In honor of Patriots’ Day, which occurs the third Monday in April (not to be confused with the Patriot Day on September 11), the Dancing with the Stars cast is going all-American. Dancing to American-themed songs that is, although some of their dances have roots in other countries. Interesting fact: many of our pros were not born here, but we know they will do justice to the USA just the same. We have a mixture of dances we've already seen this season and one new dance. So who's dancing what?
Fan favorite Kirstie and partner Maks will take on the foxtrot, a dance known for its smooth, continuously flowing movements across the floor. Therefore, grace and elegance is what makes this dance work. Kendra & Louis also have the foxtrot. This will be interesting because grace and elegance are strengths of Kirstie’s, but weaknesses of Kendra’s. Last week Kendra famously claimed “I just don’t care about it (elegance)”…well, this week she better care! If Kendra does more dancing and less talking, she could possibly survive another week, though I think her time is coming to an end. And Kirstie and Maks, please do what you have to to keep yourselves together, one more mishap and we've got a real “Kirstie Curse” on our hands.
Romeo & Chelsie will also be dancing the foxtrot. Romeo should do well with it if he has been heeding Len’s advice to work on precision and posture. Chris & Cheryl will slow it down with a Viennese Waltz, and we hope Cheryl’s feeling better after straining her thigh during week 4’s paso.
Livening things up will be Chelsea & Mark and Ralph & Karina doing a samba. Mark does a mean samba, but Chelsea’s been called out on her hip movements or lack thereof, and the samba is very much in the hips. Ralph really needs to be on his game, as we haven’t seen much hip action from him yet.
Hines & Kym will do a sexy rumba… there’s no way it can’t be sexy with these two. Petra & Dmitri have the quick step, a faster version of the foxtrot they did in the season premiere. The judges gave her all 6’s for that foxtrot, and since these dances are so similar, we hope to see a marked improvement.
Dancing with the Stars week 5 kicks off tonight at 8 p.m. (EST) on ABC.
