DWTS 10: Passion Week

Tonight on Dancing With the Stars 10, the stars will be doing the rumba and the tango.  It's Passion Week for the 'Double Score Showdown'.  Last week Dancing With the Stars was the #1 show!  Tonight the stars will get two scores, a technical score (T) and a performance score (P) with a total possible score of 60.

Here are my introduction impressions:  Nicole looks beautiful. Whoa, Pamela's dress looks like a bikini with a sheet wrapped around one half.  She's definitely in competition with Edyta for least dressed. Ladies doing the Tango are dressed, those doing the Rumba ... not so much.

In the Tango, judges will be looking for viennesse crosses, contra check, continuous outside swivel as the required elements.  Jonathan Roberts and blonde Anna demonstrated the Tango and, of course, they knocked it out of the park.

Erin/Maks were first up with their Tango.  Erin was having back spasms, but she didn't want a big deal being made of it.  Singers flat singing 'Sweet Dreams'.  Annie Lennox should sue.  I enjoyed this Tango after the beginning.  She looked more nervous than usual, though.  It's hard to go right after the pros, and I wonder how much of her distress over the showmance speculations weighed on her. I think her heel got caught in her dress at one point.  Len's criticism was too many steps made on toes instead of her heels.  Bruno said she started well and went wrong and could never catch up.  Carrie Ann said performance suffered because of her attention to technique.
T - three 6's for 18/30
P - three 7's for 21/30
Total - 39/60

Evan/Anna were up next.  Len told Evan that he must work on his feet and on tucking his bum.  They've been focusing on the details this week in practice.  I really hate Evan's hair.  Looks like a whole tube of bryl creme or something in it ... ugh.  Their Tango is wonderful, though... at least to me.  I have no clue, though, what the song was supposed to be cuz the singers were awful.   This dance was strong, powerful, he had a catlike arrognce, spot on, said Bruno.  Carie ann said working on technique boosted his performance, Len watched his viennese crosses and he nailed it, great performance.
T - two 9's and a 8 from Len 26/30.
P - Two 9's and an 8 from Len for 26/30
Total - 52/60

What do the judges want to see in the rumba?  Besides romance, required elements are spiral into rope spin, opening out, and sliding doors.  Dmitri and Kym demonstrated.  Kym was in her underwear and a shirt, looking gorgeous.  That was an absolutely beautiful dance.  I wouldn't want to follow that ...

Niecy/Louis had that misfortune.  Louis tells her that the rumba can also be spritual, could be therapy. They dedicated this dance to her brother that died too soon. This is a decent rumba to 'What Do You Say?'.  It was actually better than I feared it would be.  Niecy was in tears once again.  I hope she gets something lighter next week.  Len said that he would have liked to have seen more hip action, there were no highlights.  Bruno said that hips never happened and sliding door didn't gel.  Carrie Ann apprecited the emotional connection, but it didn't read well in the dance.  Opening out was beautiful, but could have been bigger.
T - three 6's for 18/30
P - 3 6's for 18/30
Total - 36/60

Aiden/Edyta also have a rumba.  Their practice was kind of amusing.  He looks sexy, but Edyta says that in actuality he's very shy.  She worked hard to get him to feel her up more during the dance, lol.  They practiced their dance aboard a cruise ship for some soap fan thingy.  For their dance tonight, Edyta has on half a costume, while he's fully dressed.  I didn't get the emotion really from this dance.  The women in the audience did, though.  Carrie Ann said he was more confident, but movement starts from the bottom.  His starts at the top.  Len said that he danced the dance but there was no flow, all starts and stops.  Bruno said that he was robotic, movement must flow and be continuous, but that did not happen.  Backstage, Aiden said that he got good advice from his fans this week, don't talk back to the judges and other things similar to what Len said a couple of weeks ago.
T - three 5's for 15/30
P - three 6's for 18/30
Total - 33/60

Nicole/Derek have said that they will basically play to win Len over this week with their Rumba.  They still think we're stupid.  They pretend that she's worried about this dance.  I just rolled my eyes.  Their dance was absolutely gorgeous, but it didn't flow as well as usual.  She was kind of stiff.  Bruno babbled, but called her out on a few stumbles and said he wanted a little bit more sex.  Carrie Ann called her out on being nervous, was a bit out of sorts.  Liked the traditional lines, worked well, but was out of her game.  Len said good balance between technique and performance, but said her arms were overextened in sliding doors. I'm thinking that they are trying to get her some sympathy votes by being tough on her.  Make people think that she's not a ringer.
T - two 8's and a 9 from Carrie Ann for 25/30
P - two 8's and a 9 from bruno for 25/30
Total - 50/60

