Season 19 Week 6

I go to puredwts.com only to get dance styles.  I can't stand these women otherwise.  They make a big deal about how this is a 'neutral' site, but nothing could be further from the truth.  They think their opinion is the only one that counts, and if you don't agree with them, you're wrong.  Oh well.


Lots of different dance styles this week, so I'm surprised to see 3 salsas and that seems to be the only dance that has more than one couple dancing it.  As usual, I've never heard of most of the songs - the lone exception is September by EWF.  Not sure that's a great number for a foxtrot and why a foxtrot (or a jazz) on this night that's supposed to be Latin night?  Weird.  Dread seeing Michael attempt an AT.  Am interested to see if Tommy can handle a straight ballroom dance with the foxtrot.  I think it's mean to have Antonio do a salsa on the same night Alfonso and Lea are doing the salsa - he's bound to suffer by comparison.  Should be an interesting night!

The one thing I am not looking forward to is the (I think anyway) inevitable staged scene with Sadie's dad over 'approving' the rumba. 

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DANCING WITH STARS
RECAP FOR OCTOBER 20, 2014

Hello, and welcome to Dancing With The Stars on ABC. Tonight, Pitbull will serve as guest judge and a special performer. Leah Remini from season seventeen will fill in for Erin Andrews as guest judge. We will of course also have this week’s elimination, which combines scores and votes from the past two weeks.

We open with an epic performance from Pitbull and some results. 

Tommy and Peta are SAFE!

Janel and Val are in JEOPARDY!

Jonathan and Allison are also in JEOPARDY!


Contestant: Jonathan Bennett

Claim To Fame: Mean Girls star

Pro: Allison Holker

Dance: Jazz

Commentary: Okay, this is a lot of fun. This music mashup of Pitbull and Mickey and Sylvia is more hilarious than it should be in my sleep deprived mind, but I think it was one of their best dances to date. They just were themselves, had fun and gave it their all.

Julianne: She hugs him and gushes over how much she loved it.

Bruno: It just happened this week.

Carrie Ann: This was their best dance so far, but they nailed every move.

Pitbull: He compares him to Will Smith and loved the moves. 

Scores: 8-8-8-8=32 out of 40


Celebrity: Janel Parrish

Claim To Fame: Pretty Little Liars star

Pro: Val Chmerkovskiy

Dance: Samba

Commentary: Why in the name of all things holy are these two in jeopardy? They are HOT, got the right moves and just gorgeous. This is one of my favorite routines of the season….and not just because Val took his shirt off. LOVE it!

Bruno: He gushes over how much he loves her and the way she moves. 

Carrie Ann: She liked it, but it was a bit off balance.

Pitbull: He didn’t feel the passion. 

Julianne: She commends them on taking on such a difficult routine.

Scores: 8-7-9-9=33 out of 40. 


Celebrity: Tommy Chong

Claim To Fame: Cheech and Chong star

Pro: Peta Murgatroyd

Dance: Foxtrot

Commentary: The Cloris Leachman segment was hilarious. He just  works so hard each and every week. He was a bit off on some parts, but he seemed to also be concentrating very hard and WANTING to do well.  I have say, he is just downright adorable. I wish he were my grandpa!

Carrie Ann: There were some mistakes but thinks everyone gets him.

Pitbull: He really enjoyed it.

Julianne: That was Tommy from the beginning and he can be here for a long tme.

Bruno: The old magic is working again. 

Scores: 7-7-7-7=28 out of 40


Sadie and Mark, Lea and Artem and Antonio and Cheryl are all……..SAFE!!!


Celebrity: Antonio Sabato, Jr.

Claim To Fame: General Hospital star and Calvin Klein model. 

Pro: Cheryl Burke

Dance: Salsa

Commentary: Cheryl’s dad is sick and she might have to go to Thailand to take care of her family. However, he texts her to tell her to perform and stay strong. Our prayers are with you and yours, Cheryl. 

The dance is Great Gatsby meets West Side Story. It is so unique, so fun and made me want to get up and dance.

Pitbull: He wanted to join the dance. 

Julianne: He got a bit too loose on top, but she liked it.

Bruno: Fantastic job creating the perfect atmosphere, but he needs to work on breaking correctly. 

Carrie Ann: He is good, but needs to relax.

Scores: 7-7-7-7=28 out of 40. 


Celebrity: Sadie Robertson

Claim To Fame: Duck Dynasty star

Pro: Mark Ballas

Dance: Rumba

Commentary: She is adorable. I can totally relate to her on SO many levels with morals and values, as well as being giggly and awkward. Mark says he is going to keep the integrity of the dance, but also keep her morals in mind. He even made sure her mother approved of it. WOW. This made me love him even more, what a classy man! 

