Laurie & Val – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 04

DWTS Season 23,

Week 04 REVIEW:

Laurie & Val

Performing one AMAZING Jazz to “The Way You Make Me Feel” by Michael Jackson from Michael Jackson: ONE, it’s the incomparable Laurie Hernandez and her Pro Partner, Valentin Chmerkovskiy!

Laurie & Val

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

Okay, so, really who DIDN’T just instantly figure that the Champion performing Gymnast Olympian, Laurie, was gonna <Ahem!> take Gold for DWTS’ newest Theme, Cirque du Soleil Night??

Laurie & Val

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

… On the other hand, who’d ever figure that she'd do it without the aide of more than one, minor Cartwheel??!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, positively EXPLODING onto Monday Night's Dance Floor and seamlessly earning the very first 10’s and ONLY Perfect Score of the Season on Dance Ability and Know-how alone, it’s the ever-elative Hernandez and her own genius, gotta- be-thrilled Pro partner, Val, dancing what was without a doubt one of the GREATEST Performances of the entire evening, inspired by a Michael Jackson classic!!

Laurie & Val

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

I mean to say, that I 100% ADORED this Routine and Fourth of Four TRIUMPHS for Season 23’s irresistible Dynamite Duo!!

<Hoo-hoo!!> Well DONE, Team Valur!!!

See video below to watch Laurie & Val's Jazz on Week 04 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Calvin & Lindsay – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 04

DWTS Season 23,

Week 04 REVIEW:

Calvin & Lindsay

Calvin & Lindsay

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

Dancing one TERRIFIC Charleston to “Bella Donna Twist” by Raphaël Beau from Kurios:  Cabinet of Curiosities, it’s the explosive duo of Calvin Johnson and Lindsay Arnold, presenting their Cirque du Soleil Night Routine!

Calvin & Lindsay

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

<Whoo-hoo!!> But what a way to start Monday Night’s Show!!

Fabulous, Fun, Fast, and FANTASTIC, this Dance Number was easily – and most thrilling-ly!! – one of Calvin’s all-time BEST in what has so far been a 4-Week, Ballroom EXTRAVAGANZA for Football’s latest Star Player-turned-DWTS Dancer!!

Calvin & Lindsay

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

And how about those amazing Lifts (Which are not merely “fun” and “easy” for any of the Glitter Dome’s Competitors, thank you very much, Carrie Ann!) which effectively served as some seriously kick-@$$ Showstopping crowd pleasers in what was otherwise a supremely adorable and delightfully whacky Routine!  (STUPENDOUS job, Lindsay!!)

Calvin & Lindsay

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

<Clapping Hands Furiously> Again!  AGAIN!  ... please!

See video below to watch Calvin & Lindsay's Charleston on Week 04 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Terra & Sasha – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 04

DWTS Season 23,

Week 04 REVIEW:

Terra & Sasha

Presenting their Cirque du Soleil Night Routine,  Terra Jolé and her Professional Partner, Sasha Farber, danced a spicy Samba to “Simcha” by Benoit Jutras from O.

Terra & Sasha

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

This girl is on FIRE (And I DON’T just mean because of her Pro, Sasha’s, Creative Concepts, either!)

(Seriously now, is there any form of Ballroom and Latin Dance Style to be found that DWTS’ littlest Competitor cannot do??!)

Terra & Sasha

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

Dancing one truly SUPERB Samba, Season 23’s beloved Underdog-turned-Dark Horse, Terra, seemingly effortlessly came out and crushed yet another Difficult Dancing Challenge (And demolished it, and Stomped on it, and Buried it!!) in a fun and zesty Routine that had been so expertly Choreographed by the ever-AMAZING Sasha!!!

Terra & Sasha

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

Put succinctly, this Dance was BRILLIANT, and I positively enjoyed every delighting minute of it; well done, TeamXL!!!

See video below to watch Terra & Sasha's Samba on Week 04 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Jana & Gleb – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 04

DWTS Season 23,

Week 04 REVIEW:

Jana & Gleb

Performing a Foxtrot to “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles from The Beatles:LOVE, it’s Country Music Singer, Jana Kramer, and her Dance Partner, Gleb Savchenko.

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

<Mellow Music playing in the Glitter Dome’s make-believe flower-fragranced, dimly lit Ballroom>

Ah, me!

