Just a quick review of last night on DWTS. Not much of note happened.
There were two standout dances. Xochitl was excellent in her salsa. Full of energy, excitement, exuberance, yet precise. Just as we expect from Val. He’s got a good one this year. And Mraz brought one of the better rumbas in recent history. Full of steam and sensuality. That arm line halfway through sent chills up my spine, the first chill bumps of the season. I felt like I needed a cigarette when it was done. These two are definite contenders.
For the most part the other dancers who scored well last week either lost a point or held steady and the ones who scored poorly gained a point or two or held steady. Except Mauricio. He should have been bumped. Even not factoring in his gaff, he just wasn’t getting it. At one point he did some double step mess that reminded me of Billy Ray Cyrus at his worst.
The best dance of the evening, however, was Alan’s cha cha. It was hard to take my eyes off him. He threw down and let it all fly. As Scotty said in Shall We Dance, “Slick Willie was working it.” Unfortunately, he left his partner behind. While he was strutting his stuff, Jamie Lynn looked like the cleaning lady who had stumbled onto the set. Bad form to upstage your partner like that.
Other items of note:
Was that Mark Ballas in the audience voguing the Tiny Tim hairdo?
Bruno’s comment, “I’ve never been in the closet, baby.” So true.
Mira and Gleb had to salsa to Enrique’s Bailamos. Unfortunately the song is a samba. There IS a difference. I thought the band might have arranged it differently to accommodate being used for salsa, but they didn’t. Played it as a straight samba. And Mira struggled.
Creepiest moment of the night:
Bruno wanted to see more skin in Harry Jowsey’s dance.
Harry slipped his open shirt aside, “Here’s a nipple for you, Bruno.”
Bruno, “I want to see more than a nipple.”
Looking forward, I see that the last DWTS in October falls on Halloween. It should be entertaining. They always go all out on the costuming. Some of my favorite routines have been from the Halloween episodes.
Like Jordan Fisher’s paso doble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHdBpB1A7iM
And Frankie Muniz’s contemporary has to be the scariest, creepiest one ever. Still gives me chills to watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IfT89h_WSg
And the Phantom of the Opera team dance was sheer magic. Season 25 had to be the best for pure artistry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m94e7sT6U50
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