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"Dancing with Stars" Season 7
marigold:
An interesting article:
Backstage: Inside Warren and Kym's First Fight
If timing is everything, then Warren Sapp may be peaking on Dancing with the Stars at just the right moment. He came in a strong second on Monday night, and he did so despite the fact that he's been dancing with a huge disadvantage: He loses a full day of training every week.
Much has been made of Susan Lucci's harried schedule, flying cross-country every week to do double duty on All My Children. But almost no one mentions that Sapp has been doing the same thing — flying from Los Angeles to Philadelphia every Tuesday on the red eye to tape Showtime's Inside The NFL. "I'm out of L.A. for 23 hours," says Sapp.
And in Sapp's case, his pro partner, Kym Johnson, doesn't go with him — as Tony Dovolani did with Lucci — because there's no point. "Once he gets to the studio," says Johnson, "there's no time to dance, even if we wanted to."
But the pair has survived a few less-than-stellar performances, due in large part to Sapp's charisma and astonishingly light footwork. "Last week, a flop; this week, on top," said Len Goodman, watching him tango on Monday night.
Can they steal the crown from frontrunner Brooke Burke? Maybe, because they have something else going for them: They got their big fight out of the way in the very beginning. It happened on the third day they rehearsed together — more than a month before the show's premiere. Early in the session, Sapp walked out the door, demoralized, believing that Johnson was making fun of him.
"He walked out, and then I walked out," says Johnson. "It isn't rosy all the time and I was pushing him too much." Says Sapp, "It was too early in the morning and I didn't have a good night's rest. And she gave me that laugh that I used to give kids when they were trying to learn something, and I said, 'Well, that was pretty condescending, but I'll let that go.' I didn't know it at the time, but she did it with love. And then I walked out."
Says Johnson, "The funny thing was, he left in his Cuban heels with his shorts on." Sapp returned the next day, but it didn't go any better. "She went at me again, and I said, 'Not that hard!' I said, 'Not before 10!' And then I said to myself, 'I have to be able to accept whatever she's giving me.' That's what I told myself."
Other couples have hit the skids in the last two weeks, when the workload of learning two dances has amped up the pressure and made the physical demands almost impossible. But Sapp and Johnson are sailing along, happy. "The timing of our fight was perfect," says Sapp.
Link: http://www.tvguide.com/Dancing-Stars/Dancing-Stars-Warren-58385.aspx
marigold:
An interesting article:
DWTS Watch: Who Will Make the Final Four?
With only one more elimination to go before it gets down to the final four couples on Dancing With the Stars, Brooke Burke and Warren Sapp continued to lead the pack on Monday night's performance show, where the high-stepping celebs each had to briefly break away from their pro partners and dance a solo on live TV!
Brooke and her partner Derek Hough got the highest score of the night — a cumulative 55 — for their mambo and tango, while Warren and his pro, Kym Johnson, were a close second, earning a total of 54 for their tango and jive.
“The mambo was super fun and I loved the intensity of the tango,” Brooke told OK! backstage. “It was a lot of pressure this week — the hardest week I’ve had all season. I’m never comfortable thinking that we’re going to go all the way. We have to work really hard.”
Although they are the clear frontrunners, Derek also admitted he’s taking nothing for granted: “You’re thinking to yourself, have we peaked too soon? We have to make sure we keep upping our game each week. There’s only been one occasion where the best dancer has won and that was last year [with Kristi Yamaguchi]. Other than that, it’s always been the best personality that has won.”
Brooke and Derek are hearing the heavy footsteps of future football Hall-of-Famer Warren behind them.
“I’m one behind Brooke,” Warren exclaimed to OK! after the show. “I loved my solo. Kym let me have a lot more freedom than probably anybody else she’s ever danced with.”
As previously reported by OK!, Kym was forced to work past an injury to her right shoulder. “It’s fine now," she explained. "I tweaked it a little bit and it felt really funny last night and this morning it felt really bad.”
But Kym was able to guide Warren through two charming dances. Warren said he she lets him know he’s done a good job: “When I can see the look on her face, she’s got that ‘yeah.’ Her eyes light up.”
Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer nabbed third place with a combined score of 50 for their foxtrot and samba. Lance confided to OK! that performing two dances was “so stressful. To be able to change both those dances in your brain within an hour, it’s hard. But we got some really good scores and great comments.”
The former boy-bander said his solo moment during the samba made him feel “very vulnerable. But I felt comfortable doing it.”
The only thing bugging Lance a bit was judge Len Goodman’s negative attitude toward his dancing, which has been going on all season. “We’re trying to figure it out,” he sighed. “Carrie Ann [Inaba] and Bruno [Toniolo] have been awesome.”
Meanwhile, Maurice Greene and partner Cheryl Burke and Cody Linley and pro Edyta Sliwinska look to be in jeopardy for tomorrow’s elimination night, as the couples are tied for fourth with a cumulative score of 48.
