A Focus on the Finalists - DWTS, Season 21

A Focus DWTS, Season 21’s

Fabulous Finalists

– Carlos & Witney

Dancing With The Stars’ 21^st Season was one with many delightful twists and turns, as Week by gratifying Week it's increasingly show-stopping routines danced across America’s television screens, never failing to enchant and thrill us!

From exquisite Movement being ever so shockingly showcased by Down Under’s famed, animal loving Daughter, to the Formidable Frame and Ballroom grace displayed by America’s beloved son and International Hero, to the excellent Standard immediately set (and kept!) by an already endeared Nickelodeon Actor, DWTS’ latest high-stepping escapades proved anything but expected!

Regardless, this amazing Season’s wrap-up, while inarguably PERFECT, remained little more than predictable, naming its Fan-backed and Media-dubbed “Mirror Ball Favorites”, Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough, the show’s newest Champions!

And while such a befitting and hard-earned title could not have befallen a more incredible or deserving Season 21 Couple, it cannot be refuted that the Season’s exhilarating conclusion could hardly be labeled as such were it not for the equally hard-earned efforts consistently displayed by the Show’s three other amazing Finalists, which declaration brings this devoted dwtslover to yet another, enthusiastic installment of A Focus on the Finalists.

Carlos & Witney:

Carlos PenaVega and Witney Carson

Tearing up the beloved show’s dance floor with an explosive and definitively out-of-left-field Jive, the always immaculate, playful pair that was Carlos PenaVega and Witney Carson made its audience “feel good” right from the start, setting what became an ever increasing standard of BRILLIANCE in the art of Ballroom, characterized by a seemingly never-ending string of show stopping antics and some “Bravo!”-worthy performance know how!

Carols & Witney
DWTS S21, Wk01

A traditional, presumably Len-approved, Foxtrot would follow next in stark, graceful opposition to its fast-paced predecessor, immediately showcasing this Couple’s startling range in their rarely-matched ability to Choreograph and Dance!

Carlos & Witney
DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 01 -

Hometown Glory Week

That same, unprecedented 2^nd Week of performing not one, but two full dance routines brought its audiences back to the rough and rowdy fun of the wild, wild West in the dancing of a “Yeehaw!”-inspiring, Western-themed Cha-Cha!

Carlos & Witney

DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 02 -

Hometown Glory Week

A fun and flirty Jazz number arrived next for the endeared Couple, contributing to the Season’s Week 03 TV Night with a dazzling, Golden Girls-dedicated routine!

Carlos & Witney's Jazz

DWTS Season 21, Week 03 -

TV Week

Week 04 brought with it a distinctly-beautifully danced Waltz to “Amazing Grace”, affording the Team of Carlos & Witney their first, well-deserved “9” from the show’s Judges,

Carlos & Witney
DWTS Season 21, Week 04 -

Most Memorable Year Night

and Week 05’s always nerve-wracking, yet somehow gratifying, Switch-up Challenge the Couple’s first “10’s” when Carlos was temporarily paired with Carson’s best friend and fellow Pro, Lindsay Arnold, for the dancing of a jaw-dropping Quickstep!

Carlos & Lindsay

DWTS Season 21, Week 05 -

Switch Up Week

Reunited once more, Carlos & Witney merely continued in their high-scoring spree, performing a Racy Rumba to “Pony” from Magic Mike for Week 06’s Famous Dances Night!

Carlos & Witney

DWTS Season 21, Week 06 -

Famous Dance Week

Week 07’s Phantom-inspired Paso Doble proved yet another powerful performance exhibited by the Couple,

Carlos & Witney

DWTS Season 21, Week 07 -

halloween Week

and its subsequent ghostly Team Dance, a frightfully superb Free-styling effort, displaying such fantastic, in-sync dancing (topped with a uniquely amazing inclusion of Hover boards into the routine!) as to successfully send excited and nail-biting chills throughout its enthralled audience!

Team Who You Gonna Call?

