Topic: DANCING FOR A DREAM 2015 (Bailando por un sueño) - SEASON FINALE!

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The sentence round ended with these scores after Moria Casán secret votes were revealed:

Fernando Dente/Lourdes Sánchez - Score: 79 + 10 + 10 = 99
Gisella Bernal/Nicolás Villalba - Score: 75 + 10 + 9 = 94
Cinthia Fernández/Gabriel Usandivaras - Score: 71 + 9 + 10 = 90
Federico Bal/Laura Fernández - Score: 68 + 7 + 8 = 83
Freddy Villarreal/Soledad Bayona - Score: 68 + 6 + 9 = 83
Ailén Bechara/Fernando Bertona - Score: 67 + 8 + 8 = 83

To avoid the "duel" and a possible elimination was needed to have more than 95  points.

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Oh! And on a happy side note, we had a live proposal! 

One of the producers of the shoe, Pablo Prada, asked Lourdes Sánchez to be his wife. And of course, she said yes. 

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Duel:

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The jury decided to saver three couples in the following order:

1. Gisella Bernal/Nicolás Villalba (Unanimous decision)
2. Cinthia Fernández/Gabriel Usandivaras (Unanimous decision)
3. Federico Bal/Laura Fernández (Split decision)

And this is the audience decision, made by phone and SMS:

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Freddy Villarreal/Soledad Bayona - 45,79 % (ELIMINATED)
Ailén Bechara/Fernando Bertona - 54,21 %

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These are the total scores of the 5 remaining couples after twenty-one rythms danced:

1. Gisella Bernal/Nicolás Villalba........................    940 points
2. Cinthia Fernández/Gabriel Usandivaras........    930 points
3. Fernando Dente/Lourdes Sánchez................   894 points
4. Federico Bal/Laura Fernández.......................   861 points
5. Ailén Bechara/Fernando Bertona..................    684 points

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The rythms for the two Semifinals are:

SEMIFINAL 1 (Thursday, December 17th)
Reggaeton
Cuarteto
Tango
Adagio

SEMIFINAL 2 (Friday, December 18th)
Disco
Cumbia
Latin Pop
Videoclip

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Due to have been arrested in Paraguay this morning in an inquiry about a jewels theft, Moria Casán will be replaced tonight by Carolina Ardohain.

More info: is expected that she'll be on custody at least until Wednesday, so tomorrow she's going to be replaced by Carolina Ardohain too.

Update: Mrs. Casán has been taken to a women's prision in Paraguay, so is uncertain her presence during the semifinals and the finals of the show.

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FROM ELTRECETV.COM.AR:
http://www.eltrecetv.com.ar/articulo/una-guerrera-en-bailando-las-7-razones-que-convirtieron-a-ailen-en-la-mas-fuerte_082947

A WARRIOR IN THE DANCING: SEVEN REASONS THAT MADE AILÉN THE STRONGEST ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

She came to the dance floor as one of those nice, new, fresh, sexy faces, without much experience under her arm and a household name. But she knew  how to break  through the famous and to become a people's favorite What's the secret? Why Ailén Bechara's the big surprise of the 2015 Dancing?

She entered the Dancing unnoticed. But at this point, near the end, none of the participants left wants to face Ailén Bechara in the telephone instance. After dropping out of competition at Barby Franco, Candela Ruggeri, Ergün Demir, Martin Campilongo and, last night, Freddy Villarreal became a real unbeatable; the rival against whom no one wants to face.

What is the secret of Ailén? When and how stopped being " Guido Kaczka's sexy stewardess" to become one of the most beloved figures of Showmatch?

1 - For the service entrance
She reached the DFAD almost for the service door: she quitted at her job in Guido Kaczka's program with the only certaintyh of total insecurity. She didn't even have a secure place in the dance floor. She did a public casting on "Este es el show" (N.T.: a satellite program from the same producers of DFAD) and although not dazzled with her virtuosity for the dance, her desire to reach Showmatch were stronger and succeeded!

2 - No diva behaviour
Barely put one foot on the DFAD floor and it was very clear that she was an unpretentious girl,that the mere fact of participating in the most watched program on TV was, for her, enough recognition. She never fell to the reflector lights and although she always believed that her run on the show it would be short, shorter, she's still competing and has become a strong candidate for the final.

