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RealityFreakWill:
Monday’s Dancing: What You Didn’t See

DAZZLING DEBUT: Three cheers for Brooke Burke, whose ballroom co-hosting debut was a huge success! “Having a partner like Tom [Bergeron] who’s impeccable helps,” Burke told PEOPLE after the show. “There was so much anxiety in the room tonight with everybody stretching, everybody trying to remember their routines. I know what it’s like and I wanted to just throw out the index cards and give everybody a big hug.” Derek Hough, Burke’s former partner, told PEOPLE, “Brooke nailed it tonight. She was smooth, great and she looked gorgeous.”

OUTSIDE THE BOX: Burke, who wore $200,000 worth of Rafinity diamonds (including a pink diamond ring, a cuff bracelet and hoop earrings), helped debut the new, glass results room, which allowed the studio audience to see the couples all night long. To make things even more intimate, dancers and celebrities stepped outside of the box to watch their competitors perform. “I like the skybox,” Louis Van Amstel said. “We can watch the show live instead of watching monitors. Tony Dovolani agreed: “All these seasons we’ve been saying we felt separated from the audience. Now we feel like we’re part of the audience.”

MIAMI VICE: Leading up to Monday’s season premiere, Cheryl Burke and Chad Ochocinco rehearsed in Miami, where he lives. “It was like being with the President,” Burke joked of the time she spent on the Cincinnati Bengal’s home turf. “He’s the king of Miami. People stopped their cars to say hello. He drives around in these very bright, extravagant cars and he has a great life there.” But his McDonald’s-heavy diet, Burke says, defies the odds. “I don’t know how he has a 12-pack,” she says. “Seriously, he eats there every single day. Meanwhile I’m at the salad shop next door.”

JAKE’S WOMEN: The Bachelor winner Vienna Girardi was front and center, but so were other women in Jake Pavelka’s life — namely his mother, Sally, former Bachelor contestant Gia Allemand, and The Bachelorette’s Jillian Harris, who was accompanied by her fiancé Ed Swiderski. All of the women were rooting for the Texas pilot, who turned out a respectable Viennese waltz with partner Chelsie Hightower. Performing in front of the live audience “was awesome,” Pavelka told PEOPLE after the show. “It created an energy you can feed off of. I wish we could have been out there a little bit longer.” Girardi says she wasn’t nervous at all. But mom Sally definitely had a case of the jitters. “You know how it is when you’re a mom,” she said, “you want your child to do well.”

TEARS OF JOY: Shannen Doherty and partner Mark Ballas provided one of the night’s most memorable moments when the Beverly Hills, 90210 star, who signed on to do the show for her father Tom who suffered a stroke in December, wept after her debut Viennese waltz. “I couldn’t keep it together,” she told PEOPLE. “I always said I’d never be that girl that cried on camera, but I did. Oh well, it’s my Daddy.” Meanwhile, Niecy Nash brought the house down with the spirited cha cha she performed with Van Amstel. Despite the raucous ovation, Nash was also in tears. “They were happy tears,” Nash said. “I had a fantastic time dancing for redemption after being kicked out of my eighth-grade dance class. I was dancing for every woman in America who is not a size two, and I was dancing for every person who’s ever had a dream deferred.”

HAIR TREATMENT: Pamela Anderson says she “has never rehearsed for anything a day in her life.” But her sexy bed head-inspired cha cha was surely worth the hours she and her partner, newcomer Damian Whitewood, logged in the studio the past three weeks. “This was a lot of training, a lot of learning how to walk,” says Anderson. Fans of the Baywatch beauty shouldn’t expect her to bring the sexy back every time she performs. “We want to do something different every time,” she says. “It’s not always going to be sex, drugs, rock and roll and ripping off clothes.”

http://tvwatch.people.com/2010/03/23/mondays-dancing-what-you-didnt-see-37/

RealityFreakWill:
ABC press release:

