A Focus On the Finalists – Jana & Gleb (S23)

A Well-Deserved Focus On

Season 23’s Fabulous Finalists

– Jana & Gleb

Truly a Season that will be marked within the Ballroom’s history as one that was practically overflowing with incredible Talent, stunning Choreography, and fine Dancing, Season 23’s unique Finals were a rarely seen phenomenon where any one of the Show’s 4 Finalists could have Won its highly sought after, glittering Mirror Ball Trophy and remained MORE than duly justified!

Definitely an out-of-left-fielder, Jana Kramer opened up her fabulous Season on the Dance Floor as one of the very few to beat, heating up Week 01 with a sensual and elative take on a Ballroom Classic.

  

Noted for her rarely seen INSTANT chemistry with her Pro Partner, Gleb Savchenko, (whose consistently on-point Choreography throughout the Season proved the stuff that Finalists are made of!), as well as her always stunning elegant flow, and her feminine grace, that was strongly exhibited within all of her Performances, Jana exits this Fall's Competition an inarguable success, having well-deservedly taken her place among the Season’s elite and final Four!

Here’s a look back at TeamGlamer’s spectacular Season:

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 01

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 02

Jana & Gleb
DWTS Season 23, Week 03

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 04

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 05

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 06

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 07

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 08

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

Jana & Gleb

AND Laurie & Val

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 10

Jana & Gleb with Alan

DWTS Season 23, Week 10

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 11
- The Finals

Jana & Gleb Freestyle

DWTS Season 23, Week 11

- The Finals

DWTS Elimination: Jana & Gleb - Season 23, Week 11

Jana Kramer and

Gleb Savchenko

ELIMINATED

on Dancing with the Stars

So Jana Kramer and her Pro Partner, Gleb Savchenko, were Eliminated last night from Dancing with the Stars, marking the Show's last and final Elimination for Season 23. 

Jana & Gleb Freestyle

DWTS Season 23, Week 11

- The Finals

Ugh!!

Why, oh WHY does DWTS do this?!!   … EVER??!!!

(I mean, c'mon, guys – and have a heart! – this Couple made it to the (freakin'!) FINALS, for crying out loud; and still, you send them packing as though they had somehow FAILED within this Competition?!!)

It’s not right, I tell you!  <Snort! SNIFF!>

That said, major kudos go out to poor Jana for going out with such good grace (FAR more than this DWTS Lover can muster, I assure you!), as the Country Singer observed upon her Ballroom exit,

“This has been amazing!  Those people up there <Motioning to the Show’s remaining 3 Finalists> so deserve to be there!  They are absolutely amazing – it was our time!”

Jana & Gleb

Eliminated

DWTS Season 23, Week 11

- The Finals

And concerning her Pro Partner, Gleb, Kramer also gushed,

“He has been the most incredible Partner!  … So much fun!”

Jana & Gleb, Freestyle Round – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 11

DWTS Season 23, Week 11 REVIEW:  Jana & Gleb, 

Freestyle Round

Dancing their Freestyle, Jana Kramer and her Pro Partner, Gleb Savchenko, performed to “Unstoppable” by Sia.

Jana & Gleb Freestyle

DWTS Season 23, Week 11

- The Finals

VERY Good, though still, somehow, not quite “GREAT!”.

Jana & Gleb Freestyle

DWTS Season 23, Week 11

- The Finals

Gripping, emoting, passionate, and visually stunning, this largely Contemporary, Freestyle Piece by Jana & Gleb was, generally speaking, beyond reproach as regards to it's Choreography, which had been so beautifully conceptualized by Gleb!

Jana & Gleb Freestyle

DWTS Season 23, Week 11

- The Finals

No, it was the Physical Execution that was the downfall of this particular Dance, what with that one unfortunate Slip by Gleb and, even more so (As every one knows, when a PRO trips, it is clearly nearly unavoidable!), that one shaky Lift by Jana, whose unsure and hesitant approach to being Lifted affected a more awkward than triumphant feel and stance at the end of it all.

Alas!  And ‘tis so very sad, yet unarguably true, this Freestyle overall, though still very much enjoyable and even at times captivating, was merely deserving of the “9”s awarded it, as it was –SO close (!!), but – less than perfect!

See video (below) to watch Jana & Gleb's Freestyle on Week 11 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Jana & Gleb – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 11

DWTS Season 23, Week 11 REVIEW:  Jana & Gleb

Re-performing a Tango to “Stay the Night” by Zedd, featuring Hayley Williams, Jana Kramer and her Pro Partner, Gleb Savchenko, presented their Redemption Round Routine.

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 11
- The Finals

<Eh!>  Not enough Content!

… Sorry, TeamGlamer, but such was the overall -  and most unfortunate! - BIGGEST characteristic of this Dance-Redeeming attempt!

Just to be clear, I DID very much enjoy this newest Tango by the always gratifying Jana & Gleb – although I could DEFINITELY have gone for some more of that seemingly elusive (In this case), pretty, pretty Toe Pointing, Jana! 

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 11
- The Finals

(For reals, the girl is KILLIN' me here; she’s so NEAR to Dancing Perfection!!)

... Indeed, one would certainly be hard pressed NOT to enjoy this Dance, with its breathtakingly elating, sleek, slick, sharp, and above all, FIERCE Choreography!!

That noted, there’s no ignoring the fact that, entertaining or not, we’re not Free-styling it here (Not YET anyways!); and, there was simply too much mucking about at the start of the Performance – As, I believe, Head Judge, Len Goodman, might've coined it! – and not enough In Hold to make up for it!

Sorry!!

