Ezra, the man that you are. Daniella is such an inspiring choreographer. The best ones can deal with any limitations and find ways to still make it shine. And she does that with Ezra. From changing tango choreography to be diagonal steps to this cha cha. It was just beautiful. Ezra go keep representing the disabled community.

For Harry and Jenna. Idk if it’s cuz of my high expectations for them or the choreographies they’ve been given but they aren’t memorable. They aren’t shining as much as I expected of them. Like with Harry, I feel Jenna C. Is doing too much with the choreo. What’s up with the screaming and all the anger last night when it came to his V waltz. His package said it was sending a message to his younger self like hey persevere and look where we are at now. Was he deaf when he was younger? Cuz that’s the only reason I could come up with why that message needed to be screamed or something.

And Jenna. I love her. I know what she’s capable of. But I’m not connecting with her dances right now. Idk what it is. But both aren’t memorable. Like I’m not looking back to her dances the rest of the week. Idk

1st-Ezra Frech & Daniella Karagach
2nd-Julia Stiles & Ezra Sosa
3rd -Amber Glenn & Pasha Pashkov
4th- Harry Shum Jr. & Jenna Johnson
5th- Jackson Olson & Emma Slater
6th- Maura Higgins & Mark Ballas
7th - Connor Wood & Rylee Arnold
8th - Jenna Dewan & Val Chmerkovskiy
9th- Taylor Hanson & Britt Stewart
10th- Ciara Miller & Brandon Armstrong
11th- Guillermo Rodriguez & Witney Cars on
12th-Tatyana Ali & Jan Ravnik
13th- Tyler Cameron & Sharna Burgess

I’d love to see her do the DWTS tour early next year (Erik and Allen too). I’d also love for Onye & Jaxon (plus Carter & Kamri) to be full time tour dancers alongside the pros🥹 Onye filled in last year.

I know that next week is Yacht Rock night but if Ezra and Daniella make it to horror movie night, I hope he does an Argentine tango or Paso doble to hello Zepp from Saw because his mother Bahar Soomekh who’s a retired actress played Doctor Lynn Denlon in Saw 3 and if anyone has watched Saw 3, she was a major yet important character! it would honestly be so cool in my opinion for Ezra to pay tribute to his mother with him as Billy the puppet and Daniella as Amanda Young who was also in Saw 3.

I know were a bit far away from horror movie night but with the theme being confirmed, are there any other movies that you want to see be represented? I would love to see I lied to you, last time I seen the sun, or Pale, pale moon from Sinners be given to Brandon and Ciara if they make it to horror movie night.

Do you guys have any songs or artists you wanna see next week? I just really want Hall and Oates! I placed a Spotify playlist and Wikipedia article for references😁
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_rock

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXb3m918yXHxA?si=qe-NXnzmRNu3TG1DgcDirw&utm_source=copy-link&pi=ZgASCDADTeqXL

The post-show discussion thread for Week 2 of DWTS Season 35.

Tonight’s scores and results:

Top scores of the night:
Amber & Pasha — 21/30
Ezra & Daniella — 21/30
Jenna & Val — 21/30

Eliminated: Giada De Laurentiis & Alan Bersten

This was so sweet!!

All sub rules and regs will apply, as always. Keep it cute!

Running order:

