Dancing with the Stars Season 25, Week Three – LIVE BLOG
One of the great things about DWTS is that it is a moment of fun in a very harsh world these days. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by the horrific events of last night in Las Vegas, especially our “Charlie”, John. Please consider giving blood, no matter where you are – and call your representatives if you, like me, pray for sensible gun legislation.
Perfect start to the show by Tom Bergeron. Pretty fun opening number, I must say.
Maks is dealing with a personal issue?? And no elimination this week. Which means we’ll probably have a double next week.
Fun package from Drew and Emma and a pretty fine dance as well. It’s quite possible that Drew has found his stride. And Drew is cuter than Jonathan.
CAI, he showed how going first is done?? Yeah, let’s see at the end of the night if his score holds up. And he gets a 23. I suspect that won’t hold up through the night.
Derek goes second. Anyone still believe that they’re favoring Sharna for the win??
Derek – still hot. 😉 I’ve always liked this song so it might be my guilty pleasure as well. Dude doing it justice. Pretty decent dance – I feel like he’s improved as well and got into it a bit tonight.
Victoria in the third spot, doing a quickstep. Val hates the song – find a way, dude, relate to your partner. Victoria is just darling.
This song really doesn’t work for a quickstep – couldn’t the producers have picked a different style to go with it?? Dance was okay – pretty good, but I had trouble getting past the song for the style. Too slow for a quickstep. I feel like Val sort of figured it out – he might still get some personal growth out of this journey – in many ways.
Then Val opens his mouth and becomes his own worst enemy. At least he didn’t go the ageist route this week. Something to remember – the average viewer age for this show isn’t too far behind Len.
I love you Tom Bergeron – so much more to the point and non-sanctimonious – take notes Val.
Victoria gets a 22 – that seems fair.
Next is Vanessa – they are truly shaking things up this week and I appreciate that!!
Great bit by Tom and Mark. LOL – Tom looks good as a mime. 😉
Vanessa and Alan up next.
Lift. What style is this supposed to be again?? Cuz I can’t actually tell. She’s a good dancer but that dance seemed extremely simple and unrecognizable. Probably due to the music.
Judges are being extremely kind – I’m still trying to remember what style it was. Jazz?? Not getting it.
Artem and Nikki up next – I’m digging the funny package. 🙂
LOVE how they filmed the opening sequence – very cool. Nikki looks as stunning as usual. Legs looking better than they were – still need improvement though. Pretty darn good dance besides that.
Hi John Cena!! I dig him too. CAI sounds full of crap as per usual. Tad aggressive Len?? Puh-lease. Nikki gets a 21 – Yeah, who are they saving their scores for??
Frankie up next, starting the second how – good running spot for him.
You ARE Awesome, Frankie!!
Fatone making a funny appearance. 🙂 Good choreo from Witney, but Frankie lost a bit of his swag. Just a little. Really enjoyed the dance but he was a bit stiff in spot, he doesn’t have a ton of roll in his body. The boy band parts the samba parts were a little rough. Yes, Bruno nails the word I was looking for – elastic.
I will still say – watch out for Frankie. He could steal this competition when no one is looking.
Frankie gets a 21 – that’s fine by me.
Lindsey is having a rough time – relationship over. But boy, she is just light and happiness – it like radiates out of her. Mark is crazy. Seriously. 🙂
That bed trick was a cute one used in Hairspray Live! VERY GOOD JIVE!! Lots of content, well performed. She better get 8s or 9s – ridiculous. Well done!!
Dance of the season indeed, Len!! Lindsey gets a 27 – that’s a good score and I ain’t mad about it!!
Sasha up next. Not a fan of these Jazz numbers which look like watered down Cha Chas. And this is the second one to night that just seems…simple, without much content at all. It’s an excuse to have no rules or complications.
Agreed with CAI until she started making excuses – seriously, quit it. You should have been waiting for the dancing to start – that’s legit.
Sasha gets a 19 – that’s totally fair, IMO.
Nick is up next…why are they playing ominous music?? His jeopardy was likely a ploy to get him more votes.
Hugh Grant did it better, Nick. Sorry. Do love the cheesy romance skit though.
Not following the workout gear though. How does that tie in with Love Actually?? Or his guilty pleasure? Confused.
This is another Jazz, right?? Which means it has nothing in it?? This dance seemed short and it was actually pretty bad, sorry to say.
