On Wednesday night, Derek Hough’s wife, Hayley Erbert, went through a terrifying medical scare. She was rushed to the hospital, where the doctors diagnosed her with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel, and she required an emergency craniotomy.
Over the weekend, the Dancing with the Stars head judge gave an update on her condition. “Hayley has always inspired me with her will, her strength, and her resilience and no more so than in the last 48 hrs. She is now on the long road of recovery,” he wrote. “Words cannot express how grateful and thankful we are for the support and love that you have given us. The kindness that we’ve been shown in this incredibly unfathomable, and life changing time is immeasurable. The offers of assistance that have poured in have been so humbling and appreciated. Our hope is that as a family, we can somehow and someway pay it forward.”
Hopefully, she will be better soon, and they will be back dancing to sold-out crowds in no time.
Derek Hough and his wife, Hayley Erbert, went through a terrifying medical emergency at the end of yesterday’s performance in Oxon, Maryland.
The head judge on Dancing with the Stars wrote, “At the end of last night’s tour performance in Washington D.C., my wife Hayley became disoriented and was taken to the hospital, She was diagnosed with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel and required an emergency craniotomy. She is in stable condition.
“I want to thank the first responders and medical personnel who have cared for and continue to care for her. I ask for your prayers and positivity during this time.”
Hopefully, she will recover quickly from this, and they will be able to resume their tour shortly.
The couple has 17 more dates between tonight and the end of the year. Tonight’a show is cancelled, but no word on the remaining dates.
Even though Alfonso Ribeiro was known as The Tap Dance Kid before he moved to Hollywood, he is most known for his Carlton Dance from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
So on Tuesday night, when he was reunited with Witney Carson, who was his pro-partner when he won Dancing with the Stars, they decided to do a dance to the theme song from Fresh Prince. And guess what? There was no Carlton involved.
Such a sacrilege. Even if their short routine was spectacular.
When you think of Ribeiro, which dance stage of his comes to your mind? Since we grew up in the same hometown, he will always be The Tap Dance Kid to me even though I have seen him do breakdancing before he danced with Michael Jackson.
Tonight at 8p on ABC, it is time for the Dancing with the Stars season finale. Along with dancing, finalist Jason Mraz is going to sing his happy tune I Feel Like Dancing.
The singer is not the only one who is going to be doing double duty tonight. Val Chmerkovskiy revealed that he is going to showcase his violin skills during the 3-hour finale.
The professional dancer shared the above video and wrote, “Invest in your kids and expose them to art. They’ll grow up into adults with a roster of party tricks. I’ll be playing this tomorrow on #DWTS finale, don’t miss us, and please vote #TeamXV”
Amazing, I am going to watch just to see him do that because that is just beautiful. I wonder what instrument his brother Maxsim plays. Besides the one ivory flute! Sorry, I had to!
Yesterday was the semifinals of Dancing with the Stars. And we were expecting the five remaining contestants to go down to four at the end of the show. However, Alfonso Ribeiro revealed in the final moments of the episode that no one was going home and that Alyson Hannigan, Ariana Madix, Xochitl Gomez, Charity Lawson, and (my favorite) Jason Mraz will all be competing in the finals on Tuesday.
If you are a conspiracy theorist, then you would assume that they are doing this because Alyson Hannigan was not the one who was eliminated, and the show’s producers didn’t want to have the finale without the person who was.
You see, Hannigan was the only one who did not get a perfect score for at least one of her dances yesterday. She is also the weakest one of the five. So it would make sense that she would be the one that should have been sent home.
But our theory was wrong. Or at least that is what Ribeiro said on The Talk today. “I felt really bad for Xochitl [Gomez] and Ariana Madix because I knew this was happening for a full week.” He added, “We’re taking over all of primetime for ABC next Tuesday night. So, it’s going to be a super-filled show, and so having five couples is fantastic.”
So, who does the former winner think will win? “They are all so deserving. And I think this season is slightly different than a lot of seasons.” Then he explained in the past, “You’ve got people, and it’s like that’s your winner. Everyone else is playing to see where they finish. Right now, truly, I believe, for many different reasons, any one of them can win. Right, for different reasons. And so, it is really hard when you are seeing them, and you are like, well, who’s got this? Well, they all deserve the opportunity to be there.”
So why should we tune in because yesterday feels like a wash? Ribeiro said that this week’s votes and scores will be calculated with next week’s totals.
And at this point, Gomez is in first place, and Hannigan is in last, with just nine points separating them.
Who do you think will bring home the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy? Tell me in the comments.
