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"DWTS#9, Episode 4 ECST"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 07:47 PM
So we now get to see all the dancers back under one roof. I imagine that the "relay" twist that they debuted last week will be taking a break for a couple of weeks, since it'll take the whole two hours to get every one in, barely.........

Second week of Dancing, and we already have a couple of contenders, and a couple of those that are on the engangered species list, due to their lousy dancing last week....... at least one of which got saved by their fanbases........

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"RE: DWTS#9, Episode 4 ECST"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:00 PM
Ballroom drew first blood.

With only 4 days to prepare, the pressure reaches a boiling point!

"I'm blinded"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:03 PM
by the polka dots.

And is one of the girls wearing that weird criscross thing that J-Lo wore recently and got a citation from the fashion police about?

NO LEN!!!!!

"Guest Judge for Len"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:04 PM
Baz Luhrmann, director of Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge and many other dancing movies........
"Joanna and Derek"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:06 PM
Joanna's having difficulty with the speed of the Jive in practice, and she's getting exhausted halfway through.....

Dancing the Jive to "What I Like About You"

"RE: Joanna and Derek"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:07 PM
Holy Hair Extensions Batman!

Lots of energy and did a pretty good job.

"RE: Joanna and Derek"
Posted by mayzilou on 09-28-09 at 11:32 PM
I think that Joanna and Derek might be dating.

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"RE: Joanna and Derek"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:09 PM
Scores: 6~7~7 for a total of 20
"RE: Joanna and Derek"
Posted by mayzilou on 10-01-09 at 04:49 PM
I think that these two really have a chance to win the whole competition. Derek seems to be a really good teacher.

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"RE: Joanna and Derek"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 08:12 PM
Seemed a bit clumsy to me, but not bad.
"Natalie and Alec"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:12 PM
Natalie, when she's dancing, is holding her breath wayyyyyy too much, and it's making her look stiff.......

Dancing the Quickstep to "(Oh Baby) Give Me One More Chance"

"RE: Natalie and Alec"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:13 PM
Breathing is your friend.

It was OK, but didn't blow me away.

"RE: Natalie and Alec"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 08:14 PM
Don't know about that music choice, but what do I know. They powered through it.
"RE: Natalie and Alec"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:14 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-29-09 AT 09:15 PM (EST)

I think her problem is not completely switching her "athlete" side completely to "dancer" mode......

Joss Stone and Selina Gomez will be on the results show tomorrow.....

Score: 7~7~7 for a total of 21

"Drink of the night"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 08:12 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-28-09 AT 08:17 PM (EST)

Drink of the night

Madeira
Campari on the rocks with soda

snack of the night

grilled portobello burgers with provolone, peppers, pesto on onion rolls
homemade sweet potato chips

dessert: frozen berries with whipped cream

edited to remove pest from burger and add pesto

"RE: Drink of the night"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:14 PM
Yummy, but I'm going to put some greek yogurt on those frozen berries. My new favorite treat.
"Chuck and Anna T"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:21 PM
Man they're moving fast tonight.....

Len recommended that Chuck get in touch with his feminine side..... but Anna shoots that idea down for this week because not only is Len not gonna be there, but also the Tango's a masculine dance!

Anna suggests that they incorporate some of Chuck's Ultimate Fighting moves into the dance, but one of the first ones he tried was a modified throw, which would definitely be counted as a lift, so that won't work....... they try some grappling moves instead, and that seems to work better......

Dancing the Tango to *shrug*

They had a starting look of a fighter getting into the ring/octagon, and then he tossed off his elbow pads..... Also, he's got a temporary image of a dancer on the right side of his head..... by the mowhawk.....

"RE: Chuck and Anna T"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:23 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-28-09 AT 08:24 PM (EST)

There is something odd he does with his shoulders and posture that I just don't enjoy. If he'd just relax the upper body rather than hold it so stiff I think he'd be so much better.

Although relaxing into the dance posture isn't always easy, but until you do it just can be too stiff and awkward.

Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes.

"RE: Chuck and Anna T"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:24 PM
The Macy's Star's of Dance will be the "biggest to date" in which will include members of Stomp the Yard and the USC Trojans marching band.......

Scores: 6~7~6 for a score of 19

"RE: Chuck and Anna T"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 08:26 PM
Love me some Chuck! It's his "aw shucks" demeanor that peeks through sometimes that tickles me.
"Melissa and Mark"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:26 PM
After admitting to being nervous last week, Mark is trying to get Melissa to let loose with all kinds of stuff..... and they're making her giggle....

Dancing the Jive to "Oh, Baby"?

"RE: Melissa and Mark"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:27 PM
Nice energy, showed more potential, but sometimes she still seemed to be thinking too much.
"RE: Melissa and Mark"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:29 PM
Design A Dance Update:

Dance Selected: Paso Doble

Song Choice: In progress....


Scores: 7~6~6 for a total of 19

"RE: Melissa and Mark"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 08:38 PM
Definitely improvement there, but Mark is just too frenetic sometimes.
"Michael and Anna D"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:35 PM
After the lack of content last week, they trained tirelessly to fill in a lot more content.....

Dancing the Quickstep to "With My Baby Tonight"?

"RE: Michael and Anna D"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:36 PM
Too Darn Hot from "Kiss Me Kate".

He seemed to have a lot of fun tonight, but egad that is a lot of pink.