OMG – CAI and Len actually raving over this nothing of a dance? How on earth?!?!? Maybe he was going to be eliminated and they are trying to save him – hence the cancelled elimination.
I think 21 as a score is actually rather kind for that dance.
Fairly certain that Lindsey and Mark’s Jive was better than what Jenna and Keo just did.
LOL to Cheryl’s face when she’s watching TO break dancing. Hahahaha…not impressed, that girl.
Well, I really liked that dance from Terrell and Cheryl – very entertaining. Her choreography is always pretty darn good.
Len is complimentary, but has a nitpick that he couldn’t seem to find for Nick – where it was really deserved. Lay off the crack, Carrie Ann. Just. Shut. Up.
TO gets a 7, 7, 7 for a 21. Same score as Nick who did essentially nothing on the dance floor.
Jordan and Lindsey doing a charleston to a superhero theme. The X-Men apparently.
This is what I like about Lindsay, she can take crap music for a Charleston and an X-Men theme and still somehow make it look like a Charleston that is entertaining. Well done. Well danced.
Well, Len, if you were going to be such a hard ass on a content in a style, perhaps you could have started with the crap Jazz routines we saw tonight. You have a shit dance from Nick the exact same score as a brilliant dance, well executed, from Jordan. Perhaps an 8 would have satisfied your petty needs??
Looks like they were under orders to finish the show on time, hence the elimination of the…elimination. That was abrupt.
Alrighty then.
Just got home and I still can’t believe what happened there so prayers for everyone affected from my family for sure….especially John who I am so glad is ok 🙂 . Anyways, I loved the opening for the show. No maks this week…ok.
Not sure what to make of drew and Emma this week. Mostly I liked it and I think he is a great example of getting better as the show goes on. I’d give that a 7. I just wanted more out of the dance if that makes sense.
No elimination this week? Odd…I wonder why it wasn’t announced earlier. Does it have to do with the shooting?
Also, I wonder if Maks knew someone in Vegas. Hope he is ok and nothing dangerous, but he always has some reason every season. Will Alan step in again this season??
Hmm I wonder if Nick or Nikki was the one to be eliminated tonight or heck even Vanessa with her high scores??
Will next week’s elimination only be based on tonight’s scores and viewer votes? If so, then I smell a fish and its rotten.
Derek is fun. Pure fun on the dance floor this week personified. I loved it and would have given it an 8. For some reason I thought guilty pleasure meant songs but this guilty pleasure scenario is more fun for me.
Victoria and Val were good but I didn’t love it despite adoring that song and her 🙂 . I’d give that a 7. Still love her excitement though
OK. . . . Whose idea was the “Tom Bergeron as mime to raise money for the Mark Ballas Haircare Fund” sketch? That was just . . . strange.
OMG, Dancing not on TV right now in the DC area because of a football game, so disappointed. Relying on your live report. Thank you.
Hmmm Vanessa & Alan…That was Jazz? Ok if u say so. When will Val learn, if u can’t say something nice be quiet.
Vanessa and Alan were fun but I didn’t love it but I love her so this was another weird one for me. Alan is loving it though. I’d give it a 7
It took Vanessa so long to get to Alan I get it was girls night but come on. You’re right judges were too kind
I’m surprised that Len didn’t call out all the messing around in the beginning of Vanessa’s dance. Agenda much?
I like Alan much more than I like Maks.
Maks has been off social media all week so whatever it is, it probably wasn’t sudden. Surprised it’s a big secret though, and Alan gets the call again.
Never would have pegged Nikki out of all people as a 50 shades kinda girl lol. Artem looked so out of his element in the video at first. Like an anvil was dropped on his foot or something when she said that. Anyways, that dance was awesome. Plus Cena in the building 🙂 . Mr. Hustle, loyalty, respect, you can’t see me, don’t give up himself 🙂 . I’d give that dance an 8. Also loved the mime make fun of Mark thing lol. I always have hair gel with me so I get the hair obsession lol. Then again I’m Italian lol
Did Erin disappear? We haven’t seen her since the opening…
So 40 texts from the start of Frankie’s dance to the scoring lol. Joey in the video 🙂 . And naturally he is living my 90s child dream lol. That was a great dance and I’d give that an 8. The double denim….the one thing I’m glad stayed in the 90s and early 2000s lol. Frankie’s face with the video was amazing too
Courtney is saying on SM that Alan only had two hours to learn Vanessa’s dance. And the choreo certainly looks like Maks crap.
