DWTS Season 25, Week 8 – Who’s Dancing What…and When?
Well, we got the trios from People.com so this post is going up a good bit earlier than normal. When I’m still super pissed about the bogus underscoring of Team Monster Mash and massive over scoring of Team Phantom. It’s called “protect the C-boy at all costs” – which is going to be the death of this show. Their pathetic inability to just let the show evolve naturally – and in such a transparent way – is just sad. If Val was all that, he wouldn’t need the help. What would have happened if both teams got all 9’s? Well, I would guess that Victoria would be eliminated. Now, she’s near the top of the leaderboard.
ETA: New info highlighted red!! Dance order per George Pennachio.
Terrell Owens and Cheryl
Dancing 1st and 7th
Charleston (Song: “Bad Boy Good Man” by Tape Five)
Rumba Trio with Kelly Monaco (Song: “Slow Hands” by Niall Horan)
1-800-868-3411
Drew Scott and Emma
Dancing 2nd and 8th
Waltz (Song: “Both Sides Now” by Years & Years)
Cha Cha Trio with Rashad Jennings (Song: “Get Up Offa That Thing” by James Brown)
1-800-868-3404
Victoria Arlen and Val
Dancing 3rd and 9th
Argentine Tango (Song: “Down” by Marian Hill)
Jive Trio with Laurie Hernandez (Song: “Magic” by B.o.B (feat. Rivers Cuomo))
1-800-868-3413
Lindsey Stirling and Mark
Dancing 4th and 10th
Samba (Song: “Morning Drums” by Gregor Salto)
Jazz Trio with Kristi Yamaguchi (Song: “Let’s Face The Music And Dance” by Seth MacFarlane)
1-800-868-3407
Frankie Muniz and Whitney
Dancing 5th and 11th
Viennese Waltz (Song: “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran)
Jive Trio with Alfonso Riberio (Song: “Good Place” by Leo Soul)
1-800-868-3405
Jordan Fisher and Lindsay
Dancing 6th and 12th
Quickstep (Song: “Chuck Berry” by Pharrell Williams)
Salsa Trio with Corbin Blue (Song: “Que Viva La Vida” by Wisin)
1-800-868-3406
Love the pairings. Laurie is such a happy person and it’s just great. Kelly always is a treat 🙂 plus she isn’t with Val so yay 🙂 . Corbin is one of my all time favs. Kristi I think is the best ever to win still in my opinion with Alfonso a close second. Last but not least rashad is just awesome. I’m hoping we get at least one jive (maybe Victoria or Frankie?)
Kristi Yamaguchi back with Mark after all these years!!!!! So excited to see this. What a treat.
And also stoked for Alfonso to be back with Witney and what a great combo with Frankie. So happy.
Love these trio pairings! Love how they all got matched with their old pro (except for Corbin and Kelly, but hey, Kelly at least got paired with her friend, Cheryl).
Was hoping to see kelly with val again. But makes sense since her and Cheryl are good friends. Love the idea of bringing in a celeb instead of another pro for the trio.
I think we had a discussion a few weeks back where I thought Laurie Hernandez would be back to partner in the trios with Val and Victoria, and there were some who thought Victoria wouldn’t get there, I guess they are keeping her scores high enough to keep her around, but I also think Drew and Frankie are getting far more praise than either of them deserve. At least Emma is bringing back Rashad, that’s the only reason to keep creepy Drew around. I knew Alfonso would be chomping at the bit, He’s a big cheese ball so I’ll be glad when that is over. Oh and if Frankie does the choreography again I’ll take a bathroom break. Imagine if Jordan acted like that smug pos, he’d be crucified, but it seems Jordan won’t be even close to the mirrorball, Frankie will come out in his Phantom mask and be the actor again telling team Monster Mash they’re no damn good. Thrilled to see Kristie Yamaguchi back in the ballroom… woo hoo, that was a secret wish, at least Lindsey will get love for that. Cheryl and Kelly Monaco is kinda cool, TO gets two girls so this should help his dance, everyone else has to measure up against a former champ of the same gender. And Jordan will be told he’s a ringer with Corbin who was an also ran, the only non champion coming back, so let’s hit everyone over the head with Corbin not being liked because he danced too good.
