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.
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