The joy of dancing is evident on tonight’s show and a good antidote for the solemn news. And no elimination.
Everything about Frankie is just awesome! I agree with Heidi, Watch out people, Frankie just might shake this competition up.
That clip of Frankie was priceless!
Lindsey and Mark’s jive was a ton of fun. Definitely the antidote I needed on a night like this.
And who was that sitting next to Paula Deen?
Mark and Lindsey were amazing. So much energy so much joy dance of the night indeed!!!
Who would break up with her?! What a fool. That dance was amazing. It was fun. It was adorable. It was fast. It was pure joy. Reminds me of when my cousins and I have big sleep overs and we all have incredibly amazing cartoon character onsies lol. I’d give that dance a 9
I am so looking forward to DWTS tonight because it has been a terribly shaken day here in Vegas. My step daughter works at Mandalay Bay and was suppose to be at the concert last night. It turned out her boyfriend, who is in a band, got a last minute gig to play at another Hotel/Casino and she went to it. but we didn’t know. She didn’t call until 10 this morning. It was one of those OMG, I am so happy you’re safe, now don’t ever do that to me again, moment. unfortunately she did have some friends shot and wounded but not life threatening. I am now beginning to wonder if they’re going to stay with the story and not go to the network. I know they said Metro has a briefing at 7, so if they’re on time and it doesn’t last forever, hopefully they’ll give us DWTS. PLEASE do not take me wrong. I am heart broken and just want to get my step daughter in my arms. But we’ve been watching and worrying since midnight last night. I think not only me, but many people, need a break for a bit. Because I will definitely go back to it after Dancing. Then I find out Maks is not on tonight and sorry, but he’s my favorite. I know that’s not a common sentiment.
I’m sorry I just got on here and rambled. I’m reading everything about the show and may have to rely on getting to see it somehow. Does YouTube carry it?? Anyway, thanks for all the hard work you do for us each week. Always the first place I come to when I wake up in the morning. You guys are truly awesome. Prayers for and from Vegas.
Loved Sasha and gleb last week but this week was a non event from them. I’m not going to remember that routine by the end of the night probably but it was decent. I’d give it a 7. She is better than that gleb! Same for nick and peta but in their case, I really wish I hadn’t seen that in a weird way lol. I half expected it to end with a giant candy bar or something g to pop out or one of the little m&ms. That was just a whole lot energy though and he kept up with her so I’d give that a 6
Anyone who doesn’t think they are pulling Derek and Nikki down to save their favourites, this show has pretty much confirmed it. Their best dances and both didn’t get one eight. So frustrating to watch.
Terrell and Cheryl…..never would have thought that i would love that dance and yet here I am lol. Also glad she shot down the chocolate suggestion of being a guilty pleasure. He isn’t the best breakdancer on the planet but his salsa stuff was pretty good. I’d give that an 8 actually. Good for him! Cheryl….you are amazing.
@M8: I think that Nikki has enough of a fanbase to overcome that but I am legit worried about Derek becuase he is just amazing to watch. Part of me keeps thinking of David and how he overcame the odds and lower scores but I don’t know too much about the NBA fan base to be honest.
I can’t wait to see Lindsay and Jordans freestyle? Oh wait, I think I just did. That was awesome! For me, it was the dance of the night.
Len is wearing his cranky pants again.
I can’t wait to see Lindsay and Jordans freestyle? Oh wait, I think I just did. That was awesome! For me, it was the dance of the night.
Len is wearing his cranky pants again.
@Pj – Thanks for sharing. I’m glad that your step daughter is safe. Please give her an extra hug tonight.
This morning the stories about the disaster were heart wrenching. One young man saying that his sister threw herself on top of him and she kept repeating “I Love you Taylor”… What a life changing moment and an unshakeable bond these 2 siblings now have forever.
Could be Maks was hoping to dance but there has been chatter on where is Maks for several days now and Val posted a cryptic IG the other day that included Maks. Hopefully, nothing serious.
Glad everything is okay, Pj – and glad you got your DWTS break. You should be able to see most of the dances on youtube…or you can live stream it from the DWTS website tomorrow I think?
Loved jordan and Lindsay tonight. That was by far my favorite dance of the night and reminded me of batman meets Kingsman (the graphic novel not the movie version…nothing against the movie which I love but it just cherry picked a lot) meets nightwing lol. I’m a comic book nerd myself so this was fun. I’d give it a 9.
