DWTS GALLERY - Victor & Karina - S21 Wk02

DWTS - SEASON 21, Week 02
GALLERY:  Victor & Karina

Pictures go with written review:
Victor & Karina - Review of DWTS Season 21, Week 02 
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Victor & Karina

DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 01 -

Hometown Glory Week

Victor & Karina

DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 01 -

Hometown Glory Week

Victor & Karina

DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 02 -

Hometown Glory Week

Victor & Karina

DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 02 -

Hometown Glory Week

Victor & Karina

DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 02 -

Hometown Glory Week

See videos (below) to watch Victor & Karina's Jive on Week 02 of DWTS (Night 01) and their Rumba on Week 02 (Night 02). Courtesy of Dancing With The Stars great YouTube channel!

Victor & Karina – Review of DWTS Season 21, Week 02

DWTS Season 21, Week 02

REVIEW:  Victor & Karina

Up next we have Victor Espinoza and his Professional dancing partner, Karina Smirnoff, dancing a fantastically-fun Jive!

Victor & Karina
DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 01 -

Hometown Glory Week

Well, sombreros off to you, Victor ... The actual dancing of this routine may have left more than a lot to be desired; but, the fun of this performance was undeniable; and in the end, a delight to watch!   

Victor & Karina
DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 01 -

Hometown Glory Week

For their second Week 02 performance, Victor & Karina returned to the Ballroom dance floor for a Romantic Rumba!

Victor & Karina

DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 02 -

Hometown Glory Week

Wow! Most definitely Victor’s best dance by far; and, Karina, the choreography was just beautiful!

Victor & Karina

DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 02 -

Hometown Glory Week

Victor’s hands were a little stiff and ridged, and his Frame could use some work; but overall, very well done, you guys ... loved it!

Victor & Karina

DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 02 -

Hometown Glory Week

See videos (below) to watch Victor & Karina's Jive on Week 02 of DWTS (Night 01) and their Rumba on Week 02 (Night 02). Courtesy of Dancing With The Stars great YouTube channel!

DWTS Elimination: Victor & Karina – Season 21, Week 02, Night 02

Victor Espinoza and Karina Smirnoff ELIMINATED

on Dancing With The Stars

Season 21, Week 02, Night 02

Oh, man!  Not Victor! … That guy was so great!  And, c'mon you guys, we just got Karina back, what up?!

Victor & Karina Eliminated
DWTS Season 21, Week 02, Night 02 -
Hometown Glory Week

Plus, I'm sorry but, of all the not-doing-so great Celebrities so far, Kim Zolciak has been doing way worse than anyone else!  Well, her and Gary Busey, but let’s be real here, he is just so incredibly likeable, so …

Still, as sad as it is, it did seem as though Victor was going to have to leave the show eventually, one way or another; so it was nice that he got to leave on such a high note with the dancing of his beautiful Rumba! … <Momentarily pondering that last statement> … Yeah, no it's still sad!

Victor & Karina
DWTS  Season 21, Week 02, Night 02 -Hometown Glory Week

See video (below) to watch Victor & Karina's Jive on Week 02 of DWTS (Night 01) and their Rumba on Week 02 (Night 02). Below that, see 2 videos of Victor & Karina's Elimination on DWTS Week 02. Courtesy of Dancing With The Stars great YouTube channel!    

DWTS GALLERY - Victor & Karina - S21 Wk01

DWTS - SEASON 21, Week 1
GALLERY:  Victor & Karina

Pictures go with written review:
Victor & Karina - Review of DWTS Season 21, Week 01 
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Victor & Karina - The Salsa
DWTS Season 21, Week 01
This couple was extremely fun right out of the gate (get it?)!
For Victor, having to dance The Salsa Week 01 and
for Karina, having to choreograph a dance that
truly showcased his Profession, I thought that they
did a really good job!
I can't wait to see what they'll do next!

Well, ... I didn't see much Salsa ... at all.
That being said, I did enjoy the whole race track setting;
and, I really just enjoyed Victor ...
He was fun and (it seemed to me) sincerely happy
and enjoying himself. He was relaxed and that makes
the audience relax ... I think that's one of the reasons
that I enjoyed him so much!

Okay, so this dance may not have been your
average run of the mill Salsa; but, it
was just oodles of fun!  Um ...
Psst! ... Victor! ... the camera's over here, man! ;)
Just kidding!  You did really good, Victor!
 I can't wait to see more of you next week!

See video (below) to watch Victor & Karina's Salsa on Week 01 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars great YouTube channel!

Victor & Karina - Review of DWTS Season 21, Week 01

DWTS Season 21, Week 01

REVIEW: Victor & Karina

Victor Espinoza and his Professional dancing partner, returning Pro, Karina Smirnoff, danced an entertaining, if not, a little bit zany Salsa to "G.D.F.R." by Flo Rida, featuring Sage the Gemini and Lookas.