Maurice, who performed the quickstep and paso doble, stayed positive, telling OK! backstage, “We did a pretty good job. When we finished the paso doble, I was like, we rocked that one. It was a lot of fun.” But he laughed about Tuesday’s show, “the grim reaper is going to be in this building tomorrow.”
“There was nothing more we could have done,” Cheryl shrugged. “He nailed every step. We got the scores we got and we’re happy with them.”
Cody told OK! he was also pleased with his two dances, the foxtrot and the mambo. Of his sexy solo moment, which surprised and delighted the audience, the 18-year-old Hannah Montana actor said, “I felt so excited and confident and comfortable out there. If you would have made me do that at the beginning of the competition, there’s no way! But Julianne and Edyta have shaped me and made me grow as a person.”
Cody said if fans vote him through tomorrow, Julianne Hough will be back as his partner because she’s recovered from her appendix surgery.
Link: http://www.ok-magazine.com/news/view/10203
TARAsia Fan:
Say goodbye to Maurice and Cheryl. Cody stays and will be reunited with Julianne next week. Although Cody should go next week.
marigold:
--- Quote from: TARAsia Fan on November 11, 2008, 09:01:10 PM ---Say goodbye to Maurice and Cheryl. Cody stays and will be reunited with Julianne next week. Although Cody should go next week.
--- End quote ---
Yippie great to see you TARAsia and we look forward to seeing you when HK starts.
Awww not Cody the kid is entertaining Lance on the other hand does nothing for me when he dances so I kinda would like to see him go next.
marigold:
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
ABC Television Network
PRESS RELEASE
ABC IS MONDAY'S MOST-WATCHED NET FOR THE 7TH TIME IN 8 WEEKS
Quick Take for Monday, November 10, 2008
ABC is Monday's Most-Watched Net for the 7th Time in 8 Weeks,
While Logging its Highest Adults 18-49 Performance in 5 Weeks
"Dancing with the Stars" Is Monday's Most-Watched TV Program for the 8th Straight Week, Posting Week-to-Week Gains of 1.7 Million Viewers and 8% in Adults 18-49
"Samantha Who?" Beats CBS' "Worst Week" in Adults 18-49 for the First Time, Posting its Best Young Adult Performance Since its Season Premiere
"Boston Legal" More than Doubles NBC's "My Own Worst Enemy" in Total Viewers and Defeats the NBC Drama for the First Time and by 22% in Adults 18-49
Monday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)
Ranking as the night's most-watched network for the 7th time in 8 weeks this season, ABC's Monday lineup saw increases over the previous week of 1.7 million viewers (14.1 million vs. 12.4 million) and 13% in Adults 18-49 (3.4/8 vs. 3.0/7). In fact, the Net logged its highest young adult performance on the night in 5 weeks - since 10/06/08.
"Dancing with the Stars" (8:00-9:32 p.m.)
Qualifying as Monday's most-watched program in all 8 of its telecasts so far this season, ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" saw week-to-week increases of 1.6 million viewers (18.7 million vs. 17.1 million) and 8% in Adults 18-49 (4.2/10 vs. 3.9/9). In addition, "DWTS" ranked as Monday's No. 1 program among Women 18-49 (5.8/13) and Women 25-54 (7.4/16).
"Samantha Who?" (9:32-10:02 p.m.)
Television's second-most watched sitcom of the season (behind CBS' "Two and a Half Men"), ABC's "Samantha Who?" outdrew its comedy competition in the time slot, CBS' "Worst Week," by nearly 1.0 million viewers (10.4 million vs. 9.5 million), while beating the CBS sitcom for the first time in Adults 18-49 (2.9/7 vs. 2.8/7). In fact, the ABC comedy delivered its best Adults 18-49 rating since its season premiere - 10/13/08.
* "Samantha Who?" won its time period among Women 18-49 (4.3/10) and Women 25-54 (5.3/11) for the 4th time in 5 airings.
"Boston Legal" (10:02-11:00 p.m.)
Building on the previous week's performance by 2.0 million viewers (8.7 million vs. 6.7 million) and by 22% in Adults 18-49 (2.2/6 vs. 1.8/4), ABC's "Boston Legal" equaled its best Adults 18-49 performance since its season premiere - since 9/22/08. "Boston Legal" more than doubled its Total Viewer count compared to NBC's "My Own Worst Enemy" (8.7 million vs. 4.3 million; +4.4 million), while defeating the NBC freshman drama for the first time in Adults 18-49 (2.2/6 vs. 1.8/5; +22%).
A note about increasing DVR penetration and year-to-year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating comparisons based on the Live + Same Day data stream are distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has jumped up to 28% currently, from 21% at the same point in 2007. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. The only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.
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