SEASON PREMIERE

THE FIRST ELIMINATION OF THE SEASON, ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF
"DANCING WITH THE STARS THE RESULTS SHOW," TUESDAY, MARCH 30, ON ABC
Season 10's First Macy's "Stars of Dance" Performance Features a Haiti Tribute by
Top Haitian Ballroom Dancers, Led by former World Professional Mambo
Champion Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine

Music Legends "The Beach Boys" Perform,
With a Special Appearance from John Stamos

"Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" Premieres in a New Time Period

"Episode 1002A" - On the season premiere of "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show," the first couple of the season is eliminated. Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ® recipients The Beach Boys take to the stage and, in an uplifting Macy's "Stars of Dance" performance, Haitian dancers honor victims of the Haiti earthquake, when "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" premieres in its new time period, TUESDAY, MARCH 30 (8:00-9:00p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Often called "America's Band," The Beach Boys will perform a medley of their hits "California Girls," "Kokomo" and "Fun, Fun, Fun." Honorary band member John Stamos ("ER," "Full House") will sit in with the band on guitar and drums. Stamos previously performed with the band in 1992, singing lead vocals for the song "Forever" for the album "Summer in Paradise." They will be accompanied on the stage by professional "Dancing with the Stars" dancers Louis Van Amstel, Anna Trebunskya, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Cheryl Burke, Damian Whitewood and Ashly Costa. The Beach Boys are led by original band member Mike Love and long time performer Bruce Johnston, along with Christian Love, Scott Totten, Randell Kirsch, John Cowsill and Tim Bonhomme.

The first Macy's "Stars of Dance" performance of the season will pay tribute to the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti in a special performance introduced by activist and celebrity Wyclef Jean via video message. Led by former World Mambo Champion and Haitian dancer Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine, several of Haiti's top ballroom dancers will perform a mambo to Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" on the "Dancing with the Stars" stage. Following the performance, viewers will be directed to ABC.com's "Hope for Haiti" site to donate funds to the charity.

In addition, all 11 "Dancing with the Stars" pros will perform a ballroom fusion number by Michael Jackson's renowned choreographer, Travis Payne. Also, "Dancing with the Stars" Season 6 alum Adam Corolla will do a comic review of the previous evening's show.

By evening's end, one couple will be eliminated, as determined by a combination of the judges' scores and viewers' votes on dances performed in weeks one and two. Who among the following 11 teams will be the first to leave the ballroom floor?

* BUZZ ALDRIN (legendary astronaut) and partner ASHLY COSTA.

* PAMELA ANDERSON (actress and model) and partner DAMIAN WHITEWOOD.

* ERIN ANDREWS (ESPN host) and partner MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY.

* SHANNEN DOHERTY (actress) and partner MARK BALLAS.

* KATE GOSSELIN (TLC star) and partner TONY DOVOLANI.

* EVAN LYSACEK (Olympic figure skating champion) and partner ANNA TREBUNSKAYA.

* NIECY NASH (comedienne and host) and partner LOUIS VAN AMSTEL.

* CHAD OCHOCINCO (NFL star) and partner CHERYL BURKE.

* JAKE PAVELKA ("The Bachelor" star) and partner CHELSIE HIGHTOWER.

* NICOLE SCHERZINGER (pop star) and partner DEREK HOUGH.

* AIDEN TURNER (soap star) and partner EDYTA SLIWINSKA.

http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=032510_07

RealityFreakWill:
WEEK 2 DANCING SCOREBOARD:

Combined with last week's scores

Shannen/Mark
Jive                      7     6     7     20 + 18=38

Aiden/Edyta
Foxtrot                  7     6     6     19 + 15=34

Evan/Anna
Jive                       8     8     8     24 + 23=37

Neicy/Louis
Foxtrot                   7     7     7     21 + 18=39

Jake/Chelsie
Jive                        6     7     7     20 + 20=40

Buzz/Ashly
Foxtrot                    4    4     4     12 + 14=26

Nicole/Derek
Jive                       10    8    10    28 + 25=53

Erin/Maksim
Foxtrot                   8     7     8     23 + 21=44

Pamela/Damian
Foxtrot                   7     7     8     22 + 21=43

Chad/Cheryl
Foxtrot                   6     5     5     16 + 18=34 

Kate/Tony
Jive                       5     5     5     15 + 16=31

RealityFreakWill:
Monday’s Dancing: What You Didn’t See

ROLE REVERSAL: Last week she exuded naughtiness, but on Monday’s show, Pamela Anderson channeled sensuality. “I think it’s an evolution of the character. You gotta keep giving them something different every week,” says Anderson, who adds, “I love the theatrics of it all.” But most of all, “I want to learn. I am determined to learn. I want to get all the dances down.” Anderson tells PEOPLE her sons Brandon and Dylan have been cheering for mom. “They’ll probably be watching tonight with Tommy [Lee, their father]. Tommy said we switched places last week and he’s being mom and I’m at a dance party,” Anderson said, laughing.

Another couple changed roles this week: Mark Ballas and Shannen Doherty. While rehearsing for the jive this week, Ballas injured his right knee when he took a fall. “I am having an MRI tomorrow, but I should be fine,” he said, noting that moments before he and Doherty were about to perform Monday night, he forgot part of their routine. “Like 20 seconds before they announced us he was like ‘What’s that one part again?’” an incredulous Doherty said. “I was like ‘No, Mark, that’s wrong!’ I was teaching him!”

‘SCENT’-UAL DUO: Not only did Derek Hough and Nicole Scherzinger walk away with the evening’s top score for the second week in a row, but they received beautiful leis from Scherzinger’s parents. “My mom and dad are visiting from Hawaii and they brought some ginger leis, some puakenikeni leis. It’s really special,” Scherzinger said after the show. Backstage fellow cast and crew took in the pleasantly scented leis. Could that be what it smells like to be on top? “It’s unbelievable,” Hough says of receiving two 10s (from judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli) in the show’s second week. “From now on it’s like the pressure’s on because you have to maintain that,” Hough says.

KIDS’ CHOICE: Kate Gosselin turned 35 Sunday — and contrary to tabloid reports she was not alone. In between rehearsing the jive, it was a weekend full of pampering and indulging for the mother of eight. Gosselin, who’s been commuting between her Wernersville, Pa., home and Los Angeles to compete on the show, received a special birthday surprise from her kids this weekend. “I celebrated with the kids on Saturday,” she said. “They gave me brownies and ice cream — that’s my favorite thing, brownies — and oh my gosh, I had two! And they made me breakfast in bed. And then on Sunday on the [DWTS] set they had a cake for me after I messed up. It was delicious. I had two pieces! I think two is my number this weekend.” Midway through Monday’s live telecast, as the show went to commercial, Gosselin signed an ‘I Love You’ message into the camera for her eight kids.

PEP TALK: Any athlete will tell you, there’s nothing like a good pre-game pep talk. That’s what it was like for Evan Lysacek and Chad Ochocinco, who both got a boost from people they care about a lot. In Lysacek’s case, the support came from his Olympic skating coach Frank Carroll, who attended Monday’s show. “He gave me a little pep talk before the show and he said ‘it’s not about the scores, it’s about the viewers,’” Lysacek said. Meanwhile, some of Ochocinco’s NFL friends, including Terrell Owens, former season 2 finalist Jerry Rice, sat in the audience to cheer on the Cincinnati Bengals star. “It’s cool and fun. You want to perform for them, but you’re somewhat out of your element,” Ochocinco said. “But to have them here and to have their support was pretty cool. No matter what the judges say, you know these guys have your back.”

http://tvwatch.people.com/2010/03/30/mondays-dancing-what-you-didnt-see-38/#more-25986

