DWTS Season 25, THE FINALE – Who’s Dancing What…and When?
We have redemption dances, we have freestyles and god only knows what else!! Oh, right, A FUN FINALE!!
At this moment I only have some redemption dances, thanks to Casanova finding them on the DWTS Instagram account.
ETA: Lots more info now and I’m liking most of what I’m seeing here!! Frankie has two good songs although he might suffer in comparison to previous uses of “Run Boy Run” – LOVE his Frank Sinatra song. Honestly, I don’t see any real stinkers in here…yet. 🙂
ETA2: Got a little bit of intel on the fusion dances. Apparently whatever Jordan got, he only required an hour of rehearsal time to learn it 😛 -Court-
Drew Scott and Emma
Monday
Dancing 1st
Redemption Dance: Paso Doble with Bruno as Coach (Song: “Get Ready” by Rayelle)
Freestyle (Song: “The Ding Dong Daddy of the D-car Line” by the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies)
Tuesday:
Repeat Performance
24-hour Fusion Challenge
1-800-868-3404
Frankie Muniz and Whitney
Monday
Dancing 2nd
Redemption Dance: Foxtrot with CAI as Coach (and a solo??) (Song: “I Won’t Dance” by Frank Sinatra)
Freestyle (Song: “Run Boy Run” by Woodkid)
Tuesday:
Repeat Performance
24-hour Fusion Challenge – foxtrot/tango (could be Argentine)
1-800-868-3405
Jordan Fisher and Lindsay
Monday
Dancing 3rd
Redemption Dance: Charleston with Len as Coach (Song: “Bad Man” by Pitbull)
Freestyle (Song: “Puttin’ on the Ritz 2017” Jazzy Mix by Taco)
Tuesday:
Repeat Performance
24-hour Fusion Challenge – jive/?
1-800-868-3406
Lindsey Stirling and Mark
Monday
Dancing Last
Redemption Dance: Quickstep with Julianne as Coach (Song: “Barflies at the Beach” by Royal Crown Review)
Freestyle (Song: “Remember the Name” by Fort Minor/”Palladio” by Escala (Medley))
Tuesday:
Repeat Performance
24-hour Fusion Challenge – tango/cha-cha
1-800-868-3407
Julianne HAS to be with Lindsey and Mark, right?
Not sure why that is Frankie’s redemption dance to be honest. I would have thought jazz. They definately gave drew the right dance in my opinion though. Definately curious to see what Lindsay and Mark are given. Probably one of the first two week dances they did.
I think that Foxtrot will be helpful because he needs a dance in hold to stay on track.
The Paso can definitely be improved upon.
The first Charleston was hard to discern the Charleston – it looks like Len wants to see traditional Charleston and Lindy so some crazy tricks, but I hope they don’t hurt themselves, he’s a great dancer but he’s not a superhero.
It will be interesting to see what Lindsey gets
Lindsey does have Julianne and its a Quickstep, via dancingabc instagram
They wouldn’t give a finale redemption dance that is so freestyle-like and with no specific technique to improve, even though Jazz was one of Frankie worst dances.
Bruno is killing me in that photo. lolllll
Thank you for posting these dance and song lists and thanks to Casanova, EPMusic, and anyone else who has offered information on the finals week. You all are so great and very much appreciated.
LOL at Bruno, my first thought was YMCA Muncho Man song.
Len looks like he’s enjoying himself.
Hope something pops up showing Lindsey & Mark & Julianne
People are commenting there’s favoritism just because Len is the coach for Jordan and Lindsay. I don’t get it. What favoritism. Can someone explain please?
Kinda lovely how Mark gets Julianne, I’m sure she’s probably doing everything she can to get Mark and Lindsey a win. And Julianne being a pro knows the game, she’s been there before, bet she has many tricks up her sleeve and this dance for them will be pretty amazing
#7, Agree. Don’t believe that is favoritism. Len is the judge that gave J &L the lowest score. He has an agenda.