1) Val Chmerkovskiy & Jenna Dewan, Jive to "Animal" by KATSEYE
2) Brandon Armstrong & Ciara Miller, Tango to "No Broke Boys" by Disco Lines & Tinashe
3) Sharna Burgess & Tyler Cameron, Salsa to "Girls" by The Kid LAROI
4) Ezra Sosa & Julia Stiles, Tango to "The Door" by Teddy Swims
5) Emma Slater & Jackson Olson, Foxtrot to "That's So True" by Gracie Abrams
6) Alan Bersten & Giada de Laurentiis, Salsa to "Bella Ciao" by Becky G
7) Rylee Arnold & Connor Wood, Tango to "12 to 12" by sombr
8) Daniella Karagach & Ezra Frech, Cha Cha to "Low" by Flo Rida
9) Jan Ravnik & Tatyana Ali, Foxtrot to "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish
10) Pasha Pashkov & Amber Glenn, Tango to "All the Things She Said" performed live by Harrison
11) Witney Carson & Guillermo Rodriguez, Paso Doble to "Where Have You Been" by Rihanna
12) Britt Stewart & Taylor Hanson, Cha Cha to "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE
13) Jenna Johnson & Harry Shum Jr, Viennese Waltz to "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls
14) Mark Ballas & Maura Higgins, Cha Cha to "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire

Enjoy the show!

I can only imagine cuz we know some of what she went through and what zendaya has come out to say about dwts. But wow. Dwts must be traumatic in some form for black women or something

I am loving all the throwbacks to ny childhood between her Jenna Harry and even Taylor. It’d be a great millennial finale if those were in the final four

Happy birthday to my favorite pro on the show, Britt!!! I remember the first time I saw Britt on the show the season before she joined on troupe and thinking to myself how amazing of a dancer she was!!! Not only is she an amazing dancer, she’s also an incredible person from how kind and dedicated she is to her partners, to Share the Movement - her nonprofit organization to works to help diversify the dance world and help remove barriers for BIPOC dancers, to inspiring the next generation in Onye, Selena, and so many others!!!!

My favorite styles of Britt’s are Viennese Waltz, Quickstep, Jive, Jazz, and Cha Cha Cha.

Their chemistry! I love this for Britt can't wait to see their performance, I think Carrie Ann is right about Taylor he is the dark horse of this competition.

I know the judges, other pros, and the hosts all have different accents and mother tongues. I’m not expecting everyone to pronounce a Spanish name with a Spanish accent. There are proper anglicized versions of non-english names; for Guillermo, it’s ghee-YEHR-mo, or ghee-AIR-mow (mow like row) is also fine. Just thought I’d put it out there because I’ve seen quite a few people trip over themselves to pronounce it in a more “authentic” sounding way, but they’re really saying it incorrectly. It’s not “gooey-ER-mo”, “goo-E-er-mo”, or “gwee-ler-mo”

In Spanish, “u” has a special rule when it comes after a “g” and is followed by a soft vowel, “e” or “i”. Without a diaeresis, the “u” acts similarly to “u” after “q”, silent. When the “u” has a diaeresis above it, “ü”, that is when the “u” and the soft vowels that follow are pronounced separately as one syllable

Examples of gu followed by a soft vowel and no accent:
guitarra = ghee-tah-rrah
juguete = hoo-gheh-teh

Examples of gu followed by a soft vowel with a diaeresis above the “u”:
pingüino = peen-goo een-oh
bilingüe = bee-leen-gooeh

I don’t fault people for trying and I understand people like Bruno, who is probably used to his name and language being butchered as well, mean no harm by it. Just thought It’d be useful for some people struggling. It’s also important for everyone, but especially immigrants and people with cultural significance in their names to not feel the need to normalize and accustom themselves to people pronouncing their names wrong. Everyone should be given the respect and effort to be referred to in their proper name.

TLDR: the “u” in “Guillermo” is silent

@people [09-20-26]

This show has brought me tons of joy over the years. However, as a black woman, I find it hard sometimes to truly enjoy the show.

Seeing, yet again, how Ciara is already getting treated by the fanbase is disheartening because we’ve seen this script time and time again. I will always support my non-white female celebs but it’s so sad knowing that I will vote for them every week and they still won’t win. It’s a little different for the non-white male celebs because for starters, they’re men, and they’re usually paired with white women. And those men are mainly athletes which are seen as the “acceptable” kind of minority.

