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 3rd) Perfect Score of all “10”s from the show’s Panel Judges, landing her in an
exhilarating TIE for 1st 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!”
Ladies and Gentlemen, taking home the 3rd
and 4th 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!
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
ofFun, 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!
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!"
Dancing a Powerful Paso Doble to “Under Control” by Calvin Harris and Alesso, featuring Hurts, it’s Fuller House star, Jodie
Sweetin, and her Switch Up Professional partner (and Fuller House co-star), Valentin Chmerkovskiy!
Jodie & Val
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
(So wait, now hold on a minute here, because I’m
getting a bit confused!… Was it the
Sitcom, Full House, from which Val had learned English, and subsequently, Jodie Sweetin, in
the role of Stephanie Tanner, that he had harbored his “first crush in America” on. Or was it the Sitcom, The Wonder Years, from which he had
learned English, and subsequently, Danica
McKellar, (Val’s Season 18 partner) in the Role of Wendy Cooper, on whom he had harbored his first crush???Or maybe it was that Sitcom, Saved by the Bell, from which Val had
learned English, and it was, subsequently, Elizabeth Berkley, (Val’s Season 17 partner) in the Role of Jessie Spano, on which he had harbored his first crush … No,
wait, that wasn’t Elizabeth. That was her Saved by the Bell
co-star, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, in the role of Kelly Kapowski,on whom he had harbored his first crush … Right??Anyway, I was just inquiring; because,
honestly (and can you blame me?!), I get it all a bit confused!)
<Ahem!> Anyhoo …
WHAT
a stellar Performance by Jodie!!
A Fierce Frame, Aggressive Attitude, Sure Footwork,
and Strong, Defining Lines will always be welcomed when dancing a Paso; and, Jodie possessed ALL of the above attributes (and so many more!) when executing
this Number!!
Jodie & Val
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
I mean to say this Dance was BRILLIANT; and, having
been aided by a little Chmerkovskiy
Genius (Val always could Choreograph a Magnificent Paso!), undeniably reigned
as one of the absolute BEST of the
night!!
Jodie & Val
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
“… Full of attack, full of Purpose, well done!” Head
Judge, Len Goodman, had gushed concerning this truly amazing Performance, while Panel Judge, Carrie Ann Inaba, closed down the
Judges’ Critiques with the apt phrasing of, “Simple: for me, that was, by far, your best Dance,
you were in the zone!Everything [was]
‘Confident’, GREAT Partnership!”
… The seemingly ever-hindering “Skirt Swishing” was,
if I’m being entirely picky, a tad Sloppy. (Why does almost every Female
Celebrity always act as though their Paso Skirt weighs a Ton?!!);
Jodie & Val
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
but,
otherwise, I have but one word to describe this Dance:O-friggin’-le!!
Jodie & Val
DWTS Season 22, Week 05
- Switch-up Week
See video (below) to watch Jodie & Val's Paso Doble on Week 05 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
Performing a Cha-Cha to “Try Everything” from Zootopia, Fuller House star, Jodie
Sweetin, and her Pro partner, Keo
Motsepe, presented their Disney
Dance!
Jodie & Keo
DWTS Season 22, Week 04
Disney Night
Well, first off, and I just have to ask:While I’m certainly one to appreciate all the
work and tedious, wearisome detail that MUST go into putting on a Live show
each and every week, what was all that squabble and fuss that Jodie was concocting in her
Pre-Dance Rehearsal Package about, seeing as how she and Keo were nowhere NEAR the Chair/Animated Antelope at any
point during the Routine???
(Heck, you couldn’t even SEE the Antelope for the majority of the live Performance!… There was
one there the whole time, right?)
That said, I really
enjoyed this Routine!! Okay, so sure, there were those one or two ... okay,
FEW … Mess-ups displayed throughout the dancing of it by Jodie; but, overall I
must say that I had found this Cha-Cha-ing exhibition to be a delightfully
gratifying Performance!
