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"Dancing with Stars" Season 7
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Here are the scores from last night, with some commentary:
Team Dance Carrie Len Bruno Total
Lance/Lacey West Coast Swing 7 7 7 21 it was obvious the extent to which that dance featured
Lacey; bad move, Lacey; the audience wants to find out
Lance's skills
Toni/Alec West Coast Swing 7 7 8 22
Susan/Tony Hustle 7 7 7 21 it was obvious they were dancing careful and safe(see below)
Warren/Kym Hustle 8 8 9 25 very high energy; very slick; very enjoyable
Cloris/Corky Salsa 7 7 7 21
Maurice/Cheryl Salsa 9 9 9 27 the rehearsal highlighted Cheryl requiring more energy
Brooke/Derek Jitterbug 10 9 10 29 wow!
Cody/Julianne Jitterbug 10 9 9 28
It may appear that the jitterbug was the one of the four select dances which led to high scores. I don't think it was that. Derek consulted a how-to-do-the-jitterbug-instructions list, so it was clear that the pros are not famliar with many of these dances. The unbelieveable part of the show was the introduction of the first hustle dance team with the statement that the star had an injured foot under medical treatement. I was sure we were then going to see Brooke, but instead it is Susan they meant. Brooke has a worse injury with 2 broken bones, but that was not apparent last night.
You have 3 teams tied at the bottom of the judges' scores: Lance/Lacey, Susan/Tony, and Cloris/Corky. Toni/Alec were only 1 point ahead. All are vulnerable. I doubt that Susan Lucci is going to get the ax, particualrly under the conditions that he performed. Lance had an off night, but he has his following. We all know about Cloris' senior citizen support. It looks to me like Toni/Alec that will get eliminated tonight.
Make sure you watch the second hour tonight as it is another elimination round. if I had to guess, teams will have to do one of the other 4 dances this week of their choice.
marigold:
Another article about Cloris:
Cloris Leachman Talks About Working with Brad Pitt
From Jennie Garth to Marie Osmond, Dancing With the Stars has been a shot in the arm to several Hollywood careers. Just ask Cloris Leachman, who at the age of 82 will be going from the dance floor to working alongside Brad Pitt!
The irrepressible actress, who has kept viewers of the ABC reality show laughing all season, is appearing in Pitt’s next movie, the Quentin Tarantino-directed WWII drama Inglourious Basterds.
“I’m not working with him yet,” she told OK! about the hunky movie star. “It’s the best script I’ve ever read. This is a remarkable piece of work although it’s the worst spelling I’ve ever read in my life. Every third word is a misspelled word!”
“It’s about the Germans occupying Paris and the different factions. I play an old Jewish woman in Brooklyn but we’re going to shoot it in Berlin.”
When asked if there's any chance Brad will fall for her the same way he fell for Angelina Jolie on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Cloris sighed, “They have children now. You don’t want to interfere with that, interested as he might be.”
Link: http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/9768
marigold:
An interesting article:
Brooke Burke Hobbles to DWTS Lead
She may have a tender foot, but Brooke Burke is still leading the pack on Dancing With the Stars in the fifth week of competition.
Only one day after a rehearsal mishap sent her to the hospital for X-rays, Brooke and partner Derek Hough got the highest score of the season — 29 out of 30 — for their jitterbug.
“There’s no fracture. I bruised my bone and hurt my tendons a little," Brooke explained after Monday night's performance show. "I’m just going to be on anti-inflammatories and ice for the next week or so and hopefully it will get better."
She added, “Everybody’s getting hurt!”
And how! This season, Misty-May Treanor dropped out after rupturing her Achilles tendon and Jeffrey Ross hurt his eye. And soap star Susan Lucci’s foot injury, suffered two weeks ago, turned out to be much more serious than Brooke’s.
After feeling discomfort, Susan went to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where a doctor diagnosed her with a fractured left foot. When the doctor gave her the go-ahead to dance, however, the actress bravely performed the hustle with pro Tony Dovolani, for which she got a score of 22.
“My foot feels fine. No pain right now," reveals the All My Children star. "I’m taking it a week at a time and I’m hoping me and Tony’s fans will continue to vote for us.”
Said Tony, “It just goes to show you that this is a sport and a lot more people are being injured this season because it’s a little bit more grueling schedule. Everybody’s really pushing themselves to the limit.”