DWTS Season 21, Week 07 -

halloween Week - Team Dances

Week 08 saw Carlos and his partner, Witney, present a more traditional spin on the always spicy Salsa, earning the Duo yet another high score of all “9’s”, despite that same Salsa routine including a (astonishingly well-handled!) misstep!

Carlos & Witney

DWTS Season 21, Week 08 -

Icons Night

Week 08 also afforded an all new, Fan-catered, fresh take on the show’s always enjoyable Dance Offs, allowing Carlos & Witney the chance to perform a winning Jive against fellow high-scorers, Bindi & Derek!

Bindi & Derek vs. Carlos & Witney
"Good game."
"Good game."

A seemingly IMPOSSIBLE (and, may I just add, grossly unappreciated!) pairing of a mature Argentine Tango and a Justin Beiber song would follow suit in Week 09 of the competition, 

Carlos & Witney

DWTS Season 21, Week 09 -

Showstopper Night - 

capped off by a “Show Stopping” Dance Duet Paso to “We Will Rock You” with two of their Season 21 counterparts, Alek  & Lindsay!

Carlos & Witney and Alek & Lindsay

DWTS Season 21, Week 09 -

Showstopper Night - 

Dance Duets Round 

The show’s ever elating Semifinals brought with it a slew of impressive and praise-worthy performances, not the least of which was Carlos & Witney’s gripping Contemporary routine,

Carlos & Witney

DWTS Season 21, Week 10 -

Semi-Finals

another Dance-off win (only this time, in the form of a Cha-Cha!) against their previous Week’s teammates, Alek Skarlatos, and his partner, Lindsay,

Carlos & Witney

DWTS S21, Wk 10 - Semi-Finals

- Dance-offs 

and a “Booty Swing”-ing Trio Dance Charleston with former Season 21 competitor, Karina Smirnoff!

Carlos & Witney

DWTS S21, Wk 10 - Trio Round 

with Karina Smirnoff

Wrapping up their Season with a Week 11 Fantastic Foxtrot

Carlos & Witney

DWTS S21, Wk 11 - Finals

- Night 01

and a terrific Hip Hop Freestyle

Carlos & Witney

DWTS S21, Wk 11 - Finals

- Night 01- 

Freestyle Round 

(Hey, it’s how they do it where they’re from!), Carlos & Witney managed to shut down their part in the competition the same way they had begun it: In supreme style!

Carlos & Witney

DWTS S21, Wk 11 - Finals

- Night 01- 

Freestyle Round 

Carlos & Witney

DWTS S21, Wk 11 - Finals

- Night 01- 

Freestyle Round 

A Focus on the Finalists - DWTS, Season 21

A Focus DWTS, Season 21’s

Fabulous Finalists 

– Alek & Lindsay

Dancing With The Stars’ 21^st Season was one with many delightful twists and turns, as Week by gratifying Week it's increasingly show-stopping routines danced across America’s television screens, never failing to enchant and thrill us!

From exquisite Movement being ever so shockingly showcased by Down Under’s famed, animal loving Daughter, to the Formidable Frame and Ballroom grace displayed by America’s beloved son and International Hero, to the excellent Standard immediately set (and kept!) by an already endeared Nickelodeon Actor, DWTS’ latest high-stepping escapades proved anything but expected!

Regardless, this amazing Season’s wrap-up, while inarguably PERFECT, remained little more than predictable, naming its Fan-backed and Media-dubbed “Mirror Ball Favorites”, Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough, the show’s newest Champions!

And while such a befitting and hard-earned title could not have befallen a more incredible or deserving Season 21 Couple, it cannot be refuted that the Season’s exhilarating conclusion could hardly be labeled as such were it not for the equally hard-earned efforts consistently displayed by the Show’s three other amazing Finalists, which declaration brings this devoted dwtslover to yet another, enthusiastic installment of A Focus on the Finalists.

