DWTS Elimination: Rick & Emma – Season 23, Week 03

Rick Perry and Emma Slater ELIMINATED

on Dancing with the Stars

Rick & Emma
ELIMINATED

DWTS Season 23, Week 03

So Former Governor Rick Perry and his Pro Partner, Emma Slater were the unfortunate ones to receive Dancing with the Stars' second, Ballroom Boot last evening, as the generally bummer wrap up (Can’t they ALL just stay??) of Tuesday Night's Results Show for Week 03 of Season 23.

Making his mark within DWTS' Fall Competition as the Glitter Dome’s typical biannual - and always enjoyable - “Nice Guy”, if not one of its “Superb Dancers”, Governor Perry leaves this Season with his originally stated goals for joining in on all the dancing fun in the first place, including that of learning to dance for his daughter’s, Sydney Perry's, upcoming Wedding and bringing attention to the needs of our Country’s Veterans, well intact.

“My daughter is getting married the 15th of October,”began the Governor upon officially exiting the Show’s Ballroom,“But I can promise you I will look good on the Dance Floor for her! … I’m doing it for all the Veterans out there and I hope everybody will find a good Veteran’s cause to go help these guys … Thank you, guys!”

Rick & Emma vs. Vanilla Ice & Whitney – Review of DWTS Face-off, Season 23, Week 03

DWTS Season 23, Week 03

Face-off REVIEW:

Rick & Emma

vs.

Vanilla Ice & Witney

Ladies and Gentlemen, Performing in the bad-out Battle of the "Paso Bobles" … er, Paso Dobles! … Former Governor Rick Perry & Emma Slater contended against their fellow Season 23 Competitive Cohorts, Robert Matthew “Vanilla Ice” Van Winkle & Witney Carson!



Rick & Emma:


Well, I have to say that if Paso-ing were a Walk, then Governor Perry would be crushing it!

Bu-u-u-ut, seeing as how the Paso Doble is unfortunately not a Walk, but rather a Dance, I’ll stick to saying that all in all, Rick & Emma’s Performance was most enjoyable!

Rick & Emma

DWTS Season 23, Week 03

Governor Perry's excellent Frame and natural ability to Lead – whether dancing or not -  easily remained in the peek-est of shapes throughout the Routine; and was drastically aided by Emma’s clever Choreography, which included one very impressive segment in particular, where the beloved Pro artistically faced-off against her Celeb Partner in an epic Moment and Spin around the center of the Ballroom’s Dance Floor, effectively saving this Number as a whole from the jaws of Judges’ Scoring Oblivion!





Vanilla Ice & Witney:


Ah!  … Now we’re talking!!

Exhibiting a much closer and more exhilarating adaption of the Paso Doble, Vanilla Ice’s take on this powerful Dance was unquestionably superior to that of his political challenger in most every way, barring that of a Great Frame.

Vanilla Ice & Witney

DWTS Season 23, Week 03

Smooth, on point, and terrifically fierce, this “Ole!”-inducing Routine by Vanilla served to immediately set the standard of Monday night’s Latin attempts, as well as one of the better Dances of the entire evening!

Of course, and only too naturally, mad props go out to the ever lovely Witney whose – once again – SUPERB Choreography succeeded in drawing out every ounce of that non-music that she and Vanilla were made to dance to, creating what was a decidedly gripping Piece and Performance!

Vanilla Ice & Witney

DWTS Season 23, Week 03

(And, BTW, that dramatic dress was positively KILLING it; you go, Wit!)

All in all, I 100% LOVED it, you two!  Amazing job!!

See videos (2, below) to watch Rick & Emma's AND Vanilla & Witney's Paso Doble on Week 03 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Rick & Emma – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 02

DWTS Season 23, Week 02

REVIEW:  Rick & Emma

Dancing the Quickstep to “Green Acres” byVic Mizzy, from Green Acres, Former Governor Rick Perry and his Professional Dance Partner, Emma Slater, performed their TV Night Routine.

Rick & Emma

DWTS Season 23, Week 02

Ummm, we-e-e-ell …

An overall jovial Performance - if not a tad too loose and sloppy! - I really enjoyed Governor Rick & Emma’s portrayal of “Farm Livin'” upon the whole, though Governor Perry’s Quickstep did generally lack anything “Quick” and was, furthermore, far too heavy of “Step”!

Rick & Emma

DWTS Season 23, Week 02

(But, Hey!  Then again, for better or worst, he WAS actually Leading the Dance – A rarely seen, yet completely necessary trait among the Show’s Male Celebrities - so that was great!!)

Meanwhile, Emma’s Week 02 treatment of Homegrown Country Culture as a Routine once again tended more toward the clumsy foot-stomping of Michael Jackson’s portrayal of the Scarecrow in The Wiz.

Rick & Emma

DWTS Season 23, Week 02

(Sorry, Slater Fans -of which I am a part - but it does seem that choreographing Country is just a wee bit out of DWTS' endeared, English Emma's forte!)

And in the end, when it comes to those beloved Green Acres, we may indeed have been there, alright; but as for Great Dancing, we most certainly were not!

But, shucks, folks, never fret! For there is always as much room to grow within the Ballroom as there is on the farm, so keep at it, y’all!

See video (below) to watch Rick & Emma's Quickstep on Week 02 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

Rick & Emma – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 01

DWTS Season 23,

Week 01 REVIEW:

Rick & Emma

Dancing a Cha-Cha to “God Blessed Texas”, former Governor, Rick Perry, and his Professional partner, Emma Slater, performed their Season opening Routine.

Rick & Emma

DWTS Season 23, Week 01

Uh-huh.

Well, you know – and it really seems worth mentioning at this rather unpromising juncture - that not  everybody can be good at EVERYTHING …

Rick & Emma

DWTS Season 23, Week 01

… Not everybody can govern the great state of Texas; and, certainly not everybody can Cha-Cha … or maybe even pull off just two fluid or musical steps together!

That said, there is most DEFINITELY always room to grow within the show, Dancing with the Stars; and, so my hopes remain equally supreme that we may yet see better Dancing Days from Governor Perry in the (far, far) future; and, as many DWTS Fans can attest, who better to get him there than the unflappable and ever-charming Emma?!

Rick & Emma

DWTS Season 23, Week 01

Hang in there, you guys, you never know what can happen!


See video (below) to watch Rick & Emma's Cha-cha on Week 01 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!