Season 23 - Week 2

Here is ABC's Press Release for Week 2:


The 13 Celebrities Dance to Some of the Most Beloved Television Theme Songs, on ABC’s ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ September 19







“Episode 2302” – The 13 celebrities get ready to dance to some of their favorite TV theme songs as TV Night comes to “Dancing with the Stars,” live, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network. Highlights include Maureen McCormick dancing to the “Brady Bunch Theme,” the show that catapulted her career, Marilu Henner hailing a cab down memory lane as she dances to the “Taxi Theme,” Amber Rose being drawn into a dark fantasy as she dances to the “Game of Thrones Theme,” while Rick Perry does a quickstep on the farm as he dances to the “Green Acres Theme,” and Babyface finds himself facing the paranormal as he dances to “The X-Files Theme.”

Each couple will perform a cha cha, Argentine Tango, jive, Paso Doble, tango, quickstep or Viennese Waltz, vying for America’s vote.

Each Couple Will Dance to the Following Songs (in alphabetical order):


Jake T. Austin & Jenna Johnson – cha cha – “Go, Diego, Go! Theme”         6   6   6   6  = 24 + 22    =  46

Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds & Allison Holker – Argentine Tango – “The X-Files Theme”   8  7  7  8 = 30 + 26  = 56

Marilu Henner & Derek Hough – foxtrot – “Taxi Theme”                            7  8  7   7  = 29  +  27  =   56
 
Laurie Hernandez & Valentin Chmerkovskiy – jive – “Ducktails”                  8  8  8  8 = 32  +  31  =   63

James Hinchcliffe & Sharna Burgess – Paso Doble – ”A Tribute to Walking Dead”    7  7  7  8  =  29  +  31  =  60

Calvin Johnson Jr. & Lindsay Arnold – foxtrot – “Family Matters Theme”     7  7  7  7  =  28  +  26  =  54

Terra Jolé & Sasha Farber – quickstep – “Bewitched”                 8  7  8  8  =  31  +  25  =  56

Jana Kramer & Gleb Savchenko – tango – “I Don’t Want to Be” from “One Tree Hill”   7  8  7  7  =  29  +  27  =  56

Ryan Lochte & Cheryl Burke – quickstep – “The Muppet Show Theme”        6  6  6  6  =  24  +  24  =  48

Maureen McCormick & Artem Chigvintsev – quickstep – “Brady Bunch Theme”    7  6  6  7  =  26  +  22  =  48

Rick Perry & Emma Slater – quickstep – “Green Acres Theme”      6  5  6  5  =  22  +   20  =  42

Amber Rose & Maksim Chmerkovskiy – Viennese Waltz – “Game of Thrones Theme”     6  6  6  6  =  24  +  24  =  48

Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle) & Witney Carson – foxtrot – “Love and Marriage” from “Married…with Children”    6  7  6  7  =  26  +  25  =  51

No couples will be eliminated on this episode.

“Episode 2302A” – The first elimination of the season will take place on ”Dancing with the Stars: The Results,” live, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network. There will be special performances with our three returning pros – Maks, Derek and Cheryl.  Viewers will also have a chance to see the couples’ dances from the previous night one more time. The show will be packed with never-before-seen footage covering both weeks of competition, including extended training packages, exclusive interviews with the couples, and a glimpse of what’s to come on week three of “Dancing with the Stars.”

In addition, a sneak peek of the “Forever Country” music video, featuring 30 CMA Award-winning superstars joining together for the biggest video in country music history singing the timeless collaboration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the “CMA Awards,” will air during the telecast. And don¹t miss ”The 50th Annual CMA Awards,” Wednesday, November 2 at 8|7c on ABC.

At the end of the night, the first elimination of the season, based on combined viewer and judges’ scores from September 12 and 19, will take place.
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Thanks for posting this.  Can I just say I am dreading Allison's AT with Babyface?  The X-Files theme is weird enough as it is, and Allison is no Derek.  His Psycho tango was amazing.  I don't think Allison has the chops to pull off an X-Files AT. 

Lots of quicksteps.  Not expecting much from Rick Perry with the Theme from Green Acres, although for some reason I think it fits him??  Naturally Marilu and Maureen get the themes from their shows.  That's fine with me.  I think those will be fun. 

I think I am most looking forward to seeing Ryan Lochte quickstep to the theme from The Muppets, although I think it's really too slow for a quickstep??  And want to see James' Paso Doble to the Walking Dead theme.  Wonder if Sharna will have them dressed up like zombies or characters or maybe one's a zombie and one's a character?  I don't know, but I'm looking forward to those two.

Also looking forward to seeing Laurie Hernandez do a jive, but I have no idea what the theme to Ducktails sounds like.    Ditto with some of those others.  I may be the only person on the planet who has never seen Game of Thrones and has no idea what their theme song sounds like either.

Did you guys hear about the "scandal" with James Hinchcliffe?  I didn't know he's Canadian, but apparently he is, and he was tweeting out how Canadians could vote for him even though they can't see the show.  According to the article I saw, the show told him to take it down, and he has.

Thanks for the info.  Glad to hear it wasn't from him.  First article I saw was very short on details, so I probably misinterpreted what I was reading. 

Just saw this article - looks like DWTS has beefed up their security after last week's incident:

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Thanks for those combined totals, SLA.  It's hard for me to imagine Rick Perry getting enough votes to overcome anyone, so I'm cautiously optimistic he's the one going home tonight.  Works for me. 

I must admit I don't see things quite the same way the judges do.  I was surprised to see Babyface in a 3-way tie for 4th with Terra and Jana.  To me Jana is the far superior dancer to the other two.  I did not really care for Allison's AT last night.  Laurie was terrific again.  James did suffer a bit from the lack of practice, but I thought parts of it were really good and strong and other parts not so much.  Overall, though, I liked Sharna's choreography, and James is a fun personality.  I thought Ryan did better than the judges did - I wasn't sure quite what they were talking about.  Vanilla Ice was surprisingly good.  I wasn't expecting him to do as well with a more traditional ballroom dance.  But he handled the foxtrot better than I expected.

Overall, I enjoyed the evening.  I still think Laurie or James will win, but several of them at this point seem to have the potential to upset that - Calvin, Jana, Ryan and Vanilla Ice come to mind.  Maybe a couple of the others as well.  Hard to say but it will be interesting to see how things shake out over the next few weeks.

I'm looking forward to tonight's show.  If they follow through with their tease about us getting to see more rehearsal footage, backstage moments, etc., it'll be worth the 2 hours.  I miss not seeing that much any more.

While I would have preferred to see Rick Perry go (and to be honest it's more because I can't stand his politics  - he seems innocuous enough on the show), I can't argue with it being Jake either.  I hope Jenna gets another chance as a pro.  She's a fabulous dancer, and I think she'd make a good pro as she gains experience.

Otherwise, it was an enjoyable evening.  I did love seeing the behind-the-scenes stuff, and I am always amazed when they show us the dances, and we find out how much coaching is really going on during the dance.  I could have done without all the musical guests, but it gave us a chance to see the pros dancing, so I don't really want to complain too much about that.  I would watch this show just to see all pro dances.

What happened to my post?

You could be right about my post, SLA.  But we'll have to disagree about Rick Perry.  Neither his dancing nor his personality is appealing to me.  But the kid who went home deserved it. 

While it's obvious Laurie is running away with the show, the others are worth watching.  I was pleasantly surprised by the little woman.  She's quite the dancer.