Dancing With The Stars Season 21's Mirror Ball Champions
Derek Hough and Bindi Irwin
performing their Routine from Dirty Dancing
for DWTS Season 21, Week 06's
Famous Dance Week!
Alright dwtslovers,
get ready for a Blast from the Past and some Fabulous Famed Fun as Dancing With The Stars gears up for an
all-new Famous Dances Night, set to return to the Glitter Dome once more for Week 06 of this Season!
The fame-themed evening will highlight different dancing events and phenomenons from varying Venues and Eras of Pop Culture
when, on next Monday night, each Competing Couple will attempt to recreate one Famous Dance Routine!
Dancing With The Stars Season 21 Finalists'
Carlos PenaVega & Witney Carson
performing their Routine from Magic Mike
for DWTS Season 21, Week 06's
Famous Dance Week!
It’s a spectacular event that you won’t want to miss; and, it’s coming to the Ballroom LIVE for next Week (04-25-16)!!
Here are the Dances Assigned to Each
Couple, as Revealed So Far:
Patti
LaBelle: An endeared, former Contestant of DWTS,
this 2-time Grammy winner danced in Season 20 of the show, along with her then
Pro partner Artem Chigvintsev,
Placing 7th overall!
Ben
Aaron: A co-Host of the comedy Talk Series, Crazy Talk, the Husband of ABC Meteorologist, Ginger Zee, was present in DWTS’ live Audience once to watch his Wife shake things up in her
Switch Up Salsa with Pro, Mark Ballas!
Jacoby
Jones: Season 16’s
3rd Place Finalist and a NFL legend, Jacoby was there to enthusiastically root for (and defend!)
his former Pro partner, Karina
Smirnoff, as she performed an exciting, Switch Up Cha-Cha with another
famed Wide Receiver, Antonio Brown!
Rumer
Willis: The Golden Mirror Ball winner of DWTS’ exhilarating 10th
Anniversary Season (Season 20) and the endeared Daughter of Hollywood A-Listers,
Bruce Willis(<Ahhhh!> BRUCE!!) and Demi Moore, Rumer was
present in the Ballroom once more to cheer on her former partner, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, as he
Switched things up with his new Celebrity Dancer, Jodie Sweetin!
Shawn
Stockman: This Boyz II Men Singer was
back in the DWTS Ballroom yet again,
excitedly cheering on his fellow crooner and Season 22 Contestant, Wanya Morris.
B.
C. Jean: The one half of the fantastic, Musical Duo, Alexander Jean (along with her recently announced Fiancé, DWTS Pro, Mark Ballas), B.C.
could be seen sitting in the show’s live Audience, rooting for her known,
“meant to be” love (Get it?), Mark!
Brittany
Cherry: Hey,
alright! Brittany’s back!! The
former beloved DWTS Troupe Member
could be seen last Monday evening hanging around in the Ballroom’s always
happening Red Room, presumably catching up with her friends and fellow Dancers!
Tyra
Banks:
This famed
Supermodel, as well as Executive Producer and Host for the hit Television
Series, America’s Next Top Model, was
present on Monday within the Glitter Dome, openly cheering for A.N.T.M.’s Season 22 winner, Nyle DiMarco, who would
eventually take home DWTS' Season
22’s very first perfect “10” (as was awarded him by Head Judge, Len Goodman) for his beautifully
executed Viennese Waltz with his Switch Up Pro partner, Sharna Burgess!
Ladies and Gentlemen, taking home the VERY FIRST “10” OF THE SEASON, it’s Actor/Model, Nyle “This guy ASTOUNDS me!” DiMarco, and his Switch Up Professional
partner, Sharna Burgess,
dancing a Viennese Waltz to “I Get to Love You” by Ruelle!
Nyle & Sharna
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
Well, first off, as this really should be said,
MAJOR Props absolutely have to go out
to the ever-AMAZING Sharna,
who, despite - unarguably - acquiring the most challenging “Switch Up” of all the Season 22 Professionals, once again displayed a level of ability and excellence
that has become synonymous with the name, Burgess, on this show!
Nyle & Sharna
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
And now, secondly, (and of course) even GREATER Props
go out to the always INCREDIBLENyle, who deftly brought this
beautifully Choreographed Piece masterfully to life with a purely delightful, flowing combination of Graceful Steps, Wonderful Musicality, and a
Brilliantly-Executed, Quietly-Passionate Character Portrayal! (Can you tell
that I loved it?!)
Nyle & Sharna
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
“Wow!” a justly emotional Carrie Ann Inaba remarked simply, following the Performance.
