Dancing with the Stars Season 27, Week FOUR – LIVE BLOG!
Hi all!! You’ll note that I didn’t do a “dancing by the numbers” this week, mainly because they’re using this weeks scores with last weeks votes and that means the DBTN post doesn’t reflect any large changes in scores. So, I’ll be keeping an eye on the numbers during the show and let you know where I think it’s going. Then, I’ll do a retrospective post as it’s needed if any weirdness happens. Cool?
That said, I think it could be any of Courtney’s bottom three to go home this week – I’m leaning more toward Mary Lou, but it’s really critical to see how badly Joe scores. If he’s low enough relative to everyone else, it could be him. All three of them will depend heavily on the scoring differences between them. We’ll see!
Ugh. Too much Val. Love how they introduced the couples with their trio partner. Very good to see some of them again…Nastia, Amy and Rashad….and Riker, to name a few.
Juan Pablo is up first. Will they horrendously over score him once again?? Is it him or is it Cheryl?? I seem to recall this is not the first time they ridiculously shoved one of her partners down our throat….he was a latino as well, I recall.
Sorry, can’t stop watching the girls. Is JP in this dance? This is a well choreographed dance, and it’s well danced, but he just does nothing for me. And it seemed like it went on forever, honestly.
Len loves it, of course – but he does want more content. No perfect score this week. Whose bottom are we talking about Len? Bruno is, of course, drooling. Geez, CAI with the boobage. And she’s not terribly impressed with this dance…and then says it worked for him. :::rolls eyes:::
Score: 24 Hmmmmm….what are they playing at here, I wonder. That seems low, yet not.
Tinashe, Amy and Brandon up next…Tinashe worried about jeopardy. I’ve missed you Amy!! And yes, I do follow your fox’s instagram. 🙂
Brandon is doing some interesting things here. When the three of them are together, that is very reminiscent of something Derek has done in the past, but then his shapes when he was up on the table was different. I’m afraid he might get called out for not using the third person well at times.
Bruno likes the structure – I think I do as well, except for the one or two moments that were absent the third. CAI says this is the most innovative choreography – again agreed. Tinashe is just amazing as is Amy and Brandon has serious potential. He might be the only male pro who is heir to the Hough/Ballas dynasty. Len is very complimentary, but making a comment on the neck once again.
Tinashe scores a 26 – Len’s the lowball with an 8 which seems a tad ridiculous. Also not thrilled that they had Tinashe dancing second. Of course, dancing 3rd is worse, but still.
Oh, John…dancing in the third position. Yikes. But he does have Joey Fatone. 🙂 Joey says he’s “rusty”…this I can believe, but he’s hilarious. They’re having a great bromance though. Poor Emma.
Nice opening by Emma there although it looked like there might have been an issue. Very nice use of three people Emma!! This girl really knows how to work with what she’s given very well. WOW!!! That was Really good!! I’m so impressed. And I will be really upset if John leaves after that!
Come ON, CAI!! She says it starts messy, but then she recognizes that it picks up with the violins and this is a new side of John. Geez, she makes too big a deal of the first couple beats of the dance. After that it was excellent. Len also calls it a greek tragedy at the very start, but he says there was no messing about they went straight into the dance, it had passion, attack and he liked it. Bruno calls it a melodrama and comments that the lifts were messy but this was a hard dance. They are being, IMO, overly harsh. I thought that dance was excellent. They be pissing me off.
A 21?!?!?! Horribly underscored by at least three points. Bastards.
Not at all impressed that we get to see the “male pros” dance – so full of yourselves, Gleb and Val.
Mini-numbers update: Assuming that Joe does no better this week than last week, he needs 12.6k more votes per million votes cast to beat John and be safe for the week. Of course, a lot hinges on not just what Joe scores, but how Mary Lou and Bobby do. Also, Alexis NEEDS to score high to keep herself out of shocking elim territory.
And our flag corps performs a bumper prior to the band…wait. DWTS not high school football. 😉
Jesus. A number screw up for John. That’s just great.
The cutie Evanna up next dancing with Pansy Parkinson! SYLTHERIN in da HOUSE!! I thought this was a risk, not having a former DWTS person as part of the trio, but so far so good. Evanna is doing better every week and Pansy is holding her own although she needs some polish.
Len is saying it’s a great routine. Bruno is…Bruno. He notes that Evanna is getting better and brighter every week – very true. He says they lost sync a time or two. CAI says they look like bookends – agreed. They are very alike.
Evanna scores a 24 which seems about right. Not mad about it.
At the top of the hour – good placement – DeMarcus is up next with Rashad. This is one of the more anticipated dances of the week, IMO. Two hunky football players…and they somehow manage to break his finger. Geez. He’s not a wide receiver is he?? Oh geez, they put his finger back into place and that makes my legs feel funny.
Okay, Lins, don’t let me down….bit of a sync issue at the start, but love these two guys dancing together. Pretty seamless transition there. And they vastly improve the sync as the dance goes on. Nice ending too!!
Bruno’s having trouble concentrating. No surprise. 🙂 Awesome power, but needs some artistry, lost some of it. CAI loves the showcasing of the physiques and the physicality, but lacking some individuality or some other shit that I can’t figure out. Len is being actually funny. He’s liking the content…likes the guns but not always the ammunition. He says it was flimsy on occasion. But for attitude and attack it’s great dancing.
Judges give him a 22 which is utterly ridiculous once again. Gotta keep him well below JP. Jesus.
Mini-numbers: There is currently less than 5k votes per million votes cast between John and DeMarcus. This means that DeMarcus is likely easily safe, as are Evanna and probably Tinashe. Not so sure about JP – why are they over scoring him??
