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marigold:

Lance Bass PRANK on The Bonnie Hunt Show

"Dancing With The Stars" finalist Lance Bass

pulls a prank and pretends to injure himself on The Bonnie Hunt Show

marigold:

The Bonnie Hunt Show

Monday, November 24th

Lance Bass



It’s down to the final three contestants on ‘Dancing With The Stars’ and Bonnie’s got Lance Bass here

before he goes off to dance live on the show to talk about this past season and his chances at becoming the new champion.

marigold:
An interesting article:

Lance Bass Cuts ‘Dancing’ Rehearsal Short

With just days before the “Dancing With the Stars” finals, Lance Bass has taken a break in his rehearsal schedule, Access Hollywood has learned.

Bass, who is paired with professional Lacey Schwimmer, went home early to rest and recharge on Saturday, a source close to the ABC show told Access.

“Due to the round-the-clock rehearsal schedule in preparation for the ‘DWTS’ finale, Lance Bass cut short his rehearsal today to go home, conserve his energy and rest,” the source said. “He plans to resume rehearsals tomorrow.”

Though the former *NSYNC star has plenty on his plate, he’s still planning on appearing at the American Music Awards on Sunday, where he’ll present with fellow “DWTS” finalists Brooke Burke and Warren Sapp.

This isn’t the first time Lance has cut his rehearsals for a “DWTS” main event short. Lance hit the red carpet at the premiere of Dolly Parton’s “9 To 5” musical in Los Angeles earlier this year instead of a practice session for the “DWTS” season premiere.

The season’s final episodes air on Monday and Tuesday.

Link: http://www.accesshollywood.com/lance-bass-cuts-dancing-rehearsal-short_article_12309

RealityFreakWill:
Article from msnbc.com

‘Dancing’ mirror ball likely to go to Lance
Warren will go home first, and Lance's charm will beat out Brooke



We have reached the end of another season of “Dancing With The Stars,” and the show is doing all it can to hype the finale, a battle among Brooke Burke (perhaps you know her from her non-award-winning work on “Wild On” or “Rock Star”), former locker-door pinup Lance Bass of N'Sync, and retired NFL defensive tackle Warren Sapp.

What the show will not tell you is that past seasons of “Dancing” have, by and large, played out according to a predictable script, and if that script holds this week, you can expect Lance Bass to boogie away with the prize.

The way the finales progress is a direct result of the scoring system, which combines judges’ scores and audience votes. Generally, when there are two strong dancers in the finale, the judges just happen to give them total scores that are similar if not identical, to the point where ultimate victory goes to the winner of the audience vote.

They do, however, sometimes score one dancer lower than the two front-runners, knocking them out early. This happened to Marie Osmond in Season 5, and it will almost surely happen to Warren Sapp.

Somewhat lumbering in his NFL-appropriate, but less ballroom-friendly frame, Warren is not the most obviously graceful person in the group. Some football players, particularly Emmitt Smith and Jason Taylor, have been legitimately talented dancers, but Sapp is not. He’s a showboater and a charmer, and he certainly has a great smile. But light on his feet he is not, and the judges will likely ding him hard enough that he won’t have a chance without an overwhelming audience response — which he won’t get. That will leave Lance and Brooke.

Brooke Burke has been the front-runner all season. She’s got the long legs and elegance of a dancer, and particularly because most of the other women (other than Misty May-Treanor, who went out early with an injury in this heavily bandaged season) were not strong dancers, she stood out. Brooke isn’t, however, very entertaining. There is something bloodless about her performances; studied and skilled, but not the kind of dancing that makes you want to watch it again.

Because the entertainment factor is her weakness, it’s especially unfortunate that during last week’s jive, Brooke suffered her first genuine catastrophic dancing failure of the season. You almost never see it on this show, especially late in the season: she simply lost track of what she was doing at certain moments, and she was visibly watching her partner, Derek Hough, to get back on track.

