Dancing with the Stars Season 28, THE FINALE – LIVE BLOG
I must say, I’m very curious to see what the three stooges will do tonight. How desperate for an Ally win are they?? Or was their only goal to get her to the finale?? Questions, questions. I’m going to split all my votes between Hannah and Kel because I’d be happy with either of them winning.
T-minus 30 minutes…until we sit through two hours of bloat to see who wins.
Here comes the opening number…Love Ally and Hannah’s dresses while speaking.
Daniella continues to put all the other women to shame. We should have seen more of her this season.
Erin’s dress is gorgeous. Honestly, the rotating choreographers on the pro number have made them somewhat refreshing.
Ally dancing first – the new pimp spot. Seems they want her to get plenty of votes.
And she’s…singing?? Double whammy….doing a jive to proud Mary which Derek did perfectly with Nicole in their finale. Ally ain’t no Nicole. Her feet are way off for one thing.
Len: Only going to be one winner. You’ve done your chances no harm at all. Fantastic. (I see how we’re going here – Ally can do no wrong.)
Bruno: That’s how you start a show. Full throttle. Maximum effect.
CAI: Been a lot of controversy – that is why you are here tonight. (bullshit – you all are just justifying last weeks decision.)
Apparently we’re only going to watch Hannah and Kel’s feet this week.
Erin can’t even keep Ally and Lauren straight.
Scores: 10, 10, 10 for a total of 30. Shocker.
Lauren and Gleb are up next. She’s doing her foxtrot to Jolene. She’s a sweet girl – if only she wasn’t with Gleb.
She’s still not a really natural mover like the other three are. I blame Gleb. What is it about this dance it just seems so…joyless.
Bruno: What I Like about you is you bring the character to life. (why does the audience have mason jars?). Lines and balance have improved.
CAI: Emotionally you weren’t as open as the first time, you’ve developed as a dancer but you’re holding back as a dancer. Let it all out.
And Tom tries to skip Len. 🙂
Len: Mix of flair and care. (the set falls apart) Well done.
Scores: 9, 9, 9 for a total of 27
Okay, so, everyone is going to get 9s except Ally. I think we predicted this. Kel up next, Hannah last.
Kel is doing his jazz, in case anyone has forgotten. He got a tiny bit off time but over all he’s killing it . He might get hammered for picking something that isn’t ballroom, in addition to his freestyle – and it’s not a particularly difficult dance. I wonder if he REALLY picked this dance…..essentially doing two freestyles in one night, since jazz on DWTS isn’t real Jazz.
CAI: Great the first time, better the second time. So spot on with delivery.
Len: There’s no hiding place, out in front the whole time.
Bruno: Uplifting, positive, life affirming. Beautiful to watch.
Maybe there is hope from someone other than Ally…
Scores: 10, 10, 10 for a total of 30 (color me shocked).
Eh, before anyone goes nuts seeing Hannah in the Bachelor preview….if you don’t actually watch the show you don’t even know how bad they are about airing previews that are not even remotely close to reality. Heavily edited so when you see the actual show it was nothing.
Hannah doing her V. Waltz…not sure why, but….
Anyway, she seems to have her head right tonight in the package. I hope this dance is impactful enough. I’m not sure. Her posture looks good. I see no obvious flaws. I wonder if the judges will manufacture a couple.
Len: You put the turns in. Lovely sweeping movement.
Bruno: You are in full bloom, more confident. You went on the wrong foot. It was beautiful.
CAI: Your best dance of the season. You have a lightness and ease of motion.
Scores: 10, 9, 9 for a total of 28
I want Hannah to win just to screw over the judges.
NUMBERS UPDATE: Assuming everyone gets a 30 on their freestyle, in order for Kel or Ally to win, each needs one point more than the other and they need for Hannah and Lauren to not cover the spread. Hannah needs 8,600 more votes per million votes cast than both Kel and Ally (and for Lauren to not cover the spread) in order to win. Lauren needs 4,300 and 12.8k more votes per million votes cast than Hannah, Kel/Ally, respectively, to win.
I suspect that neither Lauren nor Hannah will get a perfect score on the freestyle in order to give Ally a better shot.
Ally up with her freestyle – how is Ally “what this show is all about?” I’m confused, Sasha.
She looks great. A couple little awkward moves I can’t figure out. That lift was just bad. And she’s even off time in her freestyle – a bit behind Sasha at one point She was the only one not moving her feet at one point. Last lift was also very awkward. Refrain from lifts, Sasha.
That was unimpressive.
Bruno: Unleash the star power. Jennifer lopez invading. Love the tribal bits. Lot of actual latin dancing.
CAI: (doing her usual over reaction) Never seen anything like that (are you fucking kidding ME?).
Len: High energy, nice bit of salsa. Loved that the music was recreated in every move.
They are quite desperate for her to win, aren’t they?? Keep telling the audience how great she is and soon everyone will believe.
Ally, you were in the bottom two THREE times!
