DWTS - Season 28 - Episodes - Discussion - *Sleuthing Spoilers*

Doats wrote:

MiniDiva wrote:

GuardianAngel wrote:Finally.

Now I would be happy if any of the remaining cast winss.  This is going to be a great dance to the finish!  

I would agree with any person winning except for Ally.

JMO but the others all got there on their own while Ally has had considerable help from the judges. And I just have this thing about fairness...

I second your thoughts I don’t care if they score people low across the board and call people out for their obvious mistakes but the Ally love from the judges has been cringe to me. I am just waiting till next week now to see what happens now that Spicer is gone.

mercieme wrote:

nannymargie wrote:

jojo47 wrote:

mercieme wrote:Ally had mistakes on her Samba so it was not perfect so it’s clear to me that the judges already know how the votes will shape up tonight IMO. The judges can continue to outscore Ally all they want though, the votes ain’t coming in and once Ally lands in the bottom with anyone but Spicer, can’t wait to see how it will be obvious that Ally is only lasting due to their saves.

Problem is, they’ll save Ally “based on her great performance all season” and a better dancer will go home. Ugh!

Ally is so dramatic and it makes me want to scream.

Ya know what, that may be the reason the voters are not feeling her. I for one can’t place why I can’t connect with her, I just don’t

OMG, I just can't connect with Ally either.  In fact I find her kind of annoying.  Maybe it is that overly dramatic personality of hers.  And I don't enjoy watching her dance either.  Her dances always seem to be so frenetic, even the slower ones.

But thank goodness they finally got rid of Sean Spicer.  I was so tired of him always positioning himself upstairs so that he was seen on the camera when Erin talked to the other dancers.  That gave him more opportunity to beg for votes.   Last night I actually paused the tv and then fast forwarded through both of his dances, so I didn't even have to see him on my tv screen.

Longhornfan wrote:

mercieme wrote:

nannymargie wrote:

jojo47 wrote:

mercieme wrote:Ally had mistakes on her Samba so it was not perfect so it’s clear to me that the judges already know how the votes will shape up tonight IMO. The judges can continue to outscore Ally all they want though, the votes ain’t coming in and once Ally lands in the bottom with anyone but Spicer, can’t wait to see how it will be obvious that Ally is only lasting due to their saves.

Problem is, they’ll save Ally “based on her great performance all season” and a better dancer will go home. Ugh!

Ally is so dramatic and it makes me want to scream.

Ya know what, that may be the reason the voters are not feeling her. I for one can’t place why I can’t connect with her, I just don’t

OMG, I just can't connect with Ally either.  In fact I find her kind of annoying.  Maybe it is that overly dramatic personality of hers.  And I don't enjoy watching her dance either.  Her dances always seem to be so frenetic, even the slower ones.

But thank goodness they finally got rid of Sean Spicer.  I was so tired of him always positioning himself upstairs so that he was seen on the camera when Erin talked to the other dancers.  That gave him more opportunity to beg for votes.   Last night I actually paused the tv and then fast forwarded through both of his dances, so I didn't even have to see him on my tv screen.

So I just watched Allys first dance and I really dont understand what was so special. For me it was not complicated at all, but maybe its smarter to do less complicated but perfect?

Neither of Ally's dances were special to me.  Once she got the perfect score for the first one, I knew that she would get a perfect score for the second one as well... unless she fell flat on her face.  And, there was no way I would give a samba without a samba roll a perfect score.  The samba roll is IMO an iconic part of the dance.  The fact that Joey mentioned it was missing shows that it stood out to someone that doesn't dance/judge for a living!  I was hoping he would mark it down to a 9 just for that but alas, he went along with the script for the night (IMO).

Actually none of the dances stood out to me as being worthy of a perfect score.  They just aren't wowing me this season like some have in the past. I'm wondering if it is because the creativity of the entire dance has been taken away from the pro.  TPTB telling the pros, here is your dance, here is your song, these are your costumes and this is how you are "presenting" it just isn't working.  Trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole. Just.does.not.work.

It was time for Sean to go and I'm glad he did.  I'm guessing that since the voting pool is smaller, votes aren't being spread out as much so the amount he had to overcome became larger and he couldn't do it.  He knew he was leaving when in the bottom 2. In fact, I would guess that Lauren knew it as well.

Top 3 by average are: Ally - 25.5, James - 25.0 and Hannah - 24.7.  Kel is in 4th with 24.2 and Lauren has a 23.8 average.  So less than 2 points between the 5 of them.  Although since I think Ally has been overscored and Hannah underscored on some dances, I think Ally should be in 3rd and James/Hannah tied for 1st.  Actual points received (no guess judges or dance off points included) range from 280 for Ally to 262 for Lauren.  So only 18 points difference there.  Probably the closest semi-finals they've had in awhile. No clear favorite to win (unless you are the judges then you are on Team Time2Shine).

IMO

I think Ally's scores were high because she gets so few votes. Had they not given her 40s she would have been in the bottom two with Lauren. I think it was a game to get Sean out.

Ally is a great dancer. I feel bad for her that she doesn't have the fan support.

Carrie ann posted on her ig, "Tune in Monday night to see the #redemptiondance that I assigned to @hannahbrown and@alanbersten Also tune in to see why I say I’ve never had an interaction with a#dwts couple like this before. Wishing you the best on Monday! To all the couples left in the competition... best of luck on Monday!!"

@carrieanninaba

Also it appears that Len visited ally, lauren and James....wonder why he did the three?

Billysmom wrote:Carrie ann posted on her ig, "Tune in Monday night to see the #redemptiondance that I assigned to @hannahbrown and@alanbersten Also tune in to see why I say I’ve never had an interaction with a#dwts couple like this before. Wishing you the best on Monday! To all the couples left in the competition... best of luck on Monday!!"

@carrieanninaba

Also it appears that Len visited ally, lauren and James....wonder why he did the three?

Lol, could she be any more cryptic? Hopefully CarrieAnn will explain what she means on Monday after their dance.

Billysmom wrote:Carrie ann posted on her ig, "Tune in Monday night to see the #redemptiondance that I assigned to @hannahbrown and@alanbersten Also tune in to see why I say I’ve never had an interaction with a#dwts couple like this before. Wishing you the best on Monday! To all the couples left in the competition... best of luck on Monday!!"

@carrieanninaba

Also it appears that Len visited ally, lauren and James....wonder why he did the three?

I wonder what she is talking about.

nannymargie wrote:

Billysmom wrote:Carrie ann posted on her ig, "Tune in Monday night to see the #redemptiondance that I assigned to @hannahbrown and@alanbersten Also tune in to see why I say I’ve never had an interaction with a#dwts couple like this before. Wishing you the best on Monday! To all the couples left in the competition... best of luck on Monday!!"

@carrieanninaba

Also it appears that Len visited ally, lauren and James....wonder why he did the three?

I wonder what she is talking about.

If I had to take a guess I would guess their chemistry or work ethic.

Billysmom wrote:
Also it appears that Len visited ally, lauren and James....wonder why he did the three?

There are 5 couples. Carrie Ann got Hannah and Alan. Bruno got Kel and Witney. Len is doing the others. Makes sense to me since he is the head judge who also has the most dance experience.

Len is the judge who has been most supportive of Hannah (her lines and her frame got compliments from him). Carrie Ann has been the most vocal critic so it makes sense to keep the head judge away from any favoritism comments and throw Carrie Ann in there to 'redeem' them.