I don't know what the name of this week's competition was, specifically, but there were a ton of new dances involved with the added twist of each team choosing a dance for another team. I actually put down all my notes, in text format, on my phone, while I watched. Four KB later, I have the blog, but then have to actually drag it downstairs to put it in a format you can read. Oh yes, we also had a guest judge last night, Paula Abdul. She added a fun element, I thought, and she's no newb to dancing.
Kicking off the night were Kirstie & Maks who had to dance a Charleston. Sweet Sabrina chose that dance for her, thinking it would be one she LIKED, not wanting to give someone a dance they couldn't or didn't want to do. I think most of the others tried to find a dance that would be difficult for the other team and trip them up. I'm not saying it's wrong...just sayin. This dance ended up being a really fun, cute, little vaudeville number. A great way to start the night, but knowing who the competition was, I think they should've stepped it up a tad. They were allowing lifts and tricks and whatnot, so you really gotta bring it.
Next to dance, we had Bristol & Mark doing a rock n' roll dance. My notes about this were that Bristol is not light enough on her feet and that's still the main thing that stands out to me from her dancing last night. Mark was crazy energetic, just flitting around the dance floor and I swear he had to use marionette strings to pull her UP off her feet. Yes, for Bristol, it was yet another improvement and more of her just having fun and coming out of her shell, but um could my fellow party members stop voting for her just because they feel sorry for her?! Enough already. I understand that she's improving, but I could improve at running until the day I day and it doesn't mean I'm gonna deserve a gold medal at the Olympics. The judges really liked her, blanketing her with praise, which I'm fine with, but higher scores than Kirstie & Maks? Whatever.
Sabrina & Louis were chosen to do a disco dance. They danced to the Bee Gees "You Should Be Dancin'", something I mention just because it's important to note that a group of my friends and I also did a dance to this song....in Jr. High...for our gymnastics competition. Yeah, we rocked the disco, but probably a little less so than Sabrina. That girl is SUCH a professional, so explosive and precise and eager to just dance her little heart out. It is absolutely unreal to me that she has been in the bottom two and Bristol hasn't. STOOPID, I tell ya. They did get scores that I felt were appropriate, with a combined total of 35.5.
Emmitt 'Mr. Ford F-150' and Cheryl danced next. I'm not sure I've seen a Bolero danced before, but this one was frickin AWESOME!! They brought such beauty to the floor and were perfectly in tune, drawing everyone in to the story they were telling. This was not a dance that Cheryl knew, but you sure could've fooled me. Carrie Ann said that Emmitt's articulation was spot on and that was exactly right!! Paula said it was sensual, exquisite, also exactly right. It was just beautiful! They jumped ahead of the pack with that dance, by just a half a point, but there were still tons of awesome dancers left.
Next up...Gilles & Peta dancing Bollywood, something that still makes me laugh. Peta has done nothing thus far to make me any less annoyed with her, which really annoys me and, while this style was not my fave, omg they totally KILLED IT!!! The choreography was dead on and just wow...anytime Gilles wants to go Indian, dude I'm there! The judges all praised them both and, as Carrie Ann said, "Aladdin has nothing on Gilles." They ended up with three 10's, giving them a total of 39.5!! I don't envy the couple having to follow them....especially since it was.....
Melissa & Mark dancing a JITTERBUG lol! Yeah, something else to make me laugh, though I'm not sure why. It just seemed unfair that sexy Gilles and his BW dance went before cute, little Melissa and her peppy dancing. HOWEVER, I was quickly put in my place b/c these two really work well together. It's like they've known each other and been dancing together their whole lives. It was a really cute, energetic dance, but I really felt like it had too many lifts. The reason being is that I really think peeps are getting too concerned with the tricks that Shawn Johnson does instead of worrying about their own DANCING. I already know that Melissa isn't Shawn, so I'm not really trying to watch her try to beat her. Right? CA was totally right here, when she said that Melissa makes eery dance look so easy. It's really impossible not to like Melissa, at the end of the day, so let's keep 'em around a bit longer.
Speaking of Shawn, she and Derek danced a Mambo next. Here's what I put....OMG OMG OMG screaming in my bedroom whoooooo holy cow, what a phenomenal hot, hot...OMG let's replay it....which I did lol! It was late, I was loopy, but I'm telling you, what a sassy little number. I agree with Paula...Derek for President!! They tied for first with this dance, but seriously it should've taken the lead, it was superior!
Oh my babe, Apolo is up next and I was so nervous for him, having to follow Shawn. UGH, they're performing a hip hop dance and Karina was about to have a stroke from the stress b/c she doesn't like that style. Well, I saw a human side of Karina, anyway, something I've rarely seen. She felt bad about her own performance. Their scores were sucky....CRAP! Come on people A.Pol.O A.Pol.O A.Pol.O oh please oh please bring him back. Poor baby just isn't suited to Cranky Karina. He has swaggy, we need more swaggy.
Last to dance, Kelly & Val, dancing a contemporary dance. Before they even danced, I had written this: While I like Kelly...she's got a killer body, she's beautiful, she can dance, but do y'all not get the sense that she just wants to do Val right there...it's like her soapy sex kitten is always on. LOL, I really think my eyes see different things late at night. However, after watching their dance, I think my eyes were perfectly tuned into the nuances. The dance was so emotional, gut wrenching, raw emotion and beauty...so descriptive...Kelly was so caught up in it, even afterward. They made me cry. (That late night thing, again lol) They just really such beautiful chemistry and if they aren't together, they REALLY need to be.
I'm not proofing this, again, so pardon any grammatical or any other kind of errors. I'll try to remember to update, once I know who is gone, but no promises.
SPOILER FOR WEST COASTIES.........
BRISTOL AND MARK ARE GONE!!!
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