Last night's premiere show - had a little sparkle of any kind where more would be expected from the first show of the season. The talented children dancers were putting out a lot of efforts so the judges would have an opportunity to give them some constructive criticism which they didn't do.
Some mothers of the pint sized performers - had shown signs of being proverbial "stage mothers" which is not all that entertaining to watch. In addition - the taped segments of the supposedly - live - show were not always blended effectively. The viewers had a glimpse of still pregnant - Kat Deely - the lady M.C. who - supposedly - delivered her baby a while ago - the same Kat Deely who - at times - likes to grab "camera" time - in spite of the fact that she neither judges nor performes - so she could keep her "on camera" presence - brief. Quite a few viewers expressed the views on various forums to the effect that she "exaggerates" her on camera presentation - on frequent occassions - notwithstanding her attractive appearance.
We hope that next show on Mon. June 6 - 2016 - from Chicago - will have a lot more pizzas and enthusiasm.
Don't forget to click here Tues. June 7 - for our Mon. June 6 - review of the show.
Have a great first week of June - everybody!
Copyright@LHadley and Associates - 2016
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
A Brief Review of the Episode 1 - the 1st Show - Season 14 - SYTYCD - Mon. May 30 - 2016 - Fox Network.
The good news regarding the final show for Season 22 - would be - as follows - the set designs looking glorious and most dance numbers were presented in an entertaining manner - thus the two hours went by fast. The winners - Nyle and Peta deserved their prize even if a lot of viewers rooted for Sharna and Anthony since Sharna should have won - the last season - according to tons of viewers' opinions on various forums. Even though the whole season was decent - over all - with the last night's final show - highly watchable - still it will be nice to take a break from DWTS until September 2016.
However - "So You Think You Can Dance" will start this Monday May 30 - 2016 on the Fox Network. We will give you a weekly review so don't forget to click here Tues. May 31 for the review of Monday's - May 30 - 2016 - show - a premiere - opening of the season 14 - "So You Think You Can Dance" - absolutely not to be missed.
Have a great Memorial Day weekend - everybody and all of us will have a super good last week of May 2016!
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However - "So You Think You Can Dance" will start this Monday May 30 - 2016 on the Fox Network. We will give you a weekly review so don't forget to click here Tues. May 31 for the review of Monday's - May 30 - 2016 - show - a premiere - opening of the season 14 - "So You Think You Can Dance" - absolutely not to be missed.
Have a great Memorial Day weekend - everybody and all of us will have a super good last week of May 2016!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2016
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
The First Part of Finals - DWTS - Episode 10 -Mon. May 23 - 2016 - ABC.
Last nights' first part of the finals for season 22 - featured some annoying elements. As usually - we'll start from the bad news - so that we can finish our review in a positive mode.
It seems that the "injury" motive was excessively popular last evening. The lenghty details of Ginger Z's sprained back needed to solicit a lot of "sympathy" votes - we think. Then - Mark Ballas elaborated on his injury while practicing Salsa.
That whole injury theme should probably be - drastically "injured" - if not eliminated. A few years ago - a couple of famous international ice dancers - Torville and Dean - choreographed "dying on ice" sequence which subsequently - got imitated a lot until a lot of athletes decided that "dying on ice - is dead".
A group of us - the professional reviewers decided - last night that "injuries while dancing with the great publicity around them - should be 'injured' and not used anymore to get some additional 'sympathy' - votes."
On the bright side - Nyle and Peta did a contemporary routine which "wowed" the judges since they almost always go "ga-ga-goo-goo" over angular and rough choreographies - rimming to the gills with deep drama. The music to this piece Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence" - an obvious choice - at least - didn't sound abrasive - like the music frequently chosen by the producers - God only knows why.
Paige and Mark's - Salsa - got overscored since they hardly moved their hips which made their dance not appear like Salsa at all.
We hope that tonight's finals will be exciting and sparkling not boring, tedious and dragging forever - like they were - a few years ago. The voters already "spoke" last night - consequently we predict that Paige and Mark will win.
Click here tomorrow for the season's review. Enjoy the finals and have a great Memorial Day coming as well as the last week of May - 2016!
Copyright L.Hadley and Associates - 2016
It seems that the "injury" motive was excessively popular last evening. The lenghty details of Ginger Z's sprained back needed to solicit a lot of "sympathy" votes - we think. Then - Mark Ballas elaborated on his injury while practicing Salsa.
That whole injury theme should probably be - drastically "injured" - if not eliminated. A few years ago - a couple of famous international ice dancers - Torville and Dean - choreographed "dying on ice" sequence which subsequently - got imitated a lot until a lot of athletes decided that "dying on ice - is dead".
A group of us - the professional reviewers decided - last night that "injuries while dancing with the great publicity around them - should be 'injured' and not used anymore to get some additional 'sympathy' - votes."
