S32.E11: Finale

[Andiethewestie]

In my post about Teenagers and older men usually ending up 1st and 2nd I forgot the example of Bindi Irwin and Nick Carter, season 21  It just wasn't a great season for me. I didn't like either one. I thought they were both clunky dancers. I also just absolutely hated the constant cry edit over Bindi's father's death. The show successfully made this all about a man who wasn't a contestant and who always courted death with his choices. Go figure.

 Tamar Braxton had a lot promise but she got the difficult black female edit, in part I think because she didn't fawn over Val her partner, got sick and then it became a serious health concern when she got scary ill with the blood clot issue and had drop out before the finals. I loved her Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation Jazz routine much better than Iman's cha cha in season 30. She was really quite I'll at this point week 6 but powered through and matched the pro dancers movement. She worked herself ragged for another 3 weeks until she basically collapsed. 

 

Edited December 17, 2023 by Andiethewestie

[Chalby]

On 12/11/2023 at 7:41 PM, Andiethewestie said:

The 5th place contestant has always been eliminated before the finals or even earlier when there was a 3 person finale. So we will never know how they would do at the end of the season.  The freestyle for Alyson Harrigan was one of her best scores, and the only 5th place to compete in the finals.

This season we had a celebrity judge who  is well aware of missing the finale.

Neicy Nash never got the tens, but like Alyson she was beloved by the fans and survived a "last to be called safe" and an actual bottom 2 to continue dancing.

Niecy rallied from the threat of elimination week 6 and danced a Quickstep in week 7 her best dance that scored a 25. This was the same score Alyson got for her Quickstep 13 years later. It was also her best dance before the finale. 

Niecy and Louis Quickstep 

Alyson and Sasha Quickstep

And the similarities continue:

Alyson had a 20lb weight loss while being  a contestant. Again, like Alyson, Niecy experienced weight loss according to this article 

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body

I've often noticed celebrities taking part in DWTS, leave the contest looking amazing (physically). I bet participating in this activity, for however many weeks, allows them to see how healthy and fabulous they could look if they wanted to maintain this. BUT it also reminds us of how hard it is to maintain our physical best, and I'll give a pass to those who gain, etc afterwards.