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Fans of the luxury brokerage, the agency and its CEO Mauricio Umansky had to bid a tough farewell to the brokerage on Tuesday night. He became the sixth contestant to be eliminated from the luxury brokerage. dance with the stars.
Umansky was feeling good after last week’s impressive performance in which he and professional dance partner Emma Slater performed a contemporary dance routine that earned CEO the highest score of the season from the judges.
“Coming into this week, I’m feeling energetic and confident,” Umansky told the cameras as he prepared for another week of competition.
Since it’s Halloween, this week’s theme was “Monster Night.” Umanski and Slater performed Argentine tango while dressed as zombie bullfighters and zombie dancers.
“I think you made yourself a candidate. [last week]” Slater encouraged Umansky during rehearsals. “We just have to keep the ball rolling.”
The dance partners were in New York all week because Umansky was attending a work event, but they did their best to spend as much time rehearsing as possible.
“I love Halloween,” Umansky said. “I absolutely believe in ghosts.”
Mr. Umansky then goes on to tell how he sold the house where Michael Jackson died, and that once, the day after Mr. Umansky had shown the house, he returned to find the stereo on. He believes there is “no doubt” that he was visited by MJ’s ghost when he discovered it. And the window opens.
“I think Argentine tango is something Mauricio is really good at because he loves a strong, gentle, classy guy leading,” Slater said.
Because the number of contestants on the show is selective, Umansky said his biggest challenge is maintaining an edge in the face of increased competition. “That means every move has to be perfect,” he said.
The pair took to the stage in bloody makeup and eerily colored contact lenses, danced to Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me,” and performed a tango that seemed technically very correct.
After the performance, judge Carrie Ann Inaba said, “We’ve come this far since the first week.” She said, “I would like her to improve her posture a little more and put a little more effort into her core, because sometimes her core is a little wobbly.”
“For me, it’s actually the legs,” added judge Derek Hough. “I want you to create more resistance in your legs and make them more rounded, because you’re actually here.” [around Umansky’s torso]I was like, “Let’s go, Mauricio, let’s go!”
Actor Niecy Nash, who served as a guest judge this week, told Umanski: “You definitely manhandled this woman.” What was written on the package? [while the pair were rehearsing], you said Emma looked sexy, you said you looked strong, and you didn’t lie. ”
Judge Bruno Tonioli added: “I know you tried to gain power.” “The power you get is great. The action of Argentine tango…you have to imagine a cat wandering through the jungle. There were steps, but they were more like bulls than cats. It wasn’t bad, but the style was not correct.”
Despite some constructive criticism, Umansky received respectable scores from the judges, receiving 31 points out of 40 on the night. After the judges’ scores of all nine contestants that night were tallied, Umansky came in sixth place.
However, Umansky was not selected after audience votes were taken into consideration.
“It was amazing, so much fun, an incredible journey,” the luxury CEO said of his experience. dance with the stars. “This is something I would never have been able to do in my life and I had the opportunity to experience something special. It’s been a really beautiful, beautiful journey.”
Slater also shared some kind words and even appeared to choke up when she and Umansky had to say goodbye to the show.
“It was amazing,” she said. “It was really a blessing right now because I feel like it really meant a lot to us. It’s amazing. You were amazing.”
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