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I feel you quite unkind in your comments about Michael. Emma adores Michael, they had a close connection and if you look at her twitter feed she thoroughly enjoyed her time with him this season. Just because a pro does not get a good dancer does not mean they are miserable. The experience of being pro and teaching is not just steps and technique.

You are a Sadie supporter and in one of his last interviews Michael said he knew Sadie and her parents and she is wonderful girl. He thinks she will win. Not that it matters but I am passing that info onto you.

And yes it was his time to go and Emma and it would be nice for Emma to have a contender next year.

Going back into lurking now.

It was just my opinion..... Even the judges said it last night....During the rumba it was evident; With Tommy and Peta's routine (even though he was injured ) I felt more of a sweetness , tenderness with that very short routine ....and Gasp.....he could actually move his hips ....with Michael and Emma, it felt a little bit creepy to me and this is the first time Ive noticed it from him this season even though A LOT of people have been saying it for weeks.
Its an opinion that I got from the dance he performed NOT a personal comment to him; maybe I should have clarified it.

Great that he said that about her but my opinion still doesn't change on that fact......Shrug.....

And lastly this is NOT an appreciation thread......quite a few people have said " unkind " things here about Sadie (or rather her family...) and I didn't get in an uproar about it

And btw, Im not only a Sadie supporter since Alfonso is also my 2nd favorite

Janel and Val choose KEO ; Excited to see that Keo will get a little shine . They have the salsa. All Val prio trio salsas got a perfect score so Im expecting another one .

But isnt Keo a little too tall for them

Mark and Sadie choose another female pro. Mark said that he wanted another male pro BUT someone already choosed him so he went with a female pro. They choose Emma

Alfonso and Witney are dancing with her Best friend Lindsay. I wonder why she didnt pick Karina or Cheryl for this one.

Tommy and Peta choose Sharna

Lea and Artem choose Henry.....

No words on Derek and B partner YET but I think that they will probably pick Tony ; They are doing the AT

Both Alfonso and Sadie have the foxtrot as their individual dances.

Interviews from last night

http://www.puredwts.com/2014/11/04/d...for-next-week/

Thought Alfonso was good but more of the same. Excluding the Rumba, all of his dances have had the same feel imo. It's also funny to catch him unaware on camera. He's very serious and at times quite moany (going by IACGMOOH too) But on camera, he's so "on" it's incredible. He really comes alive in the spotlight.

Janel was good but there were a couple of unsteady moments. There should also be a lift limit imo too.

Mark embarrassed himself this week.
As for the dance, I didn't like it at all again. I like Sadie but I find such extreme indoctrination in someone so young really depressing. I also think Mark could cost her the trophy.

Artem continues to struggle. His choreography has not shone and I don't think he has come across well at times.

For me, Bethany had the most enjoyable number. But it wasn't the strongest week.

The immunity/dance off angles were not enjoyable and totally unnecessary.

The total abandonment of ballroom is a real shame.

Oh forgot to add that they are doing a tour this year ...with so MANY DATES...
So Im starting to see why they sued BWAT in the first place

http://www.dwtstour.com/

I think that it will probably be like the SCD tour where they have a few celebrities and pro dances. All we know at the moment is that Mark and Witney are doing the tour .......

Here is the press release

Los Angeles, CA (November 4, 2014) – Starting this December, Dancing with the Stars, ABC’s leading entertainment show, produced by BBC Worldwide Productions, is bringing a one-of-a-kind touring production throughout North America. The official 90-minute live show, DANCING WITH THE STARS: LIVE!, produced by Faculty Productions in association with BBC Worldwide, kicks off Saturday, December 27, 2014 in Niagara Falls, NY at the Seneca Events Center and will run through February 15, 2015 showcasing some of the faces from the show you know and love. The confirmed list of tour dates can be found below, with additional shows to be announced shortly.

The all-new DANCING WITH THE STARS: LIVE! Tour will feature a cast of the television show’s most popular competitors, treating audiences to exciting and romantic performances. Dancing with the Stars dancers will choreograph brand new never-before-seen numbers and re-create some of the show’s most memorable moments. As announced during Monday’s broadcast, Mark Ballas and Witney Carson are the first two dancers revealed to be on the tour. Further announcements will be made throughout the season.

Mark Ballas said, “I'm looking forward to hitting the road and being able to perform live across North America. See you there!”



Witney Carson added, “I'm so excited to be a part of ‘Dancing with the Stars: Live!’ I can't wait to meet our fans and dance live for them!”

