DWTS 12: Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

REDEMPTION DANCE: cha cha cha (week 10 finale) Score: 30

In 10 weeks, Alley lost a shoe during one routine, but she also lost 38 inches and who knows how many pounds. Check out how she looked during week 1 and see her transformation through the weeks.

• Week 1: Cha cha cha to “Forget You” — Cee Lo Green
• Score: 23 (8, 7, 8)

• Week 2: Quickstep to “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” — KT Tunstall
• Score: 20 (7,6,7)

• Week 3: Rumba to “Over the Rainbow” — Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
• Score: 21 (7,7,7)

• Week 4: Waltz to “Sous le dôme épais” — Léo Delibes
• Score: 22 (7, 7, 8)

• Week 5: Foxtrot to “American Woman” — The Guess Who
• Score: 23 (8,7,8)

• Week 6: Samba to “…Baby One More Time” — Britney Spears
• Score: 26 (8,9,9)

• Week 7: cha cha cha (Team Hines) “Born This Way” — Lady Gaga
• Score: 30 (7, 7, 8, 8)

• Week 7: Jive to “La Bamba” — Ritchie Valens
• Score: 30 (9,7,6,8)

• Week 8: Argentine tango to “Cite Tango” — Ástor Piazzolla
• Score: 28 (9,9,10)

• Salsa to “Cobrastyle” — Teddybears ft. Mad Cobra
• Score: 25 (8,9,8)

• Week 9: Viennese waltz to “One and Only” — Adele
• Score: 27 (9,9,9)

• Paso doble to “White Room” — Cream
• Score: 27 (9,9,9)

• Winner take all cha cha cha

• Week 10: Samba to “Magalenha” — Sérgio Mendes
• Score: 27 (9,9,9)

• Freestyle to “Perfect” — Pink
• Score: 27 (9,9,9)

DWTS 12: Semi-finals routines

Leader board

1. Chelsea Kane  and Mark Ballas: 28 (9, 9, 10) + 30 + 15 (winner take all cha cha cha) = 73

• Argentine tango to “Assassin’s Tango” by John Powell
• Score: 28 (9,9,10)

• Rumba to “Eyes on Fire” by Blue Foundation
  Score: 30

2. Hines Ward  and Kym Johnson: 30 + 30 = 60

• Argentine tango to “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps” by Cake
• Score: 30

• Salsa to “Hello” by The Cat Empire
• Score: 30

3. Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 27 (9, 9, 9) + 27 (9, 9, 9) = 54

• Viennese waltz to “One and Only” — Adele
• Score: 27 (9, 9, 9)

• Paso doble to “White Room” — Cream
• Score: 27 (9, 9, 9)

4. Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff: 25 (8, 9, 8) + 23 (8, 7, 8) = 48

• Argentine tango to “Violentango” by Astor Piazzola
• Score: 25 (8,9,8)

• Salsa to “I Know You Want Me” — Pitbull
• Score: 23 (8, 7, 8)

Cha cha cha Winner Take All

Round 1:

*Hines Ward  and Kym Johnson: “Boogie Shoes” — KC and the Sunshine Band

Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff:  “Mustang Sally” — Wilson Pickett

Round 2:

*Chelsea Kane  and Mark Ballas: “Makes Me Wonder” — Maroon 5

Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: “Walkin’ On The Sun” — Smash Mouth

Round 3:

Hines Ward  and Kym Johnson: “Just Dance” — Lady Gaga

*Chelsea Kane  and Mark Ballas

DWTS 12: Compare Argentine tango

Argentine tango

• Best of
  

• Hines Ward  and Kym Johnson: 30
• “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps” by Cake

• Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 28 (9,9,10)
• “Cite Tango” by Ástor Piazzolla

Chelsea Kane  and Mark Ballas: 28 (9, 9, 10)

• Argentine tango to “Assassin’s Tango” by John Powell
• Score: 28 (9,9,10)

Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff: 25 (8,9,8)

• Argentine tango to “Violentango” by Astor Piazzola
• Score: 25 (8,9,8)

DWTS 12: Final Five

Leader board

Chelsea Kane  and Mark Ballas: 29 (10,9,10) + 26 (8,9,9)=55/60

• Waltz to “My Love” by  Sia
• Score: 29 (10,9,10)