Mary Lou, Nastia and Sasha up next. Wow – had no idea that Nastia and Mary Lou were that tight, but I guess it makes sense. ML is having some trouble with the Charleston. Girl, there ain’t no perfect. Nastia looking good.
Sasha taking a while to get to the trio idea. Once he does, it’s part good and part not so good. I feel like there was a bit of a struggle pulling this one together.
CAI says this week was better?? Really?? Not sure I agree with that. Seems bizarre. Len says the charleston needed more swivel but Len is happy. Bruno says it has a taste of italy – where does he come up with this? He’s also very complimentary.
ML not getting Erin time….a 26?!?!?! What the actual fuck was that?? Is she going home?? That’s a ridiculous score. That puts her tied at the top of the leader board?? With Tinashe?? In WHAT UNIVERSE???
Milo and Riker up next. These two should be a good pairing. Similar height and age. And similar ability.
Okay, very fierce and very fast and so far, very good. Not sure why she didn’t have Milo in front right away, but she makes up for it. Wow. I’m loving this one. Witney has upped her game. Great throw. LOVE how Riker and Milo check in with each other. Fantastic. Should be the high score of the night. So far.
Len calls Witney a frisbee, attack and in control. Would have liked more hip action which CAI clearly thinks is crazy. Speed of music is at fault, him implies. Len says best dance of the night (agreed). Bruno says it was salsational. 😀 He raves and calls it perfection. CAI says team work makes the dreamwork, they were feeling it. She’s incomprehensible again. But in a good way.
And he gets a 29 – Len runs it with a 9, but I can’t be too mad about it. High score of the night so far. Hard to beat. Excellent.
Mini-numbers update: Well, we’re over 30k votes per million votes cast for Joe to pass Tinashe, Mary Lou or Milo if he gets a similar score to what he got last week. I think those three are likely safe. He needs 26k or more to beat JP or Evanna – I tend to think they are safe. We’ll see.
Joe and Jordan are doing salsa – serious train wreck potential. “Salsa sexy”?? 😀
Oh god. It’s worse than we thought – and Jordan can’t get his shirt off. I don’t think I can watch more of this. You know you’re in trouble when you have to bring in Val and Gleb and Water. LOL.
Bruno calls it a unique experience. Um. Yeah. The dancing was an extra that may or may not be included. Timing – nonexistent. CAI says Jenna gets MVP – cuz she had so little to work with. She can’t find the words. Len is speechless. He says it’s hard to put into words what he thought. He does compliment Jenna for her work with…nothing. 🙂
Score: “please send him home” 15
Numbers update: If that 15 doesn’t send Joe home we’re in deep shit. He now needs 25k more votes to beat John, 30k to beat DeMarcus, 38k to beat JP and/or Evanna, 47k to beat Tinashe and/or Mary Lou, and a whopping 57k to beat Milo. At this point, if it’s anyone other than Joe, that person was getting no votes. But we’ll check again in a few minutes. Keep in mind that I’m doing this so fast there could be an error in my numbers somewhere.
Alexis (who I love) up next with Maddie Ziegler (who I can’t stand) – what a conflict. 🙂 Poor Alan, these girls are out to get him.
Maddie is a professional dancer and she’s not doing great at matching Alexis. She didn’t get the memo. And she needs to close in on alan. Nice picture on the bridge of the song. He’s got some good choreo going on here, and all in all this is a very good effort. I’m digging it, minus some nitpicks. Maddie definitely not a ballroom dancers but I expect more from a dancer of her caliber.
CAI says she wanted to see them dance as one – she saw three solos. I think I agree with that and that’s on Maddie and Alan, I just hope that Alexis doesn’t suffer for it. Len seems to really like it, says that sometimes in hold the head needs to go to the left. Bruno says he saw a guy who empowered his girls. He has a lot of compliments actually. He really liked it.
Alan is oddly charming. 🙂 Alexis scores a 25, thanks to Bruno’s 9.
Numbers update: Not a lot to add. Here’s where we are:
Joe needs 60k votes to beat Milo
Joe needs more than 42k to beat Alexis, Tinashe and Mary Lou
Joe needs more than 38k to beat JP or Evanna
Joe needs more than 29k to beat DeMarcus
Joe needs more than 25k to beat John
So, as of right now it’s either Joe or John and if it’s not Joe, be afraid, be very afraid. We’ll see how Bobby fits in here momentarily.
Bobby seems oddly stiff in the beginning of this dance. Sharna is doing what she can, but I don’t think she has the same skill that Emma, Lindsay and Witney do. She’s not having as much success making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. Not horrible, really, but using Hammer choreo.
Len says the Cha cha part is not good, he needs more finesse. Bruno says it was like a tribute act. He says it’s fun watching Bobby – not anymore, IMO. CAI says the world is a better place because he’s in it. She says his technique was nonexistent but he didn’t miss a step. Um, what??
Hello, the clock!??!? Bobby gets a 20. Meaning Joe needs 22k to beat him.
Jeopardy: Evanna and Keo.
Jeopardy: Tiashe and Brandon
OH SHIT.
Eliminated: Tinashe and Brandon.
Well there is your shocking elimination for this season. Just plain wrong. The judges did what they could, it was the audience that fucked this one up.
I will do a more thorough numbers post later this week so we can dissect exactly what happened here. Beside Tinashe just not getting the votes. Many KUDOS to Brandon though – he has SERIOUS potential as a choreographer. Best job of the male pros this season and he’s a newbie. Sad to see him and Tinashe go.