So hoping Lindsey & Mark hit it out of the park this week. They had many notable dances this season, but were a little bit off for the semis. Nice to have Jules in their corner for the Redemption dance.
I was so happy to see Julianne was going to be with Lindsey & Mark, but then I see she is just face timing with them, not the same as actually working side by side. Seems Lindsey and Mark got the short end of the stick again. Their dances appear to be underscored all season long and they have less media coverage than the other couples. I just watched an Entertainment Tonight video with Kym Johnson Herjavec as the guest commenting on the semi finals. This piece ran close to 40 minutes and all couples were gone into detail about their dances, partnerships, and fans except Lindsey & Mark. The only mention of them at all was their score for the night, and that was it. Add to that that Erin tried to set Mark up with the “Why didn’t you go to Maks” when they did the segment after the iconic tango dance. I think they are a great couple that have been very interesting all season long so I don’t get it. This will be the best final in a long time, all the couples are so likable and no family involved, so anyone of them winning is good. I just wish all the couples were treated the same.
Is Bruno trying out for a spot in The Village People?
????????
Of course he has a hard hat on and an unbuttoned shirt. I love it when he does stuff like this.
I also love the picture of Len, Jordan and Lindsay. What a fun, delightful and happy picture.
I think the show has no interest in Lindsey and Mark because they know they don’t stand to gain anything post show, yet they have been a real threat so they’ve sent nothing but subliminal messaging to voters that they’re good, but not quite good enough. That whole comparison to Meryl was ridiculous. Maybe they should have reminded people that Maks and Meryl put on the biggest, most fake showmance of all time. PJC I see so many comments like yours on Facebook and You Tube complaining about the underscoring. I’m not sure why ET would ignore them though.
Instagram post of Julianne face-timing mentions quickstep as the dance style. I would prefer QC than Charleston. At this point the dances have to memorable and Charleston can be too similar to a freestyle.
Lotta quickstep talent going into that quickstep. Julianne and Mark have choreographed some great ones.
Jordan and Drew both got crowd pleasing dance styles assigned. I love a good fox trot but not sure how that style holds up against the other three as far as firing up voters is concerned.
Also, Frankie has been best when he’s playing a role in the dance, so all in all it just seems like he didn’t get the best draw for this round.
I really don’t think the judges are helping choreograph the dances at all…they just give a few pointers usually and stuff they want to see and that’s about it. Glad Julianne got L&M but I doubt it was her decision anyway who she got. Having Len also means nothing in regards to favoritism one way or the other in this round. He’s there because he gave them a much lower score than the rest of the judges for that Charleston round and has things to say about what they need to do to improve the score he gave before.
Lindsey and Mark are on tour….this is likely why Julianne couldn’t work with them in person, they might have less interviews lately etc. I do not think there is any bad agenda in this case.
I do believe Lindsey & Mark have been a bit underscored this season, but I think fans are going a but overboard on the conspiracies regarding them this week. They are on tour. Just vote hard, ignore the judges and the rest of it and it all might turn out the way you want on Tuesday 🙂
I’m glad we get new dances and not just complete repeats of earlier dances in the season!
@EPmusic, didn’t Ginger have contemporary for her redemption dance a few seasons ago?
Just watched an interview with Lindsey and Mark on Access Live in NYC. They just finished a sold out house at the Beacon Theater. The interview was very good and Natalie praised Mark for his choreography and for raising the bar in choreography this season. She said it was so good to have him back in the ballroom and that he was very much missed. If interested, you can watch it on You Tube.
However, I did see the one with Kym Johnson on ET and the host barely mentioned Lindsey and Mark in that interview and spent more time on Victoria, Jordan and Frankie since all three were recently on the show.