Scores: 10, 10, 10 for a total of 30. 60 for the night.
Good god, Bobby Bones working super hard to get his mug on TV.
This AI thing is dumb. None of the three seem that excited.
Ugh. Gleb. Maybe if you lost the supreme arrogance and took some choreography notes you would be remotely likable.
Country themed freestyle. Took Lauren forever to actually dance – did more sitting. Gleb showcases himself. She does a better lift than Ally though.
Oh goodie another singer. Come on. Unbelievable amount of time NOT dancing in this freestyle.
CAI: Everyone’s freestyle is so different – this one is perfect for you. I adore you, adored your journey.
Len: You paid homage to your roots. Full of entertainment.
Bruno: The line dancing was delicious. I’m a happy man.
Scores: 10, 10, 10 for a perfect 30.
So, like half the celebrities will be on tour. All four finalists. So why the extreme pimpage of Ally? Is her label owned by Disney??
Hannah up next….still a little showmance in the package.
The first 20 seconds are better than anything Ally or Lauren did.
Now THAT was a freestyle. She just put the other two women to shame – by a mile. Well done!!
Len: Caught me unawares – you came out sharp, crisp, bold. You really threw me and it was great!
Bruno: Dramatic to acrobatic to sexy. AT inspired opening, beautifully insync
CAI: You are living your best life and this is so beautiful to see. Victorious freestyle.
CAI just can’t help herself. Two dances before Hannah’s were just not great. And full of issues that were ignored.
Scores: 10, 10, 10 for a total of 30.
Come on, Kel. Kill it.
I’m not really into this so far. And I usually like hip hop. Like how it speeds up and then down at the end. I find it amusing that Witney is actually better at hip hop then Kel is.
He likely went last because of the car.
Bruno: What a ride! And what a night. Love it. Final acceleration was exhilarating.
CAI: My inner fly girl is so happy. Represented.
Len: I’m not going to be the party pooper because it’s not in my nature. This was for me was similar to the first dance you did (I foresaw that). I’m not saying it wasn’t good, I would have just liked (many boos).
Scores: 10, 9, 10 for a 29 out of 30.
Erin claims it’s one of the best freestyles she’s ever seen? Put down the crack pipe, girl. That wasn’t even close. It was good, verging on great – but best ever? No.
Okay, here we go!!
LOL – Love Kel’s dad.
Wonder if there is anything to this order of the clips.
Fourth Place: Lauren and Gleb
Third Place: Ally and Sasha
And the WINNER IS: Hannah and Alan!!
Congrats to Hannah and Kel. Kel came from a likely early elimination to take second place – his accomplishment should not be under rated.
Are the judges going to pick the winner or will it stay the same with just using the votes?
i want hannah and alan to win
I posted my thoughts on the other post about each finalist but to sum up after a quick check of social media – I’m spending my evening on Disney plus. It seems the winner will be whoever gets the most influential celebrities to support them. This is really disappointing to me. I used to love the show now I’ll keep an eye on this site to check out the winner in a few hours. Thank you to you all for all the work you do!!!! This blog is the only reason I’ve survived this season so know we do appreciate all the posts and numbers calculation you do!!! I look forward to seeing what the night will bring.
Judges are not picking the winner, per the press release.
All ready for tonight 🙂 dogs fed. Made sure the older one took his meds. Ate. Bring it in 🙂
I have looked forward to chatting with everyone this season, and thank everyone for their contributions to this site! For a season that started off so promising, I’m left feeling the same way I did at the end of last season.
I don’t want Ally to win because I don’t want the judges and show to get what they want. What happened to James last week has really soured me on this show as a whole. That said, I do think Ally or Hannah are winning. But maybe they want a surprising outcome, so they are making it look like Ally will win, when they know she doesn’t have the fan votes? Hoping it’s Kel.
I voting for James and Emma….no wait….
I really liked that opening number
I thought Ally’s jive was one of her weaker dances, so I’m surprised that would be their pick. Especially since she just did a charleston last week, and jazz the week before.
Thanks for your response Heidi, I just wanted to make sure
Proud Mary needs to be retired from DwtS. That’s what, four stars who have used it now? Jordan Fischer was my fave.
Thanks for your response, Heidi. I just wanted to make sure..
No one can touch Nicole on Proud Mary.
My mom seems to think it will be Hannah because abc apparently needs to breathe some new life into the show? Apparently Hannah’s face is everywhere. An interesting take from mum.
Great jive could have lived without the singing though. If give that a 10
Just a friendly reminder that Ally shouldn’t be in the finale and the only reason she is that the judges loved even though James was clearly the best dancer
For once Ally didn’t act excited at getting 10s.
The bigger question is, will everyone else get kid glove treatment, or will the judges pick apart the other celebs and give them 9s? That’ll be telling whether they are pushing an Ally.
Heh, and Carrie Ann mentioned the controversy over keeping Ally. Still, I don’t think that jive proved why she deserved to stay 3 times, especially over James.