Corbin being with lindsay and jordan isnt surprising at all given the fact he and jordan both were in disney channel musical franchises and both have recorded songs for disney parks. in fact when i first saw jordan in something i thought how he reminded me of corbin.
SOOOO happy to see alfonso and witney reunited. going to be so fun for sure!
Same goes for laurie and val. Love both of those partnerships!
Kristi and Mark together after all these years. That was a magical partnership! Just loved them together. I’m sure this trio will be simply magical again!
Corbin and Jordan trio will be fantastic. Corbin was so good in his season, and I’m sure he will add his talents to this dance.
Love Laurie in her season. She was so energetic, I’m just concerned she may out dance Victoria if Val doesn’t keep a close eye on her.
And to have Rashard back is a real treat. He and Emma were just wonderful. I hope that Drew doesn’t clown around too much and spoil the dance. He can be a bit goofy!
Not a big fan of Kelly or Alfonso (especially Alfonso), but I’m sure they will be fine. Now the only question is who will come out ahead on this one?
What’s with the hatred for Frankie and Drew? And Jordan? I hope for a Lindsey, Jordan, Drew, and Frankie finals – that’s how we’ll get the best dances to watch, I think…
Just wonder why TPTB couldn’t go ahead and make each trio a same sex addition instead of having one different. Hardly seems fair.
I somehow find it hard to imagine any real dancing happening with Val, Victoria, and Laurie – He’s not got time to teach both of them to dance and to do choreo… I really hope Lindsay can get Corbin to stand up straight (although it might not matter, depending on the style they get.) Terrell will probably have a great time ushering 2 ladies around the floor, and Drew will really enjoy working with/off of Rashad. Lindsey and Kristi will do beautiful, elegant, maybe surprising things with Mark, and I’ll bet Witney can come up with something cool to do with the quirk of Alfonso with Frankie. Could be a very cool bunch of dances next week! Wonder if those who were in very early seasons will be able to pick up as well as Rashad, for example, who just came off winning. Might be some rustiness with a few of these folk… I guess we’ll see…
Wow! I love some of these pairings! I’m a huge old-school figure skating fan and I’m THRILLED Yama is back!! I’m also excited for Rashad and Fonz…
I’m so excited for Kristi/Lindsey/Mark, Corbin/Jordan/Lindsay and Kelly/Terrell/Cheryl (since I didn’t expect this pairing with the height difference) I think they are great matches that will blend very well together. I am super nervous for the rest as I believe Laurie, Rashad and Alfonso are all way better dancers than Victoria, Drew and Frankie. I think Witney will pull off good enough choreography for Frankie to look decent next to Alfonso and I’m sure the judges will love it. The rest are going to be exciting to see how it plays out. Also wondering how the pros are going to choreograph now that they have two celebs who can possibly have different strengths and weaknesses to work around.
I’m exited to see some of these stars back. At the same time I’m not sure if ti will work. Although all of the returning stars are previous winners or runner ups most of them (maybe except Rashad) have not danced in a while. They were good while they were training with a pro for 3 months, are they gonna be good now? Also, how will the pros deal with having to teach two non-dancers and choreographing something that makes both look good?
I personally love the trios. They usually end up being fun memorable routines. I hope this new challenge doesn’t change that.
Ugh, I’m so very tired of how TPTB go out of their way to make sure Val is safe. He’s not all that. His choreography is bad, with huge amounts of time wasting every single time. His attitude is awful, he’s proven that over and over on the show and off. And yet they keep pimping him and trying to make it seem like he’s taken Derek’s spot. Uh, no. He doesn’t come anywhere near Derek’s level, or even Mark, Witney or Lindsay’s level. This show has had such a great following all of these years with a lot of people still watching and not giving up on it, but TPTB will slowly start losing them too. And it’s a shame. If they just left things alone, let the couples dance without silly theme nights, without the troupe being distracting in the background and let the judges score reflect honestly how they thought the dance was, I think they would be shocked that it works. They need to walk away from all of this nonsense but we all know that won’t happen.
The final four should be Lindsey, Jordan, Drew and Frankie. Victoria is doing a good job but she can’t keep with Lindsey or Jordan and I don’t want to see Drew or Frankie sacrificed in order for Val to make it to the finals yet again. I can’t even watch his dances anymore. I get up a leave the room, that’s how disgusted I am with the whole thing.