Victor & Karina - The Salsa
DWTS Season 21, Week 01
This couple was extremely fun right out of the gate (Get it?)!
For Victor, having to dance The Salsa, Week 01; and
for Karina, having to choreograph a dance that
truly showcased his Profession, I thought that they
did a really good job!
I can't wait to see what they'll do next!

Well, apparently loads of fun can sometimes come in small, endearing packages because, oddly enough, I really enjoyed that routine; and, that has absolutely nothing to do with the non-existent Salsa being danced by Victor!

Well, ... I didn't see much Salsa ... at all.
That being said, I did  enjoy the whole race track setting;
and, I really just enjoyed Victor ...
He was fun and (it seemed to me) sincerely happy
and enjoying himself.  He was relaxed and that makes
the audience relax ... I think that's one of the reasons
that I enjoyed him so much!

Plus, I will say this for the star Jockey, he was an incredibly good sport about the obvious obstacles he faces in this competition; and, he didn't shirk from giving the dance his all; and, as a result, I really am hoping to see him do better next Week!

Okay, so this dance may not have been your
average run of the mill Salsa; but, it
was just oodles of fun!  Um ...
Psst! ... Victor! ... the camera's over here, man! ;)
Just kidding!  You did really good, Victor!
 I can't wait to see more of you next week!

See video (below) to watch Victor & Karina's Salsa on Week 01 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars great YouTube channel!

Cast by the Category - DWTS, S21

DWTS, Season 21

Cast by the Category

Note:  This is a "# 3" post

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Category # 3 - I’m Just Not Feeling It:

I don’t know; but, with the following contestants, “I’m just not feeling it!”

Paula Deen:  Supreme-Southern-Chef-turned-Dazzling-Dancing-Diva … Mmmm, nope!  I’m just not feeling it, y’all … Sorry, Paula!

Paula Deen does the Whip!

Victor Espinoza:  I just don’t see this already-endearing Jockey finishing first in DWTS’ biannual race to the Mirror Ball Trophy … however enjoyable the ride might be!

Victor Espinoza

Hayes Grier:  <Watching Hayes’ Whip and Nae Nae video with my hand over my mouth in stunned disbelief> … You know, I would love to be wrong; but, sorry Hayes, I am just (so, so, SO) not feeling it! 

Seriously dude ... what are you doing?

Click HERE to see - Category # 1 - Excited to see them dance on the show:

Click HERE to see - Category # 2 - Waiting to see if they grow on me:

Cast by the Category - DWTS, S21

DWTS, Season 21

Cast by the Category

Note:  This is a "# 2" post

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Click HERE to to the "# 3" post

Category # 2 - Waiting to see if they grow on me:

I'm not very well acquainted with the following contestants; and, in some cases, I have never even heard of them before; but, ABC and Disney are extremely good at getting you well acquainted with someone and more often than not, making you love them!

And so, I am "waiting to see if they grow on me"!

Chaka Khan:  As unfortunate as this fact may be, I'm just not very well acquainted with this beloved Singer; 

Chaka Kahn rockin' the red.

Lookin' good, Chaka!  You are totally killin'

that red dress!

but I do know of (and thoroughly enjoy!) her 1975 hit, "Tell Me Something Good"; plus, I always enjoy watching her Professional dancing partner, Keo Motsepe, compete; so I can really see Chaka growing on me!

Nick Carter:  I'm actually not very well acquainted with Nick, or even the Backstreet Boys Group as a whole <Dodging the rotten fruit being hurled towards me> … (I know, I know!); but, I was able to watch Nick strut a little of his dancing stuff during his Whip and Nae Nae video (Included on DWTS’ amazing official YouTube channel!); 

Watch Nick Whip!

and, to my pleasant surprise, found him to be the best Male Celebrity Dancer of the lot thus far … Weeeell, him and Andy Grammer! … Plus, Nick has been fortunate enough to be partnered with the ever-brilliant Sharna Burgess, so I fully expect to see some major “growth” in the very near future!

Kim Zolciak:  I can’t say I know her very well; but, 
A:  She’s seems extremely nice, from what I could tell when watching her on GMA’s (Good Morning America’s) Season 21 Cast Announcement on September 2nd.

                   

Kim Zolciak on GMA's Cast Reveal

AND

B:  She’s partnered with Tony Dovolani, so I have very high hopes of her growing on me!

Tamar Braxton:  Calling All [Tamar Braxton] Lovers!  I may not be very well acquainted with this Grammy-nominated Artist; but, I do know from watching her Whip and Nae Nae YouTube video, that, so far at least, she is most certainly the best Female Celebrity Dancer!

Tamar dances the Nae Nae!

 … And I know that she has been partnered with DWTS’ reigning, Golden Mirror Ball Champion, Val Chmerkovskiy … Yeah, I can see her growing on me!

