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27 minutes ago, NeverLate said:
Maks, try and be even faster the next dance you have with Vanessa, talk about rush, wow!
Oh thank you! I thought it was just me! It looked like she couldn't keep up with him and he was just dragging her around the floor.
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6 minutes ago, madpsych78 said:
Natalie Coughlin and Artem could be good. But if this is going to be some athlete all-star thing then all returning athletes should have different pros, and none of them should have won before. I think that was my issue with the previous All-Star season.
Yes! All with their original pros or all with new ones. I hated that some had the advantage of the same pro and some had new ones..
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1 minute ago, McManda said:
Yeah, me too. But Tom announced they'd be back in the spring for a four week, all athlete mini season. Waaay less exciting.
I'm thinking the athletes will be ones who have already been on. Four weeks isn't enough time for the audience to bond with anyone or for them to bond with their partners. Or learn much.
James, Calvin, Paige...all former athlete contestants that could have won.
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I split my votes last night between Jordan and Lindsay with Lindsay getting the extra one. Tonight my five votes went to Jordan. I really think the right person won, but I would've been happy with any of them.
Fun finale, but I missed the bloopers!
I thought they might be phasing Erin out but with an All-Athlete mini-season I can't see them bringing someone else in. I'm not sold on it, but it's better than DWTS Jrs.
37 minutes ago, 00redsvt said:I feel like there's something really off with Peta. Is that just me reaching?
Peta can just go away any time now. It disappoints me that we're apparently never going to see Maks dance with another female pro again. I always loved him dancing with Cheryl, Anna, Edyta and, of course, Karina. He used to have chemistry with anyone he danced with not named Hope Solo. I think he and Peta have the chemistry of a couple of trouts.
36 minutes ago, crowceilidh said:Okay - Erin was just the way she should always be when she said to Maks, "Get this off me, I look fabulous" in such straight even tones. I loved that.
I've always said as awkward as she can be as a host, she's always in her comfort zone with "Maksy." I wonder if she realizes just how much he's her go-to guy with comments, jokes and zingers?
36 minutes ago, kcrabtree06 said:Side note: I REALLY wish they had better time management with the finale or didn't insist on going back and forth between the ballroom and the Grove. The last ten minutes were very very rushed and I hate how they didn't leave time to interview either of the top 2 after they announced the winner!!!
HATED that there wasn't even time to talk to the winners. No excuse for that in a two hour show.
29 minutes ago, superdeluxe said:So, whose turn is it now? Who’s next to win?
Sharna, apparently.
28 minutes ago, PBGamer89 said:Maybe one day we can get a female as huge of a ringer get 9 perfect scores and win with little to no fan backlash, shall we?
We already did. Her name was Meryl Davis. You remember, the ICE DANCER who used Derek Hough to choreograph a routine for her?
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4 hours ago, littlecowgirl93 said:
Side Note: Did anybody else not like the version of Puttin on the Ritz that Jordan and Lindsay danced to? Maybe that’s why I didn’t like his freestyle. I much prefer the OG or Robbie William’s version, which is similar to the original.
Taco's version is the best!
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Just now, scenicbyway said:
I thought Julianne's dance was beautiful, but it seemed out of place? It would've fit in better during the saddest dance of the year week, or rather most memorable year week?
Honestly, I thought it was too busy. I kept losing track of Julianne in the crowd of dancers.
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All along I've thought Jordan would win but I think Lindsey might've stolen it from him tonight. Both were excellent freestyles.
I like Drew but I'm glad he went home. No way should he have been in the finals over Frankie. Funny thing is before the season started I thought Frankie would be first out.
I'm really getting tired of the show forcing the Chmerkovskiys and their women down our throats. Did they really need to be "featured" in the opening number? I don't find either couple interesting at all to watch dance and I used to think Maks could have dance chemistry with a wet mop until he started dancing with Peta. I know I'll get crap for this but honestly, Peta and Jenna would be a couple of nobodies without their relationships with Maks and Val. I can't stand watching either of them.
I thought Erin looked beautiful tonight. That dress was a great color on her.
Please.........no more Pitbull. Ever.
Very interested to hear this announcement about the spring tomorrow. My gut is that they'll bring back past runner-ups to complete in a shortened season.
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6 hours ago, vibeology said:
I'm so happy we're not going ahead with DWTS Jr. There's nothing about watching kids be under all that stress that appeals to me. Plus, I hate shows where kids can be eliminated live. It's not so bad on a taped show where they can cut and re-film something if a kid has a breakdown, but live there's no safety net. I think about that girl from XFactor who became a meme because of her elimination breakdown. Not entertaining.
Since it's a mini-season, I do hope it's All-Stars. I know the last All-Stars didn't get the best ratings, but I don't know how you do a mini-season with new people. You'll barely see any personality or growth. I think you need known commodities to get people cheering and invested.
