WEBVTT - 20th Birthday Party (Week 9) 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:19.919 Hello, it is that time again. I am Danielle Fischl, 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:25.160 TV director, podcaster, mother of two, and unless you commonly 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:27.880 pass a very specific off ramp on the one oh 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:31.600 one freeway in the San Fernando Valley, I'm probably the 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:34.479 first thing you think of when you hear the word 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:38.040 to panga. But if you are one of the millions 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.680 and millions of people who have kept up with Dancing 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:43.239 with the Stars over the past twenty years of its 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:47.640 reality show Supremacy, you may recognize me as a contestant 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:51.720 on season thirty four of the program, recently eliminated with 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:56.440 just three shows left, and one of those shows, a 0:00:56.640 --> 0:01:00.560 very special anniversary event took place tonight, and I was 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:03.720 lucky enough to be seated in the ballroom for all 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:07.840 of the festivities, and I am so excited to tell 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:11.440 you about what I saw, which is the reason for 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.360 this year podcast. It is my hope that I could 0:01:14.400 --> 0:01:18.280 bring listeners along for my journey from no prior dance 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:24.000 experience to some dance experience, to the Elite eight to 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:29.000 a pair of impressive seats Tonight. Like I said, tonight 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:33.440 was the twenty year extravaganza, with just seven couples left, 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:37.280 each celebrity was tasked with creating a dance inspired by 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:41.880 a former standout freestyle from the show's history, and then 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:45.200 they would be paired with a former celebrity champion for 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:50.800 a relay dance. All assignments that sound very overwhelming having 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:54.559 been a part of the schedule, So I am home. 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.880 I just had the most amazing night at the twentieth 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:03.080 anniversary party of Dance with the Stars, and I wore 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:08.520 a really beautiful yellow dress. I was completely obsessed with 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:12.560 this dress. I will say it was more body hugging 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:14.160 than I'm used to wearing, and so I was kind 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:17.120 of like adjusting my dress all night anyway, As any 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:20.040 woman knows if you have been I also had to 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.639 wear a strapless bra. If you have ever worn a 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:26.440 strapless bra, if you have ever worn a bra, you 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:30.160 know that the very first thing you do, the very 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.040 first thing you do when you get home, is take 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:35.079 that sucker off. Just sometimes you don't even wait till 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:36.960 you're all the way in the door. Sometimes I open 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:39.120 up my car door, and if my kids are not 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:40.520 with me, and I don't have to deal with getting 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:42.079 them out of their car seats, if I just fly 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:44.200 open my door, the very first thing I'm doing is 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:46.560 reaching my hand under my shirt and unclasping that bra, 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.440 and I'm getting that bad boy off. So I got 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:54.399 home and immediately ripped off my dress and my undergarments 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:58.120 and I put on my pajamas and I am wearing 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:02.840 the in my jam collaboration that Jenna Johnson did where 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:06.200 she for all boy Moms, we know that one of 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:09.679 the hardest parts of only having boys and not having 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:13.880 a daughter is that they don't make many matching clothes 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:17.640 for moms and sons. And Jenna having a son Rome, 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:21.760 I figured out that that is something that you could 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:25.440 fix pretty easily and doing it really well with pajamas. Anyway, 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:29.000 she gifted me these pajamas a pair for my youngest son, Keaton, 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:31.120 because I think they only go to four te and 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:34.640 this that I'm wearing now, and these are so comfortable. 