![]() He got in a few three-hour sessions with partner Chelsie Hightower before shifting gears to Saturday night's finale in Fontana, Calif. While the other couples were working on their first routine, Castroneves was completing the final race of the Ind圜ar season. The three-time Indianapolis 500 winner is playing catch-up on the competition for the All-Star edition of the ABC show. I think he & Chelsie are REALLY going to have to work on their chemistry, first and foremost, if they want to stick around – and if they can forge a good chemistry, then I think it’s on Chelsie to strike a balance between making Helio focus on technique, and still giving him the opportunity to be a showman. I do think they’re going to have to make a big splash, though, and they’re going to have to do it soon – because they’re kind of becoming this season’s “forgotten” couple for me: the couple that I always struggle to remember when I’m listing off all of the couples this season, because they haven’t yet made a huge impression on me.Ĭourt’s verdict: I think Helio’s success this season is seriously going to hinge upon whether he’s able to really connect with Chelsie – and if she’s going to be able to choreograph to suit both his technical weaknesses and his strengths as a showman.Ask Helio Castroneves how rehearsal is going for Dancing with the Stars and he whips out his cellphone to show a video of him practicing a routine. ![]() To date, I still think it’s one of the strangest, least romantic rumbas we’ve ever seen on the show…and as I recall, the judges seemed kind of horrified by it. And judging from he & Julianne’s rumba, in which he couldn’t really play a character, his weaker technique seemed to stick out like a sore thumb…and his chemistry with Julianne also suffered. However, when you take a closer look at his quickstep, you’ll see that he sometimes tends to get so carried away with the character of the dance, that he loses a bit of the technique – a problem similar to Joey’s. Plus, he seemed to really excel at the ballroom dances, which seems to be an area in which even the best male contestants seem to falter. I think his quickstep is a perfect example of how his chemistry with Julianne & his personality carried him through to the end – he was just so FUN. – while she herself was a big personality, I feel as though he managed to endear himself to viewers a bit more, and generated a stronger chemistry with Julianne than Mel maybe had with Maks. □ I think that’s ultimately what won him the MBT over Mel B. The one big advantage he had, though, was personality – in BUCKETLOADS. I picked his Mask-inspired quickstep as Helio’s best dance:Īnd for his worst dance, I chose he & Julianne’s bizarrely chilly rumba:įirst, I feel like I have to get this off of my chest: I do not think Helio was the best dancer on his season, and I actually think he was one of the weaker champions we’ve had, in terms of dance skill. As always, if you’re playing catch-up, check out the previous editions with Kelly Monaco, Emmitt Smith, Drew Lachey, Joey Fatone, & Apolo Ohno □ Today I take on season 5 winner, Helio Castroneves. DWTS 15 All-Stars: The Great “Previous Dance Experience” Debate – Helio Castroneves EditionĪfter a brief hiatus to accomodate all of the hoopla of the revealing of the 13th couple, I’m back with another edition of my series examining the highs and lows of our all-stars’ original seasons.
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