Maks and Peta, Dancing to the End of Love – DWTS Fantasy Pick

Newly Engaged Couple,

Maksim Chmerkovskiy

and Peta Murgatroyd

Dance a Special Performance

– DWTS Fantasy Pick

Dancing With The Stars’ beloved Mirror Ball Champion Pros, Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd, have agreed to take that timeless Waltz down the aisle together, their Engagement having been made official in early December of last year!

Maks and Peta

The announcement, which was made by Maksim himself via Instagram, was naturally met with much elation by Fans everywhere of the Dancing Duo, not the least of which was THIS dwtslover, which observation brings me to my next DWTS Fantasy Pick (Weeeell, more like a “Shameless Plead” in this particular case!) …

Picture this: A dimly lit, Ballroom Dance floor, where upon Maks and Peta, having been especially invited on the show together for a live Performance as the natural result of their Engagement, are sharing a special, romantic dance together - I should think that a quietly passionate Argentine Tango ought to serve this purpose exquisitely! - to a song so perfectly suited to this setting, it truly is a wonder that any other person or show official hasn't thought of it yet! … (Are you ready for this, dwtslovers?) Singer/Songwriter Leonard Cohen’s “Dance Me to the End of Love”!

Leonard Cohen 

Huh?! Am I RIGHT?!! Wouldn’t that just be all kinds of “Too Perfect”?!

Come now, that idea is positively BRILLIANT (though I say it myself!), and Ooo, ooo, ooo(!!) … The show could even play the song’s actual, official video live, in the background, while Maks and Peta are dancing! … Ahhhhhhhhh, it’s genius!!

Not convinced? Check out this video (courtesy of Leonard Cohen's official Vevo YouTube channel) and see for yourself ...

So, c’mon DWTS, do you think we could possibly make this Fantasy Pick a reality? Because this one is almost too good to pass up, right? … No?? … Well, unfortunately, I’m not at all above begging ... <Wailing hysterically now in all the typical, DWTS-Brat, tantrum-throwing theatrics> … PLEASE?!! Please, please, please, please, please, PLEEEASE!!

Next Week is halloween Night and Team Dances On DWTS – S21, Wk07

halloween Night and Team Dances

Are Up Next On DWTS

Season 21, Week 07

Up next for Dancing With The Stars is halloween Night with all new dances being performed by the show’s 8 remaining Couples, and ending with the always-exciting and highly-anticipated Team Dances (!!).

Here Are The Dances Assigned To Each Couple, As Revealed So Far:

Bindi & Derek – The Argentine Tango

Carlos & Witney – The Paso Doble             

Alexa & Mark – The Paso Doble         

Tamar & Val – The Foxtrot          

Andy & Allison – The Paso Doble      

   Nick & Sharna – The Argentine Tango

Hayes & Emma – The Waltz                

Alek & Lindsay – The Viennese Waltz    

AND <Drumroll, please>

 The Two Team Names Are:  

Team # 1:  Team Who You Gonna Call?

Team # 2:  Team Nightmare                  

The Two Teams, The Couples Divided Among Them, And The Dance Assigned To Each Team Are As Follows:

Team Who You Gonna Call? 

Couples:   

                       Bindi & Derek (Team Captains) 

Carlos & Witney  

  Alexa & Mark        

 Alek & Lindsay   

Dance Assigned:

Freestyle

---------------------------------------------------------

Team Nightmare 

Couples:   

                       Nick & Sharna (Team Captains) 

Tamar & Val         

  Hayes & Emma       

 Andy & Allison      

Dance Assigned:

Freestyle

Oh, wow! … It’s an actual DWTS Team Dance Fantasy Come True!!

(Thank YOU, Dancing With The Stars!!!)

There is just no telling how things will go (!); but. it seems worth mentioning that Derek Hough has NEVER LOST a Team Dance, and Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Allison Holker are the ONLY two Pros on next Monday’s opposing Team to have ever TIED Derek!

The fun kicks off Monday and will also end with the Elimination of yet another Couple from the Show.

DWTS Team Dances Fantasy Picks (S21, Wk07)

Season 21, Week 07 Team Dances

Fantasy Picks

Next up on DWTS’ exciting 21st Season is the highly-anticipated and always-gratifying Team Dances challenge; and, like any good little DWTS-loving nut, here are my Fantasy Picks of which Couples will be recruited for each Team.

Of Course, the two Couples averaging the highest scores of the Season thus far will be automatically named the Captains of the two competing Teams; and as such, will be allowed to choose, in turn, which other 3 Couples they would like to have on the Team with them.

