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Dancing With The Stars Season 8
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Dancing With The Stars: Julianne Hough & Chuck Wicks
DANCING WITH THE STARS pros Julianne Hough & Chuck Wicks visit Reality Chat,
and give us all the behind-the-scenes dish about competing on season 8 of DANCING WITH THE STARS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OW36JUhz0o
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Several DWTS Pros and Stars call out Melissa Rycroft
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SPOILER ALERT
Dancing with the Stars Episode Recap: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
After two weeks of performances, it's time to kick the first star to the curb! Who went home with the dubious honor?... Not so fast. We have a dance-off first.
OK, I've never watched a whole results show with undivided attention for more than two minutes (aka the last two minutes, which is all that matters), so this is a semi-new experience for all of us, I guess, with the introduction of the dance-off. It's amazing — yet not — that it's taken producers eight seasons to find a way to fill out the hour with something actually relevant to the results.
Yet, the first thing out of the gate isn't relevant at all. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy's swung by (hehe) with "Calloway Boogie" and we get our first pro dance of the season. Did Tony use all the sculpting cream or something? Someone get Derek some hairspray.
Steve-O's OK, guys. Dressed in his waltz outfit (would you want to try that "salsa" again?), he tells Samantha he was insistent on the flip (Not. Lacey's. Fault.) and he luckily has no fractures. Now he wants to make it up to Lacey. Aww. Sam ruins the moment by fudging the explanation for the dance-off.
Score recap time with confessional footage. Boring and time-wasting, right? Except for Karina not giving Steve the time of day while he's complimenting her. At least try to look like you care.
First four couples safe:
Lawrence & Edyta
Shawn & Mark
Chuck & Julianne
David & Kym
Back from commercial, we're treated to four more safe couples. I like this brisk pace.
Next four safe couples:
Denise & Maks
Melissa & Tony (did they purposely announce them after Maks?)
Lil Kim & Derek
Gilles & Cheryl
The original Dancing Superman, Cameron Mathison, is back with some Celebrity Survival Guide fluff. Way to spell the guy's last name wrong. I thought you were ABC. The Guide includes taunting Shawn, crying in the confessional (I support any excuse to see Shannon Elizabeth's histrionics again), a nude thong for Bruno, spray tan (I veto this) and not signing up at all to prevent injuries. Har har. After that, it's time to slow it down even more. Macy's Stars of Dance does an ode to glamorous movie musicals by "choreography Michael Rooney," according to Samantha. It gets a standing O from... Mickey Rooney (the "choreography's" pop). My life is officially complete. Not. Next is just more filler. Fallen star Jewel, resting her fragile frame against a stool, belts out "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Um, why? I think 437 versions of it are enough. Can the hardwood not take the yodeling? Dmitry and Chelsie dance to Jewel's crooning. Chelsie's pulling a Lance — she's shoeless. Who will save her soles? Sorry, I had to.
Now it's time to introduce you to the cast. No one ever said they were good with timing. In case you're not aware, there are singers, actors, athletes and reality stars, the latter of which was created and is only populated by our replacements. Woz (the Computer Nerd) and Steve-O (the Jackass) get their own categories. Then it's time to talk some smack. I give Holly the win with her, uh, pictorial count. I lost track of the months, nor do I feel inclined to look them up.
Now down to business:
Holly & Dmitry are safe!
Ty & Chelsie are safe!
Steve-O & Lacey are safe!
That pits Woz & Karina vs. Belinda & Jonathan. They each repeat a routine to get new judges' scores that will be combined with votes from the past two weeks.
Belinda & Jonathan: Salsa
Hips don't lie! The two spend the morning working on her hip action and it's improved, but overall, I don't really see much of a difference in the performance. Then again, I barely remember hers from yesterday except for the spread eagle at the end. She's nervous and totally channeling Denise from last week. The judges all praise her new hip work, but note her sloppy footwork. She got an 18 Monday night.
Score: 17
Steve & Karina: Quickstep
The injured Woz fudged a step toward the end and is determined not to miss a beat this time around. His quickstep seems more peppy (if that's even possible) and sharp at first, but like Belinda's salsa, I don't really notice a drastic improvement. Can someone really improve that much in less than a day? I'd wager that they're all more nervous about this performance than the original one. Bruno admires his good spirit. Carrie Ann says he was smoother except for one spot in the middle. Len admires him too but doesn't see much improvement. Woz seems resigned to leaving backstage, while Karina just seems downright embarrassed. "We were lucky enough to get to do [the quickstep] twice." They got a 17 on Monday.
Score: 17 (or 11 with Bruno's flipped paddle)
And Season 8's first casualty is... Belinda & Jonathan. She knows, but it's alright, she tells Jonathan. "I had a great time ... and I wish I could've done better for Jonathan," she says. Jonathan wants to see more hip-shaking in her next Go-Go concert. I liked Belinda, but she was definitely unlucky No. 13 here, falling through the cracks with all the hoopla going on with the other contestants. She doesn't have Woz's adorkableness, so she had to come out and make a statement, which she didn't.