Sorry about the rant. It’s one of those day where I woke up in a crap mood and I’m getting some frustration out on here. Thanks for listening. I know there are those that will agree with me and those that won’t, but I feel a tiny bit better having said what I wanted.
Well since my girl Nikki was sadly voted off last night, I am 100% behind Frankie!
So now my hope is for any of these 3➡ Frankie,Drew,Lindsay to win cause then at least this season won’t end as a dud for me.
According to a interview that Frankie did with ET, he will do Viennese Waltz and Jive
On paper, I like the looks of these trios save Terrell/Cheryl/Kelly – odd physical pairing as well as him being the only contestant with an opposite 3rd.
I know Cheryl is friends with Kelly Monaco and she is ABC fam and goes all the way back to Season 1, which is amazing she is still part of it somehow…But, she kinda is a boring choice for me. I woulda loved seeing Gille Marini come back.
But a trio Argentine Tango with Kelly does make sense height wise.
Thanks Ann.
No problem.His trio will be a jive and his individual dance will be the Viennese Waltz.I’m looking foward to his dance with Alfonzo.
I too am looking forward to the trios. Corbin’s trio with Karina and Witney is one of my favorite all-time DWTS dances. Very Fosse-esque and both Jordan and Corbin have that quality!
Lindsay did a interview with JUST Jared and she said that they will do a salso trio and a quickstep
Well all I can say is Good that Corbin and Jordan are doing a Salsa trio, Salsa is always a little bit of spice and at least they won’t be shat on for doing Jazz, Len wil be able to find some fault with an arm, I’m sure.
Terrell could do really well on the Rumba, if Cheryl gives him a simplified Emmitt Smith spooky…. If he has to go hope it’s on a high note because I enjoy him far more than the creepy white guys with no rhythm.
Kristi Yamaguchi! YES I have been waiting for her to be invited back ever since they snubbed her for the All Stars. Wonder what they are doing? Kristi is sooo good~ she’ll be able to handle all of it, and the trio will look great for sure.
I guess Victoria and Laurie are similar in height, but I think that’s where it ends. Victoria maybe getting over scored, but she came out of a coma, unlike the other two who are still in one. I could care less if they ever make an appearance on tv again. At least Rashad will be on, that’s a plus.
In the On the Red Carpet interview, Mark said he and Lindsey have two “fun” dances next week. Based on what they have left to dance, my guess is they have Samba and Jazz (or Charleston).
Yikes! Rumba is a terrifying enough prospect for a football player without it being a trio with two gorgeous girls. Trio Rumba in itself is a particularly bullshit idea but for Terrell? Sheesh
Very much looking forward to the Jordan/Lindsay/Corbin and the
Lindsey/Mark/Kristi trios. They are all going to rock this round.
Such a fan of Frankie this season, and love his partnership with Witney. Alfonso strikes me as controlling and a “scene stealer” so hope he’ll tuck his ego and let Frankie shine
Drew/Emma/Rashad are going to be so much FUN. It’ll be so good to see that beautiful smile on our dancefloor again
Ho Hum about Victoria/Val/Laurie. I think Victoria would have fared better with a male third
i know that Cheryl and Kelly are good friends, so seems like a logical choice, but I don’t know that this will help Terrell much but i should never underestimate Cheryl!
Even more excited for Lindsey’s dances now. I have been wanting her to do Samba for weeks, I think she’ll do really well with it. And the song that her and Mark have for their jazz with Kristi has a Charleston-y flair to it so I can already imagine the possibilities for choreography on Mark’s end.
Anyone else find it interesting that for Jordan’s trio song he’s dancing to the same song Amber did her trio to? Especially since he’s dancing with Corbin who came in second behind her.
Based on styles I can already get an idea of how judges comments/scoring is going to go for trios. For Drew even though he got Cha Cha which was one of Rashad’s best dances I can see the judges specifically Len getting on them about their feet or some nonsense. And with Frankie I can see him possibly getting overshadowed by Alfonso and the judges pointing it out or something of the like. And even though I think Victoria will have a hard time with jive Val will use Laurie to cover it up and I can already see the judges going ga ga over it. And then with Jordan having salsa I can see the judges knit picking some for whatever reason. And TO just got really screwed with Rumba. If I were to guess I’m going to say Lindsey and Victoria top the leaderboard with Jordan next and then Drew/Frankie at the bottom either tied or within a point or two of one another.