And so, Here is my Season 21, Week 07 Team Fantasy Picks:

Team#1:

Bindi & Derek (Team Captains)

Carlos & Witney

Alexa & Mark

Alek & Lindsay

Oh, come now, that is an absolute GORGEOUS Team line-up, especially when you take into account the 4 Choreographers and Pros that would be working together; not to mention, this Fantasy Team only includes what are probably the best Celebrity Dancers on the show – Except for Nick Carter, who must Captain the opposing Team as he possesses the overall second-highest score average of the Season.  Plus it would uber cool if real life Best Friends Derek and Mark, and Witney & Lindsay, got to all dance together.  And finally, how cute/great would it be if the PenaVegas got to compete WITH each other for once?

Team#2:

Nick & Sharna (Team Captains)

Andy & Allison

Tamar & Val

Hayes & Emma

While perhaps not the best possible Team line-up when it comes to Celebrity Dancers, this Fantasy Team most certainly has a terrific Choreographer line-up; and, I also think that this particular grouping of Amateurs and Pros would bring with it a whole lotta fun!

DWTS - Celebrity Fantasy Pick

Yet Another First-rate Celebrity Fantasy Pick to Compete on DWTS!

So here's a another Fantasy Celebrity Pick for all you Rugby fans out there ( #CrazyAboutRugby )! ...

Now, take a moment and prepare yourselves for the genius of this suggestion!

Are you ready?! ...

The New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Team:  Come now, am I right or am I right?!

The All Blacks Haka!

Okay, so maybe that suggestion did come a little out of left field (or actually, in this case, outside the field of play); but, I mean, c'mon, just think about it ... we've all seen how the All Blacks can kick some major @$$ on the Rugby Pitch (being the absolute BEST International Team to ever grace the Sport of Rugby!); and now it's time to see how they handle their Ballroom dancing debut (Pronounced "deboo", for all you sad, non-Rugby watching blokes!)!

Hey, maybe Dancing With The Stars could even put on a whole All Blacks Season, with a Celebrity Cast made up entirely of All Blacks!!

I really do think that many, if not all, of them would do really well on the dance floor!  In fact, some of the Team's players have already exhibited some dancing know-how in the hilarious Air New Zealand safety video ( #AirNZSafetyVideo ) - Included Below! - that features the Men In Black, Safety Defenders (the All Blacks)!

L-R: Israel Dagg and Stan walker in

Men In Black Safety Defenders

#AirNZSafetyVideo

All Blacks Coach, Steve Hansen

All Blacks Team Captain, Richie McCaw

L-R:  Dan Carter, Frank, and Richie McCaw

Dan Carter

Kieran Read

Sam Whitelock

Kevin Mealamu

L-R:  David Campese and Kieran Read

Agustin Pichot

Martin Johnson

L-R: Israel Dagg and Stan walker in

Men In Black Safety Defenders

#AirNZSafetyVideo

L-R: Israel Dagg and Stan walker in

Men In Black Safety Defenders

#AirNZSafetyVideo

Rip Torn

Frank

L-R: Israel Dagg and Stan walker in

Men In Black Safety Defenders

#AirNZSafetyVideo

Not to mention, as a total side-and-yet-somehow-very-important note, the All Blacks just happen to be (conveniently enough!) the cutest Team in Rugby! ... Seriously, has anyone out there seen Jockey's "All Colour Campaign" behind the scenes YouTube video (Also Included Below!)?! ... <low whistle> ... Talk about your Hot Hakka Hunks, Huh?

See below for Men In Black Safety Defenders #AirNZSafetyVideo !  Courtesy of Air New Zealand's official YouTube Channel! 

More DWTS Celebrity Fantasy Picks

More DWTS Celebrity Fantasy Picks

Here's some last minute Celebrity Fantasy Picks ... here's hoping one of these (or more!) show up for Season 21 (Hey, I Can Dream, Can't I?) !

Andy Grammer:  Andy actually performed live on DWTS for the Show's 10th Anniversary Season, singing his hit Single, "Honey, I'm Good!", as part of Gold metal-winning Olympic Gymnast Nastia Liukin's and partner Derek Hough's Week 07 Modern Charleston.

Andy Grammer in the Ballroom!

When Dancing With The Stars Host, Gethin Jones, questioned Grammer as to whether or not he might like to try on some dancing shoes someday, Andy quickly responded, "Oh, like as a contestant?  I'm super down, let it be known!  Let it be known that I'm super down and I'm very competitive!"

