Season 22 Week 2

Here is ABC's Press Release for Week 2:


12 Celebrities Perform a Hot New Dance as Latin Night Overtakes the Ballroom on ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars,” Monday, March 28





The 12 celebrities ready themselves for Latin Night, one of the hottest nights in the ballroom, with each celebrity performing either a rumba, salsa, samba, paso doblé, cha cha, or Argentine tango, on “Dancing with the Stars,” LIVE, MONDAY, MARCH 28 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT) on the ABC Television Network. The dancers will open the show with an exciting number to the song “Shake That,” by Samantha Jade featuring Pitbull, and then each celebrity will go on to perform a captivating and alluring Latin dance.

At the end of evening, one couple will be eliminated from the ballroom competition.

The couples will dance to the following songs (in alphabetical order):

Antonio Brown & Sharna Burgess – Rumba – “Adorn” by Miguel

Doug Flutie & Karina Smirnoff – Paso Doblé – “Buster Voodoo” by Rodrigo y Gabriela

Geraldo Rivera & Edyta Sliwinska – Salsa – “Ran Kan Kan” by Tito Puente

Ginger Zee & Valentin Chmerkovskiy – Samba – “Sorry” by Justin Bieber

Jodie Sweetin & Keo Motsepe – Samba – “Bun Up the Dance” by Dillion Francis, Skrillex

Kim Fields & Sasha Farber – Salsa – “Conga” by Gloria Estefan

Marla Maples & Tony Dovolani –Argentine Tango – “Don’t” by Ed Sheeran

Mischa Barton & Artem Chigvintsev – Cha Cha – “Pata Pata” by Miriam Makeba

Nyle DiMarco & Peta Murgatroyd – Rumba – “Stole the Show” by Parson James

Paige VanZant & Mark Ballas – Salsa – “Danza Kuduro” by Don Omar featuring Lucenzo

Von Miller & Witney Carson – Cha Cha – “Ain’t Too Cool” by LunchMoney Lewis

Wanya Morris & Lindsay Arnold – Salsa – “Echa Pa’lla” by Pitbull

Hosted by two-time Emmy Award-winning host Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews (sports host and “Dancing with the Stars” season 10 finalist), “Dancing with the Stars” is the hit series in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts, including head judge, Len Goodman, dancers/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.

For week two, viewers may cast their votes for their favorite couples via phone on Monday nights during and up to 60 minutes after the end of the “Dancing with the Stars” broadcast in each time zone. Online voting at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] on Facebook at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] open for 24 hours, beginning from the start of each episode on the East Coast at 8:00 p.m., EDT/5:00 p.m., PDT and closing at 8:00 p.m., EDT/5:00 p.m., PDT on Tuesday evenings.

“Dancing with the Stars” is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. Rob Wade and Ashley Edens-Shaffer are executive producers. Alex Rudzinski directs. “Dancing with the Stars” is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC’s selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG, L parental guideline.

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Thanks, SLA!  I'm not quite sure what to think about tonight, so we'll just have to wait and see. 

I am expecting the Nyle will do well with the rumba.  With his modeling experience, he should be able to get the 'flavor' of the dance down well, and given how well he was moving last week, he might actually be able to get the rumba hips going as well.  Geraldo and salsa is probably a no-go.  Not sure about Doug and the paso doble.  That's one dance where his stiffness might serve him well.  And if "Pata Pata" can't get Mischa to relax, then probably nothing can.  < lol >

I expect Von will handle the cha cha okay, not sure if Antonio will be able to pull off a rumba, and Wanya should be fun in a salsa. 

I'm looking forward to seeing if last week was a fluke, or if we really do have a large bunch of potential contenders this season. 

I pretty much agree, SLA.  I too was impressed with how much better Doug was this week than last.  That's not to say he's top tier, but I thought he did a very creditable job with the paso, and I liked Karina's choreography.

Geraldo was the right one to go, although it's a shame that means Edyta is leaving as well.  It's been such a long time since she was on - what a waste.  I adore Artem, and I'm getting frustrated that this hasn't worked out.  I suspect they meant to give him someone who had a chance - Mischa is young and lithe and should theoretically be able to move and she should have a decent fanbase from The OC.  But she really does not seem like she wants to be doing this.  Very poor attitude - she seems so 'sour' all the time.  And when she just walked away from Artem in practice - I felt bad for him.  So while I will miss him, I don't think Mischa is long for this competition, and it's pretty much her own fault.  I suspect she would be a decent to good dancer if her attitude wasn't so poor.

Antonio did not do well with the rumba at all, but Nyle knocked it out of the park.  Really good job.  He along with Paige, Von and Wanya were the highlights for me.  The rest all did a decent job, I thought, with Mischa, Marla, and Geraldo being the low lights.  Everyone else was in the middle doing a nice job.

Sorry to hear that Mark is hurt.  I liked his choreography, and Alan did a good job stepping in at the last minute. 

So last week was not a fluke - it looks like we do have a real solid group.  And with the exception of Mischa, they all seem to be having fun and be quite likeable.