Pure Derek Hough

Cross posted in it’s entirety from PureDWTS – Thanks Vogue!!

Good Morning America asked Tony Dovolani to go into rehearsals for the Dancing With The Stars semi-finals to see how the couples are handling the pressure. William and Cheryl bicker like an old married couple. Mark says Katherine is never a drama Queen…well, sometimes. Donald brings enthusiasm, determination, and laughter to every step. Maria and Derek have played with injuries, but, are always pushing the envelope…and finding time to laugh silly too. Lots more fun below with Tony!

Tony handicaps the couples in this coverage. He predicts one of the girls are going home tonight.

As Shakespeare would say…much ado about nothing.

I could have sworn I posted this bit from Extra, but I don’t see it on the site anywhere….so here it is again.

TeamMariaDerek chopped down the confessional – such a cute couple.

Hurray!!! Job well done to all the fans who voted their little fingers to the bone. Rest up to do it again on Monday. We’re done with week 8…on to week 9.

Here’s a cute pap video of Derek dancing with his mom.

Len calls Derek a genius. Duh.

With George after the results show – Thanks to Vogue for making this a bit easier.

Maria on AfterBuzz TV – Jive and AT next week. Hurray for AT!!! Jive? Maria’s poor feet.

Extra – Tony is doing a great job here.

On the Red Carpet with George

AfterBuzz TV

This video was on Extra’s website and is one of the more hilarious things I’ve seen out of this duo. OMG, funny! And Derek has caught Maria’s laugh. Can you imagine being the guy in the elevator??

For motiviation, I’ve put all of the videos from Week 7 – Paso Doble, Encore, Team Tango, etc. – into this nice neat place for you to watch over and over again in between making dozens more email accounts and getting them verified at abc.com.

Paso Doble Package

Menough Wk 7 Package by Heidi2011Ho

Paso Doble

Menough Wk 7 Paso Doble by Heidi2011Ho

Team Tango Package

Wk 7 Team Tango Package by Heidi2011Ho

Team Tango

Wk 7 Team Tango Dance by Heidi2011Ho

Paso Encore

Menough Wk 7 Paos Doble Encore by Heidi2011Ho

Miscellaneous Clips

Menough wk 7 misc clips by Heidi2011Ho

This is a cute video of Maria answering fan questions. I hope everyone has plenty of accounts to vote Team Menough; with it being a double elimination this week, we will have to work extra hard to make sure that Maria isn’t one of the two eliminees. If you need a tutorial review on how to do it check out Heidi’s Voting Tutorial.

Thanks to ElmariL for sending me these two videos; the first one is with Maria, who always talks so great about Derek, and the second is that eTalk interview that I was trying to find the other night.

He said, She Said…rough edit. Derek is telling her every day she has the best booty?? Um…yeah. No attraction there whatsoever.

And here’s one from Extra – Maria takes the whole cast to Cryotherapy. Partial nudity!!! Yay!!

OMG, you know they’re doing good when they show up on Access Hollywood.

Derek and Maria with Wilmer Valderrama and George Lopez on Extra!

Maria gives an interview to Esquire where she reveals their next two dances:

ESQ: You’ve never danced drunk?
MM: No. But you know what? Maybe it’ll help. I’m doing the Samba. So I need to be a little loose.

ESQ: Definitely.

MM: And the Waltz. After a couple of Lime-a-Ritas, maybe Derek [her dance partner] will be impressed with my hand movement. That kind of didn’t come out right, did it? [laughs] Oh well.

ESQ: It looks like that’s all the time we have to talk to you. We squeezed it in.

MM: Alright. I’m telling you, dude, it’s in a can. Don’t be nervous.