I’m hoping it’s Joe or Bobby that goes tonight, but I don’t think I’ll get that lucky. And while I totally expect Joe’s dance to be a complete trainwreck, I’m worried that will just compel people to vote harder for him for next week (given that he’s dancing with another Bachelor alum to “I’m Too Sexy”). I’m leaning towards John or Mary Lou leaving.
Shocking elimination? Alexis or Evanna.
@Kara – I actually see Tinashe or Alexis being a shocking elim (moreso Alexis) but with Evanna having potter nation, I think she’ll be able to go far.
I love Juan Pablo…But I wasn’t feeling that dance at all. Well done and mellissa is always a treat for me but that was just kinda very strange at the same time. I guess I’d give that dance a 9 but just very creeped out too.
@Vin, I agree. Cha Cha is one of my least favorite dances
I think if Juan didn’t have Cheryl he’d probably get lost in the shuffle. I had high hopes for them, and while I still like them (probably more for Cheryl at this point than Juan), I’ve been kind of disappointed. Last week was the first week I really got into him and remembered his dance after.
Looks like Juan Pablo had a bit of an attitude with Cheryl. He thinks he knows better than her now that he got 3 10’s. Ha!!! Listen you Cheryl, dummy!!
Whoa.. I have to say that was really clever. Great job by Brandon
I like Juan Pablo, but his dancing doesn’t really do anything for me. I think he’s way over-hyped.
I love Brandon and Tinashe but hated those costumes so much.
I am super impressed with Brandon for choreographing that trio dance. It was so creative. They all rocked it!
Tinashe and Brandon and Amy are kinda perfect on paper but I think Amy outperformed her. Still a scene stealer and incredible 🙂 I’d give that a 9 but I loved this one so much
I love Brandon but this is the first week I feel like he really delivered. I’ve been more impressed in his two dances on Juniors than I have been with Tinashe, but this was really good. Surprised it didn’t pull at least one 10.
OK that was so deserving of all 9’s or even 1 10.. but not shocked from Len since he lowballed DeMarcus last week.. ugh.
Btw, it was really nice seeing Amy again – still mad she didn’t win her season!!
Whoa, Emma killing this choreography! That was really good.
Loved that from John/Emma/Joey! Emma really knows how to choreograph crowd pleasing routines and bring out John’s strengths. I have loved this duo and hope they are bringing in the votes.
I think John did a lot better than joey. That is something I didn’t expect. I didn’t expect it to be that good either. I’d give that an 8
Agreed. That was excellent and the judges were pissing me off.
I liked John emma and Joey!! This show needs more Joey!
@Heidi – real curious now on where John stands after his scores? I guess we can hope that Joe gets 6’s or lower.
I thought Emma and the trio deserved at least one or two eights. Big deal Emmad hair got caught but they carried on. She is so creative with her choreography.
I’m guessing by the judges tough comments that they are aiming the bus at John to get him out of there.
Sometimes when a couple goes home they get nicer comments/scores from the judges, so maybe this is a good sign he’s safe tonight?
I’m hoping Alexis does score high tonight as well – she has a great song and I think Tango will be her dance.. also going 2nd to last might help her.
@Michelle I agree! It’s nice seeing some blasts from the pasts in terms of trio partners. Would love to see Joey more on here!
Really annoyed by those scores for John. But this has always been my problem with the judges. They nitpick the littlest things when they want to find something wrong, totally ignore something bigger in another couple.
First dance from Evanna and keo that made me go “eh”. Just sorta memorable but at the same time not great. I’d give than 8 but only becuase she sold that dance big time.
OK Evanna impresses me each week – she has a charm and exuberance to her.
I really liked Scarlett as a trio partner for Evanna and Keo. Her and Evanna are pretty evenly matched so I didn’t feel like Scarlett got totally danced. That was a great choice, probably my favorite dance of the night so far.
So, Evanna & Scarlett were pretty much accessories for Keo to dance around and in front of in that trio. If someone completely new and foreign to DWTS this season would’ve turned on the television right as this routine started…would they have been able to figure out that Evanna was the “star” in this partnership?
As much as I like trios – does anyone think that they did them WAY too early this year? I liked it better week 8/9 where there were only 4-5 couples left vs now
@Susan, no, I like it better later in the season, too. I’ve always thought trios should be when they get down to two dances, so one dance is just the couple, and the other is a trio.
Loved the dance by Evanna, Scarlett and Keo! Much better than I expected!
@Kara – and when they used either the troupe or former pros only, but with the amount of couples left I think they had no choice but to bring in others
Now that is a showstopper. DeMarcus and Lindsay and Rashad were incredible. I’d easily give that dance a 10. That was by far the best of the night thus far.
That was WONDERFUL! Deserves at least one 10 imo.
The fact that DeMarcus was horribly low balled in scores last week makes me wonder how far ahead in the vote he is that they gave one of the best dances last week that low of a score.
I knew they would kill it this week.
WTF 7’s?? Now that was a bit low..
Wow, either they really don’t want DeMarcus to win or he’s totally running away with the votes where no one can catch him.
7s for DeMarcus??? Bullshit!
Not watching the show yet but about the DeMarcus finger : I don’t know why each time I see someone having a fracture or things like that no matter which prt of the body, I have a funny feeling in my legs and I have to shake them to make sure they areokay.
Oh I’ll be willing to bet he’s killing it in votes. The lower they score him, the more votes he gets.
