DWTS Elimination: Jodie & Keo – Season 22, Week 08

Jodie Sweetin and Keo Motsepe

ELIMINATED

on Dancing With The Stars

How rude!

Dancing With The Stars, Season 22 Celebrity, Jodie Sweetin, was formally booted out of the Ballroom competition last Monday evening in a disappointing Wrap up to the show's exciting Quarterfinals.

Unarguably one the Season's most consistent and all-around better Performers right from the start, Jodie was able to conclude her Fantastic Weeks on the program with the earning of her very first (and only this Seasons 3^rd) Perfect Score of all “10”s from the show’s Panel Judges, landing her in an exhilarating TIE for 1^st Place at the Top of Week 08’s Leader Board, and affording her that always gratifying result of being able to exit the DWTS Ballroom on her best-scored Dance to date!

Jodie & Keo

Eliminated

DWTS Season 22, Week 08

“… I got to go out on all 10’s, that’s amazing!” the Actress exclaimed following her Elimination, also noting that her time on the show had enriched her life in more ways than one when she added,  “… This has been an absolutely incredible experience!  … I’ve made some wonderful friends!”

It’s a TIE!! Ginger & Val and Jodie & Keo are the High-Scorers! – DWTS S22, Wk08

Ginger & Val Are Met By

Jodie & Keo

At the Top of Monday Night’s

Leader Board!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, taking home the 3^rd and 4^th Perfect Scores of Season 22, it's the Ballroom’s Break-out Competitor, Zee, and Top-of-the-Leader Board newcomer, Sweetin, closing out Week 08’s Quarterfinals competition with an overall total of 59 Points out of 60 from the show's Panel Judges, for Round 01 and 02 of the evening!
 

 
Ginger & Val:

Dancing a too-good-to-be-true Argentine Tango to “Telephone” by Martynas Levickis, Ginger Zee and her Professional dancing partner, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, presented an absolute KILLER Performance for their Quarterfinals Routine!

Ginger & Val

DWTS Season 22, Week 08

It’s raining “10”s for Dancing With The Stars’ Performing Meteorologist,  Ginger, and her partner, Val, as this increasingly Formidable Duo brought home yet another Perfect Scoring of all “10”s from the Judges Panel for their Passionate Latin Dance!

Ginger & Val

DWTS Season 22, Week 08

Supremely EXQUISITE in every (no less than!) gorgeous detail, GMA’s stereo-typically lazy competitor, Zee, effortlessly proved once more that she is now most definitely In it to Win it, when with each and every breathtaking moment and beautiful Dancing-Line, Ginger succeeded in marking this Dance as one of the better ones among all of Season 22’s!!

Ginger & Val

DWTS Season 22, Week 08

And what of Val?  Whose thrillingly STELLAR Choreography (Even by Chmerkovskiy standards!) and inclusion of that one - STILL-mind-blowingly - REMARKABLE Lift left his Audience - Myself, of course, included! - effectively on the edge of its seat and craving for much, much more!

Ginger & Val

DWTS Season 22, Week 08

“… What I loved,” exclaimed Head Judge, Len Goodman, when critiquing this Performance, “was the Lightning Show:  Fast, slow!  Big, small!  Hard, soft!  Fire, ice!  I’m telling you, that was one hell of Dance!”
 
 

Jodie & Keo:

Dancing the Jive to “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” by Etta James, Jodie Sweetin and her Professional partner,  Keo Motsepe, submitted their Week 08 Routine.

Jodie & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 08

An amazing display in the way of Technical Execution, TeamMoSweet were once again Shucking and, well, Jiving on Monday Night, bringing home their very first Perfect Score of the Season for this Routine!

Jodie & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 08

With a fine showing of Great Rhythm, Dancing Lines, and Performance Pizzazz, Jodie successfully Kicked and Flicked her way the top – Although, being completely honest, I had personally found some of her Fast and Fun Footwork to be leaning towards “Slightly Heavy-footed”, though that just may have been the direct, visual result of opting to wear Flats instead of Heels! – impressing the show's Panel Judges and thrilling the Ballroom's live Audience!

Jodie & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 08

“… Now, let me be honest,” voiced Head Judge, Len Goodman, following this Performance, “the first couple of Weeks I felt you were a little bit nervous, little bit unsure of yourself; but, as the Competition’s gone on, you’ve grown and you’ve flown … I’ve not seen … any Dance … [that has] made me feel so happy as what you’ve danced!”

Jodie & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 08

See videos (2, below) to watch Ginger & Val's Argentine Tango and Jodie & Keo's Jive on Week 08 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!  