Jodie & Keo
DWTS Season 22, Week 04
Disney Night
With Tip-top Rhythm, STELLAR Hip and Leg Action, and a beautifully Preserved Dancing Frame that had remained throughout each and every error, Jodie proved to possess her own Pro-like Quality as she deftly carried out an already doomed Dance (score-wise, anyway) with a never-fading, Stage-Brightening Smile and Charisma!
Jodie & Keo
DWTS Season 22, Week 04
Disney Night
Likewise, her partner, Keo, through the cool use of
the intellect and adaptability his long-time career in the art of Professional Dancing
had afforded him, was able to (more or less) smooth over any and all of the
Dance’s incurring “Bumpy” passages, ultimately enabling this Routine to remain,
overall, the Scrumptiously Fun and Pleasing experience it was meant to be!
Jodie & Keo
DWTS Season 22, Week 04
Disney Night
“… You kept going, and that’s all that really
matters!You know what I mean?” began
Guest Judge, Zendaya Coleman, with Judges Critiques following the Performance, “Good on you for continuing
and pushing through!” while Bruno
Tonioli labeled Jodie as being “… the most beautiful Gazelle to ever
Stumble in the Jungle!…” “So, I’m just curious,” queried Judge Carrie Ann Inaba, “because it
was an underwhelming Performance, and I know that you know that, but like, what
happened?”
Oy, OUCH, Carrie
Ann!Let’s please try and reign
in those Cat Claws, could we?Because
that was such a pointedly mean, unnecessary question to ask this poor girl
whose standing before you, so very obviously upset and even seemingly on the
verge of tears; and, I know that you know that; but like, WHY in the world would
you ask that?!
“I couldn’t hear! I couldn’t hear the music! …”
responded Jodie, trying to laugh.
“Okay,” mused the cold and calculating Carrie Ann,
“… it felt like you were Marking and you guys couldn’t get in sync!”
(That’s what she just said … Are you coming to any
sort of point anytime soon, Carrie Ann?!)
“… It’s really important to ‘Zoom’ into each other,”
(Ah!A “point”, at long last!) “I kinda
felt that, when you got a little lost, you didn’t quite go into Keo, the way he
was there for you.”
Well, shows what YOU know, Carrie Ann; ergo, NOTHING, because that is EXACTLY what Jodie did!! … <Whispering
secretly> Psssst! PSSSST, Carrie Ann!! I don’t mean to embarrass you; but that's kinda how Jodie was able to get through the Dance!
“So, really work on that Partnership and the
Trust!I know it was a tough Routine,
and I’m not, I’m not putting you down for it,”
(REALLY?!Could’ve fooled me!)
“I’m just trying to help you, as you move forward.”
“Forward” into WHAT??… A written Apology?!!
Good night, Carrie Ann, would you lighten up?!The “tough Routine” was really quite GREAT,
thank you very much! It just suffered from a few Missteps, that’s all!… Missteps that, through Jodie & Keo’s PERFECTLY intact “Partnership”, DIDN’T AT ALL HINDER THIS CHA-CHA FROM BEING A SUPREMELY ENJOYABLE PERFORMANCE!!
“Well, it wasn’t underwhelming, at all!” countered Head JudgeLen Goodman, “It
was full on, you went for it big time, you had a go, Okay!… No, no, no! [In response to what can only
be described as some sudden, inaudible screeching in protest from Carrie
Ann]What it was, you went wrong!And the
trouble is it’s like getting a pimple on your nose:You hope no one notices, but they always
do!So, [that said] ‘Underwhelming’ it
was not, so well done!”
Well, thank you, Lenny, and nice it is to hear the voice of sanity! <Looking back over at Carrie Ann to curtly stick my tongue out> <Nnnnnhhhhh!!>
See video (below) to watch Jodie & Keo's Cha-cha on Week 04 of DWTS, Courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
