This week the couple have to perform their choice of an "iconic" dance from previous seasons. Plus the celebrity have to choreograph it!
Add to that double elimination, it's going to be a tense evening!
Drew Lachey and Anna Trebunskaya - 8/8/8=24 - Cha Cha Cha - Drew really owned the artistic direction and threw in lots of twists. Good job, and the judges liked it!
Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd - 8.5/8.5/8.5=25.5 - Tango - it was pretty obvious that Gilles chose Peta's costume. Sexy! And a bit like a Victorias Secret ad... Gilles is so good, how can he not win? But Shawn beat him in season 8 of course! Couple of missed steps said Bruno, Carrie Ann and Len.
Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani - 9/9/9=27 - Samba - a bit of messin' abaht (as Len would say) at the beginning but otherwise solid with a bit of shakiness at the end. Fantastic said CAI. Like a can of cola observed Len.
Apolo Ohno and Karina Smirnoff - 9/8/8.5=25.5 - Foxtrot - (more fringe pants - ack). Sexy, well executed. I think Apolo suites more action-oriented dances. Sensual said Bruno. Memorable thought Carrie Ann.
Kelly Monaco and Valentin Chmerkovskiy - 9/9/9=27 - Paso Doble - a shirtless Val, 'nuff said. Bruno was tingling. Carrie Ann was breathless. Len thought it was fabulous. And it was.
Tom announced that Paula Abdul will be a guest judge next week.
Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy - 8/8/8=24 - Cha Cha Cha - based on Carson Kressley's "Moves Like Jaggar". Fun, Maks looked great. A bit stale for me compared to Carson's original.
Sabrina Bryan and Louis van Amstel - 8.5/8.5/8.5=25.5 - Paso - great technique, a little impersonal. The male judges liked it, Carrie Ann agreed with me.
Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke - 8.5/8/8.5=25 - Paso - A bit stiff I thought. Carrie Ann called him a torpedo. Len said he attacked.
Helio Castroneves and Chelsie Hightower - 8.5/8.5/8.5=25.5 - quickstep - again, a little stiff to me and they seemed to mess up in the middle. Carrie Ann spotted it too. Len thought it was good until the "accident".
Tom announced that the couples will have their dance chosen by the other couples. Seems a bit shark-like to me.
Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas - 7.5/7.5/7.5=22.5 - Paso - after a rather contrived argument in the video introduction Mark and Bristol danced on a giant chess board. Bit boring, but she carried off the ice queen thing quite well. Plenty of attack said Len.
Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough - 9/8/9.5=26.5 - Quickstep - now I know what Len feels like. It was very good but it was no quickstep. The Incredibles said Bruno. Carrie Ann said it was one of the best. Fantastic said Len but they have to be docked points.
Kirtstie moves like a drunken cow and gets 8s. Sabrina dances so well she get prasie for being able to lead her partner and gets 8.5s.
ReplyDeleteThis show is a joke. The judges always seem to pick a charity "dancer" that they keep on based on nothing to do with their ability to dance. Last week they praised Kirstie for her "expressive hand gestures". Well, I've got a hand gestuire for them!!! Remember how they kept Cloris "Bore Us" Leachman around almost until the mortician came and got her ready for the slab? Same thing with Kirstie.
Not fair to the others at all.
Boycott this show. Fattica!!!, Fattica!!!, Fattica!!!!
I agree. Kirstie can't dance, and worse actually tries to convince everyone that she's something special. Do the Scientologists own part of this show? Just asking.
ReplyDeleteI also can't stand Inaba's obvious prejudice
towards Bristol when she ripped her previously for not "holding". Tonight she gave some grudgingly qualified praise.
Fattica? What's that?
And she gives Bristol lower scores than Kirstie!!! You have to be kidding!!!
ReplyDeleteFamous line in an old movie - Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon - Attica, Attica, Attica. Attica was a prison that had a deadly riot. Fattica should be amply apparent in it's reference.
ReplyDeleteI just finished watching show on DVR. Not a big fan of any of them, but the musical selection given to Bristol-Mark seemed so far off base from the other numbers. By design, not sure, but dance/music was lousy, even when the dance was originaly done by Derek. Agree with comments above. BTW, love the FATtica.
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