PureDWTS Season 25, Week 7 – *SPOILERS* The Team Dances!!!
Bear with me, friends, as I’m getting incomplete info and trying to type this out on my iPhone without my glasses, which I left at the office…wuh wuh wuhhhh.
Apparently they went a completely different route picking the captains this time – Drew is one of the captains, and Terrell is the other, which leads me to think they went with lowest cumulative score instead of highest this time around. No, I don’t know which order they picked in, so do not assume the order the couples are listed is somehow indicative of picking order. All I know is that the dances are freestyles again…will update if/when I know more.
First impressions? I think Terrell’s team has a ginormous edge – and I think if the Chmerkovskiys are wise, they’ll let Emma and Witney have input.
UPDATE: Added songs, and grabbed Drew’s team name from a Snapchat someone tweeted me. About 90% sure Drew got to pick first and chose to pick music, which would have given Terrell first pick of team members.
UPDATE #2: There’s some pix of the teams at People – although I will point out that Maks was actually referring to his team as “Phantom of the Ballroom” and not “Phantom of the Opera” on Instagram/Snapchat.
Team Phantom of the Ballroom (song: “Theme from Phantom of the Opera”)
Drew & Emma (captain)
Frankie & Witney
Vanessa & Maks
Victoria & Val
Team Monster Mash (Song: “Monster Mash”)
Terrell & Cheryl (captain)
Lindsey & Mark
Jordan & Lindsay
Nikki & Artem
Note: These are two different polls. The team you think has the edge isn’t necessarily the one that will win. 🙂
go team Terrell beat team drew please and I hope drew goes home on mon to and my top 4 are Jordan and Lindsay and Lindsey and mark and Terrell and cheryl and val and victoria
Doesn’t make sense to me that Lindsey and Jordan would be on the same team How did they choose? or What kind of manipulation are they doing if TPTB chose?
Wow! I can’t wait to hear how these lopsided teams came about! Both what the official line will be and, hopefully, Courtney will be able to garner some intel on how this really went down.
Now don’t everyone automatically assume “manipulation” – honestly, I’m guessing Drew was maybe trying to be a nice guy by keeping the Chmerkovskiy bros together, and it likely resulted in very skewed teams. Not the first time it has happened – look at the season 17 teams.
Wow, what lopsided (at least at first glance) teams. I agree Court, if Maks and Val are smart, they let the ladies lead the choreography! I’d love to know who picked first as it seems incredible that the two “best” dancers ended up on the same team!
A little surprised at these teams! I was totally expecting for Lindsey and Jordan to be the leaders and be on different teams! Terrell’s team has all the couples in the top half of last night’s leaderboard so don’t know how that happened, but agreed Terrell’s team has a huge edge! Maybe terrell got to pick first for couples but drew picked first for song choice?
I also think the pros on Terrell’s team are cumulatively better at collaborating than the other team’s pros. Also happy they didn’t do female celebs vs male celebs like they did last season and season 22. Mark, Lindsay, and Cheryl will probably come up with something really good!
Taking a shot in the dark here but I’m thinking that team 2 (team Terrell) is going to be a lot better since they have the really creative pros.
Hit submit too early. Not putting Emma in the not as creative catagory though. She is amazing when it comes to ideas just unfortunately stuck with maks and Val who tend to not be and witney who is hit or miss in that regard.
Sorry for the double post but looking at these names again, I want to say that Team Terrell is TPTB’s preferred finalists. Especially with Len’s nasty remark about Monday’s dance perhaps being Drew’s downfall and I can’t see ol’ Grumps wanting Frankie in the Finals. BUT, if Team Terrell is the preferred Finale, no C-Bros! That doesn’t seem like these producers.
I could see Cheryl advising Terrell to grab Mark or Lindsay with his 1st pick. But even if Drew choose 2nd AND Emma didn’t coach him, how would he not know to choose either Jordan or Lindsey with his 1st shot? And how did someone, not in The Fam, choose both of the Chmerkovskiy’s?!!
I’m thinking that possibly they did the one of you gets to chose song and one gets first pick of team members thing. And Drew got to do song while TO got first pick of team members. My guess is TO chose Jordan first (seems like they have become friends a bit) and then Drew maybe chose Victoria. Then TO chose Lindsey so Drew decided to chose Vanessa as well.
