Dancing With the Stars 8: Week 2 Results Show

Hey y'all, I'm back again! This time with my recap of the first elimination show of Dancing With the Stars 8. There is a new twist this season, with the Celebrities with the two lowest point totals having a 'Dance-Off'. There were also three special musical numbers this evening, a Macy's Stars of Dance performance and songs by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Jewell.

The show started right off with Mark, Cheryl, Lacy, Tony, Derek and Julianne dancing to a Big Bad Voodoo Daddy song. You know, I thought this would be some crazy hard rock group, but was pleasantly surprised. I love big band music and this was kinda like Big Band with a rock twist. Very cool. Oh, and the dancing was good, too.

Steve-O was backstage and was interviewed. He hopes to stay, and he took total responsibility for that front flip (take that, you judges) and said that Lacey tried to talk him out of it. That led to a Tom Bergeron crack about what's it coming to when Lacey is the voice of reason. I hope he stays a while because I think that he and Lacey will have some interesting dance routines.

Eight couples were put out of their misery and told that they were safe. They were: LT/Edyta, Shawn/Mark, Chuck/Julianne, David/Kym, Denise/Maks, Melissa/Tony, Lil Kim/Derek, and Gilles/Cheryl. As much as I love Maks and Julianne, their comments this week (actually their whining this week) about Melissa have me sort of rooting against them. I didn't hear Maks complaining when his partner was Mel B, who had plenty of dance training, and Julianne shouldn't be complaining about anything since she's been given all these breaks already this season. Every season there is a contestant with more of a dance background and every season someone complains about it. Anyway ...

They wasted some time by having a little segment on a Celebrity Survival Guide by Cameron Mathison. He had the following tips for the Celebs to follow if they wanted to be successful:
-- Don't trip on the stairs
-- Make friends in the Red Room and then psych them out
-- Always cry in the confessional
-- Always kiss up to the judges
-- Make friends with the spray tan girl
-- And finally, to prevent injury ... don't sign up.

The two remaining special musical numbers followed. The Macy's Stars of Dance performance was choreographed by Michael Rooney, son of Mickey Rooney, and was a tribute to the Music of Hollywood's Golden Age. It was just okay for me. 'Our' dancers would have done a much better job, the girls especially. I also wasn't too impressed by the choreography. It looked like something just thrown together. I wonder how long they gave him to come up with this. I did, however, love seeing Mickey Rooney in the audience. Then Dmitry and Chelsie danced to Jewel's rendition of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'. It was a pretty dance, but it looked like a typical SYTYCD routine and, of course, Dmitry just had to have his shirt open. *rolling eyes here*

Finally back to the results ... Holly/Dmitry, Ty/Chelsie, and Steve-O/Lacey were told that they were safe. That leaves Belinda/Jonathan and Steve Woz/Karina as the bottom two and the participants of the first ever Dance-Off. The way this worked was that the judges slate was wiped clean, tonight's scores will count for 50% of the final score, with the audience vote counting for the other 50%.

Belinda/Jonathan were up first and chose to repeat their Salsa from last night. Last night the judges kept harping on her lack of hip action, so that's what they worked on today. It was really sad, though. She focused so much on her hips, that she messed up on her footwork. It wasn't as much fun to watch today, she didn't look as if she enjoyed it as much either. The judges agreed. They complimented her better hip action, but all remarked on her losing her footwork. Backstage, she kept apologizing to Jonathan for letting him down, and he just kept telling her that he was proud of her. Scores: Two 6's and a 5 from Carrie Ann for a total of 17, one point less than last night.

The Woz/Karina chose to replay their Quick Step. This guy just makes me smile when he dances. He just seems to have so much fun. I enjoyed this routine once again. The judges commented that he's not a good dancer, but they enjoy watching him. Backstage, Samantha asked both couples some really assinine questions. She asked how they would feel if this was their last dance. What does she think? I'm waiting for someone to just give her a look and then ignore her. Scores: Two 6's and a 5 from Len for a total of 17, the same as last night. Bruno had a paddle malfunction and held his score paddle up backwards.

With the judges scores equal, it was up to the audience vote. And the first couple eliminated from Dancing With the Stars 8 was Belinda/Jonathan. It was really sad, but frankly, she wouldn't have lasted very long. I feel badly for Jonathan, though, lately it seems that he gets booted early. Don't forget to go to abc.com and vote for the Design-a-Dance. This past week plus the dance was voted on and the Quick Step was chosen. Now the vote is for who we want to see dance. I hope the dancers chosen are not the Houghs this time.

Well, catch y'all next week. What was your reaction to tonight's show? Did the right couple go home? Comment below.