Dancing with the Stars

 

            Last night was the second week of the hit competition show Dancing with the Stars. The cast ranges from a 17 year old Sadie Robertson from the hit reality show Duck Dynasty all the way to 76 year old Tommy Chong who is from the hit movies Cheech and Chong and everywhere in between. I started watching it last week and overall agreed with the judges and the scores they gave the contestants.

             My favorite competitors this season are Janel Parrish from one of my favorite shows Pretty Little Liars who is partnered up with Val and I don’t know if it was just me, but last week they seemed to be a little friendly, but maybe it’s nothing. I’m also rooting for Bethany Mota partnered with Derek Hough who is a beauty guru on YouTube, and she has her own clothing line in Aeropostale where I purchased my favorite cardigan. Bethany is only 18 and has accomplished so much in her life from having over 7,000,000 subscribers on YouTube to having her own clothing line she designed, but not only that, but she’s a great dancer. Lastly, I’m rooting for Alfonso from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He is obviously a fan favorite, because he has had experience dancing, and not only that, but he’s actually really good, and if people vote on who dances the best then he will make it far in the competition. There are many new professional dancers that I like so far, but a fourth judge has been added to the judges' table and that's former Dancing with the Stars pro Julianne Hough. So far I like her as a judge, and I'm sure she'll be the most fair, because she has been in the competition and knows what it's like week to week.

 Although, it was the first week of Dancing with the Stars a dancing couple still had to be eliminated and last week it was Lolo Jones. Based on her dance that week I will have to agree, but I still wanted her to stay and see her improve throughout the weeks. Also I liked her story which basically was that her prom date in high school said she was a bad dancer and she wanted to prove him wrong and I think many girls can relate to not being the best dancer. Last night the stars took to the stage again bringing back even more talent than the first week.

The second week some of the dancers improved, but for the most part they stayed the same and the scores showed that. As far as my favorite dancers they did really well. Janel Parrish's dance was amazing and it didn't surprise me when Len wanted to see them perform it again Tuesday night. Bethany also did really well despite being nervous about certain parts of the dance, because she had an injury, but you couldn't tell throughout her dance that she was hurt. While Alfonso still did really well he had some minor slip-ups throughout the dance, but still got a high score of 32 which I agreed with, because he is a strong dancer just lost connection with his partner.

With elimination night comes performances by singers, and one of my favorite songs and music videos Chandelier came to life when Sia and Maddie Ziegler performed. Maddie Ziegler from hit show Dance Moms and hit singer Sia created a music video that was amazing and when they were asked to perform one of the pros Allison danced with Maddie, and it brought a cool, new element to the performance that was very interesting. Although the show was entertaining and fun someone had to be eliminated. The bottom three were reality star Sadie Robertson and her partner Mark Ballas, talk show host Tavis Smiley, and his partner Sharna Burgess, and race car driver Michael Wartrip who's partnered with new pro Emma Slater. Based on their dancing and scores this week I agreed with the bottom three, and in the end one had to go. This week it was Tavis Smiley which I didn't really know much about coming into the show.

             Next week I predict that since 2/3 of my favorite dancers have been asked to perform again the next night Bethany will outshine the competition and I'm excited to see if I'm right.