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NOVEMBER 10, 2009 7:01AM
Going Back to the Future on Dancing With the Stars
Week 8 of Season 9 of Dancing With the Stars found the five remaining couples dancing through the decades in the Latin half of Monday night's quarterfinal competition.
Kelly found her mojo, Donny got his mullet back, and Joanna transported everyone into surreal supercyberspace.
Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel dance a groovy 60's jive.
Donny Osmond and his partner Kym Johnson channel Adam Ant in an 80's paso doble.
Derek Hough and Joanna Krupa design a futuristic paso doble.
Capturing the first perfect score of the season, Mya was a perfectly bad girl in her 70's Donna Summer samba.
Mya and Dmitry Chaplin do an homage to disco in their 70's samba.
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I'd look for Aaron and Kelly to be on the chopping block tonight. The final three will probably be Mya, Joanna and Donny (the second time an Osmond will make final three), and hopefully Donny won't do a ragdoll routine for his freestyle. Joseph and the Dreamcoat, maybe. Or Crazy Horses.
Rated.
I thought this week that Dmitry Chaplin, Mya's partner pulled ahead with the choreography as well this week. He is a new addition, like Lacey Schwimmer, who traveled over from So You Think You Can Dance. I think, as a new comer, it has affected some of his natural ability. I thought last night was one of the best choreography he has done to date. I hope as he settles in we see more of that. Mya certainly could carry the weight.
Thanks for the videos, Kathy!
After being such a petulant teen on her family's reality show, Kelly's grown up to be such a likable, personable young woman, someone everyone can relate to. She's not blessed with a dancer's body, but she works hard. She struggles like most of us, but she's charming and goofy and I think this season of DWTS will prove to be important to her future endeavors.
That said, I think the biggest breakthrough of the week was Dmitry's choreography. He finally cut out the gimmicks. In the taped segment, he complained that he didn't know what Len wanted. Good God, Len's made it perfectly clear what he wants and doesn't want. Mya and Dmitry lose the gimmicks and score 59 out of 60. As for the eventual winner, I'm sticking with my pre-season pick (since I didn't mention the title or link to the post, it's not really blogwhoring, is it?), Mya.
Stim's system is relatively foolproof and fascinating to read.
Nikki, exactly. Although Kelly could be out tonight, I think it will be Aaron, because he has less of a fan base and really didn't pull out all the stops last night. I completely agree about Donny; he's a better dancer than his sister, but she stayed in to #3 because of the fan base, which is enormous and can't be underestimated. He needed cleaner, sharper lines and more strength on that paso doble last night; had he done that, he'd have had a good chance at a #2 position I think. Still, it's between Joanna and Mya, with it being Mya's to lose. Dmitry was fluffing around with the extra bits in the choreography initially which cost her, and I think he'll stay more focused from here on out. I doubt Kelly expects to be top 3, but I imagine they're holding a freestyle program in reserve just in case. It will really come down to the individual performances in the final, just like it did when Shawn Johnson won, and how people choreograph and execute the freestyle. I look for Derek to pull out all the stops for Joanna, and the competition to be fierce.
As always, thanks for the links, Kathy.
Rated.
At this point, I think Donny's a lock for the finals. Barring voter insanity, Mya is a lock. As do you, I think Joanna will be the third. As long as Mya/Dmitry don't regress to gimmicks, I think it's fair to figure they'll score 58 - 60 points with their two Finals dances. The goal for Joanna/Derek and Donny/Kym is come as close as possible, thereby making it a popularity contest (having no idea about Mya's popularity). To break it down further, if Joanna can go into the freestyle even with Mya, Joanna can count on Derek likely coming up with a better freestyle routine than Dmitry. To further break down the freestyle: my one reservation about Mya is that she seems slightly reserved. I don't feel that she's let it all out for any of her dances. That could hurt in the freestyle. Joanna is fearless. Combining her fearlessness with Derek's choreography, they could leave a stronger impression with the voters.
I think way too much about this.
Never worry about linking to your own posts on one of my threads; I'm always happy to support the writing of others here, particularly when it's relevant to the conversation, as yours clearly is.
Mya is gonna win.
This group has been sub-par from the beginning. None of them would be in the final groupings most years.
The futuristic paso doble was the best dance so far this year…and I am not a fan of Joanna. But she did a bang up job with that dance…and kudos to Derek for the choreography.
Joanna may be the next to leave…not Kelly. Kelly has a huge fan base…Joanna has no fan base at all.
This show will never even come close to comparing with SYTYCD. The dancers there continue to be EXCEPTIONAL…and this year is no exception. If you are not watching it…and you like dance at all…DO SO!!!!
Mya should take it unless she chokes. I'm not entirely sure what her fan base is compared to the others.
I don't know how to put a link to mine in case you wanted to read it, but here's the URL you can just cut and paste I guess. I'm technologically challenged.
http://open.salon.com/blog/susan_cross/2009/11/11/dancing_with_the_stars_and_hanging_with_the_host
Dancing With the Stars and Hanging With the Host (Susan Cross/Open Salon)