Not only that, but as judge Bruno Tonioli pointed out, the entire routine looked sloppy — bad leg position, bad footwork, and a general lack of grace. That’s okay for Cloris Leachman during a group hip-hop routine, but not for a contestant who’s supposed to be getting by on her superior skills.
 
This brings us to Lance Bass. Barring a sprained ankle, Lance will take home the trophy. He has the personality of a champion — he’s a direct descendant of Drew Lachey and Apolo Anton Ohno, in particular: guys who started off good, worked hard to get better, and always seemed endearingly plucky in spite of the fact that they were naturals.

Audiences, in the end, are not dance experts. They cannot necessarily identify the right way to hold your foot during a foxtrot, and most of them don’t have any idea how good your tango hold is. No, when it comes to the dance itself, audiences reward two things: agility and novelty. They may not be able to tell the difference between perfect and imperfect waltzes, but they can tell whether a quickstep or a jive was crisp and lively.

Joey Fatone’s strong showing in Season 4 was largely the result of his ability, in spite of his bulky-looking body, to look like he was made entirely of springs as he bounced through a couple of different jives. Season 5 champ Helio Castroneves is best remembered for a loud, exuberant quickstep in which he wore a yellow suit that was gaudy even for a dance costume. We like fast, chandelier-rattling dances, not because we’re uncultured, but because we understand them better.

Again, this plays directly into Lance’s hands. His mambo and jitterbug last week demonstrated that he can move with lightness and speed. At the same time, Brooke completely biffed that jive, the best chance she had to get out from under being the “less fun” contestant.

Audiences will also reward novelty and humor. Think of Drew Lachey’s “Thriller” paso doble, Joey Fatone’s “Star Wars” tango, and the treatment of people like Jerry Springer and George Hamilton. In fact, that Helio “yellow quickstep” is almost as famous for the giant kiss he laid on partner Julianne Hough when it was over — which she obviously was genuinely not expecting, and which left her hilariously goggle-eyed and speechless — as it is for the dance itself.

Simply put, if you look like you have a sense of humor, you will outlast anyone who doesn’t, until you get to the people who can simply dance circles around you. Again, this is a problem for Brooke, who can seem so serious about training and perfection that she doesn’t seem to be having a good time. Lance, on the other hand, lost a shoe in his jitterbug and kept moving, and he benefits from his young, super-high-energy, double-caffeinated partner, “So You Think You Can Dance” veteran Lacey Schwimmer.

Brooke is a good dancer. Not as good as she looked at the beginning, given the way others have caught up. But she’s a good dancer. Unfortunately for her, Lance has also become a good dancer, and he’s a fast dancer and a funny dancer, and the odds are that those two factors are going to put him over the top.

marigold:
An interesting article:

Julianne Hough Looking Forward to Life After Dancing

After becoming a household name on Dancing with the Stars, Julianne Hough is concentrating on the next stage of her career.

“I’m actually going to take next season off and really focus on my music,” Hough told PEOPLE backstage at the 36th annual American Music Awards in L.A. Sunday. “Get ready for the next record, start writing, going on tour, [and] promoting this record.”

In fact, after Thanksgiving, Hough, 20, plans to go to Nashville to record and settle into her new place. “I’m so excited to go back,” said Hough, who just bought a condo down South.

Hough, whose self-titled debut CD debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Album chart, announced last week she’s hanging up for Dancing shoes next season.

Hough, 20, first appeared on DWTS in March 2007, quickly became on the show’s most popular dancers and has reigned twice as Dancing queen, with partners Apolo Anton Ohno and Helio Castroneves.

But, Hough—who fell sick this season and had her appendix removed in October—says she’s not looking back. “I’m sad to say that I don’t really, but I’m sure I probably will when the show comes around,” said Hough of missing the ballroom.”

But she hopes fans who once rooted her and partner Cody Linley will now cast their votes for her brother Derek and his partner Brooke Burke on tonight’s final.

Says Hough of the mirror-ball trophy: “Keep it in the family!”

Link: http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/11/24/julianne-hough-looking-forward-to-life-after-dancing/

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