DWTS Season 25, Week 6 – Who’s Dancing What…and When?
Couldn’t find the press release this week, so I got these from DWTSGossip. I also didn’t have time to look and see if these songs are actually associated with movies, or if they were given a song/dance style and then the movie genre to work within. I’m thinking this MIGHT be better than giving them an actual movie. We’ve had some crap ass Movie nights when too many of the movies just didn’t work. Anyway…
Winners: Lindsey has done a bit of AT with the master, Derek, so she might have a bit of leg up, depending on how much AT he actually taught her in their 3 hours of rehearsal. Frankie doing Jazz should be a good thing – no rules and all that.
Losers: Oy veh – Nick and rumba?? Should be a disaster. Nikki gets “foreign” as a genre? Hosed. First she gets the Disney song no one knows and now this? Sheesh.
Everyone else is probably fine. I wonder if they’ll all get 24. 🙂
ETA: The dance order from George. I expect Lindsey and Jordan must have killer dances to have the last two spots. George also had a bit of tea…
Here's some #DWTS tea, just steeped: The way they've been doing safe" or "in jeopardy" is different tonight! pic.twitter.com/aLQH50oJRL
— George Pennacchio (@abc7george) October 23, 2017
Nikki Bella and Artem – Argentine Tango (Song: “Derniere Danse” by Indila (Foreign))
Dancing 1st
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Drew Scott and Emma – Paso Doble (Song: “Legend” by The Score (Action))
Dancing 2nd
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Nick Lachey and Peta – Samba (Song: “Wild Wild West” by Dru Hill, Will Smith & Kool Mo Dee (Western))
Dancing 3rd
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Victoria Arlen and Val – Paso Doble (Song: “We Will Rock You” by Queen (Sports))
Dancing 4th
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Terrell Owens and Cheryl – Jive (Song: “Feel it Still” by Portugul. The Man (Spy))
Dancing 5th
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Frankie Muniz and Whitney – Jazz (Song: “Holly Rock” by Sheila E. (Animation))
Dancing 6th
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Vanessa Lachey and Maks – Quickstep (Song: “Let’s be Bad” from Smash (Musical))
Dancing 7th
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Jordan Fisher and Lindsay – Rumba (Song: “Supermarket Flowers” by Ed Sheeran (Drama))
Dancing 8th
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Lindsey Stirling and Mark – Argentine Tango (Song: “Human” by Sevdaliza (Sci-Fi))
Dancing 9th
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— Mark Ballas (@MarkBallas) October 19, 2017
All great songs this week but that song is wasted on Val in my opinion and nick has one of my guilty pleasure songs so I’m semi dreading that lol. Oddly looking forward to Nikki and Artem.
Like Vin I’m looking forward to Nikki & Artem (Foreign was used as a genre for Argentine Tango last season and it worked well) and also Lindsey & Mark. And I was hoping “Feel it Still” would be used for a Jive this season, but I really wanted it to go to Jordan, not Terrell.
Nikki and Artem are “hosed” to get AT & “Foreign.” But that’s the combo Normani and Precious got last season for Movie Night. Perfect score, raves and immunity!
Maybe it’s because I’ve seen it happen to past contestants or because I’m a WWE fan where there is a lot of backstage BS that happens but i feel like Nikki&Artem keep getting screwed and TPTB won’t stop until they’re gone.
I’ve never been a fan of Artem’s AT choreography even on Strictly. He always makes them super slow, boring and almost too traditional if that makes sense? The best AT’s IMO are done at a high pace and intensity with super fast footwork. It might sound strange but watch an Artem AT compared to say a Val AT and you’ll notice the difference in speed and intensity. So I don’t have high hopes for Nikki there, not to mention she’s doing the same dance as Lindsey who is a better dancer and has done a little AT before if she can remembers it. She has a rubbish song but Mark will make it work and create something great I’m sure, he’ll have field day with the Sci Fi theme.
To be honest I think everyone kind of got pretty bad/tough styles and/or songs except for Frankie (Jazz/Freestyle) and Vanessa. I think that the quickstep and musical genre go well together and I expect that she’ll have a big comeback and a high score. Apart from her and maybe Lindsey I actually think the scores may go down for many couples this week.