I don’t know what dwts some of y’all be watching like what’s with the constant hate toward Frankie witney and Alfonso.. because if your watching the same one im watching you would know that as good of a dancer Alfonso is he would never make himself shine more than Frankie in this instance..beside Lindsey and Jordan I think Frankie has the best 2 songs out of drew,Victoria and Terrell
#26 if you are referring to my comment there is no hate towards Frankie at all. If you’ve seen any of my comments this season on the site he’s my second favorite behind Lindsey. This was me just throwing out possible scenarios for how the producers could alter the leaderboard. Alfonso is a big personality so I can see him out shining Frankie to some degree but I could see the judges pointing it out as a reason to give him a lower score for trios. I love Frankie and i’m Looking forward to his trio but I can just see the possible scenarios to bring him and drew down on the leaderboard to give Victoria a boost.
The only one I’m not excited about is Val
Wow Casanova what did Frankie ever do to you? You’re always so full of hate
My final three Lindsay(hope its the right selling) Jordan and Frankie
If only Val could be the next to go
To me, the only trio I’m kinda concerned about re. dancing ability and chemistry, is Cheryl, Terrell and Kelly Monaco. I’m just not quite sure Kelly’s dancing will be on the same level as some of the other returning celeb dancers TBH-even with Cheryl’s coaching and choreo.
As far as the other trio’s go, I’m curious to know how they mesh and what choreo that pro comes up with for the dance….????
Excited for everyone except Val didn’t watch the season with Laurie so I have no idea what she will be able to do
My choice for the final three Lindsay Jordan and Frankie
Even though I’m still 100% behind Lindsey and Mark, I am most looking forward to Corbin and Jordan. Corbin is my favorite male celeb to ever do the show and since we heard about the celeb trios I’ve been really hoping they were going to bring Corbin back. Kind of sucks they have a style Corbin never learned, but I’m sure they’ll be fine.
I’m probably most worried for Frankie and Victoria. Frankie and Alfonso are such an uneven pairing, and Alfonso’s jive is one of the best I’ve ever seen done on the show. Alfonso is going to really have to limit himself so he doesn’t overpower Frankie. Laurie is another amazing dancer that could easily overpower Victoria. The additional problem is Victoria is weakest , understandably, when it comes to footwork so jive could be rough.
Can’t wait to see everyone dance, great pairings. I have been waiting to see Val do a Jive. He is the best pro at doing the Jive, so excited, might be a little challenging for Victoria Should be a fun night
Rumba trio….yikes. Love all the song choices this week though just wish they would have switched the songs they gave to drew and Lindsey. Overall though I have high expectations for next week. 🙂
@Casanova, I notice in about every post you inject a person’s skin color, example “creepy WHITE guys.” FYI, it comes off as awfully racist and is that how you judge people, by the color of their skin? Pretty sad and naive if you do.
Off my soap box now, and I am looking forward to the trio dances. Jordan/Lindsay/Corbin & Lindsey/Mark/Kristi should knock it out of the park. I think Rashad might prove just how clunky Drew can be, if Emma doesn’t make him dumb down his dancing a bit. Same goes with the Victoria/Val/Laurie trio. Laurie is a much better dancer than Victoria and she might highlight Victoria’a limitations. I am not sure about the Frankie/Witney/Alphonso trio. Alphonso can be a real camera/attention hog, and might draw all the attention on him instead of Frankie. Guess time will tell how all these pairs do.
WOW. Lindsey and Mark got one of my favorite songs to do a samba to. I did actually enjoy the choreo and performance Janel did with Val and Keo for a trio dance to this (not gonna lie). But, SO excited to see what Mark comes up for this. Hope its not too many traditional steps for the samba, they tend to just look like rehashes of the same steps time after time (something Strictly pros have a problem with IMO).
Terrell seems to be the one trying to get the boot from TPTB this week. The charleston song is pretty good. But, a trio rumba? Ouch. The judges will gush over the jives and salsa/jazz i’m sure. But a trio rumba, come on lol. Unless he UPS the sexual antics on this one.