Jodie & Keo – Review of DWTS Season 22, Week 07

DWTS Season 22, Week 07

REVIEW: Jodie & Keo

Performing one Marvelous Quickstep to “For Once in My Life” by (the one and only!) Stevie Wonder, Fuller House Actress Jodie Sweetin, and her Pro partner, Keo Motsepe, presented their Week 07 Routine!

Jodie & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 07

- Icons Night

Appropriately clad in Sunshine Yellow, Jodie’s delightfully fast-paced Quick-stepping burst onto Monday night’s Ballroom Dance Floor came across like a magnificent, pleasing ray of sunlight, affecting a no less than TREMENDOUS display of Fun, Color, and Pizzazz!!

Jodie & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 07

- Icons Night

An overall much sweeter Performance than ever witnessed before by this already-Dazzling Duo, TeamMoSweet absolutely killed this Show-opening Routine with the help of some charmingly cheerful Choreography (provided by none other than Keo, of course!) and some seriously mad Dancing Skills exhibited by Jodie, whose high-hoofing antics seem to surpass that of even her Professional partner at times, when with each and every Fast and Feminine Foot Placement, Sweetin brought this amazing Quickstep to life in all the right and endearing ways!!

Jodie & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 07

- Icons Night

“What I love about the Quickstep,” disclosed Head Judge, Len Goodman, following the Performance, “ is Commitment and Attack!  No holding back, and that’s exactly what you did!  You came out, you went for it!  You lost Body Contact here and there; but, for ‘Energy’ and really giving it all you’ve got, that’s what you gave me!  I thought it was fabulous!”

Jodie & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 07

- Icons Night

“… I give you a lot of credit ,” added Panel Judge, Carrie Ann Inaba, to Jodie, “because you danced that [Quickstep] without having the right Contact; and so, you had to muscle your way through it.  And there was a moment where, Keo, you missed a step I think, ‘cause you were still going on the Charleston, there was something out of Sync.  And I actually think that Jodie was actually in Time … She kept Powering through it! … that is so hard to do … especially in the Quickstep … to stay on track, I was really impressed with you!  …”

See video (below) to watch Jodie & Keo's Quickstep on Week 07 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!  

Jodie & Keo – Review of DWTS Season 22, Week 06

DWTS Season 22, Week 06

REVIEW: Jodie & Keo

Dancing a Contemporary to "Try" by P!nk, Fuller House star, Jodie Sweetin, and her Professional dancing partner, Keo Motsepe, presented their Week 06 Routine.

Jodie & Keo 

DWTS Season 22, Week 06

- Famous Dances Night

Ah, TeamMoSweet is BACK; and well, More Sweet than ever, as this reunited Duo submitted one truly Impressive and Emoting Dance for their Famous Dances Night Routine!

Jodie & Keo 

DWTS Season 22, Week 06

- Famous Dances Night

If I'm being completely honest, this general type of Contemporary Style just isn't at all  "My Cup of Tea" (with respect to Len!) with its seemingly over-the-top effort to include each and every single hideous pose known within the Art of Dance in a seriously misguided attempt to effect a more "Meaningful" and "Artistic" Feel and Performance.

That said, on this particular Week of Weeks, it was merely Jodie (and even more so) Keo's job to recreate one assigned Famous Dance Routine, nothing more and less; and in that respect, this Dance was pulled off beautifully!

Jodie & Keo 

DWTS Season 22, Week 06

- Famous Dances Night

A no less than gripping Exhibition, this physically expressed (Good grief, you guys, what'd that poor Table ever do to you?! ... ;) ) depiction of Emotional Turmoil ("Try"... or not ... I'm guessing that it's seriously time to re-think this Relationship!), unbridled Passion, and Anger wonderfully showcased Jodie's particular talent for Live Performances, as well as her great and always present Musicality and Terrific Lines overall!

Jodie & Keo 

DWTS Season 22, Week 06

- Famous Dances Night

"That was a really difficult Routine to watch," observed Panel Judge, Carrie Ann Inaba, concerning the Performance, "because there's so much Aggression and so much Anger in it … but I think you transformed something sort of Aggressive and, what I consider [to be], almost on the Borderline of 'Ugly' into something really Dynamic and Artistic, and Beautiful!  …"

Now, there was, of course, that one faltering Lift in the middle of this Routine, where things got just a bit iffy for Sweetin, which in turn forced Motsepe to just completely "muscle it out" (Very nicely done, btw, Keo!);  but otherwise, yet another simply STELLAR Showing for this always amazing Couple!