Jake/Chelsie were fun to watch in practice.  He had a t-shirt made up with Len's words of wisdom and 'Trust Your Pro' on the back.  They had a tango that was interesting.  I loved the way they used the stairs.  There was a move that at first I wasn't sure was a move or a misstep.  I wasn't sure if he almost fell, or if that part was on purpose.  Okay, it wasn't supposed to be like that, he did turn his ankle or something.  Len said he attacked the dance, attitude was great.  Bruno said it was very messy, lost his posture, footwork questionable.  Carrie Ann said biggest problem is the way he holds Chelsie.  Not quite connected, but she liked his performance tonight.
T - two 6's and a 7 from Len for 19/30
P - two 6's and a 7 from Carrie Ann for 19/30
Total - 38/60

Tony and his partner were next.  For their practice, they attempted to pull on our heartstrings by hearing Tony's partner whine about her life.  She says that she pities Tony ... so do I.  Tony worked so hard trying to get blood from that turnip.  Band and singers massacred 'For Your Entertainment'.  Bruno said she had a mini breakthrough, she was actually dancing, but don't get too excited.  Carrie Ann said that she was proud of her.  She has determination, but what was up with the semi lift at the end.  Len complimented Tony on getting his partner to perform her best dance so far.
T - two 5's and a 4 from Carrie Ann 14/30
P - three 6's for 18/30
Total - 32/60
They were very generous with their performance scores.

Chad/Cheryl worked hard on their rumba.  She said that sometimes she feels like he's dragging her around the football field instead of the dance floor.  He bought her this beautiful ring, but can he bring it to the dance?  LOL, whoa, he had some serious hip action going.  The singer was killing Alicia Keys, and that wasn't a compliment.  Hey, their Rumba wasn't bad, at all!  I liked it quite a bit.  Carrie Ann said that Chad turned on the heat, this was his best dance, posture improved, loved the hip action.  Len said improvement in posture and perforance, best dance, well done.  Bruno said that Cheryl has him smokin' this week.  He was fluid, sustained the lines, commended him for that.  Brooke asked Chad about that expensive ring.  It was whoa, bling.  Rumor I read said that it cost $22K.  He said it was just a thank you, a friendship ring.
T - 8 from Bruno, 6 from Len, 7 from Carrie Ann for 21/30
P - two 8's and a 7 from Len for 23/30
Total - 44/60

Pamela/Damian got the pimp spot.  Len warned her to keep her Rumba for the ballroom and not the bedroom, lol.  You go, girl!  Wow, that was hot, very sexy.  Len said that it was understated, sophisticated, did the good spiral, and a litle overdressed for his taste, lol.  Well done, great dance.  Bruno said that she did refinement and elegance but was still sexy.  Technically this was the best dance she's danced.  Carrie Ann said that it was beautiful, profound, and magic.  Every once in a while, though, something strange with her arms.
T - two 8's and a 7 from Carrie Ann for 23/30
P - 7 from Len, 8 from Carrie Ann, 9 from Bruno for 24/30
Total - 47/60

The judges Leaderboard looks like this:
Evan/Anna - 52
Nicole/Derek - 50
Pamela/Damian - 47
Chad/Cheryl - 44
Erin/Maks - 39
Jake/Chelsie - 38
Niecy/Louis - 36
Aiden/Edyta - 33
Tony and his partner -  32

My leaderboard was pretty much the same, but of course I only go on performance.  I had Chad/Cheryl above Nicole/Derek, actually.  Also I think that Tony and his partner were overscored and that will probably doom Aiden/Edyta.  Tony's partner's worshippers will keep her safe, so I suspect that Jake/Chelsie will join Aiden/Edyta in the bottom two.  And that's too bad.  It's time to put Tony out of his misery.  Overall, though, this show was a downer.  It wasn't as joyful or fun as it usually is and the music really sucked.  Hopefully next week they'll have some fun dances to do.  What did y'all think of this week's Dancing With the Stars 10 performance show?  Who do you want to see go bye-bye?