And they still continue to show their favoritism on Ally for some reason. Add to the fact that Ally still needs to point out being saved by the judges 3 times seems a bit desperate.
Take a drink everytime Ally says she was bullied for her dancing and she cant believe she is here!
Honestly girl you were bullied we get it
Thanks Princess Heidi. I am so glad the judges don’t decide the winner. Lauren, Kel & Hannah could just sit down now and let them crown their champion, Ally. Sorry Carrie Ann, James could have brought back any of his dances that would have been better than that jive.
Best dance of the season, best partnership out of all. Wee deserved judges scores.
I’m really hoping for a Kel or Hannah win honestly
@Princess Heidi, only Warren Sapp comes second to Nicole (but his was a freestyle). Still, that’s a song that needs to be retired for the exact reason that it’s been used in better, more iconic dances.
Poor Lauren. I don’t think she’s a weak dancer, as much as she’s been given such weak choreography. With the addition of Pasha this season, one of the few bright spots, I hope TPTB think about changing up their pro line up.
I don’t know why the judges even bother giving feedback at this point. They are done after this week, who cares.
Way to psych Lauren out before her freestyle, Carrie Ann. I don’t know what she was talking about, saying she was lacking emotion.
Lauren and gleb were great but I agree with the nines. Wasn’t as good as the first time.
Wait wait wait. The dance they wanted kel to “redo” is his jazz to high school musical… so 2 freestyle for him…. why is that a good idea?
Also, has Gleb been critcized on his choreography at all this season? Kel got dinged on his quickstep because of a mistake Witney made, and James got called out for his cha cha last week, which Emma owned up to being her fault. Yet I don’t feel like they’ve ever said anything to Gleb.
I LOVE Ally and I am voting for her. Ive been a fan since her 5H days. She deserves to be in the final but James should have been there with her. Ally and James were both excellent but her multiple appearances in the bottom 2 give James the edge.
I am sure the judges like Ally (I mean who wouldnt she is a sweetheart) but I think their real love is for the Atlantic payola. Ally is signed to Atlantic records; the same label that has been accused of payola for many artists including Cardi B. Just a thought that maybe its part of the contract between atlantic records and ABC that Ally has to make it to the finals.
love live TV I can’t stop laughing after the set flowers collapsed
We need context. Who were you talking about David? Since it’s clearly Kel or Hannah – I agree.
I really want Kel to win but I feel like him doing a jazz then a freestyle may ruin his chances of winning
Nobody gets less than 10 for Jazz in the final
I loved Kel’s jazz more the second time. Since I feel like the Ally coronation ceremony has already started, I’m glad at least I had Kel and James to enjoy (and that one of them made the finale). Of the two, I didn’t expect Kel to be here. So happy I was proved wrong.
Glowing praise from the judges. Getting 10s or will they still stick him with 9s?
I like Kel but not sure why they reprise that dance. More like a cheerleader routine.
Think Ally and Sasha are the best couple left in but they for sure gonna get 4th
I wish they were doing a 2 new dances – the FS and another one they haven’t done before. It’s the final, after all, it shouldn’t be easier than the previous weeks… Or if they’ll redo a style, they should do it to a new song & change up the choreography, like in other seasons… What’s the poing of redoing a week 4 dance, with very simple choreography? It doesn’t do the contestant any favors. I’m rooting for Kel. Maybe even Hannah even though she’s kinda bland for me. I’m afraid of Lauren, who’s the weakest dancer left, pulling a Bobby B bc he’s asking people to vote for her…
I’m betting that Hannah thing is a rouse for Peter to see how the girls react
Kel and Whitney were great and I’d give that a 10. Hannah is going into the bachelorette house again? One way to get peter back I guess
Has Kel done any traditional b/l dances? 2 freestyles in the final? That’s not really that fair. That could have swung the win his way by pretty much doing hip hop for 12 weeks
Exactly, Nickp. That show is the worst for misleading editing of previews.
@Kara Just what I tought, CA’s comments for Lauren were unnecessary and apparently hand picked to wreck her nerves? I’m not even rooting for her but that was downright mean.
Ally seems as frantic as ever, her legs were all over the place, very messy. I didn’t like this jive the first time they performed it and now it looks slightly sloppier? I just can’t understand whyy they’re trying so bad to force her down everyone’s throats. What DWTS needs, honestly, is a new set of judges.
Kel was brilliant. I hope he wins. Either that or Hannah.
Did anyone catch Tom telling Hannah she should try tinder! Omg tom you are the best part of this show!!!!!
I am glad Hannah didn’t give the producers the satisfaction of getting into a fake showmance with Alan.
I think her comments and scores from the judges will be telling.
Hannah and Alan improved on that one a lot. I’d give them a ten. Saying that, I have to commend them for the dance choice. Would not be shocked if Taylor surprises her with a video tomorrow on gma. SIdenote: Damien whitwood is in the audience? I think I spotted him.