Totally sweet, man, and “Far Out!” fluid, this soft and gentle Foxtrot was the perfect, artistic take on a Beatles classic, and was, even more so, a breathtaking display of Simple Beauty and pleasing, Feminine Grace from the ever poised and charming Jana!

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

<Record Scratch!>

… Except for those non-pointed Toes!  Seriously, what is with those Toes?!!

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

<Mellow Music resumes>

But, you know, I have to imagine that that is all Gleb’s thoughtlessness, seeing as how his Celebrity Partner clearly possesses the willingness to learn as well  as a natural – and supremely talented! – dancing disposition.

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

<Music falters and fades suddenly>

Get a clue, Savchenko!

<Music resumes>

Thank you.


See video below to watch Jana & Gleb's Foxtrot on Week 04 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Maureen & Artem – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 04

DWTS Season 23,

Week 04 REVIEW:

Maureen & Artem

Performing a much less than impressive Argentine Tango to “High Bar” by Benoit Jutras from Msytére, it’s Actress Maureen “Waterworks” McCormick and her (gotta be frustrated) Pro Partner, Artem Chigvintsev.

Maureen & Artem

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

Ladies and Gentlemen, accepting the night’s Oscar win for Week 04 of Season 23, please put your hands together and give some – what is apparently! - much needed ado for …

… Oh, wait!  So, you say that Maureen DIDN’T win an Academy Award, then??  

… A Lifetime Achievement Award, perhaps? 

… An All You Can Eat Surf & Turf Dinner at California’s Finest Eatery???   

… A Free Loreal Sample, maybe???  … 

… She won WHAT?!   Three 8’s?!!  And all for the dancing of that insanely, heavy-footed Argentine Tango?!!!!!  … that's what she kept carrying on about on Monday Night??

Well, for crying out loud, was that all?!

… Sorry, I’m just saying … a tad of an overreaction, Maureen, don't you think??

See video below to watch Maureen & Artem's Argentine Tango on Week 04 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Marilu & Derek – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 04

DWTS Season 23,

Week 04 REVIEW:

Marilu & Derek

Marilu & Derek

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

Dancing a Paso Doble (of sorts!) to “Battlefield” by René Dupéré from Kà, Actress Marilu Henner and her – Most patient! – Pro Partner, Derek Hough, presented their Cirque du Soleil Week Routine.

<Shiver!> Ugh!  That was just AWFUL!!

Marilu & Derek

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

Maybe if she would just let poor Derek lead?? 

(She IS aware that he is the Pro in that relationship, right?!  … And the one and only 6-TIME Champion one at that!)

I know, I know, there’s bound to be some issues with her learning capabilities – What, with her “Highly-Superior”-Dance-Steps-Memory-Loss (HSDSML) and with her self-assured ability to “dance” (Ha!) having been set firmly in place LONG before she’d ever met Derek because her Mom ran a School of Dance and yada-yada-yada!  … But even still, given the dismal state of her performance today, I have to ask …  Did she, like, fail that class, or something???

I simply must add, however, in closing that, while you certainly lacked the Partner to Dance it, Derek, your Choreography of this Cirque du Soleil meets Paso was no less than STELLAR!!!

Marilu & Derek

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

See video below to watch Marilu & Derek's Paso Doble on Week 04 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Cirque du Soleil Theme Night PROMO!! - S23, Wk04

DWTS Promo Clip

For Week 04’s

Cirque du Soleil!

Cirque Du Soleil Night on DWTS 
Season 23, Week 04!

Check out this amazing Promo of Dancing with the Stars' new and upcoming Theme, Cirque due Soleil Night, which airs LIVE on Monday for Week 04 of Season 23, courtesy of DWTS’ always fabulous official YouTube Channel!!  ….

Len Goodman Returns to England - S23

DWTS Head Judge,

Len Goodman,

Takes Temporary

Leave of Absence

Len Goodman

Dancing with the Stars' beloved Head Judge and any sensible Fan’s Favorite, Len Goodman, is scheduled to cross back over The Pond once more to judge England’s version of the Celebrity Ballroom Competition, Strictly Come Dancing.

SCD is, of course, the annual, Reality Series originator of our own – Is it at all PC to add the words “much better here”?? – biannual DWTS.

