Season 23 - Week 5

Here is ABC's Press Release for episode 5:


Nine Remaining Celebrities Commemorate Their ‘Most Memorable Year’ With a Special Dance, on ABC’s ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ Monday, October 10





“Episode 2305” – The nine remaining celebrities will set out to leave a lasting impression with their dances as they commemorate their most memorable year, on “Dancing with the Stars,” live, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.

Each couple will dance to a song of the celebrity’s choosing that encompasses a memorable time or truly incredible experience in their life. These heartfelt performances promise to showcase some of the most exciting choreography and emotional routines of the season yet. Viewers can expect to see Jana Kramer dancing with joy to celebrate when her daughter, Jolie Rae, was born in 2016; James Hinchcliffe re-living the moment when he almost died in a car crash while practicing for the Indy 500 in 2015; and Laurie Hernandez celebrating competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team and winning the gold, to name a few.Each celebrity will perform a Viennese waltz, paso doblé, tango, jazz, contemporary, foxtrot or samba.

In addition, international phenomenon André Rieu, known to millions around the world as “The King of the Waltz,” is set to perform. Rieu is the first artist to appear on the show along with a full 60-piece orchestra to perform a major opening number with “My Heart Will Go On.”

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


Marilu Henner & Derek Hough – Viennese Waltz – “Surprise Yourself” by Jack Garratt

Laurie Hernandez & Valentin Chmerkovskiy – Paso Doblé – “Rise” by Katy Perry

James Hinchcliffe & Sharna Burgess – Tango – “The Right Time” by Yves V featuring Mike James

Calvin Johnson Jr. & Lindsay Arnold – Jazz – “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Terra Jolé & Sasha Farber – Contemporary – “Stand by Me” by Florence + The Machine

Jana Kramer & Gleb Savchenko – Contemporary – “In My Daughter’s Eyes” by Martina McBride

Ryan Lochte & Cheryl Burke – Contemporary – “A Song for You” by Leon Russell

Maureen McCormick & Artem Chigvintsev – Foxtrot – “From the Ground Up” by Dan + Shay


Amber Rose & Maksim Chmerkovskiy – Samba – “Woman Up” by Meghan Trainor

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I agree, SLA.  I thought everyone did a very nice job.  But I definitely would not have scored Marilu higher than Laurie.  I wonder if they're just trying to make it seem like she's not a shoe-in to win.  I also thought it was ridiculous that four of them were tied at the bottom.  Maybe Calvin suffered from going first, but I thought he was better than a couple of the others who were tied with him.  Loved loved loved seeing Jerry Rice again.  I adored him in his season, and I adored him as a football player.  It was great to see him show up to surprise Calvin at the end of the dance.    James must be really strong to not only have survived those injuries but to have recovered as quickly as he did.

I was surprised there was no elimination.  He said they're at the halfway point, but they have only eliminated 4 people, and they still have to eliminate another 5 or 6 to get down to the final 3 or 4, depending on what they do this year.  I'm not sorry about it - there's no one left that I really don't care for.  Ryan and Amber are probably the least of the dancers left, but Ryan is trying and getting better, and he's been growing on me.  Amber seems to me to have so much potential, but she's not living up to it.  And this is the second time we've seen her complain about her shoes - you'd think after the first time she would have taken the judges' advice and practiced in her show shoes during rehearsals instead of waiting until blocking to do it.  So I guess she'd be my pick for next one to leave.  But I don't actually dislike her, so there really is no one at this point that I'm dying to see off my screen.  I think that's a good thing! 

I could watch this kind of dancing every week.  I don't think we've ever had a group of such likeable and talented people - without having to drag along a dud.

mustang, we differ on Laurie and Marilu.  I thought Marilu danced beautifully.  But something was off with Laurie and Val (at least, for me).  I still believe Laurie will win but James also has a shot at the ball.

When Amber has no specific instructions for her arms, she holds one or both of them up as if she's waist deep in cold water and wants to keep her hands dry.  It bothers me.  lol.  Ryan is looking more comfortable and more graceful.  I don't know why I don't connect with Jana, despite the fact she dances well.  Terra amazes me.  Calvin is good, too.

As for the identical scoring, I believe it's a reflection of paragraph one.  No one is a horrible dancer.  We have the two stand-outs in Laurie and James, but I didn't care for the Paso performance this week.

singlyme wrote:When Amber has no specific instructions for her arms, she holds one or both of them up as if she's waist deep in cold water and wants to keep her hands dry. 

OMG!!  That is too funny because you're right.  I hadn't thought of it that way, but now that you've said it, that's all I can see.  < lol >