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"Dancing with Stars" Season 7
marigold:
An interesting article:
The ‘Dancing’ Curse Connection Finally Revealed
Ever since Marie Osmond fainted last October on “Dancing With the Stars” it seems some type of negative energy has taken over Stage 46 at CBS Television City. Food poisonings, injuries, surgeries, blackouts are all becoming common place on the set. Even the show could not ignore what many people are calling a “Dancing” curse.
In a taped segment last night the show pointed out the spot on the floor, near the judges, which pro dancer Derek Hough has dubbed the Bermuda Triangle. It’s where he was injured; Misty May-Treanor tore her Achilles tendon leading to her exit from the show and it’s also where Susan Lucci twisted her ankle.
The curse was the hot topic backstage with Mel B after the show. Lance Bass is absolutely convinced something is wrong with the stage telling Mel, “I know it’s cursed. Every major injury that has happened this season has been on this stage. Not in rehearsal. Right here on the stage.”
Professional dancer Karina Smirnoff, who has had her own injury this season, told Mel she has a solution.
“I think they need to bring like a magic person or a priest or someone to bless it.”
Her dance partner Rocci DiSpirito jokingly added, “We need an exorcism!”
So, is the stage really cursed? Common sense tells us ‘of course not.’ However, just to play a little bit of devil’s advocate, so I did some research about the history of CBS Television City, where the show is taped.
The facilities were built in 1952 but stage 46 didn’t get built until the 1980’s. So its history is pretty recent. However, if you look at the lot as whole I think you will find something interesting. The lot used to be the former site of Gilmore Stadium, an 18,000-seat football field and race track.
In the course of its history, five men lost their lives on the racetrack. In 1937, Frankie Lyons died of a broken neck after losing control at a slow speed and hitting a post while filming the movie “Ten Laps To Go.” In October of 1934, Chet Mortemore died after a collision with another driver. In January of 1946, Swede Lindskog died when his car rolled head on into the fence of Gilmore Stadium. And in October (the month when most of “DWTS” mishaps have occurred) of 1949 Eddie Haddad died in a rollover crash.
OK, sure this is all just a little bit of Hocus Pocus but it does make you think doesn’t it?
Access Hollywood producer Stephanie e-mailed me when I told her the story about the race car drivers, “No wonder Helio the race car driver won. The race car drivers ghosts had their way!”
Helio won season five. Season five was the season where “the curse” first came into question. I’m just saying…
Link: http://www.accesshollywood.com/dish-of-salt-the-dancing-curse-connection-finally-revealed_article_11596
marigold:
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ABC Takes First on Tuesday in Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 with "Dancing with the Stars Results" and ABC News' Presidential Debate Analysis
From 8-9pm, "Dancing with the Stars Results" Takes Second in the 8pm Hour in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, Leading its Time Period and Standing as Tuesday's No.1 Program in Key Women
Tuesday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)
With "Dancing with the Stars Results-SP" and ABC News' post-Presidential debate analysis, ABC ranked No. 1 in Tuesday prime among Adults 18-49 (3.4/9) and Adults 25-54 (4.4/11-tie). ABC took a strong second in Total Viewers (13.6 million).
"Dancing with the Stars Results - SP" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
Due to a schedule adjustment for the Presidential debate, a one time only special airing at 8pm of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars Results - SP" won its hour and stood as the No. 1 program on Tuesday night among Women 18-49 (4.8/12) and Women 25-54 (6.1/14). The show took second in the hour in Total Viewers (15.1 million) and finished in a virtual tie for first-place among Adults 18-49 with CBS' "NCIS" (3.6/10 vs. 3.7/10). "DWTS Results" beat out its unscripted competition in the time period, NBC's "The Biggest Loser: Families," by 7.8 million viewers and by 16% in Adults 18-49 ("Loser" = 7.3 million and 3.1/8). Due to the injury suffered by Olympic gold-medalist Misty May-Treanor, who had to drop out of the dance competition, the remaining stars got a one-week reprieve.
marigold:
An interesting article:
Exclusive: The "Plan B" to Keep Injured Stars in the Game
Is the set of Dancing with the Stars cursed? "Oh no, don't say that!" cries birthday girl Toni Braxton, who turned 41 on the day of this week's results show.
Isn't it interesting that going into Season 7, the two dancers we thought would have the most trouble surviving this marathon were Cloris Leachman and Toni Braxton? Leachman, because of her advanced age, and Braxton because of her heart condition. But as we wrap up the third week, those two are laughing all the way to the safety zone of the Red Room while other stars – and pros – are dropping around them. "Maybe there's a floorboard out of place because too many injuries have happened in the same place," says Rocco DiSpirito, looking at the middle of the dance floor.
In case you haven't been counting, Dancing with the Stars has weathered five injuries so far: Pro Karina Sminoff's sprained ankle and comedian Jeff Ross' scratched cornea (Week 1), Susan Lucci's twisted ankle, pro Derek Hough hitting the back of his head on the ballroom floor during rehearsals, and Misty May-Treanor rupturing her Achilles tendon (all in Week 3).