I had expected that Jordan and Lindsey would be the team leaders so seeing them on the same team is an unexpected but nice surprise. I do think that TO’s team does have the edge. Having Jordan, Lindsey and Nikki in terms of celebs plus Cheryl, Lindsay, Mark, and Artem in terms of pros. Definitely think that Maks and Val would be smart to listen to any advice from Emma and Witney. I think both teams have potential to do really well but I think Team TO will walk away with the win.
Wow. Team Terrell for me, that’s my top 4.
Looks like I’m team Terrell now lol
Seems like the only time the C-boys back off on the team choreo is when either Derek or Mark are on their team. Can they let two girls choreograph??
There’s no way those two will let Emma or Witney take the lead. I will eat a (very small) bug if they did. That team dance will have Maks&Val all over it with time waisting, lazy and awkward transitions between couples and big, loose movement as opposed to tight, intricate moves. And it’ll be cheesy unless they get a song that absolutely forbids it.
Wonderful choreography talent on Terrell’s team and some great dancers. Just keep it exciting, clean and fun.
Said for a while now that this season reminds me of season 17 and these teams add more weight to it, it’s like when Corbin and Amber ended up on the same team, mind you I wasn’t complaining as I loved that dance and still watch it years later. I wonder if just like that night they’ll be a “shock” elimination at the end…poor Snooki lol.
Val can’t choreograph a FS to save his life. Maks loves to be the leader, but he doesn’t seem THAT invested in this season, so I imagine Witney will probably choreograph most of it, bc she’s the most creative one out of the bunch, with Emma’s help and maybe some input from the boys, mostly Maks. And they may have to modify some things for Victoria, but I think this team is the most cohesive in terms of performers. I think the 4 contestants are very animated & competitive.
But due to the fact that most of the time, I believe, someone from the winning team goes on to win the show, I’m hoping team Terrell wins. Terrell & Nikki will have to step up technique & performance respectively to match Jordan & Lindsey. I think this group has the most clever choreographers. Mark has come back with a vengeance & he loves Halloween, Lindsay really wants to win, so I expect great things from them.
Sadly…I actually giggled at the thought that the C-Bros will even consider letting Emma and Witney do choreography. Should they? Yes. Will They?…No way in heck.
CANNOT wait to see what Lindsay and Mark come up with Choreography wise (with undoubtly Cheryl’s input) Monster Mash gives SO many great ideas!
I had secretly been hoping that one of the teams would do a dance to I put a spell on you from Hocus Pocus but Monster Mash is a great choice. I can already picture the costuming in my head. Mark is going to go all out. It’s going to be a really fun dance and with Mark, Cheryl, Lindsay, and Artem putting their heads together I think it’ll be a routine the judges will love too. This is the most excited I’ve been for team dances since team nightmare back in s21.
Even if Drew was being nice, I’m still amazed by the idea that anyone other than Lindsey and Jordan would be picked 1 and 2. I don’t get that at all. Good news is there isn’t a single dancer left that is a huge liability. They can all keep time and dance decently.
On paper Team Terrell has a huge advantage, but man is Monster Mash a horrible song IMO, especially compared to the Phantom of the Opera theme. I consider Monster Mash even worse of a song than the Ghostbusters theme, and even Mark and Derek couldn’t save that team dance.
Phantom of the Opera is a far better song IMO but let’s be honest Team Drew needed something to help put them on more of a level playing field. Agree with you Chayse, Monster Mash is a horror of a song (pardon the pun). They’ll need the creative brains of their pros in full working order to make that one work.
#Princess Heidi Absolutely agree with you! Somehow I don’t see them bowing down to any female pro when it comes to choreo-their male egos are too big for their britches 😒🙄
I know it won’t happen but can they please have a double elimination, call Drew’s team in jeopardy then Tom can announce ‘Frankie and Witney, Drew and Emma, you are …. (longest pause ever) safe!’ Those reactions would be priceless.
Is there a possibility that Terrell and Drew had to pick form the opposite gender first so the gender division was even? That’s really the only explanation I have for Jordan and Lindsey being on the same team. Anyway I was thinking the other day, how the heck has the show not done a team dance to “Monster Mash” so I am beyond enthused to see what Mark, Lindsay, and Cheryl cook up!