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:36.920 But I'm realizing as I'm starting to talk to you 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:44.880 that the tag is still on it. It's just aggressively hanging. Anyway, 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:51.600 I before we get into the details of tonight, I 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.720 want to talk to you about what it was like 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:57.720 for me. So selfish, that's my podcast. It's okay, I'm 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:01.200 allowed to I'm allowed to talk about myself. First. I 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:02.680 want to talk about what it was like for me 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.840 to be back in the ballroom my first week not competing. 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:10.360 I was really excited to go, and I was nervous 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:15.600 that I was going to feel very sad that I 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:20.520 wasn't competing. And there's definitely I'm not gonna lie and 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:22.720 say that there's no sadness that I was that I'm 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:24.559 not still part of the competition, or that I didn't 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.919 get there tonight and think, oh man, I wish I 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:30.520 wish I had this feeling of like it's show night 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.640 and you're in wardrobe and you know you've gone through 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:35.920 here and makeup, and you've got a theme and you're 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:39.760 you know, there was there certainly was. I got there 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:41.039 and there was a part of me that was like, 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.400 oh man, I wish I wish this was still my 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:48.200 home for this but it does still feel like my home. 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.160 But you know, like I wish I was I had 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:54.599 been here all day. And on the other hand, man, 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:58.839 is it ever fun to like see all these people 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:03.480 I love so so much? And I'm not just talking 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:06.240 about the cast and the pros. I'm actually specifically this 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:13.280 time not talking about them. I'm talking about the crew security, 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:23.039 the PA's chuck my guy, I'm talking about the wardrobe assistance. 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:28.440 I'm talking about the social media team. I'm talking about 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:32.440 all the people that really like make the show, the 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:36.240 stand ins, all the people who make this show from 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.680 behind the scenes that you guys never get to see. 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:43.839 Seeing all of them and not having it be a 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:47.080 rushed I'm on my way here, or you need me 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:49.320 to do a social media thing real quick, or or hey, 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:52.440 can you ZiT me into my dress? Or like to 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:55.640 really like see them and give them a hug and 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:58.360 to not feel like I was rushing into the next thing, 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:00.680 or to be paying attention to what time it was, 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.719 to just really be living in it, and to still 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:05.520 feel like such a part of it because it is 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:08.440 still season thirty four and I'm still a cast member 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:12.599 of this season. It was so fun, It was really nice. 0:06:12.680 --> 0:06:19.280 It was a really good feeling. This crowd too, was 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:25.800 pros and celebs, going all the way back to the 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:30.240 very first season thirty four seasons ago. And I know 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.240 for some of you that are newer fans to watching 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:35.360 the show, that's confusing. You're like, how are we only 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.120 at twenty years but there's thirty four seasons. They used 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.240 to do two seasons a year. They would do a 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:44.520 spring season and they would do a fall season, and 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.320 I kind of miss those days. I kind of miss 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:51.280 those days of two seasons. But of course it's obviously 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:55.560 the show is very expensive, and you know, it's a 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:57.960 big old production. It also used to be two nights. 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:01.240 The show itself would be on Monday nights, and then 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:06.159 on Tuesday it would be the results. So if you 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:10.480 watched the show tonight, you may have seen Tom bergeron 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:20.280 who came back just an absolute legend of hosting, came 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:23.760 back tonight as a guest judge, and he in I 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:25.920 wonder if they it was live, I'm assuming so they 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:28.200 couldn't really edit it out. But he made the request 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.000 to go back to the days of having a results show, 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:34.920 which I thought was really interesting. Before I went into 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:39.400 the ballroom tonight, I made sure I went and saw 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:44.239 my boy Dylan. I went and met him at his trailer, 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:51.720 and he looked incredible. They were doing an Argentine tango 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:57.200 Dylan and Danny, and I could just tell that he 0:07:57.320 --> 0:07:59.560 had had such a good week. We have been in 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.480 community every day and I knew he was having a 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.840 good week, but I knew he also was feeling the pressure. 