I could see them bringing back past 2nd and 3rd place winners for an abbreviated season. I agree it has to be known commodities because it's not enough time to get to know people or for them to really learn much. As someone who hated All Stars, I'll definitely take this over DWTS Jrs.
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1 hour ago, mehtotheworld said:
Eh, it made for fun television. It seems like both extremes of loving Maks and hating Maks take it way too seriously. You'll find most Meryl (especially M/C) fans don't really consider Maks to be paramount in their minds when they think of her time on the show. Meryl really did shine in that partnership, Maks helped facilitate, it was a nice TV partnership, and that's it. It's more of a hilarious subscript along the lines of "I loved this dance Meryl did, and hey, remember that business with Meryl and Maks? Also, Charlie really deserved to be in the finals, wtf" over "wow, they really did love each other, two ships passing in the night, I'm so sad they couldn't work it out, blah blah blah."
It's refreshing to see a fan of Meryl's talk like this because boy, there were (and still are) a whole lot of crazy fans out there who were so wrapped up in the fantasy I think they seriously lost touch with reality!
But to bring this back to the topic at hand...I liked Mark and Lindsey's interpretation dance! I really have missed Mark and his creativity. Having him and Cheryl back just brings me back to the old days of the show before all the manipulations and how good it was and how enjoyable it was to watch that older set of pros dance.
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45 minutes ago, Bliss said:
although I wasn't invested in the showmance with Maks so much, I found what they brought out in each other to be touching... there was a vulnerability to Maks in some of the packages (due to Meryl's acute awareness and her 'coaching' him) and I miss that part of him now.
To me, their dances were another lousy acting job by Maks.....ones where those who didn't know him or were fans of Meryl that wanted to believe in the showmance ate it up hook, line and sinker while all I could do was laugh at the ridiculousness that Maks would ever be interested romantically in someone like Meryl.. And "Maks shows vulnerability with a partner" was already old news and something I'd seen more than once from him so I it wasn't anything new or different. Especially since the previous partners I'd seen it with were partners he actually invested and spent time with during and after their seasons for non-work reasons.
But nothing...NOTHING...will ever beat the fake scripted tears backstage at the finale. I still can't believe there are people who thought that was real.
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1 hour ago, spanana said:
Whether or not Karina chose to leave, it remains that the female pros tend to be more expendable for TPTB. Karina may have chosen to leave, but would she have chosen to leave if she was being given top tier partners season to season with an actual chance to show off her skills/get to the finals, the way some of the chosen male pros get? I think the last partner Karina had that was in contention for anything was S17 with Corbin, so 8ish seasons ago?
She did get some real clunkers after that. I assumed the lack of recent contenders (or even halfway decent partners) along with the fact that Maks WILL NOT GO AWAY made her realize she doesn't need this crap anymore.
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2 hours ago, realdancemom said:
It just seemed that they were fading out Karina, Kym, Anna, etc.
I think it was Karina's choice to leave. She's been working nonstop performing and judging all over the world. I think she's miles above any of the current female pros. The only one that even comes close is Cheryl.
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7 hours ago, Bliss said:
Just curious... does anyone know why Maks and Peta have been sort of MIA these past few weeks (since being eliminated)?
The show seemed to want very little to do after his disappearing act so they were probably happy to tell him to stay home. And Peta is his little puppet who does whatever he does.
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2 hours ago, spanana said:
They haven't announced any stars yet, but I presume there will be someone. They usually like to have at least one lately. Though this tour is longer so maybe celebs will rotate in an out. I feel like they usually announce the celeb on the finale.
I could see Frankie doing at least part of the tour. I don't think his body will hold up for the whole thing. The biggest issue is many of the celebs that do the tour wind up injured and sitting out anyway. Especially if they just came off the most recent season and are already nursing injuries.
I can't see Jordan doing the whole tour but maybe doing some special appearances. Issue is a lot of the time if people are rotating in/out they don't announce ahead of time who will be at what show.
I wonder if Rashad will join them again for some of it.
35 minutes ago, Bosstonz16 said:I saw the tour this past summer with DWTS pros and Rashad (plus a cameo from Nancy Kerrigan since the show was in Massachusetts). It was excellent; exceeded my expectations! Was jam-packed with routines and a few video clips were sprinkled in. I had seen a tour show once before in the very, very early years (after season 2 maybe?), and there was a lot of filler and fluff videos, but that was not the case with this summer's tour at all. If the price is right, I say go for it! There is likely to be at least one celebrity performing, too; at least that's been the trend the past few years.
I saw it back around Season 8. All I really remember of it was that Derek and Cheryl were fantastic and Karina was hurt so she and Maks barely performed, though he was out there before the show started schmoozing everyone sitting on the floor.
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7 hours ago, bealled said:
Lindsey got the dance of one of the most popular pairings on the entire show, and probably the best female to ever be on the show, and a couple that had a lot of sexual chemistry.
