10. Doug Flutie and Karina Smirnoff's Waltz
The story behind this Waltz is so heartbreaking and chilling. Having both of his parents die within seconds of each other, and telling a love story from that is both beautiful and tear-jerking. Doug's technique was not the best, but he and Karina truly glowed. It was one of the most remarkable Most Memorable Year Night performances of Dancing With the Stars!
9. Mischa Barton and Artem Chigvintsev's Cha-Cha-Cha
I feel bad for putting this dance on the list because it about how bad it was, but remember, this list only reflects the dances, the packages before the dances, the judging, the audience's reactions, and the drama behind everything. Personalities have nothing to do with it. But this, to me, was the week that Mischa broke. She did poorly the week before with her Tango, but everything was against her with this Cha-Cha-Cha. Not only was it awkward to watch, but it made her look like a robot. By this point, the audience could only think about her not being very fun, whether you agree with it or not.
8. TIE- Paige VanZant and Sasha Farber's Rumba AND Kim Fields and Keoikantse Motsepe's Viennese Waltz
These two dances are tied on this list because both of them had strong division with the opinions of judges Len and Maks against Carrie Ann and Bruno. For both performances, Len and Maks were seen as harsh by the majority of the viewing public because of their controversial comments about there not being enough content. And if you read our blog post from Switch-Up week. you would know that we were split on this, too! Either way, these performances were the talk of the week!
7. Jodie Sweetin and Keoikantse Motsepe/Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd's Argentine Tango
As we all know, this was the very first dance on Dancing With the Stars to showcase two people of the same sexes perform together in hold, with gender dancing rules put to the side. I don't think too many people had a problem with it, but I'm sure some people did. I'm just glad that we now live in a society that this could be considered normal. Most of the reception for Nyle and Jodie's Argentine Tango was positive, praising DWTS's progression with social stuff. This was a first for the show, and I don't think it will be the last time we will see something like this!
6. Ginger Zee and Valentin Chmerkovskiy's Freestyle
If you do a Fred Astaire dance, know that the expectations for it will be high! And this dance, unfortunately, especially for a finale Freestyle, was overwhelmingly underwhelming. It wasn't bad. . . it just didn't work. Ginger was already controversial finalist, Val is and always will be controversial, and this dance was just one of those performances that look better in your head. Many Ginger and Val haters saw this as a desperate attempt by ABC to give Ginger the win, and a desperate attempt from Val to be someone that he is not. I personally do not think that, but a lot of people sure were vocal about it! To each their own. . .
5. Nyle DiMarco and Peta Muratroyd's Cha-Cha-Cha
We have seen so many inspirations on DWTS before, but seeing Nyle have some of the best musicality of the premiere while facing the obstacle of not being able to hear the music is just fascinating! This was the "wow" moment for people all over America, realizing that he is a force to be reckoned with! He's not just deaf, he's not just good-looking, he has performance quality for days!
4. Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas's Argentine Tango
This dance might have been just the hot and steamiest dance on the show, making pretty much everyone believe it would get a perfect score. But Len didn't think it was worthy of a ten! He said that it wasn't his taste, so he gave a 9. Fans were outraged, but at the end of the day, is one point less really all that detrimental when you have a huge fan base?
3. Jodie Sweetin and Keoikantse Motsepe's Jive
This was the moment we had all been waiting for for four seasons-- Keo's breakthrough dance! Jodie was just the partner to for Keo to show his full capabilities of what he can do! Of course credit has to Jodie as well, considering this was her first perfect score of the season, as well as Keo's first perfect score ever! It was just so much fun, and the perfect end note to end on before their elimination!
2. Geraldo Rivera and Edyta Śliwińska's Salsa
Just because Geraldo was out first does not mean he did not make an impact on the show! While in the middle of could be called the bloodiest (figuratively, of course) election of all of American history, Geraldo decides to go to political for his Salsa, while giving Democrats and Republicans alike a good laugh. Of course, the performance didn't sit too well with everybody, especially because former Mrs. Trump was on the sidelines watching every second of it. Nonetheless, it was very funny, and showed that he was having a good time on the show!
1. Wanyá Morris and Lindsay Arnold's Charleston
This was the very last dance that Wanyá did before he was eliminated. First of all, I consider this to be the most memorable dance of the season because of how much fun and how innovative on Lindsay's part it was. And second of all, this dance made his massive fan base believe that he was wrongly eliminated from the show, claiming that he was "robbed". Wanyá is considered one of the most robbed contestants in DWTS history, making his support even stronger. But he had a fantastic run, so that is something that both he and Lindsay should be massively proud of!
What do you think was the most memorable dance of season 22 of Dancing With the Stars! Are you ready for season 23, which is quickly approaching?
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