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:10.320 This was a week he really wanted and needed to 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:16.000 have a breakout week. He really wanted to rise to 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:19.920 the occasion, rise above the pack, and have a standout, 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:23.160 spectacular dance. And I knew he was feeling the pressure. 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:25.640 And I said, how are you feeling and he said, 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.600 I'm feeling good. He said, our rehearsals have all gone 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:33.120 really well. And he said, but you know, sometimes you 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.400 have like some really good rehearsals and you have really 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:37.640 good camera blocking, and then you just get super nervous 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:39.960 before the show and you don't know, you don't know 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:46.600 what's going to happen. And I was like, you've got this. 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:51.240 You've definitely got this. And he was paired with Rumor 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:57.600 Willis for the relay race. And you know, anybody who 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:01.360 watches this show and has watched this show knows that 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:07.000 Danny cannot hide what she's feeling. It is on her face. 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:11.160 And she came out from her trailer and I said, 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:14.080 how's it going this week? How's it going with Rumor? 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:22.160 And she said they are incredible. She's like, honestly, they 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:25.760 should like compete together, like it's unbelievable, and I just 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:30.960 instantly my heart was just so full, and I was 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.800 so happy because I knew that if there was if 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.679 any of that wasn't true, it wouldn't it wouldn't be 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:41.240 coming out of Danny's mouth like and I just knew, Okay, 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:45.160 he's he's got this relay and he has got this 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:53.000 great dance, and my proud bestie heart can relax. And 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:59.040 then we went into the ballroom and it was packed 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:05.640 with friends and former pros and celebs. I finally got 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:09.040 to meet Louie van Amstell, who you guys know I 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:12.240 interviewed the week that I ended up being eliminated. He 0:10:12.360 --> 0:10:15.160 was the first person I got to share what my 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:21.079 contemporary dance was about. And I'm so grateful that I 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:23.480 got to have that conversation with him and that we 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:27.240 did that podcast before the show even aired, because I 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:29.400 always would have wondered if any of you would have 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.280 thought that I was making it up, that that's what 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.000 my dance was about, and that it wasn't in my 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:37.120 package if I hadn't talked about it with Louie before 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:40.120 that episode even aired. Anyway, Louie and I had never 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:43.800 met face to face, and we have communicated since the 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:46.400 podcast that we did together, and I was so excited 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:48.040 to meet him tonight. We didn't get to talk for 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.880 very long because he came up to give me a 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:53.920 hug while I was in the middle of my conversation 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:55.920 with Danny and Dylan, and so we didn't get to 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:57.679 talk for as long as I wanted to. But boy, 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.640 it was so nice to meet him face to face 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:05.600 and to give him a hug. He is such a warm, thoughtful, 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.000 lovely man, and I hope that it's not the last 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:11.840 time I see him. I want to see him again. 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:17.319 He was just really great. Some other friends and people 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.679 that you may know and that I know that we're 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:22.280 in the audience. I saw Candice Cameron Beret was there. 