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Post by apkaylinn on May 5, 2015 13:17:40 GMT -5
Chris and Robert.
But remember Bing has only been right 50% of the time this season. However, Chris and Robert are so far behind (around 20 pts.) it does seem likely their fans don't have that kind of reach.
Oh, and there is one other change. As happened once before there is a switch between Riker and Nastia in Bing's Top 2, with Riker replacing Nastia in one of those positions. Rumer is in the other Top 2 slot and has been steadily there since Week 1.
Last time that happened they quickly flipped back, with Nastia returning to Top 2 and Riker returning to "Safe".
If there are any changes between now and showtime I'll post them.
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Post by Firedrake on May 5, 2015 13:34:28 GMT -5
I would prefer to see Riker and Nastia eliminated. Riker because he is a liar and a ringer and related to a judge, Nastia just because I think her dances have no soul or feeling at all to them and she is over rated due to being partnered with Derek.
Of course it would be unrealistic to expect that to happen.
I would be happy to see Chris and Noah eliminated. Chris because he deserves to go and Noah has over stayed his talent level. Yes, he is valiant and deserves to be lauded for his courage and his tanacity, but to be totally honest this show is based on dancing ability, not doing better than could have ever been expected of you.
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Post by apkaylinn on May 5, 2015 14:09:23 GMT -5
Well, if Bing is to be relied upon (and I'm not so sure it is) Riker and Nastia appear to be duking it out for F2 and F3. But I think Noah's fan base could be big (military families) and possibly not leaving much of a cyber footprint, which could make it difficult for Bing to pick up on.
I actually think those four are the F4 and Robert and Chris will be eliminated as predicted.
From here on in, where the fans of the eliminated couples decide to vote is a big deal. If Noah makes the semis and Robert doesn't, they have become friends and I could see Robert asking his voters to vote for Noah. And then we've got a real possibility of another shocking elimination from the F4 position and Noah going into the F3.
I don't have a real preference for the F4 and F3 beyond hoping that Rumer wins because I think she and Val deserve to.
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Post by Firedrake on May 5, 2015 14:17:12 GMT -5
Totally agree with the hope that Rumer and Val come out on top in the end. Unfortunately I am afraid of the power of the Hough fanbase. There is always a chance of Riker and Nastia splitting the vote and allowing Noah to slide into second place, however.
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Post by tristanfan on May 5, 2015 15:34:15 GMT -5
As a loyal Sharkeroo fan and voter I have given them my votes. If they are eliminated tonight my final votes will switch to Rumer and Val. I only decided that based on last nights dances. Val choreographed two classic masterpieces and Rumer rose to the challenge perfectly. That was ballroom dancing!
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Post by apkaylinn on May 5, 2015 16:44:26 GMT -5
Yes, Tristanfan, had the same moment of decision the week before, right at the very end of the night when Val and Rumer danced that foxtrot. I was like, everything that's been great about the show for 20 seasons was in that. I had truly wanted to vote the anniversary MB as a throwback tribute to what the show started out being--people outside their comfort zone learning to dance, and I kept voting for Robert and Noah (along with Rumer) because the two guys really had zero dance or dance-related experience. But it wasn't going to work out. Robert was royally hosed having to dance a quickstep and a jive one week after the other. I think he lost his confidence and never really got it back. I've posted about this on ABC--that was so unfair to assign him those dances while the contestants with more experience were getting contemporaries, jazz, and a Charleston. I'd still be okay if Noah does make it through. Sharna's been pure genius, and I so admire that she's taken Noah through the entire season without using a single prop. He's musical, he may be the only celebrity to make a DWTS all time best list for his lifts, and he and Sharna have romantic chemistry (which Nastia and Derek and Alison and Riker do not have at all). But the one who best represents the show in its original form is Rumer, and for me that foxtrot was, like, okay, I know what I'm gonna do with my vote now. And then came last night--and I also notice the ballroom went crazy for them, so I'm hoping there are a lot of us who want the show to dial back to what it was supposed to be. But we'll see. And in the meantime we'll find out how Bing did  |
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Post by jennifer on May 5, 2015 20:50:22 GMT -5
It does seem that the producers are assigning dances to either bring a contestant down or give a free pass. Robert was my favorite, but I do admit that he was not a very good dancer. He was assigned every fast pace dance one after the other while the better dancers were not, and Noah was totally excused from any of them. I realize DWTS is a show for entertainment, but there should still be some element of fairness to it. There are a lot of dollars involved in every week someone stays in, not to mention that they put a lot of their lives on hold for months. In all honesty I hope it will not be the theme of the show every season to have someone with physical handicaps or someone who is very senior, etc. It would be nice to have a level playing field where although a popularity contest, be they good or not, they can be assigned equally all of the dances.
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Post by apkaylinn on May 6, 2015 4:30:27 GMT -5
Jennifer, so agree and actually think tptb should be treating it more like a competition than they do. Because the fans care who wins, they're invested in the show with their votes. If it were just couples coming out to dance every week, fans wouldn't get as upset as they do when they perceive unfairnesses, etc., so my take has been that of course it is a competition, and the show has lost somewhere around 7-8 million viewers along the way because people don't like the uneven playing field (or even thought that the show is rigged), or because they can't stand the judges, or because the show's taken too far a turn away from traditional ballroom-latin. So I totally agree they should be doing everything they can to keep the playing field as level as possible. I think they would be okay booking older contestants if they took more time to find older contestants who were in good enough shape to be contenders. They've had 2 fifty year old winners, so it can be done, but too often tptb seem as though they're just checking off the "older celebrity" box, or maybe looking to fill those slots with older celebrities who've got fan bases to increase the viewers. I was thinking more about Robert after tonight's elimination. I don't know what the thinking behind that raw deal he got with the dance style assignments could have been, or if there was any thinking put into it at all, because Kym and Robert were a charming pair very well liked by the fans. It's a real head-scratcher. But it does seem Robert and Kym may have gotten something else out of meeting each other. I notice the other day on Cheryl Burke's twitter feed that they attended Cheryl's birthday party together, and that doesn't seem like something they'd have to do just because they were dance partners on a show. So I'm kind of thinking that with all the phony showmances that were hinted at in past seasons, these two may really be dating |
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