The dance was classy, sweet and age appropriate. Beautiful. 

Julianne:  This was a beautiful story about falling in love, and she loved it. 

Bruno: She is a jewel of a dancer and beautifully done.

Pitbull: She was sensual and broke character.

Carrie Ann: Beautiful and age appropriate. 

Scores: 9-10-8-8=35 out of 40


Celebrity: Lea Thompson

Claim To Fame: Back To The Future star

Pro: Artem Chigvintsev 

Dance: Salsa

Commentary: Despite the tension of the week, they do a really good job. I usually don’t like the background dancers, but they somehow made it work this week. I am sure every woman in America wishes they were Lea when those hot guys carried her around.

Bruno: He offers some places to improve, but he liked it.

Carrie Ann: She needs to play up to her strengths and go back to doing what she does best.

Pitbull: That’s what he’s talking about.

Julianne: She needs to trust Artem and herself a bit more. She is still the girl to beat. 

Scores:  8-8-8-8=32 out of 40


Alfonso and Witney are SAFE! Bethany and Derek are SAFE!  Michael and Emma are in JEOPARDY!

Celebrity: Michael Waltrip

Claim To Fame: Racecar driver

Pro: Emma Slater

Dance: Argentine Tango

Commentary: It is basic, but one of his best dances. He really seems to be getting the choreography down and really focusing on the footwork. Yes, there wasn’t a ton of obvious passion, but it was appropriate and well done. Good job.

Carrie Ann: This is what a champion is made out of. 

Pitbull: Great job!

Julianne: Honest and beautiful.

Bruno: Great job.

Scores: 8-7-8-7=30 out of 40


Celebrity: Bethany Mota

Claim To Fame:YouTube star

Pro: Derek Hough

Dance: Tango

Commentary: She has work obligations this week, so practice time is limited. However, Dased on how well they are doing, I never would have guessed. It was as good as any pro dance I have seen and she seems to have really nailed the footwork. I also love the futuristic theme. 

Pitbull: It was so good, the slip up was even unnoticeable. 

Julianne: Great job.

Bruno: Pure ballroom.

Carrie Ann: She compares her to Nicole Scherzinger. 

Scores: 9-9-9-9=36 out of 40.



Celebrity: Alfonso Ribiero

Claim To Fame: Fresh Prince star

Pro: Witney Carson

Dance: Salsa

Commentary: They are both injured this week, but you can hardly tell because they are either experts at fighting through the pain or just that good. They completely nailed the routine, although he ends up feeling the pain at the end. 

Julianne: She is glad they are back together and they killed it.

Bruno: He loved it.

Carrie Ann: She just spanks him.

Scores: 10-10-9-10=39 out of 40 

Back to the results. The next couple who is SAFE is….Michael and Emma!

While not necessarily in the bottom two, either Jonathan and Allison or Janel and Val have the lowest combined scores. 

The couple leaving right now is Jonathan and Allison. He came here to have fun and bring light back into his life. He thanks Allison for making it happen. 

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I muted the opening number before I had to listen to it.   In silence, it looked like a burlesque routine.  Come to think of it - anytime it's just girls dancing, they look like sex kittens.

So proud of Jonathan!   His best dance.

I agreed with CA.   Janel seemed a little off.

For Tommy, I saw some good and bad.  Loved Peta's dress!

Haven't been a fan, but I thought Antonio moved pretty well - except during both lifts.   Cheryl looked gorgeous.

Liked Sadie's costume and loved the dance.  Can this girl make no decisions on her own?!  Tired of the family involvement.

Emma danced while Michael walked and lifted.  I'm really quite sick of people going home in his place.  We'd have seen more "dancing" out of Betsey.

Lea's my favorite but I didn't care for the dance.   I agree again with CA.  She didn't seem completely "present."

Loved Bethany's performance.  Hard to believe it was after only seven hours!   That little slip was no more than a blip.

The dancing wounded. Hated Alfonso's music and the hip hop choreo.

**Spoiler** **Spoiler** **Spoiler**

Did you catch Allison saying she was happy to have Jonathan "dance with me" for the season?  Her ego just can't hide.

And what's up with CA and the spanking? Free feels?

I mostly enjoyed this episode, but I am so disappointed that Michael is still here and Jonathan is gone.  Boo hiss!

