been released at a worse time. Did it get any coverage at all? Has it ever gotten any coverage at all? I’ve seen way more on Karina, Cheryl and Derek than anything on Sway.
I wouldn’t consider Rumer/Val a “surprise” elimination at this point. I could change my mind on that one. Rumer might be better than Janel, but Janel had a more mainstream-ish audience.
Also best not to forget that the running order will play a big part in who gets eliminated early. I remember Diana Nyad getting put in between Amy & Derek and Charlie & Sharna in the running order, which basically gave her no chance of survival in any elimination let alone a double. So I feel sorry for any couple going after Noah Galloway. Also I can imagine anyone going relatively early in the running order after the first couple (2nd/3rd/4th) will be in danger as well. I’m sure by the halfway point to the end of the first show we’ll have a clear idea of the couples leaving in the first few weeks and the couples that will last the distance. I mean who didn’t love Tommy Chong’s first dance. 😉
Princess Heidi, about the Rumer/Val elimination. Do you think HIS fanbase is large enough to get them to the top 4? One of the things I kept seeing last season was all of the hate they were getting from SOME of the Zendaya/Val fans. They were angry with the romance. I hated it, but for different reasons. Do you think, if they stay away from the showmance, they will go far? She seems like she could be a good dancer.
Maybe someone’s been reading my posts on Pure LOL. Patti LaBelle has cancelled her Amsterdam and London shows to concentrate on DWTS. For her own health that’s for the best, at least this proves she’s taking the show seriously.
The winner of Season-20 will be either Noah-Sharna or Rumer-Val.
Noah will be a fan favorite…so if he can dance decent (which i’m sure he can, going by the Instagram videos/pics)..he’ll undoubtedly win.
Rumer can also win. She’ll probably be the front-runner this season.
And the votes of her parent’s fans combined with the Chmerkovskiy’s will make her a potential winning candidate.
Nastia-Derek will finish 2nd/3rd. I’d like Derek to win this season with Nastia …but as someone said, overexposure of Derek won’t let him win. He seriously needs to take a couple of seasons off. The ”anti-Derek” pack has grown a lot….they’re leaving hate comments about Derek everywhere on FB/Twitter..:(
Dee, I won’t presume to answer for PH, but I think Val’s fanbase is just too full of people who ship him with one or another of his former partners. It could be Zendaya, Janel, Jenna Johnson or Kelly. He has a fanbase loaded with landmines and these charmers are already giving him shit on instagram about his posting pics of Rumer. The Janel ones are furious about the showmance that wasn’t and out to make his life hell. The way he attracts fans, and his very intense tweets and instagrams seem to fuel this. I don’t think he will ever get his fanbase 100% behind him because he creates too much drama. I doubt this will change with hiis current partner.
@DWTSFan – You seem to state a lot of unknowns/opinions as certainties (“Noah or Rumer will win this season!”); I’d be careful about that if I were you. It can come back to bite you in the rear.
Come on, M8 – do you REALLY think that Diana was going to last more than a week or two?? I think you are analyzing running order based on a foregone conclusion. Courtney actually had analyzed running order – you should do a search on it.
Dee, I don’t think his fanbase alone can get him to the final four…but that’s never been tested, has it.
As for showmance – well, it certainly got Maks his first MBT, in combination of the biggest ringer of all time. Unfortunately, the key demo for this show seems susceptible to showmance, which is why some keep defaulting to it in desperation to win.
The anti-Derek pack has not grown, they’ve just gotten louder. Squeaky wheels, all of them. People ALWAYS mistake “loud” for “large” when it’s usually anything but.
As for your contentions that either Noah or Rumer will win?? LOL – we’ll see. I’ve heard such assertions SO MANY times on this site, pre-season (and even during the season) only to see those making the claims see their faves go in an early elimination. And basing your thoughts on instagrams videos/pics?? Ask Denise Richards how that worked out for her.
I agree with a lot of the comments I am reading. This second rehersal for Robert was worse than it needed to be. It came of flirty and forced to me. I mean he popped a forced joke like every 45 seconds. I was cringing like dude stop. There is no way I could have been kym and just smiled and laughed. I would have been like dude, zip it!! And why does he interrupt her incessantly? It’s rude. Yes he seems to have improved but if they do rehersal three he needs to just be himself not rich type a horny man
With Charlotte and Keo, I enjoyed it so much more. Yes at times she came off as bossy and whiny but I think she is just trying so hard and wants to get it right. I can see myself feeling the same like ok I have this down, don’t confuse me. She is very light so I can only imagine the lifts they could do and she seems really flexible. I think keo is funny and sweet and I think he is genuinely kind. I don’t want them to be first off.
I really want to see Sharna and Noah. I missed the first Emma and Redfoo. I want to see them too!!
Heidi no I didn’t think Diana would have lasted longer than the first or second week but still being put in between not only the two best couples of the first night but the two couples people would be most inclined to have picked up the phone and voted for (especially with Amy’s story), gave her absolutely no chance as opposed to potentially going first in the running order.
In my opinion the following are reasons someone wins the trophy:
1. Likability of the celebrity among the general audience (not fans on blogs and forums)
2. Dance Ability
3. The number of fans (celebrity and pro)
4. The relationship between the celebrity and the pro
I do not think Meryl is the biggest ringer; however, I do think that Riker is. He has actually been in ballroom dance competitions.
Just watched Charlotte and Keo’s 2nd rehearsal. I was a bit surprised as they marked alot of their planned dance. She has greatly improved – didn’t spend the whole time looking at her feet – and picked up the choreography fast. Now she’s got time to work on technique.
In reading over the comments, I agree that there could be some backlash from these rehearsal videos. Sometimes it’s boring and other times, feels contrived. I enjoyed Kym and Robert’s first rehearsal the most as it was a glimpse into teaching and learning different steps and technique from scratch. I found myself wanting to get up and move along with them. Later episodes – starting with Val & Rumer – bring in strategy and media presence. I know it’s inevitable as this is often a popularity contest but I really like the “pure” dancing! I want to add my thanks to StormViking and the moderators for providing these videos!!
I think the Val fan base is more robust than it was a few seasons ago (especially without Maks in the competition he gets all the C-brother fan votes) BUT the only time he’s made it to the finals is when his partner has had their own dedicated, hardcore fan base also. With Kelly he had the soap fans and the showmance, with Zendaya he had her younger, fanatical fans and her likability, and with Janel he had the crazed PLL fans and the showmance. Again, I think he has more fans now than he did S17 with Elizabeth but with Danica and Elizabeth he couldn’t even make it to the semis. They had the nostalgia factor but neither are that relevant.
To be fair, both celebs had their own downfalls and issues and maybe Rumer will be the opposite of that but I don’t see her coming in with a hardcore fan base. I’m not as convinced as everyone else that her parents have legions of fans just waiting to vote for her on DWTS. I think she’ll get the scores but she also has to get the audience on her side.
While there’s not necessarily a lot more anti-Derek fans, I do know a lot of viewers that DO want other pros to win, despite liking Derek so much – it’s just a mentality that Americans have that we love a dynasty and then get over it and want to “spread the wealth”. It’s not fair to the celebs, but it’s there.
@Figamentation – Which is exactly the same reason why people hate the New England Patriots so much. Well, that, and the fact that they’re dirty cheaters 🙂
Haha, I was going to use the Patriots as my example, but personally for me it’s that Belichick is a turd (a gifted football mind, but still a turd) and soooo many of the Pats fans that I know are very abrasive and vocal braggarts (not all, just my own circle!).
I’m a huge Bulls fan and in the 90’s there were a lot of people that were in love with them, but a sizable number of folks that wanted another team to dethrone them, too, just because.
@Fig – Seconded on all points – Belichick may be brilliant, but he’s also a d-bag; and yes, SOME Patriots fans absolutely bug the crap out of me. I think they’ve been spoiled for so long – I think it will be a bit of a wake-up call for them once Brady & Belichick retire or move on. Much like I find some of the Derek fans to be a bit spoiled, and in for a rude awakening when Derek Favre finally calls it quits on DWTS 🙂
Did anybody else find Keo a bit off-putting during this second video rehearsal? I was hoping him and Charlotte would be a dark horse couple but now I’m not so sure. I know Charlotte said she didn’t like being told what to do so I wasn’t sure if people would connect with her personality but now I’m thinking it might be Keo who people aren’t fond of.
