My only change in places would be to put Jack & Cheryl above Elizabeth and Val, really wasn't a fan of their number although she danced it well and she has far more dance experience to work with. Also thought Nicole (Snooki) had wonderful hip action in her Cha Cha Cha and really good foot placement, she looked and moved brilliantly.

Its funny how SCD copied DWTS which has improved our show dramatically. Now DWTS copying SCD

The new format does not work though IMO. Skybox axe is a massive mistake from producers. Its kind of tacky how they sit near the judges.

I've never watched DwtS regularly but even I didn't like what they were doing last night so, as a new viewer, I would have been put off. It seemed really frenetic as if no-one had a clue what was going on or where they were supposed to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GL65yJ25g8

Afterbuzz tv recap of week 1

According to afterbuzz the dances for next week:

-Keyshawn & Sharna - Samba
-Peta & Brant - Rumba
-Elizabeth & Val - Samba
-Corbin & Karina - Jive
-Bill Nye & Tynne - Paso Doble
-Christina & Mark - Paso Doble
-Bill Engvall & Emma - Jive
-Jack & Cheryl - Rumba

And it's Latin Night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZtHZM8XYUQ

Bill Nye has over 1 million views on youtube! I think it's safe to say that he isn't going next week. I know some of the international folks don't know him. But I grew up watching his science show. He was FAR more interesting and relatable than my actual science teacher. I just generally have fond memories of this nice man who wanted kids to enjoy science. Kind of like Mr. Rogers. I think he'll be around for awhile.

I rewatched their performance and the more I think about it....I think it's more of the judges scoring her low so that they can create a storyline.

Her whole package was about her being scared and uncertain. The whole "arc" of her story will be her coming into her own and being confident. Probably in a week or 2 when she has a fun and lively dance style.

I'm still not a fan of Mark putting the whole "flexed foot" in all his contemporary routines....but I think overall she did great. I love that song and the concept/mood was spot on. Now that she's getting into the actual latin/ballroom dances I think she'll shine.

Not sure how one thinks DWTS copied SCD intro. They look remarkably different to me.

DWTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkSALEFogJk

SCS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkM-DsqdVFw


How so? just the judge box?

I agree on the sky box. I don't like how they are sitting near the judges like that. Even in the earlier seasons before Skybox, they were backstage in a separate room. I think they did that to save time, but does it really save time?

I do not get why the changed the judges box to the other side. It looks quite odd and out of place. Moreso because we are used to seeing Tom standing to the right of the judges. But there must be some aesthetic reason. Anybody know?


well i think it's because they changed some things due to cutting out the Tues night show and wanting to streamline things, so Tom and the pros are off their mark due to new things added (Brooke doing that facebook thingy, and interviewing audience, Tom and the Dancing couple standing to the Right of the judges where it used to be on the left. Plus the judges table was moved to the other side. All those after 16 prior seasons too.

Anybody noticed some stage hand sitting on the stair case that led to the old Sky box during Tristan and Valerie dance?? It looked so out of place and tacky, Im sure someone told him to get off because he was gone quickly after that. At first I thought it was Tom as that is the direction where he would be standing.

Half of me wants the show to go a quiet death. Another is always interested in what they will do next (even if I wont like it).

I pretty much agree with you .

BIB See this is the problem with Elisabeth; She seems like a nice lady and you can tell she has dance experience, she is a good dancer but she is just so boring; By the end of the night, I couldn't remember her routine; And this is the same thing that I'm reading elsewhere at other Dwts forums; Her and Val's partnership ......I just dont get it yet; I don't think that they mesh well yet ; They are not memorable and this is dangerous in a very strong cast like this 1 where they are very dynamic partnerships already and strong personalities. She gives me Chyna Phillips vibe (One of Tony's celeb dancer who was good but was " shockingly " eliminated by week 4 I believe) ; I wont be surprised if she gets eliminated by week 5 tbh.

I disagree with Brant; I was actually very pleasantly surprised by his performance; Its not easy to start first and he actualy has some rythm and very good stage presence; He really has a lot of potential; Plus he has a good chemistry with Peta. These guys were already starting with the showmance angle at the very beginning . I like him; He is very funny, doesn't take himself too seriously, is grateful to be there and work hard and is easy on the eyes too so I will tolerate their shenanigans even though Peta is not my favourite pro.
Oh and he is not like Sean lol ; Sean was just so boring at times and was a bit too delusional about his dancing abilities especially towards the end.
Christina and Mark had the most emotional contemporary out of the 3 imo; This is what I'm looking for in contemporary routine not a lift-athon fest lol. I still think that compared to many dances of the night, they should've scored at least a 23; 22 was undermarked !!!

I just checked now and its at 1.800.000 million

Yeah he will stick around for a while and Im glad because I want some of those " ringers " to be eliminated before him

Has this show lost the plot or what
Why Latin night so early ? Its only week 2
Dances like the foxtrot (hardest ballroom dance imo ), the samba (hardest latin dance ) should not be performed so early in the competition;Smh

-Christina and Mark are very excited about their dance; Im sure that they will have one of the highest if not the highest score next week ; I love Mark's Pasos.