Like Kel, I thought Hannah did better her second round with her VW.
Can we please make Daniella a pro next season, if there is one?
So they are nitpicking little mistakes with Hannah’s dance. Of course. Well, except Carrie Ann, surprisingly.
Ally’s likely looking at 2 perfect scores. Will it be enough to make up for her lack of fan base? I’m with those that think they want to justify to keeping her around, so what better way than to have her win.
@Kara. Nice thought about the judges actually deciding their own scores and comment but that isn’t how it works. The manipulation comes from producers, the judges just deliver the producers scoring policy
You called it. Judges manufacture some BS about that waltz. To me, that’s ballroom to me. And I’m not a Bachelor viewer or fan.
@Jamie, oh I know it’s the producers ultimately pulling the strings.
Seeing this flashback of the season makes me remember how excited I was when it started. It’s sad seeing James. His ouster will always make no sense to me.
And I would have loved for Kate to have made the finals.
I feel like Len’s comment to Sean about his fans throwing him a life preserver can apply to Ally, except it’s the judge saving her from the sinking ship.
I forgot About Lamar and all about sailor and Val’s first dance so what that says about my memorey idk lol. Pittbull….yay? All his songs are strong to blend together for me. Nice suit though and neyo just sounds great singing anything and yet is so underrated.
Is the freestyle round really make or break anymore? I feel like it quit being that a long time ago. And the freestyles definitely aren’t what they use to be.
What will be make or break is whether this will be it for Ally. We’ll see if the judges actually give it away.
Starting to blend together* sorry for the typo
I can’t stand how the judges have tried to push Ally down everyone’s throats. I’m still deciding between Hannah and Kel. Not sure I have a preference between those two to win at the moment.
Also no one can truly believe Hannah stayed on Peter’s season of the Bachelor. It tapes Sept-Nov and she’s been on DWTS every week. It’s not like she mysteriously disappeared part way through the season. And who’s giving up that DWTS $$ every week to do the Bachelor for “love?” Such crap.
@kara it kills me to see James not in the final too. However I have never seen such a total Unanimous condemnation of an elimination. I have read thousands of comments and have not seen one comment agreeing the James should have been eliminated. The condemnation has been massive and the had to put CAI on GMA to explain why. It was a cringe fest and she squirmed and slithered it was embarrassing
Waiting for Carrie Ann to complain about Ally’s posture. Not.
I was just thinking-what kind of freestyle Sasha could have done with Snooki?
@Jamie, oh I didn’t know she went on GMA to explain. I have to look for that. I know she brought it up on The Talk, but since she co-hosts that show, it’s not like she was asked any tough questions. Hearing her say she got physically sick after eliminating James made me almost get sick.
I’m resigned to Ally winning, but I have a feeling her last dance won’t be the best.
Is Carrie Ann really trying to say Ally’s freestyle is one of the best ever?
That was a fun freestyle but at the same time I didn’t love it. Like parts were impressive. Other parts weren’t. I’d give that a 9
A bit awkward at times, but of course she will get perfect scores
Did the judges miss the two lifts Ally screwed up? Good grief. She’s far from perfect and that dance was a 27 at best.
The judges aren’t going to mention the shaky dismounts from those lifts! And giving them 10s!!!!?!?!?! Oh man
THANK YOU guys for pointing out those lifts. Ally was ahead of the best and sloppy (probably nervous) in her jive, and those lifts were just…yikes. Why are all of the judges giving her a pass???
I feel like Sasha keeps trying to pull off a classic Derek Hough/Mark Ballas-esque freestyle and they keep being super-underwhelming… Ally looked like she fell over in her freestyle ugh
Witney has had some really good freestyles. I expect it to be no different with Kel.
Will it be enough? Probably not. Like I said, I think Ally is winning.
She kinda fell from a lift and EVERYONE is INGNORING IT? That’s a new definition of biased. She could fall on her face and still get all 10s.
Ally’s freestyle was good yet underwhelming. However, there’s no stopping the producers and the judges from forcing her down our throats
Time to start drinking, I have a very bad feeling about how this is going to go down. In a way I feel bad for Ally because people are getting pissedddd at her. She seems like a nice enough girl and sure she’s a good dancer, but good god what kind of dirt does she have on these judges?? I’m not even going to talk about how dirty these producers are doing Hannah with playing that heavily edited promo right before she danced.
Since I don’t watch American Idol this segment means nothing to me. Also, I’m still annoyed that ABC rebooting that franchise has helped lead DWTS to its demise.
The lifts were HORRIBLE – Ally fell out of most of them.
Underwhelming.
@Bianca, right? They nitpicked stupid mistakes Hannah made, but Ally made obvious mistakes and nothing. As a whole I found that freestyle underwhelming anyway, but I could forgive it if she didn’t make mistakes. I don’t know why they are trying so hard to make her happen, but it’s embarrassing at this point. America has said three times they wanted her to go home. She should thank the show for saving her and letting her win. And I do feel sorry for her, since she’s taking a lot of hate online.
