DWTS: Pros Disappoint With Final 3 Choreography
Posted by ERIN in Dancing With The StarsMay 19th, 2009, 12:39 PM
Last night’s Dancing With the Stars had a show-down let-down between the final 3: gymnast teenbot Shawn Johnson, French actor Gilles “Sexpants McGee” Marini and The Bachelor reject Melissa Rycroft. Normally the finale nights are a lot of fun because the pairs get to perform a freestyle dance and let their personalities shine like the Mirrorball trophy itself.
So why was I sooo disappointed by the freestyle choreography by all 3 pros (Mark Ballas, Tony Dovolani and Cheryl Burke)?
Group Paso Doble (VIDEO): The night began with all three pairs attempting to out-fierce one another in a Paso Dobl-off. As usual, Shawn was limited by her emotional range (”if I furrow my brow, they’ll think I’m acting serious and passionate!”), Melissa was half-naked in a cape and faltered on a step, and Gilles played it dead sexy and stomped around the dance floor.
Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas — Freestyle (VIDEO): Hm, tear-away clothes, Converse shoes, boosting each other into backflips and overly-cutesy facial expressions…Didn’t I see Mark Ballas already choreograph this Freestyle number with Kristi Yamaguchi two seasons ago? Yes, I did - and the pace was better then (VIDEO). Last night’s number with Shawn was probably the best of the 3 contestants, but a little too wild & crazy, like they were both struggling to keep up with the music and rushing from move to move. And I was distracted because for some reason, Shawn looked like a 40-year-old woman with all that make-up and blown-out hair. One might also describe her as a “sugarcube” - because of her sweet disposition and stocky body type. Oh snap, you know I said it! Judges loved it, I was not a fan.
Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani — Freestyle (VIDEO): God, what was Tony thinking? Does he have no idea what impresses the judges after all this time? Their 90’s hip-hop routine was no good. I’m sure the music was jarring to old man Len’s ears and it just wasn’t mainstream enough to be a crowd-pleaser. Plus, it wasn’t very fluid (as the judges mentioned) so the choreography itself was really lacking. Boooo!
Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke — Freestyle (VIDEO): This performance should’ve been amazing. I mean of all the awesome dances Cheryl’s made for Gilles, how hard could it be to make one more for the final night? Once I saw Cheryl in her hot pink, glittered 80’s dress and Gilles’ tore up jeans and Wolverine sliced shirt, I knew it had to be Flashdance. Now I looooove “What a Feeling” like most gals, but I completely agreed with the judges: WTF was Cheryl thinking? Flashdance isn’t about a male dancer at all - it’s all about a steel town girl on a Saturday night looking for the fight of her life. The entire dance became about Cheryl as the female character, doing the Flashdance moves while Gilles lamely followed along and lifted her once in awhile. Dis-a-point-ed.
Blech! I think Gilles and Cheryl deserve the trophy overall, but what a stinker of a last impression. I’ll be too busy watching American Idol tonight to find out who wins, but that’s what the news is for, chums.
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May 19th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
You suck. Shawn Rocks.
May 19th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I agree last night was a lackluster on DWTS. Hoepfully Gilles will win but it will be close. I hope we get new pro’s next season maybe they can bring back the spice in the show.
May 20th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Um, is it just me, or does Shawn J look like a little pageant queen?