I remember last season there was also a disparity in teams on group dance night, since it was guys vs. girls, and the girls were a lot stronger in terms of dancing. They didn’t have great choreo on their side, like Team Terrell probably will, but I don’t think that the difference in team talent will result in a correlating difference in scores. Drew’s team is probably seen as the more enthusiastic, spirited side, in contrast to Terrell’s team being a superior group of technicians. Also, I don’t know if it’s how they’ll do it this season, but again last season, they announced everyone on the boys team safe, which was kind of surprising consider the perceived difference in skill level, and that resulted in the “surprise” elimination of Heather. Maybe we’ll see the team that appears to be better off in jeopardy for a little shock factor, since TPTB don’t care much for Terrell or Nikki anyway.
Nevertheless, looking forward to Lindsay and Mark working together on a freestyle dance. I kind of hate “Monster Mash” but I’m guessing the dance will be outstanding regardless.
Okay, I am praying to God that Emma and Witney get input. Though most likely not. 🙁
Val can always get help from Jenna and Mandy Moore as he has in the past. I love the Phantom music but Monster Mash will be great fun for that team. I did prefer when they had an assigned dance style rather than freestyle. That just makes it too easy.
The girls dance last season was absolute crap – I just rewatched it and it’s so clearly a Val/Mandy style dance full of female cliches. Quite sexist. I agreed with the judges who were underwhelmed – they didn’t do anything. The difference last year is all the “great” dancers were on Val/Maks team who were clearly involved in the crap choreo. This year, the best dancers are on the best choreographer’s team. The scores could be vastly different. Of course, one thing is the same – the main pimpage beneficiaries are on Team Drew (Chmerkovskiy).
Sure, Monster Mash might be tough…but Val and Maks are unlikely to do Phantom justice. After all, there is little reason for shirtless pillow fights. 😀
ooh I love spoiler posts…thanks for this! 🙂
I actually don’t think Monster Mash is a harder song than Phantom of the Opera.I think they both are different in one is obviously serious and the other more whimsical/lighthearted. I just hope it doesn’t turn into Team “Who You Gonna Call” and the crap Ghostbusters team dance we were subjected to Season 21 Week 7.
I think the two teams will get a tie in scores making NO difference at all, but they’ll call 1 team safe…and I PRAY and HOPE its TEAM TO!!
Cheryl, Mark, and Artem are probably ecstatic they don’t need to work with Maks and Val together in one room. Their team dance will end up being “Maks & Val Live on Halloween Tour.” YIKES But, Emma and Witney are pretty creative too.
Also, I really hope there isn’t a shock elimination (in that being anyone besides Frankie, Nikki, or Vanessa IMO). Has there ever been a season where a team captain is eliminated the night of the team dances?
Damn…I was hoping Nikki,Lindsay,Frankie and Drew would be on the same team. And am I the only one sick of the team dances being “freestyle”? For me it has ruined the excitement of seeing the top 3-4 doing it for their final dance.
Ashley, I totally agree! I miss the good old days where there was a specific style like Team Paso with Lil Kim and Gille Marini.
What I theorize happened at the team picking is…Terrell got to pick first and picked one of either Lindsey/Jordan. Drew picked next, but being a nice, sweet guy, decided to pick someone unexpected (my guess is Victoria, since she would present the biggest challenge). Terrell got to pick again and chose the other of Lindsey/Jordan.
Wow that seems really fair – NOT!!!
Double post sorry. I’m going to call the following
Team Terrell will win – obviously. Then they will call Team Drew all safe. In jeperdy Team Terrell and Nikki or Terrell will be eliminated.
What do you think?
The team dance being freestyle removes all the challenge for the lesser choreographers. Which is probably why they do it. Of course, if you’re a really good choreographer, 9 times out of 10 you’re going to come up with a good team dance with freestyle as well. And if you’re not…
Doubtful, EmnEm, because the captains were always the high scorers in the past.
Jamie, please explain why this is “unfair”. Drew was given the choice of picking music first or teammates first – he chose the former. And then he must not have chosen his teammates very wisely, for the strongest dancers to end up on Terrell’s team. I’d love to know why you think this is “unfair” – “unfair” implies that there is a flaw in the system; I think the term you’re really thinking of is “unwise” – which is what Drew may have been when picking his teammates.
I actually hate Monster Mash. I always have, so I was less than thrilled that my favorite team got it. However, Mark made an entertaining freestyle out of the freaking Mario Brothers theme, so I’m confident that him, along with the other pros on that team can give us the same.
I’d have each couple do a different monster like vampire, wolf people, Mr.&Mrs. Frankenstein’s monster and so on.
The Phantom Of The Opera has elements of both romantism AND horror, a combination of subtlety that will be entirely lost on the Cbro’s.
