Due to the Presidential debate, this week's competition was split into two nights. I blogged about night one, earlier in the week, if you want to catch up. There is no elimination this week, but rather a team dance, along with the individual dance, and the scores from this week will be added to the scores next week. I'll let you know right now that I wasn't completely over the moon for any of the dances. I didn't hate any of them, but it sorta felt unremarkable to me and I'm sure the write up will reflect that.
Dancing first this night were Melissa & Tony, doing a Tango to "Toxic" by Britney Spears. Not the best Tango I've seen, but then I prefer the Argentine Tango to the regular one. They did really well and Melissa was quite convincing in the role she was playing, it just didn't scream to me. They got nines across the board, giving them a total of 27 for tonight.
Second up was Shawn & Derek, doing a Rumba to "My Heart Will Go On," by Celine Dion. Here, again, we have another dance that isn't necessarily my favorite, but done correctly, it can be really emotive and suck you right in. No, these are no Gilles & Peta, but I thought what they did was mesmerizing and beautiful and it really showed Shawn in a different light. Len pitched a fit about not enough hip movement, which Carrie Ann and Bruno disagreed with, but in going back to view the tape, again, I have to admit he was right. I don't agree with his BS score of 8, but he did have a legitimate point. This dance really showcases a woman's rear end and her hips. It should be beautifully seductive. If you look at Peta's rumba and then go back and view Shawn's, you'll see the marked difference, but then Peta is a pro. Even watching Peta & Gilles, I was completely drawn to Peta's every move, in spite of myself, because that's the nature of this dance. However, if you compare Shawn to what Gilles did, I don't think you can justify the disparity in scoring. The scores were all over the place, with them getting and 8, 9 and 10 for a total of 27. I must say, as much as I adore my Apolo, I think these two have emerged as my favorite team now. No one we have left, with the except of Kirstie, is less than the best of the best, so it'd really quite hard to choose a favorite, but I Shawn & Derek make me so happy, when I watch them.
Next, we had Apolo & Karina, dancing a Samba to "Give it to Me Baby," by Rick James. Carrie Ann commented about how there seems to be a disconnect with these two. AMEN to that! That's the problem. Karina has an Olympian out there and yet he's under-performing or at least it seems that way b/c of the lack of chemistry. There's just always something missing. Technically, it wasn't horrible, they did just fine, but when I'm not on my feet screaming A.Pol.O, something is up. They also scored a 27 for the night.
Last to do their individual dance were Sabrina & Louis, dancing a waltz to "So This is Love," from Cinderella. Sabrina was dressed like Cinderella, Louis like her prince and it really was like watching a fairytale dance. It's hard to not root for Sabrina as my first choice, because her heart is on her sleeve for every single dance and she just works so hard. On top of that, she's extremely humble and gracious and she just lit the place up, dancing in her fairytale. She is really a beautiful dancer, but I think she does need to learn how to slow down a little, just back off a wee bit. They scored a 29 for the night, which I believe was their best score yet.
Wrapping the night up was the team dance, consisting of Gilles & Peta, Emmitt & Cheryl, Kelly & Val and Kirstie & Maks. They danced to Gangnam Style and omg this was the goofiest thing EVER! I don't think they necessarily intended for it to be that level of goofiness, but it just got ridiculous. I must admit, though, they did make me laugh. It was so dumb, you couldn't help but crack up. Three nine's, though? That did not make me laugh. Yeah, there was great entertainment value in their dance, but man it was just a big clusterf***. I don't know a better way to describe it. I think it was Kelly that commented in practice that it was like watching a train wreck, but that can be fun, sometimes. That was about it. You couldn't tear yourself away from the mess. I'm not there to watch a mess, though, right?!
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