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RealityFreakWill:
Tuesday’s Dancing: What You Didn’t See
Staying on Target: Kelly Osbourne and her dance partner Louis van Amstel didn’t stay long after Tuesday’s results show because the pair had to catch a late-night flight to New York. “I’ve lived there for seven years and her parents are in New York, so we’re going to have a good time,” says van Amstel. Although Osbourne has a work obligation, which she committed before the start of the show, van Amstel says he plans to keep Osbourne focused and her distractions — such as her computer and phone — locked in a black box. But it doesn’t look like it will be too hard now that the couple has made it to the semi-finals. “I never thought we would get this far and it’s so close we can taste it,” says Osbourne. “I don’t care what it takes, I’m going to make it happen!”
Dance Fever: Singer Mya says she’s got her game face on now that she and her dance partner Dmitry Chaplin are entering the semi-finals. “I did not start training on Aug. 18 to get this far and say, ‘Hey, we’re safe.’ We are putting on our game faces,” she says. As she began explaining how they were going to start training like athletes train for the Olympics, her partner looked scared. “She brought in a [dry erase] board and she put the rules on there and started treating it as a sport,” he said, “like mandatory massage every week.”
Lady Luck: Since Kym Johnson joined DWTS during season 3, she has been the runner-up twice (with Joey Fatone in season 4 and with Warren Sapp in season 7). Current partner Donny Osmond wants to win the coveted trophy for himself, but he really wants to see his partner win it all. “I want to win it for her,” says Osmond. “Yes, I would love to have it, but I really want Kym to have that mirrored ball!”
Encore, Encore: Although it was Mya and Chaplin who received a perfect score Monday night for their ’70s-inspired samba, Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough were tapped to perform the encore dance on Tuesday. Their futuristic interpretation of the paso doble was called “genius” by judges Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli. “It was such an honor because obviously there were so many great dances last night,” says Krupa, who is also on her way to the semi-finals. “I’m so excited. This [experience] exceeded my expectations.”
Spotted In the Crowd: Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and his girlfriends were ringside Tuesday night. Hefner — who doesn’t often leave the Playboy mansion — applauded enthusiasticly for Hough and Krupa, who appears on the cover of his magazine for its December issue.
http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/11/11/tuesdays-dancing-what-you-didnt-see-29/
RealityFreakWill:
Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani who finished third last season are back together and rehearsing to do a dance on Tuesday's results show. Tony tweeted this pic:
RealityFreakWill:
SEMI-FINAL SCOREBOARD:
ROUND ONE:
Donny/Kym
Tango 7 7 7 21
Joanna/Derek
Viennese Waltz 9 9 9 27
Kelly/Louis
Rumba 8 8 8 24
Mya/Dmitry
Waltz 9 9 10 28
ROUND TWO:
Donny/Kym
Samba 8 9 9 26
Joanna/Derek
Cha Cha Cha 9 9 9 27
Kelly/Louis
Quickstep 9 9 9 27
Mya/Dmitry
Salsa 10 10 10 30
ROUND THREE:
Donny/Kym
Jitterbug 9 9 9 27
Joanna/Derek
Salsa 9 9 9 27
Kelly/Louis
Cha Cha Cha 9 9 9 27
Mya/Dmitry
Cha Cha Cha 9 10 10 29
COMBINED SCORES:
Donny/Kym 74
Joanna/Derek 81
Kelly/Louis 78
Mya/Dmitry 87
msbuni:
Julianne Hough Not Returning to Dancing with the Stars
November 17, 2009
Sorry, Julianne Hough fans, you’ll have to endure another season of Dancing with the Stars without your favorite pro dancer in the ballroom. Hough, whose break from the show started with the current season, says she won’t be back for season 9.
“No I’m not [coming back] next season,” Hough, 21, told Ryan Seacrest at the New Moon premiere Monday night in Los Angeles.
And as for whether she might come back the following season, Hough dodged the question. “We’re going go cross that bridge when we come to it,” she said.
Yet another mystery concerning Hough, who recently broke up with ex-boyfriend Chuck Wicks, is whether there’s another chapter to that story.
“So are you single?” Seacrest asked.
“Um, technically,” Hough said without explaining further.
Perhaps she she was talking about being in a committed relationship with her busy career as a country singer and budding movie star. Hough will star in the upcoming movie Burlesque with Cher and Christina Aguilera.
One thing there are no questions about: Who she wants to win this season of Dancing With the Stars — her brother Derek Hough, who’s partnered with model Joanna Krupa.
“I’m going to do some rallying for my brother right now,” she said.
The interview was published online at the Web site for Seacrest’s radio show. –Michael Y. Park
Catch up on the semi-final competition on Dancing with the Stars!
msbuni:
Monday’s Dancing: What You Didn’t See
November 17, 2009
Improv Act: Kelly Osbourne was pretty in pink Monday night as she sashayed on the dance floor for her first performance of the night. But things weren’t as they appeared. “In case you didn’t know, my 20-second solo was completely made up,” she says of her rumba. “I got out there and froze.” Her partner Louis van Amstel had complete faith in her as he watched on. “I was standing behind her and thinking, ‘Keep your cool. Keep your cool,’” he tells PEOPLE. The judges didn’t detect her new routine — the couple scored all 8s.
Making an Impression: As if there wasn’t enough pressure for the final four couples in the semi-finals, famed choreographer Kenny Ortega sat ringside watching the performances. “Donny [Osmond] is an inspiration and an incredible role model and I can’t believe how hard he’s working,” he said. But it was Osbourne’s performances that had him smiling each time she kicked up her heels. “Kelly blew me away tonight. It’s wonderful to watch them all grow in the arms of their partners,” he said. “I jumped out of my seat like a jack-in-the-box after [her] quickstep.” After the show, Osbourne said Ortega’s comments nearly moved her to tears: “He said when I dance, he can see my heart on the dance floor and that’s what a real dancer is.”
Energizer Bunny: For the first time in the history of the show, the dancers performed three dances in a single night. Joanna Krupa says she did her best to stay consistent throughout the two-hour show. “I just wondered if I could keep the stamina because we already did it at rehearsals and then dress rehearsals, so we did the dances nine times!” she says. “I’m trying to take my vitamins and eat extra just to keep my energy up.”
Arms of Steel: Mya’s dry-erase board is filled with rules that she uses to keep herself and her dance partner Dmitry Chaplin focused on their goal. One of them was the dreaded push-up rule. “I had to do five push-ups per mistake,” she says. Mya couldn’t remember how many she did as she prepared for three dances, but it was enough to make her strive for perfection. “I was really sore and I got two massages this week,” she says. Chaplin says it’s going to be harder if they make it to next week’s finals. “If we get to next week,” he tells PEOPLE, “it’ll be 15 push-ups.”
Full House: There were plenty of celebrities in attendance, showing their support for the semi-finalists. Some of them included DWTS alumni Marie Osmond, Lisa Rinna and Melissa Joan Hart. Others included Sharon Osbourne, Robin Antin — creator of The Pussycat Dolls — and actor Rick Yune, who will appear in the movie Ninja Assassin on Thanksgiving Day. Throughout the performance, he called Joanna’s Viennese waltz “beautiful” and Mya’s perfect salsa “incredible,” but said he was rooting for Osbourne. “I was really taken by Kelly,” he said. “She was endearing, captivating and a real princess.” –Elaine Aradillas
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