• Salsa to “Get Busy” by  Sean Paul
• Score: 26 (8,9,9)

Hines Ward  and Kym Johnson: 28 (9,9,10) + 26 (9,9,8)= 54/60

• Foxtrot to “This Will Be” by  Natalie Cole
• Score: 28 (9,9,10)

• Jive to “Chantilly Lace” — Jerry Lee Lewis
• Score: 26 (9,9,8)

Romeo Miller  and Chelsie Hightower: 27 (9,9,9) + 25 (8,9,8)= 53

• Tango to “Hold It Against Me” — Britney Spears
• Score: 27 (9,9,9)

• Salsa to “Tequila” — Xavier Cugat
• Score: 25 (8,9,8)

Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 28 (9,9,10) + 25 (8,9,8)= 53

• Argentine tango to “Cite Tango” — Ástor Piazzolla
• Score: 28 (9,9,10)

• Salsa to “Cobrastyle” — Teddybears ft. Mad Cobra
• Score: 25 (8,9,8)

Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff: 25 (8,8,9) + 21 (7,7,7)=46/60

• Viennese waltz to “Maybe I, Maybe You” — The Scorpions
• Score: 25 (8,8,9)

• Cha cha cha to “Stuck in the Middle With You” — Stealers Wheel
• Score: 21 (7,7,7)

DWTS 12: Compare salsa routines

Hines Ward  and Kym Johnson

• Salsa to “Hello” by The Cat Empire
• Score: 30

Chelsea Kane & Mark Ballas: 26 (8,9,9)

“Get Busy” by Sean Paul

Romeo & Chelsie Hightower: 25 (8,9,8)

“Tequila” by The Champs

• Salsa to “I Know You Want Me” — Pitbull
• Score: 23 (8, 7, 8)

Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 25 (8,9,8)

• “Cobrastyle” by Teddybears featuring Mad Cobra

DWTS 12: Compare samba

Samba

• Best of
  
• Chelsea Kane  and Mark Ballas: 26 (9, 8, 9) to “Party in the USA” by Miley Cyrus  (Week 5 American week)

• Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 26 (8, 9, 9) to “…Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears (Week 6 Guilty Pleasures Week).

• Hines Ward and Kym Johnson: 25 (8, 9, 8) to “Fantasy” by Earth, Wind and Fire (Week 3 Personal story week)

• Kendra Wilkinson  and Louis van Amstel: 25 (8, 8, 9) to “Livin’ la Vida Loca” by Ricky Martin (Week 6 Guilty Pleasures Week)

• Romeo Miller and Chelsie Hightower: 30 (7, 8, 7, 8) or 23 adjusted to “Say Hey (I Love You)” by Michael Franti and Spearhead

• Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff: 22 (8, 7, 7) to “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Week 5 American week)

DWTS 12: Compare Viennese waltz

Viennese waltz

• Best Viennese waltz
  

Hines Ward and Kym Johnson: 27 (9, 9, 9) Week 6 (Guilty Pleasure Week)

Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 27 (9, 9, 9) + 27 (9, 9, 9) = 54

• Viennese waltz to “One and Only” — Adele
• Score: 27 (9, 9, 9)

Chelsea Kane  and Mark Ballas: 26 (9, 8, 9) to the 2001 “Hedwig’s Theme” — John Williams from “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (week 4 classical week)

Chris Jericho and Cheryl Burke: 26 (9, 8, 9) to “America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates (week 5 America week)

Ralph Macchio & Karina Smirnof: 25 (8,8,9) to”Maybe I, Maybe You” by The Scorpions

Sugar Ray Leonard  and Anna Trebunskaya: 21(7, 7, 7) to the 1892  “Waltz of the Flowers” by  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (week 4 classic week)

Kendra Wilkinson  and Louis van Amstel: 18 (6, 6, 6) to the 1995 “Con te Partirò” by Andrea Bocelli (week 4 classic week)

DWTS 12: Compare waltz (VIDEO)