3 - A credible courtship.
Dating with a simple guy: undoubtely the fact that she's dating her dancer was a plus. While a lot of starlets choose to date millionaire soccer players  television heartthrobs and wealthy businessmen, she gave her heart to Fernando Bertona a neighborhood kid who dances as a way to earn his salary.

4 - Alone against the jury.
They told her that she was a lousy dancer; that they didn't believe about her romance and Moría Casán called her "cartonera de braguetas" (N.T.: there's no exact translation for this, but believe that is offensive, almost an insult). But she did not appeal to the offense, insult or confrontation. Sure, she cried a little, but her smile like the sun after the storm, always came back to shine.

5. Pure charisma
It may not be the best dancer nor the histrionic actress of the show, but has "that indescribable something" that captivates. A wide and almost unchanging smile on his face, fresh, spontaneous response, while not afraid to tell Marcelo Tinelli that she does not understand jokes knowing that others will laugh at her. She stills blushes when has to kiss her boyfriend on camera, she is distressed when talking about his fight with Barby Franco and do not forget to name Darregueira, her homeland.

6 - Yes, it's possible.
She has no natural attitude for dancing nor a solid acting training. But she's the kind that rehearses and rehearses and rehearses. She arrived to Buenos Aires ready to fulfill a dream, with the desire to get to the TV and, despite everything, she succeeded. She's not pretentious, never forgets who is under the makeup.

7. The best fellow
She not only smiles in front of the cameras, but at backstage she's even as warm. So much that her colleagues elected her as "the best mate of 2015 DFAD".

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The last gala will have a different kind of definition:

1. There won't be scoring.
2. The gala will take place directly as a Duel.
3. Jury is going to save 3 couples at the end of the performances.
4. The remaining 2 teams will go straight to the Elimination.

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OMG! Soledad Silveyra did a mistake announcing the third couple saved. 

And now the jury is deliberating again. But people is asking for the three remaining couples to go to the audience decision.

Marcelo opened a poll in tweeter about going to the audience decision.

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Also mixed opinions in the jury, who is not willing to change the original decision.

Carolina Ardohain says that the couples they decided to save don't have to pay with elimination due to a jury error.

Nacha Guevara says that if the audience decides who's eliminated that decision must be respected.

Now the show is in commercial break while production take a decision about this mess.

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And of course, the first two couples saved were the top 2 of the show leaderboard.

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Final decision, the third couple going to the semifinals is the one chosen by the jury.

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The moment of the severe mistake:

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Duel:

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The jury decided to saver three couples in the following order:

1. Gisella Bernal/Nicolás Villalba (Split decision)
2. Cinthia Fernández/Gabriel Usandivaras (Split decision)
3. Ailén Bechara/Fernando Bertona (Split decision)

And this is the audience decision, made by phone and SMS:

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Fernando Dente/Lourdes Sánchez - 43,05 % (ELIMINATED)
Federico Bal/Laura Fernández - 56,95 %

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These are the pairings for the semifinals:

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SEMIFINAL 1 (Thursday)
Federico Bal/Laura Fernández
Gisella Bernal/Nicolás Villalba

SEMIFINAL 2 (Friday)
Ailén Bechara/Fernando Bertona
Cinthia Fernández/Gabriel Usandivaras

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Poll about who's going to win is up!

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Rules for the semifinals and final:

1. Couples will be designated "1" and "2".
2. And the end of each rythm, juries will opt by the couple they think better danced, using "1" or "2".
3. The couple who has more positive votes will earn 1 point. If they have the same ammount of positive votes (tie), both couples will earn 1 point.
4. At the end of the four rythms, audience will vote via telephone and SMS. The couple with the highest percentage of vote will earn 4 points.
5. The couple with highest score will advance to the finals. In the finals, will be the winners of this season.

From this set of rules the only changes should be that as there are five jurors instead of four like last season, we shouldn't have a tie.