Hahaha Derek Favre. Let’s hope we’re never subjected to a crotch shot of Derek in a pair of crocs – although I’m sure there’s plenty of fans that wouldn’t mind.
All fanbases have their peculiarities, positives, and downfalls – and yeah Derek’s is no exception. Some happen to attract more specific types of people, but in general they’re all just people looking for something to root for.
I must be one of the few Val (and Maks) fans who doesn’t vote for them no matter who their partner is. Last season all of my votes went to Sadie (and I generally don’t care for Mark’s partners.) The only Val partnership I have voted for all of the way through was Zendaya, but knew she wasn’t going to win as soon as I saw the freestyles. So far I like Rumer and Val, but if he goes the showmance route or she acts like Elizabeth they won’t be getting my votes!
Funny I hate Patriots because I’m a Raider fan and I’m not over that tuck rule call….
JD, may I ask you what do you mean by “if she acts like Elizabeth”?
So, I’m guessing no live rehearsals today… That sucks. Was hoping to see a different couple practice.
Riker posted a picture of him dancing in what looked like the same place Charlotte, Robert, etc have rehearsed (McCadden? Is that the name? I forget). Wonder why we haven’t seen them. Maybe it’s their schedules. Who knows.
Ok scratch what I said… Seems like Riker and Allison are up tomorrow night.
Finally! Wanna see what this guy is all about with his prior experience and whatnot.
Gladys-Elizabeth came off as very desperate to me. I just did not enjoy her or her partnership with Val which was too bad because I was a huge Saved By the Bell fan and was looking forward to her on the show.
Oh Goodie! I’m excited to see this pair. But I think I’m sticking to watching only one rehearsal for each couple. I don’t want to ruin it before the show even starts.
Just an observation: I wonder if not many people are checking for Charlotte & Keo this season or they have small fan bases, because their rehearsal has gotten far less views compared to the others posted in a short time.
Thanks Princess Heidi and Judy for answering my question. I’m really not fond of Val at all, but I’m trying to give Rumer a fair shake. Unfortunately, my initial impressions of her were not good either. I’m trying to keep an open mind though.
The point is, M8, that it’s irrelevant to compare Diana to Amy or Charlie in the grand scheme of things. And besides that, you were using that comparison to make some claim about the running order, which just isn’t accurate.
Riker is definitely something of a ringer – but I think it’s very obvious to anyone who watches this show that Meryl is the biggest ringer of all time. She not only had dance training and was choreographed by Derek, but she was fresh off of winning an Olympic Gold medal. Only Kristi Yamaguchi comes remotely close to touching her. Maybe Evan Lysacek, but I don’t think his dancing was as extensive and skating fans told us at the time that he wasn’t that well liked by that community. Donny Osmond is up there for his ballroom and a massive fanbase that directly correlates with the DWTS audience.
Riker doesn’t even come close to that combo. He has fans – but so did Bethany Mota. The kids don’t vote in vast numbers. Sure, he had some ballroom, but he’s also a kid – like Cody. Meryl (or Charlie) were nearly guaranteed to win, Riker is not at ALL a guarantee. He has to get past his cousin and half the rest of the cast.
That’s what I said, Fig – it’s the mentality that every child must get a trophy when playing pee wee baseball. It’s really doing a disservice to the children who will eventually lose at *something* and won’t know how to handle it.
Honestly, I’ve given up my hope that Derek will ever quit this damn show. :::sigh::: I just think of all the other amazing things he could be doing….
Stormviking (#381), I think it’s safe to say Charlotte and Keo both have very small fan bases. If they knock it out of the park on the premiere and TPTB continue with these live streams, it will be interesting to see if, and by how much, their viewership goes up.
After reading the comments of those who have watched the 2nd live stream rehearsals for Robert/Kym and Charlotte/Keo, it sounds like DWTS has stepped in and started “managing” the live stream. In the first live streams, both couples were focused more on teaching/learning. In their second outing, that seems to have taken a back seat to being entertaining and/or engaging with the viewers. Sounds like TPTB said “don’t be boring, put on a good show”. What a shame!
The last thing we need is more packaging and over-produced content. I just want to be a fly on the wall and watch the couples rehearse for an hour.
I’m soooo happy to see Derek is back. That in and of itself is reason enough for me to watch the show. I just adore him.
My first impressions after viewing the rehearsals:
Keo/Charlotte – I was glad to see Keo but after looking at the second rehearsal vid, my impression of him was not the same. He seemed a bit egotistical and immature and Charlotte appeared a little flippant at times. She’s trying hard to learn but doesn’t appear to have much natural talent. Together they just seem awkward. Maybe they’ll grow on me if they last a while.
Peta/Michael – Michael seems like a real nice guy and they look like they’re having fun. I hope we get the same Peta as last season. That was the first time I really enjoyed watching her. Guess I’ll have to wait and see.
Val/Rumer – I real don’t like the C brothers. That said, I was pleasantly surprised after looking at the rehearsal. I like the way Val is teaching Rumer. He does correct her a lot but hey he is a teacher and somewhat of a perfectionist. He also encourages her when she does it right. She seems to have natural talent and I think they will do well. Hope he doesn’t get into the showmance crap this season.
#386 @PHeidi..
In a way I feel the same when it comes to Derek, even though I know he really loves the show and loves teaching his celebrates and thinks of DWTS as family, He won’t break away permanently until he gets such a big offer that will land him in to one of the biggest and best performance show, something more spectacular than ever before and offers him something Derek cannot resist and it absorbs every minute of his day–24/7, He won’t have a time to devote to DWTS.
But, until he moves up into the “Big Times” and all booked up, I will always love to see him do his thing on DWTS, as I so do enjoy watching him work with his partner and make her into the best dance performer of which since he is the best at what he does, in an outstandingly way. But, this season I feel is going to be pretty tough to decide who is the best, since there seems to be quite a few potentials to reach as far as the finals. But, then I really haven’t watched their actual dance out of the DWTS floor, yet.
JD – Thank you for your answer, I see what you mean. The season has not began yet but from what I saw in the rehearsal, I have the impression that Elizabeth and Rumer dont’t have the same character at all. Rumer seems more introverted to me.
KKat, I would agree with you except that Radio City Music Hall is a pretty big freakin’ deal that most would kill for. And he IS the lead male. Someone who saw a press preview said he’s in nearly every scene. Singing, dancing, acting.
If that isn’t “big time” I don’t know what is. I guess filming a movie in Europe is the only thing to get him off DWTS at this point.
Yup Heidi, I agree with you on Derek…”filming a movie in Europe is the only thing to get him off DWTS.” He just love this show for some reason/s 🙂 I don’t mind him being on it though.
I didn’t watched all the videos but Kym and Keo. Love Kym…she’s such a great teacher. Keo is good too but a bit of a show off 🙂 I skipped Val because he’s just same old Val. He needs to realize that the key of winning is not just having a good dancer as your partner. Personality counts. If you rub America the wrong way, you’re not going to win. Last season was tight. Both Alfonso and Sadie were likeable but Alfonso was a better dancer. So same goes to Nastia. She has Derek on her side but does she have that likeable personality? If she does, she’s one to beat.We shall see.
Right now I’m just excited to see Move2. I don’t have Amex so I have to wait, darn. Looks like it’s going to be a better show than last year.
Oops, got the tickets. Should’ve checked PDH before commenting.
@PHeidi…Thanks for explaining in detail about Derek in NYC. I didn’t mean to lessen his opportunity in NYC nor give the impression that it wasn’t important. I certainly am a great admirer of Derek and wish him the best in both of his endeavors during the next 3 months.
Ryker and Allison looking really good so far.
The rehearsal just started and there is already 1451 viewers.
Make that 1865 viewers!
2415 and counting. By far the most popular rehearsal so far.
@Vogue Riker’s fans are all over that live feed right now loving every second of it, I’m sure 😛
He looked okay in that little bit they danced. He reminded me a lot of Roshon Fegan though. Mostly with the legs. They seemed a bit… weird.
Another complain? Well sadly.. I’m not so sure I’m sensing the chemistry with Allison. Not really “feeling them” together so far. Maybe that’s just me.
Allison, though, seems like quite a good teacher, so that’s great!
I think you are right about his fans. They are hitting it big time. “Roshon Fegan”…good comparison.
I wish they’d dance instead of answer questions.