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:26.920 Danica mckeller was there. I saw a sign that Jaliel 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:30.280 White was gonna be there. His name was on his chair. 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:34.679 I did not see him, and I don't know if 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:36.560 that means he wasn't there. I'm sure he was. I 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.360 need to text him. I will ask him if he 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:41.960 was there, but I wish I had seen him. Sharna 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:45.080 Burgess of course was there. I saw Peta was there. 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:51.520 Sean Johnson was there, Christi Yamaguchi was there, Donald Driver 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.640 was there. Rashad Jennings was there. He was obviously in 0:11:55.720 --> 0:12:00.240 the show. He was competing with Elaine. It was us. 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:07.360 It was just a star studded, fantastic night. Apollo Ono 0:12:07.520 --> 0:12:10.880 was there. He competed with Jordan. That was pretty amazing. 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:14.199 We'll get into all the relay race stuff. One of 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.160 the things they did tonight to celebrate the anniversary is 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:22.199 they had lots of archival footage over the last twenty 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:27.319 years of the show, former pros as kids, basically from 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:31.800 when they started on the show, Tom Bergrown, lots of 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:36.320 Len Goodman. They did a beautiful in memoriam package and 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:40.040 had a beautiful dance that Riley and Ezra performed to 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:45.160 the in memoriam section of the show. Just a really 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:51.800 beautiful celebration. Also, I'd love to talk about that opening 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:59.400 number choreographed by Derek huff Boy, was it beautiful? Started 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:04.880 off with the six original pros from the show, and 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:09.800 they did a beautiful job, so gorgeous, and then it 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:13.360 continued down onto the ballroom floor with all the current pros. 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:18.640 Really fast paced, I mean fast, fast, fast, fast fast, 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:22.080 and Alan had to he was in the opening number, 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:26.240 and then he was also the first performer of the 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:30.080 night with Elaine and they were doing as alsa, so 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.480 he also, like that was super fast. So I'm not 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:36.480 even sure how he caught his breath to open the 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:40.640 show like that, but opening number was just absolutely beautiful. 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.079 And then, of course I've mentioned it a few times, 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:46.640 there was the reveal of Tom Berger, on which everyone 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:48.280 knew he was going to be there, but it was 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:50.880 so fun and so great, and I know Julianne got 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:55.880 emotional introducing him. I don't even know all the details, 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:58.920 but I know that he was fired after a certain 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:02.160 period of time, and I know that he was heartbroken, 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:05.440 and I don't remember what the situation was, but I 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:07.959 do know that there was not always good blood there 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.280 after that happened. And since that time, it's water under 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:15.040 the bridge and they have made up and hands have changed, 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:17.720 you know, people who used who were in charge at 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.040 that time are no longer in charge. And it was 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:24.560 a really nice homecoming for everybody to have Tom back 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:31.040 in the ballroom. I thought he did a really great 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:35.240 job judging, I really did, and I didn't know what 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.800 to expect because as a host, you know, he's not 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:43.520 a dance expert, and so you know, I thought he 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:47.000 did the perfect thing, which was he didn't offer any 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:50.920 critiques about the dancing. He didn't say anything like about, 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:54.440 you know, putting energy in your fingertips or something where 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:56.680 it's like, sir, is that your area of expertise? He 0:14:56.720 --> 0:15:01.320 didn't do any of that. He just said what he 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:05.640 connected with. He gave them compliments, He talked about how 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:10.440 something made him feel. He talked about their shared history, 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:13.360 if they had shared history. I thought he did a 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:17.840 really nice job and blended in very well with our 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:22.040 other fantastic judges. I really do. I think he did 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:26.200 a great job. I really enjoyed him. I also, before 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:29.560 they went out onto the floor, I got to see Whitney. 