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Dania & Val with the Contemporary to Yellow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNxeF4KMsY

AJ: 5
CarrieAnn: 7
Anton: 7
Shirley: 6

total: 25

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Victor & Anna with the Quickstep to I'm in the mood for dancing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbAM2_6jKY0

AJ: 4
CarrieAnn: 8
Anton: 8
Shirley: 5

total: 25

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and finally closing the show Ariana & Derek with the Cha Cha Cha to Sweets for my Sweet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rGU4eUsDDY

AJ: 8
CarrieAnn: 8
Anton: 8
Shirley: 8

total: 32

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now all our couples have danced, lets remind us what the leaderboard looks like (for guidance only as this is a non elimination week)

1. Vanessa & Matthew 33
2. Emma & Sasha 33
3. Ariana & Derek 32
4. Nelly & Keo 30
5. Patrick & Cheryl 30
6. Katie & Gorka 26
7. Harry & Dianne 25
8. Dania & Val 25
9. Victor & Anna 25
10. David & Peta 24
11. Christina & Tony 22
12. Tyreek & Allison 20
13. Michael & Karina 19
14. Dr Sandra & Kevin 18
15. Malik & Lindsay 17
16. Ralph & Nancy 16

so at the top we have a tie on 33 points each (Vanessa & Matthew, Emma & Sasha) closely followed by Ariana & Derek with 32 points

down near the bottom we have Dr Sandra & Kevin on 18 points, Malik & Lindsay on 17 points and last place is Ralph & Nancy with just 16 points

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Popstar Ariana Grande & Derek Hough dance the Viennese Waltz to Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande

Celebrity Chef Christina Tosi & Tony Dovolani dance the Charleston to Timber, the Postmodern Jukebox version

Actress of Film & TV Dania Ramirez & Val Chmerkovskiy dance the Paso Doble to By the Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Power Rangers Legend David Yost & Peta Murgatroyd dance the Paso Doble to Go Go Power Rangers from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Influencer, Actress Emma Dumont & Sasha Farber dance the Jive to Worst Kept Secret by Subwoolfer

Glee Actor, Performer Harry Shum Jr & Dianne Buswell dance the Foxtrot to Does Your Mother Know by ABBA

TikTok Star Katie Feeney & Gorka Marquez dance the Waltz to Words by Bee Gees

Eurovision Star Malik Harris & Lindsay Arnold dance the Rumba to Rockstars by Malik Harris

Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps & Karina Smirnoff dance the Samba to Livin La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin

Olympic Golfer Nelly Korda & Keo Motsepe dance the Jazz to Stupid Love by Lady GaGa

NFL Quarterback Patrick Mahomes & Cheryl Burke dance the Waltz to Everything by Michael Bublé

Sports Commentator Ralph Sheheen & Nancy Xu dance the Salsa to Pista de Baile by Marquess

Pimple Popper Star Dr Sandra Lee & Kevin Clifton dance the Tango to Never Gonna Not Dance Again by Pink

NFL Star Tyreek Hill & Allison Holker dance the Tango to Get Ready by Smokey Robinson

High School Musical Actress Vanessa Hudgens & Matthew Cutler dance the Quickstep to Reach by S Club 7

and finally Village People ICON Victor Willis & Anna Trebunskaya dance the Cha Cha Cha to In The Navy by Village People

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am curious how much CHA CHA Content you can put in that VP banger it is Anna Trebunskaya so expect loads of campiness and novelty


a Power Rangers Paso can work fine i think




and NOT our Tiktok/Social Media Influencer getting to dance her tiktok moves with that subwoolfer track obvious predictable choice from TPTB

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alright lets begin with Week 2, first elimination night, and honestly the nerves couldn't be any higher for our 16 couples


dancing first are Michael Phelps and Karina Smirnoff with their Samba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47fEXGabaY

Performance:

if we all thought Nigel Harman's Salsa was HOT, or we all were blown away by Kelvin's AMAZING SAMBA WEEK 1

the routine starts off in a cocktail bar, with our Olympic ICON celebrating all of his successes, even having one of his MANY medals with his outfit

the music starts, and there are really proper volta's, the samba roll looks gorgeous

all in all a very nice and very HOT HOT HOT performance

AJ: 8
CarrieAnn: 7
Anton: 8
Shirley: 8

total: 31

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next up are Ariana Grande & Derek Hough with their Viennese Waltz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WbCfHutDSE