That freestyle wasn’t terrible, but when Lauren went up to belt out a note (what was the point of that?) it lost momentum.
Ally will be 4th no worries. Hannah or Kel for sure
laurens freestyle didn’t look like a freestyle? it looked like the country team dance last year imo
Glebs first finale… wanted more line dance, but I’d go to that honkey tonk
Lauren…..had an interesting freestyle. Again another onevwith some great moments and some not so great ones. Just kinda felt very underwhelmed since gleb seemed to enjoy it less than she did on top of it all. I’d give that a 9 as well
Lauren’s dance suited her but it was so so underwhelming. Can we have some old pros back (Derek and mark) to show us how it’s done.
That was a really boring freestyle. I think they could’ve taken it up a notch. It looked like any normal dance.
Lauren being in the finale over James is laughable
Forgot to mention names before. To clarify, I thought Gleb and Lauren had a boring freestyle. Not a bad dance. Just not a great freestyle.
wait is kels freestyle last?
Wow, Kate and Kel on tour! Probably won’t be coming to my city, though.
@Kara exactly! Specially since last week Ally’s been making huge mistakes in every dance, but why bother? She’s getting 10s anyway. I’m glad the judges don’t pick the winner.
This finale is being underwhelming so far, using previous dances again and with 2 of my least favorite freestyles since I started watching. Even Bobby Bones’s freestyle puts those dances to shame. And to think that same stage already had Jordan Fisher, Sadie Robertson, Meryl Davis, Alfonso Ribero, Riker Lynch and so many other great freestyles. The level is pretty low this season until now, and last week they gave the boot to their best shot of an amazing freestyle.
I hope they learn from this season at least, but considering it’s DWTS producers, they’ll get all sort of wrong conclusions, “fix” (break) everything that works well and keep the mistakes they’re already doing, while managing to find new ones to piss the public even more.
@nickp – anyone in that final and not James is laughable none of them are anywhere near as good as he IS
Could the judges be pushing more for a Sasha win then an Ally win? Derek tweeted for everyone to vote for Sasha.
Hannah hasnmy fav freestyle thus far. A ten from me easily
Don’t know why they switched Hannah and Kel for the freestyles, unless it was funny shenanigans to effect the fan vote.
I expect Kel to deliver, but I enjoyed Hannah’s freestyle. It was way ahead of Ally and Lauren. I like when the couples take a different approach, and don’t do something fast paced and with a lot of lifts and tricks.
Kel or Hannah for the win! I’d take Lauren, too, I guess.
Hannah and Alan blew away the competition with that freestyle!!!
Ally’s new song came out yesterday and if I’m not mistaken she’s performing on gma tonorrow. Think that has anything to do with the pimping or am I reaching
hannah’s freestyle was the first FREESTYLE of the night
Wow. Hannah just put Ally and Lauren’s freestyles to shame. That was amazing! It definitely deserved that perfect score
i cant believe two teams got their first perfect score tonight
CAI pointing out a little stumble in Hannah’s dance but COMPLETELY didn’t mention all the problems in Ally’s freestyle. The pimpage is real
Cynical question – did they keep Ally over James because he didn’t sign on for the tour?
Hannah reminds me why I used to like the freestyles. Perfect song choice, she was on FIRE. So full of content and SO GOOD. And guess what? Carrie Ann managed to nitpick even that! At least the didn’t give her a 9.
Ally is performing on gma tomorrow
Carrie Ann said Hannah’s freestyle was a victorious dance-foreshadowing maybe? I’ll take it if she wins. I really just hope they are pimping Ally, for whatever reason, and we end up with a not so obvious winner.
Wow, Hanna and Alan’s freestyle had everything I love and loads of creativity and emotion! It made me think of a Derek Hough freestyle. They get all my votes. Just excellent.
Probably QuandMeme.
I forgot Kel was dancing to Jump by Kris Kross. God I love that song. Seriously he and Hannah won that freestyle round. If the freestyle is still supposed to be the make or break round, he or Hannah deserve it. Both were on point tonight.
I hope it’s Kel, though. He is everything what this show is about for me.
Tina Derek,Hayley,Emma and Sasha are very close friends that’s possibly why he’s tweeting to vote for Sasha
boo len!!!
Kel!!! Yes that was everything I wanted and more. I’d give that a 10
And Len calls Kel out for his freestyle being too similar to his previous dance.
Guess Ally’s the only one getting perfect scores tonight. And she had two of the weakest dances, along with Lauren.
I was gonna scream if Len gave it anything below a 9.
Kel was good, better than Ally and Lauren, but Hannah was still my fave by far. Len is nitpicking him despite giving 10 to Ally falling on the floor? Nice.
The best ever, Erin? It was good but Hannah won the freestyle round in my opinion. I usually don’t agree with Len but he has a point about Kel’s two dances. He still is in a different league than Ally and Lauren though.