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:33.280 I also got to see Robert. My Robert. I am 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:39.720 another one. I just you know, love so very much, 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:45.280 and every time we see each other, we just have 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:50.520 so much to say. And I hope that I feel 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:56.680 oh am I getting emotional. I always hope with my 0:15:56.760 --> 0:16:01.200 friends that I feel like a safe space to open 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:06.320 up and share things with. I want that for all 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:11.920 my friends. But there are sometimes there are some people 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:20.440 who seemingly have just everything going for them, but they're young, 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:25.880 and I know how overwhelming it can be to have 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:31.120 so much pressure on your shoulders and to have so 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:34.680 much going on and to be, you know, to be 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:41.320 such a positive force like Robert is, and for people 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:47.280 to want you to maintain that, and he has. He 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:52.960 has never once complained about a single thing ever. But 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:57.120 I hope he knows that I'm always there for him. 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.400 And I feel like when I see him and I'm 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:03.320 able to say how are you, and we actually really 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:05.960 get to connect and I get to hear about the 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:09.600 highs of the week, the lows of the week, what 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:14.240 he's looking forward to, what his anxieties are about that 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:18.400 night or whatever. It's just every single time I see him, 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:22.240 I walk away feeling better, and I hope he feels 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:24.360 the same way. I just every time I see him, 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:28.679 I get so bright inside. And it was great to 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:30.479 see him, and I did say I was like, Robert, 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:32.520 I don't think I have a single picture with you. 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.720 So we took a picture tonight and it's very cute. 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:38.680 I love it so much. I also took a great 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:40.639 picture with Dylan because I realized, like, how is it 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:43.560 possible I don't have pictures with my friends like I 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:46.480 have so few pictures with these people, but I'm not 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:54.000 good about remembering to take pictures. We will be taping 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:58.320 a live episode of Danielle With at Disney California Adventure 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:02.359 Park on December fourth. 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I think she's the best 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:45.159 dancer on the show. I previously, I don't know. She 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:51.480 has grown so much, and I thought she started as 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:54.720 a great dancer. I like week one was like, Wow, 0:19:55.400 --> 0:20:00.280 she's really talented. She has grown leaps and bounds, and 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:07.800 she's also really to see her personality develop and to 0:20:07.840 --> 0:20:12.040 see her become more comfortable being on television. I don't 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:14.920 think she had ever even really been on television before 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:18.400 Dancing with the Stars, certainly not live television. I mean, 0:20:18.440 --> 0:20:23.359 of course she's a world renowned social media maven, but 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:28.880 like to watch her grow and develop like this has 0:20:28.960 --> 0:20:34.360 been just spectacular to witness, and I'm so proud of her, 0:20:34.880 --> 0:20:37.520 so proud of her to watch her go out there 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:42.159 and kill it with val tonight, and you know, she 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:46.919 just keeps building, She just keeps building. She's stunning, she's graceful, 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:50.359 she's moving across the floor. She's really I don't know. 0:20:51.000 --> 0:20:55.080 I think she's I think she's the top dancer right now. 0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:58.480 Robert and Whitney did Footprints in the Sand. They did 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:01.960 a fox trot, which was inspired by Bindy's freestyle. It 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:09.040 was a dedication dance to their dad. Really, another beautiful, 0:21:09.880 --> 0:21:15.919 fantastic foxtrot. Ten's across the board again. It was actually 0:21:15.960 --> 0:21:21.280 the first full forty for an individual dance. Team Chicago 0:21:21.320 --> 0:21:24.719 had the first full forty the week I got eliminated, 0:21:24.720 --> 0:21:28.159 but that was a team dance. Robert's dance tonight was 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:32.639 the first perfect ten dance across the board and the 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:37.679 gold confetti cannons went off, and I was sitting on 0:21:37.720 --> 0:21:42.919 the ballroom floor and I was watching everybody celebrate, watching 0:21:42.920 --> 0:21:47.439 everybody celebrate in the skybox, and I was sitting there, 0:21:47.480 --> 0:21:50.600 and then they went to commercial, and I realized, like, oh, 0:21:50.600 --> 0:21:52.399 because we're at commercial, there's still like two and a 0:21:52.440 --> 0:21:57.000 half minutes. And I thought I literally might get tackled. 