More viewers may have to do with the rehearsal time too. Hard to watch those 2 or 4 pm slots when you’re working or in class. I think of Sharna when she told Cody to “pick up your damn pants”
Riker: “How do you spell Cha-cha?” … I could be wrong, but I don’t see a Nobel prize in this boy’s future… 😛
I tuned in about 10 minutes late. Have they danced at all?
Nice to see that he is going to be a lot of fun to watch but he really reminds me of brant for some reason. Probably a good thing considering how far he got.
I’ve only seen about 15 mins of the rehearsal, but of the cha cha and jive I’ve seen, I’m pleased to see that there is definitely more ballroom content than last year. Allison got a bit beaten up by the judges (particularly CAI), so I’m glad that she has remedied that. Anything to give CAI less ammunition to be obnoxious is always welcome. These two seem like a good partnership albeit with a bit of ADD.
Riker, Who’s the favorite in you family? Really… I can’t believe Allison asked him that question.
I’m glad Riker is loving the experience, he looks good so that’s great. However, I’m on the fence about Allison. Not sure I’m feeling her.
Oh, Allison’s poor daughter! That tether ball story was funny…. But so SAD at the same time! I can understand why she says she’s not allowed to play for a few years.
Anyway, I didn’t see much of Riker and Allison, but what I did see, I think shows promise. If he did indeed had ballroom experience, he didn’t remember much, I think, but he did show promise, and if both of them were less distracted, he may have the ability to last to the end.
Riker and Alison’s rehearsal was awesome. She is such a dork (in a good way) and I really liked Riker. I only really knew anything about Ross Lynch before this so it was cool to listen to Riker. I loved Alison’s story about tetherball and the confusion about when she left the concert.
Cute partnership but I hope Allison has more focus when the cameras are not on her. She comes across as a serious air head imo. She is a talented dancer but to me she just seemed overly silly for her job as a coach and teacher.
Only caught the last ten minutes and I found Riker to be very likable and astute to the game. The biggest question mark in my mind is whether Allison can create proper dances for him. I’m really looking forward to watching them.
I think they are a good match. They seem to communicate well, and he is getting the dances moves down good. Not sure about his legs but he seems to be able to follow through catches on quickly. They seem to be having fun and no off color behavior. 11 days to go and we get to see the results of all the couples hard work.
Yeah I agree with those posting above. I really like Riker, but Allison seems waaay too distracted to me. I think it’s probably because of the cameras–she wanted to seem really ‘cool’ and funny for the kids (Riker’s fanbase). It seemed forced–hopefully I’m wrong. Anyway, Riker looks like he has a lot of potential. I’m rooting for him!!
I’m so disappointed with the minimal dancing in Alison and Riker’s video that I have a request for the DWTS producers who may see this site: PLEASE let the couples actually rehearse and not waste time with so much mindless chatter. Riker and Allison bored me to tears with their blathering and I almost turned them off after the first few minutes of dancing in the beginning, but then they slightly redeemed themselves with a few more minutes of dancing near the end. I thought these “behind the scenes” rehearsals were for us to be “flies on the wall” so we could marvel at and appreciate all the hard work that goes into the routines. But wasting precious time answering twitter questions and making endless small talk is not an incentive for me to stay tuned to these rehearsals. I hope this is not what the future videos will consist of.
@Jill – Riker is going to be very popular with the tweens, but your point is very valid. It’s a Saturday night viewing, and if you are on the East Coast like me you are snowed in for the evening.
I hope the producers do take account of these suggestions DW. I think they are becoming a waste of time. So weird to see them asking for twitter responses from the same people watching on the live feed in real time! We are flies on the wall but life is too short to waste it like this. Too bad because these rehearsals could be so interesting.
#415 Judy….Thank you, I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels this way. Thanks!
I agree with you 100% DW…I get bored with all the chatter and messing around and I couldn’t hear half of what Riker and Allison were saying because they didn’t talk into the camera direct most of the time. I’d rather watch the practicing out on the floor. I’m hoping to see Suzanne and Tony, Nastia & Derek, Patti and Artem, and Noah and Sharna. I missed Willow and Mark. As far as Witney and her partner, we might as well forget that. I didn’t see Redfoo and Emma, but I think I may have missed them.
I like SOME chit-chat especially questions from fans, but this kinda drug on a little. I like to see the learning process and their interaction – gotta be a happy medium in there somewhere.
Allison seemed a little hyper and ditzy, but adorable.
I’m pretty sure the producers are going to see the high viewer numbers and let them do whatever the heck they want.
@KreativeKat Willow and Mark haven’t done this yet. I want to see them both practice as well. Redfood and Emma were the first ones and so far it has been the most enjoyable one for me to watch. Along with probably Michael’s.
I don’t mind a little chatter and Q&A with the audience but it did drag a bit too long with Riker and Allison. They weren’t even good questions! Sigh…
I really just rather be a fly on the wall as well. Months ago when it came up that we’d be able to watch the couples rehearse I thought it would be just a hidden camera that would go on randomly whenever the couples are dancing. So much for my wishful thinking.
I’m really glad the rehearsals are recorded, and I can skip any needless talking and planned antics. I’m really interested in watching how the pro teaches and the celeb learns. Little breaks here and there are ok, but I feel like I can learn more about them as people during the teaching process.
I also wonder if the pros/celebs have a choice as to when, how often or IF they will be recorded live or not. I wonder if this is part of their contract.
@CC
Well I thought we would just watch the couples practicing their dancing and maybe a short segment of viewers questions at the last 10-15 mins. So I missed Redfoo and Emma, and I so wanted to see that. I have stick em notes all over my monitor around the edges. Well, I wonder who will be rehearsing for us to watch tomorrow. I wouldn’t know if the pros/celebs have a choice as to when, how often or if they will be recorded live or not. And, don’t really know if it’s part of their contract.
PHeidi might be able to answer that for you CC.
I got Riker and Allison’s rehearsal uploaded in full now, ICYMI. 🙂
@Stormviking – Thanks your the best!
In a way I’m kind of bummed that Redfoo and Emma were the first couple rehearsing in these All-Access videos. I think there were quite a few of their fans that were unable to view their LIVE footage. In watching their rehearsal they were my favorite pair.
So I’m glad that you have been recording the other couples and allowing their fans access to their rehearsals. Thanks again!
Thanks so much. Storm Viking!!!xx
I’m impressed with Riker.
Thanks a lot @stormviking!
Thank you very much for putting up all the videos! So far my favourite “rehearsal” was the first of Kym and Robert. No fooling around and a very good attitude by Kim! I never liked her that much, but she grew a lot on me.
Is there any chance to see Keo´s and Charlotte´s first rehearsal or Emma and Foo? In the second rehearsal Keo was just very offputting and I would like to see, if that was an exception or his normal behaviour (I am talking so just shut up…wtf?). And I love Emma and would die to see her rehearsal with Foo! Unfortunately I missed it 🙁
I agree with many of you about the time wasted while they mess about. I am grateful for the recorded videos, so we can skip forward to actual rehearsal footage. I’m not interested in the twitter questions or the flirty silly stuff. Perhaps it is my age, perhaps it is just the way we were raised about work. I don’t know, but I DO know that I don’t want to watch all that. So, hopefully the producers will clean it up a bit. I thought it was supposed to be almost like a hidden camera, not where the couple are mugging for the camera. Oh well. Nice try. I’ll look at the videos you post…thank you for that!!! … and see if there is improvement over time.
Thank you PDWTS, you are truly appreciated!
Think it’s obvious the producers have told the pros and celebs to interact with viewers more during the rehearsals, I watched both Emma and Foo’s first rehearsal and Robert and Kym’s first rehearsal. Both were solely focuses on dancing. Now it seems like the first priority is to due a Q&A with viewers ahead of the actual rehearsing.
I can understand why they wouldn’t want to give their dances away online. But instead of all of the goofing around, and twitter Q&A, why not (for an hour) teach another style of dance? For instance, those with Cha-cha could teach Foxtrot. Or Waltz. It’s already a “throw-away” hour, so why not use it?
The more I think about this, the more I see it as a lost opportunity – I’d guess that a large bunch of the online audience are more fans of the pros, and we’re interested in their teaching styles and tips. It could really showcase the pros, if they’d just teach. I, for one, would enjoy that a whole lot more than what they’re doing now.
Ok, Peta and Michael are now rehearsing. There us 488 just starting to tune in.
He seems to be struggling so far…
just from a few movements Michael & Peta’s Cha Cha Cha is kind of reminding me of Donald’s Week 1 cha-cha from S14
She’s really pushing him, isn’t she?