Well, heck, if Andy Grammer wants to join the Cast of DWTS, it's certainly more than "Fine By Me"!  So, c'mon, Dancing With The Stars, hurry up and invite him already!

"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey:  We've all witnessed her in action within the fenced confines of UFC's (Ultimate Fighting Championship's) famed Octagon, but now, "Iiiiitttt's Tiiiiimme!!!" to see her perform in the Glitter Dome!

Ronda Rousey

BTW, Miss Ronda (er ... Ma'am,), I loved watching you in Brazil!!

Ronda Rousey beating the meanness out of
Bethe Correia  after Bethe made very unkind
 comments about Ronda's father.

Ronda Rousey beating the meanness out of
Bethe Correia after Bethe made very unkind
comments about Ronda's father.

Here's a picture of Ronda totally
kicking Bethe Correia's @$$ !

"That's right!"

And , Finally, here's one more, last minute Celebrity Fantasy Pick of "Mine"! ...

Taylor Swift:  Right?! Would Sparks just fly or what?!!  Why has no one else thought of this?! ... C'mon now, DWTS Producers "Why You Gotta Be So Mean?" ;)

Taylor Swift in her Music Video for "Mean".

Seriously now, I would love to see Taylor "Shake It Off" on the Ballroom Dance floor!  I actually think that Artem Chigvintsev or Keo Motsepe might make really great choices for her Professional Dancing partner! ... Either way, I really hope that one day, when making up a list of possible Celebrity Cast members to invite on the Show,  Dancing With The Stars would find a "Blank Space" somewhere and write Taylor's name!

Taylor Swift

BTW, Fans can catch Taylor this weekend (August 30th) at the VMA's (Video Music Award's).  She leads her fellow Artists with an incredible total of 10 Nominations,  not the least of which includes a Nomination for "Video of the Year" for her Music Video "Bad Blood" (ft. Kendrick Lamar) ... Way to go "Tay-Tay"! 

Taylor Swift in her 2015 VMA-Nominated Music Video
"Bad Blood" (ft. Kendrick Lamar).

Witney Carson agrees ; Zac Efron Should come on DWTS!

Witney Carson Names Actor Zac EfronAs Her Ultimate, Celebrity Fantasy Pick!

You heard it here first (Click Here to see my Fantasy Picks Post) , and apparently Season 19 Mirror Ball Champion and DWTS Great, Witney Carson, agrees with me ... Zac Efron should totally compete on Dancing With The Stars!

The Lovely Witney Carson and 5-time Mirror Ball Champion
Derek Hough chat it up with ABC News
 Correspondent, Abbie Boudreau!

This week, during GMA's (Good Morning America's) official Pro Announcement, when asked who her "dream partner" would be Witney quickly exclaimed, "Zac Efron! Zac, wanna dance? Let's go!"

Yeah, Zac, "Let's go"!

I mean, it's so glaringly obvious, right?!  We've all seen him dance in Disney's hit Film series, High School Musical 1,2, and 3, and we have all seen how great other High School Musical Alumnists, Monique Coleman and Corbin Bleu, have been on the Show!

Hey, "what Team?  Wildcats!"!  So, C'mon Zac, "Get'cha head in the game!" and pick up the phone, man!

Zac Efron

Zac Efron

DWTS - More Celebrity Fantasy Picks

Some More Celebrity Fantasy Picks

I Hope To See Someday On DWTS

Here is a list of some more multi-talented Celebrities that I would really love to see step into some dancing shoes one day ... and hey! You never know, one or two may just show up for Dancing With The Stars, Season 21 !!

Up first, we have ...

Vanessa Williams:  A well-known Actress, Singer, and a Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award Nominee, this former Miss America would be an absolute natural in the Ballroom! ... Hello!  Has anybody else out there seen her 1998 film Dance With Me!?

Vanessa Williams (alongside co-star, Chayanne)
in the 1998 Film, Dance With Me.

Vanessa Williams (alongside co-star, Chayanne)
in the 1998 Film, Dance With Me.

Hafthor Bjornsson:  An Icelandic Professional Strongman competitor, and a former Professional Basketball player (from 2006-2008, he played center for D2 Icelandic National Basketball Team and for the FSU Selfoss Basketball Team, before sustaining a knee injury that forced him to retire), Hafthor has also been recently noted for playing the role of Gregor "the Mountain" Clegane, in the hit television series, Game of Thrones.