Click HERE to see - Category # 1 - Excited to see them dance on the show:

Click HERE to see- Category # 3 - I’m just Not Feeling it:

Cast by the Category - DWTS, S21

DWTS, Season 21

Cast by the Category

Note:  This is a "# 1" post

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Click HERE to to the "# 3" post

In my mind, so far at least, the Cast of DWTS, Season 21 can be divided into three, separate categories:

- Category # 1 - Excited to see them dance on the show:

- Category # 2 - Waiting to see if they grow on me:

- Category # 3 - I’m just Not Feeling it:

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Okay, so here goes! …

Category # 1 - Excited to see them dance on the show:

Up first we have ...

Bindi Irwin:  Because, crikey mate, she’s the bloomin’ daughter of Steve Irwin, star of the show The Crocodile Hunter; and, who didn’t love watching that show?! … I mean, c’mon, biting your nails off as you witness ol’ Steve wrangle yet another mammoth-sized, man-eating reptile to the ground, or nervously watching in shocked disbelief as crazy Steve shoved his head into a nesting den of Rattlesnakes?  Seriously now, what’s not to love?!

Bindi Irwin

Not to mention, she seems extremely nice and I think that she and partner Derek Hough are going to have an absolute <Ahem> Ball dancing together!

Gary Busey:  Who else out there saw his Whip and Nae Nae dance, courtesy of DWTS’ (Fantastic!) YouTube channel?!

Gary Busey does the Nae Nae!

Come now, he looks as though he will be a total blast to watch compete!

Andy Grammer: Duh! It’s a DWTS Fantasy Celebrity Pick come true (Go, Disney; go, Disney!)!!

Andy Grammer dances the Nae Nae!

I really think that Andy will do very well in the upcoming competition, as longs as he remembers to keep his “Head up” (and his shoulders down), of course!

Alek Skarlatos:  Because he is an American (and International) Hero, and that always deserves a certain, immediate amount of respect.  Plus, I saw him being interviewed during GMA’s (Good Morning America’s) September 2nd Cast Announcement and he seemed very nice!

Alek Skarlatos

Carlos and Alexa PenaVega:  As DWTS' first competing married couple, I am super psyched to see how this dancing-novelty plays out; and, although I am not very well acquainted with these two Celebrities, I am, of course, extremely well acquainted (and completely attached to!) both of their Professional partners, Mirror Ball Champions Witney Carson and Mark Ballas, so I am a little more than "excited to see them dance"!

Carlos & Alexa PenaVega Whip and Nae Nae!

Click HERE to see - Category # 2 - Waiting to see if they grow on me:

Click HERE to see- Category # 3 - I’m just Not Feeling it:

Quick Info: DWTS, Season 21 Cast: Victor Espinoza and Karina Smirnoff

A Quick Introduction To

Our DWTS Season 21 Cast!

Victor Espinoza and Karina Smirnoff: 

Victor Espinoza & Karina Smirnoff     

A famous Racing Jockey, Victor has known great success over the course of his career, most notably when he won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes riding War Emblem in 2002, and again when he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes riding California Chrome in 2014.  Earlier this year, Victor officially made racing history when he won the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes riding American Pharaoh, making him the oldest Jockey and first Hispanic to earn the Triple Crown Title, an extremely rare Thoroughbred racing title that has only been bestowed a total of 12 times (Victor being the 12th recipient) since first being commissioned in the year 1950.

Victor Espinoza and American Pharaoh:
 Winners of The Triple Crown (2015)

Partnered with Karina Smirnoff (so glad she's back!),

Karina Smirnoff

Victor seems like a very nice guy; and, I'm excited to see him compete in the upcoming Season!

DWTS Season 21 - 2nd Celebrity Cast Member REVEALED!!

Second DWTS, Season 21

Celebrity Revealed (08-25-15)!!!

Dancing With The Stars, Season 21 Cast Member number 2 was revealed earlier today to be none other than Victor Espinoza!

Victor Espinoza

A famous Thoroughbred Racing Jockey recently noted for being the oldest (at 43), and first Hispanic Jockey to win The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing!  

Victor and American Pharaoh 

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, or more simply, The Triple Crown, is a rarely-earned and highly-sought-after Thoroughbred Racing Title.

Awarded to three-year-old Thoroughbred Horses that win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes, the Triple Crown Title has only been bestowed a mere 12 times since first being commissioned in the year 1950.

Victor Espinoza and American Pharaoh:
 Winners of The Triple Crown (2015)

As the 12th and most recent Triple Crown winner, Victor, as well as, of course, American Pharaoh, the Thoroughbred on which he raced, has achieved a truly-astounding feat and a high Honor indeed in the world of Racing, of which few can boast ... And now, the only question that remains is, Can he Cha-Cha?!

Victor Espinoza

Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see!