I’m really happy that Lindsay got AT but I wish it was a different song.I’m looking foward to Jordan and Frankie’s dance
I think Frankie will do well this week as he is the only one to not have a really technical dance and can probably keep up his scores that he got last week. Lindsey I expect will do well even though sci-fi is sort of a tough theme they will be able to work around it. Rumba is one of the dances that male celebs are always scored pretty low for, I don’t know if Jordan will able to get a perfect score, but I suspect he will still do well. I think Lindsey may be able to top Jordan’s score this coming week. I also suspect Nick won’t do well at the samba, as male celebs also get scored low on sambas and Nick hasn’t even scored that well on the easier dances. I actually think Nikki got a better theme than Victoria. Normani had foreign and the same style and did well. Vanessa’s theme and dance go well together so it will probably do well. I feel like there hasn’t been many jives or pasos this season so far. The scores will probably go down this coming week since there are a lot of technical precise dances
I don’t get the rhyme or reason for many of these song choices/genre of movies? They just don’t seem to add up for me….????
Movie night can be a very cliched theme week to do-it can become quite corny and gimmeky, depending on the movies/songs chosen and even how far the pros go in using props, stage decor, the troupe, etc. That being said, there are some really great movie scores out there that would make great dances-recognizable dances if only the producers would use them. When they give the couples these songs/genres that just don’t make sense and don’t seem to match up, it boggles my mind. Some pro can take on the challenge like Mark, Lindsay, Cheryl, Witney-other pros, not so much lol
I get the feeling this might be the week the judges will have to come down hard on Victoria. Other thoughts: Can Nikki please get a damn bone thrown her way? I see Drew killing this Paso! Terrell and Jive might be interesting hope his flicks are polished!
Oh Nick, I don’t agree on the hammer being lowered on Victoria and Val anytime soon! I believe Paso is Val’s favorite style. And Victoria is/was an athlete and is a sportscaster. It looks to me like TPTB are still “helping” them so I expect the judges will have gotten that memo too.
On the other hand, I wouldn’t be surprised if they shred Terrell for his Jive. Especially if TPTB want to protect someone.
At first I was annoyed that there was another theme for this week. I thought TPTB would give it a rest at least before the most themey-theme out there…Halloween. But, I think the theme for this week is just kind of put in place to keep basic viewers tuned in and attracted like “oh you better not miss A Night At The Movies” etc. … Doesn’t work too well on more informed viewers/readers on this site that are sick of themes.
Not sure why some people are saying Nikki and Artem are being hosed with a bad theme and song. This song is amazing. I just realized it has 373 MILLION views on YT, which I know has no correlation to dance performance. But, I just think it says something about its popularity. I absolutely LOVE the song and think it won’t be too fast for Nikki. It may be her highest score yet. If TPTB really wanted to hose them, they wouldn’t have had her perform last on Monday. Yes, no one has seen her movie yet, but it may not hurt her as bad as we imagine?
@M8, I’m not too familiar with Artem’s AT TBH. NOt sure if its my bad memory or his lack of ATs on this show. But, I’m hoping he choreographs an amazing piece and Nikki kills it. This song if choreographed right could earn a pro an Emmy nom IMO.
Lindsey and Mark will def. go all out with production for this one, but I think this may be the time TPTB kind of get tough on Lindsey (if they want people to vote). Maybe they’ll mention how the production overtook the dance because I’m sure Lindsey will kill it. Maybe something like this….
Tom: “Wow that gave me chills. Let’s go to Carrie Anne.” …. “Carrie Anne!”
Carrie Anne: What?! When? Where? How? I can’t here you over the audience applause! …Woww! There was passion, aggression, action, reaction! The lifts were amazing! Just, amazing!
Len: Now I’m not one for all this dilly dallying with all these lasers and lights and gimmicks and what not…but from what I saw of the Argentine Tango, I was thoroughly impressed.
Bruno: “Ohhh Lindseyyyy! The shy ones are always so dangerous! A sci fi seductress charming her way to victory! If that’s what they teach in science class, then BABY SIGN ME UP!!!.HAH.. Now Len is right though, the production maybe took over a bit too much…But, YOU my darling are dangerously good!
Anyways, TPTB didn’t go too ALL out for DIseny week. I think they learned to tame it back a bit. We’ll see if they do that this week, and kinds of just use the theme as a backstory for the pros to choreograph around rather than a full on production/costume/character hot mess.
Also, forgot to mention that Frankie and Witney have such a cool movie genre to perform to and a pretty unique song. I wonder if SHeila E will come to perform it. She is kinda having a press week with ABC and is on The View this week too.
I agree Anonymous…some of these songs don’t mesh with the dances.
