Here is the afterbuzz and access hollywood interviews with Bill and Emma. You can tell how shocked Emma was to be left standing and have Sasha and Snooki eliminated inistead. "ya'll is not good right now."

after buzz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF-6dE1mqt8

access hollywood.

http://watch.accesshollywood.com/vid.../2778823675001

If anyone would like interviews with other couples I will try to find if interested.

snookie and sasha interviews.

http://www.puredwts.com/2013/10/29/s...rviews-videos/

I thought both the team dances this week were fabulous. The only reason I can see Bill's team getting a lower score would have been Leah's individual performance during the dance which was pretty flat and lifeless. Then again, it should have been her going out... She's was the weakest dancer still left in the competition at that point.

It's been a strange season, two of the better dancers going out in quick succession. I really like Bill, and at least he can dance (which is more than b****y Dave in Strictly can ). I wouldn't mind if he lasted at least one more week with Leah going out next.

Can't see the hate for Elizabeth though, she's got infeasibly large eyes and huge (slightly off-putting) smiley mouth. but she's an incredible dancer - who else has got three 10's this season? Jack's a revelation - he's brilliant for someone with a non-dancing background. Fave bloke has to be Corbin though

I don't hate Elizabeth, I just find her utterly boring to watch.

That about sums it up Cadiva. I haven't seen anything to suggest Elizabeth is hated on this thread, unless you can point it out Carolen? Having an opinion of someone, doesn't equal a hater. The views expressed on here with regards to Elizabeth, seem to be they haven't connected with her or find her a bit dull etc, can't see that construed as hate.

I had a thought and that is do you think Bill should have been able to step down the way he tried to? I am not sure. Should a bad dancer voluntarily leave the competition?

I dislike that part of the competition where if a dancer who has potential to make the finals gets the boot and the one who has no chance stays in. Because the bad dancer takes all the heat and blame for the better dancer leaving. Perhaps DWTS needs to bring the dance off. Then the public can blame the judges.

Val had an interesting blog. I will copy the part I am referring to. It also explained why he and Elizabeth picked Bill first and had him dance out front which was considered to have doomed the spooky dance. But it worked because Bill delivered both in terms dancing and entertainment. After I watched it again I realize how good Snooki was in the at dance and I will miss her.

I think Elizabeth is becoming more popular with the public. She is definitely connecting better to Val. I like her dancing a lot but I am having trouble getting excited about them. That may change later though.

IMO Jack is a wonderful surprise and for someone with no performance or dance experience he is doing a great job. When Bill leaves which I am sure will be the following week I will vote Jack. I don't Jack has a chance against the Big 3 (Corbin, Elizabeth and Amber) but I'd like him to get as far as he can. And who knows it appears that Leah, Jack and Bill are more popular this year than the big 3.

Afterbuzz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zECUo6mAYdM

What a gentleman! It's becoming a familiar trick of Val to valiantly pick a tough opponent to compete against or a poor one to compete with. And he's always so kind to explain how sporting he is being compared to Derek. Really, he's a class act. But it's a shame that in his white knight crusade for poor old useless Bill he couldn't apply this "I didn’t want him tucked away in the back. I wanted to challenge myself and him and leave him with an incredible memory." to Leah, who wasn't given any actual dancing to do in her "solo". But he is just one man and can only do so much.

Once again Amber stood out for me. It wasn't the best show, a lot of forgettable dances and crazy scoring. But she really is very good.

Haha! He's all heart

You gave me a good laugh fabulist, Val the Valiant - how to win hearts and minds or should that be one heart and one mind. Still when the decks stacked against you boast a little.

Haha! I admit I missed the subtlety at first. Well done!

Going to DWTS again on November 11. Wonder who will be left by then? I'm terrible at guessing so not even going to try.

A post from Lili has been removed (maybe others?) There was nothing controversial. What's going on?

That was an excellent post from Lili yesterday.

Was that the one continuing about Val and Bill???? Lili is still posting elsewhere.

Yes it was Karma.
I read it last night & came back this morning to reply & it had vanished.