Performance

so many privileges for our sensational Popstar and Actress QUEEN, getting to dance to one of her own BANGERS

we're reminded of Ariana having went through multiple dance lessons coming from a prestigiously upper class they say her parents were working class at first but tbh we don't judge her parents, its you who we talk about now family many years of dance and performing training at private schools comes naturally ofc


anyways the performance looks quite dark, passionate, there somehow is a bit too much attack in this, almost making it seem like a tango rather than a sensual viennese waltz

she has lots of musicality obviously, and all in all neat footwork

AJ: 7
CarrieAnn: 7
Anton: 7
Shirley: 8

total: 29

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up next it is Dr Sandra Lee & Kevin Clifton with their Tango

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqYK79jCssA

Performance

the theme around this is a TikTok dance video

we begin with a lot of out of hold content, Sandra clearly looks very awkward dancing by herself, when we get into the in hold bits, very staccato and properly danced, also a very fast paced tango

nice performance, good improvements from last week

AJ: 4
CarrieAnn: 6
Anton: 6
Shirley: 5

total: 21

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next up are Emma & Sasha with their Jive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4hoc2PdLYI

Performance

from the amazingly danced tango last week, to this week where we definitely see ballroom suits her more than the latins

kicks could've definitely been a lot sharper, cleaner, energy was kinda getting down near the end of the routine

personality wise another very good performance though

AJ: 5
CarrieAnn: 7
Anton: 7
Shirley: 7

total: 26

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dancing next are Patrick & Cheryl with their Waltz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPUJIbXN0WY

Performance

isn't much a surprise that he comes across this week as kinda too heavy footed also kinda flatfooted (NFL players have a lot of muscle anyway, good for the lifts, for the ballrooms though not so much of an advantage)

performance wise it is rather cute, however technically he deffo needs to up his game in weeks to come

AJ: 6
Carrie: 6
Anton: 6
Shirley: 8

total: 26

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up next are Harry & Dianne with their Foxtrot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkL7Fkigfn8

Performance

whereas last week came across more average, this week pure WOW

one moment of the performance even where Harry oozed ''Gene Kelly'' vibes

such a sweet performance all the while it does come across as a bit of a basic choreo

this was very nice

AJ: 8
CarrieAnn: 7
Anton: 8
Shirley: 8

total: 31

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dancing next are Dania & Val with their Paso Doble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnfyjwChuNU

Performance

last week had its ups and downs for these two, now this week, a rock paso

we start off with Dania on her own doing some capework choreo, when the chorus and rap part kicks in, loads of fast paced pure paso content, not all shapings are in sync with each other though, all in all a very good effort

AJ: 6
CarrieAnn: 7
Anton: 7
Shirley: 7

total: 27

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next up are Victor & Anna with their Cha Cha Cha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw

Performance

this on first look screamed DANCE DISASTAH, so is it a DANCE DISASTAH

well we begin with Victor actually giving the cuban breaks a good go, although during the chorus he seems to forget about everything cha cha cha and improvises something all the while lip-synching throughout the performance

hip action is almost close to non-existent here, even his arm extensions are kinda looking spaghetti arms

all in all it is fun though

AJ: 2
CarrieAnn: 5
Anton: 6
Shirley: 5

total: 18

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next up are David & Peta with their Paso Doble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwbHW8MeHDU

Performance

alright the performance is set on the planet Zordnia, David is dressed as his Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger (Billy Cranston) character

David shows off some decent capework skills, and all in all this whole power rangers paso combo seems to work quite surprisingly well

only bits of criticism, he is kinda flatfooted with the paso walks, and he got up on the wrong knee from his paso knee slide trick

all in all a good performance

AJ: 4
CarrieAnn: 5
Anton: 6
Shirley: 6

total: 21

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dancing next are Katie & Gorka with the Waltz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tccpGP80oik

