• First hour,DooWahDitty, 00:07 AM, 02-03-06
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• RE: Choices, Choices,Mysterious Jedi, 01:00 AM, 02-03-06
• RE: Choices, Choices,samboohoo, 08:33 AM, 02-03-06
  • RE: Choices, Choices,mtopaz, 01:10 PM, 02-03-06
• RE: Choices, Choices,Cyndimaus, 02:34 PM, 02-03-06
  • RE: Choices, Choices,mtopaz, 02:39 PM, 02-03-06
  • RE: Choices, Choices,DooWahDitty, 02:55 PM, 02-03-06
  • RE: Choices, Choices,alwaysintruble1, 07:15 PM, 02-03-06
• RE: Choices, Choices,batts, 08:30 PM, 02-03-06

LAST EDITED ON 02-03-06 AT 01:20 AM (EST)

Tonight's episode featured TWO dances, the Samba and the Salsa. First up was the Samba. What an amazing dance! (If I see any breakdancing tonight, I gonna breaka da tv screen, that would be the only breaking that'd go on round here tonight.)

*First up: Stacy and Tony (he is dreamy – from Albania). He reminds me of someone, can't remember who. OMG she was SMOKIN' hot tonight! She impressed me. I'm not a critic, nor well-versed in ballroom, but it was totally compelling and sizzling. That's enough for me. (That girl's legs go clear to the Mississippi from here.) PERFECT 10's for this one, all the way across. One of the judges said she's getting better than some of the professionals on the show (ouch!)

Professional Dancing Vignette: The way Samba is really done. I think this was with Edyta and Maksim. (Is this guy's name really Maximum? Aw, who cares whut his name is. (Eyus Candicus Maximus is what I call him!) Oh, baby, that was unbelievable. Only thing wrong with that was it wasn't a complete presentation. Just a little teaser.

*Next up were George and Edyta. Oh, I felt badly, he was very restrained, and the smoke and mirrors didn't work as well tonight. I'm afraid he'll be going home (East Coasters have already seen this.) I can't believe what generous scores they gave George and Edyta (didn't catch them).

*Next up: Lisa and Louis. Dancing to "Freak Out". Lisa is good at the saucy stuff. I enjoy watching her. Her partner is very good... a little too babyface goodytwoshoes for my taste...still, he's an excellent coach because Lisa has really improved! There were a few misses, but the score shouldn't go down, especially in light of George's generous scores. Well, it was OK but nothing overly exciting. Too bad. She's all excited, but let's see what happens. Missing was "the samba" according to Carrie Ann (she's right, of course). Bruno loved it, Len did too. Amazing. The scores were 7-9-9. Stephanie calls Lisa the former dark horse, now a contender.

(Before the commercial they show a spat between Anna and Maksim (actually Anna yelling at Maksim and Maksim doing the "OMG" rolls-eyes routine). They'll show us more of that later. Some kind of a group practice in a dance studio or gymnasium – I couldn't make it out.)

*Next up: Tia and Maksim. This guy could stand still and mesmerize me, but anyway, they're up. In practice she looked ultra-skinny, but in this dress she still looks chub. The woman is gorgeous. The song is all wrong. ("Enough is Enough") ALL wrong. Too slow, WHY do they choose this idiocy? WHO chose this song? Highly doubt it was Maksim, only an idiot would choose this song for a frickin' samba. Tia's hair is in half cornrows, very unusual style. Len didn't like the second half, neither did Carrie, they didn't buy it. The middle was great, but Bruno loved it. All judges loved the middle section, they said Tia is better suited to Ballroom dancing than Latin dancing. Len said it was a Ziegfield Folly. Scores: 7-7-8.

*Next up: Jerry and Anna. I can't wait to see what our man Jerry does. I love this man. (Go 49er's!!! Just had to stick that in. After all, I lived through Super Bowl XVI - 72 hours of non-stop afterpartying!!) They show Jerry's 9-yr-old youngest daughter, what a darling little girl. OK Jerry, don't let us down, man! Keep up the good work.... OK, the booty-shaking was not quite there, but it'll pass. Sigh. He looks like an American guy trying to do Latin. Oh well. It was nice but.... he'll definitely be down there with George this week if you ask me. Too bad. He'll get decent scores, but he's falling behind a bit if you ask me. Bruno loved it, "Jerry cracked the Latin world", Len didn't expect it to be that good but complimented Jerry's posture and said it was great. Carrie Ann says he's still self-conscious and she saw him counting. Get into the zone, she says... That little spitfire he dances with should be able to get him in there! She reminds me of myself - feisty! Whatever that spat was with Maksim though, it better be good. Nobody should spit fire unless it's warranted! Scores: 7-8-8.

*Next Up: Drew and Cheryl. This should be interesting. I think he is going to do well (surprised if he doesn't). They show him taking a needed break during rehearsals, he invited some friends over, his wife is expecting (she's huge, must be due any minute!) So here he comes dressed in head-to-toe black. I like her dress. Very Latin. I'm now convinced that just like "white men can't jump" – American men cannot dance Latin! (Not convincingly, anyway.) It was decent, but just didn't feel Latin to me. No, it did not work. It felt like a modern jazz routine to me. I will be interested to see what the judges say. I think they're gonna get higher scores than they deserve, but we'll see. Carrie says watch the shoulders, she says great; Bruno says you never fail to deliver, you're great; Len says Carrie Ann is correct, but that aside he's got flair, and sells it 100%. (Sorry guys, I do not agree.) Scores: 9-9-9.

Stacy was far and away the finest dancer tonight! No one really compared to her. She is the clear frontrunner. The rest did ok, but not their best. Based on this episode alone, IMO it's Stacy, Drew, Lisa, Tia/Jerry, George - in that order. I think Stacy will win.

Final half hour: A Group Salsa.

ET: typos

So now it's the Salsa.

George is hamming it up, Drew gets whacked in the nose accidentally by Cheryl, tempers start to flare. Maksim and Anna spar over "whose routine it is." Way more intense than they thought, Lisa and Stacy say. The pressure's on. George says OMG, Drew says it could go over well or it could be a big fiery crash. (Now what are we hoping for at home.. hmmmmm?!)

Well, it was restrained. Boring. Truly nothing really exciting. Maksim swinging Tia all over, she almost crashes into Jerry. Whew! The song was great ("Rhythm is gonna get You"). Len liked Drew the best, so did Carrie Ann. She also liked Lisa and Louie. Bruno says 'no one can beat Stacy'. Len spars on that. They show the reminders.

Rankings:
Stacy 30 out of 30
Drew 27 out of 30
Lisa 25 out of 30
George 24 out of 30
Jerry 23 out of 30
Tia 22 out of 30

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