May-Treanor, of course, was stopped in her tracks and had to undergo surgery Tuesday morning to repair the tendon. The injured Smirnoff, Hough, Ross and Lucci were able to dance through their pain. But the show has one other emergency contingency plan – we'll call it Plan B – that it hasn't had to use. Yet.
Here now, an exclusive look at Plan B.
Let's say that a star – like Ross and Lucci – is injured during any one of the three last rehearsals that take place on the show's main stage before the show goes live on Monday night. And let's say that the star isn't hurt badly enough to leave the show – but doesn't feel well enough to dance that night. In that case, says host Tom Bergeron, the stars have the option of airing their rehearsal footage.
"That's why we're always running cameras during those blocking rehearsals," says Bergeron. "They might be wearing jeans and have curlers in their hair. But they know that if something happens, the producers will say, ‘If you're cool with this, and you can't dance, we'll run the rehearsal footage.' And the judges will look at that and base their scores on that."
The way this season is going, look out for Plan B.
Link: http://www.tvguide.com/Dancing-Stars/Dancing-Stars-Plan-20041.aspx
marigold:
An interesting article:
Tuesday’s Dancing: What You Didn’t See
Up Next: Hot and Sexy After Tuesday’s Results show, the competition’s clear frontrunner Brooke Burke said, “I’m glad we got off easy.” But being atop the leader board and garnering the judges’ highest praise hasn’t changed Burke’s approach to dancing, not with the sultry samba on tap for next week. “I’m ready to move,” Burke boasted, “and this is the sexy one that we’ve been waiting for. It’s time to bust it out. There will be no children incorporated in this dance, there will be no long dresses. It’s going to be hot and sexy.”
Rocco Lives to Dance Another Day: Misty May-Treanor’s freak injury proved to be a life saver–or perhaps a stay of execution–for Rocco DiSpirito and Karina Smirnoff, who would have gone home last night. “You say to yourself, ‘God, that is going to be so embarrassing, I hope that it’s not us,’” DiSpirito admitted. “But then it was us. And it’s not so bad, because it could be worse: we could be going home.”
What may be tripping up the celeb chef aren’t the dances themselves, but his surprising stage fright. Says DiSpirito: “During dress rehearsal, I think that they’re going to go away, and then we’re about to go on, and that voice says, ‘Dancing the foxtrot!’ That’s when I just about lose it. My legs get weak, and they just won’t move the way that I want them to move.” “I think that we need a hypnotist,” the celeb chef said with a laugh, “Maybe a hypnotist, maybe alcohol, but I’m a sloppy enough dancer as it is.”
Dancing’s Handicaps “I think what hurts the most,” Lance Bass joked after Tuesday’s tense Results show, “is my ego from all the bad remarks from the judges.” But the smile quickly faded as Bass came clean about what was hampering him the most. “It starts with the knees,” he said, “Then it’s my back and my shoulders, because this girl makes me hold my frame forever and my arms go numb.” Even Dancing’s youngest contestant, Cody Linley, admitted to feeling the strain. “Physically, I’m hurting.” he said with a sigh, “My shoulders, my legs, my neck, especially with all the kicking that the jive had. I think everyone is feeling the physical demands of this show, some more than others.”
And the women haven’t been immune to Dancing’s special brand of aches and pains. “As of last night,” Burke said with a laugh, “It was my groin that was hurting the most. That little leg lift that we did, [partner Derek Hough] lifted it up a few extra inches and pulled my thigh muscle up a little too far.” Cloris Leachman, the one dancer that continues to astound, admitted, “My knee is a little tricky” before adding, “but I would have to say that it’s the high heels that hurt the most.”
Pizzazz and All That Jazz: After performing a textbook Viennese waltz during this week’s competition, “We’re going back to our style,” Bass said. “We tried the traditional, and we were expecting a lot more from Len, and he may have liked it, but he still gave us the same score. This week we’ll go back to the majority of the people that watch the show, and dance for them, because we think they want to see the pizzazz that we can bring to the dancefloor.”
More from Inside the Ballroom:
• Jennifer Hudson knocked out her single without the aid of a pre-tape. Even Derek Hough was suitably impressed. “I don’t want to piss anyone off,” he said, “but it’s nice to see someone sing a live song in that way.”
• During the pre-show, Tom Bergeron gave out the season’s first “30,” as the host clutched three of the judges’ paddles to give the line-dancing audience a solid score of 10, 10, 10.
Link: http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/10/08/tuesdays-dancing-what-you-didnt-see-9/#more-4725
marigold:
DANCING WITH THE STARS hoofer Rocco Dispirito knows he's living on borrowed time,
since he'd be going home if it wasn't for an injury to Misty May Treanor.
See what he plans to do to get back in the audience's good graces!
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