PureDWTS DWTS Juniors, Season 1 – Week 4 Live(ish) Blog!!!
It’s the second week in a row where the Juniors theme has matched the theme on the adult version – tonight they’re doing Halloween, and like Disney last week, I have a feeling the kids are gonna outdo the adults again. High score spoilers here, songs and dances here. Tonight’s episode was taped on August 10.
Gonna try to type as fast as I can, but I’m also trying to eat a bánh mì and sorta-kinda read my accounting textbook. It’s been a busy weekend, to say the least 😛
Cute opener with monster/zombie choreography. Sage & Kenzie still look like the kids that got held back a grade or two and tower over the rest of the class.
Akash & Kamri going with a mad scientist theme. Kind of perfect for Akash 😛
It’s pretty stinking cute. Akash has his hair gelled up and does the entire dance with goggles on. He seems to be getting bolder on the floor and also more articulate and less nervous when he talks.
Mandy thinks its some of his best dancing so far. Adam praises him for working through the goggle issues. Val starts down some track about chemistry, but kind of abandons it and instead tells them it was great. They get 7, 7, 7.
Mandla & Brightyn up next. Apparently there’s a cauldron in their dance.
Mandla seems rather shy & soft-spoken in interviews, but seems to come alive on the floor.
It’s cute and very fast, but seemed to lose a bit of steam in the middle.
Milo was in the audience that week! They must have booked him early.
Val says he’s usually hard on Mandla for content (even though Mandla has NO SAY in it) but it was great this week, and makes some reference to South Carolina. Mandy says this was as good as his week 1 performance. Scores after the commercial. Then Kenzie & Sage dance. Aren’t they just wearing their costumes from week 2, just…zombiefied?
Mandla & Brightyn get 8, 8, 7 – not sure why Adam was the lone dissenter.
Yes, Kenzie & Sage are wearing the same costumes from week 2 – Kenzie even says they’re “monsterfied”.
I can’t be the only one that has a compulsive desire to karate chop Gleb in the throat like Miss Piggy whenever he speaks…
It was a good jive, but I’m not sure how to describe Kenzie’s technique…almost TOO sharp? It was almost too aggressive & sharp, as opposed to bouncy.
Mandy says there’s something missing, and mentions Kenzie losing focus when doing tricks. Val enjoyed it. Adam says it’s excellent and says “You look terrible, but I love it!” They get 8, 8, 9.
Troupe in fox costumes dancing to “What Does the Fox Say?” We can leave that song back in 2013, thanks.
Jason & Elliana up next doing Argentine tango. Jason is playing a vampire and Elliana says she’s playing “an innocent girl named Patti.” Jason: “Like a secretary?” Dying.
Ok, that may have been my favorite dance so far. Jason sold the hell out of it, and there were a bunch of subtle little movements that have become so characteristic of Emma’s choreo. She knocked it out of the park AGAIN, despite having a weaker couple and a less-than-ideal song.
All three judges blown away and very positive about the performance. Jason does an old-school vampire impression.
8, 9, 8 – I agree. Jason says he’s still in a dream and he cannot wake up.
Alana & Tristan up after the break…
Correction, Ariana & Artyon up next, doing paso.
Ariana can’t say paso doble, so she calls it a “Picasso”. Artyon doesn’t know what a Picasso is. 😛
Brandon laying down the law in rehearsal!
It’s a pretty good paso. They both sell it well. Kenny Ortega in the house!
Adam says the dancing is very good, but wants to see “a greater range of emotion”. Val agrees with Adam. Just how are they expecting a 10 & 11-year-old to emote? Mandy makes sense of it, saying that there was a lot of “hard-hitting moves” and they want to see more than that.
They get 7, 8, 7 – boys, you’re being stingy. Cut it out. Should have had at least another 8.
Alana & Tristan up next, doing jazz to Ghostbusters. Cameo by apparition of Len in their rehearsal package 😛
I am beyond tired of “Ghostbusters” used in Halloween week, but Alana & Tristan made the most of it. Very simple, but Alana kept up and sold it well. And they get slimed at the end 😛
Val commends the body roll. Mandy says she did everything necessary for a jazz. Adam continues his mall analogy from the past two weeks – in week 2, it “looked like she was walking at a mall”; last week, “the mall was closed”; this week, “if there were any ghosts at the mall, I’d definitely call you.” They get their scores after the commercial.
Artem trying like hell not to get slimed by getting hugs from Alanna & Tristan. They get 7, 7, 7 – probably a bit kind, given the other scores they’ve given out tonight.
Sky & JT doing jive to “Little Shop of Horrors”. God these two are beyond cute. Sky struggling a bit with the choreo.
Alan so proud of his kids. Daaaaaawwww.
It’s actually super cute, and they sell it 110%. Take note, Gleb – that weak ass “jizz” you choreographed for Jana just got bested by two minors. Loved the back bend walk.
Judges all very complimentary. Sky thanking Alan & JT for “being so patient with me. I just love these people.” They get 9, 9, 8 and are squealing for joy.
Miles & Rylee closing the show after the break…
They’re in a candy haze prepping for their samba. Miles has an orange tootsie roll up his nose. 😛
WOW. Miles actually really nailed the samba technique – perhaps better than Artyon, a junior pro, did last week. TONS of content. He & really out of breath.
Judges all very positive. Mandy says we’re witnessing a transformation.
No Juniors next Sunday, y’all.
They get 9, 9, 9 – high score of the night. I think it’s fair. His & Jason’s dances were my faves this week.
Heading home: Alana & Tristan
Poor thing is in tears and seems shocked. This never gets easier 🙁 Interesting to note that the only kid so far that HASN’T cried when they were eliminated was Tripp.