Jodie & Keo 

DWTS Season 22, Week 06

- Famous Dances Night

"… It had that 'Confrontational' feel about it that comes from the Video," remarked Head Judge, Len Goodman, "and I thought you Performed it so well!  You know, I know there was a little struggle getting into the Lift; but that Lift is so iconic and you pulled it off!  Great work, well done both of you!" 

Hear, hear!

Kim & Keo – Review of DWTS Season 22, Week 05

DWTS Season 22, Week 05

REVIEW: Kim & Keo

Dancing an “Oh, but there was a height difference!”-Viennese Waltz, to “These Arms of Mine” by Otis Redding, it’s The Facts of Life Actress, Kim Fields, and her Week 05 Switch Up Pro, Keo Motsepe.

Kim & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 05 

- Switch-up Week

Well, first off, I just want it noted that I thought Kim’s dancing of this sultry Motown Routine was no less than excellent!

Kim & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 05 

- Switch-up Week

Beautiful Lines, Feminine Footwork, and a surprisingly gratifying Passionate Expression of Emotion and Movement all came together for Fields during this Number, resulting in what could very easily be described as being one of her (if not her absolute) BEST and certainly most “Delicious” (to quote Judge Carrie Ann Inaba) Dances to date!!

Kim & Keo

DWTS Season 22, Week 05 

- Switch-up Week

I mention this first because it’s more than due and I really don’t want to bring Kim (or her Fine Dancing) down, within the following!

 
<Ahem!> …

WHAT IS WRONG WITH KEO?!!!

“That’s a hard one,” began Guest Judge, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, with the Judges’ Critiques of this Dance, “I mean, it’s uh, it’s a beautiful Performance! Uh, [a] very lovely Dance, um, great from beginning to the end, [but] I have to say though … it’s literally NOT a Viennese Waltz!  There’s like half a Step of Viennese Waltz, the rest is just Beautiful Movement.  If we [The Judges] are going to be fair, and we’re going to demand things from others, we have to demand them from everybody.  There was [only] half a Step of Viennese Waltz, there was no Frame … I can’t even criticize the Frame because there was none! … Like I said, it’s a little difficult!” 

Wow!   That was really just, like, PERFECTLY observed and so aptly phrased there, Maks; and, I, where I might usually add a line or two of my own, I won’t, since it appears it would really be repetitive and redundant and repetitive and redundant.

(What?  No Fun lovers out there?)

“Thank God, you’re here Maks,” added Head Judge, Len Goodman, “because it’s normally me against the world!  … Why not ONE Step in Hold?!  Not ONE!  It’s the Viennese Waltz!  You talk about “Pictures” [referring to Judge Bruno Tonioli’s comment that the Dance was like “a series of beautiful Pictures”] - the Viennese Waltz is about Rotation, it’s about Movement, it’s about natural, Reverse Turns … Why not Hold?!”

“It’s a height difference between me and her [Kim]” retorted Keo, clearly (in my opinion) aggravated. 

(Arguring with the Judges?  Really, Keo???)

“If I do a Hold, it looks very small …” he finished lamely.

C'mon, Keo, that’s ridiculous!!  … It’s wasn’t that you couldn't have done any better; it’s merely that you chose not to.  And, Hey! Kudos, Keo!  The dance was, in fact, beautiful!  But you had to have known that the judges were going to "ding" you for your lack of content, right?

“… I also wanna remind people” threw in Maks, following the rest of Keo’s inexcusable excusing, “of Maks & Meryl:  There’s a BIG height difference.”

Yeah, Keo, “Maks & Meryl”, as in, beloved Season 18 Mirror Ball Champions Maks & Meryl!!  … Of course, there wasn’t really THAT great of a Height Difference between Maks & Meryl (but, point taken, Maks!)

… Oh, Oooo!  I have a better example!!  Let’s try, oh, I dunno, VON & WITNEY from last Week?!!!

Von & Witney

DWTS Season 22, Week 04

Disney Night

Hellooo, their beautiful Disney Night VIENNESE WALTZ ... is this ringing a bell, Keo???

You know, that Viennese Waltz that they had (apparently!) so MIRACULOUSLY pulled off, despite the fact that IF they had been asked to dance to a song from fellow Disney Flick, Rapunzel, Von could have easily portrayed The Tower to Wit’s Rapunzel?!!

Von & Witney

DWTS Season 22, Week 04

Disney Night

<Exasperated Sigh> I really like you as a Pro, Keo, so next time curb your own insanity, would you please??

See video (below) to watch Kim & Keo's Viennese Waltz on Week 05 of DWTS, Courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!