Lindsay & Mark: A. Tango to “Human”—Don’t like this song for an A. Tango, but Mark will poor out his creative juices and make it great for Lindsey.
Jordan & Lindsay: Rumba to “Supermarket Flowers”—This is a sad song. I watched a video with it and bawled my eyes out! Val says the rumba is a “dance of love.” I think he met romantic love. What are TPTB thinking?
Frankie & Witney: Jazz to “”Holly Rock”—I think this will be a great dance & Witney may use her ghost choreo helper and make it a cute jazz. (also a good jive song)
Nikki & Artem: A. Tango “Demiere Danse”—This seems more like an A. Tango than the song Lindsay & Mark got for sure!! But happy for Nikki & Artem since they have been getting shafted by judges & TPTB.
Drew & Emma: Paso Doble to “Legend”—Good song for P.D. Emma will do it justice for Drew with her choreo!
Victoria & Val: Paso Doble to “We Will Rock You”—Another good song for a P.D. Not to be mean in any way; but this dance has a lot of footwork. Do your job judges!
Venessa & Maks: Quickstep to “Let’s Be Bad”—Good song for this dance; but would be great for a Charleston; except I don’t think either C brother relishes choreographing a Charleston!
Terryl & Cheryl: Jive to “Feel it Still”—Good song for this dance. Cheryl will tear this up with choreography. Will be interesting to see Terryl’s kicks and flick’s as he is so tall.
Nick & Peta: Samba to “Wild Wild West”—This I have no words for except will Nick be dressed as a cowboy (yeehaw!)or train conductor (all-a-board!)?
@ EmnEm (#11) … LOL!! You nailed the judges reactions. I could hear their voices as I was reading what you predicted they’ll say. Thanks for a good laugh.
Also, does Nick have Rumba or Samba? The post says “Losers: Oy veh – Nick and rumba?? Should be a disaster.” But it says he has Samba in the list of dances.
Why are we still fixated on Witney and ghost choreography? Other pros use ghost choreography as well.
If everyone could stop beating the “ghost choreographer” discussion like a dead horse, that would be greeeeaaattttt….
The song choice for Artem and Bella is great, it was used on SYTYCD for an All Stars group routine that was very cool, stylized, film noir black and white and the dancing was fantastic. I love how Artem takes his time with AT, its never supposed to be hard staccato that ballroom dancers on this show want it to be, no whirling dirvishes, just great Tango.
Artem isn’t Val, Colleen – so it’s unlikely he’ll be gifted the way Val was.
Rumba…Samba…same comment. A disaster. 😀
Really not sure how what happened on SYTYCD impacts what will happen on DWTS (with a non-trained dancer). Doesn’t seem to be a valid comparison to me at all. Nikki being hosed is RELATIVE to the other couples and what they got.
Why can’t Nikki get a break? Because she doesn’t have Val or Maks as her partner? Come on. She’s a better dancer than Nick and enjoyable to watch. No, she won’t win, but she deserves something better than bad song, bad dance, bad running order.
And the judges need to start scoring Victoria the way she should be. I like her, don’t get me wrong, but they always say “we have to judge equally.” And yes, I know that’s the company line from TPTB. But there comes a time when reality has to rear it’s head and it’s time for that for Victoria.
Please, for all that’s right, Nick needs to leave this week. Anyone else, maybe other than Vanessa, but she deserves to stay over him, would be wrong in many ways. He’s not good, he doesn’t appear to want to be there and I think he would be happy to go.
Weren’t the PenaVegas in jeopardy together? I can see that happening again.
Hey to each his own, I happened to really like the slow sensuous Argentine Tango as long as there are dramatic highlights, not a tedious plodding we saw last week. I loved what Artem did on Strictly, especially with Kara Tointon– I think Nikki has some good body awareness and placement, and she’s athletic of course…She’s sometimes tentative but she looks amazing- put the hair up with a flower in the hair…as the dark beauty femme fatale….that will go a long way to sell this type of style.
I have been looking forward to the day that Lindsey did AT because of her music video with Derek but at the same time I’ve been dreading it because I know those that don’t like that Lindsey has had very limited experience with Derek will bring up the music video and claim it’s not fair. And I’ve already seen a few on facebook that say she lied about not having dance training because of the video. Regardless of the idiots I am looking forward to seeing what Mark does with this, the instagram/snapchats from last night make it seem like he’s got a really neat concept for the routine despite the genre and AT not really being a great matched pairing.
