Last week on Dancing With the Stars 8, a shock result sent David home. All the Stars are upping their games this week. Can anyone top Gilles? Jive and Rumba tonight. Past championships mean nothing. We're at the halfway point in the competition. Who'll bring it? Random thought here: coming down the stairs, Lacey's costume looks trashy, like she came out wearing lingerie. Julianne looks beautiful, as does Edyta. Cheryl and Chelsie look cute as buttons.
First up with the jive is Ty/Chelsie. Last week he was stiff, can he loosen up this week? Their practice was hilarious because he was so stiff and Chelsie tried to get him to loosen up. She brought a trampoline to help him feel the jive and she brought a hula hoop. He was surprisingly good at the hula hoop. Those two are so cute. She made the dance look like a country line dance. He was doing pretty good until he lost his place. But she helped him get back on track. This routine wasn't perfect, but it was fun to watch. Len said that Ty was charming and had a bewildered look. He tries 100%, but tonight it took him a while to get started, and it wasn't that good. Bruno said that the line dancing was good, but the jive part was not. Timing a bit rough. Carrie Ann said that it was an exciting jive, didn't think he found his footing, though. Some dancers are suited to particular dances, this one was just in the middle. Backstage with Samantha, he admitted that he messed up a bunch, and that in front of all those people once he messed up it kind of snowballed. Scores: Three 6's for 18/30
Shawn/Mark have the romantic rumba. Last week she won the judges hearts back. Wow, their practice video looked scary. She was so uptight. She'd told him that she was missing her prom, so he recreated it, in the hopes of helping with the dance. She surprised me. I loved that. It was romantic without being overly sexual. Bruno said that it was so beautifully cute, almost angelic. The innocence of romance. He wants her to work the hip action a bit. Carrie Ann said that she could see the discomfort of the dance in her eyes, but the 2nd half was good. Len said that sometimes the rumba can warm and sometimes it can burn, but this one was just right. Backstage, Mark said he worked to keep the dance fun and age appropriate. Scores: Two 9's and an 8 from Carrie Ann for 26/30
Tomorrow's Stars of Dance performance is a number choreographed by an original Pussy Cat Doll. I'm rolling my eyes here. From talking about romantic to smut. More random thoughts here: Ooh, ooh, Edyta brought Warren Sapp to practice for LT and I can see them trying to play up the real life romance of Julianne and Chuck again. Dang, that philly cheese steak sandwich looked good in that Tum's commercial, and I really want that 2010 Fusion Hybrid. You know, I read earlier today that the show makes over $4 Million per hour from the commercials that most of us ff through. See, this is why I shouldn't watch the show live, I go off on tangents.
Oh we're back and next up is LT/Edyta. Last week he dodged elimination, but what will he do with the jive? In practice, he's such a perfectionist that he can't have fun. People were saying around the net that he didn't look like he wanted to be there. I don't see that. I see a perfectionist that is getting frustrated with his lack of success. Edyta brought Warren to loosen him up. It looked like he was so much happier after the visit. He's moving better and he had a lil smile on his face. He shouldn't look down at his feet so much, though. He looked more comfortable than last week, that's for sure. I smiled throughout the whole dance. Tom commented that Warren was a good influence. Carrie Ann said that LT brought his groove back, it was so much more enjoyable to watch, caught a lift. Len said lots of basic movement. Said that LT was very intense, but showed the light inside his personality. Good job. Bruno said that Lawrence was alive and kicking. On time the entire way, his best performance yet. Backstage, LT said that Warren reminded him that he was supposd to have fun. This was better because this music at least had words and a constant beat. Scores: Two 7's and an 8 from Bruno for 22/30.
Melissa/Tony with the rumba. She wants to come back from last week. She was disappointed that they practiced so well, and then didn't deliver. In practice, they looked like they were having fun. They even loosened up enough to make a Bachelorette joke. Tony said that he thinks that she's really taken to this dance. This was very pretty. Not as hot as I expected, but I enjoyed it. What's up with the males wearing these sheer, sparkly open shirts tonight for the rumba? Len wanted the dance to be more earthy, less balletic. Great job. Bruno said that she's voluptuous and so exotic, and her body takes on incredible ease. I think he said that he wanted her to let it go. She has everything to gain. Carrie Ann said that the emotional quality of the dance moved her. Get her hips going, but everything else is there. Scores: Three 9's for 27.
