DWTS S-23 Week 10: By The Numbers

DWTS – Season 23, Week 10

SCORES:

James & Sharna

Argentine Tango

"Santa María (del Buen Ayre)" 
by Gotan Project

29 (9,10,10)

Laurie & Val

Foxtrot

"Hollow" by Tori Kelly

30 (10,10,10)

Calvin & Lindsay

Tango

"Seven Nation Army" by 
The White Stripes

26 (8,9,9)

Jana & Gleb

Quickstep

"Go Mama" by Wayne Beckford

28 (9,9,10)

Terra & Sasha

Rumba

"Scars to Your Beautiful"
by Alessia Cara

30 (10,10,10)

Trio Challenge Round:

James & Sharna and Jenna

Jive

"Gimme Some Lovin'"
by the Spencer Davis Group

30 (10,10,10)

Laurie & Val and Maks

Samba

 "Magalenha" by Sérgio Mendes
feat. Carlinhos Brown 

30 (10,10,10)

Calvin & Lindsay and Witney

Salsa

 "Limbo" by Daddy Yankee 

30 (10,10,10)

Jana & Gleb and Alan

Paso Doble

"Kill of the Night" by Gin Wigmore

30 (10,10,10)

Terra & Sasha and Artem

Tango

"Hideaway" by Kiesza

30 (10,10,10)

Team Up Challenge – Review of DWTS Season 23, Week 09

DWTS Season 23, Week 09 REVIEW:  Team Up Challenge

Participating in Season 23’ Team Up Challenge, James, Sharna, & Jenna with Calvin & Lindsay, Marilu & Derek with Terra & Sasha, and Laurie & Val with Jana & Gleb all took part in Week 09’s exciting 2^nd Round of Competition! …

Team Last Men Standing – James, Sharna, & Jenna and Calvin & Lindsay:

Whoa, Nelly!

James & Sharna and Jenna

AND Calvin & Lindsay

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

Stirring up some mighty fine performin' with the dancing of this exciting Paso, this particular artistic excursion into the Ballroom’s wild, wild West – albeit most gratifying! – was far more Entertaining than it was Well Executed!

James & Sharna and Jenna

AND Calvin & Lindsay

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

Now, don’t get me wrong, for overall I really and truly enjoyed this Number – Of course, it would be really hard NOT to, with its inclusion of two of Season 23’s top Mirror Ball contenders!! – yet, it cannot be denied that Calvin’s dancing, though powerful and strong, was, in a word, Heavy-footed, and James’ dancing, though once again defined by his EXCELLENT Character Portrayal skills and all around Performance Pizzaz, came off seeming a bit weak and watered down.

Even still, the overall presiding fun feeling of this Routine – Thanks in large part to James and Calvin's talented pardners, Sharna, Jenna, and Lindsay!! – remained evident and extremely pleasing throughout!

Nicely done, y’all!!

James & Sharna and Jenna

AND Calvin & Lindsay

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

Team Chicago Cubs – Marilu & Derek and Terra & Sasha:

Um, WOW!!

Marilu & Derek

AND Terra & Sasha

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

… No, WOW!!!

Seriously, now, folks, where did this magnanimous Jazz Routine even come from?!!

Marilu & Derek

AND Terra & Sasha

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

(Of course, we all know where it came from:  The insanely STUPENDOUS and creative minds of Derek Hough and Sasha Farber, that’s where!!)

Marilu & Derek

AND Terra & Sasha

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

I mean to say that this Dance just absolutely KILLED IT for Monday’s Team Up Challenge, effectively bringing Manhattan’s Broadway right into DWTS' glittering Ballroom, pulling out all the show stopping-stops in one truly SPECTACULAR and exhilarating array of Choreographing Genius and Performance Pizzaz know-how!!!

Marilu & Derek

AND Terra & Sasha

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

… Even Marilu couldn’t help but look halfway decent when dancing within this obscenely GREAT Number, and naturally, as is only to be expected, Terra performed ever-BRILLIANTLY as well!!

Marilu & Derek

AND Terra & Sasha

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

<Whistling Loudly while Stomping the Floor>

BRAVO, bravo, you four!!! Encore!!

Team Sisters – Laurie & Val and Jana & Gleb:

Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting to you the ONLY Celebs to have danced a “10”s-worthy Performance as part of DWTS' Team Up Challenge, within what was a no less than FANTASTIC Contemporary Piece, I give you Laurie and Jana, kicking @$$, taking names, and pos-i-tive-ly slayin' it for this final Showstoppers Night Routine!

Laurie & Val

AND Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

Gripping, dramatic, and daringly EXQUISITE, what else is really to be expected from the marriage of these two great, Season 23 talents, whose pairing up for this Team was so incredibly gratifying!!

Laurie & Val

AND Jana & Gleb

DWTS Season 23, Week 09

Aided with what was, in a word, EXEMPLARY Choreography (Amazing work, Val and Gleb!!), this Dance served as the unequivocal BEST of Week 09’s 2nd Round of Competition, as well as one of the better ones of this entire Season!!

… Simply stunning.

GREAT job, guys!!