On the bright side - Nyle and Peta did a contemporary routine which "wowed" the judges since they almost always go "ga-ga-goo-goo" over angular and rough choreographies - rimming to the gills with deep drama. The music to this piece Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence" - an obvious choice - at least - didn't sound abrasive - like the music frequently chosen by the producers - God only knows why.
Paige and Mark's - Salsa - got overscored since they hardly moved their hips which made their dance not appear like Salsa at all.
We hope that tonight's finals will be exciting and sparkling not boring, tedious and dragging forever - like they were - a few years ago. The voters already "spoke" last night - consequently we predict that Paige and Mark will win.
Click here tomorrow for the season's review. Enjoy the finals and have a great Memorial Day coming as well as the last week of May - 2016!
Copyright L.Hadley and Associates - 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
A Brief Review of the Ninth Episode - DWTS - the Finals - Mon. May 16 - 2016 - ABC - 8 PM.
Last night show - the Finals - show - featured a lot of "mixed bag" elements. As usually - we will start from some negative factors so then - the good news can follow.
The judges' favorites - Ginger Z (the weather girl for ABC) and her professional partner - Val Schmerkovsky - were over scored by the judges - again - according to a lot of viewers on the Facebook forum - even if not as obviously as in the past shows. We tend to agree with the viewers' opinions expressed on the various forums saying that Ginger Z - dances in a "stiff" manner with the lights dimmed dark so her movements are not clearly visible.
Last night she wore a beautifully designed, long dress while performing a Quickstep so - again - her movements were obscured by her costume even if Carrie Ann Inaba pointed out three mistakes - which is a lot of errors for the finals.
On the bright side - finally - at the long last - the producers chose good music - for the most part. The viewers - again - voiced the distaste - on various forums - for a lot of bizarre sounding tunes - hard to dance - which the producers picked in the past shows.
Our team was not happy that Sharna and Antonio were voted off, but the people have spoken - so they tell us. In addition - the viewers are outraged on various forums - that Wanya Morris and his great dancer/partner Whitney - got canned as well!
People - don't forget to vote - now that the finals are almost decided. As always - vote for your favorites but the ones which "get on your nerves big time" - don't get your vote.
Remember - vote only for your favorites and don't forget to click here next Wends. May 25 - for the review of Mon. May 23 and Tues. May 24 - 2016 - final show of the season!
Have a great week everybody!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2024.
The judges' favorites - Ginger Z (the weather girl for ABC) and her professional partner - Val Schmerkovsky - were over scored by the judges - again - according to a lot of viewers on the Facebook forum - even if not as obviously as in the past shows. We tend to agree with the viewers' opinions expressed on the various forums saying that Ginger Z - dances in a "stiff" manner with the lights dimmed dark so her movements are not clearly visible.
Last night she wore a beautifully designed, long dress while performing a Quickstep so - again - her movements were obscured by her costume even if Carrie Ann Inaba pointed out three mistakes - which is a lot of errors for the finals.
On the bright side - finally - at the long last - the producers chose good music - for the most part. The viewers - again - voiced the distaste - on various forums - for a lot of bizarre sounding tunes - hard to dance - which the producers picked in the past shows.
Our team was not happy that Sharna and Antonio were voted off, but the people have spoken - so they tell us. In addition - the viewers are outraged on various forums - that Wanya Morris and his great dancer/partner Whitney - got canned as well!
People - don't forget to vote - now that the finals are almost decided. As always - vote for your favorites but the ones which "get on your nerves big time" - don't get your vote.
Remember - vote only for your favorites and don't forget to click here next Wends. May 25 - for the review of Mon. May 23 and Tues. May 24 - 2016 - final show of the season!
Have a great week everybody!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2024.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
A Review of the Eight Episode of DWTS - Mon. May 9 - 2016 - ABC 8 PM.
Let's start our review with some negative stuff - than we can move to more positive aspects. We didn't care for TMI (Too Much Information) re: the personal quirks of the judges. Bruno Tonioni - the segment about his naked "too-too" region - covered by the newspaper - during his "relaxing" in the back garden of his "star" quarters - we could definitely live without since that info was not funny or interesting. The same goes for Len's snow white feet contrasting with the rest of his tanned legs - again - who cares? The cat hair in Carrie Ann Inaba's mouths is also totally not funny or necessary piece of that TV promo.
On the bright side - Nyle and Peta - finally got acknowledged as magnificent dancers. Their dance number - superbly choreographed and danced - enabled the viewers to enter Nyle's - silent world - for a moment. Bravo! The judge Bruno Tonioni made a short reference to two his two previous screw-ups - last week and the week before. It would be nice if he briefly uttered even a small apology to Nyle and Peta. I guess he did the best he could - since maybe he stumbled on his ego. Who knows?
In our collective opinion - the rest of the dancers did fine - but many were over scored - again - since the judges have their favorites and consequently - "pad" their scores.
Val and Ginger's Argentine Tango - in spite of Val's brilliant choreography - had something missing. The fantastic set design - stood out instead of the dancers' moves.
