All My Children Discussion Group -- Dancing With The Stars - 10/26 - Performance

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Topic: Dancing With The Stars - 10/26 - Performance - 9 Couples

Topic Posted by: Linda
Date Posted: Tue Oct 27 2:51:48 2009
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This is Week 6 and all couples are being reminded that they need to step things up. It is the halfway point and the judges are harder on them than before. Funny thing, Len was easier on the couples whereas both Bruno-especially Bruno-and Carrie Ann were harder on the contestants. Today is the Mambo Dance Marathon. That means extra points for all contestants. Samantha looked lovely as always.

Mýa & Dimitry--JITTERBUG-"C'mon Everybody"--This is more fun that the Argentine Tango. Mýa has a cramp and gets a full body massage. ~~ Lots of fun, cute dance and great lift. Judges--L-First 20 bars were wasted. What you did you did well, I just wanted more of it. B-Timing was incredible, you were so much in sync. C-It was lacking, soft and muted. You did it really well, but slightly under what I expected. C-8; L-7; B-9 = 24

Melissa & Mark--WALTZ-"Only One Road"--Mark's mom Shirley Ballas comes to help Melissa. ~~ Could have been smoother. Awkward in spots. Judges--B-For week 6 it wasn't good. Posture was bad, no flow to the dance. C-Waltz should glide. This looked like the floor was sticky. Rigid. L-Liked musicality, problems with technique. C-7; L-7; B-6 = 20

Mark & Lacey--JITTERBUG-"This Cats On a Hot Tin Roof"--Lacey is making Mark do all the tricks. She takes him to a Jitterbug club to help him learn. ~~ Great, fun, energetic! Loved it! Tom says that it is the best dance of the night. Judges--C-Whoo! That's the Jitterbug, that's the energy! L-You got it all in, flicks, spins! Full on, full energy! B-Great, but you did lose the timing at the end. C-9; L-9; B-8 = 26

Aaron & Karina--WALTZ-"Three Times a Lady"--Aaron comes to practice in a suit to show how committed he is to the character of the Waltz. ~~ Beautiful. I think he did real well. Judges--L-Posture was good. Your best dance. B-Posture & frame were good, lost your footing once. Very good. C-Lost a little bit in beginning. A for effort. Just beautiful. C-8; L-9; B-8 = 25

Michael & Anna--WALTZ-"Wonder Why"--Michael is very stressed because of the double elimination this week and is working harder. ~~ Very nice but still needs to be more fluid. Judges--B-Not a premiere league waltz. Not good enough for Week 6. C-Anna, your feet came off the ground. Charming, mixture of emotions. L-Two out of three people got it wrong. Best footwork of the night. Well done. C-6; L-8; B-6 = 20

Kelly & Louis--JITTERBUG-"Bread and Butter"--Kelly has no self esteem. Louis take her to face her fears on a trapeze. ~~ Pretty good, but not as energetic as Mark's. Maybe her foot was still bothering her. Judges--C-Brought your sense of fun back. Stay in the happy place. L-A little flatfooted. Was good but lacked excitement. B-Cute, nice. Become the character. It was just Beige. C-7; L-6; B-7 = 20

Louie & Chelsie--JITTERBUG-"Baby Likes to Rock It"--Put some of his snowboarding techniques into dance. ~~ Nice, but could be better. Flips were good. Judges--L-Parts of it were good. Some bits you just lose energy. B-You have to work on being precise and clean. C-Great energy but dropped partner twice. C-7; L-7; B-7 = 21

Joanna & Derek--WALTZ-"Be Here to Love Me"--Working very hard at the waltz. ~~ Very lovely. I really liked it. Judges--B-Like watching a butterfly. Weightless. C-Outside of lines were beautiful but there was hesitation. L-Footwork wasn't too good, but best waltz we've seen tonight. C-8; L-9; B-9 = 26

Donny & Kym--JITTERBUG-"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"--Donny is really have trouble with all the tricks and flips. Kym takes him to her Down Syndrome class for a break. ~~ Fantastic! Good contender to Mark's! Judges--C-A few moments of out of sync. L-Whatever performance, you do full on. Really entertaining. B-Lost the timing in spots but always a good performance. C-8; L-8; B-8 = 24

Dance Marathon--COMPETITION MAMBO-"Ran Kan Kan"--Practice shows them rehearse their individual Mambos and talking how they will outdo the other couples. They have to dance for 1:30 unless they are called out by the judges. ~~ Pretty good. Hard to keep track. I saw good in all couples but there were some that I could predict would be cut and then they were. Judges thought that it was very close between Mýa and Joanna. Here are their standing in the marathon and their total scores:

Michael & Anna D.- 2 = 22
Louie & Chelsie -3 = 24
Melissa & Mark -4 = 24
Kelly & Louis -5 = 25
Mark & Lacey -6 = 32
Donny & Kym -7 = 31
Aaron & Karina -8 = 33
Mýa & Dmitry -9 = 33
Joanna & Derek -10 = 36

Wednesday, Double Elimination and the return of the Dance-Off. Now I don't understand this. Before they had the Dance Off between the bottom two couples and I thought Tom said that this would be the same thing. But if the Double Elimination is the bottom two couples, what is the point of those two having a Dance Off? What did I miss in what is happening in this week's Results show?