(… Also, ANOTHER “8”, Carrie Ann Inaba, for another ACCIDENTAL Lift?!!  … Seriously, what is with you tonight?!)

See video (below) to watch Jana & Gleb's Tango on Week 11 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Jana & Gleb – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 10

DWTS Season 23, Week 10 REVIEW:  Jana & Gleb

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 10

Dancing a Quickstep to “Go Mama”  by Wayne Beckford, Jana Kramer and her Dance Partner, Gleb Savchenko, performed their Semifinals Routine.

Ugh!  Why, why, WHY??

Albeit a fun Performance overall – complete with Too-cute Conclusion!  … LOVED the Baby Shoes, guys!

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 10

– this particularly sloppy stumble across the Ballroom’s Floor on Monday Night brought its viewers back to Jana’s earlier Weeks of dancing (And she’s been doing SO well lately!), having been riddled with more than a few mistakes, including those of being periodically out of Sync, some notably weird Head Placements by Jana,

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 10

and oh, yes, is it just me, or did Gleb really SLIP at the end there???

Now, don’t get me wrong; for, despite all these errors, this Number STILL somehow managed to come off as being fairly well Executed, as well as totally adorbs at the same time!  … It just wasn’t Jana & Gleb’s – or Week 10’s – best!

… Sorry!

See video (below) to watch Jana & Gleb's Quickstep on Week 10 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Jana & Gleb – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 09

DWTS Season 23, Week 09 REVIEW:  Jana & Gleb

Ladies and Gentlemen, Tipping the scales on her Performance levels and <Ahem!> serving up one truly deliciously executed Waltz, it’s Country Music Artist, Jana Kramer, and her Professional Dance Partner/Maître D', Gleb Savchenko, dancing to “She Used to Be Mine” by Sara Bareilles from Waitress.

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

Now. We. Are. Talking!!

Beautiful, graceful, emoting, and supremely feminine, this heartfelt Performance showed off Kramer in all the just-right and delightful ways on Monday Night, effectively creating what was by FAR the most gratifying Dance that we, the Fans, have enjoyed YET from the Singer!

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

Also receiving honorable mention for this Routine, Gleb’s Choreography was particularly – and 1,000% !! – PERFECT for this emotional Number, as it carefully showcased Jana’s every enchanting pose throughout the romantic piece, and captivated its Audiences with its sweetly simplistic and sweeping motions!!

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

FABULOUS work, you two, and I look forward to what's in store from y’all for next Week's Semifinals!!

See video below to watch Jana & Gleb's Waltz on Week 09 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Jana & Gleb – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 08

DWTS Season 23, Week 08 REVIEW:  Jana & Gleb

Performing a Jazz Number to”Little Shop of Horrors” by Alan Menken, Jana Kramer and her Professional Partner, Gleb Savchenko, presented their Week 08 Routine.

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 08

Mmmm, it was okay (but it really wasn’t all that!).

Now, don’t get me wrong, for – once again –Jana’s impressive, on-her-toes Dancing and overall Performance fell right inside the lines of Excellent; but, still the Routine felt as though it lacked a little something overall!

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 08

Maybe it really WAS that horrific Plant mentioned by DWTS Judge, Bruno Tonioli; or, maybe it was merely Gleb’s mediocre Choreography and –dare I say? - sub-par Dancing at times …

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 08

Whatever the case and for whatever reason/s, it just didn’t grab me!  Anyone else??

See videos below to watch Jana & Gleb's Jazz on Week 08 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Jana & Gleb – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 07

DWTS Season 23, Week 07 REVIEW:  Jana & Gleb

Performing a Sub-Par Samba to “Get Down Tonight” by KC and the Sunshine Band, Jana Kramer and her Professional Partner, Gleb Savchenko, presented their Eras Night Routine.

Oh, Gleb.

“It’s not a Dance Competition, it’s a TV Show …”  … Dude, Seriously?!

You know, I really don’t hate to have to the one to break it to you, but, Dancing with the Stars is actually a Dance Competition AND a TV Show!!

(Well, at least you seem to possess half of a wit anyway!)

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 07

... Gleb, seriously, what are you doing?

And while we’re on the subject of all things silly, I must also point out that this Week's Performance from Jana &Gleb was neither a Proper Samba (with <Blowing out cheeks>, oh, I dunno, anywhere near enough Content!) nor a Proper Disco.  (For realz!  I spotted none that I can recall or that made any kind of impression!)

... So how on earth could you have labeled this Routine a “70’s Samba”?!!

… And for that matter, this Dance was neither “Clean” – with it’s Technical Execution, nor was it [Down and] “Dirty”– with its Entertainment Factor! 

…  Sooo, why the Laundry Mat setting??

(Wait a minute here, I’m confused!  … What were you defending again?)

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 07

See video below to watch Jana & Gleb's Samba on Week 07 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Jana & Gleb – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 06

DWTS Season 23,

Week 06 REVIEW:

Jana & Gleb

Dancing the Argentine Tango to “Hands to Myself” by Selena Gomez, Singer, Jana Kramer, and her Pro Partner, Gleb Savchenko, presented their spicy Latin Night Routine.

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 06

WOW!!

One smoldering, blazing-fiery-hot Argentine Tango foretold and delivered!

(I mean, gosh, could we even see the Ballroom any more until the smoke cleared away??)

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 06

And while it may not quite have been The Most Sensual and Well Executed Argentine Tango in the entire HISTORY of the Glitter Dome, it was – Most certainly! – right up there among them!!

Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 06

… I mean WOW!!

Totally KILLED it, you two; and, I can’t wait to see you Week 07!!

See video below to watch Jana & Gleb's Argentine Tango on Week 06 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!