“I mean, you take my breath away …” she continued. “At first I thought [that] maybe, at the beginning of this Competition,
you were at a disadvantage [because of your Deafness]; but, when I watch you
perform, I realize that you’re [actually] at an advantage, because you’ve been
telling stories with your body, and communicating with your body, your whole
life!You were born to dance!”
Nyle & Sharna
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
“I’ll tell you what that was,” threw in Head Judge, Len Goodman, “that was like a total Eclipse: It don’t turn up often, but when it does, it’s Fan-tastic!”
“It’s so hard” began Guest Judge, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, “- It’s
hard for me to comprehend - I know you, I know you well, [and yet] it’s hard
for me to understand how this is possible:It’s the best dance of the Night … it had so much Musicality, so much Musicality - which is
mind-boggling how it’s possible - amazing
job!”
Nyle & Sharna
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
“… You have to be made of granite not to fall head-over-heels-in-love with that Performance!” added Judge, Bruno Tonioli, in conclusion,
right before the gratifying Switch Up Pairing that was Nyle & Sharna went on to receive the highest score
awarded so far within this Season, as well as the Season’s very first “10”, a
hard-earned and sweet reward that came additionally wrapped within the Glitter
Dome’s greatest honor, as this particular “10” was presented by none other than
Len himself!
A job so very well done; and, I couldn’t be happier
for this well-deserving, Week 05 Couple!!
Nyle & Sharna
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
… That said, and while I don’t necessarily consider myself to be a “granite-born”, hard-@$$, I do feel that, in all fairness, it must be added that, personally, I didn’t think that this Viennese Waltz was Nyle's best dance.
Now, now, before you all go understandably blowing your tops, let me first add that I think that Nyle's dancing has been absolutely incredible during the previous Weeks; and, that he has certainly missed out on MORE than his fair share of “10”s throughout this Season overall ... It’s just that this Week 05 Performance (compared to his others) was just not his best, thus begging the question, how did it, of all his Dances receive a "10"?
Put simply: It cannot be any kind of revelation to viewers of this show that one of the greater challenges that Nyle would eventually find himself facing within the Art of Ballroom Dance is that of Leading within a Routine so, it also cannot be of any small surprise that a staunchly Framed and classically Ballroom display, such as the Viennese Waltz, would bring this very natural dancing-hardship unmercifully to light, as was the case during this Dance, via a Hunched Frame, and some notably Stiff and even Hesitant Movement within an otherwise Fluid Performance.
Still, the above negative notations having been listed in an almost painful effort to be Fair and Honest, I absolutely and 100% loved this Performance, and can even be THRILLED at the Dance’s resulting “10”, as Nyle really has deserved one from the start of the Season!
Nyle & Sharna
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
See video (below) to watch Nyle & Sharna's Viennese Waltz on Week 05 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
Dancing a Powerful Paso Doble to “Under Control” by Calvin Harris and Alesso, featuring Hurts, it’s Fuller House star, Jodie
Sweetin, and her Switch Up Professional partner (and Fuller House co-star), Valentin Chmerkovskiy!
Jodie & Val
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
(So wait, now hold on a minute here, because I’m
getting a bit confused!… Was it the
Sitcom, Full House, from which Val had learned English, and subsequently, Jodie Sweetin, in
the role of Stephanie Tanner, that he had harbored his “first crush in America” on. Or was it the Sitcom, The Wonder Years, from which he had
learned English, and subsequently, Danica
McKellar, (Val’s Season 18 partner) in the Role of Wendy Cooper, on whom he had harbored his first crush???Or maybe it was that Sitcom, Saved by the Bell, from which Val had
learned English, and it was, subsequently, Elizabeth Berkley, (Val’s Season 17 partner) in the Role of Jessie Spano, on which he had harbored his first crush … No,
wait, that wasn’t Elizabeth. That was her Saved by the Bell
co-star, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, in the role of Kelly Kapowski,on whom he had harbored his first crush … Right??Anyway, I was just inquiring; because,
honestly (and can you blame me?!), I get it all a bit confused!)
<Ahem!> Anyhoo …
WHAT
a stellar Performance by Jodie!!
A Fierce Frame, Aggressive Attitude, Sure Footwork,
and Strong, Defining Lines will always be welcomed when dancing a Paso; and, Jodie possessed ALL of the above attributes (and so many more!) when executing
this Number!!
Jodie & Val
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
I mean to say this Dance was BRILLIANT; and, having
been aided by a little Chmerkovskiy
Genius (Val always could Choreograph a Magnificent Paso!), undeniably reigned
as one of the absolute BEST of the
night!!
Jodie & Val
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
“… Full of attack, full of Purpose, well done!” Head
Judge, Len Goodman, had gushed concerning this truly amazing Performance, while Panel Judge, Carrie Ann Inaba, closed down the
Judges’ Critiques with the apt phrasing of, “Simple: for me, that was, by far, your best Dance,
you were in the zone!Everything [was]
‘Confident’, GREAT Partnership!”