Jonathan was terrific tonight, and there is now no doubt that the problem was Allison.  Allison has a jazz and contemporary background, so she was able to really teach Jonathan this week, and he responded beautifully.  I am so sorry to see him leave.  I really enjoyed him.

Janel - I liked the routine and thought she danced it pretty well.  Not her best effort, but still good.  Hated the costume.  Looked like it was just thrown together.  The intro package was just weird.  I wish the show would give up on the idea of a showmance between those two.  It's just not working.  And what was with her whining about the way he was talking to her?  Unless they left out something important, there was nothing wrong that I could see with the way he was handling things.  He was frustrated with her, but he wasn't nasty.  Anyway, I thought the scores were fair to a little low.

Tommy - he's losing his charm for me.  I just didn't like that dance at all.  The intro package was fun, but the dance was not.  He was clearly forgetting his steps and seemed to struggle. 

Antonio - felt bad for Cheryl.  That must have been hard.  Antonio finally seems to be improving.  He's still not that good, but he seemed a little looser this week, and I enjoyed the choreography.

Sadie - I am beyond sick of that family.  Do they think it's 'cute' or something that this poor kid gets absolutely no say whatsoever in her life?  Do they think it's somehow 'admirable' that they display to the world week after week that they do not trust Sadie to make good decisions?  At least they spared us the dad doing the micro-managing but instead we get the mother and the grandmother.  Give it a rest.  I also find it extremely insulting to Mark that after 6 weeks they don't trust *him* to make good decisions.  Ugh.  As for the rumba, it was okay but no great shakes.  I liked her dress; hated the shoes.  No real hip action to speak of, and the rumba flow wasn't there.  She wasn't making those faces this week but instead she was mostly blank, which wasn't any better.  Not a good dance for her, I thought, and I was absolutely flabbergasted with her scores. 

Lea - Not Lea's best dance and I blame Artem for that.  I think he psyched her out a bit.  The beginning was very nice, and then it kind of fell apart a bit.  I agree with Julianne that she's the woman to beat, although that is probably just wishful thinking on our parts.  I'm not sure she has the fan base for that.  But I hope she's around a lot longer.

Michael - why is he still here?  And what were the judges smoking last night?  That AT was dreadful.  So s--l--o--w.  No sharpness or crispness to his movements.  No passion.  Just blah.  Even the lifts were weird - I swear Emma was doing most of the work and kind of jumping up while Michael pretended to lift.  Scores were ridiculous.  I'm hoping the judges are trying to psych out his fans and make them complacent so they stop voting for him so he can leave already. 

Bethany - given the lack of practice time, it was pretty good, but she was back to not really emoting the dance at all.  I wasn't 'feeling' the tango at all.  Didn't like her outfit or hair either.  And I had to wonder if the scores were as they were so that Derek got to be a team captain again for the team dances.  I think last season was the first time in forever that he hasn't been a captain.  I know . . . conspiracy theories.    Still I thought she was a bit overscored.  I didn't think she was any better than Janel or Lea.

Alfonso - I just love him.  Loved the dance, loved the choreography, love this partnership.  I'm hoping his groin injury heals up some before next week.  I'd hate to see him have to leave because of it.  Have no idea what was up with CA.  I think she's just totally losing it. 

My favorites of the night were Jonathan, Janel, Lea and Alfonso.

mustang, I agree that Artem messed with her mind.  Those first few weeks, she was radiant with her dancing.  For the last two, that confidence has been missing.  I haven't been impressed like I was in the beginning.

And I agree about Sadie's family.  Is this show now called "The Ducks of DWTS?"  I don't recall EVER seeing so much of outsiders on film.  If they MUST be there, don't show us!  But I must disagree about the rhumba.  I truly thought it was innocent but lovely.

I think it's time to send out a scouting party to seek and destroy the cell phones of NASCAR fans.  And Tommy's age has been showing "big time" these last two weeks.  I can't imagine who's keeping him on the show.  Cheech and Chong fans?  Or bong users?  He seemed an age novelty item but should have gone before Betsey, IMO.