"Sexual chemistry" is subjective. I thought Maks and Meryl had the sexual chemistry of a couple of toads because to me she looked like his teenage daughter. But Meryl had a lot of fans who were dying for her to hook up with someone and Maks is a master at playing a showmance so they were able to sell it, and then both kept playing it for publicity long after their season was over. So from that perspective I agree Lindsey and Mark were never going to be able to compete with that nonsense.
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2 hours ago, crowceilidh said:
Beat me to Brasseur and Eisler.
I really liked switch-up week. I always found it more revelatory about the contestants than any of the other memes. I do not like iconic(HA!) dance or Disney or former contestant trios. I also tend to dislike the group dances because the judging is always so manipulative and effed up.
I wish we could do the classical week again - that was so intensely beautiful in places.
I'd be happy to go back to theme-free weeks, or at least cut them down. There doesn't have to be a theme forced on us every week. My favorite season, Season 10, I only remember Story Week (not personal stories, just telling a story with dance which produced one of my most favorite dances ever, Erin and Maks's Blindfold Waltz) and Decade Week.
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1 hour ago, tessaforever said:
I hope those have gone the way of switch-up week as well!!
TPTB seem to have switched from pimping celeb/pro showmances to pimping promances. That must be the trend since they have four of them to work with right now.
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10 hours ago, MsJamieDornan said:
Agreed.
And, screw Keo for even bringing up Maks name from backstage.
I wouldn't be so sure it was Keo who brought his name up as much as Erin using him to bring up Maks's name because she obviously knew he was back there and planning to come out and "surprise" everyone.
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10 minutes ago, tessaforever said:
Listen - female ringers have won (Nicole, Meryl) and they did so because their partners gave them a chance to shine the way Lindsey is doing with Jordan.
And at least in one case because they knew how to play a showmance. ;)
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Raise your hand if you didn't know at 8 PM that Maks was going to find his way into the interview with Erin, Maks and Lindsey. He's oh so predictable.
I figured Victoria was going tonight but I still felt bad for how upset she got. Drew may or may not be as good as her but he seems to have a huge voting base. And I think Emma is still riding a voting base from last season's win.
Please go away Jenna. I'm tired of you and Val's pimping of you.
I hated iconic dances. Hated it. Please don't ever bring it back again. There's absolutely no reason to compare one contestant to someone from seasons ago, especially since the show is so different now.
However, if the show wants to do something different and maybe even regain viewers, how about another All-Star Season? BUT.......rather than former celebs, let's bring back former pros. I would give anything to see Karina, Tony, Edyta and Anna again and though I wasn't a huge fan of any of them, I would take Lacey, Jonathan, Chelsie or Louis in a heartbeat over Keo or Gleb or Sasha.
48 minutes ago, LexieLily said:I'm trying to think back from all the previous seasons the lifts that had the highest risk of dramatic injury, and I don't know that I can think of one. Maybe the one when in rehearsal Hines fell on Kym's neck and legit almost paralyzed her?
Didn't Karina also get hurt doing some kind of move with JR?
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43 minutes ago, spanana said:
Also second, Val, it is not necessary to insert your girlfriend in all of your dances. I feel like he's at the point that he doesn't know what to do with Victoria so he's just throwing in the kitchen sink.
I feel like he's at the point where he's trying to prove something with Jenna...most likely to himself. He's following in big brother's footsteps. Personally I'm tired of seeing Jenna show up in all his dances. I'm tired of seeing her show up in any dances. i'm tired of her constant mugging for the camera.
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12 hours ago, realdancemom said:
Love the Meryl/Maks tango too. I agree that they have a different chemistry than Lindsey and Mark. Meryl and Maks had a wonderful sexual tension in this dance.
I will always think of this dance as the exact moment Maks realized he needed a showmance to win the season.
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15 hours ago, crossover said:
Since they brought in contemporary and jazz, I don't look forward to the freestyles either. The freestyle use to be a break from strictly one style of ballroom per routine. I feel like if they make it to the end, we've already seen a preview of what they would do. It seems like the show didn't start off with the Charleston or AT? Lifts are also acceptable for these styles. Then the judges have given pros a pass on not sticking to the requirements of a ballroom style. Sometimes, the pros just merge the styles to make a more entertaining routine. And the voters have rewarded them with their votes even if the judges ping them for it. I think a good example is the rumba. The pros are making it more contemporish.
I totally agree with this. I used to look forward to the freestyles because they were different and exciting, but between the addition of contemporary/jazz (meaning do whatever you want) and these big production numbers every week featuring the troupe, the freestyles are nothing special anymore.
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44 minutes ago, boyznkatz said:
Just wondering, is anyone planning to watch the junior version in the spring? I don't see people lining up to watch it and fear it may be the beginning of the end for dwts :-(
No interest whatsoever.
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General Gabbery: DWTS
in Dancing With The Stars
I run so hot and cold with Sharna. I think the problem is there are definitive "leading men" in that one or more of Val, Maks, Mark and/or Derek are on every season, but with the women you really don't have that unless Cheryl or Karina come back.