[…] Below are two great teasers for the finals of Dancing With The Stars Season 25…..a new promo. Also, Julianne tells us on her surprise (thanks Lori for the heads up). Also, from Disney ABC, you can read some more details on the performances and how voting will take place. This is going to be great. For more dancing info, see the new Who’s Dancing What…and When? post. […]
Did she Ian? lol I don’t have a perfect memory or anything but that is very unusual and super obvious….big surprise she was one of Val’s partners! They pimped her so much that season; Wanya should have been in the top 3.
I saw the Kym Johnson interview too. That show is more like a talk about the guest (Kym) and about DWTS in general than a straight recap of each dance the previous episode; they didn’t discuss many of the dances of the semi-finals specifically. They kept bouncing from topic to topic. I really don’t think it was purposeful at all but it is a shame they didn’t speak more of Lindsey & Mark. Kym did say she thought L&M could win it all at the end. She said Jordan & Lindsay were her favorites but she could see any of the 3 winning – Jordan, Lindsey or Frankie.
I like most of the song choices and styles. I think Lindsey will have to hit this week out of the park in order to win. I think the quickstep redo may help her, Bindi was able to do a showstopper quickstep as a redo and it was well received and her freestyle will have to do really well as well. I listened to her song choice for freestyle and it’s interesting. I was hoping she would pick one of her own songs for her freestyle but I guess she already used one of her own songs for her paso. Mark is great at freestyle so maybe if they do both dances phenomenally they can pull off the win. I’m also hoping Jordan’s freestyle doesn’t overlap too much with Alfonso’s or Riker’s because that song lends itself to that style of freestyle, and it’s been done before and since he is also doing charleston it could also overlap with that too. He may have a different interpretation so we will see. I remember Frankie’s freestyle song from awhile ago, I believe it was Bethany’s paso but I guess since it’s a freestyle they can interpret it differently, he may also have trouble making a foxtrot a showstopper but I think the Frank Sinatra song helps. I was expecting Drew to have an upbeat freestyle and have the paso as his redo, but I think no mater what he does he will end up in 4th place. I also don’t think having Len necessarily means anything. I think Nastia had Len as a coach and ended up in 4th I think he got Len because he gave him the lowest score.
I really like most of these songs and dance styles so I hope my expectations aren’t too high
Drew- I wish had he redone his week 1 foxtrot over the Paso but I do think Emma picked a fun, lively song for the freestyle. Best route to go when you have the weakest dancer left.
Frankie- I like the foxtrot song, but I’m not a fan of the freestyle choice. I really hope to be proven wrong, but I personally think that Frankie is at his best when he’s all-out having fun and loving the experience. This dark style may work against him, esp. since this song has been done before and well.
Jordan- I despise Pitbull but I’m actually happy he got this type of song so that there is a marked difference between this and his freestyle. If he would have gotten a traditional charleston song it may have blended a little with the freestyle choice. I’m glad Lindsay is going this route and I expect it to incredible. I’m hoping it’s high production and just a full-out performance.
Lindsey- thrilled she got an upbeat redemption dance after a few weeks of darker dances. Her freestyle is risky in the sense that it’s not upbeat and, like Frankie, I think Lindsey is best when she’s dancing happy. That being said, if Mark really goes all out with creativity, the violin, etc. this could help her dance stand out. I’m probably most excited for this freestyle.
It’s interesting that in terms of DWTS, a lot of us prefer Lindsey dancing bright and upbeat, but most of her music videos that I’ve seen are serious in nature.
I’ve also noticed the blatant lack of media coverage for Lindsey and Mark all season long. They finally got an Access Hollywood Live interview this week, but other couples have already made appearances on Ellen, KTLA, Entertainment Tonight, etc. They’ve only been touring since Nov 1st.
Other than the Kym interview, other DWTS recaps and reviews I’ve found throughout the season will often gloss over Lindsey and Mark, even though they have been one of the frontrunners.
A couple of times in the On the Red Carpet post-show press line video, I’ve noticed Karl clamoring to speak to another couple when Lindsey/Mark are actually the closest ones coming up next, or abruptly finishing his conversation with them to get another couple’s attention.