Conventional wisdom will say Woz, the worst dancer, should go, but I don't mind that he has another shot — not because he's fun to watch, but because he exemplifies what the show's supposed to be about: learning to dance with absolutely no experience.
http://www.tvguide.com/Episode-Recaps/dancing-stars/Dancing-Stars-Episode-1004149.aspx
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:yess: Carrie Ann is doing a weekly blog....here's her first one!
Carrie Ann Inaba blogs 'DWTS,' week 2
Tonight, despite the very sad departure of Belinda Carlisle (whose music I am a huge fan of -- I used to choreograph numbers in my dance class to "Circle in the Sand"), I have never laughed so hard. When Bruno held up his paddle backwards, it was so funny to me. I've held up the wrong paddle once before, for Tia Carrere when she danced with Maks. I had to hold up an "I’m sorry" paddle the next night. It was so embarrassing, but we laughed about it, and tonight, we laughed again. We are like family up there, the three of us.
Tonight was a new format. It was a first for Dancing With The Stars to have a dance-off between the lowest scoring couples. We had to judge them again -- their previous scores for that dance were tossed aside and the ones we gave tonight counted instead. However, despite the way it may have appeared, we judges do not have the final say. The audience's and the judges' votes are still split 50/50. What happens is that they replace our scores for the couple's original dance with the scores they get for their dance-off performance. So it’s an opportunity for them to do better and improve their judges' score -- or sometimes lower that score, depending on how they do.
I always wonder about the contestants who leave first. I think that’s a very difficult position to be in. No one wants to go first and I worry about their well-being. I sometimes wish I could call them so that they could tell me how they felt out there, what it was like, etc. I realize it must be difficult for them to go through this process. Bruno and I went through it with the contestants on Dance Wars. It's difficult to stand and be judged. I do empathize with these people -- they are so brave to do the show, to try something new like this. And although I must score them and judge them, I do care about them and always wish for them good things and many blessings. Belinda and Jonathan are such kind people from the looks of things, and I am hoping for great things in their future. I hope she enjoyed the road. :)
This week was a good week. There was a lot of improvement from Lawrence, Denise, Ty, and Lil' Kim. Ty’s megawatt smile was adorable, but his strength is incredible and his posture is quite nice. He’s quite athletic and that will help him in this competition. Denise seemed to find her new confidence. I love seeing them grow like that. I was so proud of her and her new sense of self that emerged on the dance floor this week. That is what I love most about this show, when people grow from the experience. I already see that growth in a few people. It’s incredible to watch.
Steve Wozniak was, once again, adorable on the dance floor. His second performance was much better than the first time he performed that Quickstep, but the mistakes in the middle took his score back to a 6 for me. But generally, it was smoother than the first time he did it. He is a trooper. He’s doing all this with a fractured foot. And I would bet that he doesn’t ever complain about it. He’s setting a good example to people out there about hard work and just enjoying where you are in life. I find that to be wonderful to watch. His dancing skills are still growing, but his life skills are quite admirable.
Gilles and Melissa were fantastic Monday night! Tony Dovolani did a great job with that salsa. It was really the only one that had a true salsa flavor. He had the basic and all the variations and the leg tricks and the underarm passes and it just had the right tone to it. It was driven by the music as all salsas should be, and it was such a pleasure to watch. Gilles is also a force to be reckoned with. He truly made Leeza Gibbons swoon (she was sitting in the front row)! He’s a fantastic performer with loads of charisma and a natural flair for dancing. He’s not a one-trick pony by any means, but we will have to see how it all pans out for him. It’s still early in the competition.
I think this season is so fun. It has a vibrancy to it. It feels alive. The performers are all so different and all so likeable. I think it’s going to be tough for America to choose the winner this season. I hope people will vote, vote and vote again for the ones they think deserve the trophy. I can’t wait to see what happens.
I have to wrap it up because even though it’s already late, I have a rehearsal tonight for the Kids' Choice Awards. I am choreographing a number in the show and I’m rehearsing from 10:30 p.m. to midnight because it’s the only time I have to do it. But every day, I count my blessings that I have a job -- and a job that I love. I am truly hoping that this season brings joy to people across the country. That they can sit with us all every Monday and Tuesday night, hang out with us in their living rooms and just enjoy the evening together with us and celebrate dance.
Until next week -- hope life treats you well.
See you Monday!!!
Xoxo,
Carrie Ann
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/03/carrie-ann-inab.html
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DWTS Castoff Belinda Carlisle
Jimmy Kimmel Live - Jimmy interviews the first Dancing with the Stars castoff Belinda Carlisle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlu4m_w4aLQ
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