Rumer & Val - Review of DWTS Season 20, Week 09

DWTS Season 20, Week 09

REVIEW:  Rumer & Val

Rumer & Val:

Kicking off DWTS, Season 20's exciting Semifinals was Rumer Willis, and her Professional dancing partner, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, dancing the Viennese Waltz to "Earned It" by The Weekend.

Rumer & Val "Earned It"!

This was a great (great, great) dance; and I was really very disappointed to see it receive two 9's instead of a perfect score of all 10's (I mean c'mon, Rumer and Val Earned It, right?!) ... disappointing, but not too surprising, especially when you consider how Head Judge, Len Goodman, had made his personal feelings concerning the "Downfall" of the Viennese Waltz perfectly clear the week before, with the scoring of Riker & Allison's Viennese Waltz.

Rumer's dancing was graceful, flowing, smooth, and enchanting; and I found it particularly impressive how she managed to stay perfectly in character throughout the entire routine!  Val's choreography was, of course, beautiful and ridiculously spot-on (the Chmerkovskiy brothers always could choreograph a superb Viennese Waltz)!

Rumer & Val - The Viennese Waltz
DWTS S20, Wk9
"Rumer's dancing was graceful, flowing,
smooth, and enchanting ..."

However, the minute I saw Rumer & Val's dance, I knew at once that there was not enough moments in Hold to please Len; and  therefore, that the dance would inevitably (and tragically!) receive a lower score ...

On the other hand, I was very pleased to find that the beauty and artistry of the dance was so very undeniable that even Len - as harsh as he is at times - could not help but enjoy it!

" ... Another great dance!", began Len with his critiquing of the performance.  "It lost a little bit of Viennese Waltz character during it, for me; however, having said that, another great dance!  Well done!".

Personally, I thought that the 9 from Len was not at all appropriate ... I mean c'mon, Len, it's not as though it were Val's fault that he was given the Viennese Waltz to choreograph to "Earned It" from the 2015 film, 50 Shades of Grey ... You cannot have it all; and I think that, given the circumstances, Val choreographed an absolutely amazing performance!

Rumer & Val Dance The Viennese Waltz
DWTS Season 20, Week 09

Now as for the 9 that came from DWTS Judge Julianne Hough, I don't know what she could of been thinking!  At least Len has the excuse of being ... well ... Len!

See below for ABC's DWTS YouTube video of Rumer & Val's Season 20, Week 09, Viennese Waltz!