Performance

we start off with the couple sitting on a bench, (yes Gorks recycling the white bench and park scenario yet again) and yet again it is very effective for this particular dance

maybe a bit dull, although properly danced, just a bit of gapping here and there though

AJ: 7
CarrieAnn: 7
Anton: 7
Shirley: 7

total: 28

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next up are Christina & Tony with the Charleston

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZQJrM09jbU

Performance

the performance is set in a cabin, where the two play as two carpenters carrying wood to renovate this little home


her swivel action is quite neat, precise, for a non-actress this is acted quite well either, nice chemistry these two have already, although one moment out of sync

all in all fabulous charleston

AJ: 8
CarrieAnn: 9
Anton: 8
Shirley: 9

total: 34

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dancing next are Ralph & Nancy with the Salsa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib0G8wvs8QQ

Performance

last week was a car crash of a debut performance to say it in racing terms, could we see a better result this week

this week it is set around a Karaoke Bar, Ralph's hips are like looking very awkward, and almost like as if your granddad is dancing when his fave team had scored a goal or something

respect to Nancy for giving him something he can work with rather than throwing him under the bus, but this was technically bad

good fun though

AJ: 3
CarrieAnn: 5
Anton: 5
Shirley: 5

total: 18

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up next are Nelly & Keo with the Jazz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6xyaeiV58

Performance

same as with the GaGa music video, this has a very Alien sci-fi ish theme

where in a jazz you'd want smooth movement from one move to another, this comes across as quite stiff, dancing by numbers

although performance wise this is such a strong crowdpleaser

all in all, good effort

AJ: 6
CarrieAnn: 6
Anton: 7
Shirley: 7

total: 26

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dancing next are Malik & Lindsay with the Rumba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3FN2umFaM8

Performance

not just Ariana who dances to her song this week, but also Malik here dancing this week to his eurovision eminem-ish song

it is very emotional, although it lacks hip action, very nice storytelling but this more looked like a contemporary rather than a rumba

not bad but judging this for a rumba, this was a no no

AJ: 5
CarrieAnn: 4
Anton: 5
Shirley: 3

total: 17

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next up are Tyreek & Allison with the Tango

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwg41DOfW8M

Performance

whereas last week he got criticism for lack of content, this week it is a solid all the while bit meh performance with loads of basics

proper staccato moves, nice heel leads most of the time

strong musicality either

all in all this was good

AJ: 6
CarrieAnn: 6
Anton: 6
Shirley: 7

total: 25

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one more couple to go, and that are Vanessa & Matthew with the Quickstep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7fAwXcPYU4

Performance

styled around a High School Musical theme, with Vanessa back into her Gabriella character for one night only

this is very fast, good neat footwork, nice floor spin

all in all gorgeous performance

AJ: 8
CarrieAnn: 8
Anton: 7
Shirley: 8

total: 31

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lets take a look at this weeks leaderboard

1. Christina & Tony 34 (16pts)
2. Michael & Karina 31 (15pts)
3. Vanessa & Matthew 31 (15pts)
4. Harry & Dianne 31 (15pts)
5. Ariana & Derek 29 (14pts)
6. Katie & Gorka 28 (13pts)
7. Dania & Val 27 (12pts)
8. Emma & Sasha 26 (11pts)
9. Patrick & Cheryl 26 (11pts)
10. Nelly & Keo 26 (11pts)
11. Tyreek & Allison 25 (10pts)
12. David & Peta 21 (9pts)
13. Dr Sandra & Kevin 21 (9pts)
14. Victor & Anna 18 (8pts)
15. Ralph & Nancy 18 (8pts)
16. Malik & Lindsay 17 (7pts)

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so many ties

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yesterday we saw amazingly spectacular scores, a really close call leaderboard which left it all down to the public votes who will face each other in the first dance off of the series

in no particular order dancing next week are

Spoiler:

David & Peta

Spoiler:

Michael & Karina

Spoiler:

Vanessa & Matthew

Spoiler:

Victor & Anna

Spoiler:

Nelly & Keo

Spoiler:

Ariana & Derek

Spoiler:

Christina & Tony

Spoiler:

Katie & Gorka

and now the first couple to face the dance off is.....

Spoiler:

Dr Sandra & Kevin