Shawn Huff and Saana Akiola have already cleared the way to the hearts of the people after the first episodes of Dancing with the Stars.
Dancing with the Stars -show, former basketball player Shawn Huff and Saana Akiola, who shone as the best couple of the evening, couldn’t believe their ranking. Huff says the couple’s goal is to dance to their heart’s content and have fun and then see what the competition brings.
Huff was very surprised after Sunday’s TTK dance. The couple got as many as 26 points for the dance.
– I told Shawn that it’s a joke, you’ve been working! After all, there is a lot of work to be done here, but still always through joy. It’s certainly the most decisive thing of all, that we press on with the work, but in the live moment we let go and tear it up, Akiola describes his star student.
Huff and Akiola were the best couple of the night. Matti Matikainen
Huff tells Iltalehti that he also wants to give his all in the training studio.
– You know that this evening is coming when you get to enjoy it, Huff says happily.
Akiola immediately saw that Huff had potential for a wide variety of dance moves. Despite this, the feelings in the gym have gone up and down like a roller coaster.
Huff is surprised how much Dancing demands of the mind. Matti Matikainen
– You never know, because now we are so early. I believed in you from the beginning and I knew you could do it, Akiola says to Huff with a gentle smile.
– This is really a roller coaster. You walk home from the gym and think, what’s going to happen. You just have to press down and cross your fingers, Huff laughs.
Despite the competition, Huff has decided one thing. Above all, he wants to have fun and enjoy himself.
– How often do you get to pull in front of the crowd in fringe pants! Mistakes happen, and I’m not a dancer. Now you have to enjoy! Huff continues.
“I was lazy!”
Huff, who made his successful career as a basketball player, among other things, as the captain of Susijeng, is used to the disciplined life of a professional athlete. Despite this, the exact training routines and the TTK trip have brought surprising things to Huff.
– Physical recovery is managed in the same way as in the everyday life of a professional athlete, it is the same life I have lived for twenty years. But this spiritual side, it’s its own beast! I have also underestimated how much you have to be present and think about this.
The couple was happy about their high scores on Sunday’s broadcast. They scored 26 points. Matti Matikainen
Huff was delighted when he got to wear the fringe pants. Matti Matikainen
– Appreciation for dancers has increased a lot. You have it for 90 seconds, every single position of your body is visible and you can’t be lazy there, you can’t get excited. You only have that moment, he continues.
Akiola says that Huff admits honestly during training if he is not fully involved.
– Sometimes, when I tell him that it didn’t go as well as before, he replies: “Yeah, I was lazy.” Yeah, I was thinking of something else!” I answer that you must not be lazy or think about anything else. It’s endearing how he admits his laziness, Akiola reveals.
As the competition heats up, the celebrations of the top moments are left later.
– This is a pretty drastic return to everyday life and early weekday mornings. There’s no need to party here! A couple laughs.
Akiola and Huff’s samba didn’t lack speed! Matti Matikainen
Dancing with the Stars program on MTV3 channel on Sundays at 19:30. See all program information and broadcast times on Telku.