Don’t know if they are having 3 or 4 couples in the final but if it’s 3, I don’t see Val making the finals this season. Not with Mark/Lindsey, Jordan/Lindsay and Frankie/Witney.
I’m just loving Frankie with Witney which is a personality combo I was hoping for when I heard they were together. I love how into it he gets. He’s adorable and endearing.
Lindsay reminded me of Derek when I saw her Superhero Charleston combo idea. She manages to be clever and innovative and comes up with new ideas and moves. Of course Mark is the must have male pro for me in this category as well.
If there is a 4 couple finale, I would pick Nikki and Artem. I love them together. I’m not a fifty shades fan & this could have gone too far but I love how they did it. I also love their personalities together in their rehearsal packages.
Drew was fantastic tonight. He is the big surprise so far for me, I think him and Emma are great
@#2 Vin – I surmise they pulled Drew and Emma from wherever they were in the order to start first because he lives in Las Vegas, and could make some remarks that echoed Tom’s at the beginning of the show.
A nurse from our area married to a doctor was shot in the back and killed while screening her body. Just one of the many heartbreaking tragedies of last night.
Las Vegas makes the dancing sort of secondary, but just one comment – Jordan and Lindsay got hosed by Len. That was a spectacular dance with really great choreography.
Well this is the second season that Alan has had to fill in for Maks, and the second season that I have preferred Alan over Maks.
In my opinion, I think Maks is a “has been” and it’s time for him to hang up his dancing shoes and move on.
Nikki and Derek both danced their best dance and only 7s?? I truly believe both of them were better than Drew & Victoria this week. Lindsey’s jive was incredible!! Jordan was also great, don’t know what Len was watching. Frankie didn’t do it for me this week. Loved him so much last week that it was definitely a step down. I’m sure he’ll come out next week and crush it. Everyone else bored me especially all 3 jazz routines.
So I just watched Victoria and Val’s dance and they broke hold in the middle of their Quickstep and Len said nothing about it. Yet he had plenty to say when Lindsey and Mark broke hold in their Quickstep. Is that what CAI was referring to when she said something to the effect of exceptions within the rules? I know that isn’t what she said exactly, but I think you know what I mean.
As for Vanessa’s dance, for most of the dance it seemed more of a solo than a dance with a partner. I thought it took too long for the two to come together to dance. It was okay, but I think we’ve seen better jazz routines.
I actually liked Nick’s jazz more than the other jazz routines tonight. I thought his looked more like a jazz, and it was fun. It seems they chose the theme based on the song they were given rather than the guilty pleasure, but that song has probably been in movies he mentioned he likes…
I loved the beginning of Nikki’s routine, but her frame wasn’t very good… I think if her frame was better she could’ve gotten a higher score… I really want her scores to improve though!
As for Terrell and Cheryl, I actually liked it a lot better than last week! 7 for technique, 8 for entertainment. He has great energy.
Lindsey Stirling reminds me so much of Kelly Pickler. Her partnership with Mark is so much like Kelly and Derek. Every dance they do is an absolute “joy” to watch. This jive was one of Mark’s best. No matter what he throws at her, she is like a sponge and just performs like a pro. Can’t wait to see their next dance!
I also enjoyed Victoria’s quickstep. It really is amazing how she does it. Frankie was also really good. He looks like he is having the time of his life. Enjoyed watching tonight’s performances.
Oh my goodness how much did I love Frankie and Witney’s dance? So much fun to watch and made better by one of my favorite songs. He is just adorable and that clip of him performing when he was 14 was hysterical. I could feel his cheeks burning. As for the actual dance, I thought his samba was pretty fair. Perhaps I was so caught up in the song that I didn’t notice a lack of hip action. Oh well.
Overall I thought gulity pleasures night went well. I am right behind you 100% Heidi, I also think this week’s bagged elimination might be in favor of Nick. Seemed rather sketchy how the judges scoring went with the Jazz routines (if you could call it Jazz) albeit Sasha had the more memorable of the three, I think maybe there may be some doom with our married couple in the next week or two.
Lindsey is such a great contestant, she just sparkles on the floor, and I’m a little mad that she didn’t get a single ten, but at the end of the day I think she’s in the right spot and progressing marvelously.