Fingers crossed for Hannah or Kel to win even tho the season is still a bust to me with the judges horribly blatant favoritism.
I preferred Rashads Uptown Funk freestyle
I’d rank Kel and Hannah as some of the better freestyles, but clearly not the best ever. Of tonight, though, they killed Ally and Lauren’s freestyles. Alan does pretty well for his second freestyle ever.
I miss the days when they announced the rankings, and we had just the final 2 before the winner was announced. But hey, why not rush the actual show to make room for Cher, Pitbull, and American Idol? Still thinking Ally has this, but hoping and praying Kel or Hannah pull it off.
Well Cher was worth the price of admission. Killin it. Loved it
Didn’t like Kel freestyle. It was pure hip hop. Agreed with Len 100%
Ooh, I just noticed Pasha is on tour now! I couldn’t believe he wasn’t on the roster in the first place.
Gosh I’m nervous about who will win.. praying it’s Kel or Hannah
If Ally wins, I guess the only silver lining is that Sasha wins. But something about them has been so desperate this season. I get Sasha doesn’t always get the best partners, so I can see why he would be, I guess.
Whatever the case, maybe next season will be better?
Hey, they did announce rankings.
Hannah and Kel are the right top 2. Now I can breathe.
Yes! I love the remaining two couples! I’m happy with either win
I love Kel, but based on the dances tonight, Hannah was the best dancer of the night… She’s more technical, but Kel brings the fun, the swag & excitement that I just don’t get from her… Erin was trying too hard to be complimentary though saying Kel’s FS was the best ever… I was fun, I like the hip hop, but I expected more from the choreography, more layers to it, and Len was right – it looked too much like his first dance.
Hannah deserved a 60 for me tonight, and Kel 59…
I would have preferred Kel, but Hannah deserved it. She brought it tonight, and I think she’s been low balled and screwed over all season.
Maybe she was the producer pet after all?
Figured it was those two in the end. I’m beyond happy for both of them. As long as Lauren didn’t t win I was good
Overall I’m glad the two best freestyles were the top two to win! Congrats to Hannah and Alan!!!
Coincidentally, Gleb matches his best ranking performance, placing once again at 4th with yet another country singer.
I called Hannah before the dancing started week 1 too big fan base to overcome. She was getting 4x more YouTube hits than anyone else which is a great indicator. Not the best couple so not that much difference to Bobbie Bones except she can dance. Think dwts will have to come up with some commercial ideas as this finale was flat. And with the whole James fiasco I bet the viewing figures are well down.
A: Youtube has NEVER been a good indicator, Jamie. Not in 28 seasons.
B: Anyone who compares Hannah to Bobby Bones can’t possibly be taken seriously as anything other than silly.
Hmm… no mention of a next season, but then again we weren’t aware of this season until what February I think? But hear me out if they do cancel dwts could it be replaced with juniors.
I would have preferred Kel as well, for his growth, but Hannah did bring it tonight, and strategically her dance choices were better than Kel’s 2 freestyles basically. But I guess they chose HSM dance bc it was a perfect score, wasn’t it?
No surprises, I’m glad. But I hate more than anything how everything is so rushed! No time to interview anyone, no time for Kel to say anything, or Hannah; this show needs fewer commercials, longer dances like back in the day. I don’t mind the eliminations at the end of the show, but it sucks the whole country can’t vote live. I miss the results shows…
I’m very proud of Kel! Early in the season I was afraid people might not vote for him, but after that cha cha he really took off! It would be great if he went on tour!
So, Kara, she gets screwed over and low balled all season by your own words and still you wonder if she’s producers pet? What planet?
Seriously, Ally does two less than stellar dances, gets two perfect scores and Hannah, points BELOW her is the producers pet? Nuts. You know, this kind of shit is pervasive.
I mean as she wasn’t the best dancer so why doesn’t the best dancer win. Like I said she can dance. Not comparing the level of dancing just that the winner wasn’t the best dancer. YouTube hits may not be reliable but they worked out to be an indicator this season
Honestly, R2M, a lot of Sasha’s dances this season have felt like they were borrowed from other pros (mostly Derek). I guess that’s flattering….
They almost had it right. Just needed to switch Hannah and Kel. Congrats to Alan tho.
Thanks, Becca. Oddly, every season people just believe the Bachelor Promos. Duped season after season. Peter didn’t even get second place on her season, although he seems like a nice guy.
They’re only an indicator in hindsight, Jamie. And ONE season working out doesn’t make it an indicator.
And the best dancer doesn’t win A LOT – It’s just that Bobby Bones took it to a new low.
What I mean is, she clearly had the fan base everyone else didn’t. She never landed in the bottom 2 once, and Ally went there with perfect scores. I don’t know exactly what the fan vote break down was like, but I know the negative comments and low scores were definitely fueling Bachelor Nation. So maybe they figured it didn’t matter how they scored her or critiqued her, she was still going to run away with the votes, and the negativity she was getting from the judges (especially Carrie Ann) was just fueling her fan base even more.
