The First Two Finale Scores

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The Monday Finale episode is always a bit of a let down I feel.
There are only three couples who only dance twice, there are no "support" acts, the judges are terribly nice to everyone, the couples still have to dance  at least once the next night and the sky box is just so empty!

The Tuesday show will be mayhem so maybe the quiet Monday show is what we really need.

Each couple performed a dance-type they hadn't done before and they also peformed a freestyle.

Here are the judges' score for the first two performances on the first night of Finale Week:

Ricki Lake and Derek Hough - 27 & 27 = 54 - Derek's freestyle wasn't as radical as perviousy seasons but was still pretty good.  Despite being extra polite the judges were tough on their marking for everyone so the score is pretty good.

Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke - 27 & 30 = 57 - Rob's first 30 comes at just the right time.  It seemed to me that Rob did get some breaks from the judges but he deserves to be up there.

JR Martinez - 24 & 30 = 54.  My theory is that so many people are voting for JR that the producers want to keet some interest in the show for his fans and get the judges to mark him harshly.  All conjecture of course!

Tomorrow night has the couples dancing their favorite from the whole season, one couples is then eliminated and then the final two couples so an "instant samba".

I still have my money on JR!

Season 13 Finale Details

ABC have released the details for next week's finale.

On Monday (8pm EST for an hour) the couples - Ricki/Derek, JR/Karina and Rob/Cheryl will dance twice.  The first dance will be something they haven't yet performed and the second will be the Freestyle.  The Freestyle is always fun and (most of the time) is very good.  Derek always seems to come up with something!  The viewers will only have these two dances upon which to base their scores.

On Tuesday the two hour show starts at 9pm EST.  All twelve contestants will perform in some way, Lady Antebellum will sing a couple of tunes and I'm sure there'll be lots of filler/behind the scenes stuff.  The couples will perform their favorite dance of the season and then one will be eliminated.  The final two couples will perform an "Instant Samba" and then, very close to 11pm we'll know who is going home with the Mirror Ball Trophy!

'Dancing's' Carrie Ann defends her judging

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It's hard being a judge. No, I don't agree with them all the time, but the show wouldn't be the same without them!

It's Semi-final Week on Dancing with the Stars

The semi-final is one of the worst weeks to be eliminated.  You don’t get the fun of actually being in the final but you’ve put in the hard work to almost get there.

This week each couple dances three times – an Argentine Tango, a Paso Doble or Samba (whichever they haven’t danced before) and the Cha Cha relay – all couples will dance to the same song and the couples will be ranked – first-place 10 points, second-place couple 8 points, third-place 6 points and fourth-place 4 points.

Then the results show will be overrun with Muppets (who coincidently have a movie coming out and it’s owned by Disney!)  They perform a couple of dances and probably help out with some hosting too.  Here’s their video of their signature title song with OK Go:

Cobra Starship featuring Sabi will also be performing their current single and it’s the Design-a-Dance.

Then a couple will be eliminated!

The (Not So) Instant Dancing Elimination (Spoiler)

Despite the title, this week's results show didn't seem to drag as much as usual.

We had the female members of the Troupe trouping, Andrea Bocelli singing (something seemed off with the performance - I have no idea what though), some dancers doing some routines to Michael Jackson songs that I'm sure would be much better to see live, Flo Rida sang some tunes (very enjoyable, could use some work on the lip syncing though) and the understated, but never copied DanceCenter with Kenny Mayne, Jerry Rice and Len Goodman.

DanceCenter is the sort of thing that you either love or hate, and I'm sure there'll be lots of hatred about the footage of a naked Hope (from her ESPN The Magazine shoot) and a naked Len.  They covered the naughty bits with a round shapes - Len's shapes were significantly bigger.

Oh yeah, and someone got voted off.

Cutting to the chase, the last two couples were Rob/Cheryl and Nancy/Tristan (NOT neccesarily the bottom two in terms of score).

And Nancy Grace was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars Season 13.  She did seem to be fun and to have fun, but I'm not really a fan.  Tristan's a great guy though and will be missed.

Semi-final next week!

Week 8 Scores - Instantly!

(Spoilers further down the page)

Week 8 has the couples performing a dance they haven't done before and everyone performing the Jive for the instant dance (they get the music 30-40 minutes before they have to dance to it).

The Instant Dance has produced some memorable performances in the past - both good and bad - and tonight wasn't any different!

Here are the scores:

Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke - 27 & 24 = 51
Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy - 27 & 25 = 52
Ricki Lake and Derek Hough - 28 & 24 = 52
Nancy Grace and Tritan MacManus - 24 & 20 = 44
JR Martinez and Karina SMirnoff - 30 & 30 = 60

• Rob danced very nicely although I can't help but feel he gets some slack from the judges
• Hope and Maks danced together very well this week.  Len effused over their Jive.
• Ricki and Derek were solid as usual
• Nancy did a nice first dance, forgot the steps in the second.
• JR and Karina seem to be much better than everyone else right now.

Nancy looks as though she is doomed - what do you think?

Instant Dancing on Dancing

This week is "Instant Dance" week.  It's one of my favorite innovations - the couples find out the music they have to dance the jive to only 30 minutes beforehand. They already have a routine of course but have to modify it in half an hour.

On the results show are Jordin Sparks, Tenor Andra Bocelli and Rapper Flo Rida.  Plus one eliminated celebrity!