I’ll say this about the song choices: Mark would have been able to craft something awesome from either song – he does silly every bit as well as he does serious. The Chmerkovskiys, however, can only really do serious – I think their interpretation of “Monster Mash” would have been an absolute drag to watch. I’m even skeptical of their “Phantom of the Opera” interpretation – I think they’re either going to be too overwrought in the seriousness, or they’re going to try and sex it up…FYI, the Phantom never doffed his shirt in the show, to my knowledge.
Agreed 100% Court. Even if Monster Mash isn’t a fave song of mine I think Mark, Cheryl, Lindsay, and Artem will be able to develop something fun in terms of the choreography and concept as well as with the costuming. Mark loves going all out with costuming so I’m already imagining a scenario where everyone is dressed up as different monsters from the song. I can see TO and Cheryl as Frankenstein and his bride, Jordan and Lindsay dressed as the wolfman and wolfwoman, Mark and Lindsey as Vampires, and Nikki and Artem as maybe like witches or something along those lines. And honestly when I think of Halloween I immediately think of Monster Mash because it’s such a classic iconic song. It was the same thing for This is Halloween for s21 it’s a classic song associated with Halloween.
If the Cbros are able to come up with a great routine where they let Witney and Emma contribute then I can see it being a good dance but.. I’m not going to count on it. I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’ll be another disappointment like the last several team dances they’ve been apart of.
And, Court, even when they try to be funny it falls horribly flat and un-funny because they don’t have funny bones. It’s not in them – they are by nature WAY too serious. Nothing wrong with that, per se, unless of course you keep trying to be funny and aren’t self aware enough to realize you aren’t.
I’m looking forward to “Phantom” as brought to us by the C Bros, but for all the wrong reasons! Like will Vanessa be portraying Christine, singing into her hairbrush while seated at a vanity for the first 45 seconds of the number?
Love Phantom. The music has a story and lends itself to a few dance styles. It COULD be quite a dance IF they actually put in the effort but I don’t see that happening unless they really work together with Emma ad Witney.
BTW there is actually a video of Lindsey Stirling playing Phantom of the Opera that I found when I went to listen to the song. Check it out on You Tube It is really awesome.
I can’t envision Mark, Cheryl or Lindsey are letting things fall flat now, after all the hard work they put into this season.
Am curious to see why Drew passed on either Jordan or Lindsey though.
As someone else said, Drew perhaps picked Victoria 1st. Maybe he’s impressed with her story. Or maybe he has developed a friendship with Frankie. Maybe being close to his brothers, he thought the C Bros would be a good fit. And maybe we won’t even hear what he was thinking.
On the other hand, it looks like Terrell either discussed this with his smart and strategic partner or as a sportsman, he picked the most able, skilled team as he saw it. Now I have huge expectations for the Monster Mash team and likely the judges will too. We’ll see how all this talent plays out and we’ll discuss and likely b*tch about it afterwards!
Barring mishap or manip, Team Terrell by at least 6 points, because:
Lindsey + Jordan. Professor Ballas. Halloween. Monster Mash (Phantom’s superior composition, but Mash’ll play better to a Halloween group FS on this show).
So according to the Frankie quote at People, they still don’t know when the double elimination is happening. But I think that might be an older quote. He’s definitely mentioned it before now. Anyway, my “hinky meter” dings whenever they only mention double eliminations or immunity AFTER totaling the points and votes from the week before!
The one advantage Drew’s team has over the other is that they have the better song. I heard Monster Mash on Youtube…it’s very dated and cheesy. I hope they’ll use a different version. Song or not, Terell’s team has the stronger dancers. In terms of creativity, all the pros are experts at their craft so neither performance will fall short of steller choreography. It’s just a matter of what avenues they take. 🙂
@Zahra – Disagree strongly about all the pros being “experts at their craft” – there are definitely certain pros that excel at choreography (Mark, Lindsay, Emma) and pros that tend to struggle more (Maks, Val).
Creativity trumps song every time. Just look at what Lindsay and Mark have done with the crap music they’ve been given over the years. This competition is in the bag for team Monster Mash barring some sort of major technical glitch. However, I’m sure Phantom will have its moments of charm given some of the members of that team. We all know that a pro dancer does not a choreographer make.
