Tommy Chong and Emma Slater- Mambo
Song: Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth
The music to this song was just way too slow. Obviously the producers just wanted a drug-suggestive song to represent Tommy Chong, which I'm okay with, but at least give him a dance style that matches the song he is dancing to!
Candace Cameron Bure and Mark Ballas- Rumba
Song: Say Something by A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera
Mark did the best he could do with the song given, but there was not much he could do without it looking off. I would have rather seen a Contemporary or Viennese Waltz to this, but I guess the show was unable to find a suitable song for the "choose your own dance style" week.
Michael Waltrip and Emma Slater- Argentine Tango
Song: Give Me Everything by Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer (Acoustic)
I actually like the fact that this song was turned into an acoustic piece for an Argentine Tango. It's just that the meter should have been different to make each move more hard-hitting.
Brant Daugherty and Peta Murgatroyd- Tango
Song: The Night Out by Martin Solveig
I have noticed that Dancing With the Stars tends to use Cha-Cha-Cha/Samba/Disco-sounding songs for Tangos, which kind of works in certain cases. However, the music in this song was just way too wild for a Tango.
Carlos PenaVega and Witney Carson- Argentine Tango
Song: What Do You Mean? by Justin Bieber
I feel as though if the music was changed slightly for this song (maybe make it a little less party-like), it would have been so much better. The music just did not go with the dance, and came off as a bit odd.
Danica McKellar and Valentin Chmerkovskiy- Salsa
Song: Watch Out for This (Bumaye) by Major Lazer featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican, and FS Green
I have no clue where this song came from, but it is the furthest song from a Salsa that I have seen used for that style on the show before! Maybe it could work for a Hip Hop, but that's about it.
Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani- Hustle
Song: Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was)
This is another song that I felt was too slow for the dance style. It was also another one of those weeks where the show forced "uncommon" dances into the show without paying much attention to the songs. Tony did a great job with the choreography, though, and made the mismatch between the song and the dance almost unnoticeable.
Jonathan Bennett and Allision Holker- Tango
Song: Back to Black by Beyoncé and André 3000
I can't really think of a dance style this song matches well to. It was just a bizarre choice of a song for the producers to use. But once again, the show wanted a The Great Gatsby song, so this is what they used. If anything, it would match better for an Argentine Tango, which had several elements noticeably placed into the dance.
Alexa PenaVega and Mark Ballas- Argentine Tango
Song: Viva la Vida by Coldplay
Once again, Mark did the best with the song that he could, but the song was just a big miss to the dance style. I could barely find any type of Argentine Tango rhythm in the song.
Rumer Willis and Valentin Chmerkovskiy- Jazz
Song: Bootylicious by Destiny's Child
This seemed like a desperate attempt to make Rumer be someone that she isn't. This isn't really much of a song to dance to, but at least there was some sort of rhythm to it. The choreography could have had some more Jazz content in it, but I can't blame Val for it considering the song he was given. Rumer is already sexy without having to be forced to dance to a song like Bootylicious.
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