Also looking forward to seeing Nikki, Drew, and Frankie. I think all 3 of those dances plus Lindsey’s will be the stand outs of the night for me. I think Frankie’s dance will be fun and fit him well because of his personality. Drew doing Paso is something I’ve been looking forward to, he’s improved so much every week so I keep finding myself looking forward to him. And I just love AT’s in general and I think it will be a very good fitting dance for Nikki.
Nick.. that dance is going to be tragic.. his quickstep managed to not be awfully tragic but I don’t see how this samba isn’t completely tragic. TO and jive may not be a great combo either but I have found myself enjoying him the last two weeks. Vanessa quickstep and musical is a great combo but I have a feeling this dance is going to be overhyped by the judges and overscored and end up being her swan song possibly. Victoria and Paso I don’t think will be a good combo especially where her legs are concerned. But won’t be surprised if the judges over look it again since they have yet to really give Victoria an honest critique in terms of where technique is concerned. Len’s complained about lack of content but that’s about it in the grand scheme of things.
Shania Twain is supposed to guest judge this week if I remember correctly so even if this theme night ends up being a disaster at least I get one of my fave singers on the judges panel.
You know, personally, I’m looking forward to Frankie and Lindsey the most.
As much as I love Shania Twain. Do we really have to have a guest judge and waste time at the judges table? Personally, I am happy and content to keep the judges table to 3.
And I saw Shania Twain guesting on another show. And I wasn’t impressed.
I agree Sandy when it comes to the guest judges I’m typically not a fan of it. Especially in the past when it’s been like Pitbull for Latin night. I haven’t minded when Alfonso and Nick Carter guest judged since they were former contestants and gave some decent feedback. But when it’s someone who doesn’t know much about dance then I’m not impressed. But this time I feel like I can overlook it with Shania since I really do love her as an artist and she’s someone I have wanted as a contestant on the show.. maybe this might be a way to make that happen in the future.
You know what’s insane and a time waster – the fact that it’s week 6 and we still have 9 damn couples.
I listened to the song Lindsey and Mark have and I can’t help thinking Blade Runner. It’s perfect; he can go futuristic without going overboard and the song is totally about a Replicant.
I’m still of the belief that the season script calls for #1 to drop to 3rd or 4th. The table is set for Lindsey to get the 40 and Frankie a 38 or a 40. I agree with the person who said it could be a married couple bottom two with Vanessa and Nick (gone). I also agree with whoever stated there are too many people left-I think most people will agree on the top 5 finishers. Maybe they’ll do the double elimination.
Hmmm. . . I find it very interesting that Nick is assigned Western as his theme. I can’t help but think of Drew Lachey’s famous Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy freestyle. The comparison is obviously going to be there. Maybe this means Nick’s days are finally numbered and the producers are using this dance to get the trio they were hoping for. Would not at all be surprised if Drew makes a “surprise” appearance a la Johnathan in the Property Brothers dance a couple weeks ago.
Can there just be a double elimination on Monday and Nick/Peta and Drew/Emma be the ones to leave? Drew is not cutting it for me. I love Emma, but I don’t know if hes serious or the joker/comedic relief for the show? He’s not that funny to me.
@kglasnoopy…hehe thanks!
I am excited that Frankie and Witney will dance to “Holly Rock” by Sheila E. but I have no idea why it is being used to portray animation. That’s Sheila’s anthem from the live action hip hop film Krush Groove! Has it also been used in animated films?
@ EmnEm #12: Nice theory! Sheila is BFFs with Shania so that set my Sheila-stan mind to wondering if we’d get to see them together that night? Crossing my fingers!
How in heaven’s name are you coming up with Drew Scott as a possible impending elimination? Wishing upon a star, are you?!!
The Property Brothers are a popular show, appear to sit well with the DWTS demo and he’s been improving every week. Emma is the reigning MB champion and she’s doing a great job again this season! While Drew isn’t your cup of tea, neither their packages nor performances have been boring or offensive.
My personal preferences would be to immediately boot out both of the Lachey’s and Maks C. And don’t allow him back in the ballroom again for at least the rest of this season after the unprofessional crap that he pulled. After that, I’d be fine with Terrell, Nikki/Artem and Victoria and Val leaving. Love her but give me a Chemerkovskiy free Finals for once!
Colleen, you might want to read EmnEm’s comment again (and relax the tone a bit) – she asked if they could be the ones to leave, which is an implication that she doesn’t care for them, not that she thinks they will actually be eliminated.