Maybe I should clarify my remarks about the rumba.  I thought it was good but not great.  Parts of it were quite lovely - she had some beautiful lines.  But then I usually think at least parts of her dances are lovely.  Overall I thought the 8s that Julianne and Bruno awarded were appropriate because of the lack of real hip action and the absence of any real emotion from her.  Pitbull said he didn't feel the connection between Janel and Val.  I didn't feel it between Sadie and Mark.  Whether it's because she was uncomfortable with the dance itself, I don't know.  But to me it felt like she did the moves but didn't really feel the moves at all.  It felt kind of by-the-numbers to me.  For me, her first dance and the Charleston last week have been her best.  I can certainly understand her feeling uncomfortable with the rumba, if that's what was happening.  She is young and clearly very sheltered.  But if that's what was going on, I don't think having the mother and grandmother around helped her any.  I wish they would just let Mark ask Sadie what she is or is not comfortable with.  She seems to be pretty grounded, so stop smothering her.  I wish I shared your feeling that this was somehow 'normal,' rkc.  I can't help feeling like it's just the family wanting to make it all about them and not Sadie.  Especially since both the mother and grandmother mentioned one move, but then it was still left in, so obviously it didn't bother them enough to ask Mark to leave it out. So what was the freakin' point except to put on a show about how 'righteous' they are?  At least that's what it feels like to me.  I even got annoyed with Sadie when she talked about how they're Christians, so they'll always do what's moral.  Really, Sadie?  There's a Christian pastor right now running around South Carolina disrupting same sex marriage ceremonies.  Is that "moral?"  There are lots of Christians running around right now claiming that gay people should be killed.  There's nothing 'moral' about that either.  Christians are not automatically moral people because they claim to be Christians, and people who are not Christian are also capable of behaving quite morally.  Anyway, not to rant, but I'm so done with the rest of that family.  Just let Sadie be Sadie for a little while.  I don't care how much the parents have to say about clothes or dance moves, just keep it out of the darn package.  Let the package be about Sadie and her journey.

Also, note to show - can we let the packages go back to being about the celebs learning to dance?  While it was mildly amusing, Tommy and Peta in a sweat lodge with him seeing Chloris Leachman was so not necessary.  The whole idiocy with Val and Janel . . . not necessary.  Last week's Derek Dynasty . . . absolutely not necessary.  Good grief, I don't want to see that staged crap.  I want to see the interactions between pros and celebs.  I want to see how the celebs (and the pros) react to the stress.  I want to see real, natural interactions . . . not staged junk. 

RKC - just for the record, Tommy didn't go to jail for drug use exactly.  He basically fell on his sword to keep his son from going to jail.  As I understand it, Tommy took the fall for his son, which may not have been the best course of action but was certainly a loving thing to do as a father concerned that his son would not survive well in a jail cell.  In any event, he's funny and charming, but he's reached the end of the road as a dancer, I'm afraid.  At least for me anyway.  I'm just not enjoying watching him dance the way I did at the beginning.

Singly - I'm all for destroying the cell phone, landlines, computers, and any other technological device that might be capable of registering a vote for Michael.  From what I've seen on some other boards, having Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Michael's package pretty much guarantees Michael obscene numbers of votes.  Which means we could well see another better dancer go home.  In fact, if his voting fan base is as large as some folks think it might be, this could be worse than Bristol Palin in the final 3. 

OMG!  Michael could actually win this thing!!!

It has been rumored that several of the major drivers, including Dale Jr., have been tweeting for their fans to vote for Michael.  If that's true, that's a l-o-o-o-o-o-o-t of people.

If he wins, DWTS will lose any and all credibility (what little remains).

rkc, I have absolutely no problem with Sadie dressing modestly.  I went round and around with my eldest about dress code when Madonna was a big hit.  As parents, we must put limits and guidelines in place with our kids.  But I must say, I never would have embarrassed my daughter by putting that thumb on her in front of her peers or in public.

Sadie is supposed to be the star here, but they have relegated her to  a shadow puppet of her parents.  It's the fault of TPTB we're seeing their constant supervision of her every move.  It could all have been left on the cutting room floor.  They're making her look like a two-year-old, when she seems to have her own sense of what's right.

I'm over Tommy.  Amazed at first with his dancing for his age.  But the thrill is gone.  lol.  He can go home with a pat on the back and job well done.

I hope you're right about Michael.  We could lose Tommy and Antonio and still not miss anything.  When we start losing the "meat" of the remaining talent - THAT'S when it gets annoying.  The rest of them actually deserve to stay over Michael, IMHO.

Thanks, Singly.  You put it perfectly.  I don't know why TPTB have chosen to show her family and their behind-the-scenes machinations, but it does a great disservice, I think, to Sadie.  They could make the packages about her learning each dance, and that is all they would need to do.  We don't need to see her entire packages being more about others than about her. 

I agree, rkc, with what you're saying about Tommy, but I also understood his choosing to dance that particular dance about that stint in prison, as it made a profound impression on him.  As it should to any sensible person! 

And I agree about Michael.  I so hope you are right!