DWTS Season 5 - First week - First Day - Women Dancing

[two_left_feet]

The only thing that may work against Sabrina is her apparent tendency to pull a Mario Lopez by doing non-ballroom moves. If she had stuck to standard cha cha cha, she would've gotten 10s already.

 

[evanluck]

I think Josie's only chance is if Mark Cuban says something that really irritates people. (Which he could easily do.) Who will the voters like less? A woman that's on the show because she's prettier than them (supermodel) or a guy that's on the show because he's richer than them (Mark Cuban)?

Interesting and perhaps a possible scenario...I wonder if the fact that Mark is very well liked in Dallas and the surrounding areas will help him noticeably. I think that Mark also has an advantage because of Kym's teaching style. Kym tends to be lighthearted and relatively carefree in her teaching which tends to frame people in better lights when it comes to the practice montage. Alec definitely did not help Josie out with his 'deceptively unfit' comment (although it was true and hilarious).

 

[evanluck]

The only thing that may work against Sabrina is her apparent tendency to pull a Mario Lopez by doing non-ballroom moves. If she had stuck to standard cha cha cha, she would've gotten 10s already.

Also I think there is a danger in her peaking too early or being saddled with the front-runner or ringer title. People like to see people improve and if she just kills it every week that may actually work against her.

 

[Beto]

Also I think there is a danger in her peaking too early or being saddled with the front-runner or ringer title. People like to see people improve and if she just kills it every week that may actually work against her.

That's true, peaking too early could work against her. However, no one will call her a ringer as her dance background is something she admits to and talks about casually. Whereas Mario would just get silent when asked about his prior dance background and that, appropriately, earned him the "ringer" title.

 

[LucyDiamond]

Re: Sabrina

I think cha cha played to her strengths. It will be interesting to see how she does with the smooth/standard dances.

 

[LucyDiamond]

To add to above, I think Marie will do better in Latin.

 

[Harley0711]

but they had to die miserably to do it(didnt he starve himself to death?!)...i wanted them together while living! lol! i have another movie that is similar, done in the 70s i think....i think its called "the two worlds of jennie logan" or something like that. anyone every seen it? the main women are played by lindsey wagner and linda grey. she buys this old house and finds this old dress in the attic and when she puts it on she is taken back to another time period. its along the same lines but in the end she dies in her present life(where she was unhappy because her husband had cheated on her) to stay in her past life(with a great dude who thought she was an angel) and her present love interest(cheating hubby) finds these pictures her past love interest(great guy) had painted that showed her and the children she'd had and how happy she was, so he knew she had lived and done what she wanted to do, etc. now THAT was a good ending!

oops....unhijack! can't wait to see the men dance tonight!

It was a "TV" movie - would like to see it.... http://imdb.com/title/tt0078430/

I liked the show and esp Jane - as for Marie - she was disapointing - She really needs to step it up if she wants to stay - Interesting to see the model admit its much more work than she thought... I started Ballroom in 88 and took lessons for several years - I have been a firefighter for 34+ years and walking out on the dance floor at comp scared the hell out of me - give me a buring house anytime,lol.... don't dance as much anymore but still love it.... only dancing the wife and I do any longer is swing... did anyone watch "So, you think you can dance" Was surprised to see Buddy Swimmer there and his daughter.... OK - I live in a shoe box - lol

Tonight will be interesting.. About the only guy I know is Wayne - as much as I like him as a singer - I don't see him lasting long on this show...

 

[salsera_alemana]

I really liked Sabrina's cha cha and I loved Jane's foxtrott, she is so elegant and light on her feet, it was just beautiful to watch. And I loved her dress! Marie made up a lot with her smile and playing to the audience and I liked her foxtrott, too.

Josie's foxtrott was the weakest dance of the night, however, her dress was the best! I absolutely loved that dress and she looked stunning in it.

Can't wait to see Helio dance tonight. His looks are "too hot to be true"!
I hope he will live up to my expectations of hot latino dancer, hehe!