… The seemingly ever-hindering “Skirt Swishing” was,
if I’m being entirely picky, a tad Sloppy. (Why does almost every Female
Celebrity always act as though their Paso Skirt weighs a Ton?!!);
Jodie & Val
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
but,
otherwise, I have but one word to describe this Dance:O-friggin’-le!!
Jodie & Val
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
See video (below) to watch Jodie & Val's Paso Doble on Week 05 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
Dancing a But-you-just-don’t-understand,-Witney,-I-already-know-what-I’m-doing!-Tango to “Hold back the River” by James Bay, it’s “Wannabe Wanya” Morris and his
INCREDIBLY-patient Dancing partner, Witney
Carson.
Wanya & Witney
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
“The ‘Switch Up’ kinda sucks, in my opinion!” stated
Mirror Ball Champion Pro, Witney,
in hers and Wanya’s Week 05 pre-Dance Rehearsal Package; AND, given the state of Wanya-things, I can’t say
that I blame her!
(Seriously, Wanya, could you be any more full of yourself?)
Performing his worst and (Oh shucks, folks, let’s
just say it!) most depressing dance to date while on this show (C’MON, it should
have been like watching “Alfonso
& Witney:Part Two”,
right???) Wanya had apparently (in my opinion) decided on this, the 5th
Week of Season 22’s Competition, that he no longer needed ANY Instruction
within the Art of Dance, as he already knows, understands, and can easily (with
the absolute MINIMAL amount of effort required) Execute any and all of the
Tango’s Steps and Positions!
… Too bad all of that “Inherent Knowledge” didn’t
pay off for him in the
end; however, as his Sloppy Footwork, Deplorably Unhinged Frame, and Dead-Pan
Facial Expression exhibited while performing this typically fiercely passionate
Dance!
Wanya & Witney
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
“When you say ‘Ronde’, I’m thinking I’m supposed to
‘Ronde’. Don’t do that no more, alright?!” Wanya reproved Witney with during their Week 05 Rehearsals together, also declaring at Witney when she
tried improving some of the Steps in the Tango’s Choreography: “NO!No, no,
no, no!… Here we go, we’re not doing
that!I can get it!”
(Um, yes, well, not to interrupt or insult all the
“Dancing Awesomeness” that apparently oozes from Wanya’s every Piss-soaked Facial Pore - Seriously, Didanyone else catch that more-than-disturbing revelation from Wanya about
himself during Monday night’s show??
- But, I have a question that I just wanted to insert here …
What the heck is the matter with you, Wanya?!
“The most challenging thing about Switch Up is
getting to know the new way of teaching,” Wanya also remarked during his
pre-Dance Package … Okay!Duly and (I
guess!) sympathetically noted; so, ... what,
then?You just decided that you
weren’t going to listen AT ALL??!
“You gotta do it faster than that, Sweetheart!”, an aggravated-sounding Wanya also
corrected Witney during his Rehearsal Package.
Um, ... No, ... that’s where you’ve got it wrong, “Wanya”, you should be grateful to Witney who played every bit the part of a TRUE Professional, and sweetly graced you
with her IMMENSE Talent and Efforts, regardless of your Verbal
Batterings, Choreographing one Stupendous
Tango!
“… You know, for you [Wanya], it’s been like a trip
on the River,” Head Judge, Len Goodman, stated following Wanya’s Terrible Tango-ing Performance. “You’ve just
cruised along, without a care in the world!Well, tonight you hit Turbulent Waters, my friend; because, for me … it
was hectic, and [with] too many moving parts!This <Positioning his Upper Body into a Perfect Frame> has got to
stay calm!THIS is in one piece, stays
calm, doesn’t move!It was too much
going on …”
“So, I feel like you’re that Couple that has so many
Great Expectations,” observed Guest Judge, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, “You know, because of all the Performances you’ve done in
the past … this is Week 05 and you’ve [addressing Wanya directly] had amazing
Numbers that you’ve already pulled out; and, uh, we expected better!You know, I agree with Len:Tango is all about NOTHING moving on Top
[and] everything happening on the Bottom.There was a lot of moving parts … You know, we always talk about ‘Frame’
being the hardest thing to do; and, uh, it felt like it was a little, you know,
‘Falling Apart’!…”
“Falling Apart” indeed, as Wanya (and yes, poor
Witney too!) went on to receive some of the Night’s lowest Scored Marks.
… And it's aaallll because of you, Wanya!
Don't worry, Wit. You're choreography was, once again, stellar! Come back next week and kick some @$$ with Von!
See video (below) to watch Wanya & Witney's Tango on Week 05 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