I think Michael could come out on Week 1 and have a killer ChaChaCha. I think he is gonna have GREAT energy.
I do think he needs more work on the details and technique. At times it looks like his movements are a bit too heavy and his posture sometimes looks weird.
I really like Peta’s teaching style. I also really appreciate that they are actually dancing instead of messing around or anything.
@Voguersita Yea she is but it’s nice to see after so many lackadaisical rehearsals so far. He can take it, he’s got a lot to live up to, with NFL players & Peta as a partner.
I hate those crotch hanging low pants that Peta is wearing… They are ridiculous.
Loving Peta and Michael. Glad I can watch live. Love that so far they are really practicing. I can tell a lot more about their personalities this way than if they are answering twitter questions. Love this so far. LOL spoke too soon. Here goes the twitter questions. Well, it is hot in there.
Michael is so happy, he really seems to be enjoying this experience.
I guess Peta and Michael’s rehearsal is destroying the theory that the producers are making the other couples screw around???
perfect balance between actual training and this inevitable social media acting in my eyes…
For me that was a great rehearsal! Lots of dancing and some fan questions too so it balanced out nicely. I was never bored (I turned it off yesterday – bored) and saw a lot of chemistry. So far they are my favs to watch.
Wow, I really enjoyed Michael’s rehearsal. I love that they actually reaharsed and not only talked to the cameras. I’m also really liking Peta’s choreography for the chacha and her teaching style. I think that they can have a really good first week if they work more on his technique
EVERYONE at this point needs to work on their technique and posture – they are only 10 days in!
Last night with Allison and Riker I was bored out of my mind, but tonight with Peta and Michael I was thoroughly entertained. Job well done!
Now that’s what I’m talking about!! What a great rehearsal with Peta and Michael, showing tons of content and only a tiny Twitter break. It was mesmerizing to watch Peta dance and teach and be so encouraging of Michael, and connect with laughter, but simultaneously keep reinforcing the steps. I love her teaching style so much. Plus watching her warm up with those difficult (for me) stretches was amazing! I love this team and especially love how wonderfully this rehearsal was conducted. So, I concur with PH #441 that it possibly “destroys the theory that the producers are making the other couples screw around” 🙂
Michael and Peta’s 2nd rehearsal now up on Youtube. 🙂
Thank you so much for getting that youtube up! It was a lot of fun to watch Peta and Michael! However, I am worn out just watching them. It is so great that they work so hard and yet have a lot of fun doing it. I realize that it is going to get harder as the season progresses but I am very impressed with Peta’s teaching style.
charlotte and Keo getting their third livestream, while others haven´t had even one… what´s up with that?
@liamg From following the DWTS All Access Twitter account, I get the feeling that except for Derek and Nastia who will be away from LA the entire season, they don’t plan to stream rehearsals for couples who are out-of-town. (They did say they plan to post a full hour of Derek/Nastia’s unedited rehearsal, it just won’t be live.) The same couples keep getting live streamed bc most of the others aren’t in LA. Don’t know what’s up with Mark and Willow though. It seems that they have been at McCadden but the All Access Twitter confirmed that they won’t be live streaming that team any time soon. The account does repeatedly assure fans who ask about other couples that they all will be live streamed eventually so I assume once more couples are back in town there will be more balance.
That’s interesting about Mark and Willow not doing live rehearsals anytime soon. I guess it could be for any number of reasons. She’s that good. She’s that bad. She’s nervous. Her age. Mark wants to see reactions to the live rehearsals. Maybe he doesn’t want to show their routine. Maybe he has too bad of a potty mouth while instructing. LOL.
I wandered if it was in their contract to do it or if they only had to do it a certain number of times.
Mark seems pretty media savvy, and he usually LOVES being in front of the camera. I guess there could be any number of reasons they aren’t doing it yet.
Charlotte and Keo again?! I want to see other couples to get a feel for their partnership before we see the same couple more than once. Willow and Mark, Sharna and Noah,Nastia and Derek, even Artem, trying my best to have patience
Watching these live feeds definitely gives you a sense of how much work goes into preparing for each performance..
Hats off to the pros…
So far really enjoying Peta & Michael 🙂
Charlotte and Keo again? I think I’ll skip it….it was a strain to get through their last one. I hate to say it so soon, but I’m kind of over both of them!
On DWTS and Charlotte and Keo’s defense, a lot of couples aren’t in LA practicing. Noah & Sharna are back in Noah’s hometown figuring out the arm he is going to wear during some dance, Patti is over here in the East Coast (or so I’ve heard) and the same goes for Nastia and Derek. Redfood and Emma are still in Australia and Rumer and Val are in Chicago. Willow and Mark and Suzanne and Tony are the only ones who I have no clue why they haven’t love streamed yet. Maybe scheduling conflicts? I don’t know… I really wanna see how Willow is doing and if Suzanne is doing as good as I think she might be.
I just really hope Charlotte and Keo are more … enjoyable to watch this time around. They went to the beach yesterday so hopefully that relaxed Charlotte and she isn’t in a whiney mood today 😛 :
I think the scheduling just has to do with the couples that are in LA. They might be trying to figure out how to stream from other places but it might not be that easy. Even in LA they only une that one room, so I don’t think is something that can just be done with a camera. We know that are rehearsing outside of LA:
Noah and Sharna
Nastia and Derek
Patti and Artem
Emma and Redfoo (for now)
Rumer and Val (for now)
Suzane and Tony (?) (from the picture they posted it does not look like McCadden)
Of the people in LA we have seen
Charlotte and Keo
Michael and Peta
Robert and Kym
Ryker and Allison
So I guess that the only couple that has been rehearsing McCadden that we haven’t seen in Willow and Mark. And they got scheduled once and then changed.
I don’t think at this point they are trying to help some couples over others. This is a new thing they are trying and I think they are learning how to use it best with what they have.
I would bet that it has to do with Willow being so freakin’ young. There are a ton more rules about children on television – what you can and can’t do.
I agree PH, I think that it has to do with her age and it being unedited streaming. If I were her parent (regardless of her having been in movies), I would not let her do this show if it was too personally invasive and I would want to have some control over the even the edited clips. Mature or not, she is only 14 and this could really mess with her head as it is hard not to read when peers laugh (read “bullying”) at you online and one wrong move could have a long-term effect on her career-wise and mental health-wise.
I found Charlotte and Keo A LOT more enjoyable today than the other day. They were both having fun and she wasn’t as whiney 😛 I think she has potentiap to be great. She’s not a natural but if she just works harder she’ll get there. I’m excited for their Jive!
Charlotte and Keo’s 3RD rehearsal is now up in full on Youtube. 🙂
Thank You…Stormviking
I enjoyed Charlette and Keo’s 3rd rehearsal much better than the 2nd. Even though Charlotte mentioned being tired from yesterday’s rehearsal, she was nice and pleasantly having fun and so was Keo. I enjoyed watching the routines and it teaches me more about the dancing everytime I watch a hour of a couple rehearsing. Maybe we won’t see some of the couples rehearsing, but at least we are see some and learning about the hard work they do to create a dance for we viewers to watch on show night.
I agree. Keo is much more likable during this video. Good for him! I actually would be sad if she had to leave first. I like her. She seems to have a big heart and I like the chemistry between them. But if she stays longer than week 4 I would be amazed.
There’s just something with Charlotte that bugs me. Not sure what it is. But I’m just not feeling these two. Sadly.
Sandy that’s my feeling about Charlotte as well. Is it her? him? The 2 of them together? I peeked in just to check and they were not dancing, but joking around with their phones, so I turned it off. One thing I noticed is that she has RBF which she can’t help, but it can be off-putting….
Could you imagine if she was partnered with Maks?!
If she dances well enough she could hang around a few weeks. Keo is newer and may not have a big fan base. Not sure who Charlotte’s fan are. I guess people who like bikinis and hamburgers….everyone else seems to have a nitch, even a small one.
Does anyone else get the vibe that keo likes Charlotte? Lol so touchy last rehearsal. their personalities were a lot better this time around though, I actually enjoyed seeing their personalities. 🙂 they seem sweet. Can’t wait tho to see nastia and derek and willow and mark, and sharna and noah! Lol
Glad to see Charlotte and Keo getting more positive reactions to their 3rd rehearsal. I think it would be tough to be “on” for a whole hour, especially when you’re still getting to know each other and figuring out how to make your partnership work. With so few couples available for livestreaming right now, it’s a double-edged sword for those who are rehearsing in LA. They get the benefit of some extra face time with viewers, but their “growing pains” are out there for fans to see, while other couples get to sort out the ins and outs of their partnership more privately.