The dances this season are so underwhelming… Well, most of them, except Milo & Tinashe. I’m not loving the camera work, and they seriously need to put someone else in charge of music selection. Watching Strictly and watching this is like night and day. I also do not understand the purpose of adding these non dancers & non former contestants to trios. I still prefer trios with troupe or eliminated pros, which is why they shouldn’t have done it so early in the season, it’s usually week 8 or 9. I know it’s a shorter season, but week 6 or 7 would have been better for trios. And I wish ABC would do something about all the comercials. One dance, comercial. Another dance, comercial. And they can’t spare 5 minutes in the end for eliminations… The new Exec. Producers are failing at capturing/producing emotion & conection with the viewers…
My gosh I miss Nastia – how she placed 4th is still beyond me.
@Maina, totally agree with your thoughts. But, I think a lot of it for me is that the pros just don’t compare to the pros of the early seasons. I can barely remember dances from last week, yet can remember dances every week for season 5. It’s nothing against the pros that we have, some of whom are fantastic and give me a throwback vibe with their choreography. I think it’s just ABC/TPTB meddling too much and trying to come up with changes to keep things fresh, or to compensate for a shorter season.
Totally agree about the commercials, too.
Mary lou and Sasha and nastia were the cutest thing ever. That was just so perfect for them. I’d give that a 9
Sasha’s the only reason I want Mary Lou to stick around. I have a feeling her days are numbered, especially as the crowd starts thinning out. So far everyone in the bottom 6 week 1 has been eliminated.
Really don’t understand how DeMarcus got 7s and that got 9s. I liked it, but didn’t think it was better than DeMarcus and Rashad.
IMO DeMarcus’ scores were correct. IMO it was clunky and heavy, though I loved the concept.
I like Juan Pablo but not this week. He didn’t do much at all.
I liked Tinashe/Brandon/Amy, but IIRC this is the first week she’s had an ‘in hold’ dance and yet barely half of it was in hold.
Evanna got kind of screwed with the partner. Yes, she did well for never having been on the show, but everyone else (so far) has been paired with someone who knows what to do and expect. I thought they were a bit overmarked.
Loved Marylou/Nastia/Sasha, though I spent the whole time watching Nastia.
I wonder if ML is going home.. I mean 9’s is her highest score so far so it’s like a parting gift?
I thought their dance was cute. Not 9 worthy, but I liked it. Does make me wonder if she’s getting eliminated. The judges were super nice and generous with her tonight.
Glad that Milo is going near the end of the running order! This is the trio I’ve been dying to see. Riker totally should have won his season (and I’m not even a big fan of Allison, but Rumer/Val never did it for me).
This song was performed better for maks and meryl on season 18
I am so stoked to see what Milo’s freestyle is going to be like, WOW.
I’m also ready to see him do a slower dance like the Waltz and Foxtrot.
At the very least that deserved to tie Tinashe/Mary Lou, so glad that the judges didn’t disappoint with their scores. Milo would be my pick to win! He’s just so much fun to watch.
I am normally all in for Lindsay and she always does a phenomenal job with any celeb she gets, but holy hell I am all in for Milo and Witney.
Milo seems unstoppable. Riker was great. Witney was great. I think this was the best trio of the night, so far. Enjoyed it from start to finish and it didn’t seem like the dance just dragged on forever like some others have tonigt. Oh God, grocery Joe is next. Time for a bathroom break.
OK WTF are we watching? I’m so cringing at this..
I have to feel sorry for Joe, because in any other season, there are other dancers as bad (or almost as bad) as him. This season, not only are their not any bad dancers left, the ones that were bad were still better than him (I’ll continue to believe Nikki would have done better with someone other than Gleb).
Joe’s dance was so…. unfortunate. The costumes and the water the whole thing was a big mess
@Kara
By this time, all the very “bad” dancers are already gone (except Bonner). It’s just not a show for him imo.
If Joe doesn’t go home tonight after that horrible performance, I’m going to be livid.
Well.. 5’s. Is he actually going to be in trouble for once, and maybe actually leaving??
I’m not really sure why everybody hates Joe so much. No, he’s not very good, but people seem to hate his personality – he’s a really sweet guy if you watch him in anything, this show just isn’t for him. I know people think he isn’t trying, but he is trying – he’s just epically failing!
That dance could have been fun, but it was a mess from start to finish. The judges were being way too nice in their comments. If Joe starts outlasting better dancers I’m thinking they might get a tad more brutal in their critiques.
Scores were generous. I would have given that 3s or 4s.
@Emlee, I see what you mean, but even this season, no one was that bad. Nikki was probably the closest to being as bad as Joe, but even Danielle did okay (I think nerves got the best of her), and Nancy was actually better than I expected. This season everyone just started off really good from the beginning.
Ugh. Maddie Ziegler. Gag me.
If they ever bring Maddie Ziegler on as a pro, I’m out.
Is it just me or is Alexis giving me serious Jana from Season 24 vibes? Her dancing and personality seem very similar.
I can do without Maddie, and can’t say I was impressed with her during that trio. I had high hopes but that was kind of a let down, and I hate agreeing with CA but she was right.
I do love Alexis/Alan. I am also glad she’s going later in the line up tonight compared to previous weeks. I worry about where she’s standing with votes, but hope she managed to climb out of being in the bottom from the first week.
@Carol, I honestly hope that never happens. I worry between her and her sister on Juniors TPTB might try to make them a thing on here, in some way, shape, or form.
Anyone think if Alexis got someone else aside from Maddie in her trio that that tango would’ve been KILLER? I feel like Maddie was trying to steal the spotlight a bit.
@Susan, that’s because Maddie has no idea to dance without all the spotlight on her. I don’t wanna get too mean to a 16 year old, but not surprised at all that CAI felt like it was three solos at times, bc Maddie can’t be a part of a team.