Also, I do not get Drew and Emma’s trio dance? Why that song with Rashad? I don’t think Rashad is a good partner for Drew. I won’t know who to watch or who’ll be standing out. Emma will stand out, Drew will stand out, and Rashad will. The song suits Rashad and Emma’s partnership MUCH more than Drew and Emma’s. The song just seems disjointed from Drew and his partnership with Emma.
I probably woulda liked seeing Drew and Emma do a trio dance with someone like Charlie White or Sabrina Bryan to make Drew stand out more…if that makes sense.
I think the idea is nice switching it up the trios but I feel that some may do way better than others. I think Kristi/Mark/Lindsey will do fine since jazz is more a more open ended dance and since Kristi hasn’t been on the show for a long time it is an easier style for her since she may not remember the technique like more recent winners like Rashad, Laurie, Alfonso. I also don’t think Kristi will overshadow Lindsey, which I think may happen to some of the other couples. I think it was good that Lindsey’s jazz was saved for the trio round because the samba is a hard dance so at least her trio dance is jazz to balance it out.
I feel like Alfonso is on the show every chance he gets he has hosted, guest judged i think, performed an opener, in the audience pretty much every week. It’s nice that he still sticks around but it would’ve been nice to do something unexpected and give witney and frankie someone else. I think Carlos may have been a better fit for Frankie as he was a decent dancer but not like Alfonso. The jive was one of Alfonso’s best dances and I’m not sure if Alfonso will let Frankie shine. I’m also not sure how strong Frankie is doing side by side stuff plus having it in a trio with alfonso might make it all the more difficult.
I think Corbin is a good fit for Jordan and Lindsay as both are good dancers and I don’t really think Corbin will outshine Jordan yet Lindsay can still choreograph something of high degree since Corbin can handle it. I think this may be the best matched trio. Though the salsa can have a lot of footwork and arm motions so the judges might be nitpicky.
The Rashad/Emma/Drew trio is kind of odd. Well it was expected that Rashad was going to be brought back but I think his style just doesn’t really match to Drew’s. Plus the cha cha was one of Rashad’s best dances so I just don’t know if Drew can really shine in this trio. But i feel like Rashad is more likely to back down/hold himself back moreso than Alfonso would.
I like Laurie but I feel like she will have to hold back for Victoria. I think this dance was going to be difficult for Victoria even without it being a trio but now that she has to match Laurie it will be difficult. Val may be able to use Laurie to cover what Victoria can’t do but I find that the jive trios are usually the most difficult.
The Terrell/Kelly/Cheryl trio will be interesting. I think Kelly is the weakest dance out of the all the ones returning but it may end up being ok. It’s a slower dance so I feel like he will able to keep up with the two.
Some thoughts:
Aww! Witney and Alfonso back together again. This makes me extra happy because it seems to me that Witney has made the same emotional connection with Frankie that she has with Alfonso. . Since they’re both such excellent showman and capable dancers, I have very high hopes for an absolutely smashing great dance.
A Rumba trio with one man and two women sounds intriguing to me. I definitely think Terrell has the chops to handle that. Hopefully Cheryl will have him doing actual Rumba steps and not just being there as girl handler, catcher and flinger.
It’ll be wonderful seeing Kristi again. What a class act.
Lucky Lindsay getting to be between Corbin and Jordan in that Salsa sandwich.
Cheryl’s probably the best female pro this show has had, when it comes to coaching and knowing how the show works. She’ll work it out with Terrell and Kelly.
I agree they didn’t do Victoria any favors by pairing her with Laurie and giving her Jive. I suspect that they’ll find another way to protect her, though.
Don’t forget that this week’s dances don’t impact this week’s elimination, EmnEm. That has already been determined. So, either Terrell is already going home, or they’re trying to make sure he goes home NEXT week.
Like I said in the last post, I won’t be surprised if Lindsey and Mark go home (even though I hope they don’t) because DWTS has been ducking Mark for years just like they have done poor Artem once again. They’re gonna get there’s if Lindsey and Mark wins.