@Jill L – I’m not sure. It very well could the combination of the two of them together.
I would imagine that all of the couples have read the feedback from their earlier rehearsals and are trying very hard to repair the damage.
Redford and Emma Monday!
Yikes I meant Redfoo
Yippee!! Redfoo and Emma! 🙂
YES! I can finally see my lovely Emma ;-)… Missed their first rehearsal 🙁
Can’t wait to see Redfoo and Emma! I’m counting on Emma to focus on rehearsing rather than wasting most of the hour messing about and interacting with fans on social media.
I’m predicting a record amount of people watching today’s live feed!
To weigh in on some of the questions I’m seeing, based on what “little birdies” have told me:
1.) Something like seven couples are currently traveling right now, which is making it particularly hard to schedule different couples on some of the live rehearsal feeds. Charlotte & Keo, Robert & Kym, and Michael & Peta are the only couples that have been rehearsing at McCadden with any degree of regularity (and at reasonable times), so those are the ones we’re seeing over and over again.
2.) You can thank child labor laws for why we haven’t seen a Willow & Mark live feed – part of it is scheduling (minors are only permitted by law to work x number of hours consecutively before they have to take a break, and it’s often during very specific hours of the day…and since TPTB are likely trying to get the most viewers they can on these feeds, they have to consider the hour in which it’s occurring); part of it is “working conditions” – legally, they may not be able to air Willow’s rehearsal live, or they may be erring on the side of caution, legally. Had to consult the uncle (who has a license to practice law in Indiana, Illinois, & Texas) on this one – he said the laws vary from state-to-state, but with a state like California, which is “mired in bureaucracy” (hehe), there are probably some really weird, really picky stipulations surrounding child labor – especially in the entertainment industry.
3.) The couples are NOT being given any direction by TPTB on what to do with their hour of live rehearsal time – they can do whatever they want. They can practice, they can screw around on social media…hell, they could (ostensibly) read the phone book aloud in a British accent, if that’s what floats their boat. So yeah, the couples that are screwing around – that’s their choice.
Thank you so much Courtney, that information was very interesting and helpful. Appreciate it!
Thanks, Court. It’s useful to know TPTB aren’t “directing” the livestream rehearsal sessions (at least not yet) 😉
I love these behind the scenes things but I have to wonder this: when they have the partner switch will it be on live cam too? Now that would be awesome.
Good question Vin!
Rehearsals with Emma and Redfoo are about to begin…
420 viewers currently…
I think that redfoo and emma are my pick for most entertaining pairing thus far. Plus his clothing choices are pretty entertaining too. The costume people are going to love him. I’m the only one home until like 8ish so I have it on full blast volume wise as I make pizza lol.
I think they will get my vote for most entertaining too. He’s a crack up. Check out his pink shoes.
544 watching now….
Able to watch a rehearsal for the first time in a while. Based on what I’m seeing, Foo and Em will be probably be going down the entertainment route in the competition. Making a swift judgement based on his movements that he’s not going to get the best scores from Len and Julianne. He moves better than Em’s last partner though so that’s a plus.
I love how he listens and he’s taking it all so seriously.
He sure has a lot of ideas. I don’t know if that’s good or bad.
Well there’s no denying that he can move better than Michael Waltrip but damnit I was hoping Redfoo would be a better dancer than what I’m seeing… Not looking so great on the technical side right now but he and Emma are both way too entertaining and fun not to root for. I love their partnership! The entertainment factor might help them get far.. or so I hope. Maybe he improves with the weeks… we’ll see. For now though, it is looking VERY rough.
It sounds like they are dancing to his song “Juicy Wiggle”… that’s gonna be way too fun! I bet theh’re gonna go last on Monday night because of how entertaining and fun their dance is gonna be.
LOL I think I tuned in at the wrong time. They’re talking about shining lights and the judges and now going they are going to answer tweets. Redfoo may be worrying too much about the judges.
I’ll have to go back and watch the first half of the rehearsal. I’m kind of disappointed that I don’t find them as enchanting as before. I think he may be thinking too much instead of letting his body take over. Really want to love them together.
Did they mess with the starting time? I thought it is going to start now???
I loved how determined he was to learn the hard Samba steps she picked. She’s right though…he’s got the character and charisma factor down. Now he just needs to work on getting the dance down and the technique sharper. I also love how he’s not afraid to try different things which will be eye catching and entertaining such as a throw at the end.
I can’t wait to see their costumes… This is gonna be good.
Hey, they could both sit in a chair in the middle of the ballroom… And I’ll be watching. And that’s what the producers are banking on.
Just curious about the remarks about celebs posture, technique, etc needing work or looking rough…Isnt it supposed to? Beside Meryl or Charlie who comes in performance ready?
Everyone needs work and is clumsy and rough….I’m trying to enjoy their partnership and connection to each other and not be as critical about pointed toes or hand placement. Technique will come. The progression, for me, is the best part!
In the beginning Emma said the details will come after they lay down the track. I’m sure everyone dances better when they have music to guide them too….
Those shoes lmfao. Gotta love him. I cant wait for this season to start…..not gonna lie wwe is starting to work my last nerve lol.
Redfoo and Emma’s rehearsal is now up on youtube in full. Sorry for the wait. Also skip to 2:30, cause the producers had some technical issues that had me switching cameras in the beginning.
Oops, I guess I was wrong with the number of viewers! LOL
Thank you …Stormviking, again for uploading Redfoo and Emma’s rehearsal. I had company and missed the Live All Access.
I think if Redfoo stops talking and concentrates, he may get the technical part down better. We all know that he can entertain.
Hm… I was expecting much more from RedFoo. There’s no technique whatsoever in his dancing.
@Tamara – If you watch the whole video, you’ll notice Foo & Emma’s strategy: they’re working on the dance “layer by layer” – first, he’s learning the choreography and just making sure he’s at the right place at the right time; then, they working on polishing up the technique; finally, they’re working on showmanship. One thing at a time 🙂
I’m curious, though, and this is a question for just about everyone I’ve seen expressing disappointment with Redfoo: why did you assume that he’d have great technique? I think he’ll be a great showman, but I don’t know that he’s going to be the stellar technician that some of you seem to be expecting. Keep in mind that this is a guy that’s made a career of “shufflin'” in speedos…not a classically-trained dancer. 😎
I really enjoyed the Em and Foo rehearsal. Boy, she is strong, doing all those toning exercises! It makes me appreciate and remember the athletic strength of these dancers. (Like when Keo was going the plank exercise). I think this is a fun team and although he is a chatterbug, I think Foo will eventually get the steps. This is sure to be a entertaining team!!!
oops sorry, meant to say “when Keo was doing the plank exercise”.
I am not sure about this team. For me, it seems like Foo is not serious enough. But maybe that will come with time. But boy is Emma´s teaching style fast! And by the way: Her hidden talent is genius!!!
I loved Redfoo and Emma. 🙂
Granted I was kind of expecting more from them. But some of it I attributed to a bit of jetlag and I also felt that Emma was worried that Redfoo might give away too much in chit chat (he’s a bit of a talker) and/or his dancing steps. So that may have affected their practice. Just my opinion though.
Either way, I expected big things from Redfoo and Emma. Their costumes alone could be epic.
One thing I do know.. Dancing is hard. Hats off to those celebrities that sign up for this.
Oops.. it should read. “I expect big things from Redfoo and Emma.”
Emma is very good at what she does, and she has shone us with Bill E. She knows how to choreograph her dance so that without it being noticeable to us, she camouflages her partners weaknesses, does other pros.
I keep getting the feeling that the couples who have been in the Live All Access do not want to give too much away concerning their first dance out on the floor this coming Monday. For me, I will wait until after I see the 1st & 2nd dance done by all the couples before I have an opinion. Since it’s about the journey for me and the enjoyment I receiv from a couple each week that determines how I support any couple. I just think we are going to have a good entering show this season.
What the All Access rehearsals videos have done for me is show me just how hard both the celebrities and the pros have to work to put a dance routine together. I have a deeper appreciation towards both and also appreciate TPTB for arranging the rehearsals. 6 more days …….and counting!!!! Whooooopie!!!
Riker and Allison now rehearsing. 540 tuning in right now…
488 watching now (a far cry from the last time). They should quit talking. They are losing their audience.