@Susan, I think Maddie outdanced Alexis for sure. She was alot more sharper in her movements and a much polished dancer technically. I don’t think it worked to their advantage. Alexis seemed a little too weak in my opinion, and Maddie was more grounded.
I just have a bad feeling that Joe is surviving, given the criticism and low scores. If he were going home, I don’t know, I feel like they would have at least been a little nicer in their comments (even if he didn’t deserve it).
I was wondering whether Bobby would be back to his old tricks of hamming it up and going off script or actually behaving himself. Maybe he got a talking to. Once again, the judges were pretty nice, because that dance was pretty bad. I feel like Sharna is not into this season.
WHOA!!! WHAT THE HECK!!!
Woww.. I’m done with this season. No way should evanna or tinashe be in jeopardy or eliminated. I am livid.
Did NOT expect that. I thought for sure Tinashe being in jeopardy last week was a ruse.
I hope Brandon doesn’t feel like this is his fault. He did amazing for his first season as a pro. This is INSANE! I love Joe as a person but Tinashe leaving before him? I’m in shock.
I just cant believe Joe lives for another week. It is so painful to watch. It is embarrassing. Let him go Bachelor Nation. He doesnt even look like he is having fun.
If it makes you guys feel better – all of us over on the Bachelor forums are saying we’re done voting for Joe (not that I have been, but everybody else is saying they’re not going to anymore). So he may very well see a giant drop in votes tonight.
Absolutely outrageous.
The girl celebs are getting slaughtered this season. I was blaming it on the pros but Brandon did his job. This is all on the audience. The girls have all been in jeopardy. The first four gone are women. Stiffs like Joe are overcoming 11 point deficits on the scoreboard.
What a disaster.
I’m at a loss. That was insane. And now Joe’s fans might be even more fired up over this low score and comments this week.
I thought for sure we were losing Evanna, and now I wonder how well she’s doing.
I hope Brandon gets another shot. Being a new pro with a pretty unknown star they already had an uphill battle, and it didn’t help in this cast.
Are we going to constantly have yo look at Val and Gleb in every pro/troupe dance? Gag.
JP’s danced seemed more like a burlesque pregormance than a ChaCha. Just too ranchy.
Tinashe, loved the short hair probably my fav dance she’s done. But all her dances have been pretty good I wish she’d have something to make this more of a journey.
Maybe it is the childhood crush speaking but is John looking hotter each week? But what was with that score, I hope it’s because he’s diung great it votes.
Evanna is getting better every week, she really is the dark horse if this season.
DeMarcus getting low-balled again, he must be killing it in votes.
Mary Lou did a decent Charleston but given all the gymnastic skills on that floor I would have loved to see Sasha throw some of that in at the end.
I like Milo and it was a good dance.but like Tinashe I’d like to see something that makes it seem like it’s more of a journey. DeMarcus has been good since day one but it just seems like he’s having more of a journey.
Joe…what can I say it was a trainwreck and on top of that more Val & Glen pimpage. Hubby thinks 5s were incredibly generous.
Alexis was good but I feel Maddie outdanced her a bit which made her dancing look weaker than she actually was.
LOL. That dance totally suited Bobby.
Wow, surprising elimination. What in the world is it going to take for Joe to leave? Bachelor Nation officially scares me.
On another site someone said regarding tonight ‘voting is hard for Americans.’
Yep!
How the hell has Joe never even been in the bottom two? I mean seriously! Tinashe should have been a finalist.
Did not saw that one coming, even with the jeopardy last week ! I’m SHOCKED because even I know Tinashe didn’t connect with the audience that much and Brandon is a new pro, I thought his choreo was good enough for them to reach at least the semi finals. Hope he is proud of him and Tinashe too. This kinda remind me of Christina Millian. Also there go my hopes for a Priness and the Frog dance on Disney week btw.
Now I really need Joe and Bobby out QUICK !!!! And the MBT is probably between Milo and DeMarcus.
Who is voting for these people? I think Tinashe didn’t get the votes because she is not a household name AND she was paired with a new pro. Disappointing because I really liked Brandon, and I was looking forward to seeing what he could do choreography wise later in the season.
Coming from an avid member of Bachelor Nation, good god fellow BN people just let Joe go home already he does not want to be there.
Well this stinks. Like not cool at all. Tinashe didn’t seem too surprised but still not cool.
I’m sad to see Tinashe go she was one of my faves. Definitely even sadder because I loved Brandon’s choreography and I feel he can become a force to be reckoned with on this show. I’d dare say he’s the best current male pro in this season’s roster. Even more sickening that she goes home before Joe, Bobby, JP, John, and Alexis? Are you serious? All my votes are going to Milo. Kid’s got some serious skills and continues to win me over. Here’s to the JP, Milo, Alexis, and Demarcus final four *eye roll*
I really think bachelor nation knows that Joe is not a good dancer. They just find it humorous to try to hijack DWTS by voting hard for Joe to knock out celebs that are good dancers that deserve to still be in the competition. I do not find that funny.
I’m also over Disney night on here. I was so excited when it was finally a theme but it’s kind of dull now.
Heidi will be able to tell us but could that be a record number of votes for a celeb needed to pass another one and send them home? Over 40k votes. I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it yet again. Never ever underestimate Bachelor Nation!
I like what they did with the trios this year. Making it one, longer dance, and introducing us to the trio partner.
Joe managing to hang on despite those low scores baffles me. He’s really getting that many votes? Just shocking. Same with seeing Tinashe go home. So glad it’s not Evanna though. But Joe, Bobby, and John should be the next few to go, though I know I wouldn’t be so lucky lol.