General tickets are on sale now through www.dwtstour.com. VIP Packages will be available through VIP Nation offering fans meet & greets, photo opportunities with cast, premium seats, exclusive merchandise and more. For more information, visit www.VIPNation.com.


http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/d...spx?id=pr70598

I really dont want to see Sabina Bryan back (only saying this because Im already seeing her name in the rumour list ) ....so Im hoping that they cast quite a few celebrities of this season and other fan favourites.

MORE dates will be added.............

Bethany and Derek - improving & peaking at the right time only bit I was unsure of the wee solo bit she did but otherwise loved it

Janel & Val - only time other than the american jazz that I saw a connection between her loved this dance but timing was off at the start and need her to bring this to a ballroom dance.

Sadie & Mark - technically good but didnt like it and mark was thrown under the bus see Val's comments weren't aired over Len's washing windows

Lea & Artem - good nice to see their connection back but she still need to let go and be less ballerina and more ballroom at least it was a jazz and not a mid season freestyle. Not sure if Artem isn't enjoying being on dwts tbh he look more comfortable on strictly don't know how the audience is reacting to him

Alfonso & Witney - they need to change up their choreography, hard to tell one dance from the other despite the fact that they executed the dances very well

Tommy & Peta - good effort and such a great pairing

Michael & Emma - their best dance and he did improve obviously great friends too

Dance off

Alfonso was better but not by most it was nice to see Lea enjoy herself and Artem was right about picking Tommy

Sadie and Bethany's routine were almost identical would have liked to have seen them dance side by side think they should have been both given 3 point as it was a tie Sadie better in performance Bethany was better in technique love the fact Derek didn't pick Rumba - lack of content - and did you see Sadie's face when Mark called Bethany his bae she was so annoyed maybe they should switch.

Tommy rumba was so sweet Michael's had more content but he tripped/messed up the end and his ahem 'sexy' didn't work

Afterbuzz (which was poor without Anna no technical critique just weren't they great) revealed that Mark wanted Henry but Artem had already picked him. Take it he didn't pick Sasha due to height think Sasha would have been good with Janel. Can Val not do any other dance as a trio?

Don't think Witney has the technique or the stage presence in the paso to compete with Karina, Sharna or Cheryl thought she would have picked Jenna for a contrast whereas Lindsay and Witney look similar

America's choice dances and songs

Alfonso and Witney - FOXTROT - Ain't that kick in the head by Robbie Williams
Lea and Artem - SAMBA - Animals by Maroon 5
Sadie and Mark - JIVE - 1,2,3 turnaround by Christian tv
Tommy and Peta - VIENNESSE WALTZ - Trouble by Ray Montague
Bethany and Derek - VIENNESSE WALTZ - Say you love me by Jessie Ware
Janel and Val - QUICKSTEP - Hey boy! Hey Girl! By Louis Prima

Would not have been my choices and not sure how many are actually America choice either

My picks would have been

Alfonso and Witney - either the one they got or a foxtrot to am i wrong didn't like the choices for the Argentine tango
Lea and Artem - either of the Viennese waltz choices were better than what they got and suited Lea better would have picked this years love seriously they haven't done a ballroom since week 1 and I think they want rid of them
Sadie and Mark - hated the song choices for the jive so would have picked Foxtrot to can't take my eyes off you have only done one ballroom as well
Tommy and Peta - would have picked tango to bad things would have suited him better
Bethany and Derek - I picked what they were given love the song hope they do a good job
Janel and Val - didn't like the quickstep song selection so would have pick Ugly heart cha cha but would have rather they did a quickstep but to a better song

How do you do a trio dance to a foxtrot

Sadie and Mark are going to be slated by the judges ONCE AGAIN for this ; I dont see how this could work especially given the nature of the dance.

Foxtrot was one of their American choice dance maybe they had to change to jive for some reason

Just watched the video on puredwts and yes they are doing a trio foxtrot which is weird but Mark barely did any moves in hold in the Viennese waltz

Its bizarre . It would be SO MUCH better to do the jive as a trio
I dont know how Foxtrot with another female pro works as a trio ; I was a bit unsure and thought I heard it wrong but even Mark said in his blog that they have foxtrot as a trio.....

I’m really looking forward to next week’s dance — the trio!

We’ve chosen Emma Slater to work with us because we’re doing the Foxtrot. We were originally going to choose a male for the Foxtrot so we could have Sadie dance with two guys, but the other pro that we wanted was taken. That was such a bummer! But I’m very excited to work with Emma, and it’ll be great for Sadie to learn from a pro female all week.

