CarmenSandiego

No, it wouldn’t, but last year Shayy had just recently gone blind and that affected her when she made it to the Top 40. That’s what I was referring to.

1 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Firework" (Paso Doble): 9 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Mercy" (Cha-Cha): 11 Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas - "Gimme More" (Paso Doble): 9 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "She's Got Me Dancing" (Samba): 11 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Taquito Militar" (Argentine Tango): 16 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Way Over Yonder" (Waltz): 11 Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas - "Mary Goes to Jesus" (Waltz): 3 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)" (Argentine Tango): 10 + Brandy & Maks Argentine Tango - Bristol & Mark Paso Doble

Probably. But maybe Shayy wanted to wait a while until she had adjusted enough to her blindness that she could sing well enough to make the Top 40.

3 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 15 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 25 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 8 + Brandy & Maks - Kyle & Lacey

2 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 33 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 44 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 20 + Brandy & Maks Waltz - Kyle & Lacey Jive

1 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 33 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 41 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 20 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Teenage Dream" (Cha-Cha): 3 + Brandy & Maks Waltz - Brandy & Maks Cha Cha

Oh. I stand corrected. He may have made the Top 40 after all.

Me too. Oh, and if Nick Merico didn’t make it to Aulani, then I guess that means your early prediction that he was a candidate to win this season was premature.

4 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Quickstep): 2 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 30 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 35 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 20 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Teenage Dream" (Cha-Cha): 10 + Brandy & Maks Waltz - Jennifer & Derek Quickstep

3 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Breathe (2 AM)" (Viennese Waltz): 1 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Quickstep): 7 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 28 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 33 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 18 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Teenage Dream" (Cha-Cha): 10 + Brandy & Maks Waltz - Kyle & Lacey Viennese Waltz

2 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Breathe (2 AM)" (Viennese Waltz): 4 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Quickstep): 7 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 27 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 33 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 16 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Teenage Dream" (Cha-Cha): 10 + Brandy & Maks Waltz - Kyle & Lacey Viennese Waltz

So am I! I saw her audition on YouTube, and she has a good enough story that I’m already rooting for her to do well. I may have a new favorite to replace Myra and Shayy.

2 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Breathe (2 AM)" (Viennese Waltz): 7 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Quickstep): 9 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 24 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 32 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 15 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Teenage Dream" (Cha-Cha): 10 + Brandy & Maks Waltz - Kyle & Lacey Viennese Waltz

4 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Breathe (2 AM)" (Viennese Waltz): 10 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Quickstep): 10 Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya - "Take It to the Limit" (Waltz): 6 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 20 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 26 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 15 Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya - "Hella Good" (Cha-Cha): 0 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Teenage Dream" (Cha-Cha): 10 + Brandy & Maks - Kurt & Anna (bye!)

3 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Breathe (2 AM)" (Viennese Waltz): 10 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Quickstep): 10 Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya - "Take It to the Limit" (Waltz): 8 Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas - "Buttons" (Argentine Tango): 0 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 19 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 23 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 15 Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya - "Hella Good" (Cha-Cha): 2 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Teenage Dream" (Cha-Cha): 10 + Brandy & Maks Waltz - Bristol & Mark (bye!)

2 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Breathe (2 AM)" (Viennese Waltz): 10 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Quickstep): 10 Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya - "Take It to the Limit" (Waltz): 9 Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas - "Buttons" (Argentine Tango): 5 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 17 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 19 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 11 Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya - "Hella Good" (Cha-Cha): 6 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Teenage Dream" (Cha-Cha): 10 + Brandy & Maks Waltz - Bristol & Mark

1 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Breathe (2 AM)" (Viennese Waltz): 10 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Quickstep): 10 Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya - "Take It to the Limit" (Waltz): 10 Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas - "Buttons" (Argentine Tango): 10 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 15 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 16 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 10 Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya - "Hella Good" (Cha-Cha): 7 Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas - "Mas Que Nada" (Samba): 2 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Teenage Dream" (Cha-Cha): 10 + Brandy & Maks Waltz - Bristol & Mark Samba

Week 8 #1 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Breathe (2 AM)" (Viennese Waltz): 10 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Quickstep): 10 Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya - "Take It to the Limit" (Waltz): 10 Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas - "Buttons" (Argentine Tango): 10 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Dark Waltz" (Waltz): 11 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Jive): 11 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Rumba): 10 Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya - "Hella Good" (Cha-Cha): 10 Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas - "Mas Que Nada" (Samba): 8 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Teenage Dream" (Cha-Cha): 10 + Brandy & Maks Dark Waltz - Bristol & Mark Samba

2 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Fever" (Foxtrot): 75 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Shut Up" (Tango): 5 + Brandy & Maks

1 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Free Your Mind" (Paso Doble): 2 Rick Fox & Cheryl Burke - "Hey Pachuco" (Quickstep): 7 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Fever" (Foxtrot): 60 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Shut Up" (Tango): 11 + Brandy & Maks - Rick & Cheryl

Ah, you figured it out. And yeah, Kristi’s first Jive definitely has a great chance of winning this round!

2 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Free Your Mind" (Paso Doble): 4 Rick Fox & Cheryl Burke - "Hey Pachuco" (Quickstep): 11 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Fever" (Foxtrot): 54 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Shut Up" (Tango): 11 + Jennifer & Derek - Rick & Cheryl

Understood. Besides, the Jive is up next and I know which routine is getting my vote.

1 Team Apolo - "Bust a Move" (Cha-Cha): 3 Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer - "Free Your Mind" (Paso Doble): 10 Rick Fox & Cheryl Burke - "Hey Pachuco" (Quickstep): 8 Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy - "Fever" (Foxtrot): 49 Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough - "Shut Up" (Tango): 10 + Brandy & Maks - Rick & Cheryl

I’d prefer the Paso Doble. Though I’d also like the Jive since Kristi did a great one.