I tuned in a couples minutes late and they were doing some hip-hop kinda moves so I was just confused. Are they adding all that to their ChaChaCha or are they already rehearsing for Week 2 (for like a Jazz I assume)? If it is the former, then Len’s probably not gonna like that…
Either way, whatever they were doing looked pretty good. I’m still a bit iffy about their partnership but that’s just me. They were answering a bit too many questions haha. But well, I’m getting used to it from all the couples.
Oh and KKat I think you’re right about them not wanting to show much. Michael and Peta though pretty much gave away their whole dance already lol. I think I already know what to expect from those two… everyone else is a mystery so that’s exciting 😀
Riker is the one that I think will be a surprise elimination. He is starting to annoy me.
Wait why are they doing lifts and contemporary moves. Don’t they have Cha-Cha for week 1? Or is this for week 2?
This was my first time catching Ryker & Allison on the live stream and I only caught the last 30 minutes, but I found Allison incredibly annoying. I felt like she was not being completely herself and acting for the cameras, trying to the force the funniness when most of the time her responses weren’t funny at all.
I will say, however, that during Keo & Charlotte’s first live stream I was also incredibly turned off by Keo in particular – I felt like he was just screaming Me! Me! Me! with the attention the entire time BUT the second live stream I had a completely different experience – I enjoyed not only both Keo & Charlotte but their partnership together as well.
I hope that all the pairs find some sort of happy medium where everyone’s satisfied in the end. It’s clear the pros & the celebrities enjoy the Q&A’s and the attention they get from it. I thought that Keo & Charlotte’s last life stream had the perfect balance of both.
Enjoying watching the videos! Not sure now who I am going to want to vote for. I like quite a few of the couples. Question on the side: does anyone know if there are going to be results shows this season??
@Aprilp – Results show is back 2nd half of the season.
Something to keep in mind about what the couples are choosing to do in their rehearsals: they all likely have different goals and target audiences they are trying to cater to. For someone like Riker, who has a large social media following and a rather young fanbase, it’s probably going to make more sense to spend their hour rehearsal catering to the social media crowd than it is to just straight rehearse for an hour. For someone like Michael, who has a dubious fanbase and is likely trying to prove what hard and dedicated worker he is, it’s probably going to make more sense to rehearse and rehearse seriously the whole time. Ditto for Redfoo – since so many have preconceived notions that he is just a goofy guy, then it makes sense to show that he really is taking this show seriously. Just something to consider when you find yourselves going “WTF are they doing??? And WHY?!”
Courtney, I appreciate the “food for thought” info so to speak. it definitely makes sense. Personally, I wouldn’t mind so much if the entire hour was Q&A if it was more celebrity focused. I feel like certain pros (i.e. Allison and Keo from the 1st live feed) was making it mostly about them and less showcasing of their partners. Mostly disappointed today because so many people speak very highly of Allison but the “act” she put on today really turned me off.
@Courtney…#512
Am I reading your correctly? The Results show (Mon & Tues) will be back half-way through the show for the 2nd half. Right?
What about no eliminations the first two Mondays?? I read that somewhere, but can’t remember where.
@CC..#507
Yes…Michael & Peta showed us a lot of moves more than the others. I still will be surprised, though, when I actually see them out on the floor, as with the other couples.
I agree Courtney. But does Allison really thin she comes over as young and cool when she is acting like that? To me, that is just annoying. So far, I liked Val and Rumer (even with the silly costumes) and Kym and Robert the most. They showed that you can do social media and show some dancing, without having any strategy in mind
*think
I want to be surprised on week 1 so I’m okay if the couples are not showing us anything even remotely associated with their dance.
As far as Allison and Riker’s rehearsal, I only watched about half of it. I just lost interest.
Allison and Riker’s rehearsal was at a bad time for me to watch. I liked their cameo in Redfoo and Emma’s rehearsal yesterday. I’m hoping Allison improved greatly in teaching ballroom & latin dances.
#510 Jackie: I agree with you about Allison. Her personality, all the endless chatter, and very little dancing really made me lose interest in this couple and I had to turn off their rehearsal. But then again, as Court mentioned, Riker’s very young fanbase and target audience may want the social media focus. I was hoping Riker had inherited Derek’s physical fluidity, but his movements just seem very stiff. At this point, I’ve rather lost interest in this team and guess that Riker may be an early elimination unless he and Allison really wow us on the show.
Got Riker and Allison’s 2nd Rehearsal up in full. A few producer camera glitches. Start at 1:17 or after to avoid.
You have to remember that the VAST majority of the voting public who watch the show are not going to see these rehearsal videos. So, when predicting who might be an early elimination, I doubt very much that this is a good metric to use.
#521. I think the problem with Allison and Riker’s rehearsal was actually Allison. I’ve noticed on both videos, Riker was saying “you got to tell me what you’re about to do”…and Allison doesn’t seem to get it because she keeps saying “oh no, you’re doing fine”…goodness, she needs to step it up as a teacher. She might need to watch Emma or Kym on how to properly teach her student. I don’t mind watching Riker at all but sadly I agree with some comments here about Allison…and I was probably among the minority who wanted TPTB to give Allison another chance. I can see Riker is focus and willing to learn.
I absolutely agree with you PHeidi. A lot of the older viewers may only get on a p.c. to look something up, shop online or for emailing.
“Balls….oops.” LOL
Finally, Derek & Nastia ~ Wow /Really great rehearsal -fun too. Truly was fascinating to watch~ He’s always in creative mode!! 🙂
She’s fantastic ~ They are going to be amazing together. Looking forward to their performances.
Maybe next time, they can tell us in advance so the fans can ask them a few questions & they can respond at some point in the rehearsal like the other teams.
Go Team Houghkin!!
Derek being not so subtle with their song in that video.
They may not be able to dance to music, but I think everyone who watches this rehearsal knows what song they’ve got.
And I’m glad because it’s a good one.
Really enjoying Nastia and Derek’s rehearsal so far.
I’m wondering if Derek is always this hyper during rehearsals lol. Good to see him so excited and overall happy. Nastia is definitely gonna be a good dancer so I’m excited to see what they both do this season.
Seems like they have Foxtrot first so that’s gonna be fun! Wonder who’s gonna have the better one… Nastia or Rumer… 😉
@CC – I hear both are looking fantastic. But if I had to guess – Nastia’s will probably end up being the more memorable one.
Also, a heads-up: you will probably be seeing more pre-taped rehearsals in the coming days. All the couples traveling have created a rather unique situation with respect to the live rehearsals…so they’ve had to improvise a bit.
Loving Derek and Nastia’s rehearsal. Now that’s what I call entertaining. I was delighted they didn’t have to waste time giving mundane answers to dumb fan questions.
A Foxtrot to “New York, New York”. Not terribly original on the part of TPTB. 😛
Nastia and Derek are going to have to work hard to erase years of gymnastic habits, but it’s looking good. Can’t wait to see the finished product.
Thanks for the heads-up, Court. Can’t wait to see more like this from the other travelers.
I wonder if the other pros will watch Derek’s video to learn a few things – he has such a history of success on the show and I think so much of it comes from his teaching ability…
Derek is so engaged with his partner. LOVED watching this. He doesn’t like wasting any time.
Agree with you Cidra #532. Derek and Nastia has the best rehearsal I’ve seen. And yes, I finally watched all the videos just to be fair. Nastia is cute.
I agree with you all, that was so enjoyable, I didn’t want it to end. Can’t wait to see the final product Monday. They have a great connection. Nastia is cute and a hard worker, kept right up with Derek.
“Hey no way” ba ba boom”
Hay Stormviking can you redo these videos for an international audience
I can not watch these videos here in the UK
Please much appreciated
wow, best rehearsal so far. Derek’s great entertainer nad teacher and Nastia’s so cute, she kinda reminds me of Shawn. can’t wait to see them dance!
In case it might have gone unnoticed, one of Noah and Sharna’s rehearsals is also up on the DWTS YouTube channel. 😀
Didn’t watch the entire thing but skimming through it, he looks alright. He may not be amazing but he also isn’t terrible and he kinda has SOME rhythm to work with. He and Sharna are really good together and she seems to be doing a great job with him. I’m excited to see how their ChaChaCha will turn out. I have a feeling he can go a long way if he keeps working as hard as he seems to be.
