Val Chmerkovskiy Gushes Over 'DWTS' Partner Xochitl Gomez(1)

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00:00 making it to the finale all five couples how does that feel?

00:03 I'm so happy

00:06 I'm so happy literally

00:09 so happy? No I don't think you get it because the thing is this is like one of the hardest parts

00:15 of this show is saying goodbye to people and you know

00:19 having to come up with that when back there's only

00:23 five of us? She's so sweet, she's happy for others

00:26 I'm happy for us. I'm happy for us too

00:30 but at the same time it's like you don't want to say goodbye to people that you've known for the

00:34 past three months you know

00:35 yeah it's nice it's nice to have a finale you know it's a three-hour final so

00:39 it's nice to make it feel like a almost like a Christmas special

00:43 you guys had a perfect score tonight how did you feel about your overall

00:47 performance?

00:48 this is how I felt about our overall performance, ready?

00:52 that's how I felt. And how did it feel

00:56 you were so emotional your performance how did it feel hearing the judges

01:00 and how they said that Len would be really proud and he would love your dance?

01:03 I didn't think that I'd get emotional okay so when it happened

01:08 I was like aw man

01:11 but it was it's crazy you know to be able to perform something and

01:16 actually have it like emotionally affect you

01:19 and having that being not validated but being like

01:24 you know noticed by the judges and also have it impact them

01:28 too is really special and I

01:31 don't think that happens occasionally so I'm glad that we were able to touch their

01:36 hearts in a certain way

01:37 yeah you wanna you wanna be vulnerable in anything that you do

01:41 and this is a very vulnerable place to be live in front of millions of people

01:46 in front of these judges doing something

01:48 that's a bit foreign

01:51 so no it's a beautiful moment you know again to kind of

01:54 let go and surrender in a moment of incredible fear and anxiety

01:59 it takes a lot of courage and it takes a lot of

02:02 again vulnerability so I was really really proud of her

02:05 now you guys have trained all season for this what's it gonna take to win the

02:10 mirrorball?

02:10 to continue to have fun I think because

02:14 it's kinda similar to what I think in my everyday life don't change anything

02:18 don't change your motivations just continue and usually that's

02:21 what gets you there look at where I'm at now

02:24 so yeah it's

02:28 it's hard to say what will win for us I know what will bring us the most joy

02:33 on the night

02:34 and what will bring this this room

02:37 I guess the most joy and

02:41 and that's what we're gonna go for I know that she's capable of bringing this

02:45 house down

02:45 and that's what I'm going for I want this to be the biggest loudest most

02:50 exciting performance of our season

02:51 aww we'll see about that

02:55 okay so you guys have spent the last 10 weeks together we're gonna test your

02:58 knowledge on how well you know each other

03:00 okay let's see let's see let's see okay what's your partner's pre-show ritual

03:05 his pre-show ritual I think

03:09 I don't know his

03:12 I know ours is that usually we do like a little

03:16 moment to kinda pray and just be thankful and to ground ourselves and to compose

03:21 ourselves because usually when you're standing out here

03:23 can be a bit like well there's a lot of people we're gonna have to dance in front of all of them

03:27 and so it's just good to kinda ground ourselves and so that's

03:31 what we do yeah every time yeah we do it together

03:34 okay what's your partner's biggest pet peeve

03:38 my partner's biggest pet peeve is probably when I chew too loud

03:42 which I don't do usually because I'm a gentleman obviously

03:45 but there are times where in close proximity and I still have a little

03:50 little something from lunch and I'm like he's like chewing gum

03:53 I'm like

03:57 um yours? I don't know

04:00 I think when I burp yeah that's weird

04:05 I like I burp and then I forget no she apologizes but it's you know it doesn't feel authentic

04:10 it feels like a by-the-way

04:13 I have never been this close in proximity with someone

04:17 like I burp I burp like excuse moi but like

04:21 okay what's your partner's reaction when they mess up

04:28 um

04:31 what's my reaction? what's your reaction?

04:36 she takes a moment and I usually have to like

04:39 walk her off that moment well that's like when I mess up bad

04:43 okay okay no I think we have a healthy amount of

04:47 self reflection and at the same time just moving along

04:52 when he messes up it's usually like a

04:55 followed up by a lot of profanity a lot of profanity

04:59 it's that one first when the first time

05:02 happens and then the second time it's like

05:05 we're starting over

05:10 okay and lastly what's your partner's go-to move on the dance floor

05:14 what's your go-to move? she does like a

05:17 I don't even know if it's contempt oh she's doing mine there you go

05:20 is the James Brown

05:24 yeah he does it better than me

05:27 mine is this ready she does like this little contemporary every time she comes

05:32 into the ballroom

05:33 she's so excited she just can't contain it

05:38 I do yeah

05:39 it's not the most graceful thing

05:42 there it is

05:44 every time yeah

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