Alek & Lindsay:

Truly an INCREDIBLE and out-of-left-field Couple, American Hero and Legion of Honor Recipient, Alek Skarlatos, and his partner, Lindsay Arnold, began their competitive Season with a breath-taking Week 01 Foxtrot, giving Fans of the show their very first exquisite taste of Alek’s natural Ballroom Grace and Ability!

Alek Skarlatos & Lindsay Arnold
dance The Foxtrot
DWTS Season 21, Week 01

An ever strong Frame and an accompanying “Leading Man” Quality (that would, time and again, deftly define this unexpected Competitor) continued to aide Alek in his Season-long trek across the dance floor, effectively living up to his already firmly established, Heroic Character as Week by passing Week Skarlatos took part in a string of amazing dances and routines including:  

a Week 02 “Hometown” Jazz Number,

Alek & Lindsay
DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 01 -

Hometown Glory Week

a fast and furious Week 02 Quickstep,

Alek & Lindsay
DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 02 -

Hometown Glory Week

a powerfully performed and chilling-ly terrific, True Blood-themed, Week 03 Tango,

Alek & Lindsay
DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 03 -

TV Night

a perfectly “Framed” and exquisitely danced Week 04 Paso Doble,

Alek & Lindsay
DWTS Season 21, Week 04 -

Most Memorable Year Night

an especially sweet, passionately felt, Romantic Rumba with Alek’s Week 05 Switch Up Partner, Emma Slater,

Alek & Emma

DWTS Season 21, Week 05 -

Switch Up Week

who would later be referred to as being “Alek’s Crush” (C’mon, you Latin-dancing Lovebirds, are we, the Fans, ever going to get that promised “Date??),

Alek & Emma

DWTS Season 21, Week 05 -

Switch Up Week

a Music Legend-inspired Week 06 “Jail-time Jive”,

Alek & Lindsay

DWTS Season 21, Week 06 -

Famous Dance Week

a beautifully danced, “haunting” Week 07 Viennese Waltz,

Alek & Lindsay

DWTS Season 21, Week 07 -

halloween Week

a fantastically fun, ghost busting Week 07 Team Dance Freestyle,

Team Who You Gonna Call?

DWTS Season 21, Week 07 -

halloween Week - Team Dances

a Lift-filled and dramatic Week 08 Contemporary,

Alek & Lindsay

DWTS Season 21, Week 08 -

Icons Night

a sincere Week 08 Dance-off Samba effort,

Alek & Lindsay vs. Andy & Allison

DWTS Season 21, Week 08 -

Icons Night - 
Dance-offs

a spiced up (and waxed off) Week 09 Salsa,

Alek & Lindsay

DWTS Season 21, Week 09 -
Showstopper Night

a seriously “Show stopping” Paso Doble Dance Duet to “We Will Rock You” with fellow Season 21 competitors, Carlos PenaVega and Witney Carson,

Carlos & Witney and Alek & Lindsay

DWTS Season 21, Week 09 -

Showstopper Night - 

Dance Duets Round 

an All American, “Beautiful”, Week 10 Waltz,

Alek Skarlatos salutes the American flag
before beginning his Waltz, danced to 
"America The Beautiful".

A dark and erotic Argentine Tango Trio Dance with Alek’s rumor-sparking “crush”, Emma,

Alek & Lindsay

DWTS S21, Wk 10 - Trio Round 

with Emma Slater

A super “Fun” Semifinals Dance Off against previous “Team mates”, Carlos & Witney,

Alek & Lindsay

DWTS S21, Wk 10 - Semi-Finals

- Dance-offs 

a Week 11, delightful Rumba,

Alek & Lindsay

DWTS S21, Wk 11 - Finals

- Night 01

a perfectly choreographed and wonderfully unique Finals Freestyle,

Alek & Lindsay

DWTS S21, Wk 11 - Finals

- Night 01- 

Freestyle Round 

And an endearing, Rumba/Tango 24-hour Fusion, serving as the perfect wrap-up for this Couple’s truly terrific and memorable Season on the show!

Alek & Lindsay

DWTS S21, Wk 11 - Finals

- Night 02 

- 24 Hour Fusion