Ally seemed like such an obvious winner from how hard they were pimping her, even if she wasn’t pulling in the fan votes. People online are already saying Hannah clearly wasn’t the chosen one because of the scores and comments she got all season. So maybe they went all in on one girl hard to make the winner seem more surprising. I’ve watched this show too many years that I can’t even enjoy it without thinking of all the manipulation going on behind the scenes. Hey, up until she was announced third, I still thought Ally could win this. I’m glad Hannah did for a variety of reasons.
But clearly, they went the one person home last week that could have very well beaten Hannah.
Kara, you’re giving them WAY too much credit. They just aren’t that smart or machiavellian. You have to have a functioning brain to work out that level of manipulation.
The one person who went home last week would have prevented ALLY from being in the finale – and that, for some reason, was clearly their goal. The fact that she is singing tomorrow on GMA is interesting.
As always with this show: Occam’s Razor.
Well, Ally may not have won, it she at least got exposure for her singing career. Didn’t know about her performing on GMA tomorrow. I do agree that’s kind of interesting. I feel like she could have done that without them pushing her through, but again, she’s probably getting as much out of this as she would have if she won. Oddly enough, with all the talk that they were trying to push her through because she was probably going to be the tour celeb, she’s only doing a handful of dates. Kate of all people is doing the most, which surprised me, but she’s going to the city I wanted to see the show at, so I’m excited. And Hannah is only doing one show for now.
I was rooting for Kel, but I am not disappointed that Hannah won. She had an awesome freestyle, and I am happy for Alan. I do wish the show tonight had showcased the season’s contestants more, especially James. I miss the days when the previous contestants got to do a complete dance instead of a few seconds in a group number. I would have loved to see James perform a new dance, but the producers probably didn’t want to show what a mistake they made by saving Ally instead of James.
Congratulations to Hannah and Alan. It’s ironic that the dancer who the judges were the most critical of ends up winning while the dancer who could do no wrong in the minds of the judges (and likely TPTB) ended up in third place. (I was among the viewers voting for Hannah.)
Most of us predicted that it would be between Hannah and Kel. I think Kel and Witney’s dance choices, combined with Hannah’s fan base and her freestyle, cost him the MBT.
It’s nice to see six of the seven good dancers this season going on tour. I’m sure James was invited to take part in the tour and he declined, likely due to family reasons. I’m thinking that the length of the tour prompted the organizers to have multiple headliners. This way, there will be at least three headliners at each tour performance.
I stand corrected on the DWTS tour portion of my previous post. The DWTS tour website has been updated. Most of the stops will have one headliner with a few stops having two headliners.
What makes the Ally manipulation even more interesting is that she’s only going to appear at a couple of performances. Kate will be headlining most of the tour. There is a decent gap about two thirds of the way through the tour schedule where Kate won’t be on the tour. On those dates, Sailor will be the headliner. Hannah. Lauren, and Kel are only going to appear at a handful of performances.
To the Moderators, thank you for giving us DWTS fans a place to voice our opinions on everything involving the show. I know your schedules have been every busy and the past two seasons have been rough with all the manipulation and the success of contestants who can’t dance. I appreciate all that you do.
So I watched James’s IG story from before the show tonight, and he said that hearing all the outrage from the fans over him getting cut last week made him feel good, but it sounded like he was also happy to be able to be home with his wife and kids. He also said he thought the show needed to do some soul searching, which I thought was an interesting comment. Given how he was sent home I can’t blame him.
Hanna was the target winner from the start. Her mountainous voting fan base meant she could have turned up and do the birdie dance each week and still win. The judges score was largely irrelevant for Hannah. Hannah and Alan’s dance had a push status On YouTube and was the first recommendation for watching throughout the YT network for DWTS – this doesn’t happen by accident, you have to pay for this.
The judges low marked because they could. Only fly in the ointment was James especially when Kimberly lost their baby. He had to go in the semi final as he very well most possibly would have won. And they can’t have him win as he is not doing any of the tour and that just won’t do. I have to say I thought the whole final was flat and the dancing and creativity was mediocre at best. What the producers didn’t figure is the massive backlash from ousting James – it’s been huge and continued last night on social media where people (me included) were still complaining about the misjustice of James not being in the final. Like one of the admin on this site said – the best doesn’t always win. True but to come 5th behind what was very ordinary dancing last night is an absolute travesty.
Don’t ever imagine that this show and all the results are not planned, contrived or manipulated for business reasons. The best dancer wins when they are profitable and doesn’t when they are not.
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Yes, and I suppose Ralph Macchio was their desired winner that season Jamie, it just didn’t work out. :::rolls eyes:::
I will agree that James needed to go in the semi-final – but their must have for the finale was Ally. If Hannah was already getting the votes (and clearly she was and James WASN’T, since she was the only one never in the bottom two), then she didn’t need any manipulation at all. You can’t have it both ways.