Joining the other walking wounded was Lance Bass, who slipped and fell during his West Coast Swing routine with partner Lacey Schwimmer.
“He injured his toe!” Lacey told OK! after the show. Lance explained the floor is “really sticky, because most of the dancers use castor oil [on their shoe bottoms], so I had to overcompensate. I bit the dust!”
But his injury was minor and Lance insisted they were happy with their performance, tying with Cloris Leachman and Corky Ballas’ salsa for the night’s lowest score, a 21.
“It wasn’t a downer for us. I’m very proud of what we did. It sucks the judges didn’t see what we saw,” Lance said.
Meanwhile, Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson got the most enthusiastic audience reaction for their energetic hustle, which got a 25. Retired football legend Warren, who weighs 300 pounds, said lifting Kym was no sweat. “She don’t weigh nothing,” the big fella told OK! “She’s a hundred pounds!”
Warren said the hard part is that he gets dizzy. “I had to work up to that speed. I don’t like spinning.”
Maurice Greene and partner Cheryl Burke earned their highest score of the season, a 27, for their salsa. Cheryl was seen calling Maurice “lazy” during their televised rehearsal clips.
“I was frustrated, not so much in him, but in myself because I didn’t know what to do. Salsa is not my specialty,” Cheryl explained to OK! backstage. “We spent ten hours rehearsing one night. I could have handled myself better.”
Maurice laughed it off: “I understood how frustrated she was. She was trying to get something out of me but I wasn’t comfortable in putting that effort out there because I didn’t know what I was doing.”
But once they hit the dance floor, it was a different story, and Maurice even got a kiss and hug afterwards from judge Carrie Ann Inaba. “I really felt good about this dance. [Carrie Ann] couldn’t resist me!”
Hannah Montana star Cody Linley and Julianne Hough were thrilled with their jitterbug, which earned the night’s second highest score, a 28. “I think Julianne did an amazing job coming up with the theme so it fit me and I felt confident,” he said. And look out, Miley Cyrus! Cody said he’d love to have Julianne, who played Lucille Ball during their dance, appear on Hannah Montana. “I’d love to do a sitcom!” Julianne said.
Link: http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/9769
marigold:
--- Quote from: apskip on October 21, 2008, 09:03:16 AM ---Here are the scores from last night, with some commentary:
Team Dance Carrie Len Bruno Total
Lance/Lacey West Coast Swing 7 7 7 21 it was obvious the extent to which that dance featured
Lacey; bad move, Lacey; the audience wants to find out
Lance's skills
Toni/Alec West Coast Swing 7 7 8 22
Susan/Tony Hustle 7 7 7 21 it was obvious they were dancing careful and safe(see below)
Warren/Kym Hustle 8 8 9 25 very high energy; very slick; very enjoyable
Cloris/Corky Salsa 7 7 7 21
Maurice/Cheryl Salsa 9 9 9 27 the rehearsal highlighted Cheryl requiring more energy
Brooke/Derek Jitterbug 10 9 10 29 wow!
Cody/Julianne Jitterbug 10 9 9 28
It may appear that the jitterbug was the one of the four select dances which led to high scores. I don't think it was that. Derek consulted a how-to-do-the-jitterbug-instructions list, so it was clear that the pros are not famliar with many of these dances. The unbelieveable part of the show was the introduction of the first hustle dance team with the statement that the star had an injured foot under medical treatement. I was sure we were then going to see Brooke, but instead it is Susan they meant. Brooke has a worse injury with 2 broken bones, but that was not apparent last night.
You have 3 teams tied at the bottom of the judges' scores: Lance/Lacey, Susan/Tony, and Cloris/Corky. Toni/Alec were only 1 point ahead. All are vulnerable. I doubt that Susan Lucci is going to get the ax, particualrly under the conditions that he performed. Lance had an off night, but he has his following. We all know about Cloris' senior citizen support. It looks to me like Toni/Alec that will get eliminated tonight.
Make sure you watch the second hour tonight as it is another elimination round. if I had to guess, teams will have to do one of the other 4 dances this week of their choice.
