10/19 DWTS 29 Show Discussion

I thought I read there might be a DE

Hello Derek, it's my birthday, please dance ( love you) FM..

Nev and Jenna - Jazz

OMG I just love these two. Especially Nev..(DH thought Nev was the pro )  

scores - 9, 9, 8  -26

Skai and Alan -cha cha


What are they wearing, the wig looks terrible on Skai and it's distracting  ( she messed up) 

I didn't like this at all..( sorry) 

score - 6,6,6 - 18

Nelly and Daniella- VW


It was very pretty, mostly due to Daniella , who is a beautiful dancer
I thought he did well, but his butt sticks out, he obviously tried very hard

scores - 8, 8, 8 -24

Derek was dashing! He really showed us what the gold standard is. Not liking Skai or the guy with the neon splashed tux but everyone else has been spot on. Well, Johnny wasn’t as good as last week, but his costume distracted me. 🤣

AJ and Cheryl - samba


Boy, Cheryl did not make that easy for him, lots of fun
Nice going AJ, good footwork..

CA that wig is horrible



Scores  9,9, 9 - 27

Kaitlyn and Artem - samba


The girl can dance..(not her best dance)


She wanted Derek as a dance partner, and got Artem..nice match 

I agree with CA


scores  9, 9, 9  - 27  scored too high

Justina and Sasha - VW

Nice flow to this dance( hate the damn dress) Justina is so natural , lovely hold
She brings such joy


scores   9, 9, 9 - 27  

I'm at the part where Tyra finally changed ... thank goodness! That strap thing was really horrible.

Derek was amazing!!

Lots of emotional stories tonight.

I'm only 15 minutes in, but I can only surmise that the costume department is PIIIISED about the hosting situation 'cause OMG, what the hell is Tyra wearing? How can you get a camel toe in baggy pants? They must hate her.

Sorry to be so crotch-focused, but what is up with Johnny's costume? It looks like he's a decade late for his next bikini wax.

Jenna not knowing Mark Wahlburh is Marky Mark. She is so young.

I want to start with a few non critical musings...

1. Carrie's wig was bad, but still not as bad as Tyra's wardrobe. UGH I know she has gained a bit of weight since her heyday but, and I mean this without any malice, she looks good and she looks healthy with it. However... her costumes are awful and do not flatter her in ANY way at all. I do feel bad for her in that respect.

2. I still am loving Bruno's hair.

3. OMG I miss Derek in the ballroom.. and by extension Mark. They had some of the best, and progressive,choreography while still remaining true to the ballroom dances.

Now for the dancing..

LOVED me some Justina.. HATED me some feathers. Sasha and her are so well matched its amazing.

I enjoyed Nev and again Jenna has some great vision when she creates these dances and unlike with Alan and Skai their height difference is not distracting. Hated the music and agree with Bruno here, it was odd but it worked and if you watch without sound I think it was 10xs better.

I had no clue who Jeannie was before this but I love her, she is so fun to watch. Again I find myself agreeing with Bruno.. there are different ways to do a Rumba, if you can pull them off correctly, and this was proof of that. I don't think I would call it sensual or soft but I did find it sexy and empowering and that worked for her, it really worked. Where I was never a huge fan of Karina, I always felt that she gave the BEST Rumbas and I think I have always judged other by her standard.

Most improved, for me, would have to be Nelly.. he did a good job this week but he is still not a fave.

AJ, as always, was enjoyable. The rest are still just there for me no one really makes me feel anything special to be honest but they are not bad. I am not sure what was up with the Cheryl Burke throw away Johnny was wearing but it was distracting from the dance. I would have been ok with him going, but I really like his partner so I guess it is ok hes still around.

I will miss Vernon, I like him but I know he was never going to win. Peta did a great job with him too, but it was time.

When they showed Justina ahead of the commercial break, I just said, "DEAR GOD!" Apparently, the costume department hates everyone. WHY would you put her in feathers!? No, she's not skinny, but she not THAT wide. Good grief. You don't put a high-ish waist above a wide skirt like that on a busty woman Does that thing have a bustle? Why would you want to make her look fuller around the hips? I wouldn't put ANY woman in that costume. Didn't they have Justina in fringe a few weeks ago? WTF?

Well, we know what show ISN'T getting an EMMY nod for costumes next year

MFWalkoff - I still remember Kate's hideous black and red paso (I think) costume. She looked demented. Bruno gave my all-time favorite comment about ANY contestant when he said it looked like Tony was pushing a shopping cart around the dance floor She looked pissed, which made it even better!

I wouldn't have hated it if Skai went home. I just don't enjoy watching her as much as the rest of the contestants I would have preferred either Vernon or Johnny over Skai.

Is anyone else slightly annoyed that they only give the pros' first names now? It feels a little disrespectful to me. They've been doing it for several seasons, so it's not a "Tyra can't pronounce these names" thing. If that was the issue, they would have made the change years ago when Brooke could never pronounce Chmerkovskiy

Do the contestants have any say over their costumes? Do they have to wear what the costumers come up with?

Yeah. Justina's dress was a travesty! What was especially strange was that there was an extra layer of about 18 inches stuck between the longer lengths of feathers as the top of the skirt. This made it extra wide around the hips. So bizarre!

I haven't watched the full show yet, so I haven't seen Tyra. It's so bizarre how they dress her. A couple of the outfits from last week's '80s-themed show actually flattered her figure, and she looked so much better in them than most of the other things I've seen her in. She's not model-skinny anymore, but she's not actually big. They just aren't dressing her in flattering clothes.