#dwts27

I was so confused when I saw my last post said week 8 and thought for a moment I missed a week. Opening number - not a fan of this rendition of the song. There wasn’t a lot of dancing??

So I guess each finalist is re-performing their favourite dance?

Alexis and Alan - Argentine Tango Wasn’t impressed by this dance the first time around. It seems like Alexis didn’t hit her lines as well this time. She dances very soft - too soft for an AT - and now looked like she was just marking. Some of the ballet moves she didn’t complete her extensions. Lacked sharpness for the actual AT parts. 9-9-9 T27

Some thoughts while we are in advertisement break - this season wasn’t well planned. 2 double elims? 9 weeks only? Only a 1-night finale? Don’t get me wrong, I used to think the 2-night show was a tad unnecessary, but that was more because of all the random extra acts with random artists that I don’t know what affiliation they have to the show. 2 3-hour shows are too much, but if they were only doing a 1-night finale, I could deal with 3 hours, and more focus on the stars. Tom and Erin didn’t even have time to explain the show structure.

Bobby and Sharna - Hammer dance/cha cha Yeah I’m calling it Hammer dance because that’s all I remember about it. I saw more cha cha here than I remember form the original, not that it was well done. 8-8-8 T24 that is generous. I may not remember their original but this can’t have been much better. side note - I noticed Bobby and Sharna have matching shoes, which match Sharna’s hair too.

Dan and Shay perform their apparently new song that one of my roommates was listening to about 2 hours earlier.

Recap the first 4 weeks. I’d forgotten Nancy was here.

Why of all things do we need this non-dance again? Or even just of all of Joe’s dances. This was his worst one.

Evanna and Keo - Tango Not surprised she picked this one. SLAY GIRL SLAY. I remember Evanna would sometimes get overexcited and hop into steps rather than just step. I didn’t remember anything specific to this dance, but if anything, this performance was super clean, felt grounded and intense without looking like she was hitting too hard. Amazing. 10-10-10 T30 Well deserved!! And a special message from Emma Watson! Did they cut the other messages? Cos I heard almost all the cast had messages for her.

Ayyy it’s the DWTS Swiffer ad! Love the dancing janitor.

Milo and Witney - Charleston These two are so cute. Milo blushed so hard when Witney told him she was proud of his progress. “And if we win, you will be the shortest female to have ever won - ” hahaha. I didn’t remember anything wrong from this dance the first time round, and nothing wrong with this round. His right foot doesn’t swivel as much as his left. just an observation. 10-10-10 T30

Pro tour number. There’s a stark difference in guys to girls. And almost all the male celebs joining? Yeesh

Juan Pablo redoes his AT. Tinashe sings “Fever” while surrounded by the guys. Wish she had more time with Brandon.

This finale is so whack that Erin can’t even say “D-W-T-S” right.

Freestyles time

Alexis and Alan oh, so it’s another contemporary-esque freestyle. Contemporary ain’t Alan’s forte. Can they stop cutting to the singers in the middle of the dancing? I think the ‘mountain’ set up hampered them because running up and down took away time from the dance, and the way the set was arranged also blocked them at times. Alexis’ posture was weird when they did that 2 bars of foxtrot-y stuff in the middle. She looked like she was falling out of the hold. The contemp parts felt kinda high-school-ish bar one jump. 10-10-10 T30

I guess one good thing about them trying to shovel this show into 2 hours is that I’ll have time to do work after this.

John sings while Emma and Sasha dance.

Bobby and Sharna Thought the spoken stuff worked well for Bobby. I wish they kept it with the dramatic lighting and not do the shiny birthday cake thing. Oh, you know there’s a problem when it’s the FREESTYLE and you have to cut away from the celeb do show some pros doing stuff. Bobby didn’t do a lot of dancing in this number, it was more of patterns and stuff happening around him. Whatever dance steps he did, he looked a bit frenzied. But he gets lifted by DeMarcus. And they have a false end, then do the flossing with Erin while Tom flosses his teeth so LOL. 10-10-10 T30 Really?? I think they just wanted to give everyone 30 for the freestyles.

The switch of Milo and Evanna’s positions for the second round would have been interesting if I didn’t already know the result.

Milo and Witney OH. MY. GOD. I am BLOWN AWAY. They did so many things that could have been tacky - umbrellas, the water platform - but they used it WELL. It was relevant to the song. It created mood and ambiance that complemented the dancing. There was bits of hip hop (the more animating, locking kind), bits of tango and AT, some contemporary, some jazz, and Milo did everything well. He had a stage presence from the beginning and again I felt maturity to contrast the youthfulness from his charleston. Showed off his versatility. I will make fun of Zombies for the rest of my life but Milo won me over with his dancing. 10-10-10 T 30 If the other dances got 30, this should have been like 50!!!!!!

Evanna and Keo A classic freestyle!! Great work for Keo’s first! The song was perfectly Evanna, not surprised it’s her favourite. They had some interesting shapes which weren’t what you would expect but it was uniquely Evanna and suited her well. I loved her energy and presence and character. Interesting camera angle at the end. i wish it didn’t cut out her footwork, but I enjoyed watching Evanna’s expressions. The set at the beginning is also great. 10-10-10 T30 Should also be wayyy higher given the other dances.

They didn’t even have time to announce 4th, 3rd. Maybe they would have if they didn’t have the final song montage. Even if that’s a nice song. Tom couldn’t even drag out the announcement as long as he normally would’ve.

And the winner is...BOBBY

What?!?! Guess he just had that many votes. Everyone is stunned. And he barely has time to make a speech because they are short for time.

Now, I’m happy for Bobby and I didn’t think he had a bad attitude. He seemed to genuinely enjoy the show, so I don’t want to see anyone complaining about him. Would I have prefered someone else win? Hell to the yes. Is it insane that with partners like Charlie White and James Hinchcliffe, Sharna only won the MBT with Bobby? Hell freaking yes. But the way some people are laying into him is classless and baseless. Congratulations to Bobby and Sharna.

Now per Kristyn Burtt, the rankings for the remaining 3 were Milo second, Evanna third, and Alexis 4th.