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:hearts: Thanks for the recap and the reminder about the schedule for tonight 8:00-10:02 p.m., ET it sounds like an entertaining night
Warren and Kim's hustle had me laughing :lol:
marigold:
Julianne Hough's Blog:
Julianne Hough Jitterbugs With Cody And Jokes With Chuck
I'm going to warn you. There's good stuff at the end of this blog post. But I'm going to start out with last night's performance.
I like it. I was excited by it. I thought Cody Jitterbugged his butt off.
A couple people today have already asked where I got the idea for the costumes and choreography. Well, you saw the tape of the choreography. Like my brother, I was learning as I did it. As for the costumes, remember last week I said I ran up to wardrobe as soon as we got the music?
What I didn't say is that I saw my brother Derek run up to wardrobe so he could be first. So I was like, hmmm, "Cody, stay here and get our music," and then I ran up behind Derek. We were doing the same dance, and I found out they'd already chosen the idea for the high school teenager look. I didn’t want to do the same thing. I quickly thought what else was from the same era, and I came up with I Love Lucy – Lucy and Ricky. I went with that, and I have to say it was fun.
All day yesterday people on the lot who saw me complimented the costume. They said my hair was wicked cool. Derek and Brooke looked great, too. Was there any competition between us? Maybe for the first time there was some sibling rivalry last night. Deep down that’s not really the case. I root for him and he roots for me. But it’s fun to get a little competitive. We laugh at it. Cody and I were pleased with our scores – and Derek and Brooke's time will come.
Don't you think Cody was good? He's been really focused, thank goodness. I think he’s getting tired. I think, or I hope, he used up a bunch of his extra energy and is now spending that energy on dancing. He changed a couple weeks ago. I think he realized he has a shot and he got a little competitive. He said, Julianne, I just want to get the encore dance. Then I know I have a shot.
Well, we got the encore dance tonight. I think that’s going to boost his confidence. I’m looking forward to it.
Last night, the two that stood out to me, other than Brooke and Derek, were Cheryl and Maurice and Warren and Kym. They were great and exciting. And everyone loves Warren. It’s crazy. It’s almost like you have to watch him because you don’t believe it. Cloris also seems to keep sticking around too. Who knows what will happen.
So many of you wrote in last week about Toby, offering him a good home. That was really nice. But here’s the update. He was adopted yesterday by one of my sister’s really good friends, which is great. He’s going to a wonderful home. But I’m a little sad. He was such a sweetheart. He and Lexi loved each other. I know we’ll get them together again. Wasn’t that picture of them sleeping together cute?
I was a little naughty last week at my boyfriend’s expense. Blame it on Brad Paisley, who is the king of all pranksters. He called me and said he really wanted to get my boyfriend Chuck, who’s on tour with him, and he asked if I’d help. I said sure. So he told me to go to this studio, the Jimmy Kimmel’s studio, and his friend would be there and he’d tell me what they wanted me to do.
I went there and they gave me some cue cards. I read through them and then said with some reservation and disbelief, “Let me get this straight. You want me to tell him that I’m breaking up with him? And you’re going to play this in front of 10,000 people? I can’t do that. It’s terrible.” But I did it anyway.
What’s terrible is that Chuck got pranked that whole night – last Saturday. First, he got chased before the show by all these crew guys who doused him with maple syrup and feathers. I think they finally got him at the end of the stadium. Then during the show he does this song called “Stealing Cinderella” and they put Cinderllas all over the giant video screen with his head on them. And it just went on.
Finally, Brad came onstage and told Chuck that I’d sent a video to wish him well. It’s pretty funny. See for yourself here.
Later, Chuck called me and said he was going to pretend he was upset and not call me for a day, but he couldn’t do that. He was laughing and said he knew the second it came on it was a prank.
So that catches you up on what’s been going on.
As for the rest of today, I’m pre-taping my performance of “My Hallelujah Song.” I know a bunch of you had written in that you were looking forward to it. Unfortunately, you’re going to have to wait a couple weeks. They show had to switch me with the Macy’s dance production. When I heard, I went oh dang, but it’s cool. I’m still extremely excited about performing it today. I think it’ll air in November. In fact, I’m going to do soundcheck for that soon. And probably by the time you’re reading this, Cody and I will be practicing for our encore tonight.
Talk to you tomorrow…
Julianne
Link: http://thebiz.fancast.com/2008/10/julianne_hough_jitterbugs_and.html
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