I have to agree with Len in regards to Jordan and Lindsay’s Charleston, the brief moment of Charleston wasn’t enough content for it to be a Charleston. Im glad he also harped on how if Val and Gleb are getting these critiques as well, it really put a lot of things into perspective that if one couple can’t be held to same standard as the other couples then why have a competition ? In my opinion this wont hurt Jordan, in fact seeing him and Lindsay being called out will only make him a better candidate for the finale, a little humility will work wonders for then whereas Val fails in comparison, but if this was his freestyle i could see this being a much bigger hit. Meh, still indifferent about Jordan.
Frankie is a great guy. He just does his best, and it’s surprisingly good. This was probably his weakest dance; however, its still much better than a few other dances this season, but to round up I hope he gets Samba for redemption dance. Victoria is sweet and a bit tenacious, but now I want to see more of her background in the Paralympics and maybe some more insight on how she goes through rehearsal, like those ankle stabilizers, how do they work, does she feel like it’s helping?
Nikki and Artem for lack of a better word are the “wild card” couple for me. I see great potential in her, but i think she needs to get something more in her wheelhouse as far as music goes. I like how she could connect to her song, not in the format the movie 50 shades, but she genuinely knows the song and likes it.
Derek did a thing tonight lol. It was a great thing, kinda a wonky cha cha, but still a cool cha cha. I really wanna see him do a waltz or quickstep I think he could knock those two styles out easily. Terrell also did a thing tonight lol. I’m sorry about using the word thing, but I just think that’s the best way to describe how I felt about their dances. Just a summary of the theme night, and no extra like from some other couples who went there.
Drew was again the highlight of the evening, he did pretty good with an Argentine Tango, but a minor critique about when he does a dance that’s outside of Ballroom and Latin standard dance style: He needs to finesse the movement in his arms for the style he’s dancing. In his AT tonight his arms were pretty good for the most part, but then again other spots seemed shaky with his arms. So just a minor thing that bugs me.
Other thoughts: My prayers go out to all the victims and families affected by the incident in Las Vegas, with the combined totals i think Lindsey is in the lead (I could be wrong), I enjoyed only half the cheesy packages, Alan is awesome, and pajama jive is totally worth at least recognition for an award…especially if they get to repeat that in the finals.
Len was right about the charleston though. There was barely any charleston in there. I understand Lindsay had to incorporate the superhero theme, and that was very cool, but in the moments where she choreographed a lindy-hop and a quickstep she could’ve made it a charleston… It still had more charleston than Val’s rumba had rumba though… As a performance, it was great. As a charleston, not much of it. But I’m sure it won’t hurt them in votes bc it was very entertaining.
I haven’t watched this season until tonight, but with all the darn sad news on I needed a distraction. I don’t get why people like Frankie, he’s got that David of the Cubs vibe I guess, so ugh, a bad dancer has to go to the end I suppose. I am not a fan of Witney at all so that may be part of it.
I think Victoria is adorable, I wish she had a better partner who would really showcase her. Val is just ugh, he seems to be less interested than Maks, and he wasn’t even there.
I take back what I thought about violinist Lindsey, she isn’t a ringer, she’s got strange arms and legs but she’s cute as a button and I could relate to bad relationships and just wanting to stay in my pj’s. Mark had a great jive routine so that was the dance of the night.
Lindsay is going for the choreographer award this year eh? She’s got a fight from Mark, that’s for sure. I thought the routine was a bit hard to follow but the dancing that Jordan kid did was great. I like him, a nerdy artistic guy who got teased. So he loves comics. That is endearing. So it didn’t have Charleston in it, there was very little opportunity in that kind of music, was it a score from an animated Disney or something? because that would be extremely difficult to Charleston to. It makes me think the producers gave it to Lindsay and said “here” do something with it, so maybe getting dinged for a dance like that was a bit disingenuous but that’s DWTS for you.
I split votes between Lindsey and Jordan. The rest are just not worth my time, I found myself disinterested and checking my phone instead of watching them.
Pj, glad you & your family are safe and thanks for taking a moment to connect with us. It was just shocking. You have our prayers & support.
You tube has a DWTS channel where you can pick up the videos later tonight, or early am for sure. Hulu & ABC.go.com will have it next day for subscribers.
Missed the opening number. Did Tom explain why no elimination tonight? Any more info on Max? If Alan only had 2 hrs to prep, he was a trooper & did well with not much of a dance. I expect more from stars who are capable (Sasha & Vanessa). Derek did his best yet & got hosed. 🙁 Not fair.
Lindsey & Mark continue to be my favs for the season. Glad they got the scores they deserved. Well done.
