My Comments and My Scores and Judges' Scores
Donny Osmand and Kym Johnson
TANGO
In some of the promenade sequences, Donny's footwork was sometimes not in sync. Sometimes, in the close promenade position moves, Donny's face and top line is not too much strong and sometimes lacking in posture. Some of his other walking and rocking footwork was fairly poor in synchronization even though there was some good tango content. Considerable introvert feelings from Donny were, sadly, the norm for most of his routine.
My score: 6.
The judges' scores: 7, 7. 7
SAMBA
Donny's solo part in the samba was good. The leg drop was great. Good samba content for most of the routine. Well, the promenade runs were good. The runaround move was great....so does the drunken circular volta move that you don't usually see in International samba (it is called the Argentine Cross). Even more....Donny's leads in the Rolling of the Arms and the Botafogo with Hand Change were good but I had seen that the footwork was a little bit lacking...he sometimes lets Kym do all of the dancing and not him. I was expecting more body rolling actions like the Reverse Roll from Donny but I did not really see it.
My score: 8
Judges' scores: 8, 9, 9.
JITTERBUG
His twists were good...his shimmies and his good clean fun as a showman were good. He even took a dare of going into his own man's aerial with Kym's help....in a much shorter routine.
My score: 8
Judges' scores: 9, 9, 9.
Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough
VIENNESE WALTZ
Well, her arm styling was very good and her top line was very, very good. Her running fleckerl turns were right on. The only problem was the opening without the Viennese waltz content. The choreography at that point was a little bit too freestyle. Nevertheless, Brooke Burke's advice really helped her a lot. Good job. Especially when she was released from hold into what I called a Side-by-Side Lunge Point Pose (common in advanced American Viennese Waltz)...her arms were great!
My score: 8.
The judges' scores: 9, 9, 9.
CHA-CHA-CHA
Great hip action from Joanna especially when Derek led her in the 2-hand Open Facing holds. Good swivel actions and slip pivot actions and hip twists (especially the "continuous hip twist") by Joanna....and also...great position in the bending dips and the drops by Joanna too. Great job, Joanna. Looks like her past ballet training really, really helped her so much!
With that, she may become the next "Brooke Burke" if she gets to the finals!!
My score: 9
The judges' scores: 9, 9, 9 (the same as I!)
SALSA
Cross-body lead turns were great and right on the beat (looks like she was thinking about the "on 1" salsa timing), as well as the spins and turns. Good hip twists and shimmies and swivels. Good drop at the end even though Derek almost messed up the drop.
My score: 9
The judges' scores: 9, 9, 9.
Kelly Osborne and Louis van Amstel
RUMBA
Kelly was very good. The last move...a cantilever stretch, was great even though there was a slight stumble. Great extrovert feeling for the character of the dance. She had a good fan kick and ronde. Her fold pose (I would call this a "Folding Leg Lift") and fold stretch was good in the middle of the routine. Opening out movements were very good. Well, I can agree to Bruno that hip action should stand out more....I need to see more of it.
My score: 7
The judges' scores: 8, 8, 8.
QUICKSTEP
Very good Kelly! Her feet were floating on air on all of those polka chasses and scatter hops and charleston flicks and running chasses. One specific jump in the charleston variation...called the cross-hammer jump drop...was right on! Great! Even to a non-quickstep rock song like "99 Luftballoons" by Nena....it suits her so much because she grew up with rock music thanks to Ozzy. They say, "O, Nellie"...but I should say, "Oh, Kelly!!"
Well, the only problem was Louis's final drop that almost caused Kelly disaster...Kelly almost fell to the floor on that drop (I guess it was a death drop).
My score: 9.
The judges' scores: 9, 9, 9.
CHA-CHA-CHA
Pretty good cha-cha by her. There were some misses in the cha-cha because she was a little bit too introvert when she exploded into those "New Yorkers", but the rest of the choreography seems to be right on for the rest of the routine. The song "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" fit her since she was allowed to choose the song as well as the knockout dance.
My score: 8.
My judges' scores: 9, 9, 9.
Mya and Dimitri Chaplin
WALTZ
Slight failure in choreography in the end...more of a freestyle ending that was too much. Arms by Mya were very good in styling. A little too raunchy in the end. But the good news despite of that is that she was right on in most of the dancing. I loved so much the one-legged standing spin by Mya in attitude leg in the middle of the dance...in fact, this was the best part of the dance.
My score: 8.
The judges's scores: 9, 9, 10.
SALSA
Well, Mya is the "isla bonita". The song "Isla Bonita"...in mambo style...fits Mya so greatly!
Mya is a dancing diva in the salsa with Dimitri! Great turns, great spins, great rondes, great shimmy shakings and hip actions. Dimitri's sombuka wrap variation (the "continuous sombuka") was spectacular.
My score: 10.
The judges's scores: 10, 10, 10
CHA-CHA-CHA
Mya's hip action in the chasses were right on. Great Latin movement overall by Mya. Could have seen more if the cha-cha was for an extra 40 seconds in the heat. The split drop by Mya at the end was great.
My score: 9.
The judges' scores: 9, 10, 10.