#37 It has been 9 yrs since Kristi did the show and won with Mark but she’s kept active and has done some dancing since she won. She’s done Cheryl’s Love on the Floor tour too. So she’s very much in shape and I think she could have easily done something that required more technique. I think Jazz got chosen because it’s easy to turn into a trio and Lindsey has done most of the ballroom and latin dances that they tend to chose for trios. AT, Jive, Paso, Salsa, Foxtrot, etc. I think had she not already done Jive week 3 that would have been the style they would have done because it was one of Kristi’s best during her season.
For being one of the frontrunners, why is there such little media coverage/media appearances for Lindsey and Mark in comparison to the other couples?
And does that impact their chances in the competition?
#44 the producers are the ones that set up how media coverage works. So all the on the carpet interviews after the show and even the ones of them in rehearsals all set up by them. Lindsey and Mark definitely have gotten the least media coverage. Nick, Vanessa, and Victoria have gotten the most. Then I would say Nikki, Jordan, Drew, Frankie were the next ones to get the most. Pretty much every week Vanessa, Victoria, Nick, and Nikki had interviews with all the media outlets (ET, Access Hollywood, E!) yet for Lindsey outside of the premiere week, week 2, and when they got their perfect score two weeks ago the media interviews have been sparse and when they have happened it’s been posted on their sites with not a lot of promo around the interviews. This week Mark did the complete rounds but it was probably because of Lindsey’s injury more than anything. It’s a way for the producers to manipulate and get their faves seen more but I don’t think it affects Lindsey since she’s so popular with the demo and the audience anyway. Well minus a few hateful people here and there on facebook who want to point out her dance with Derek or make heartless jabs about her weight (which as someone who is small and petite like Lindsey those comments rub me the wrong way a lot).
Interesting styles assignments!
Both Jordan and Lindsey got fun styles, and maybe it works out better for trio dances, but I always like to see couples take different routes (light and shade, fun and dark) on one night. Just the way they have given Victoria both a sexy and a fun dance.
I would say Drew might suffer in lack of rythm/hip movement for that Chacha and might get hosed to clear out the way for TPTB’s intentional finale.
Val has received perfect scores for his Argentine Tangos since season 20 (im counting that Rumer freestyle in this too) and this makes me a bit suspiscious. Though the song they got is from the same singer and kinda similar in tune to the song Paige did her PHENOMENAL argentine tango. I hope and pray Victoria and VAL up their game this week and really earn their place in that finale. Because Victoria is a no BS, generally lovely and a dramafree person and has did a good job till now.
I would love to see TO advance to the finale because he is the improvement award winner this season. Im sure their Rumba would be memorable, even if its not technically flawless. Cheryl’s prowess as a coach on this show would be much more awarded if TO advances to the finale.
I am not sure what to think about Jordan’s dance order. On the one hand I have to think it will be a good week but on the other he maybe first to go under the hamburger lights. If that’s the case then I’m not looking forward to the rest of this season. Good luck to Lindsey. The rest of them ewww.
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I saw the Trio Dances this week. I think the same of this that I have before. This part of the contest is wrong. You are supposed to be dancing with your dance partner only. You are not supposed to be dancing with a 3rd person. A 3rd person could be helping the 2 out. You are supposed to be helped out by your partner only. They also judge the couples by the chereography to. They are suppose to in a dance contest be judging the dance. By doing it this way, this can effect the couple and effect the outcome. What if 1 couples chereography is also better than someone else’s? The way a competition is supposed to be done is the way Channel 13 shows one. It is called America’s Ballroom Challenge. This is an actual televised competition from a real competition. All the couples do the same dances. This is more fairer that way. Then, they elminate couples. I have told this to ABC TV on their 30 Second Comment Line. I have told them this for a long time. They go and do it right back again anyway. I believe this why this season is one of their lowest rated. The Season 25 Premiere was the lowest rated they ever had for a Premiere. You probably recognize these comments before. I have mentioned this on Pure DWTS in the past. This comment comes from Steven Lantz of Brooklyn, New York.
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Well Steve Lantz of Brooklyn, NY, I think you would have realized by now that DWTS is a contest/reality show not an actual Ballroom Dance Competition. As hard as these celebs work they won’t be able to reach those competition standards in 3 months! Nor do they want to. I expect I am with the majority of the audience in that I want to be entertained. I want some dazzle dazzle, nice people, a few laughs, some competition, creativity and all of it topped with cheese!