Loved Jordan’s & Lindsay’s dance but agree with Len it lacked Charleston content. A fun number, tho.
Am suspicious about when they decided to drop tonight’s elimination. If this was in the original schedule for wk 3, then why put everyone ( esp Debbie & Victoria) through all that extra stress last week for 2 dances? Seems almost cruel to do that.
I think dropping the elimination was a genuine attempt at keeping the feel good factor around the show tonight. It would have been unfair to send someone home IMO, they even gave the press line the night off. No doubt they’ll hold off on that double elimination until they get the two couples they want in there, that could be next week, the week after or not for a few weeks.
Thoughts are with you Pj, sending lots of love and support!
I thought it was interesting to have Jordan go last again for the second time, especially in a week. I wonder if Victoria will have the final dance next week, followed by Lindsey for Disney night where hopefully Mark will cook up something amazing. I actually thought Frankie was slightly underscored!! I though some of the samba content was executed well. Anyway, I really enjoyed tonight!
Thank you all for your kind words and prayers. Sure enough our local ABC affiliate pulled all the Monday night line up. So I found all the dances on ABC. Some of the clips did not include the scores, but I was able to find all the scores elsewhere. They’re showing it here tomorrow night from 1:07 a.m. to 3:07 a.m. Not sure why they couldn’t have done that for tonight. But I’ve got it all set to tape. LOVED Mark and Lindsey’s dance. For the first time I didn’t like Jordan’s dance. Not sure what it was about it that I didn’t like. It almost seemed too gymnastics-e for me. And for the life of me I cannot like Frankie. And I hate myself for it because he works so hard and wants it so bad. I like him as a person, but his dancing just doesn’t do it for me. Maks, Val and Tony just opened one of their Dance With Me studios here in Vegas within the past year. I hope his absence is not somehow related to the shooting. That’s the first thing I thought of when I heard he would not be there and they did not say why. Hopefully we will find out, but it may not be any of our business. But I hate it when that happens. If I were a cat my curiosity would have had me by now.
LeannC, From Lindsey’s Cha Cha in week one she kept reminding me of one of Derek’s former partners as well. For me, it’s Jennifer Grey. She has that quirky attitude & quality of movement that brings Jennifer to mind for me.
Happy they did a heartfelt/relatable package for her this week. She is lovely, sweet & has worked hard for everything in her life.
And also happy Lindsey got a chance to say she never trained as a dancer. That may help her get a few more votes down the road.
All said, great work Lindsey & Mark! Can’t wait for next week.
Finally got around to watching all of the dances. I actually liked the opening dance, it was very guilty pleasures for me.
I don’t know who cheorgraphed Vanessa dance, but it did have slightly more dancing in it the Heather’s Jazz last season. But still not what I call a Jazz. And whatever kept Maks away from the ballroom tonight he is still in Los Angles if Val’s instragram story is anything to go by.
Mark and Lindsay’s Jive is my favourite dance of the season so far. Fun, fast, and actually dancing most most of the song, instead of a lot of fluffing around like some of the others.
I think that Val and Victoria should of had a different style of dance to the song. It just isn’t a good quickstep song. But I do give her props attempting to do a Quickstep. I think that Val finally cherograph a piece that is starting to play to her strengths and covering her weaknesses. I only noticed her legs lagging a couple of times compared to other weeks.
While I did like Lindsay and Jordan dance. I think it wasn’t a 100% Charleston. It did have more of a Lindy hop flair to it.
None of the other dances really stood out for me.
Much love to Pj’s fam and the Mandalay Bay staff
So glad we all enjoy this guilty pleasure of DWTS and DWTS blogs together
What the huh huh? People Magazine just posted that Maks supposedly left because his chemistry with Vanessa is so bad?
It’s not like People to publish unprovable gossip, or anything generally unflattering to the C Bros, so I don’t know what to say other than “way to go, Alan” and “so how did that married dancing thing go?”
WTH! If that is story true, then DWTS should just relieve Maks from the show. Permanently. He ain’t all that anyhow.
It is a bit confusing, Vanessa posted on Instagram that she and Maks start rehearsing tomorrow. So the article seems a bit off.