I’m guessing you’re not a fan of theirs Courtney. Lol. And thats alright; you’re entitled to your opinion. But at the same time, you can’t discredit them either. The Chmerkovskiay brothers are an asset to the show. Who do you think the other pros go to when they need help? Both Witney and Emma have asked for Val’s assistance. Maks is the “go to” guy for Sharna and Peta. And Alison has asked Mark (another asset) for his advice during her first season as pro. When the tours are announced, who is the person fans ask about? It’s Val. I’m sure it was the same case when Maks did them in the earlier seasons. With that said, I stand by with what I said in my previous post. All the pros bring something different to the table. 🙂
You’re mildly delusional, Zahra. Sad to see that the producers agenda worked on at least one viewer.
My daughter performed in Phantom on Broadway and I absolutely love the music from that show- have seen it many, many times. The Chmerk. clowns will find a way to absolutely destroy it. Poor Emma and Drew!
For once and for all, Val isn’t the biggest pro on the show. That honor lies with Derek, who has won an Emmy for outstanding choreography in 2013 and 2015, as well as being nominated in 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2010 and 2009. He also developed an expansive fan base over the years with his creativity and commitment to showing his partner off like the rarest and most beautiful of diamonds.
The C’Bros have never been nominated, because while occasionally, they present impactful and exciting routines, they lack the imagination and artistry to transcend the ordinary and expected.
They have a blueprint that they follow almost religiously despite the original qualities of their partners.
I’m not denying Val’s experience in timely Dancesport choreo, but making an exciting, expansive and visually thrilling dance for TV is entirely different.
You have to be able to utilize and enhance every angle of the stage while showing off your celeb in an organic and entirely personal way. In my opinion, Val doesn’t do that. And I’m a big Val/ Zendaya fan from back in the day. That was arguably his best season as a pro. Everything since that time has been reductive and passionless.
And Maks is just there for the exposure and paycheck. I still like him, but the dude is so checked out and going through the motions.
It’s why I’m so excited to see Mark back. While I may scratch my head sometimes at Mark’s outlandish and unique take on a dance, I’m never bored. I look forward to seeing what he can do. I never feel that way anymore about Val or Maks.
Thank you, Courtney for posting this “Spoilers” for week 7.
I agree that TPTB took a different approach to picking the two team captains this season. And, the team Captains chose which couples they wanted, so it is what it is.
I also agree that if Maks & Val allow Emma & Witney to have a part in the choreographing of their dance, it would be a wise choice.
Looking forward to Halloween Night.
I can’t wait for Halloween Night ….this is the one of the best nights for dancing and costumes imo. I’m the most excited to see Mark’s creativity. I’m going with Team Terrell for both Polls.
Vogue – I love Halloween night too! I love the costumes, sets, and the creativity and just the overall vibe of the night.
My pick Team Terrell. But I hope Frankie will be safe this week. I’d hate for him to be danger if his team loses the team dance.
So glad drew did not pick mark and Lindsey I dont like them saw mark live one not very humble person . But I wish drew would of had Jordan Fisher. But I love maks and Val so i hope drew team win.
Pretty sure that NONE of these pros (including Derek and Mark) did their own choreography when still in the Dancesport world – Courtney could tell us for sure, but I believe we’ve had this discussion before as well. I would imagine that Derek, Mark and Julianne had Corky and Shirley choreographing their routines when they were kids.
Marie, you better learn some manners or this post will be your last one here. Your other one didn’t make it through – don’t talk about other people and how you hate them if they don’t like Maks and Val. You will be very unhappy here if that is the case.
IMHO As far as song choice goes, Monster Mash is pure camp and that’s why I think it will go over better. Expectations around song interpretation is low– frankenstein walking with his arms out is pretty standard– so anything goes and the 50’s jive feel will be fun..Time Warp-ish line sequences for sure, and given this group has better overall dancers they will be really cool to watch their synchronicity, and maybe contestants dancing with each other as well as the pros.
Phantom maybe more appealing on paper, but along with an iconic musical are certain “melodramatic” expectations of the performers. You can’t do this song without a half face mask for example. They can probably pull it off, but if it hovers into camp it might not get the reaction they want. It’s also a lot more difficult to be synchronized with a lyrical piece.
Oh man, I just thought of TO doing a Peter Boyle version of Young Frankenstein, funny as hell.
I’m speechless, I thought that because Jordan & Lindsey were the two top best dancers they would be team captains and know they are on the same team as each other and having them on the same team is a more stronger team for TO even though the “Monster Mash” is a not a great song of course they can still beat Team Drew with the choreography from pros Cheryl, Lindsay, Mark & Artem and two best dancers Jordan & Lindsey on the same team. As for Team Drew’s pick don’t understand why he did not pick one of the top dancers either Jordan or Lindsey and Val & Maksim they need to be quiet and not say anything and let Emma and Witney choreograph.