Haven't actually watched all of last week's show yet but did just catch Amber and Derek's Paso Doble (while looking for Kara and Artem's from three years ago!) and wow. It was an absolute stunner, simple Spanish lines, great use of the dress and no faffing about

Apologies to Cadiva for any offence . As you may see from my profile I'm not a frequent poster and I had to look back for the reason I used the word 'hate'. In retrospect, I think I was responding to post #616 by Mr_XcX but even there, there is no 'hate'. I think I was being way over-sensitive for some reason.

Again, apologies to all concerned.

No need.

I was very harsh regarding Elizabeth and did cringe at myself reading it back. Just feel zero connection to her and was frustrated Snooki went as she had more to offer.

We are all just passionate fans and we can all get carried away sometimes I think

Hi Carolen, I wasn't offended by your post, just asking why you thought Elizabeth was hated. It seemed a strong word to use, hope it won't stop you posting on here, all opinions are welcome.

I wasn't offended Carolen so don't worry

I agree with those who are expressing their strong discontent with how DWTS is going, especially this season.

The saccharine nature of the entire show - from the judges' over exuberance for the most basic of dancing to the reliance of the producers on the pity vote (which may sound hard, but when you schedule someone with brain cancer and another person with MS and make those two issues the center of those stars' on-screen time it is accurate) to the continually smarmy let's-show-the-family-to-prove-we're-good-people mini-vignettes.... all of these things combined have left me to the point where I fast-forward through 90% of the show and just watch the actual routines.

A post above noted the poor "demos" in the ratings, but remember that a great share of the DWTS viewers are old and ABC knows this and skews the advertising as well as the show design around this fact. Most shows must have excellent 18-49 ratings, but DWTS can get by with fewer 18-49 year olds because it owns the over 49 crowd. ABC/Disney are well aware of what this means. The entire show exists to make money for ABC/Disney and it can continue to do this without winning the 18-49 ratings as long as the overall ratings are still quite impressive. Remember, one reason DWTS is on ABC is to showcase ABC/Disney talent, which explains why there always seems to be a Disney cable show "star" in the cast, and why the audience is loaded with people who are still connected to ABC/Disney.

For the next season I think they should just do away with the "judges", as the "judging" is superfluous anyway. Remember, the DWTS algorithm for who is bumped each week is fundamentally different than that of SCD. DWTS is 100% about popularity. That's why having Cher as a judge this coming week is irrelevant to the judges scores. I think it would be more interesting if the judges were replaced by guest celebrity commentators, who could sit with Brook and do a 60 second chat after each dance on what they thought. It'd be no more mindless than Bruno thrusting his hips or Inaba waving her arms or Len pointing his pen and talking about his walnuts.

That this year the producers seeded the "star" pool with professional dancers doesn't bother me since DWTS isn't a dance competition so much as a variety show. It's supposed to be 90 minutes of pizzazz, and that it delivers.

I would not alter the judging panel. I think they work great even though they annoy the hell out of me sometimes. Maybe add a 4th judge, change to our vote system and have a dance off results show.

Think the line up plays a heavy hand in audience figures. ABC need to starts putting some money on the bookings cause TBH the only stars I really knew this year where Amber Riley and Jack Osborne.

Can I ask where you are located? I'm surprised you'd say this if you were n the US as generally DWTS chooses a wide range of participants to appeal to a wide audience, and this they delivered this season and most season TBH. Each season there are those I do not know, but that is to be expected. I would not know Amber had I never watched Glee, I did not know who Brant was, but others I knew here and there, some fleeting some very well.


Agree, it is a 2 hour variety show filled with entertainment and 'dancing' to appeal to those now really familiar with professinal dancing.



I thought this show with Cher was really one of the best shows ever on DWTS and certainly the best this season. I am probably the intended demographic to watch this show and it was a fabulous show!!!

From the UK. Just think the cast is not strong enough.

Amber / Snooki / Jack are the 3 most popular I would say because I know them from UK and also USA would know of them.

Corbin has past the High School musical mania and its a few years after those films. Leah I never heard of so she may be a huge star. etc.

I'm from the US and the only ones I didn't know were Valarie, Brant, and Bill E. Most of my friends watch PLL so they would know Brant, but I don't watch it so I was clueless. Other than that I knew the rest of them. I'm 20, though and I'm assuming the older crowd might not be as familiar with Corbin or Christina.