Top recording artists-turned ballroom divas Sitti, Nina and Tuesday were
all caught by surprise last Sunday in ABC’s
Shall We Dance: The Celebrity Dance Challenge after host Lucy Torres-Gomez
announced that no one had been
eliminated from the competition. In fact, no one really knows what will
happen next on the show – whether or not the
two of them or all of them will be back again this Sunday is still up
in the air depending on the three resident judges’ decision.
During
the actual competition last Sunday, ballroom neophytes Sitti and Nina
were such a revelation on the dance
floor. They were not just graceful but even showed some killer moves
that not all first-timers would be able to pull off. Tuesday, who only
had a limited time to practice since she only learned about her competing
in the show again
the night before, showed how a second timer must dance. She surely didn’t
disappoint the audience for she and
partner Greg Dimarucut made their routine exciting and even theatrical.
All the judges praised Sitti and Nina for accepting the challenge of
dancing competitively in the program. In fact, both
Regine Tolentino and Audie Gemora gave the bossa nova princess a pat
on the back for giving her best and
memorizing all the routines by heart. Guest judge Douglas Nierras, however,
wished that Sitti could have showed
more energy but he was happy nonetheless with the choreography. But
Audie came to Sitti’s defense, saying that
he understood her lack of energy -- that Sitti’s kind of music
is very laidback and it’s only now that she’s getting
the hang of the upbeat kind of music used in ballroom dancing.
It
was soul siren Nina, however, who grabbed the top spot last week. Nina’s
fans must be very happy for she got
nothing but rave reviews from all the judges who thought Nina pushed
herself to the limit. Gemora told Nina never
to look back because she can be the next Beyonce of the Philippines.
“I really did my best para naman kahit papano matapatan ko ang
galing ng partner kong si Efren (Ibo),” Nina said after the show.
Tuesday,
who ranked second to Nina was just grateful to be given another opportunity
to show the dancer side of
her multi-faceted personality. But even though the novelty singer wasn’t
able to snatch the first place away from
Nina, she might get another chance to redeem herself this week. Who
knows?
This
Sunday, we’ll see if the singers are back for the next level of
competition or if there’s another batch who will
compete in Shall We Dance (9 p.m. on ABC). But one thing’s for
sure, the excitement never ends in the original
celebrity dance challenge in the country, so don’t miss a beat
only here on ABC.