Can I request an international version of Nastia and Derek’s rehearsal? I cant watch it.
you just have to love sharna… “Stratey! We should make you look very bad and then monday kill it”…”Please don´t tweed any suggestions” Haha….
Nastia and Derek are looking soooo good and I believe this was only their second or third rehearsal? It says it was recorded 9 days ago. Wow, so impressed. Can’t wait to see the end result 🙂
I’ve SO been waiting to see both Nastia and Noah, such a treat! I really enjoyed watching both couples, mostly because Derek and Sharna are fascinating to watch as teachers. It’s so rare to see artist create in an hour of unedited rehearsal footage so I welcome this so much.
Derek and Nastia look damn good and this reheasal was a week ago, I can’t imagine how they’ll be by Monday. She’ll definitely excel at the ballroom dances and I’m curious to see what her hip action is like. Watching Derek work with his partner and just figure things is fascinating. I loved how he said at one point “let me see how you’re doing the move and I’ll mimic you” – he just makes it work. They may not be the liveliest personality wise for some but I think they’ll do great.
Noah is determined! He is such a hard worker. I really think he wants to do everything he can so he doesn’t look foolish. He was counting along with Sharna and he wants to BECOME a dancer and learn everything. No one will work harder than him. As far as his actual dancer he’s decent enough. He has SOME hip action so he’s not a lost cause. Also this was their second rehearsal. I do think he’ll have different challenges than Amy though so I can imagine Sharna has to be stressed some.
Really like both couples though!
the ending at sharna´s and noah´s rehearsal is one of the funniest thing I have ever seen!!!
Thanks for the Videos! Looks like I have some catching up to do today. Derek and Nastia and Sharna and Noah.
Off topic: Have we ever had 545 comments to any topic before? These All-Access rehearsal videos are a hit!
@Sandy – I think the record for “most comments on a single post” is somewhere in the neighborhood of 800+. But we’re getting there! 🙂
Is there a way to jump to the bottom of the comments? My poor little *computer mouse* is getting tired … 🙂
is there an easy way to put most recent comments first?
You can find an international version of Derek and Nastia here: http://www.purederekhough.com/2015/03/10/derek-hough-and-nastia-liukin-rehearsal-video/
I think either Vogue or I are going to have to start a new post because of the massiveness of the comments. If she doesn’t do it, I’ll do it later today and put a link in that directs you to the archived rehearsals AND the first post.
Thanks Heidi. I think with the amount of videos included as well I find that my computer is taking a while to load. It’s like the little train that could.. I think I can, I think I can.. 🙂
Wonderful rehearsal video from Noah and Sharna. I think Noah takes instruction better than almost anyone I’ve seen. He watches, he listens, he asks questions. He doesn’t get flustered. While they’re working, he never loses focus. Must be that military discipline. It’s so impressive.
Noah’s not a natural, but he’s not bad. He’s got excellent coordination and body awareness, and I’m pretty sure I saw some hip action. 😀
Vogue — I know you have a line with Sharna. Please tell her she does *not* need to make their rehearsals more interesting or entertaining. Noah’s charming personality comes out very nicely while they work, and he needs rehearsal time. Don’t waste an hour “putting on a show”. Just watching her and Noah figure things out, train hard, and have fun together is absolutely fascinating.
Sandy, when I want to go to a hot thread that has a lot of comments, I use the “Recent Comments” bar. I find the title of the thread, then I click on the name of the last person who posted to that thread. That takes me right to their comment in the thread, which is at or near the bottom. Then I only have to scroll up a little bit to find where I left off reading last time I was here.
Three rehearsal today: Noah, Chris, and Rumer.
THIS from Cidra: “Vogue — I know you have a line with Sharna. Please tell her she does *not* need to make their rehearsals more interesting or entertaining. Noah’s charming personality comes out very nicely while they work, and he needs rehearsal time. Don’t waste an hour “putting on a show”. Just watching her and Noah figure things out, train hard, and have fun together is absolutely fascinating.”
Where are Suzanne and Tony btw? Are they in LA or somewhere else?
I’m really curious to watch ’em rehearse.
I agree with you, Cidra. I was more than intrigued watching Noah and Sharna figure it out than if they were just goofing off for the camera. Though, since they will have a live stream today, there’ll probably be more “audience participation.”
I was doing some research on prosthetics after the promo pics were released because I read somepeople elsewhere giving Noah a hard time about his pants having one pant leg and the shorts leg to show his prosthetic, but I didn’t find anything in particular about whether or not it’s easier for the prosthetic to move with shorts as opposed to pants. Guess I’m wondering because I watched several YouTube videos with Noah, and he was always in shorts. Even on Ellen and other TV interviews.
On Noah’s Facebook, he linked to his prosthetic company, and they’ve talked a bit in detail about his prosthetics if anyone else is geeky like me and finds that kind of stuff interesting. I’m interested to see how the adjustments to his leg are working out now as opposed to when he didn’t have them for this rehearsal.
The end was funny though. His son sounds like a real charmer like his dad. And LOL to Sharna’s
“modest” comment.
three videos in one day, including almost all of my favourites? Holy cow, I need a day off tomorrow 😉
CM, You’re probably right, they’ll put in more audience interaction if they’re recording another livestream today. I hope the pros will soon adjust to the occasional one-hour livestream and find a way to work it into their rehearsal plan so that it has minimal impact on teaching the dance, which is kinda important. 😉 That’s obviously where Noah’s focus is, and I’d feel the same way.
I made a comment that I thought it was unnecessary to have Noah wear trousers with 1 short and 1 long leg in the promo shoot. However, I blame the producers for that, not Noah.
Don’t know anything about prostheses, but I can see having fabric around the knee joint might make it more difficult to move. That would actually make a good Twitter question (instead of the inane ones they typically get asked).
Loved Derek & Nastia. Loved how he was creating right in front of us. He was like a kid wanting to play the music. (Can I play it now? How about now?) lol
First rehearsal that I watched all the way. (I got bored with the others did the social media stuff.)
Now off to watch Noah & Sharna. Yeah!!
Oh my goodness Cidra – LOL All these years posting on here and I have never tried that. I have always just clicked on the title. Your a genius!! 🙂
i think he has to wear a short leg pant because it looks like the fabric could get caught in the knee joint. I don’t think he does it to show it off or anything like the critics are saying.
Amy doesn’t have knee prosthetic so for her it did matter.
I loved this rehearsal!
I meant for Amy it didn’t matter. Sorry….
It’s kind of a double edged sword, Cidra. I want to see them rehearse, but at the same time, I want to be surprised by the dance. Can’t have it both ways, I guess. LOL. I was thinking maybe the pros could fake moves for the live stream, but that would just confuse the celebs more.
And that is why I watch this on TV as opposed to actually doing it. 😀
LOL, Sandy. Me, a “genius”? Not so much. “Lazy”…definitely. 😛
CM, I think I’ll still be surprised by the dance when we see it. It’s not like we’re seeing full runthroughs of the performance. Just bits and pieces.
Does anyone outside the US watch my youtube recordings. Want to know if they are viewable internationally?
A few words on Noah’s prostheses…
…Noah’s amputation left a lot less of his real leg to work with than Amy’s amputation did. Consequently, a non-robotic prosthetic like one of Amy’s likely wouldn’t work for Noah – hers relies on the movement of the thighs and hip flexors to begin natural gait movement, which in turn cues the artificial knee joint to complete the movement like real knee joint would. Noah’s leg prosthetic is actually partially robotic – he starts the gait movement with his hip flexors, and electrical impulses cue the knee joint to move in synergy…or at least they are supposed to. Apparently Noah was having trouble with the knee flexing prematurely last week, and that was part of the reason he and Sharna had to go visit his prosthetist: to have the knee reprogrammed, along with investigating the possibility of an arm prosthetic that behaves similarly. It’s really kind of fascinating.
1350 watching!
Good for Chris!
Yes, stormviking. I get your videos just fine in Mexico. But I did have to go to a proxy site to watch the Nastia/Derek vid from DWTS. So, THANKS!!!! It’s lovely being able to wait and then watch them later in the evening when our internet connection is faster.
Chris seems like a nice guy …he’s really trying to get the steps right and do well.
Witney and Chris looks pretty cute together …i’m liking these 2. 🙂
@Courtney – I would imagine a new arm prosthetic would take some time to adapt to. It seems like a huge undertaking at this stage of the competition.
I thought I had read somewhere that Noah had one previously but did not like it. Hopefully things will go smoothly.
