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RealityFreakWill:
Dancing With The Stars: Smoking Performances and One Ugly Woman

Hello, and welcome to Performance Night for Week Three of ABC' Dancing With The Stars.  This week the couples will tackle the samba and foxtrot. Wow, Chelsie's dress is gorgeous. It is so good to see both Steves back and competing on Dancing With The Stars despite their injuries.

The first couple up is Denise and Maks. OMG, him in his pink dress. I'm dying here! Her dress is cute, it kind of reminds me of the prom dress on Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion.  The music though? It seems more appropriate for a rumba than a samba. Despite that, the dance was pretty good.

Tom calls Maks one ugly woman.

Len thinks the routine needs more Latin and more hips, but thinks it was a good effort.

Bruno calls it more of a waffle than a samba and thinks she is going backwards.

Carrie Ann (who is rocking a cute new hair do!) wants her to work on her arms and pretty much agrees with Bruno.

Score: 16 (5,6,5)

Chuck and Julianne take the stage next with their foxtrot. They are determined to do better this week and get better scores.  Their song is cute, I like the country beat. They start and end sleeping and in the middle do a decent foxtrot that has a lift, but overall it is very good.

Bruno likes how Chuck is finally dancing with Julianne rather than chasing her or letting her overshadowing him.

Carrie Ann thinks he may be a contender.

Len says it was good overall, but not great--and to work on his legs.

Score: 23 (8,7,8)

After a commercial break, Holly and Dmitry take on the samba. She is very frustrated and is almost in tears trying to learn. However, she pulls off a sexy, fun samba that shows she did learn something!

Carrie Ann calls it rough. She appreciates her trying though.

Len wants to see better footwork and compares her to a match. Hot on top, wooden on the bottom.

Bruno thinks she needs to work on her feet.

Score: 17 (5,6,6)

Steve-O and Lacey are up next. I'm glad to see him back and recovering. He is determined to keep on going and not let anyone down. I have to respect him for doing this, but Lacey is right--he needs to stop stressing! Their foxtrot has a few missteps, but overall, I really like it. I think it is sweet that Tom and Carrie Ann asked if he was ok.

Len says the O in Steve-O stands for ovation and overall it was a proper foxtrot.

Bruno thinks it started well, but he lost it.

Carrie Ann is impressed and respects him for going out there.

Steve-O is upset because he felt he let Lacey down and wanted to do better.

Score: 15 (5,5,5)

Lawrence and Edyta tackle the  samba. He wants to do the best he can and give it as much practice as he can---even giving up his golf game to get in extra practice.  It looks like it paid off because it was easily the best samba so far.

Bruno loves it, but wants him to have more fun and be more confident.

Carrie Ann loves it as well, but wants him to go for it a bit more.

Len admires him for keeping up with Edyta but wants more hips.

Score: 20 (7,6,7)

After another commercial break, Shawn and Mark take on the foxtrot.  She is having trouble being elegant so Mark tries to pull it out of her.  I have to say, he did a really good job. It was beautiful to watch and she is just amazingly graceful.

Carrie Ann thinks she looked like a princess and squeals over how great she was.

Len calls it her best dance so far.

Bruno gushes over it and tells her she got it together.

Score: 27 (triple 9s)

Gilles and Cheryl perform next. His mom comes to visit and tearfully tells him how proud she is of him.  It is such a sweet moment. Their samba is on FIRE! Awesome footwork, nice hip movement and just oozing with sexy.

Len tells him he made a hard dance look easy.

Bruno says the samba is a party dance and everyone would want to party with him.

Carrie Ann tells him he shook things she didn't know guys could shake. (Mind.....slipping.......to......gutter) She also says HE brought out a lot in Cheryl that they haven't seen in a long time.

Score:  27 (9,9,9)

David Alan and Kym take the floor after yet another commercial break. Kym plans to showcase him more and he says this is the hardest he ever worked. Their foxtrot is very old Hollywood. It reminds me of something you would see in an old Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers routine or on Broadway.

Bruno calls it very Broadway and thinks it is a great transformation.

Carrie Ann gives him two snaps up.

Len thinks it is his best dance.

Score: 24 (8,8,8)

After a musical bit by David, we get to Steve and Karina's routine. He gets hurt during his Friday rehearsal and ends up on crutches.  He says there is no way he is missing this and the show will go on. Despite the pain and missed rehearsals due to his pulled hamstring, he did a pretty good job. I love the worm at the end!

Carrie Ann says that as cute as he is the novelty is wearing off.  She compares him to an uncle at a party.

Len thinks it was terrible.

Bruno calls it the worst samba he ever saw.

Um, it may not be the best samba, but HE IS INJURED! I give him a lot of credit for trying.  I'm not saying give him 10s, but just give him a bit of a break. Same goes for Steve-O.

Score: 10 (4,3,3) (the audience is NOT happy.)