-Poor Keyshawn; He barely had any rhythm in his chacha and now they are giving him the samba. No buzz around him which I find quite surprising for a football player so sadly I think that they will probably go home next week. He will be terrible with this dance; He is so heavy on his feet and to think that people thought he would make the finale.

-The jive is one of Karina's specialty; Im so excited to see this routine. I am sure that they will do very well with it.

-Peta and Brant rumba YAY perfect opportunity to work more on their showmance next week lol; I think they will do just fine .

- Bill and Tyne; I love these 2; I hope they stick around for a little while and I cannot wait to see their Paso

BIB Exactly what I thought ; This is exactly what they are doing . See some of us long time viewers already know the games that the show and the judges play.I should write the script for this show lol .
This will help them more in the upcoming weeks and create a storyline for them and I want them to last a little longer in this competition so I dont mind the judges underscoring them now or being harsh with them (compared to the other couples ).

Blimey that is very high viewing figures, as he is an unknown to me don't have the same fondness for him, shuddered a bit when he was discussing sexual tension with Tyne

Yes I think Christina and Mark's Paso will be really good, he is one of the best when it comes to Paso routines, will be interesting to see Christina doing a ballroom dance, expect she will master it.

Ewwww more Peta and Brant fauxmance, yuck, can understand her flirting with him, he is handsome and seems a nice easy going bloke, but it looks very contrived on her part. Sure she will enjoy getting up close and personal with him

Keyshawn was quite a poor dancer, maybe his competiveness will kick into play, now he's seen the standard of the other dancers. Think the height, size difference between him and Sharna didn't help, she looked diminutive next to him, probably isn't in reality but next to Keyshawn she looked a wee dot. She was so good it made his moves look very weak. Can understand the pros not wanting to dance down to their celebs level though. On the other side of the coin, I thought Amber was very good at keeping up with Derek, which is no easy feat.

http://www.parade.com/157265/amberri...e-whole-world/

I know he was popular but Im stunned. He will easily beat Nicole's Derek record with their AT and he has already beaten Z and Val's record of last season lol.

Most kids/teens in schools and highschools know him because they always showed his tv progamme about chemistry/physics in schools. 80s and 90's kids too...know who he is. Safe it to say that he is really popular.

If he works on his technique, he will stay around for a while and upset some potentially good dancers in this competition Although he was last at the leaderboard with 14 points, I dont think that he is going anywhere anytime soon .
Unfortunately for him , Tyne is not even a ballroom/Latin trained dancer. I dont understand the casting of this show sometimes especially when they are many trained dancers available so why pick someone who is a Contemporary dancer for a show like Dwts ; I really like her and love her and Bill's partnership but her lack of experience in Latin/Ballroom is quite problematic imo; As we could all see they were not enough chacha steps in his routine and he can do better; He is a social swing dancer..

BIB It always looks contrived on her part. As soon as I saw that they were paired together, I knew that she would do this. Oh and I cant blame her lol.

Tyne didn't stand out for me, I didn't know her dancing cv. Didnt get to know her personality wise, from the little training clip, Bill did a lot of the talking while she just stared up at him. As the numbers dwindle hopefully the clips will extend, pity you don't have a US equivalent of ITT to get to know the celebs and pros better.

Forgot to say Elizabeth does seem nice if a bit bland at the moment.. Lol at her not knowing how to react to Val preferring another actress, rather than her. If I was her I would have said to him, I would have preferred Tristan, Mark etc as my dance partner, Val can dish it out, but would like to see how he reacts to banter coming his way.

BIB Yep this seems to be the consensus. Nice, good dancer but :yawn:

And Val...he is a bit too honest sometimes and I can see why some people might see perceive him as arrogant.

I still laugh when he said to Zendaya (his partner last season ) that the first time that he learned that he was partnered with her he was disappointed and really considered not accepting the job; his words (because of her age he thought that she would be a brat, poor work ethic, immature, have a huge ego....yep said all those things to her ) and she was like this , laughed and most people in the audience gasped Lmao. Tom even told him that he should learned to keep some things to himself.
Funny thing is that she turned to be the total opposite of what he thought she would be .

I don't mind Val's honesty to the point of bluntness, but then it hasn't been directed at me Would like to see him with someone a bit more sparky, to see if he likes to banter back and forth or just do a Maks and have strong opinions but not necessarily get it returned to him in kind.

Oh I think that he will explode . I cannot wait to see him with someone who doesn't want to work at all; We had many celebs like that in the past.
He can talk a lot of smack; He is lucky that he had a very good run so far compared to someone like Tristan or veterans pros (who had their fair share of duds ); I still didn't appreciate his first week blog. I cannot wait to see him with someone like Kate Gosselin, Bristol Palin..someone with no dance experience whatsoever or someone who is a diva and very difficult to work with ; He will lose it = Good tv

I think he's referring to the faux red carpet and press junket theme.

They did a whole 'red carpet event' the night before the launch show recording with a stand of yelping fans and a pretend press pack. It was only available to watch on the red button so you possible haven't seen it (?) and then they edited bits of it into the launch episode.

Thankx val I shall have a looksy now.

When is this on and on what channel? Just found the thread and want to watch! Ta.

Unfortunately, it's not shown on any British channels, so it's a case of watching YouTube clips, as posted by fridgesoup up thread or cough other means not so legal.