DWTS Season 23

This season starts out with a good field of Stars. The competition (albeit tabloid scoring) should be quite tough.
 
Whoever is dressing Ryan Lochte is failing- sparkly ill fitting green tuxedo- NOT- he has a killer bod and we want to see it gosh darnit!!

He's probably gone tomorrow anyway, because he's too polarizing, not because he's the worst dancer, IMO. His pre dance package made me feel sorry for him

Sasha is such a sweetie. And Artem- I would dance with him any day. Didn't he date Carrie Ann for a while?
 
Agreed on all points @sbrnsmith . Sasha is really likeable on all fronts, and I really liked the set and costumes from his piece last night. Nice to see some of the newer pros getting love that previously only a select few saw.
 
I am shallow but loved seeing Lochte in that outfit. He may be gone tomorrow... Sigh.
I tuned in late and missed Rick perry, Jana and gleb as well as baby face.
Still love Artem and Sasha. Such sweet guys
 
Dancing Irishman said:
Whoa...did she and Neil retire???? Or are there some active competitors in the Strictly cast?
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Nope, but she had it up all over her Instagram a few months ago. I think she said it preemptively.

They are definitely not retired. I actually think the two of them would be perfect for the show. I love nearly all of their show dances.
 
MaggieMoves said:
Nope, but she had it up all over her Instagram a few months ago. I think she said it preemptively.

They are definitely not retired. I actually think the two of them would be perfect for the show. I love nearly all of their show dances.
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Ah gotcha. Looks like they're both involved - he's a professional dancer in their company while she's partnered with a celeb. His personality would be perfect on the show though - comes off as a likable goofy guy on social media.

Now is where I whine about how Strictly adds world professional finalists to their cast while DWTS has mostly added SYTYCD alums with sparse qualifications in ballroom.
 
It does seem though that this year the judges are more strict about wanting to see actual ballroom content. Makes and Amber's salsa was silly...not a salsa at all..in fact I missed the promo and had no idea what dance they were supposed to be doing from watching it!
 
Dancing Irishman said:
Ah gotcha. Looks like they're both involved - he's a professional dancer in their company while she's partnered with a celeb. His personality would be perfect on the show though - comes off as a likable goofy guy on social media.

Now is where I whine about how Strictly adds world professional finalists to their cast while DWTS has mostly added SYTYCD alums with sparse qualifications in ballroom.
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Let's be honest, the look sells more than their qualifications... especially on American TV to the average viewer. Long term ratings may suffer though if they keep that up.
 
debmc said:
It does seem though that this year the judges are more strict about wanting to see actual ballroom content. Makes and Amber's salsa was silly...not a salsa at all..in fact I missed the promo and had no idea what dance they were supposed to be doing from watching it!
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I think there were 4 or 8 counts of actual salsa content...
 
heavens, another overly-bloated results show :eek:
Hope this isn't a weekly occurrence. Then again, that would let me skip the Monday show if they're just gonna show it all over again on Tuesday.
 
Dancing Irishman said:
Now is where I whine about how Strictly adds world professional finalists to their cast while DWTS has mostly added SYTYCD alums with sparse qualifications in ballroom.
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This. I still find Allison painful to watch - that jive, omg. Too much energy, not enough finesse - it's like she's trying to kill it every step (in general, not just that dance). There's just something to be said for years in the ballroom trenches, you can't fake that.

Other random musings:

Terra and Calvin both have non-optimal bodies for V. Waltz, but I thought Terra's was much better. I'm not a fan of the whipping around-type V. Waltz that Linsday choreographed. It's like she borrowed Allison's choreo or something.

While I agree with the obvious assessment that Maureen's salsa was much more proper and traditional than Amber's, it was also a function of the music. I don't know how much "proper salsa" you could really do to the J-Lo booty song without there being a disconnect between the song and the dance. Whereas her opponent had a traditional salsa song that was basically a softball. That being said, I didn't think Amber went for it as much as the judges said she did - I thought she was tentative.

I was glad to hear that the judges concurred with what I had said on the first airing of Ryan's cha cha, that he wasn't doing anything and Cheryl was basically dancing furiously around him.

And I totally cracked up when Val said "It takes two..." and Laurie's response was "to make a thing go right".
 
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