Live Shows : Week 2 – Saturday 23 April 2011
Saturday 23rd April 2011 marked the first live show which would result in an elimination! Stephanie was paired with contemporary dancer Ryan, and they both stepped well outside of their comfort zone to perform a commercial dance, choreographed by Paul Domaine to ‘Dance the Night Away’ by Jennifer Lopez, featuring Pitbull. Steph and Ryan had the very responsible task of opening the show, and delivered a solid performance. The judges had their claws out however, with some tough comments to begin the series. Sisco kept it real and showed his support for Stephanie by rounding out the judges comments with:
Sisco Gomez
Steph was cheered on the crowd by some of her closest supporters, and her Facebook groups were going into overdrive encouraging everyone to VOTE STEPH!
The results show opened with a group number chorgraphed by Yael Naim to ‘Toxic’ by Britney Spears. After a tense reveal of the results by Cat Deeley, Stephanie and Ryan were very disappointingly announced in the bottom two couples, along with Paige and Gian Luca.
Each dancer now competes for themselves with a 30 second solo of their choice. Steph performed a strong latin solo to ‘Conga’ by Gloria Estefan, and won the unanimous vote of all four judges to save her from elimination. Nigel Lythgoe said:
Nigel Lythgoe
Tune in next week and please VOTE STEPHANIE! – Saturday 30 April, 18:45 on BBC One, followed by the results show at 8.50pm.
All images (c) BBC.
Stephanie was awesome! Such unfair comments from the judges and you got a tough draw this week. I’m so glad you had a chance to shine with your solo and the judges made the right decision! Can’t wait to watch you next week!