I know that TPTB arrange the coverage and even the media has their favorites, but I don’t remember in past seasons it being so unbalanced and dismissive of a particular couple, especially one of the top couples.
I think drew and Emma chose the same freestyle song as Kellie and Kevin from scd and I cannot wait to see her blow everyone’s minds becuase that song is a good sign already. Love Frankie’s freestyle song but a bit worried. Jordan chose a great song as well just kinda surprised though. Also Len chose a pittbull song for his mentor dance? Wow
WOW loving the song lineup for Monday night! Cannot wait to see what routines the pros come up with for their partners! I just wish the producers would do away with that 24 hr fusion dance crap-just my opinion ????
Len will be fair with Jordan because he really likes him. It seems like there are a lot of 10’s when the judge’s are coaches. This is the gimmick that could go. I would like them to use that time for longer dances – some are so short it’s difficult to see all the moves.
Mark is definitely a good choreographer, but I think Whitney, Lindsey, and Emma are also very good. Should be a great night of dancing. I’m hoping for a Jordan, Lindsay, Frankie, and Drew finish. I also hope they are all happy with their performances.
@EPmusic, yes. Wanya was totally robbed. One big thing that was going for Ginger, besides being Val’s partner, was working for ABC. So huge network bias.
And Vin, I totally noticed that too. And hopefully that still might work out in Drew’s favor for a good freestyle. I mean, both Emma and Kevin are great choreographers.
Len had Hines and Kym season 12 and he gave them Quickstep. He really like Hines but still only gave him a 9 to Puttin On The Ritz. Len never scores lower on a redemption but he gave Jordan a 7 first time he will have to give home 3 points more for a 10 and that’s rare for Len.
Hardly wait for Monday to come.
Julianne is also doing a special dance on Monday night.
Taken alone, Lindsey and Mark’s song for their freestyle doesn’t seem like much… but if I’m reading that line right, that this is a medley/combo with another song, Palladio, then I can’t find an existing version of this combo together, and there was an Instagram post with Mark and Lindsey this week that mentioned a recording session. Taken together I think these songs could be pretty epic.
@Cali
I have noticed that too. I have been very sad my favorite couple has had less media exposure.
@Jason
I hunted and hunted for the medley/combo song of Lindsey and Mark’s. That would be amazing it they recorded their own freestyle song and then killed it dancing to it. I just wish I could watch it live—
Aside from Bethany and Derek’s paso in season 19, when were the other times that “Run Boy Run” was used on the show?
There is not only a lot of creative between Lindsey & Mark, there’s a lot of talent, too.
In my wildest dreams I was hoping they would be doing kick-a$$ choreo in a completely unemcumbered way- dancing to their own hologram!!
Derek has done it once with Kairos, so it’s technically possible for the show.
Keeping my fingers crossed….
oh, and some of the weekend websites have Lindsey & Mark as underdogs.
Please VOTE for them if they are your faves!
(Thanks)
Dance order according to George
Drew and Emma
Frankie and Witney
Jordan and Lindsay
Lindsey and Mark
For both Redemption and Freestyles.
Per George on twitter, the order is Drew,Frankie, Jordan and Linsay
What the heck! Why is Normani there in a dancing costume on Jenna’s insta? OMG. I wanted a Val-less finale!! Precious has to ruin it.
Robert Roldan is going to dance tonight so I’m super excited about that. I wish he was trained in ballroom so he could be on dwts!
I can’t wait to watch Frankie & Lindsey! Here’s to hoping one of them win!
Dance Order According to George
1. Lindsey and Mark – Fave Dance Jive = Wake Me Up
2. Frankie and Witney – Fave Dance Argentine Tango = Angelica
3. Jordan and Lindsay – Fave Dance Samba = Mi Gente
Order remains for fusion dances
Hey guys, George posted the running order for tonight. It’s Lindsey, Frankie, then Jordan. For both rounds.
Odds are with Jordan then. In the last 10 seasons, the person dancing last has won SEVEN TIMES.