I enjoyed their rehearsal footage… I noticed his shirt said “STUD” but I didn’t even associate it with the MUFFIN part. At least not until Sharna mentioned it.
Ok, not gonna lie, but Chris is actually kinda funny and even a bit charming. He was just so boring in interviews and on the Bachelor I thought he had zero personality.. turns out he’s actually pretty cool. Maybe Witney’s fun and bubbly personality is rubbing off on him. And possibly the fact that he doesn’t have to keep so many secrets has him a lot more relaxed. Just a theory I guess.. But definitely not that boring of a guy 😛 He and Witney are pretty cute together.
His dancing is…. not that bad but also not that great. I think having the Jive first is good for him as he doesn’t have to worry about moving the hips much like in the ChaChaCha and considering how stiff he seems the Foxtrot probably would have been VERY awkward. I think he could potentially improve but I’m not putting my money on that just yet 😛
Thanks, Court. Love these tidbits. This is the kind of info TPTB *should* bring out in their pre-dance package. With the many wounded warriors we have returning to civilian life, we would all benefit from understanding that the challenges faced by people with prostheses aren’t all “the same”.
I’m really looking forward to seeing Noah and Sharna later today to see if the knee reprogramming has helped.
Chris looks like a giant dancing next to the teeny tiny Witney.
With 1350 tuning in, he’s definitely got a fan base which means we’re stuck with him for a while. 🙄
Thank goodness, Chris isn’t as awful as I feared he’d be. Don’t think he’ll be a favorite of mine, but he might not be unwatchable.
Correction, stormviking. I had been watching all of your videos from Mexico just fine but I just tried to watch the Noah/Sharna vid and it was blocked. I used a proxy so it was fine but I have no idea why this one is different when the rest were fine.
I absolutely love Witney, and now that I am seeing these two together, it makes me love her even more! They are really funny together and he’s not half bad as a dancer! #TeamSouleShaker
@Cidra – Hopefully I won’t lose one of my favorites before then.
@Leslie B . DWTS has started uploading full rehearsal on their channel, some that haven’t been streamed. Like noah & sharna and Derek & nastia. But their videos are not view able internationally, but the ones on my channel are. People know want me to post those on mine so they can see them.
Sandy, that could be a real possibility. I’m already preparing myself for that so I don’t get too PO’d when it happens. LOL
Stormviking, You’re doing an amazing job, and we’re super grateful. Do what you can, but don’t try to do *more* than you reasonably can. The Pure Mods can attest that the kids can get a bit greedy and demanding, not realizing how time-consuming this type of work can be.
@Cidra Thanks 🙂
They should probably just show 1 rehersal per week for each couple. Now just curious about Willow and Susan. The ones that impressed me so far are Nastia, Rumer, and Riker.
I get the sense Mark and Willow are awkward with each other, she won’t look at him while talking. I remember last season Mark and Sadie posted so much stuff before the start of the season, pretty different this season. I don’t think it has anything to do with age. Mark is just goofy, while Willow seems very mature for her age.
@Cidra – Well according to Chris’s boss, Iowa Megadonor Bruce Rastatter, Chris has been employed by him for the past 10 years as a real estate contractor. He is currently on a 1 year leave.
So I guess Chris needs to either get famous or it’s back to his old job.
Again, just going by what I have read.
PJ, he then commented on the music AGAIN at the end, saying that it was hard for him to “feel it’ without it. So funny.
Oh geez, Sandy. That just gave me painful flashbacks to Sean Lowe stomping around like a 3 year old all the way to Week 8, and how apathetic I was.
Oh man, I had to work this morning and I am missing so much fun!!! I can’t wait to see the rehearsals I’ve missed.
And good idea Heidi. I’ll make a new post that will start tomorrow, Everyone.
#557-DWTSFan – I believe Suzanne & Tony have been rehearsing in Palm Springs!
#Stormviking – as I’ve already mentioned on Twitter the official DWTS rehearsals vids works fine if you use proxy and I live in UK! Yours are working fine as normal! Thank you for your trouble in the uploads. Much appreciated!
StormViking, I ditto up the others. You have been doing such a superb job. Keep up the excellent work!!
Yes absolutely count me in too! Huge Thanks to StormViking. You have done an incredible job.
Derek and Nastia’s rehearsal was awesome!! It was amazing to be able to watch Derek’s creative process as he fashioned the perfect choreo to fit Nastia’s strengths and beauty. She really is a hard worker, great student, learns the steps quickly and has such beautiful, graceful lines. Derek was inventive, patient, funny, encouraging and supportive. A perfect teacher for a student with tremendous potential. Can’t wait to see their foxtrot! I think this is the frontrunner team!
Vogue-y! There you are. I was wondering why you weren’t spreading sunshine like you always do. 🙂
Don’t you just hate it when work interferes with the important things in life? 😛
There are times (like today) when I can work and play at the same time, and other days when I just have to buckle down and work even though all I want to do is play (bleah).
Thanks so much and you said it, Cids!!!! Yes, it’s hard when work interferes with the more important things like our Dancing With The Stars fix. *CRIES* loll
Btw, Sharna tweeted out that she and Noah have an announcement to make in their next rehearsal coming up in about 30 minutes. I wonder what it is?
Oooh! That sounds exciting. Only 25 minutes to showtime.
Vogue, it may have been insomnia induced delirium, but around 2 AM I saw Sharna tweet to someone that she & Noah were going to change their team name to whatever that person suggested, so that may be it. The emoji Sharna used made it seem like not a big deal. I think.
Oooh A WHOLE hour of Sharna Burgess. Heaven. No one will ever understand my love for Emma, Sharna and Kym three my top DWTS pros over in the US and here in the UK
Maybe they’re going to be taking Twitter questions from fans during their rehearsal?
Fascinating DM! Can’t wait to see if that’s it.
ATTN: DWTS apparently caught wind that I was doing their job better than them. & would now like to control the All Access rehearsals and recordings.. I got a copyright infringement notice on Youtube for one rehearsal, I’m sure others will follow. So I gotta delete the videos on my channel. Sorry guys. It was fun. 🙂
I love Sharna. . . .
“That mirror ball is mine. I mean ours.”
Yay #TeamShway “all the way”….that is much better than what they had before!!
786 now tuning in…
864 watching.
That alright. But I was expecting more people to tune in to watch Noah.
LOL She’s so funny. *looking good so far!
970 and going up!
@Stormviking, there are other places to upload your videos, hopefully someone who has routinely had problems from TPTB over DWTS videos can give you some advice for a place to put all of them up. Unfortunately, it will mean reloading your videos.
But please keep recording them!
Maybe the viewer numbers would be much higher if they were rehearsing later in the day. Which is why the numbers will be high for Val and Rumer I think. I love Sharna and Noah, hope they really go far this season.
Rats! It’s dinner time at my house. I won’t be able to finish watching Sharna and Noah. I’ll have to catch it later.
Oh my goodness, I’m falling behind in watching these videos now. I haven’t even watched Nastia and Derek yet.
Sharna is so pretty and sweet – not to mention talented!! And so much respect for Noah – what a wonderful person.
1070 watching….Excellent!
Loved the lifts!!
@lori Yes I am still recording them, and will more than likely move to another site I know about but it will take some time to re-upload all of them.
Keep us posted StormViking. Hugsss
Love the chemistry Noah and Sharna are developing as a couple.
I see tons of technical improvement in Noah, especially the way he uses his arm while holding Sharna’s hand. It’s relaxed at the elbow and moves freely at the shoulder and wrist.
Noah’s physical strength and sense of balance just blow me away.
Stormviking, sorry to hear the DWTS police are after you. Hope you can find a safe place to hide 🙂 If you do, let us know. Then we’ll do like they did during Prohibition, where you had to know the secret password to get into a speakeasy.
Noah has a terrific work ethic, and I really enjoy Sharna’s teaching style. There’s just something about her attention to even the most minor detail that makes me think she’d be the perfect teacher for me if I were in that environment.
I’m laughing at myself because one of my initial questions/worries was “Oh, please don’t saddle them with Contemporary, how will they ever do lifts?” They sure made me look dumb. LOL.
For those of you, like me, that may have missed all of part of Redfoo and Emma’s first rehearsal it now on You Tube.
Ok, Guys! We’re going to close comments in this post (since they are getting too long making the post hard to pull up for some people). Go to THIS NEW POST to watch the stream and videos and to comment now. See you there and thanks so much, Everyone!! You rock!!