Alek & Lindsay - Salsa
He really went all out for this dance...he let Lindsay and a bunch of girls wax his chest! I have a feeling this is not going to be his best dance. He just doesn't seem like a Salsa guy. He's got the lifts down, that's for sure. Not seeing a whole lot of hip action going on. His steps seem to be really slow and you can tell he's really trying to concentrate on the steps. It wasn't horrible, but it definitely wasn't great. He was very off-time when moving with the group of girls.
Score: 24
Alexa & Mark - Contemporary
Oh man, I love this song! I'm so glad they are doing the Ed Sheeran version. The story behind this dance is that Alexa struggled with an eating disorder. Mark is kind of playing that disorder as she is trying to battle it. This is like something that Travis Wall or Sonya Tayeh would come up with on So You Think You Can Dance. This was just incredible! So powerful and moving! She killed it. You could feel every emotion. Mark was also really great being so dark and the choreography was brilliant. Wow...just wow. It was interesting that Julianne said that Mark being dressed in black, you really only saw Alexa, which was so true! It really added to the darkness of "the disease".
Score: 30
Carlos & Witney - Argentine Tango
I liked the prop of the door and them dancing on either side. I think there was a part that they weren't quite in sync. There seemed to be a lot going on in this dance. I think they did a great job. The lifts were cool.
Score: 27
Bindi & Derek - Viennese Waltz
Derek can really be hard on himself and his abilities as a choreographer, but he ALWAYS manages to come up with something extraordinary. This dance was no exception/ It was so beautiful! It was stunning and elegant, and it was really moving. Absolutely incredible. I don't think I've ever been so moved by a Viennese Waltz.
UPDATE: I just read that Derek had been battling strep throat all week. He had been getting IVs and everything! Bindi said he turned ghost-white and she could tell he wasn't well, but he just kept going. He was so bad that his dad had to drive him home after the show because he wasn't well enough. Wow! He didn't look sick AT ALL!
Score: 30
Tamar & Val - Contemporary
Tamar had so many things going on in the week and they had very little rehearsal time. They have not said exactly what was wrong with her or why she had to go to the ER. Because she wasn't back for the performance, the judges are going to score her dress rehearsal performance. After the dance, Val said she was battling pneumonia and she shouldn't have even been there, but she wanted to be there for him.
This was a very different side of her, and it was really nice to see. I think she did a good job, but she did look really tired, which is understandable. It really is unfortunate because she would have really brought it in the live performance.
Score: 22
Nick & Sharna - Quickstep
I don't like seeing him in pain! He's having a lot of pain in his hip during rehearsals. He's not showing it in the performance, though, thank goodness! I love the theme this week as him being a "cool cat". Sharna did not take it easy on him with the choreography, that's for sure! It was fast and tons of steps. I loved his facial expressions throughout - he really brought the character to the dance. That was really good! I love that all the guys are there for him this week in the audience!
Score: 28
Showstopper Team-Up Challenge
Tonight each pair will team up with another pair for a dance based on a Broadway number. The celebrities have to dance 30 seconds on their own together, without their pro partners.
Carlos & Witney and Alek & Lindsay - Paso Doble
They are dancing to "We Will Rock You". The rehearsals were hilarious! They went on Anthem of the Seas cruise ship to watch the cast of "We Will Rock You" the Broadway show. Let's just say they were just boys being boys, wanting to do bumper cars and surfing and everything else fun. Ha!
Carlos and Alek danced really well together. I didn't realize just how similar they are. Alek did a nice flip of Carlos over his head! They seemed to be pretty much in sync the whole time. I loved the Blue Man Group-esque drum painting at the end! That was really cool! They now glow in the dark like the girls' makeup! That was a really cool performance! It could have been a little bit more powerful for a Paso Doble.
Score: 24
Alexa & Mark and Bindi & Derek - Charleston
Their theme is "Chicago" the musical.
The set and shadows look amazing. You know you're going to get a great performance when you've got both Derek and Mark choreographing. Their side-by-side dance was really in sync. They even did one of those cool cartwheel flips. That was so good!
Score: 30
Tamar & Val and Nick & Sharna - Rumba
During the other performances, they let us know that Tamar was en route and was trying to get there in time to dance. She literally arrived right before they were supposed to go on. They are dancing to "Hey Jude" from the "Beatles Love" Cirque du Soleil show.
They started out with their solo part and it was beautiful. I got goosebumps when the aerialist came out! This dance came off incredibly! I loved the part with the umbrellas and the confetti! It was all just so cool! Nick killed it, of course. And Tamar! That girl! What a fighter! She somehow managed to get through the entire thing, and if you didn't know that she had just come from the hospital, you would never know it! Like, seriously! She's amazing! And then Tom let us know that had she not shown up, because of the rules of the show, had she not shown up, she would have been going home. She is visibly drained as she's leaning on Nick even sitting down after the performance. I hope she can get better for next week.
Score: 27 (for not having anything critical or negative to say about the performance, I'm not sure how they didn't get all 10s)
Week 9 Standings
Alexa & Mark - 30 + 30 = 60
Bindi & Derek - 30 + 30 = 60
Nick & Sharna - 28 +27 = 56
Carlos & Witney - 27 +24 = 51
Tamar & Val - 22 + 27 = 49
Alek & Lindsay - 24 + 24 = 48
The Results
In Jeopardy: Alexa & Mark, Carlos & Witney (how awful to put them in the bottom together; we still don't know if the "in jeopardy" people are actually the bottom vote-getters...they used to say one way or another if they were or not...I'm not convinced they are, and if that's true, that's just so mean to have them both be there together)
Going Home: Alexa & Mark (that's such a shame since she had perfect scores tonight)
Awe! Carlos was so sad for her!
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