There is only so much they can do within the bounds of the rules – you can forget that in your bitterness over James, but I remember it very well. There has been manipulation for YEARS, it’s hardly new – but rarely the Machiavellian masterpiece that you seem to think them capable of.
This is the third season that I haven’t watched most of the season. I just don’t get invested anymore. I was hoping for Kel but knew Hannah had it in the bag from the beginning, there is a reason why everything is scripted. When things like James’ family tragedy come out of the blue and yet the show sticks to their tired script it’s just not fun to watch anymore. I would not have expected James to win but to deny him the finale was just not what good sportsmanship is about. The show is manipulative sure, but at what point do you do the right thing? More would respond favourably to that.
I don’t think there was any maniplation involved in Ally being chosen over James. He had a bad night, he just has to acknowledge that. She had a great night, with two technically easier dances. So the judges chose her based on the performances that night, like they do on Strictly. I thought it was fair, even though I would’ve chosen him if I was one of the judges bc he just has that winner quality. It was like the Saffron x Michelle Visage bottom 2 on Strictly. James was Michelle, who I also would’ve chosen, but the judges chose Saffron unanimously… I think earlier in the season you can save someone based on potential, but when you get to semifinals, it’s about what you did on the night bc it must be very frustrating to have had 2 great dances and get eliminated while someone else who didn’t do as well as you advances. Unfortunately when he needed help the most people didn’t vote for him. Reminded me of Wanya when he was eliminated…
But I agree with the order of the top 4, even though I voted for Kel all season and I would have been SO HAPPY to see him win, Hannah’s FS was the best.
Not gonna lie – was disappointed Kel didn’t win but I knew deep down that Hannah was going to be the winner.
I truly hope the show comes back and if it does, PLEASE HAVE A NEW JUDGING PANEL!!! Enough already with the same tired people!! Oh yeah producers – PLEASE let the show evolve organically. Leave it the hell alone with all the nonsense!
Anyway – Congrats to Hannah and Alan.
The problem, Maina, is that the judges easily could have said they were basing their decision on the whole season – they’ve done that before, many times, to explain their decisions.
It’s actually worse, this time, because they clearly over ruled the people by saving Ally THREE times. And all for NOTHING, apparently, because Kate is the one doing the bulk of the tour dates and Ally only a few.
We were so happy that Hanna won, she deserved it.
Kel was good (OK) just was not to much into his street free style.
Hanna Brown was so forreal and brought in that Southern Charm. Her interactions with her partner was outstanding. She was an excellent, excellent dancers. Just my feeling and I’m not from the South, I’m from Chicago.
I really do not feel that she is going to be on the next Bachelor. That was just a PR bit – that’s all. She is probably going to wish him luck in finding his choice – give him a bit of apology for not choosing him and share her problems with her bad choice. Just feel she is “NOT” going to be a part of the Bachelor.
Only James could have overturned Hannah. Nothing to do with Ally it was about a Hanna win. There is loads of political and manipulation. You tube recommendation can only be done by ABC and YouTube. It cost money and they ranked Hannah’s videos top every week. If they wanted Ally they would have ranked her recommendations higher. They control what gets fed into your YouTube recommendation feed from the ABC DWTS account.
I hate that Hannah won. I really wanted Kel to win and think he should have. Hannah won cause she was on the Bachelorette and ABC has really promoted her. DWTS is ABC. I think Hannah is a fake person.
I read a piece in US Weekly today, where Carrie Ann said that she never felt the shock in the ballroom that she felt when Hannah was announced as the winner (I guess she forgot about last season-I still can picture Keo’s face when Bobby was announced as the winner). She also said that the audience input is important and they honor it (I guess she also forgot what the audience was telling her when Ally was in the bottom 2 three times). Manipulation or not, Carrie Ann came off as very dismissive of Hannah throughout the season, and that was clearly her own feelings. I think she’s probably the most biased judge up on the panel. I know the likelihood of her being replaced is incredibly slim, unless she didn’t want to come back. But this makes me all the more happy that Hannah won. In reality, I don’t even know if James would have beat her. I guess it would depend how far ahead in fan votes she was.
There’s all this talk from some of the pros and celebs about how close everyone was compared to previous seasons. I get the feeling there wasn’t a lot of love for the judges, though.
Kara, Carrie Ann is fluent in BS.
Wah wah wah. Poor Ann. Poor Jamie.
Agreed Kara. Hannah winning was clearly not the game plan. To think that this was all some evil plan – trash her for 8 of 11 weeks to get her the win – is just. Silly.
Ally didn’t win – any thing that makes the judges unhappy makes me happy. The only thing that would have made them more unhappy was Kel winning.
Was just looking over tour dates and it looks like Kate has the most time to do this tour. She is doing 53 of the shows, Ally the first 6, Hannah only doing 1 in New York, Kel doing 6 and Alaina doing 6 and Sailor doing 16. Dont even know what they asked Hannah