Private Members Area – DWTS Season 21 Week 2 (Night 2) Discussion
It’s time for Dancing with the Stars Season 21 week 2 (night 2) and you know what that means. Time to enjoy some friendly, educated banter in the Pure DWTS Insider. If you’re not a Pure DWTS Insider yet, you can do so here. If you are, then I look forward to the discussion in the comments.
I’m posting this a bit early (at least for us west coast people). So, I don’t have much to add myself, but I figured I’d let those of you not on the west coast get started. What did you think of the second dances? Were they better than last night’s dances? Did you like seeing the pros hometown videos?
What did you think of the elimination? Were you shocked, surprised, sad? Let’s hear your thoughts in the comments. Plus, I look forward to the off topic conversations as well.
Sad to see Victor go so early. He was definitely improving and was so positive. While I agree that Kims fans aren’t necessarily whats saving her at this point, Gary’s fans are the only thing saving him. I thought Mark/Alexa were so good. Beautiful to watch. I wish they had 2 scoring systems. One for technical and one for performance value. Mark/Alexa should have gotten perfect scores for performance value. Derek/Bindi would have only been penalized in one part of the scoring. That would give proper credit for both technically difficult and beautifully performed dances.
Sarina,
I was sad to see Victor go as well. I loved the way he threw himself into his dances.
2 scoring systems would be good from a scoring perspective. Although, revealing 2 scores for all the couples would take forever. So, they’d have to ditch the drama of the reveal and just show the scores. Something I don’t think they want to do. Plus, the dances are so short, the judges wouldn’t have enough time to decide their scores and get them to the producers before the reveal without screwing up a bunch of the scores.
I was sad to see Victor go as well. But when your up against a HOT BSB, an young charming and handsome American Hero, a somewhat crazy but very entertaining Gary, then we have drama filled reality stars… And everyone please don’t forget “Our first ever Married Couple”.. (if I hear that one more time I swear I’ll have to clean something)!! He really didn’t have a chance.
So look who favorited this tweet from @IfHayesLeavesWeRiot about Alek taking Emma out for coffee: https://twitter.com/RiotersRule/status/646533114324455425
*insert heart-eyed emoji here*
OMG! It’s so cute <3
Now, I want Alek and Emma for the switch up week!
LOL Court. So cute!!!
LOL Court that was good.
Alexa and Mark just breathtaking and as always underscored. IMO
Bindi,Hayes,Nick,Alek just get better and better.
My Dark Horse Victor always so proud of you. Have and Will Always bet on your silks. You gave your heart and soul to the ride as you always do. Karina is wonderful, talented and oh so beautiful.
Because I am only being positive this season I won’t tell you how much the judges annoyed me last night will just say THEY DID!!!
@Perrye – Yes, please spread the word that we’re pushing Alek & Emma for switch week π
I still try to rationalize why we needed to have two dances in week 2. These people are still new to dancing, so why do two dances so early? My thought is they still could have done this Hometown Glory theme later on in the season if they really wanted to. Like at the Quarter or Semi finals maybe? Where the stars are more comfortable with doing two dances.
But I guess there’d only be 5 or 6 pros to talk about at that point, so I guess I do get why they did it in week 2 so they could talk about all the pros.
Alexa was underscored in my opinion. I think I can see the lack of connection, but I thought the judges were a bit harsh on her, Carrie Ann especially (though this is no surprise since she always picks on the younger, pretty girls as our mods have said so many times here).
And it was sad to see Victor go, I agree. He wasn’t the best dancer, but he was improving and you could tell he really wanted to be there. He’ll be missed next week, for sure.
Source confirmed that Emma does, indeed, want Alek in the switch-up – and I have a feeling Alek is on board with the idea, too. π Tweet that sh*t, kids! #AlekEmmaSwitchupWeek
Court when is Switch up Week. In other word how long do I have to wait for this? π
@lynn – Currently trying to work that one out π Will let you know when I have more info – but I would venture a guess probably week 5, when there are 9 couples left, if they’re following the pattern of previous switch weeks.
Thank you!
I never thought I’d be so excited for the switch-up week! I gave up on tweeting after the season 18 debacle when nothing we tweeted matched up to the actual pairs, but I would certainly try to make this happen!
Ok, #Alma/#Emmek update: myself, @RiotersRule (aka IfHayesLeavesWeRiot) and @LindsayAFans (aka Team Takedown) have forged an alliance of sorts, and are going to be pushing #AlekEmmaSwitchWeek and #HayesLindsaySwitchWeek when the time comes. Emma, Lindsay, and Alek are all on board with the idea, and I doubt Hayes would object π So if you want to see #Alma happen, please tweet those two combos when the voting starts!
We’re also recommending #AllisonCarlosSwitchWeek, #NickWitneySwitchWeek, and #AndySharnaSwitchWeek, but the two key ones we’re pushing are the Alek/Emma and Hayes/Lindsay ones π
OMG Court! You are cracking me up and believe me it was needed today. lol
I definitely want your tenacity on my side if needed.
OK I am definitely IN!!!!
Glad to hear we have another person on board π I don’t ship…but I NEED to see #Alma happen with every fiber of my being. LOL
“I donβt shipβ¦but I NEED to see #Alma happen with every fiber of my being.”
I’m going to add this to your bio “I ship for #Alma”
LOL John! I love it!!
Just gonna leave this here! So if Lindsay and Alek are Dancing to True Blood theme wouldn’t that song have been a better song for Alma?
@lynn – LOL! Yeah, prolly π But we’re holding out for a rumba from those too π
D A M
LOL, I’m so glad I poked my nose in here. As Lynn said yesterday I really needed a laugh after the work-week I’ve had!
I don’t ship either and I haven’t tweeted since the S18 debacle, but I’m willing to vote to make Alma happen!
As a charter member of the Skarlatos Swooners, I can say with great conviction that an Alek/Emma pairing for switch-up week would have me reaching for my smelling salts! If they did a rumba? Be still my heart!!!
Hey all, do you have questions you’d like ask Carrie Ann Inaba? If so, let us know in this new post:
https://www.puredwts.com/2015/09/28/private-members-area-do-you-have-questions-for-judge-carrie-ann-inaba-for-a-new-puredwts-interview/