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Dancing With The Stars: Ranking Chad and Cheryl's performances from the 10th season (top 6)
6. Week 8:

Coincidentally, one of Ocho s top performances came when he and Cheryl danced the Jive to The Love Man.

With the competition heating up, Week 8 consisted of two individual dances from each couple. After receiving a disappointing 21 earlier in the night for the Tango, Chad bounced back with a high-energized Jive dance that may have saved him in the competition. Week 8 was the first time
Chad and Cheryl ended up in the bottom two, but they managed to outlast Niecy Nash and Louis Van Amstel.
5. Week 7:

ABC added an extra twist to the seventh week of the competition by adding a group dance on top of each couple s individual performance. Chad and Cheryl joined Pamela Anderson, Damien Whitewood, Nicole Scherzinger, and Derek Hough to dance Telephone as part of Team Gaga

The group received a 27 overall for their performance, with Chad turning up the heat according to Carrie Ann. However, she also pointed out there were a number of areas he struggled with during the dance.
4. Week 6:
On , you either grow, or you go,Denver Broncos Jersey. You grew tonight.

Len and the rest of the judges explained to Chad why they had been so harsh on him during the first five weeks of the show; they knew he was capable of dancing at a higher level.

In the week leading up to his performance of the Argentine Tango, Chad decided to head back to Cincinnati with Cheryl so he could get in some workouts with the Bengals. Turns out, his trip was exactly what he needed after struggling with the quick step the previous week.

While in Cincinnati, Ochocinco attended a Bengals Draft Party in which he was greeted by hundreds of fans. Chad seemed more energized after interacting with fans and drastically improved his dancing after receiving a 24 his best score of the season at the time.
3. Week 7:
Chad, remember this day, May 3 2010 the night you became a contender.

Nobody could have said it better than Len did after the type of performance Chad and Cheryl displayed with the Viennese Waltz. Finally, he had evolved into the type of dancer everyone had been waiting to see all season.

The judges raved Ochocinco for the job he did at extending his arms throughout the dance as they were full of fluidity. The look in his eyes said it all as he was holding back tears of joy.
2. Week 9:

One of the toughest tasks at making the semi-finals on DWTS was learning not one, but two individual dances in less than a week to impress the judges and fans. For his second dance of the semi-finals, Ochocinco realized he couldn t hold anything back with the finals on the line. Not to mention he was considered a serious underdog against three contestants all capable of winning the competition.

As unfortunate as it may have been for Chad to be performing the toughest of the Latin dances this late into the competition, he still displayed an impressive routine that earned him a 25. The judges were impressed for the most part especially with the way he lit up the audience.

The key to a successful Samba is excitement and Chad nailed it when he ripped his shirt off during the performance. It s more fun to watch Ocho perform with a smile on his face because it shows how much fun he s having. In his final performance on the show, No. 85 was all smiles.
1. Week 9:

Without any question, the Waltz was Ochocinco s best performance during his nine weeks on the show. After a long journey with many ups and downs, he finally displayed the type of routine the judges and his fans knew he was capable of performing all season.

All three judges raved Chad and gave him his best score of the entire season with a 27. All along, the potential was there for Ochocinco and after the Waltz, it was clear he finally evolved into a serious dancer after weeks and long-hours of training.

He deserves a lot of credit for the progress made since the premiere considering Chad was the only contestant in the semi-finals with no previous dancing experience. Any other season, the argument can be made Ochocinco may have had a better shot at advancing to the finals.

Here s what the judges had to say about his best performance:
Carrie Ann Inaba: " just nailed the Waltz! Chad, where did you come from? This new Chad with the new posture and the new elegance and the never ending movement one movement going right into the next movement, fluidity refinement."
Len Goodman: "Chad, I don t know where to start really. You re the only one with absolutely no dance experience in the semifinal. The others, they ve got some. They ve climbed here, you ve climbed mountains. And to come out in the semi-final and produce a Waltz like that fantastic."Bruno Tonioli: "Respect! Tonight, you are one of the guys that had the toughest criticism from us from day one. We ve been so harsh because we knew there was something there for us to see,Denver Broncos Jerseys. Tonight, you showed it to us. You re a star!"






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