Dancing With The Stars‘ five hundredth episode celebrated the dancing present’s great run going into the Fall TV schedule, and whereas quite a lot of it was enjoyable, there was one phase that would’ve been higher. I already wrote about how I felt the Prompt Dance Problem was a daring idea, however I assumed it wasn’t a terrific hook for a couple of causes. However what about somebody who was truly concerned, resembling DWTS professional Witney Carson?
Carson gracefully waltzed by means of a dialog with CinemaBlend earlier than making ready for the Season 33 semifinals together with her dance companion and former NFL star, Danny Amendola. I knew beforehand from my dialog with Brandon Armstrong and Chandler Kinney that some had been nervous in regards to the Prompt Dance Problem, and she or he advised me how its inclusion might have impacted her efficiency that evening total, saying:
Properly, I am a really trustworthy individual, however I am additionally an excellent sport. So I used to be blissful to play alongside. I feel the present is actually evolving and altering on a regular basis. And personally, I felt like there was an enormous loom over the evening. I felt like [with] the aggressive dances, I could not put as a lot concentrate on that through the week and the evening as a result of I used to be so apprehensive in regards to the prompt dances. I feel Danny [Amendola] might really feel that too. So I felt like we had been slightly bit off that evening due to the moment dances. I do not know if it was identical to an total power, however I feel it took away from the aggressive dances for me personally.
Dancers not solely needed to put together their celeb contestants for his or her first dance, however then follow one other 4 dances to cowl all of the bases for what might be chosen at random for the Prompt Dance Problem. As Witney Carson mentioned above, she felt the problem impacted the contestants even earlier than it occurred, and affected how a lot focus went into the primary dance.
It is unsurprising to listen to Carson say that, as she and Danny Amendola completed the evening with the second-lowest rating on the leaderboard. Do not forget, only a month in the past, they topped the leaderboard with an enormous evening and created a viral dance transfer that even Ilona Maher tried replicating. Was their most up-to-date efficiency attributed to nerves? I can solely speculate after listening to what Witney Carson needed to say.
Dwight Howard and Daniella Karagach had been eradicated within the newest episode, regardless of topping the leaderboard the earlier episode with a Halloween efficiency viewers will not quickly overlook. It speaks to the volatility of the ultimate stage of the sport, and the way Season 33 may be probably the most aggressive Dancing With The Stars season I’ve seen in fairly a couple of years.
It looks like anybody’s sport to win as we head into the ultimate two episodes, although two of the three frontrunners I shouted out after the premiere are nonetheless within the operating to win. Even so, I might hate to say they’ve a greater likelihood at profitable than any of the others, although I am unable to assist however really feel like that is Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong’s competitors to lose. They have been close to the highest of the leaderboard practically the whole season, however with how wild the swings have been with judging, it nonetheless feels too quickly to definitively say something.
Dancing With The Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET. I am excited to see the semifinals, particularly since there isn’t any Prompt Dance Problem coming. I hope everybody can put their finest foot ahead and punch a ticket to the finale.