Pure Derek Hough

Crystal found the time and I have guessed right!! 3 pm Pacific and you can follow it on twitter. From the LA Times:

Since the Emmys’ Creative Arts Awards aren’t televised live, it can be frustrating trying to find out who wins. Gold Derby will post results as soon as we can. I’ll be doing double duty, moving back and forth between the ceremony and the press room back stage at the Nokia Theater, but will try to get the news noted here in a timely fashion.

I’ll also post reports too, of course, but maybe not so quickly. For example, It will probably take me a while to figure out a family-friendly way to recount Kathy Griffin’s inevitably scandalous acceptance speech.

The ceremony runs roughly from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Pacific time Saturday Aug. 21.

A reminder of Derek’s nominated dances:

What was he nominated for LAST year, you ask?? JIVE!!! One week after Julianne had her appendix removed.

So, I was working on some stuff for PureDWTS and I found myself watching these dances. I love Derek’s hair right now – it’s either growing or it’s grown ON me – but I do sometimes miss that hair flying about his head. Particularly in Latin….

Not much longer! Hopefully the Emmy voters – or jury members whatever the case may be – are planning to hand a statuette to the hottest choreographer out there these days!! Of course I mean Derek!! But in a comment that is SHEER sucking up on my part, I hope that they award one for “specials” and one for “series” that way Adam Shankman – he who produces MOVIES – can get a statuette too. Pssstt…Adam, Derek has leading man written all over him. By the way, you looked very handsome on SYTYCD tonight. :::end of sucking up:::

Okay, someone find a hashtag for Emmy and start using it with Derek’s name attached. For example: “I think @OfficialDHough should absolutely win an #Emmy for Choreography” Or something like that. But don’t get too crazy, because spamming is annoying. Oh what the hell, retweet the crap out of it. Hee. Start blowing on your lucky rabbits feet. Say a little prayer. Do whatever you do for good luck. Need a reminder on the nominated dances? You’ve come to the right place.

Thanks to CrazyCurlzGirl, I realized that not only had I not watched this video in FOREVER, but I doubt very much it’s posted anywhere on this site! Pro dance to Dolly Parton from 2007.

You know, this woman always wins first place. As you remember, because everyone has so many different favorites, I grouped like videos together and then counted the total in the group. These three dances got the votes, in order from most to least.

Derek and Joanna DANCES. I say dances because another bit of Derek and Joanna take another place in the competition.

Of course, the Futuristic Paso Doble!

And interestingly enough, their rumba also got 2 votes, so I included it. Why not? Of course, once I watched the video sent to me again, I remember WHY people might vote for it. Goofy Derek at his very goofiest. Porn music and all.

Finally, I included this one because I can’t believe NO ONE voted for it. Poor lambada.

So, based on something I said last night about Emmy’s, and Lisa’s response to my comment disagreeing with my selection of the Paso with Chelsie, I thought I would post this little guessing game. Of course, the problem with this game is the possibility (shocking as it seems to me) that he doesn’t get nominated for something. There is another problem with this game – the dances eligible for an Emmy had to have aired between June 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010. That sounds all well and good, right? But in looking at the rules, you actually have to submit by April 30, 2010. Fine for taped shows – they can know it will air before May 31st, but still easily submit it by April 30th. Since DWTS is a live show, some of Derek’s best dances from this season are eligible, but impossible to submit because they haven’t been performed yet. Anyway, I was in the process of getting depressed until I read the submission/eligibility rules in a little more detail and I *think* I found a loophole.

2. Entries made before the deadline may be modified by the entrant until 5:00 PM on May 31,
2010. An example of a modification would be the replacement of the episode submitted for judging
with another eligible episode.

That gave me hope. After all, if his management is as crafty as I am, they’d submit ANY great dance and then replace that submission with a better dance before the deadline of May 31st. But then I read this again:

1b. DVD/Tape Deadline: All program category entries and certain individual achievement
categories and areas require DVD/tape masters to be submitted by the entry deadline. If the program
or episode has not aired, or if the DVDs are not ready by the entry deadline of April 30, 2010, the
final deadline for DVDs to be submitted to the Television Academy will be May 14, 2010.

So, I think the deadline is May 14 – I’m assuming the choreography individual achievement category is going to require a DVD submission, right? Also, Lisa was technically correct in her comment that he can only submit one – UNLESS he’s part of a team or teams. Say, if Chelsie submitted the Paso with Derek as part of her team, then Derek submitted by himself for one of his other eligible dances. I think that’s how it works. Wanna read these rules for yourself because you’re a dork like me or just bored (also like me) —-> Emmy Submission Rules 2010

So, assuming that Derek’s people know the rules and that Derek DID submit an episode or episodes, what ARE the possible submissions??  Well, that Paso Doble with Chelsie, for one. Unfortunately, both the 50′s Paso AND the Foxtrot were performed on May 10 – technically eligible, but too late for submission – early enough for an edited submission though. Same goes for that fantastic argentine tango.  They’d have to be on top of it for sure. Let’s assume they are.

Here are the videos that I think are probably more than worthy:

From Season 9, The Futuristic Paso Doble

With all the fantastic dances Derek produces in Season 10, I think that any potential from Season 9 is limited to that Futuristic Paso. I also think that the execution of that dance isn’t as crisp (as much as I loved it) or as difficult as some of those he produced in Season 10. That’s one of the reasons DWTS doesn’t get as many Emmy nominations as SYTYCD does – amateurs are dancing in the former and the execution likely affects the nominations – or even the submissions. On to Season 10, which is rich with potential submissions.

The Pretty Woman Tango -

The Quickstep – keep in mind that Emmy voters don’t care about DWTS rules. It’s about choreography

The beautiful Foxtrot

The dramatic 50′s Paso Doble

The dances that were unable to make the submission deadline? The Argentine Tango, the Prince Cha Cha, the final Rumba, the Freestyle, and the last Jive. Assuming that the Paso with Chelsie is submitted, which of the above would YOU pick as the second submission?? Or have I missed a dance that you would choose?? Tell me!!

I really enjoy them dancing together, she balances him pretty well, I think. You guys might remember these videos from the Shawn Johnson thing last summer.

The Foxtrot

You guys remember this one – they interrupted him eating to dance. You can see him chewing the whole dance – choking hazard!! I love the bit at the end where he’s nodding at the audience like “Yeah, that’s right, we killed it.” He had a weird ass hair cut at this time too. Maybe it’s a summertime thing.

If his name is NOT on the Emmy list in a couple weeks for this dance (at the very least), I will be PISSED. It will only be because his people failed, IMO. You gotta submit them to get nominated. Anyway – best pro dance of Season 10, and maybe the best pro dance of several seasons.

I’m still pulling stuff off my computer. I think this is the last of it. Love it.

The Derek/Julianne Edition.

Best Pro Dance EVER on the show (‘cept for maybe that Paso that Derek and Chelsie did this season).

This dance NEVER gets old – although I prefer the second half, for obvious reasons.

Jennifer Hudson!