Milo is really impressing me and had one of my favorite dances of the night. I also loved Emma and John’s – and I like that she had the two males dance together. I feel like a lot of the trios lacked the star dancing with the trio member one-on-one, and rather the pro did it, so I did like that Emma made them really interact.
Maddie is a professional dancer. If she was out dancing Alexis, the non- professional, then this is on her and Alan for not matching up better.
@ Jalen.I am doing the same thing. I am voting for Milo. The kid has a great attitude, his happiness is contagious. Not to mention that Witney is doing a great job with Milo, Milo really has dancing talent, and as each week goes by, I think Milo is more determined as ever to get that MBT. I feel Witney is staring in the face of her 2nd MBT win.
I had Tinashe/Brandon in the finals, so there goes my final 3 that I wanted. I still have DeMarcus/Lindsay, and Milo/Witney so now I will have think long and hard who I would like to replace Tinashe/Brandon. Maybe Alexis/Alan.
Look, I watched Bachelor in Paradise this year and did really enjoy watching Joe and Kendal, he didn’t seem like the typical fame seeker so many people on that show seem to be. But, Dear God Bachelor Nation, let him go! It looks painful for him, for Jenna and honestly, for us! He has peaked, he probably peaked week 1. I tune in to see good dancing and I just don’t think he’s capable of giving that to us. Please stop before we have to watch/endure anymore!
No, M8. Not a record, but very close to one. It’s been a while since a celeb got this many votes to stay. When Audrina Patridge was eliminated, there were similarly large numbers involved – and we predicted it at the time. I think we suspected that Alexis and/or Tinashe could be early outs…but not in week freakin’ 4.
We only know the bottom vote getters from week 1, Blah. There haven’t been any other “bottom two’s” this season. Just because you’re in jeopardy doesn’t mean you were bottom two.
Don’t know how bachelor nation can be so evil. The more I stew about this, the madder I get. So unfair. They know Joe is not a good dancer. I took a bathroom break during the grocery Joe dance and came back to see them standing there taking on water. I was so glad I took that bathroom break. Just that last bit I saw let me know the entire dance was nothing more than just plain horrible.
I wonder if the judges will be forced to break out the 3 and 4 paddles for Joe while giving everyone else only 9s and 10s.
Mary Lou and Nastia!! This was amazing dance, partnership and choreography, good staging. Well deserved 26
I really hope that all the people who love the best dancers this season (Milo and Alexis especially) are voting for them. I really wanted Tinashe to be in the final, but I kinda imagined this might happen… It sucks!
I have nothing against Joe; he’s never danced before and that’s ok, that’s what the show is about. But I don’t feel like Jenna is teaching him any technique or fundamentals. People shouldn’t now flood his social media and say mean things to him just because a better dancer went home, it’s not his fault. But I do want the better dancers, or the ones who are learning & getting better, to remain in the competition.
Before the season started I thought Demarcus might win because he’s a football player with a great personality paired with Lindsay – and I do like him – but now I’m TEAM MILO all the way FOR THE WIN! And I love Riker so much still! Perfect trio partner for them!
I missed somewhere that it was last week’s audience votes with this week’s judges scores (not last week’s), but either way the departure of Tinashe was very surprising. Last week she was tied for second (behind Juan Pablo’s 30) with a 27, along with Milo and Evanna. This week she was tied with Mary Lou at a 26, both behind Milo’s 29. I know PH said she will review what happened in detail, but the difference between a 26 and a 15 (Joe’s score this week), was even harder to overcome than his last week’s score (18).
IMO, Darlene’s comment #84 hit the nail on the head.
It’s time for Grocery Store Joe to take his butt home.
Not surprised.
Brandon and Tinashe are amazing dancers. But the audience somehow couldn’t connect with them.
The Best Scored Dancers don’t always win/get to the Finals. Season 25 had many shocking eliminations- Heather, Nancy, Simone, Normani.
I’m sorry, it was Darlene’s comment #86 that I was agreeing with.
I’m really sad Tinashe got sent home. She danced beautifully. Their Trio tonight with Amy was powerful, and Brandon is shaping up to be an amazing pro. She had to be getting like NO votes. We know Joe is raking in a lot of votes obviously, but John, Bobby, and Mary Lou didn’t go home because of that. A TOP scorer did. If he took out a top scorer like that, then Joe could be around for awhile, but I think some people might be turned off of voting for him after tonight’s elim. I know I was. I was throwing him 1 vote every week just because I loved him on BIP, but tonight all my votes went to Evanna and Milo. I would be devastated if either of those couples went home, so I’m not dividing my votes up as much anymore.
Tonight’s elimination felt similar to Sabrina Bryan’s elimination. Young singer with a brand new pro who was doing great week after week but just wasn’t getting any votes. I hope they both know how amazing they were and I hope Brandon realizes how great of a job he did!!!
Shocking just shocking!!! Tinashe should never be in jeopardy in week 3 & 4. Not when there is Joe, Bobby, John and Mary Lou. She danced better than these ones every week.
Tinashe should have been in the top 4 or 5 not the bottom of 10 tonight. But, I should realize by now it’s about who carries the most fans, usually.
These couples impressed me tonight:
Milo & Witney & Riker
Alexis & Alan & Maddie (although I would have liked Lindsey S instead)
Tinesha & Brandon & Amy Purdy
Demarcus & Lindsay & Rashad
Evanna & Keo & Scarlett
Mary Lou & Sasha & Nastia (I always knew she has a sweet personality) It was such a cute dance.
