DWTS Season 21, Week 10
REVIEW: Semifinals Dance-Offs
Due to the unexpected and, oh, let’s just say it, RUDE mid-week Withdrawal and exit by Tamar Braxton, DWTS Producers elected to fill Week 10’s now-vacant time slots with the exhibition of another Season 21 Dance-Off.
Unlike its Week 08 predecessor, given the peculiar circumstances which accompanied the event, the show’s participating, 4 Semifinalist Couples were not afforded the opportunity to choose a Dance Style or Opposing Couple, but were instead assigned a Dance AND a Couple previous to Monday night’s live show.
The Dance-Offs were then voted on by the show’s Judging Panel which was once more given special paddles displaying the name of each competing Couple to further aid the judges in plainly exhibiting their Dance-Off Winners of choice.
The Winner of each Dance-Off was then awarded with an additional bonus of 3 points, which were immediately added to that Couple’s Night's score.
Dance Off #01 - Carlos & Witney vs. Alek & Lindsay:
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| Carlos & Witney
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| Alek & Lindsay
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Dancing a Cha-Cha to “Fun” by Pitbull, Carlos PenaVega, Witney Carson, Alek Skarlatos, and Lindsay Arnold kicked off the Night’s Dance-Off redux.
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| Alek & Lindsay
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| Carlos & Witney
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Well, not at all surprisingly, the Winners of this Dance-Off were made clear right off, with Carlos & Witney’s great Choreography, terrific Rhythm, and some perfectly, almost naturally-executed Steps!
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| Carlos & Witney
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Carlos’ Technical execution was, as usual, first-rate with a fantastically-held and seemingly-effortless Frame being combined with smooth ease of Movement and Footing!
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| Carlos & Witney
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Alek’s efforts, while remaining fun and respectfully adequate, fell short on the other hand; and, Lindsay’s Choreography - disastrously inferior to Witney’s.
Oddly enough, the Judges' opinion of the two performances was shown to be split with Judges Julianne Hough and Bruno Tonioli voting for Carlos & Witney and Carrie Ann “Full of It” Inaba voting for Alek & Lindsay. |
| Alek & Lindsay
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<Record Scratch> Okay, seriously, Carrie Ann, WHAT is going on with you when it comes to ill-judging the seemingly-singled-out Team of Carlos & Witney ‘cause (as much as I like Alek) that decision’s insane, and you know it! …
For their second performances of the evening, Bindi Irwin, Derek Hough, Nick Carter, and Sharna Burgess each danced a Samba to “Lean On” by Major Lazer and DJ Snake, featuring MØ.
Wow!! Talk about your close calls, the Sambas exhibited by Bindi & Derek and Nick & Sharna respectively were so very excellent, it was very nearly impossible to choose between them! |
| Bindi & Derek DWTS S21, Wk 10 - Semi-Finals
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| Nick & Sharna
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Bindi’s dancing, which took on a more mature flavor than her night’s previous Salsa routine, was characteristically fast, exquisite, and full of fun with some seriously impressive tricks being thrown in just for some good, kick-@$ measure!
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| Bindi & Derek
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| Bindi & Derek
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| Nick & Sharna
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| Nick & Sharna
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In the end, the judges voting was unanimous, each selecting Bindi & Derek as their Dance-Off Winners of choice!
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| Bindi & Derek
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