At any rate - next week - will bring the finals and double eliminations so don't miss it while you vote - for sure. Click here on Tues. May 17 - 2016 for the review of Mon. May 16 - 2016 - show. Again - please - vote for the dancers you like and pull for - and don't vote for the ones which get on your nerves - big time!
Have a great second week of May 2016 - everybody!
Copyright L.Hadley and Associates - 2016
On the bright side - Nyle and Peta - finally got acknowledged as magnificent dancers. Their dance number - superbly choreographed and danced - enabled the viewers to enter Nyle's - silent world - for a moment. Bravo! The judge Bruno Tonioni made a short reference to two his two previous screw-ups - last week and the week before. It would be nice if he briefly uttered even a small apology to Nyle and Peta. I guess he did the best he could - since maybe he stumbled on his ego. Who knows?
In our collective opinion - the rest of the dancers did fine - but many were over scored - again - since the judges have their favorites and consequently - "pad" their scores.
Val and Ginger's Argentine Tango - in spite of Val's brilliant choreography - had something missing. The fantastic set design - stood out instead of the dancers' moves.
At any rate - next week - will bring the finals and double eliminations so don't miss it while you vote - for sure. Click here on Tues. May 17 - 2016 for the review of Mon. May 16 - 2016 - show. Again - please - vote for the dancers you like and pull for - and don't vote for the ones which get on your nerves - big time!
Have a great second week of May 2016 - everybody!
Copyright L.Hadley and Associates - 2016
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
The Seventh Show of the Season 22 - DWTS - ABC 8 PM - The Famous Ikons Theme - May 2 - 2016.
Last night's show presented some dazzling dance numbers - however the judges - as always - "slipped through" more than necessary - bias and favoritism - not appreciated - by other, hard working dancers. The DWTS judges should not be "picking the winners" - and we will - generously - not quote several viewers' opinions from the public media forums who called those indulgences "pimping for some dancers they like". The adjudicators who become celebrities in their own right - are highly compensated and - supposedly - - "enormously" experienced professional group - taking into consideration all the past seasons they have been doing that.
We do not want to take anything away from any big efforts expanded by some participants - (let's not forget that they get tons of money and publicity for their efforts) about which they talk - to no end; - still it's not fair that - from the very beginning of this season - the judges go "easy" and overscore some couples while they unnecessarily "neat pick" on others for some obscure reasons.
Something really unfair happened to a pair of terrific dancers - Nyle and Peta for the second week in a row; not only were they underscored - as compared to other dancers who received the judges' "tens" - as if the aforementioned "tens" were "going out of style" in a hurry - so that's probably why the judges unloaded those "tens" on other dancers - not nearly as deserving - Nyle and Peta.
In addition - evidently - "to add an insult to injury" - for the second week in a row - the famous - loud and dramatic - judge Bruno Tonioni - messed up again - with his final score for Nyle and Peta. Shame on you - Bruno - you should know better - you have been doing your "judge gig" for a very long time!
Otherwise - according to many Chicago's professional ballroom dancing reviewers' - Antonio and Sharna's Tango was severely underscored as were many but not all of their performances this season. Evidently - the judges want to extol some dancers to no end and make them champions.
People - please - don't forget to vote since viewers' votes count for 50 percent of input! Please - vote - it's easy! Facebook way seems simpler than ABC's website - but no matter what - vote - vote - vote - everybody!
We do not want to take anything away from any big efforts expanded by some participants - (let's not forget that they get tons of money and publicity for their efforts) about which they talk - to no end; - still it's not fair that - from the very beginning of this season - the judges go "easy" and overscore some couples while they unnecessarily "neat pick" on others for some obscure reasons.
Something really unfair happened to a pair of terrific dancers - Nyle and Peta for the second week in a row; not only were they underscored - as compared to other dancers who received the judges' "tens" - as if the aforementioned "tens" were "going out of style" in a hurry - so that's probably why the judges unloaded those "tens" on other dancers - not nearly as deserving - Nyle and Peta.
In addition - evidently - "to add an insult to injury" - for the second week in a row - the famous - loud and dramatic - judge Bruno Tonioni - messed up again - with his final score for Nyle and Peta. Shame on you - Bruno - you should know better - you have been doing your "judge gig" for a very long time!
Otherwise - according to many Chicago's professional ballroom dancing reviewers' - Antonio and Sharna's Tango was severely underscored as were many but not all of their performances this season. Evidently - the judges want to extol some dancers to no end and make them champions.
People - please - don't forget to vote since viewers' votes count for 50 percent of input! Please - vote - it's easy! Facebook way seems simpler than ABC's website - but no matter what - vote - vote - vote - everybody!
Don't forget to click here next Tues. May 10 - 2016 for a Mon. May 2 - 2016 - review!
Have a great first week of May 2016 - everybody and keep dancing!
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