Comment #59 so just because you met Mark once you are going to go off and say he’s not humble.. What exactly made him not humble? You never know he could have been having a bad day. There are tons of factors. And just because you think that way about Mark and don’t like him you automatically don’t like Lindsey? Where is the logic in that? And you want to talk about not liking Mark because he’s not humble but you love Val and Maks..? Maks has never been humble in all the years I have watched this show.
And as has been discussed in above comments Drew could have had first pick of contestants but he chose to have choice of music instead. And we don’t know what order they picked contestants in once it was established who was picking first but if TO didn’t pick Jordan first Drew could have chosen Jordan but he didn’t.
Brittany, you will hurt yourself trying to find logic in that comment. 🙂 I suggest you not try. LOL.
Ah got it. I just hope this isn’t the first season with a double elim. and the two team captains go. It is a bit of a stretch but hopefully they are safe.
I love team dances when they were unpredictable. I’m over TPTB always having one serious song and one lighthearted/whimsical song for variety and contrast. There is no way the Monster Mash performance will be a serious AT for example. I wish TPTB just gave the two teams similar songs to keep it FAIR and the judges and viewers would be able to decipher which one was stronger choreo/performance wise.But, hey too much to ask for.
I feel like most of the time the audience LOVES the funnier lighthearted performance thinking they’ll win because its a crowd pleaser, but then the 2nd performance is always the more serious team that ends up getting a point or 2 higher.
Hope Team Monster Mash / Team Terrell win and are all safe.
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Agree with you there. The fun camp music doesn’t normally win in the team dance especially on Halloween. Timewarp lost in season 19, Ghostbusters lost in season 21. I think Monster Mash is more those two than What does the Fox say. For that reason I can definitely see an upset win. I just want to see a real knockout teamdance though because I don’t feel like I’ve seen one since Team Trouble and I think a lot of that is down to potentially strong teams being given rubbish music. TO’s team has the potential to do it but I just hope the music doesn’t let them down.
I think the important thing re: the music for the team dances is that Mark be *inspired* by it – I don’t think it has that much to do with whether it’s serious or campy…or have you forgotten the (undeserving) raves Gangman Style got??
When you’ve seen bad team dances, it’s not just the music – there are two other very serious factors: Derek, for example, has rolled he eyes or outright groaned at some of the music he’s been handed for team dances. When that happens, you’re going to get a less than stellar effort (especially when these pros were getting in the habit of saying – let’s let Derek do all the choreo cuz he always wins). Let’s hope Mark finds something in Monster Mash. Ghostbusters could probably have been a better dance if choreographed by someone who didn’t hate the music. That’s pretty key. The other factor is…some pros just aren’t terribly creative so you get a no bueno team dance.
I am wondering about the lowest scoring guys suddenly becoming captain, I got a feeling the Winning Team Captain will score extra points or maybe even immunity. So regardless of Team Tyrell being superior and the audience preferring them as dancers the other team may have someone who isn’t expebdale
That should say “expendable”
Wow! Intersting comments. “Val can’t choreograph a freestyle to save his life?” I beg to differ. Maybe Drew picked the two Chmerskovkiy’s to be nice? That could backfire big time; they don’t always get along (ref. season 18) when working together on a dance. I do agree that Jordan and Lindsey should not be on the same team, and yet, it does seem more that slightly unfair and pre-planned that it ended up that way. You know, someone made a comment on a YouTube video (this season) that it would be boring as hell to have only people with no previous dance experience instead of including people like Jordan, who is a professional dancer (yes, I know he’s hip-hop, but he’s still a dancer!). My response to that was: how could it not be boring to know right after the first week or two who is going to win, and it’s the same with these teams. Not very interesting because the team with the best two non-pro dancers is sure to win (yawn).
Gee, Meil, if you think that Jordan is a professional dancer (nope, sorry), then you HAVE to agree that nearly all of Val’s parters have been professional dancers. Unless you’re a hypocrite, of course.
And no, Val can’t choreograph a *good* freestyle. Not recently anyway…possibly ever.
Courtney sorry been away didn’t see your reply unfair as in the teams are not a fair match and I don’t buy for one second that the team choice is anyone other than TPTB decisions. Sorry if you do not trying to be argumentative.