Week 3 Season 23
This week DWTS was cut short on Monday night due to the Presidential debate. It was Face Off week! I also want to do a shout out to Kym Johnson who filled in for Erin on Tuesday. I thought Kym did a really great job!
One other thing I would like to say is this season’s cast is really good. It seems in some season’s past there was always at least one that either didn’t seem to really want to be there or wasn’t loving learning to dance but, this season it seems like everyone is there and giving it their absolute all with great attitudes.
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds & Allison Holker
VS (Jive)
Jana Kramer & Gleb Savchenko
I thought both dances were ok. Jana’s seemed to be a bit more refined and had more typical jive in it and I think she is way more comfortable of the two on the dance floor. Babyface just seems like he needs to relax and have fun with the dance. He is good and he has the presence just needs to relax. The jive just seemed stiff hopefully he will have a break out week so where he just let’s go and has a lot of fun. Jana and Gleb won the face off.
Rick Perry & Emma Slater
VS (Paso Doble)
Vanilla Ice & Witney Carson
Rick’s injury looked really painful. He had such a strong desire to learn and be a part of the show. I thought they did a good job and attitude is half the battle with anything in life. I think Vanilla and Witney also did a good job, definitely not perfect but, he also seems to be giving it a lot of effort. The score was tied so Len broke the tie and gave Vanilla and Witney the face off win.
Sharna Burgess & James Hinchcliffe
VS (Cha Cha)
Ryan Lochte & Cheryl Burke
Holy super sexy Cha Cha to James and Sharna! James is really good and keeping right up with Sharna’s great creativity in their dances. I will be absolutely shocked if we don’t see them in the final 2 this season. I do see improvement in Ryan each week. I think similar to Babyface he just needs to let it all go one of these weeks and really have fun with it. James and Sharna won the face off.
Terra Jole’ & Sasha Farber
VS (Viennese Waltz)
Lindsay Arnold & Calvin Johnson Jr
Terra is awesome and her attitude is tremendous. She wants to turn a disability into an ability and she shines every week in this competition. I thought Calvin and Lindsay did really good this week, he was
incredibly graceful. They edged out Sasha and Terra and won the face off.
Amber Rose & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
VS (Salsa)
Artem Chigvintsev and Maureen McCormick
I can see Amber improving each week, she and Maks took a chance this week doing a more hip hop salsa routine and I can see Amber is trying to put her own personality stamp on the dances. I didn’t agree with all the judges’ commentary. Maureen seems to be coming into her own and relaxing in the competition. I absolutely thought this was Maureen’s best dance so far and it was a lot of fun to watch. Artem & Maureen won the face off.
Laurie Hernandez & Val Chmerkovskiy
VS (Tango)
Derek Hough & Marilu Henner
#Teamhennergy
I had read beforehand people wondering how Laurie would do because the Tango is a sexy dance. I take dance lessons and I don’t totally agree with that. I think it doesn’t have to be sexy if you bring the intensity and get into the character of the dance. It was nice to see that side to Laurie. Laurie is just on the mark every week and continues to grow. I think Marilu is also good but, still needs to do what I was saying with Babyface and Ryan, just relax into it, and remember she is there to have fun too. Val and Laurie won the face off.
What a wonderful pro number by the women of DWTS. Perhaps we will see that on Tour this winter…I also loved the Maks and Val piece. The performers were also fun this week including Florida Georgia Line and Fitz & The Tantrums. All the dance performances by the Pro’s and Troupe members were fantastic! It’s been such a fun season!
In Jeopardy:
Rick Perry and Emma Slater
Amber Rose & Maks Chmerkovskiy
Sadly we had to say goodbye to Rick and Emma. Emma is such an amazing pro, such a kind person and it was really sad to see them go. They were working so hard and Rick had such a great attitude but, he should walk away proud of the effort he put in.
Next week: Cirque Du Soleil which is a new theme!
Maureen & Artem: Mystere
Vanilla & Witney: La Nouba
Amber & Maks: Zumanity
Jana & Gleb: The Beatles LOVE
Terra & Sasha: “O”
Calvin & Lindsay: KURIOS Cabinet of Curiosities
James & Sharna: PARAMOUR
Marilu & Derek: KA
Babyface & Allison: The Beatles LOVE
Laurie & Val: Michael Jackson ONE
Ryan & Cheryl: “O”
I went to see Val’s talk at the Southern Women’s show in SC. As always he was wonderful and charming. If you want to see pics from event check out social media at @lightscmemories Instagram, Twitter and FB.
Finally meet & greet VIP Packages went on sale this week so don’t miss out! www.dwtstour.com
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Bebe also has some pretty fall tops: http://www.bebe.com/Tops/184.sec
Until next time,
Xoxo
Heather