There is no questioning the talent of the Dancing With The Stars crew of pros, but could they do the king of pop, Michael Jackson, proud? Last night ABC’s reality dance competition played host to a Michael Jackson Tribute, but was it truly a Michael Jackson Tribute, or just a pale cash-in? We have a clip, you be the judge.
The Michael Jackson Tribute received all the mega-popping you would expect from the audience, but since this is one performance the viewers won’t be voting on the general public sentiment will have to wait. But you can feel free to give your opinion on the Michael Jackson Tribute in the comments section below.
From ABC:
Contributing to this special dance performance are all 16 professional dancers from Season 9: Mark Ballas, Cheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Anna Demidova, Tony Dovolani, Chelsie Hightower, Derek Hough, Kym Johnson, Alec Mazo, Jonathan Roberts, Lacey Schwimmer, Edyta Sliwinska, Karina Smirnoff, Anna Trebunskaya and Louis Van Amstel. Here’s what some of them had to say about Michael Jackson and this “Macy’s Stars of Dance” performance:
“Michael Jackson and his music are an inspiration to every dancer. As a performer he was such an innovator that to be able to choreograph part of this tribute to him is an honor.” – Cheryl Burke
“Michael Jackson is the reason why I started to dance. I find it hard not to incorporate some element of Michael Jackson into any dance I do. His style and inspiration is forever engraved in my soul.” – Derek Hough
“Michael Jackson was my absolute idol and inspiration. It’s extremely important for me to do a great job with this routine. I love the song I’m choreographing to and all of us in my portion are having a blast dancing the number.” — Maksim Chmerkovskiy
“Michael Jackson is the reason I do what a do. He has been a lifelong idol and inspiration of mine. There will never be anyone or anything like him again — simply the best.” – Mark Ballas
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