Seriously that Joe and Jordan dance was AWESOME. I havent laughed that hard in a while. Who cares its a TV show. If you ask me out of all the dances the only one ill actually remember from this season and from many previous seasons is that one. He got all my votes and I never even vote but I found it so entertaining as heck i made an effort. The guy doesnt know how to dance neither does Jordan give the guys a bit of slack. They were good sports. Its not really fair saddling Joe with a non dancer while one of them gets Maddie Ziegler.
If there were a voting hotline just for Joey’s makeup, I’d give it all ten of my phone votes.
I am surprised to read the comments. My favorite hands down was Joe and Jordan. I never vote yet i made the exception and voted for him this time. I havent laughed that hard in so long. Entertaining gold especially with Jordan who i think is hilarious! Good on those guys to not take themselves too seriously and just be good sports. Especially since compared to others he had a non dancer as a trio partner. Most memorable dance for me in a while.
My ideal final 3 at this point would be Milo, and some combo of DeMarcus/Evanna/Alexis. Heck, if a not so great dancer is going to make it far, I’d rather it be John over Bobby or Joe. John definitely runs circles around them. I find Bobby pretty obnoxious. Scores and comments made sense tonight, given the outcome. Somehow I think Joe is going to outlast the likes of Alexis, Evanna, Mary Lou, and John before finally getting bounced.
No more trio dances requiring extended hold, please. Trio ATs can work, but ballroom tango just looks weird. (Heck, there was a Geico ad a few years back–it’s on YouTube now–mocking the idea of a tango for three.)
As for the votes, I’m amazed that Joe managed to make up so much ground (~4.7% of the vote), but not quite surprised that Bobby did (~2.5%).
I am an avid Bobby voter. It’s refreshing to see someone come to the show and give everything they have to the entire experience. Sure, he’s not the best dancer, but I still look forward to seeing him every week. Joe puts in no effort and he doesn’t want to be there. It’s sad to see the ABC affiliated people get guaranteed safety on the show for x amount of weeks. Len giving Bobby’s cha cha only 1 point higher than Joe’s awful dance was bizarre and wrong. Don’t even get me started on Mary Lou. I’m still upset that she was even cast after defending Nassar and trying to stop congress from passing laws to protect athletes from sexual abuse. Vile stuff.
I agree Suz #106 – I got a kick out of Joe and Jordan’s dance. While Milo is my favorite and he and DeMarcus get most of my votes, I do throw a few to Joe each week. I think he’s starting to enjoy being there and I’d like to see if he gets better.
As good as Tinashe and Brandon were, they really didn’t do anything for me. I enjoyed Emma & John tonight & loved Joey’s make-up.
@Maina – you hit the nail on the head. I have been voting for Alexis since she was put in jeopardy the first week and have been since – we lost Tinashe, we can’t lose another good dancer. Besides, it’s crazy how there’s only 3 females left!
Memo to Bachelor Nation: STOP. PLEASE. STOP. Thank you!
I’ve always been a huge witney fan since SYTYCD so I was thrilled she had as great of a week she did!!!!! Both milo and Riker danced great and they all interacted in a way you should during trio night. Definitely don’t understand why Len was crabby about that salsa. Definitely 10 worthy!
That being said I think many of the other trios struggled this week. Both JP and Tinashe for me had their weakest dances this week and while I do think de Marcus was underscored he did not take the Paso as well as I expected. I also felt JPs cha cha was extremely awkward with the tricks. I also felt like tinashes was her weakest dance as well.I felt the other three trios that I actually felt were decent and the dancer grew (besides milo) were Emma’s trio (yes weak at first but the choreo always great and the dancing improved), Sasha’s trio (I thought she was great and deserved her score) and Alan’s trio (I did think this was well danced but got scored the way it deserved to)
Congrats on your ability to be easily entertained, suz.
Those eliminations may have been shocking to you, DWTS Fan, but they weren’t to us.
I actually liked Joe and Jenner’s performance. It was very entertaining. I think fans expect too much from the show. They are not suppose to be professional dancers and clearly Joe is not. I didn’t like Tinashe’s dance,too stiff. My favorite was Sasha and Marylou,Joe and Jenner and Cherly and Pablo.
@Carrie W # 114 Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
@PrincessHeidi what will they do about giving out the wrong voting number for John and Emma? What will happen if they get eliminated?
If you’re going to try and come and “educate” us about the show, spagetti, maybe actually get Joe’s pro’s name right.
Actually I am not that easily entertained because the last dance that i actually remember is the trio one with nastia and derek where she was dancing between 2 rooms.
.5secs after each dance i totally forget about it. Heck i didnt even remember most of the trio DWTS alum who were there
No disrespect to this site because I do enjoy reading the commentary but I think people need to relax a bit and take it for what it is a mindless entertaining dance show with dlisters who try to learn to dance and get at best questionable scores and win some cheap sequined trophy. This isnt the olympics or SYTYCD or WOD. The expectation isnt very high and winning this show is pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
What I am trying to get at is with years of 1000s of dances it all runs the same for me now. I feel like weve tapped the best of what this show can achieve as far as dancing ability and dance/choreography originality. Its hard to be wowed when everything has been done and redone. Now with dancers all on the same dancing skill level for the most part they dont set themselves apart unless they have some personality because choreography wise it all just looks the same to me. Its all the same moves just in different order to a different song and costume pretty much. I watch but I am never impressed or really moved by anyone anymore. I hear the judges gush but Im always like Meh it was ok. Ask me what dance I just saw 5 minutes ago I couldnt tell you.