Waltz

• Best of waltz

Chelsea Kane & Mark Ballas: 29 (10,9,10) to “My Love” by Sia Furler

Romeo Miller and Chelsie Hightower: 28 (10, 9, 9) to “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion (week 6 Guilty Pleasures Week)

Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff: 25 (8, 8, 9) (week 4 classical week) to the 1969 “Romeo and Juliet”by  Nino Rota

Petra Nemcova and Dmitry Chaplin performed:  25 (8, 9, 8) to Waltz “You Raise Me Up” by Josh Groban (week 3 story telling)

Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 22 (7, 7, 8) to the 1883 “The Flower Duet” by  Léo Delibes (week 4 classical week)

DWTS 12: Compare paso doble (VIDEO)

• Best paso doble
  

Chelsea Kane & Mark Ballas:34 (8,9,8,9) week 7 to “Ghosts ‘N Stuff” by Deadmau5

Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy:

• Paso doble to “White Room” — Cream
• Score: 27 (9, 9, 9)

Hines Ward  and Kym Johnson: 25 (9, 8, 8) to the 2004 “Explosive” by Bond (week 4 classics night)

Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff : 24 (8, 8, 8) to “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” by C + C Music Factory (Week 6 Guilty Pleasures Week)

Petra Nemcova  and Dmitry Chaplin: 23 (8, 7, 8) to the 1875 “Les Voici! Voici La Quadrille!” by  Georges Bizet (week 4 classics night)

Romeo Miller  and Chelsie Hightower: 23 (7, 8, 8) to the 1996 “Palladio, First Movement” by Karl Jenkins (week 4 classics night)

Chris Jericho  and Cheryl Burke: 23 (8, 7, 8) to the 1876 “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg (week 4 classics night).

Sugar Ray Leonard and Anna Trebunskaya:  20 to “My Prerogative” by Bobby Brown during week 3 (story telling night).

Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy fall (VIDEO)

So just what happened with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Kirstie Alley? Chmerkovskiy took a tumble and took Alley with him. Why did this happen? Is he pushing himself too hard or was she too heavy.

In 1980, Alley moved to Los Angeles and her parents were in an accident in 1981 with her mother dying. Her father almost died. But she also got her first role in a “Star Trek” movie (1982 “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”). That’s why she chose this particular song which is about hope despite tragedy for Alley.

The song, “Over the Rainbow,” is sung by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole who was a Hawaiian musician who died at age 38 in 1997. He weighed in at 757 pounds. The medley of “Over the Rainbow” and “What a Wonderful World” was released in 1993.

It does point out one problem for the men–working with a woman who weighs as much or more than you can be a health risk. Chmerkovskiy was really sweet but do we really want to see Chmerkovskiy doing lifts with Alley? I don’t think so.

• Dance workshops: Don’t Break My Husband
  
• Scores for Monday night, Week 3 of DWTS Season 12

Despite the fall, Alley and Chmerkovskiy scored well enough.

Rumba

• Best of past seasons
  

1. Kendra Wilkinson  and Louis van Amstel: 23 (8,7, 8) to “You and Me” to Musiq Soulchild
2. Chris Jericho  and Cheryl Burke: 21 (7, 7, 7) to Let It Be” to  The Beatles
3. Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 21 (7, 7, 7) to Over the Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole/Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff: 21 (7, 7, 7) to “Stay Gold” by Stevie Wonder
4. Romeo Miller  and Chelsie Hightower: 20 (7, 6, 7) to “I’ll Be There” to The Jackson 5

Here’s how the teams ranked at the end of the evening.

1. Hines Ward  and Kym Johnson: 25 (8, 9, 8)/Petra Nemcova  and Dmitry Chaplin: 25 (8, 9, 8)
2. Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas: 23 (7, 8, 8)/Kendra Wilkinson  and Louis van Amstel: 23 (8,7, 8)
3. Chris Jericho  and Cheryl Burke: 21 (7, 7, 7)/Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 21 (7, 7, 7)/Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff: 21 (7, 7, 7)
4. Romeo Miller  and Chelsie Hightower: 20 (7, 6, 7)/Sugar Ray Leonard  and Anna Trebunskaya: 20 (7, 6, 7)
5. Wendy Williams and Tony Dovolani: 15 (5, 5, 5)