Lil Kim/Derek hit a high note last week with their Viennese Waltz, but can they keep it up? Derek said that this week they should have an advantage because they were adding a lot of 'flavor' to this dance. They did a 50's era jive. Lil Kim was the very sexy looking cop with Derek the jailbird, dancing to Elvis' Jailhouse Rock. I really hate the faces that she tends to make when she's dancing. The dance was cute though. Queen Latifa in the audience really enjoyed it. Bruno went on one of his rants. He said that she rocked, it was fabulous. Carrie Ann said that it was amazing. Fantastic choreography, and such pizazz. Len said that it was fun and had such energy, but they got so carried away with the Jailhouse Rock, but it was lacking in the jive dance essentials. He enjoyed it, but it was a mischaracterization. Scores: Two 10's and an 8 (from Len)for 28/30. Samantha made a disparaging remark about Len's 8, but Derek said that Len was right and he knew it, but they took a risk.
Last week Steve-O/Lacey received the lowest scores, and this week they have the rumba. Lacey tried to pull romance out of him, and it looked so hard. He admits that it will be a major challenge, they look at each other as brother/sister. He is in love, however, with his dog and Lacey said that she was going to try to channel that love into their rumba. It was a sweet dance, he didn't do much dancing though. I still don't see why she wore her underwear. Carrie Ann said that there was something oddly mesmerizing about watching them dance. She really enjoyed it, long way from last week. Len said that you can't confuse movement with dancing and it was no good. Bruno said thank goodness for racy Lacey. Steve was charming, but the dance was bad. Scores: 7 from Carrie Ann, 5 from Bruno and 4 from Len for 16/30
Gilles/Cheryl had the lead for the third straight week last week. This week, though, he can't be the sexy Gilles, he has to be the fun Gilles. I'm wondering if they can pull this off. Their practice video didn't look very promising. He was getting frustrated, so she took him to a soccer pitch and it helped his spirit. Fun in black leather ... yum. I had a smile on my face the whole way. At one point it looked like he lost the beat of the music, but he got back on beat. Dang this beat was fast. I loved this dance and it was so sweet how he ran across to kiss his wife. Len said that he showed a lot of the qualities of the jive, but a pity was that he went a little bit wrong on a step in front of him and again he found it frenetic. Bruno called it fast and furious, put 110% into the dance, great performance, but they tended to lose some of the sharpness because of the speed. Carrie Ann said that his arms were weird, because of his injury, but a good job. Christian de la Fuente was in the audience looking hot. Scores: Two 9's and an 8 from Len for 26/30.
Julianne/Chuck impressed the judges last week with their Viennese Waltz, but they seem to be feeling a lot of pressure with this dance. they were feeling like because they were a couple that it would be devastating to hear that there was no chemistry. They were back on the kick of hard to separate the girlfriend from the teacher. They were very snippy with each other, so they went to the place they had their first date. Chuck realized it was not about the steps, but about the connection. Wow, that was hot. Bruno said that he'd like some more of that please, switched on the raunch factor. Technically not perfect, but it was a step in right direction. Carrie Ann was fanning herself. Most passionate sexy number of the night. Work more on technique, great job. Len said that parts of it was more suitable for the bedroom, not the ballroom. Some great lines, some poor lines. Mechanical and animal. This was a little too raunchy for him. Backstage Chuck said that this was his favorite dance. Scores: Two 8's and a 7 from Len for 23/30.
Tomorrow night in addition to the Macy's Stars performance, Rascal Flatts will sing and there will be a performance by the cast of West Side Story. And next week, in addition to their individual dances, there will be a group dance. I'm thinking that it will be like last season when they were split into two groups and the scores from their group dance were added to their individual scores. That was really bad for one of the groups.
But this week there is a new #1. Lil Kim/Derek took over on the top of the Leaderboard with 28, but Melissa/Tony are nipping at their heels with 27 and Shawn/Mark and Gilles/Cheryl have 26. Steve-O/Lacey brought up the rear once again with 16, but Ty/Chelsie only had 18. Steve-O's fans kept him out of the Dance Off last week, will they come through again? Who impressed you the most and who should leave? Comment below or send me an email to ladytex@tvfunspot.com
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