And like it or not I think i represent the majority of the people who watch the show. All people want is to be entertained whether it means great dancing or silly comedic performance.
And for anyone who says Joe doesnt want to be there. Hello?? the guy gets paid like an extra 25K every week he stays on. Its a pretty sweet gig. the guy is not some celeb hes a normal dude with a business. Thats some serious bank Im sure hes happy making dancing a few hours a week if it helps his business.
And by no means am I a bachelor nation fan. Last week I think he barely moved and Jenna danced around him. What I appreciate is that he went for it this week and went for the cheesiest song with the cheesiest moves and combined with the unscripted hot mess of Jordan and his shirt it was hilarious.
#suz You can take the show for the entertaining show it is and still want good dancing. It’s this mentality that has gotten joe super far past where he should have gotten. It’s this mentality that causes voting catastrophies such as last night (not a big deal in the grand scheme of life in general and we all have lives we go on with outside of the show but it is very disappointing to see how many people are voting for someone as terrible as joe and how many people don’t think someone who can dance isn’t worth voting for). Personally I would rather watch good dancing and have the bad dancing weeded out but it is a popularity contest. Once again we all have day lives I just wanted to calirfy why some people care if a good dancer gets cut over a bad dancer.
I meant is worth voting for in my above comment
So I just watched Joe’s dance, and the amount of cringe was enough for mortification. Just go, Joe. Not sorry at all, he did seem to enjoy himself a smidge more, so send the poor man away on a high note, I say. Then MLR can go right afterward.
I suspect that since Nancy and Val were eliminated last week, Val’s fans moved to support his “fiance” Jenna and voted for them after the show last week. That could have given Joe a boost in votes. The Fam fans seem to be loyal that way.
I feel like I found Joe’s dance cringe-worthy because I really disliked Jordan when he was on the bachelorette
but anyways, it sucks Brandon and Tinashe sucks but apparently DWTS and TPTB need shocking eliminations and also, the bachelorette fanbase is huge and probably bigger than Tinashe’s
Hi Courtney… I have a question regarding new pros moving up. I think Kristyn Burtt also brought it up last night. Obviously a pro’s fanbase and how they vote impacts the total number of votes the couple recieves. Do you think Brandon being new, being on the show for a shorter amount of time, the audience not really knowing him, added to the factor that Tinashe was eliminated? That makes me wonder if and when producers promote Haley, if she gets a Tinashe-like guy partner, could they make it out further than Brandon and Tinashe did? Only asking because she is the only remainder of “Hough” (and I use that name loosely) on the show, and she seems to have a bigger fanbase than Brandon since she has been there longer and done more tours, etc. Her choreography and the spin off was definetely worthy of being up there. Would love your input! Thanks.
suz, perhaps you should STFU when it comes to telling people how they should or should not enjoy the show. It’s not up to you decide and you lecturing people to relax is just annoying. Learn to accept that you are in a serious minority here and move on if you don’t like it.
As for the rest of your post – I don’t really care how you watch the show or what you think of it. Move along. And yes – YOU care. Only someone who cares writes seven paragraphs on a simple fan site.
Joe gets paid extra for extra weeks?? True – but how craven. So he IS a simple famewhore, eh?
Hard to say, Jamie. They have, in the past, not done the elimination. But, if he was on the bottom, just above Tinashe, they might just let him go.
I’m not Courtney, but my opinion is that the pros fanbases don’t hold as much sway as they did, once upon a time. Theoretically, Val and Cheryl probably have the largest fanbases, and Val is already out.
It’s possible that Tinashe got eliminated a week earlier than she might have with a different pro, but probably only a week. Maybe two. Tinashe is FAR from the first good dancer to get eliminated early. Far from it. Brandy. Audrina. Sabrina…those are three right off the top of my head and Brandy was dancing with Maks. Sabrina with Mark. Audrina with Tony. I’m sure if I went back and looked I would find many more. Would someone like Derek have taken Tinashe farther and possibly win with her? Maybe. He should have won, IMO, with Amy and Shawn – yet he didn’t, despite doing some of his best work. But the reasons why someone doesn’t win, or is eliminated early is, IMO, much more complicated than who they’re dancing with. Does the pro have a strategy? Does he know how to choreograph to highlight his partner? Does he know how to shine a light on his partner? Who are they dancing AGAINST? Are they dancing against major ringers? Have they won “too many times”? 😉
The list goes on. We’ve seen Tinashe’s before…and we’ll see them again. I’ve been concerned for a while that we might lose Alexis – but more because of Alexis being a relative unknown than Alan or his fanbase.
@JJ – I echo Heidi’s sentiments above, but I’ll also throw this in: given that we’ve now had the troupe for 16 seasons (I think) and most of the new pros are promotions from the troupe, I don’t think the “newbie pros” are as at as much of a disadvantage as they were in the earlier seasons. They aren’t coming in as complete unknowns, given that we’ve gotten the chance to get to know them for at least a few seasons in the troupe, in which time they’ve probably helped out with trios and done a couple tour stints. I don’t know that Hayley would have necessarily fared any better, if given a partner of comparable skill to Tinashe – the fact that she’s Derek’s gf seems like it’s lost on the general viewing demographic, as my mom didn’t know until I told her last night. Remember: the bulk of the viewers aren’t glued to social media, where Hayley and Derek tend to appear together the most. And honestly, I’m kind of over the Hayley vs. Brandon comparisons anymore – it started prior to this season, and I just find it tiresome. They’re both great, it’s apples and oranges – I don’t think one would have done better than the other, or one should have gotten a pro spot first instead of the other, etc.