“Len’s going to be away from us for a couple of weeks,”

Explained DWTS' Host, Tom Bergeron, of the situation during Week 03’s Tuesday Night Results Show,

“Because … [he’s] not just our Judge in the Fall …”

“Right.” Added Goodman,“I have to do the British Show, Strictly Come Dancing … it started it all.”

Now normally, DWTS' strictest Judge – Len – would essentially pull off the impossible from week to week, within each and every one of the Ballroom’s Fall Seasons, and fly back and forth, along with fellow Judge, Bruno Tonioli, to and from England in order to judge both SCD and DWTS at the same time.  … YIKES!  … But, alas, Len himself expounded,

“And, the problem is, you know, I’m getting on a bit – it’s difficult to fly every week there [and then] back.”

 Still, the Head Judge made sure to put “his” beloved Ballroom in order, while keeping DWTS' 11 remaining Couples – rather appropriately -  on the tips of their dancing-toes as he gave this parting warning,

“… I’m going to miss … [Judging DWTS] because I’ve enjoyed – so much – watching the progression.  But I’m going to be well informed [of] what’s going on, so … make sure that it’s a Ballroom Competition!  It’s not all about Razzle-Dazzle, show us some proper Ballroom.”

(Oh snap!  … And, erm, <Ahem!> is anyone else thinking that the Show timed their new Circus du Soleil Theme just right?? )

In any case, this dwtslover will certainly be missing Len … <Breaking down in mock sobs>  Don’t go, Lenny!!

… Oh, right, I suppose that is rather a moot plea at this point, so I’ll revise:

Hurry BACK, Lenny!!

DWTS Head Judge Len Goodman

Next Week is Cirque du Soleil Night on DWTS! – S23

Cirque du Soleil Night

Debuts for Week 04

of Season 23!!

Cirque Du Soleil Night on DWTS 
Season 23, Week 04!

Alright, all you dwtslovers and Ballroom Enthusiasts out there, strap yourselves in and get ready to positively FLIP OUT … or, perhaps more appropriately, watch  DWTS' 11 remaining Couples of Season 23 Flip Out, as the all-new and – might I just add? – 100% thrilling Theme of Cirque du Soleil makes its grand debut for Week 4 of the Show!

(Oh, yes, you read that right!)

This means that the Glitter Dome’s generally and scrupulously kept rule of No Lifts [within almost all Ballroom and Latin Dances] essentially <Ahem!> vaults out of Monday Night’s window to make way for an entire evening of THE WORKS, including that of Acrobatics, Wall Climbing, Ribbon Twirling, Back Flips, Somersaults, and more!

In addition, each of DWTS' Couples will be portraying one of Cirque du Soleil's exhilarating routines from the show’s past, and will be exhibiting beside actual Dancers, Aerialists, Acrobats, and Fire Performers from Cirque du Soleil!

It’s sure to be a rip-roaring, “Wow!”-inspiring, truly amazing event that we, the Fans, won’t soon forget, and it all kicks off LIVE for Monday Night’s Season 23, Week 04!!

Also, don’t forget to tune in Tuesday Night as well for Week 04’s Results Show to catch which very unfortunate Two Couples will be Eliminated next (A Double Elimination??!! <Eeeeeeeek!>),and to enjoy DWTS’ always grand Results Night Festivities, including that of an All Male Performance from the Ballroom’s Pros and Troupe Members, a special Performance from the Music Group, DNCE, who sing their new Single “Body Moves”, and an exciting Number that will be Choreographed and Danced by DWTS' one and only 6-time Mirror Ball Champion Pro, Derek Hough!!

6-time Mirror Ball Winner Derek Hough

<Ahhhhhhh!!> I can’t wait!!!


Here Is a List of the Show's 11 Remaining Couples,  the Dances Assigned Them, and the Name of the Cirque du Soleil Show They Will be Portraying.

Amber & Maks

Argentine Tango / Zumanity

James & Sharna

Quickstep / PARAMOUR

Ryan & Cheryl

Viennese Waltz / “O”

Jana & Gleb

Foxtrot / The Beatles: LOVE

Babyface & Allison

Tango / The Beatles: LOVE

Terra & Sasha

Samba / “O”

Calvin & Lindsay

Charleston /  Kurios

Vanilla Ice & Witney

Viennese Waltz / La Nouba

Marilu & Derek

Paso Doble / Kà

Maureen & Artem

Argentine Tango / Mystère

Laurie & Val

Jazz / Michael Jackson: ONE