And that’s her right, although I don’ agree with her.
@Princess Heidi Ha! Ha! Kinda ironic isn’t it considering the fact that the season started off eliminating two couples right off the bat on week 2? You would think the pace would’ve quickened-I find this season to be dragging now going into the last half of it; especially when it seems that the producers are trying their damndest to hold on to either Maks, Val or Peta or 2 out of the 3 or friggin all 3 ???? ????
I agree with #EmnEm, he’s definitely consistent with his Property Bro personality and that’s why I don’t watch Property Bros. I keep picturing Jonah Ryan when he dances, which is hilarious, but not the way it’s supposed to be hilarious..
Its not that I want Drew to leave, I actually think he has good rhythm and definitely good chemistry with Emma. Its just that I don’t care for his dances or packages at this point. Maybe there will be a shift. But, its just hard for me to remember his dances for the past 2 weeks.
On another note, I kind of miss Sasha being a pro. This past week for some reason has been kinda dry. They need to do something to improve the show for all the hype TPTB gave it for their silver 25th season.
Wish they flew out to NYC like Jimmy Kimmel and did 1 episode at Radio City Music Hall or Times Square. LOL I know…I ask too much.
It looks like Jordan and Lindsay are going for a “relationship” Rumba, which may appeal to certain fans, but I’ll be watching for technique, and rarely males get perfect scores on this.
I’m really looking forward to Frankie’s dance this week! Lindsey and Mark are one of my favorite couples along with Frankie and Witney but I’m not sure if I’m super into the song they got for an AT, it fits in terms of Sci-Fi but it’s just kind of a strange song to me… I’m excited to see what Mark comes up with though.
I finally watched Normani/Val’s foreign film AT from last season (I couldn’t watch it at the time because that was the night they got that ridiculous immunity when it should have gone to Simone/Sasha, and may be why Nancy/Artem went home). Apart from the song being sung in Spanish and 10 seconds of lip synching, I can’t see how it incorporated any theme, unlike the other dances that night. It could have been an AT on any week. So I think it’s a genre which is most open to the judges agenda where they can dock points by saying it doesn’t really reflect the film category. Hopefully Artem can find a way around it, but I think his efforts will be wasted if the judges already know what they’re supposed to say… but then again, he would have more trouble coming up with a sci-fi AT, so thank goodness that went to Mark. I’m as excited for Lindsey/Mark’s dance as I was for the pajama jive and that exceeded my expectations.
Looking forward to Drew/Emma’s paso too, if last season’s horror Paso with Rashad is anything to go by. Emma was just so clever with that. Definitely not excited by Val’s sports Paso though nor the inevitable raves from the judges.
Can someone please enlighten me on why Nikki keeps getting hosed? I see posts week after week saying that she’s hosed, so I don’t get what the producers have against her?
@Arethas – I don’t think the producers have anything AGAINST Nikki, per se; I just don’t think they see the benefit in giving her any assistance, like they may with other celebs (i.e. the Lachey’s). They’re just letting the chips fall where they may as far as she’s concerned, rather than giving her any advantages.
George has tweeted the dance order Nikki, Drew, Nick, Victoria, Terrell, Frankie, Vanessa, Jordan, Lindsey.
I wonder what could be different tonight? Maybe they are still trying to save the FAM so hence the change.
Maybe the elimination will be like the Oscars since it’s Movie Night. Name 5 nominees and the envelope please. (As long as they don’t mess it up like the Best Movie in the last Oscars.)
Probably they’ll announce whether they are safe or in jeopardy at the beginning of the show rather than the end. Leads me to believe it will indeed be Nick and Vanessa for the drama.
Not surprised that once again Nikki is getting screwed while once again Jordan gets the best dance order….
Nikki and also Drew shafted in running order yet again. When I saw the order, I got so annoyed I did a calculation for each week this season. Each couple given a score 1-9 depending on the order, to account for the early weeks when there were more teams so it doesn’t artificially raise the score. So if a team danced last in week 1, they score 9 for that week, not 13.
So including this week (7 shows) it goes :
Lowest : Nikki 26, Drew 27, Nick 28
Middle : Victoria 34, Vanessa 35, Terrell 37
Highest : Frankie 40, Lindsey 42, Jordan 47
Yeah, Courtney said what I was thinking earlier today. They give away all the good stuff to other people and there’s nothing left for Nikki. They certainly aren’t going out of their way for her.