Melissa and Tony take the stage next. I love how her co-workers gave her a goodbye party. That is so sweet. Their foxtrot is very flowing and elegant, just beautiful! It is definitely up there for one of the best foxtrots  tonight!

Len thinks she has great musicality and that it was fantastic, but she needs to work on her feet.

Bruno thinks she is beautiful to look at and easy to love.

Carrie Ann says she likes it, but something is lacking and wants her to challenge herself more.

Score: 27 (9,9,9)

Lil' Kim and Derek are the last couple to do the samba tonight. Both of them are determined to really bring it tonight.  OK, I lied.  THIS is the best samba of the night.

Bruno says it was not perfect, but she sold it.

Carrie Ann gushes over how much she loved it.

Len says she has a bionic booty and wants Derek to add some more fundamental steps.

Samantha quips that she inspired an entire nation of booty shaking.

Score: 25 (8,8,9)

The last dance of the night belongs to Ty and Chelsie.  He is worried about putting it all together, but she tells him that he is getting there. All I can say is WOW, what a way to end the evening! He is really improving and really bringing out his elegant side tonight. Chelsie stumbled a bit, but it was barely noticeable because they covered so well.  (I had to rewind to make sure!)

Carrie Ann calls him the most improved dancer by far.

Len thinks the whole thing was fantastic and top notch!

Bruno thinks Chelsie is a miracle worker and Ty improved a lot.

Score: 23 (8,8,7)

The show ends with a recap of the dances and numbers to vote.

Who was your favorite tonight? Least favorite? Who is going to have to dance for their lives to stay in the competition tomorrow night? Comment and let us know!

Tune in to Dancing With The Stars tomorrow night for more musical guests, a dance off and an elimination.

http://www.tvgrapevine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3422:dancing-with-the-stars-smoking-performances-and-one-ugly-woman&catid=81:dancing-with-the-stars-2009

RealityFreakWill:
Dancing Recap: It’s a Three-Way Tie for First!

When your competitors are already earning near-perfect scores on a regular basis, the remaining pairs knew they had to strategize. The Woz attempted to impress us with The Worm; a cowboy saved his partner (and himself) from a potential dancing disaster; and the Olympian became a “bejeweled hummingbird,” flying to the top of the leader’s board in a three-way tie on Monday’s DWTS.

Denise Richards couldn’t break her serious demeanor and started the night on a flat note. Her samba lacked the necessary Latin kick and was “full of holes,” judge Bruno Tonioli said. “It was more waffle than samba. We’re going backwards.” Another star going backwards in week 3: a frustrated Holly Madison. Len Goodman didn’t spare the Girls Next Door star, telling her after her samba, “You’re like a match — hot on the top, wooden on the bottom.”

On the other hand, Chuck Wicks showed why he could be a possible contender in the competition with a fox trot showcasing proper posture and comfort on the dancefloor. Once slammed by judges for letting partner Julianne Hough do all the work, the country singer was “finally in the driving seat,” Tonioli raved.

They share a namesake, they’re both on the injured list and both had a very rough night. First up, Steve-O hurt his ankle during his fox trot that started off on a high note but ended with the exhausted stuntman trying to catch his breath. The scorecards weren’t good news but the judges only had words of encouragement.

Fellow injury-prone contestant Steve Wozniak suffered a pulled hamstring during practice, but he wasn’t spared the judges’ harshest words or the lowest scores we’ve ever seen in recent memory. In typical Woz style, the computer whiz samba’d his way around the floor — even doing The Worm — with unconventional, uncoordinated moves that charmed the audience but failed to impress the judges. “On your knees and beg for forgiveness!” Tonioli exclaimed. “This was the worst I’ve ever seen. It was just bad.” He may find himself in the bottom two (once again) with a combined score of 10.

Lawrence Taylor gave up precious golf time to squeeze in some extra practice early in the morning. It paid off: the football champ not only had rhythm and “newfound confidence,” according to Inaba, but showed he could take on a more difficult number and challenge himself next week.

And climbing out of third place on the leader board, Shawn Johnson made her way to the top in a three-way tie with a lovely fox trot that had the judges raving. “Oh my goodness, that was so great,” gushed Inaba. For Tonioli, watching the gymnast’s fox trot “was like watching a bejeweled hummingbird!”

Adding a few more 9s to his own scorecard, Gilles Marini shook everything he got, and even dedicated his red-hot samba to Mom. The SATC actor made a “hard dance look easy,” Goodman noted. “You shook things I didn’t know guys could shake!” said Inaba. And while the Frenchman transformed into a Latin dancing pro, David Alan Grier went from comedian to Broadway star in a fox trot that nailed most of the fundamentals – extension and turns. “I didn’t know you were like a Rockette!” Inaba said, giving him two thumbs up. Added Tonioli, “What a transformation!”