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List of songs to be danced in each rythm of the Semifinals by the couples:

SEMIFINAL 1:

Reggaeton:
Federico Bal/Laura Fernández - «Plakito», Yandel ft. El General Gadiel
Gisella Bernal/Nicolás Villalba - «Impacto», Daddy Yankee ft. Fergie

Cuarteto:
Federico Bal/Laura Fernández - «Amor fugitivo», Walter Olmos
Gisella Bernal/Nicolás Villalba - «Fuego y pasión», Rodrigo

Tango:
Federico Bal/Laura Fernández - «Quejas de bandoneón», Aníbal Troilo
Gisella Bernal/Nicolás Villalba - «La Cumparsita», Gerardo Matos Rodríguez

Adagio:
Federico Bal/Laura Fernández - «Love the Way you Lie», Eminem ft. Rihanna
Gisella Bernal/Nicolás Villalba - «Stay With Me», Sam Smith


SEMIFINAL 2:

Disco:
Ailén Bechara/Fernando Bertona - «Can't Take My Eyes Off You», Gloria Gaynor
Cinthia Fernández/Gabriel Usandivaras - «Boogie Wonderland», Earth, Wind & Fire

Cumbia:
Ailén Bechara/Fernando Bertona - «Corazón valiente», Gilda
Cinthia Fernández/Gabriel Usandivaras - «Te vas», Américo

Latin Pop:
Ailén Bechara/Fernando Bertona - «Bailar Nada Más», Jennifer López
Cinthia Fernández/Gabriel Usandivaras - «La Madre Tierra (Oye)», Chayanne

Videoclips:
Ailén Bechara/Fernando Bertona - «Starships», Nicki Minaj
Cinthia Fernández/Gabriel Usandivaras - «Bad Blood», Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar

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Some inside info about what happened last Tuesday:

In his TV show, Angel DeBrito gave an explanation to the akward moment when Soledad Silveyra did a mistake announcing the wrong couple saved.

According to him, after saving the first two couples the jury have already decided that Fernando Dente/Lourdes Sánchez was going to be one of the teams that would participate in the audience decision.

That only left Ailén Bechara/Fernando Bertona and Federico Bal/Laura Fernández fighting for the last spot of the three couples saved by them. In the first moment, Bechara/Bertona only had De Brito and Polino votes and Bal/Fernández the ones corresponding to the three female jurors (Guevara, Ardohain and Silveyra). However after one final discussion, and after hearing the male jurors arguments, Ardohain changed her mind and decided to revert her vote and join De Brito and Polino.

What De Brito believes is that Silveyra mistake is a result of not paying attention to this change of vote, keeping in her mind that the saved couple was Bal/Fernández.

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In case anybody is interest on see the semifinals and the final live, I have a couple links to share. All you have to do is ask here.

Of course, rules are the same than in the other boards:

We are working on a way for everyone to (eventually) be able to see and understand the show.
 
For right now, until we work this out, I do NOT want any links or requests for links posted anywhere but here.
 
I have a place where all that info will go, if you want to be included then just post here with "yes, please or "me too" and I will send you the link **WHEN** we have something.
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If you have a link to watch then PM or email me privately please.
 
For security reasons this will be limited to known/active RFF members. If it turns out we end up not needing this after all, no worries.

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SEMIFINALS - DAY 1




Federico Bal/Laura Fernández

vs.



Gisela Bernal/Nicolás Villalba

RYTHMS TO DANCE:
REGGAETON
CUARTETO
TANGO
ADAGIO

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And the first semifinal has begun!

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The other two couples who are going to compete in the Semifinal 2 are on the studio.

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And here comes the two couples performing today!

First are introduced Gisela Bernal/Nicolás Villalba. With her son in her arms, she says that is proud to be there after a rough beginning of the year, talking about her private life. That everything happens for something. She thanks her team, IMER (the institution which are they dancing for), her friends and family and the people.

Second, Federico Bal/Laura Fernández. He's talking about all the people supporting them, and thanks everybody - including his GF Barbie Vélez -. He recognize that Gisela and Nicolás are superior to them, but they're there to give their best. They happy because their dream (a workshop for the school CRUCERO ARA) is close to be fulfilled. That he started the competition as a partner of Laura, but now he feels he's an equal. And that their there to win.

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COUPLES ORDER:

Couple 1: Gisela Bernal/Nicolás Villalba

Couple 2: Federico Bal/Laura Fernández