In the end as far as Maks is concerned it seemed all too calmly handled, plus seeing as Alan had probably been involved since last Tuesday it just all seemed like business as usual. You know I wouldn’t care if he up and quit if his partnership with Vanessa was crumbling, but what kinda throws me is Vanessa’s reaction to the whole thing. She just rolled with it, like she knew this was coming, and he comments about breaking in Alan: lol, conspiracy theory time! Personally I feel like Maks had a prior commitment, and he probably wasn’t thinking too far ahead or that Vanessa would do well-ish. Well looking on the flipside maybe tptb expected Debbie to last longer than Vanessa, but now that the scripts have been flipped we see Alan one more week (maybe two and that would be just absolutely telling lol, especially if Vanessa isn’t commenting on it. But like I said just a conspiracy theory.
I’m just putting this out there, because I’m seeing a lot of people take things at face value – and this is neither a confirmation nor a disproving of the whole thing, because I honestly don’t know for sure what happened, and neither do any of you…
…let’s theorize, for a moment, that there was some sort of “chemistry” or personality issues between Maks & Vanessa. Do you really think the show would let either of them speak publicly about it??? They’ve shown they’ve got too much invested in the two married couple pairings for either couple to crumble. If there was a blow-up of sorts, my guess is they probably said “Maks, go take 5 hours. Alan’s gonna fill in for you tonight. We’ll just tell everyone you had a personal issue. After the show, you and Vanessa are gonna kiss and make up, and we’re going to pretend like none of this ever happened. Hell, we’ll even pay for dinner if you guys go out and post about it on social media after, complete with heart-eyed emojis and glowing excitement!”
Again, not saying everything People said is true. I’m saying that maybe you need to entertain the notion that this show is always looking out for its best interests, and can do some underhanded stuff.
My main objection to how Jordan was scores was that it was a far superior dance to any of the Jazz routines done that night and yet got the same score from Len. Ridiculous. Let’s not forget that they had a stupid theme thrust upon them along with a song that would have been utter crap in the hands of many choreographers currently on that show. IF – and I stress the word IF – they picked that song, fine. But I highly doubt that they picked the song and style themselves. We’ve heard too many times that that doesn’t happen much at all anymore.
Eh, Carol, some folks on twitter were pointing to her dance with Derek as “training” claiming she lied. People just don’t understand the actual meaning of words anymore. It’s disheartening. Experience and training are NOT THE SAME thing.
Princes Heidi, So glad I abstain from Facebook or Twitter. Trying to sift through the trash to find a gem or two would be exhausting. I run into enough narrow/closed minded online.
Hoping the loyal DWTS fans will pick up the truth. She’s a newbie, not a ringer and support her genuine efforts/fun with Mark. She is the real deal. Vote, vote, vote!!!
As for Maks, I thought they were well matched. He looked like he was having fun with her dancing the first 2 numbers anyway. Do they owe us an explanation?
“thought it was interesting to have Jordan go last again for the second time, especially in a week.”
If he’s going last twice in a row then he’s in trouble vote wise. That final pimp spot is to keep the momentum going for him and I think he’s just not known to this audience, he’s young and the worst thing is he can dance. For me the rest of field are yawners except for Lindsey and shout out to Victoria,(how about BOTH Val and Maks hang up their dancing shoes because they aren’t into it) Jordan seems like a really nice kid, very respectful and just loves dancing, I’d love to see a finale between him and Lindsey, we could actually get a great finale, but the audience doesn’t want it I guess.
I should say he MIGHT be in trouble vote wise, but it’s telling that a relative unknown is getting the pimp spot so often.
Power rankings are up: https://www.puredwts.com/2017/10/03/puredwts-season-25-week-3-power-rankings/
It’s never been our impression that they save the pimp spot for people in “trouble”. It’s called the Pimp Spot because that’s who the audience wants to see, who the producers want to promote (not just because they’re in trouble, but because they’re GOOD) and where they tend to put the show stopping numbers. You could try to make it about someone needing help – but if they really wanted to help him, they would put him in jeopardy.
Finally caught up. They didn’t air it in Las Vegas for obvious reasons. Total bummer was looking for some good fun and a break from the sad. I went ahead and read the live blog to see if I should stick to my voting pattern, because I tend to agree. It was spot on, so thanks for that.
I enjoyed Nicks “jazz” more than Sasha’s. I’m just underwhelmed by her at this point. Each week she moves too small, just too safe.
Lindsey and Marks Jive was literally the brightness I needed! Going down as one of my favorites, she looked amazing!
Lindsay did a great job with the Charleston, that was amazing choreography especially with the music.
Saw great improvement from Terrell, and Derek.
Eh, I choose Sasha to leave. I’m just not excited for her.