I can't be doing with all this negativity & back biting.

Quite right. I'm grateful there's two really good dancers on the show to enjoy and keep it competitive. Lucky to have great dancers and choreographers like Derek and Val getting the best out of them, too.

Press release for week 9

Tuesday night: The Wanted and Avril Lavigne, plus

The 300th show celebration will feature a spectacular opening number choreographed by Jason Gilkison with 22 pro and returning favorites, including Chelsie Hightower, Dmitry Chaplin, Louis VanAmstel and Anna Trebunskaya.

Article recapping a post elimination interview with Sean and Peta

Celebs/pros heading into rehearsals (DM)
Karina's shoes

BIB No, Im completely misunderstood because I didnt mean it in a " bad way " because she is relaunching her career right now which is always good for her and I have no problems with her . Its not that serious . And sm would understand why I said that

oh well.......it was never that serious on my side anyways.

Totally , that's the spirit .

I wonder why they never made Dmitry come back again as a pro in the show .
Looking forward to that 300th celebration .

Thanks for the link .
Karina is certainly ripped and those shoes wow, they looked like they can do some serious damage .

Sorry about all that, it was the morning and I was completely exhausted, it's just from my perspective it looked like a jab towards Kellie. Things can be read in so many interpretations on the internet, so if you didn't mean in that way then I apologise!

I didn't , its cool .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty8Fsqmxz4A

Omg who remember this ? I remember being a blubbering mess after that performance . Especially since I like all 3 finalists equally and when Mark and Katherine started crying
It was indeed beautiful memories , such a magical performance.
Mark, katherine, Peta..... faces in the end

Pics of Sharna at a UNCEF event

Zendaya and Val discuss strategy

Z and V discuss hip hop challenge

Well, I remember blubbing

Gladys was a nice contestant.

Sharna looks pretty, I hope she becomes a regular pro .

That was a great show - really interesting to see it from the professional's viewpoint. Jake did an excellent job hosting on his own.

Sasha was not what I'd expected at all - I'm ashamed to say that based on the ill-advised cardigans in training, and his penchant for back-flips in troupe routines I'd taken a bit of a dim view Sorry 'Sash' I'll look out for him in future, he made some interesting observations.

(Emma's website says she's from Tamworth, very close to Brum - good call Soupy!)

Tris was obviously rattled by Len's 7 for that paso Good point about Derek and Val being able to go full-out because their partners are so good they can hold their own in every routine

That made me laugh .
I think I'd written him off a bit, too . But hey, you can usually glean so much about a man from his cardi ....

It's funny how the troupe members seem so interchangeable and irrelevant when they're in the troupe. Then they get a role in the trios or a speaking part somewhere and suddenly I give a monkeys... Nice to get to know them a bit.

Heya y'all. Slightly delayed response to last weeks show as I have been away on my birthday

kk my thoughts.

Z and Val - ABSOLUTELY FIERCE!!! <333 This girl is back and it would be a travesty if she does not make the final after that amazing dance. Stop mentioning she is 16 Brooke FFS >=(

Aly - Loving her this week too, even after the Andy backstab last week. She and Z should be final 2 for sure. Liked her Jive more than her Tango. However she did well with both.

Ingo - Surprisingly he was interesting this week. But not due to his dancing but his son's VT which was funny. Other than that same old stuff from him TBH. Noticed Kym was more frustrated with him this week. Trying to squeeze some personality out of him.

Jacoby - He is trying I get that, but its just not good enough to win for me. Someone please GAG his mother. It was funny at first now its just annoying. Also no way was he in jeopardy. Imagine DWTS producers where giving fans a warning to vote like crazy for him next week to get him into final 3

Kellie - Len was right about the paso. Just theatre nonsense and no proper dancing for me. I think she is a good dancer but Derek is basically a rock strapped to her feet. He really irritates me. I think she's not going to win.

Sean - He was out of his depth this week. Was the right person to go.

Come on Z hope you smash it next week. Is there a double elimination next week??

