Fans of bossa nova princess Sitti may not have been too
happy about Lucy Torres-Gomez’s big announcement last
Sunday in Shall We Dance: The Celebrity Dance Challenge that Sitti will
no longer be competing in the much-awaited
finals.
Sitti
backed out from the finals scheduled for telecast on December 2, Sunday
9 p.m. due to a “prior commitment.”
Sitti explained in the text-voting episode that she wanted to go all
the way to the finals having already invested so
much time and effort in the competition but she just couldn’t
cancel her out-of-town gig that had been scheduled
way before she joined the contest. Sitti, though, has these parting
words for Nina and Tuesday: “Alam ko naman
magaling kayo, magaling tayong lahat kaya i-enjoy ninyo na lang ang
pagsasayaw sa Shall We Dance and good luck
to the both of you.”
Well,
with or without Sitti, the show must go on and it will indeed. This
Sunday the sultry diva faces the naughty
singer in a ballroom battle royale. Who will be a hit on the dance floor
and who will get a whip from the three resident judges, ballroom world
champion Ednah Ledesma, theater director Audie Gemora and dancer/host
Regine Tolentino?
Your guess is as good as everybody else’s.
In
their stint in SWD, both Nina and Tuesday have proven their dancing
talent, pushing themselves to the limit to
meet the high standards of the judges. Like them, they believe that
ballroom dancing is a serious sport so it must
be taken seriously.
Nina
and partner Efren Ibo have already made a mark in the competition—they
started off really strong and
have managed to stay on top for two weeks. Tuesday and partner Greg
Dimarucut, placed second in the first round
of competition but they dropped to the last spot in the next round.
The two were advised to get their act together if
they hope to beat Nina and Efren in the last leg of the dance-off, especially
since their scores in the eliminations
will be carried over to their score in the finals.
In
the finals, Nina and Tuesday will do two routines each, a dance of their
choice and the rumba. The two singers
will actually be dancing to their own songs but arranged ballroom-style.
This will definitely be interesting to watch.
Viewers
should therefore mark their calendar on December 2 because they wouldn’t
want to miss the ultimate
ballroom catfight this season. Viewers should mark December 8 and 9
as well for Shall We Dance has prepared
something very special for all of their loyal followers. On these dates,
Shall We Dance will have a two-part special that promises to be a really
huge event. More on that later.