RealityFreakWill:
Tuesday’s Dancing: What You Didn’t See

BIGGEST LOSER: Dancing has whittled down the figure of female celebs, from Jennie Garth to Kelly Osbourne — but so far season 10’s biggest loser is none other than the chiseled Jake Pavelka, who has lost 11 lbs. “I didn’t have any weight to lose,” marvels the former Bachelor, who went from weighing 184 lbs. to 173. “It’s probably muscle mass!” But fiancée Vienna Girardi need not worry: He’s eating 3,800 calories a day to keep his weight where it is now, including a thousand-calorie shake first thing in the morning. “It’s oatmeal, egg whites, blueberries, protein, and dirt,” jokes dancing partner Chelsie Hightower. “It’s the nastiest thing I’ve seen in my life!” Niecy Nash is also working hard to make sure she doesn’t slim down. “I want to keep my jiggly bits,” she says.

CHAD PLUS CHERYL: Chad Ochocinco flirted up a storm with Cheryl Burke long after the cameras turned off following Tuesday’s shocking elimination. Are they just flirty, or falling for each other? Burke mulled the virtues of the pairing, saying, “Dancing is sensual and intimate, you can’t fake that. You either have it, or you don’t. Quipped Ochocinco, “I don’t talk back, and that’s a good thing. We’re preparing ourselves for marriage.” But Burke isn’t on board just yet. “You can’t take him seriously. He should have a dating show after this,” she says, “which I will not be a part of.”

PACKING LIGHT: Niecy Nash made a superstitious move Tuesday night that could have proved very, very daring. “They tell us to pack a change of clothes in case we get kicked off, to wear on to Jimmy Kimmel,” she said after the show. “All I brought was underwear! I’m sure he’s a fantastic man, but I didn’t want to see Jimmy Kimmel tonight.” But the comedian says that even though she knew she and partner Louis Van Amstel were safe early on, “I got nervous for everybody else. Pam was shaking like a leaf, and Kate Gosselin looked like she was going to throw up! I was happy I lived to dance another dance, but I was nervous for them.”

PAM’S CLOSE CALL: After delivering a strong performance of the foxtrot with Damian Whitewood Monday, Pamela Anderson spent the entire hour-long broadcast knowing that she was in the bottom two — and by the end, she was worse for the wear. “That was high drama,” she remarked as she let her hair down after the show wrapped. “I’m destroyed! I don’t think anyone wants to go.” So what’s their strategy for hanging on next week, when they will perform the highly physical paso doble? “We have the motivation to do better. This was good preparation,” says Whitewood. Adds Anderson, “One of our strong points is that we have good chemistry, and we trust each other.”

LESSON LEARNED: After re-living their rehearsal-room tiff on national television Monday night, Kate Gosselin and Tony Dovolani said they bonded Tuesday over the tension of thinking they might be eliminated — and watching the show’s segment on the devastation of the earthquake in Haiti. “We both said we just want to go home and hug our kids,” says Kate. Her partner agreed: “It put everything in perspective. What argument? We grew from it, and we’re better friends.” Perspective aside, Gosselin was still recovering from nerves an hour after the show had wrapped. “I’ve never experienced anything like it,” she says. “It goes you don’t realize how valuable anything is until it’s almost taken away.”

LIFE’S A BEACH: It was rumored that John Stamos would be on Dancing this season, and he was — but as a member of the Beach Boys, rather than a competitor. The actor, who plays drums with the band, says, “This is the perfect way for me to be on the show. I get to be here, but I don’t have to dance.” With the band prepping for a 50th anniversary tour, Stamos is celebrating 25 years of working with them. “If you had a dream, and it kept happening for 25 years, that’s what it’s been like,” he says. “A 25-year-long dream come true.” But Mike Love says fans can keep dreaming if they think one of the band members would ever compete on the show. “If I could do the mashed potatoes, I could be a competitor,” he joked. “We’re not known for our twinkle toes.”

http://tvwatch.people.com/2010/03/31/tuesdays-dancing-what-you-didnt-see-31/

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