We know Ingo is out, if its a double I guess Kellie will be joining him. What do y'all think??

Z to win for me

I think Kellie's main problem for me is that she does not show me warmth on the dance floor if that makes sense. She is slightly cold and detached for me. A bit like how Denise Van Outen was on SCD last year.

I can just about see where you're coming from, but I think she's been working on that aspect and I really felt it from her this last week. Methinks your dislike of Derek is obscuring your view of Kellie .

Comparing her emotionally to DVO? Harsh!

(but then, I have to confess, my irritation with James stood in the way of Denise for me ...)



No. There will be four couples in the final à la SCD. So unless Ingo has a really massive following (which, if you add in Peanut's fans and the soap fans, he just might have...) it looks like you're stuck with Kellie to the bitter end. So...ya, boo, sucks to you! (oh, and Happy Birthday! )

ETA - I have a feeling that Aly is the beneficiary of the extra spot in the final. She's really grown on me, I like her very much and she's made a lot of improvement, but I don't think she has the same technical ability as the other two girls or the natural ability and charisma of Jacoby. I suspect that she's been a bit overscored here and there. She and Mark are certainly capable of bringing a fantastic freestyle, so I'm glad she'll be there. Likewise Jacoby. I've grumbled about his technique (or lack thereof), but he and Karina could produce a fabulous freestyle and it would be a shame to miss out on that, so no probs from me about him getting to the final either. Could be a cracker!

BIB Exactly, seeing that interview made me " like " or should I say appreciate Sasha a bit more. I still find him very annoying for some reasons but I feel a bit bad for judging him harshly before .
Same thing with Gleb, I was really impressed in that trio routine and he caught my attention more than Val for example.If he is given a decent partner , we could see some great routines from him.

That is also how I feel with Kellie. This is the same criticism that C.A gave her in week 7 (she needs to feel the music, connect more with the audience ) and everyone called C.A a " jealous hatah " . Kellie is a very good dancer (her flexibility is amazing ) , hit the moves perfectly well, has an okay chemistry with Derek but when I watch her dance I just feel like she is just going through the motions or like you said I dont really feel anything when she is dancing. Once again, same problem I had with D.V.O (who as you can see was not really one of my favourites lol ).
On the other hand, as annoying as Im starting to find Jacoby I love to see him perform : he has so much charisma, personality and presence on the dancefloor .
Ingo when he smiles just light up the room even though he is the worst dancer left .
But then again, to each its own lol.

BIB Thats what I also think .
4 couples , 4 exciting freestyle....especially coming from Derek, Mark, Karina and Val....But this feels more like a semi-final to me : too many couples left but hey I'm not complaining.
Sorry if I asked this before but will there be a new dance in the final ?
How and when will they announce the 4th couple , 3rd couple eliminated ? Im still quite puzzled at how this is going to work ? Will they announce it the day of the results show or after the show performance ? And will the 4 finalists have the chance to perform all their 3 ( I suppose ) dances ?

One last thing, Aly has made tremendous improvements in this show especially on the performance level but she is still very overmarked imo. How on earth did she ranked above kellie last week If she is getting 10s then kellie and zendaya should be getting 15s !!! lol. She is just not on the same level as these 2.

Derek and Jaime's rotating room dance with split screen
Shows the broadcast next to the actual. Interesting.

Oh Mark.....Oh Mark...... SMH

http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com....html#comments

He never chills does he ? Does anyone remember Bristol monkey jive ? Now I'm afraid to see what he has in store for this Afro-Jazz hopefully its not offensive but going from what I have read already , it looks like its going to be the talk of the town next week.

Mark: "A lot of shaking and jumping and acting like a monkey. Jumping around."

Oh wait , he doesn't stop there....

Mark: "We just heard the music too and it has a lot of loud tribal drums with screaming monkey sounds. So it's going to be really cool! It's really cool!"

I mean really Mark ??? Really ? hopefully he consults a specialist in Afro-Jazz but looks like he didn't.
What is so cool about that Everything he described , just sound like a routine that is going to offend a lot of people.