0:21:57.480 --> 0:22:00.840 I don't know, but I'm going to run up to 0:22:00.880 --> 0:22:02.920 the skybox and grab him and give him a hug. 0:22:03.960 --> 0:22:06.840 And I did. I just jumped up from my seat 0:22:07.280 --> 0:22:09.879 and I ran across the floor and a woman in 0:22:09.920 --> 0:22:12.240 a red shirt said to me, like hi, and I 0:22:12.280 --> 0:22:14.040 was like, Hi, I have to go doctor Robert. And 0:22:14.080 --> 0:22:18.440 she was like okay. I have no idea if she 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:20.520 knew who I was or if she was just like 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:23.600 I'm not gonna stop this lady who's running. But I 0:22:23.720 --> 0:22:28.840 ran upstairs into the skybox and I grabbed him and 0:22:28.920 --> 0:22:31.160 I told him how proud of him I was. Oh 0:22:31.200 --> 0:22:36.080 my gosh, I was just so excited for him, just 0:22:36.119 --> 0:22:39.920 so proud and so excited. I wish I could stop 0:22:39.960 --> 0:22:42.440 crying because I feel a little like a crazy lady 0:22:42.480 --> 0:22:46.600 who just keeps crying over a dancing show. But I'm 0:22:46.640 --> 0:22:50.560 just so proud of everybody. Okay, I'm gonna move on. 0:22:51.359 --> 0:22:55.000 Whitney and Mark did an Argentine tango to sell Block Tango. 0:22:55.160 --> 0:22:59.280 I think it's from Chicago, if I'm not mistaken. I 0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:05.159 thought this dance was just spectacular. I mean, I know 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:07.840 I've said that now about every single dance, but I mean, 0:23:07.920 --> 0:23:09.760 I guess that's to be expected when you're in week 0:23:09.880 --> 0:23:16.280 nine out of eleven. It was remarkable, the lifts that 0:23:16.320 --> 0:23:20.679 they did, the tricks that they did Whitney split the 0:23:21.560 --> 0:23:26.280 just every single thing about it. It was intense, it 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:33.199 was sultry, it was it was filled with personality. It 0:23:33.440 --> 0:23:39.359 was just beautiful. And I saw in the package that 0:23:39.400 --> 0:23:41.400 Whitney had said that she was having a hard time 0:23:41.440 --> 0:23:46.160 getting the quick flicks and kicks, and man, you would 0:23:46.160 --> 0:23:52.119 never know it because she looked phenomenal. And I know 0:23:52.880 --> 0:23:57.399 that Mark really pushes her, which is exactly what she wants, 0:23:57.640 --> 0:24:01.760 and it pays off every single week. I look forward 0:24:01.800 --> 0:24:06.960 to their dances every single week. I thought she looked amazing. 0:24:07.200 --> 0:24:12.280 I thought Mark looked amazing. I thought this was spectacularly done. 0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:17.280 And then Dylan and Daniella Ain't No Sunshine they did 0:24:17.280 --> 0:24:21.720 an Argentine tango. I was nervous when I heard that 0:24:21.760 --> 0:24:24.959 they were doing an Argentine tango Ain't No Sunshine. I 0:24:25.000 --> 0:24:27.720 was like, I can't picture how this song is going 0:24:27.800 --> 0:24:35.240 to work with an Argentine tango. I loved the song. Oh, 0:24:35.280 --> 0:24:38.360 I forgot to tell you. Whitney and Mark also perfect 0:24:38.359 --> 0:24:43.120 tense forty across the board. And then because they had 0:24:43.200 --> 0:24:46.400 immunity from the relay race, which means they didn't need 0:24:46.440 --> 0:24:51.160 to do the relay race, they were automatically given two points, 0:24:51.320 --> 0:24:54.479 so she ended up with she had forty two points 0:24:54.600 --> 0:24:57.560 before the relay even started because she was just given 0:24:57.600 --> 0:25:02.679 the two points. Another perfect dance, just absolutely nothing, no notes, 0:25:02.840 --> 0:25:07.280 no notes, perfect dance. Uh, Dylan and Daniella this They're 0:25:07.440 --> 0:25:14.000 Argentine Tango. I think this Argentine Tango. I'm not just biased. 0:25:14.720 --> 0:25:17.360 I think Danny and Dylan's Argentine Tango is the dance 0:25:17.400 --> 0:25:19.960 of the night for me. And there were so many 0:25:19.960 --> 0:25:24.760 great dances tonight it's hard for me to pick. I 0:25:24.840 --> 0:25:30.320 freaking loved h this Argentine Tango. I loved every single 0:25:30.400 --> 0:25:36.000 aspect of it. I thought Dylan was such a star, 0:25:36.760 --> 0:25:40.439 such a star. He knew he needed to have a 0:25:40.440 --> 0:25:44.119 breakout night. He was not thrilled with the way last 0:25:44.119 --> 0:25:48.000 week went. He really wanted to step up his game tonight, 0:25:48.720 --> 0:25:54.399 and boy did he. He was so in character, he 0:25:54.640 --> 0:26:01.600 was so strong, he was leading so well. The lifts just, 0:26:02.240 --> 0:26:07.199 I mean, truly, just unbelievable. This dance from beginning to 0:26:07.359 --> 0:26:13.720 end was perfect. And I cried, which will not surprise 0:26:13.800 --> 0:26:17.080 those of you who are listening to this podcast, where 0:26:17.080 --> 0:26:21.040 I've already cried like six times. I cried the minute 0:26:21.080 --> 0:26:25.000 it was over because I from the conversation I had 0:26:25.000 --> 0:26:28.320 with him before the night started, through the conversations I 0:26:28.359 --> 0:26:32.199 had with him this week, I knew how important this 0:26:32.480 --> 0:26:35.040 night was to him, and I knew how important this 0:26:35.480 --> 0:26:41.119 breakthrough feeling was. And boy, oh boy, watching him just 0:26:41.720 --> 0:26:46.639 kill it. I was through the roof, just through the roof. 0:26:47.280 --> 0:26:49.720 And when he went up there and then they got 0:26:49.920 --> 0:26:55.320 their perfect scores, I wanted to do the same thing 0:26:55.359 --> 0:26:57.440 I had done for Robert, and I wanted to run 0:26:57.480 --> 0:27:00.280 up there into the skybox, but there was only one 0:27:00.359 --> 0:27:03.920 minute before Jordan and Ezra were performing, and I knew 0:27:03.920 --> 0:27:06.119