Review of DWTS Season 20, Week 1

DWTS Season 20, Week 1 REVIEW

Here are my opinions on how the cast of DWTS 10^th anniversary season fared on their first week of competition!

 HELLO!  Let's talk about the surprise high scorers of the night ... Ladies and Gentlemen, with an impressive 32 out of 40 it's  --->  Rumer & Val!!

Rumer & Val

Rumer Willis & Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Friggin' A, Rumer!  I'm just gonna' say it! ... Insane talent just abounds in the Willis Family!


I mean, I always knew that I liked Rumer, given the fact that she's the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore; but, ... wow, Wow, WOW!!

She and Val just complement each other like crazy!  And Rumer was so very graceful!  It was amazing.  Who knew?!
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It was so sweet to see all of her family there cheering her on! Bruce and Demi looked very proud of their daughter; and, Scout and Tallulah Willis were equally endearing with their overt enthusiasm in support of their big sister!

I gotta' say, it looks as though Rumer and Val have a real shot at that Golden Mirror Ball!

Willow and Mark: Willow Shields and professional partner, Mark Ballas were first out of the gate dancing the Cha-cha.

I think it must take no small amount of guts to come out and officially kick off the competition…especially when you’re only 14; but having noted that, I must say that Willow’s Cha-cha lacked a serious amount of umph!

She seemed so slow and drag-y!  And, also, (while I know I’m not the first to say it) isn’t she just too young?  C’mon, people!

Over-all, I wouldn’t say her performance was terrible, but I would say she should seriously consider calling up Katniss Everdeen and asking her to come volunteer as tribute!

Robert and Kym:  In their package, he offered her a Ferrari if they win … I can’t decide if that’s cool … or …

just icky … especially with the “really fast” drive, ride, … and … all that <ugh> giggling!

To put it as kindly as possible (not unlike the judges did with their all-too generous scoring of his performance), Robert Herjavec and partner Kym Johnson’s (great choreography!) Cha-cha was “pretty good” … full of smiles (And I mean “full” … weird, right?) … but not quite “impressive”!

I did appreciate, though, the way he obviously worked hard to learn the actual steps, had fun, and threw himself into it. 

Who knows? 

Maybe next week he’ll get even better (perhaps a matching yacht to go with the Ferrari?). 

Riker and Allison:  Well, I’ll say this for  Riker Lynch, concerning his and Pro Allison Holker’s Jive, he was surprisingly with it, flexible and jaunty…nothing to write home about and certainly not a blow-you-away kind of performance but still worthy of an, Oh! You ARE distantly related to  Derek and Julianne Hough!

BTW, after seeing his response to Erin Andrew's question regarding his relations, Derek and Julianne, I wonder if someone can please translate this post into Moranic, because otherwise I don’t think poor Riker will be able to understand it!

Charlotte and Keo:  Charlotte McKinney and Keo Motsepe  danced the Jive…Well, Keo did anyhow…Wow…somebody open a window!

But, hey!  It wasn't all bad ... as Len put it, "There were a couple of things that stood out ... "  !!

Patti and Artem:  Patti Labelle and Artem Chigvintsev were instantly endearing dancing their Foxtrot.

Artem was very much the gentleman, as he lead Patti skillfully through the dance, and was completely respectful, without a hint of condescension or patronizing, of Patti’s life-time achievements.

And what Patti might of lacked in athleticism, she more than made up for with grace and poise.

A real treat.

Chris and Witney:  Chris Soules and Witney Carson’s Jive was a sincere corn-fed delight!

“Prince Farming” was impressively light-of-foot and charismatic while Witney remained her all-too-cute self!

Chris was especially impressive, by the way, when you consider that he is actually dancing with a hamstring injury - an injury incurred during an alumni football game at his old High School.

Michael and Peta:    Peta Murgatroyd’s interpretation of the well-known favorite,  "Uptown Funk!", was in a word, Superb!!

Her choreography was incredible and her dancing even more so!

Seriously, she was all over that dance floor just like, Bam, Pow, Kaboom!

Absolutely terrific!  

Nastia and Derek:  Nastia Liukin and  Derek Hough’s Foxtrot was one for the record books…a “Spectacular” New York-themed performance that resulted in 60 seconds of Broadway-like perfection!

Redfoo and Emma:  Redfoo and Emma Slater’s “Juicy Wiggle” was extremely entertaining but, alas, Redfoo’s  Cha-cha…not so good!

However, he did do way better than I thought he would and, even though I know that the judges don’t usually go for Hip-hop, I didn’t think it was fair to score him down there with Charlotte … nobody deserved that!

Noah and Sharna: Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess’s Cha-cha showed Noah to be, once again, courageous with “#NoExcuses” given (it was on his rehearsal t-shirt).

I thought Sharna’s choreography was spot on and absolutely lovely.   Their dance was surprisingly good…very enjoyable indeed!

I say just give Noah the mirror ball right now and let the entire cast go on a paid vacation; I mean, he gave his arm and his leg fighting for our country in freakin’ Iraq (Thank you, Sergeant Galloway for your service.).

Suzanne and Tony:  Suzanne Somers and Tony Davolani’s Cha-cha left a great deal to be desired but somehow remained fun, relaxed and enjoyable!

So there you have it ! Week 1 of DWTS season 20!