Melissa Rycroft once again looked at ease. “Your body moves with the music,” said Tonioli. “It’s almost like the music plays from your body. You must have a seventh sense!” Inaba noted the Bachelor star was an “excellent dancer” but “there’s something that’s lacking and I can’t quite put my finger on it,” she said as the audience voiced their disagreement.

Lil’ Kim used frontrunners Gilles and Melissa as inspiration — it worked. The hip-hop artist scoring a pair of 8s for a sultry samba and “bionic booty” as described by (yes!) Goodman. While she may have upped her game, the week’s most improved honors went to Ty Murray, whose elegant and graceful fox trot went uninterrupted even when partner Chelsie Hightower slipped. “That,” Goodman said, “I thought was fantastic – the whole thing. You’re a hero. It was just top notch.” Last week he was a butterfly transformed from a caterpillar. But this week? The rodeo champ is “a mini Fred Astaire!” Tonioli proclaimed. –Eunice Oh

Here’s how the remaining 12 contestants stacked up after Monday’s dance:
Denise & Maksim: 16 out of 30 for their samba
Chuck & Julianne: 23 out or 30 for their fox trot
Holly & Dmitry: 17 out of 30 for their samba
Steve-O & Lacey: 15 out of 30 for their fox trot
Lawrence & Edyta: 20 out of 30 for their samba
Shawn & Mark: 27 out of 30 for their fox trot
Gilles & Cheryl: 27 out of 30 for their samba
David & Kym: 24 out of 30 for their fox trot
Steve & Karina: 10 out of 30 for their samba
Melissa & Tony: 27 out of 30 for their fox trot
Lil’ Kim & Derek: 25 out of 30 for their samba
Ty & Chelsie: 23 out of 30 for their fox trot

http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/03/24/dancing-recap-its-a-three-way-tie-for-first/

RealityFreakWill:
Denise Richards on Charlie Sheen's Twins: 'They're Amazing'


ET was backstage at "Dancing with the Stars" as three couples tied for first place on Monday night. The contestants tell ET about their performances and Denise Richards tells us about her special visit with Charlie Sheen's twin boys.

"I went to see his babies -- my dad and I, last results show," Denise says. "They're amazing. Bob looks very similar to Sammy when she was an infant. It was very sweet."

Watch the video to hear the celebs and their professional partners talk about their performances and their strategies as the competition continues -- and Steve-O and Steve Wozniak open about continuing to perform while being injured.

http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/03/72108/index.html

RealityFreakWill:
'Dancing with the Stars' Inching Closer to 'Idol'

It's no news that American Idol has had a stranglehold on the ratings week in and week out for quite some time now.  In fact, it had been that way for five, six seasons already.  From a humble 9.9 million back in season one when Kelly Clarkson won, Idol's numbers have ballooned to over 30 mil from the fourth season onwards.  Recently, however, ABC's very own competitive reality show Dancing with the Stars had been giving American Idol some rare competition as it gets closer to overtaking the Fox golden boy in the weekly ratings.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Dancing with the Stars, which recently got a boost courtesy of a strong The Bachelor finale and the transition of Melissa Rycroft to it, is just around 3 million viewers shy of going past Idol – something that that wasn't even remotely imaginable in the past couple of years.

Idol's 25.8 and 25.5 million for its performance and results shows take the first two spots respectively while Dancing with the Stars reeled in a record 22.8 million eyeballs for third.  After CSI's 17.1 million, the rest trail heavily: Desperate Housewives with 14.6, Criminal Minds and The Mentalist with 14.3, CSI: Miami with 14.2, and Grey's Anatomy with 13.6 million viewers.

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars-inching-27196.aspx?pollid=3002005&answer=3006991#poll3002005

RealityFreakWill:
Dancing with the Stars: Gilles Surprised to be Favorite

After doing reasonably well on the last episode, Gilles Marini of Sex and the City the movie recently told TV Guide that he was surprised that he's one of the favorites to win Dancing with the Stars.  According to the 33-year-old French actor, he thought he would be somewhere in the bottom mainly because he's not American.  Soon, however, he said he hoped he can tell his story on the ABC reality show.

“Just because people do not understand why I'm on the show because I've never said it yet,” he said.  “It's pretty much paying respect because the country gave me so much.  If I can put a smile on Americans' faces, then it's a little way of paying back.  Down the line, I'll tell the story why I'm in love with this country and why I wanna be here the rest of my life.”

As for the other contestants, Gilles singled out The Bachelor alum Melissa Rycroft as another front-runner because of her dancing background.

“She's a dancer. She's an amazing person. Beautiful. My brother said, ‘Help me. I'm dying for this woman.'  He didn't talk about me!  So if my brother feels this way, I know America feels the same way.”
Marini's partner is two-time Dancing with the Stars champion Cheryl Burke.

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars-gilles-27195.aspx

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