DWTSRussia Week 8 With Gleb Savchenko, Adelina Sotnikova, And Elena Samodanova – Coverage, Photos, Video
Wow! It’s hard to believe it’s the 8th week of Dancing With The Stars Russia! Times flies when you are having fun. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d become such a fan to Dancing With The Stars Russia and I have Gleb Savchenko, Adelina Sotnikova, Elena Samodanova, the rest of cast, and all of you who are following along to thank for all the fun.
Oh, and speaking of Elena….is this not the sweetest picture of her and little Olivia? I melted into a thousand tiny little pieces seeing it. Thanks to Elena for posting it at her instagram.
So this week, Gleb Savchenko and Adelina Sotnikova are dancing a JIVE!! And below is a little sneak peek of it thanks to Adelina’s instagram. I have a feeling this is going to be a fun one….
Be thinking of them and wishing them the best as the pressure is truly on as we inch closer to the finals. For those wanting to tune into Dancing With The Stars Russia today, be watching Live Russia TV at 9:45 ET. If the LIVE stream doesn’t work, check my twitter page as I’ll be tweeting whichever stream works. Also, be sure to VOTE. If you are able to… “send a SMS with number 10 to 1075” to VOTE for their dance today. You can also vote for Gleb and Adelina to win a Fans Choice Trophy Award at this link online daily and all week until the end of the season. Anyone can vote including International voters. If you need directions, see this twitter link as Anastassija Lipkova has been so nice explaining it for us so well (note that number of votes in the 3rd line is just a figure. Ticking the 1st box is obligatory. The 2nd box is optional. Your votes go to a good cause as well).
In other fun things to share on Gleb and Adelina, if you go here and here, you can watch them having fun in rehearsals this week. Also, below are some instagram and twitter photos from the week including Gleb and Elena attending Russia’s fashion week. One of the photos with Gleb and Adelina includes dancer, choreographer Alexey Balash who seems like a cool cat too.
Ok, that’s all for now. Stay tuned for updates below. We’ll post more pics and video as soon as we can. Be sure to let us know what you think in comments too and thanks to those of you who are following along.
ETA: Gleb and Adelina just finished up their Jive on Dancing With The Stars Russia. The splits, the tricks, and the jumps were out of this world. It was action packed and full of fun and creativity! It was like a birthday party on speed. Just incredible again. They scored a 49 out of 50 placing them 3rd for the week(this seems unfair. They should be in 1st or 2nd at the worst). One judge described it as a “mix of strawberry and blueberry, very bright and fresh’ which was so true. For some beautiful photos, see DWTSRussia Facebook. Also, a huge huge thanks to @NastineLi at twitter from all of us as she translated the whole show for us from Russia to English if you want to read her timeline. She also posted photos. And below is a video of their dance thanks to Юлия Конова You Tube (you can watch all the dances here if you like). Let us and Gleb and Adelina know what you think in comments. What a great dance and a great show again!!!
Wow, that was amazing. I’m happy for Gleb, that people are finally able to see what a true talent he is.
That was such a great dance. So full of power and with all the “ingredients” that make the Jive so fun. So much power. The never cease to amaze. That show has a awful lot of talent but Gleb and Adelina are the best.
Vogue, Thanks, this this week’s installment of Adelina and Gleb on DWTS Russia. It’s always the highlight of my Saturday visits to Pure.
Jive is such a hard dance for the celeb to do; it’s so difficult to really get the pumping action on the kicks and flicks. I loved the concept, the tricks, the power, and the fun they brought to the dance. Gleb was fantastic, of course. However, I’m not gonna lie–I didn’t think Adelina was at her best. I think this type of movement is about as far from her comfort zone as anything she’s done on the show. The song was so fast that she seemed to be working overtime to not get behind the beat and to keep in time with Gleb on the side-by-side work. That said, Adelina gave it her all and it was an impressive effort. The 49 out of 50 seems fair to me as a standalone score. Not having seen the other couples perform, I can’t say if they should have ended up higher on the leaderboard. I hope they’re not getting lowballed because I love them to bits.
Thanks so much for your comments, Guys!
Rose, I’m so happy for him too.
Andrea, “so much power” indeed!!
Cids, I’m so glad these posts are a highlight to your Saturday. Thanks and I agree…it was an impressive effort despite any slight timing flaws.
Thanks again Guys!! Here’s to next week. xx
Thank you Nastine Li and Vogue.
I know I am very late, have been on the road all day and just got to read, watch the show.
I am in love with this show, who would have thought!
Elena and precious Olivia always beautiful!
WOW OH WOW!!!! That was a jive on steroids! Gleb, Adelina you were fabulous. Should have been a 50. Adelina you were moving seriously girl. Gleb another great job. SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH!!!!
I am going to watch it again and then try to get some sleep. Try.
Thanks to all for your posts! Week 8 seems impossible.
I am really looking forward to next week.
Night all!
I want to thank Vogue and Nastine Li for making this show so much more interesting with the comments. Watched them do that high powered, dynamic, high energy Jive and they were fantastic. Adelina did seem off a little but she did an amazing job as always. Gleb has never been so action packed in his dancing, you can tell he is working really hard, remember he is a ballroom dancer with many championships. This shows his versatility and he is working very hard…..he is so ready to return as a Pro…hopefully to DWTS here.
I had to leave right after their dance to a play downtown…so I am watching it again now.
They are fun to watch, this show is really growing on me, learning about the other dancers is fun…..thanks again.
I agree Julie I like watching all of the dances. Gleb is working very hard but I think he always works very hard. He just has the right showcase to show everyone what he is capable of. I am very happy for him as others here have already said.
Awww thanks so much for your comments!! Glad you enjoyed! Couldn’t agree more with you both on everything you wrote!! They were so good and I’m so happy for Gleb too!! Thanks again and here’s to next week!!!
Having been unable to get back to sleep one Saturday morning(I think it was week 2 of the show), I noted your tweet about the DWTS Russia. I decided to give a shot, if only to kill some time. Really glad I did as I thoroughly enjoy the show. Now I wake faithfully each Saturday morning to watch the show. Loving it!! Thanks Vogue!
Awwwww YW and (((Thank you))))! Glad you are enjoying it as much as I am.