We’ve picked one of my favorite songs of all time for the Foxtrot, and I think everyone’s hearts will melt when they hear it! It’s going to be a really great week!

http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/11/04/...die-robertson/

Hmmmmmmmm..........I guess we'll see. Len is not going to like it....

Well in the videos on puredwts he basically threw Artem under the bus and said in one that there is usually a line of respect between the pros that they honour each other and "my guy" got swept up for under us in the other he states one pro was too tall ie keo and one too short ie Sasha - leaving Henry who is with Artem and Lea hardly think he would talk about Derek in that way and the only other male pro is Tony (assuming he is with Derek )

Henry is closer to Artem so would pick him over Mark tbh. I have defended Mark's attitude about the scores but his attitude in those clips suck I'm glad Sadie tried but unfortunately failed to shut him up. Yes he can be disappointed he didn't get his way but he needs to be professional and go with it instead of sulking what happened he honouring his fellow pro instead of airing backstage annoyance.

Mark is Mark ; Artem being a newbie didnt know any better.......its whatever really...........
The thing with Mark is the fact that he says whatever he thinks......Im sure that someone like Derek thought the same but he wont say it..........and I dont see how he threw Artem under the bus

And Im not impressed with Henry ; He is too much of a Yes-man for my liking....everyone is doing well, everyone is great, everyone is awesome....I never feel like I really know what he really thinks.........I dont like that............

http://instagram.com/p/vCZDHdzPEZ/?modal=true



I screenshotted Michael message under this pic

mwr55
She's the best. I happy you got her. I'm sad I lost her. I'd bet she is too!

I like Henry as a dancer dont really know much about him otherwise but I didn't like him on afterbuzz for the same reason he loved everyone and gave no true feelings no technical insight really missed Anna think he may have been more open with her there he was a better guest in the past.

As for bib i meant with fans/voters Artem as you said is a newbie so you have an established pro making this situation public that a newbie came along and took the pro he wanted, imagine these boards if that was strictly and it was Brendan about Trent it would be full of who does he think he is and if Sadie doesn't do well it will be imagine if we had seen the proper dance blah blah blah you and I both know what the dwts fans are like luckily it was Mark and not Maks/Derek (but as you said Derek wouldn't have said anything) Mark should be happy he got such an amazing dancer as Emma instead of harping on. It wasn't what Mark said it was more the he broke our unwritten code our bond this bad newbie sentiment I didn't like and would he have been so vocally with an established pro with a larger fanbase actually scrap that he probably would it is Mark and at times he can't hold his water. I know these videos are only watched by dwts fans and not everyone who watches but it is how word starts and if he (Mark) mentions it on the show which I don't know he might or if someone run its as a story it could cost Lea and Artem votes. Mark know how the show work and he made sure he made Artem look like the bad guy no matter what the true story may be.

Michael's comment is so sweet and nice and shows their genuine friendship the photo is lovely - very artistic

Artem, Henry and Lea have the paso.

BIB Exactly . I didnt enjoy this afterbuzz tv show . And I never do when he is a guest; Like I said, he is too much of a YES man for me. He almost never comment on the technical side of the dance but spend his time saying that Alfonso is great, lea is great, Sadie is great, Janel is great , Tommy is great, Bethany is great.....................EVERYONE is great !!! Give me a break !!!

I cant believe Im saying this but I actually missed Anna ; She is very honest to a fault and is not swayed by anything or anybody......even when she has favorites, she will say when they screw up or not.

Anna was performing at an event with Dimitry though

Anna was never my favourite on dwts but love her on afterbuzz because of the bib. i couldnt even watch to the end of the show this week I only started watching afterbuzz last season and I really can't warm to Jake he just repeat stuff and is like a male Suri preferred having Julz and two ballroom dancers. Corky was my fav guest so far even though I didn't like him on dwts but Shirley is on next week and I thought she was great last series

Couldn't agree more - even Sadie tried to stop him saying it! I used to love Mark but he became utterly obnoxious a few seasons back. I thought he'd chilled out and matured and was back to liking him again, but I found his behaviour and remarks regarding Len rude and diva-ish. Whatever he may think is his position in the pro pecking order (regarding choosing Henry), he should know better than to air it publicly. He's coming across entitled and bratty .