Marie is the only star on the show that I know (as the sister of Donny Osmond of whom I was a fan as a teenager). I heard the names Jane Seymour and Floyd Mayweather before but had never seen them on screen.

 

[My Ox Is Broken]

I hope now that Jane has shown that you can be over 50 and still be a kick-butt dancer that ABC will do more to find older contestants with a legitimate chance to win. Marie did a fine job, but when asked if she thought she could win, she didn't say yes -- she just said she wouldn't give up. That's fine for her, but I want to see dancers who think they can win.

I'd love to see ABC go after some female ex-athletes. How about Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova?

 

[DWise1]

I just used up all my votes for Jane and Tony. I think I've finally forgiven her for "Somewhere In Time." (Don't get me started on that movie.)

We liked it. When our ballroom instructor told the class that Jane Seymour was one of the stars, some of the students (vast majority in their 40's, 50's, and 60's, with the 40's being a very small group) didn't know who she was until somebody mentioned "Somewhere in Time", which they all remembered.

At least everybody's forgotten that she was in the pilot for the original "Battlestar Galactica".

DOH!

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Taped it and will tape it tonight and Wednesday, but won't be able to see it until this weekend. Isn't it ironic when dancing gets in the way of dancing?

 

[evanluck]

Re: Sabrina

I think cha cha played to her strengths. It will be interesting to see how she does with the smooth/standard dances.

Very true.

Here are some things that I noticed about her dancing that I don't think I've ever seen a "star" on Dancing with the Stars ever do:

1. Display the strength and speed of an seasoned dancesport competitor

2. Head styling in her spins

3. Display an understanding of different dynamic qualities so much so that it could actually be read on television...there was a syncopated New Yorker section in her routine and after she did a quick one, she did a slow one with a significantly different dynamic quality (it was for lack of a better word, gooey :lol.

These are all strengths that can be applied to both ballroom and latin dancing.

I think her only down fall could be that she may be less interested in the ballroom genre and therefore engage less in the learning process. But with all her comments about how competitive she is, I doubt that will happen.

I think Mark did a pretty fantastic job of training her to her talent level and not holding anything back.

For the amount of time that they have been training she displayed a very mature understanding of certain dance concepts.

 

[wooh]

Not ALL of us have forgotten her from Battlestar Galactica! Poor Boxie and Apollo!! (Yep, I'm a nerd.) I felt so young when they said she was a Bond Girl, because I remember her most as Dr. Quinn. Not a clue about Somewhere In Time!

 

[reb]

However, no one will call her a ringer as her dance background is something she admits to and talks about casually. Whereas Mario would just get silent when asked about his prior dance background and that, appropriately, earned him the "ringer" title.

I think Josie's only chance is if Mark Cuban says something that really irritates people. (Which he could easily do.) Who will the voters like less? A woman that's on the show because she's prettier than them (supermodel) or a guy that's on the show because he's richer than them (Mark Cuban)?

Maybe Mark Cuban says something that irritates people or maybe he dances poorly - in which case he's earned his way off the show.

However, people like Mark - with significant accomplishments, who worked industriously at odd jobs from a young age, and come from humble beginnings, have an allure all their own . . .

 

[wooh]

re: Sabrina
I don't really think they did that much hip hop. A couple of 2 bar spots maybe? Considering the song, I thought it was actually a nice little touch. And didn't take away from it being cha. Now if they'd tried to throw a couple bars of hip hop into a waltz... Well that might be pushing it!

 

[reb]

re: Sabrina
I don't really think they did that much hip hop. A couple of 2 bar spots maybe? Considering the song, I thought it was actually a nice little touch. And didn't take away from it being cha. Now if they'd tried to throw a couple bars of hip hop into a waltz... Well that might be pushing it!

I agree - thanks for pointing this out - it was barely in there.

a story line from the filmed comments during the week . . . so the series staff gets time to study the film and provide another story line (if they didn't have it already), and the 'judges' had some drama to talk about. Drama.