Posted by: lemerba
Date posted: Tue Oct 27 20:49:52 2009
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Everybody was better tonight but they are getting tired for sure. I liked the group competition. I think it adds a little more dimension to the show and it is more like a professional competition format. I liked Louis and chelsie's jitterbug but it was a bit out of control in places and dropping your partner is never a good thing. Lacey and Marks was very fun and I liked it a lot. Kelly and Louis I liked it, it was very cute but there were no spins or lifts in it so it seemed like half a jitterbug. But good performance level. Donnie and Kym's I like a lot but they had some timing problems probably due to exhaustion. Joanna and Derek did the best Mambo I thought. Mya and Dimitry I liked a lot but Mya has to sell it more to the audience. Aaron and Karina did very well, I saw some improvement in the flow and the posture. I loved Karina and Anna's Waltz dresses they moved beautifully on the floor. Anna and Michael. I see improvement especially in the arms but there is a way to go yet. Better on the smoothness aspect though. Mark and Melissa. I enjoy becuase she is not a quitter. Work on the carriage of the upper body, head and arm especially. Work on smoothness in the movement. Move with each other as one person.

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You have a point there that the dance marathon made it more like a professional competition but to add that extra onto the individual solos seemed a little much. Of course it isn't any different than adding on the group number or a team dance or learning two dances in one week. It is one way for extra points. L&C Jitterbug was good but I think they put too much of Louie's snowboarding tricks into it which made it uneven. They should have worked more on Louie catching Chelsie so he wouldn't have dropped her instead. Kelly & Louis Jitterbug could have used more, as you say, but I wonder if it was because of Kelly's injured foot why they didn't do all of that. Donny's routine did seem to run out of steam a bit, so that could have been the problem. Mýa seems to have a problem coming across to the audience. Aaron is definitely improving. I loved K & A's dresses too. They were just beautiful! Improvement on Michael, yes, but not soon enough. Melissa seems to get it sometimes and not others. Yes, they do need to move as one, especially with the waltz. Thanks. You have a lot of insight. ~ eom. Linda

Posted by: Eve
Date posted: Tue Oct 27 15:45:44 2009
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The dance-off was kinda strange and a little unfair to the dancers like Donny, who had no rest time between his solo and the group dance.

The judging is getting reeeeediculous. Saying it one way last time and now this time something new. And Carrie and that lift junk -- call it every time, not just when you feel like it.

Aaron reminds me of a young Rod Stewart and again, I am enjoyed a toned-down Louie partnering Kelly. I almost like the guy.

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I wondered why they put Donny at the end where he wouldn't get much chance to rest before the Dance Marathon. I think that should be eliminated for next season. ~ Carrie usually gets it right about the lift but there was one that she said that she saw that I didn't with Michael & Anna but Anna did admit to doing it so I guess Carrie Ann isn't always wrong. ~ Now that you mention it about Aaron, he does look like Rod. I'm enjoying Louis with Kelly too, but I never did see a problem with Louis. Maybe I missed when there was. I think he is very talented watching how he has choreographed some of the pro numbers and some on SYTYCD. ~ eom. Linda

Posted by: krisa225
Date posted: Tue Oct 27 14:39:39 2009
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wow, very quiet day! its 3:45pm and I'm the first to reply! what a busy day its been. I was surprised how harsh both Carrie Ann and Bruno were last night. I was very surprised that Derek and Joanna were the best in the dance off or whatever that was called. There's still so many people so a double elimination would be good tonite.

thanks for the in-depth great reviews weekly. ; )

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Not that many are replying this season. I wonder if they aren't watching because of too many contestants, because it is against SYTYCD on Tuesdays or if they are just waiting for the number to get a little lower before they start watching. ~ I was surprised too at Carrie Ann and Bruno. Such complete opposites from Len. Did someone put something nasty in their drinks and something nice in Len's? LOL! I figured the Dance Marathon would come down to either Joanna & Derek or Mýa & Dimitry. I thought maybe Mýa would have won that, myself. Tom has been announcing that there will be two double eliminations halfway into the show so it's about time they cut this group down. There are just too many! ~ I'm just trying to keep up with what W.E. started but because there are so many, I've been trying to cut it shorter too. Even so, it still comes out long. Glad you enjoy it, Thanks! ~ eom. Linda