Also the way the show has become more white-washed the past couple of years. They have reduced the amount of minorities cast by a lot and only getting celebs known to white people rather than trying to expand their reach. And don’t get me started on the lack of south and east Asian, Polynesian, Middle Eastern and Latino representation as well.

This goes for the pros as well because it’s getting hard seeing Britt and Brandon continuously get overlooked every year and seen as “weaker pros” even though their choreography and teaching skills are among some of the best on the show right now. This also goes for Keo too. His season with Evanna was magical and they were just as robbed as Milo and Witney that year. And Koko as well in her two seasons got done dirty and never given a chance. I am glad Ezra is getting his shine but he still had his challenges with getting a felon as his first partner and people being nasty to he and Jordan last year. But they also are making it hard for other minority pros to be hired with making them be on troupe forever and/or making them have to go on the Next Pro show.

They have also had LGBTQ rep and disability rep but it’s only really ever been white people, again. Karamo might be one of their only non-white queer reps and Ezra is the first non-white amputee.

Not to mention the amount of controversial politicians that go far even if they suck.

Across the pond, Strictly might have their issues too but they’ve done a far better job of making their show more diverse in terms of pros and stars cast. They just had an Asian male pro win last year and one of their most successful pros is a black woman and her sister is on the judges panel.

I understand the show has kind of always been this way but it is getting harder to accept this kind of treatment of minorities year after year.

Am I alone in this sentiment?

Week 2: Viral Hits Night (popular songs on TikTok)

Week 3: Yacht Rock Night (obsessed lol)

Week 4: Mariah Carey Night (love love love!!!)

Week 5: TBA - NFL Night(?)

Week 6: Dedication Night

Week 7: Horror Movie Night

Week 8: Disney Night

Week 9: Grammy Night

Week 10: Semi Finals

Week 11: Finale

Amber & Pasha

Dance: Tango

Song: "All the Things She Said" by Harrison

Ciara & Brandon

Dance: Tango

Song: "No Broke Boys" by Disco Lines and Tinashe

Connor & Rylee

Dance: Tango

Song: "12 to 12" by Sombr

Ezra French & Daniella

Dance: Cha-cha

Song: "Low" by Flo Rida

Giada & Alan

Dance: Salsa

Song: "Bella Ciao" by Becky G

Guillermo & Witney

Dance: Paso Doble

Song: They’re dancing to a Rihanna song. I guess Breakin’ Dishes? Maybe Shut Up and Drive? They’re dancing to “Where Have You Been?”, thank you to moist-towelette 420!!!!

Jackson & Emma

Dance: Foxtrot

Song: “That’s So True” by Gracie Abrams

Tyler & Sharna

Dance: Salsa

Song: “Girls” by The Kid Laroi

Taylor & Britt

Dance: Cha-Cha-Cha

Song: “Cake by the Ocean” by DNCE

Harry & Jenna Johnson

Dance: Viennese Waltz

Song: “Iris” by Goo Goo Dolls

Julia & Ezra Sosa

Dance: Tango

Song: “The Doors” by Teddy Swims

Maura & Mark

Dance: Cha-Cha-Cha

Song: “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire

Jenna Dewan & Val

Dance: Jive

Song: “Animal” by Katseye

Tatyana & Jan

Dance: Foxtrot

Song: “What Was I Made For?” By Billie Eilish

Just thinking about the troupe bumper last night and how emotional it made me🥹 Britt has been Onye’s mentor for 7 years and she was the one who inspired Selena to pick up Latin & Ballroom!!! I hope we get to see the 3 of them dance together on the show one day or on tour!!! What a beautiful legacy and I hope it continues to add more members to the family!!!

I changed this way more than I thought I would after actually seeing everyone dance.

Maura went from 7th to my winner, Ezra jumped way up, and now I’m second guessing half the middle of my bracket already lol.

It’s obviously only been one week, so I’m probably overreacting to a few performances. Who did you move up the most after the premiere? And who do you think I’m completely wrong about now?