Hafthor Bjornsson

Hafthor Bjornsson

Okay, okay, so frankly speaking, he probably wouldn't fare so well in a Ballroom dance competition, but I would still love to see him try! And anyway, the dance Lifts would be spectacular!!

Alecia Beth Moore, AKA "Pink":  Pink, stylized "P!nk", is a three-time Grammy Award winning Singer, Songwriter, and an Actress.  If P!nk can Ballroom dance half as well as she sings, she'd be an absolute shoo-in for winning her very own Mirror Ball Trophy!

P!nk singing with Nate Ruess at the
57th Annual Grammy Awards

Actually, I have seen P!nk dance a couple of times during a live performance; and I gotta tell you, I really think that she would be a natural performing in the Glitterdome!

P!nk during her performance at the
57th Annual Grammy Awards
She really is a perfect candidate for DWTS.
I mean, just look how pointed her toes are
 ... and she's in the air!

P!nk during her performance at the
57th Annual Grammy Awards
She really is a perfect candidate for DWTS.

P!nk during her performance at the
57th Annual Grammy Awards
She really is a perfect candidate for DWTS.

Nate Ruess:  The creator and Lead Singer for the popular Indie Pop/Alternative Rock Band, Fun, Nate is perhaps best known for his two hit songs, "Some Nights" and "We Are Young", along with his famous duet, "Just Give Me A Reason", with Singer/Songwriter P!nk.

Nate Ruess

I would positively love seeing Nate competing on DWTS!  He very obviously already has great musicality, now if someone could just show him some 3 or 4 time dancing steps to go with it, I think he'd be a whole lotta Fun to Watch! ... Hey, what can I say?  Sometimes the dumbest jokes are the funniest!  Or, FUNniest, actually!  Alright, alright, last one!

And last, but certainly not least, we havvvvve ...

Adam G. Sevani: A California-born Actor, Adam is perhaps better known to the general populous as the endearing (and incredibly talented!) "Moose" from the hit Step Up sequels, Step Up 2: The Streets (2008), Step Up 3D (2010), Step Up Revolution (2012), and Step Up: All In (2014).

Adam G. Sevani (alongside co-star, Alyson Stoner)
in the 2010 Film, Step up 3D.

Adam G. Sevani (alongside co-star, Alyson Stoner)
in the 2010 Film, Step up 3D.

Right?!  Wouldn't that be, like, 100% perfect?!!  ... I'm just sayin', if "Moose" were here, this would be a total fist bump-explosion moment!

DWTS - Fantasy Disney Night - Season 21

A List of Fantasy Song and Dance Picks

For DWTS' Next Disney Night!

Disney Night (Promo) on DWTS Season 20!

I love me some Dancing With The Stars, and I love me some classic Disney ... Put the two together, and you might as well slap some Mickey Mouse ears on my head and color me giddy!

The following is a list of some of my favourite Disney Songs, each paired with the Ballroom dance I think would best suit it, for my ultimate, fantasy Disney Night on DWTS! ... I mean, Hey!  You never know, right?  After all, isn't Disney supposed to be the place where all of your DWTS fantasies, er, dreams come true?

"You've Got A Friend In Me" (Toy Story) 
- The Foxtrot

"Oo De Lally" (Robin Hood) 
- The Quickstep

"Can I Have This Dance?" (High School Musical 3)
 - The Waltz

"I Won't Say I'm In Love" (Hercules) 
- The Tango

"Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" (The Lion King) 
- The Rumba

"Kiss Da' Girl" (The Little Mermaid) 
- The Foxtrot

"Hawaiian Roller Coaster" (Lilo and Stitch) 
- The Samba

"Hundred Acre Woods" (Winnie The Pooh) 
- The Foxtrot

"Little April Shower" (Bambi)
 - The Quickstep

"Bella Notte" (Lady and the Tramp) 
- The Waltz

"Trashing The Camp" (Tarzan) 
- Jazz OR The Quickstep

"When She Loved Me" (Toy Story 2) 
- Contemporary

"Once Upon A Dream" (Sleeping Beauty) 
- The Viennese Waltz

"I Never Knew That I Could Feel This Way" (Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Big Adventure)
- The Foxtrot

"Cantina Band" (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) 
- The Quickstep

"Someday My Prince Will Come" (Snow White) 
- The Waltz

Included below is an actual Disney Night Fantasy come true:  Riker & Allison's Season 20, Wk05 Paso Doble to "He's A Pirate" from The Pirates of the Caribbean (see video below) !

This dance stands as one of my all-time favorites from the show!!