See videos (3 below) to watch all three Team-Up Challenges on Week 09 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!

DWTS S-23 Week 09: By The Numbers

DWTS – Season 23, Week 09

SCORES:

Marilu & Derek

Samba

"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" 

by The Four Seasons

From Jersey Boys 

36 (9,9,9,9)

James & Sharna (Jenna)

Jazz

 "A Brand New Day"
by Luther Vandross 
From The Wiz

36 (9,9,9,9)

Laurie & Val

Argentine Tango

"Cell Block Tango"
by Kander and Ebb
From Chicago

40 (10,10,10,10)

Calvin & Lindsay

Waltz

"Memory" by Andrew Lloyd Webber
From Cats

37 (9,9,10,9)

Jana & Gleb

Waltz

 "She Used to Be Mine"

by Sara Bareilles 

From Waitress

40 (10,10,10,10)

Terra & Sasha

Charleston

"If My Friends Could See Me Now"
by Cy Coleman
From Sweet Charity

38 (10,10,9,9)

Team Up Challenge Round:

Team Last Men Standing: 

Team members -

James & Jenna

Calvin & Lindsay

Paso Doble

 "No Good" by Kaleo 

37 (9,9,10,9)

Team Chicago Cubs:

Team members -

Marilu & Derek

Terra & Sasha

Jazz

"Big Noise from Winnetka" 
by Bette Midler

36 (9,9,9,9)

Team Sisters:

Team members -

Laurie & Val

Jana & Gleb

Contemporary

"Bird Set Free" by Sia

40 (10,10,10,10)

Next Week is Showstoppers Night on DWTS - S23

Showstoppers Night RETURNS

For Week 09 of Season 23!!

<Ahhhh!!>

Making its SPECTACULAR, high-sequined comeback for Week 09 of Season 23 will be the exhilarating Showstoppers Night, in which, Dancing with the Stars’ 6 remaining Couples will participate within 2, separate Rounds of Dancing on Monday Night, the first of which will include Songs from famous Broadway Plays, and the second will include the always scary-BUT-gratifying celebrity Team Up Challenge!

(<Rubbing Hands Together> Ooo, I simply cannot WAIT!!)

The Team Up Challenge will consist of the Show’s 6 Couples being paired (or “Team”-ed!) up into 3 Groups of 2.

During Monday’s Second Round, these same Couples will then participate in three, separateTeam Dances!!

… As a nail-gnawing twist, both Pros from each Group will then be required to step away from their respective Groups for a portion of each Team Up Performance and allow their Celebs to dance together, rather than with them!

(YIKES!!)

In addition, “Frozen” Singer and Broadway Superstar, Idina Menzel, is set to perform her new hit, “Queen of Swords” LIVE in the Ballroom as part of Monday’s … well, showstopping events, as well as Guest Judge for the evening, along with DWTS' Judging staples, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba!

In further exciting news, DWTS’ 2-time Mirror Ball Champion and long-absent Pro, the beloved Mark Ballas, will RETURN to the Ballroom to sing “December ‘63” from his starring role of Frankie Vallie within Broadway’s hit, Jersey Boys, as part of Mark’s best friend and fellow Multi-Mirror Ball Winner, Derek Hough’s Round One Samba with Actress, Marilu Henner!!

Also performing live will be Musical Artist, Leona Lewis, (Isn’t she currently dating DWTS' Troupe Member, Dennis Jaunch??) with the hit song “Memories”  from her recently-wrapped Broadway Revival of Cats as part of high-scoring Duo, Calvin Johnson and LindsayArnold's, Round One Waltz!

Capping off the evening’s captivating events will be the possible absence of not one but TWO Pros from the Ballroom’s Dance Floor, as Professionals Sharna Burgess and Gleb Savchenko are – Most unfortunately! – presently down-and-out-for-the-count, each with their own individual Knee Injuries, and are likely to be temporarily replaced by fellow, talented Dance Professionals Jenna Johnson and Alan Bersten, respectively.

It’s an INCREDIBLE Night like no other for DWTS' already glamorous Glitter Dome; and, it takes place LIVE on Monday Night!!

Here Are the Show's Remaining Couples, as Well as the Songs and Dances Assigned to Them, as Revealed So Far:

Marilu & Derek – The Samba 
 “December ‘63” / Jersey Boys

Calvin & Lindsay – The Waltz 
 “Memory” / Cats

James & Sharna (& possibly Jenna)
–Jazz 
 “A Brand New Day” / The Wiz

Laurie & Val –The Argentine Tango 
 “Cell Block Tango” / Chicago

Jana & Gleb (& possibly Alan)
–The Waltz 
 “She Used to Be Mine” / Waitress

Terra & Sasha – The Charleston 
 “If My Friends Could See Me Now” 
/ Sweet Charity

And Here Are the Couples' Pairings in Monday’s Follow-up Team Up Challenge, and the Dances Assigned to Each Team, as Revealed So Far:

James & Sharna (& possibly Jenna)
/ Calvin & Lindsay – The Paso Doble

Jana & Gleb (& possibly Alan)
/ Laurie & Val – Contemporary

Marilu & Derek / Terra & Sasha - Jazz