Everyone thank Helen for this great blog from last season – now seemed like a good time to post it, right before the season 16 finale, as Helen is going to the Season 16 Finale as well!
Mum had been a fan of Strictly Come Dancing from the start but I was slow to warm to ballroom dancing, until I saw the more glitzy and better presented American version, but it was seeing the futuristic Paso that Derek did that really made my jaw drop and take a second (and third) look at ballroom dancing, not to mention go online to buy DVDs of all the previous DWTS seasons. We have both loved and looked forward to Dancing with the Stars ever since and especially to see Derek’s brilliantly innovative and watchable “show within a show” routines which have amazed, bedazzled, wowed and made me come to love ballroom dancing.
So when we heard that season 15 may be Derek’s last series, plus it was an all-star season and he would be partnered with Shawn Johnson, whom I love as I am a couch sports fan and Gymnastics is one of the sports I love to watch, I knew I had to go and see him dance live at least once…
I knew you could apply through on camera but even if we did get lucky, coming from the UK, we wouldn’t have enough notice so I began searching online for other options. I discovered that VIP tickets were occasionally auctioned online for charity and found some on eBay to support US Friends of David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, which was perfect as I adore animals and try to support wildlife charities as much as possible and so we got ourselves two VIP performance show tickets.
Next decision was which show to go to , really wanted to see the freestyle that Derek would choreograph with Shawn’s abilities but that would be taking a chance they would get to the final. I had confidence though, especially after seeing their quickstep, who after that wouldn’t vote to see them do a free-style! Hence we asked our seller for tickets for the final performance show, she agreed and it turns out that the seller is also one of the show producers and when we mentioned being huge fans of Derek’s she said if we could stay for another day for the final results show, if Derek was there and available she would introduce us – woop woop!!! Continue reading DWTS All Stars Finale – Fan Blog by Helen
BUT…Derek has GOT to get a better answer about the movie and has to get better at promoting himself. 