I thought so too and even defended his annoyance of scores but his remarks about Len was uncalled for especially when Len hasn't even been there for 4 weeks and when Len hasn't been the most critical of Mark and everyone knows that Len is traditional but in a way Mark was complementing Len as his are the only comments that the pros are interested in like Val's washing window but his attitude to this situation and the scores this week annoyed me more because the tptb has control of the VT and could have focused on the training instead of his comments. To me their contemporary was the worst dance they did so far too samey choreography and not enough light and shade yet Mark had an about time look when they got the 10. He is a great choreographer and dancer

http://abcmedianet.com/assets/pr/html/pr70704.html


and


http://www.people.com/article/mark-b...tter_peoplemag




I expect to see Tommy leave next week

And I expect Lea and Artem to leave at the Semi Finals : Week 10

The final will be Alfonso, Sadie, Bethany and Janel and yessssss Alfonso still has it in the bag but I really think that the showdance WILL decide the winner this time so Sadie , Bethany and Janel still have a chance even though its highly unlikely for the latter to win IMO.

Tommy is the worst dancer left no matter how lovely Tommy is and I think it is anyone game out of the other 5 once they get to the semi final Lea has a big telephone vote fanbase and the right dance/song will connect with them. The showdance normally does decide the winner on dwts to me Maks & Meryl was the best one last season.

Personally I like Witney but her choreography is getting a bit samey in the latin dances she needs to pull out a great freestyle if they get to the final which they will IMO.

BIB I agree; Idk why the judges haven't caught on it so far. I really wasnt impressed with his chacha last week and like you said I recognized some moves that she used in the other Latins with him.

At this moment I ONLY trust Derek and Mark, especially Mark to come up with great freestyles. They ALWAYS do.

But Witney has been VERY impressive this season as a choreographer imo so Im sure that she is going to rise up to the occasion

I only trust Derek love Mark's freestyle with Shawn and Kristi but his freestyle with Chelsie was just ok and especially with Candace was a total mess

Funny enough the only Derek one I wasn't that keen on was Shawn's

It will be an exciting finale. Mark's freestyles are always on point . He hold the record for MOST perfect scores in the finale ; Derek only managed to tie him last season and its quite a feat since Mark has been in the finale less than Derek.


The only freestyles of Derek I liked were with Brooke, Nicole and Kelly .
I didnt like Bristol and Mark's showdance though
Anyways, it will be an exciting finale Im sure

Oops forgot about Bristol. Mark and Derek's freestyle are usually great ideas but maybe too little rehearsal time but unlike Maks and other pros they never have completely blown it with a freestyle. Nicole and Derek's freestyle was my favourite Derek freestyle, didn't like Brooke - executed amazingly but little favour. Loved Amber's freestyle and it won dwts for her even though I preferred Karina and Corbin.

Funny enough Mark freestyle with Bristol would have be perfect for Candace her best dances were dramatic and in character unlike her hot mess disco freestyle. Least favourite Derek freestyle was Amy's so predictable so safe a rehash of a previous routine and the only wow had nothing to do with dancing just Amy's strength.

The problem I have with Mark's freestyles is expectations because he is so creative and because he has done some of the best freestyles on the show you expect so much and when he delivers a hot mess like last season you are disappointed when Maks throw the mirrorball away because of a poor hip hop disaster and then tries something new with Erin which didn't connect with the voters and then leaves and comes back with a contemporary dance with ice skater ie contemporary dancer everyone is wowed because it isn't usual for Maks to deliver a great freestyle (though I loved his and Erin's) the freestyles I always want to see is Mark because they are so good but he has made mistakes Candace's didn't play to her strengths and Chelsie, who should have won that season, had amazing creative routines throughout - the harry potter waltz, the clown jive to name a few- ended up with a similar theme dance to Shawn's.

Derek is the same as Mark to a degree I remember with Brooke especially I expected something amazing they were my one of my faves with Lance and Lacey (talk about a disappointing freestyle) she was improving every week and expected and instead thought it was just alright looking at it now it is very well executed and a great dance but it just lacked something whereas although I liked Kelly her technique was great she never brought character to her dances so didn't expect much and was blew away with how amazing that freestyle is

Chelsie Kane would have NEVER won that season no matter what Mark did. She wasnt really popular with the public and I still remember how these 2 created so much talk/controversy during their season (they were very divisive as a pair) .At least Mark's creativity paid off because he was nominated for the first time for the EMMYS that year for 3 of his dances with her (VW, WALTZ and Jive )

I supported Zendaya in season 16 BUT after I saw Kellie's freestyle, I knew that she would lose . The freestyle he did with Kelly M was also mediocre at best.Val cant choreograph a good freestyle ...... Maybe that will change this time..........