"RE: Michael and Anna D"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:38 PM
Scores: 7~7~6 for a total of 20
"Debi and Maksim"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:43 PM
Sizzled for the audience, fizzled for the judges.......

They're gonna play up on their "I Love You/I HATE You" relationship in their practices for the Tango..... but apparently Debi cracked......

Dancing the Tango to a Tango-ified "Roxanne"

"RE: Debi and Maksim"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:44 PM
*whimpers*
*twitches*
*shakes*

I'm going to need therapy after that version of Roxanne.

"RE: Debi and Maksim"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:46 PM
Apparently so is Maks, he doesn't want any more ball breaker no matter how much Bruno tried to encourage that sort of thing.
"RE: Debi and Maksim"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 08:49 PM
I loved this version of "Roxanne" in Moulin Rouge(sp). I woul dhave loved to see Mel B and Maks do this one. Or Joey Fatone and Cheryl.
"RE: Debi and Maksim"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:47 PM
Tom claims that it's the Moulin Rouge version of "Roxanne"..... I couldn't stop laughing on how wacky it sounded.........

Scores: 7~7~7 for a total of 21 and a tie for the lead.

"RE: Debi and Maksim"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:49 PM
For comparison sake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHO5KWIMZUo
"RE: Debi and Maksim"
Posted by mtb002 on 09-28-09 at 08:49 PM
It is the movie version, but the movie version doesn't make any sense if you haven't seen the movie. Not to mention the band/singer gave it their "special treatment."
"RE: Debi and Maksim"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:50 PM
special, that's the word for it, special *twitch*
"RE: Debi and Maksim"
Posted by Sagebrush Dan on 09-29-09 at 10:49 AM
I love the movie version of the song, but this attempted imitation of the movie version was just lame. The band here was far better than the singer.
"Louis and Chelsie"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:53 PM
Since they're the youngest couple of the season, they're gonna put a lot of high energy stuff into the dance......

Dancing the Jive to "Crash"???

"RE: Louis and Chelsie"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 08:54 PM
They are so cute together, and he seems be really enjoying the dance.
"RE: Louis and Chelsie"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 08:56 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-28-09 AT 08:59 PM (EST)

Bruno roasted him over the coals for not having enough Jive in the Jive...... too many tricks/mucking about

Scores: 6~7~6 for a total of 19

Ohcrap. Gonzo and Animal are gonna be with Aaron/Karina in their dance.......

"RE: Louis and Chelsie"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 09:03 PM
That jacket did him no favors. Cute.
"RE: Louis and Chelsie"
Posted by CTgirl on 09-29-09 at 11:26 AM
I love him and hope that Chelsea can do her magic with him like she did with Ty.
"Aaron and Karina"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:03 PM
After being the male leader last week the pressure is on, and it came to a couple of boiling points last week.....

Dancing the Quickstep to "The Muppet Show Theme" which is why the bit started with Animal giving off his version of a drumroll, and then...... Bruno gets bugle blasted by Gonzo after the dance is over......

That explains Aaron's green tuxedo.... it's to mimic Kermit's look.

"RE: Aaron and Karina"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 09:03 PM
Best of the night so far. He really has a lot of potential, but you start off this good it can be hard to show improvement.
"RE: Aaron and Karina"
Posted by mtb002 on 09-28-09 at 09:04 PM
too slow, too slow. I hate that disney owns the muppets. Although gonzo trying to outweird Bruno is pretty funny.
"RE: Aaron and Karina"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 09:05 PM
And Gonzo came soclose to doing it, too.
"RE: Aaron and Karina"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 09:05 PM
Funny! That was great.
"RE: Aaron and Karina"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:05 PM
I thought Karina was playing Miss Piggy to Aaron's Kermit, but I didn't want to say it..... she confirmed it herself.....

Scores: 9~9~9 for a total of 27 and the obvious outright lead!

"Kelly and Louis"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:08 PM
Kelly's worried about the pressure from her very good Viennese Waltz last week..... but she's having fun anyways.....

Dancing the Tango to "Take Me on the Floor"?

"RE: Kelly and Louis"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 09:09 PM
A lot rougher than last week, and she was definitely got a bit stiff and seemed over thought.
"RE: Kelly and Louis"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:11 PM
She apparently made one mistake and her technique crashed and burned afterward........

Scores: 6~7~6 for a total of 19 which puts her in a tie for last with a couple of other couples so far......

"RE: Kelly and Louis"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 09:11 PM
That mess-up took it all out of her. She lost it then. Too bad.
"Kathy and Tony"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:17 PM
She disappointed the judges last week with their Salsa, and barely survived!

Dancing the Quickstep to "Shall We Dance" (and I think that's the second pandering music choice to Baz......)

"RE: Kathy and Tony"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 09:18 PM
World's slowest Quick step.

Could that hug have been any more freaking awkward. No chemistry at all between them.

"RE: Kathy and Tony"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:20 PM
Scores: 6~6~6 for a total of 18, and currently DFL
"RE: Kathy and Tony"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 09:27 PM
She deserves to be in the bottom 2, IMO.
"Security is going to have"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 09:21 PM
to take the judges out through the back.

I don't think I've heard so many boos.

"Mark and Lacey"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:26 PM
Last week was too much Kung Fu and not enough dancing technique...... Mark's a tad overwhelmed from all the stuff.....

Dancing the Quickstep to "King of Swing"?

"RE: Mark and Lacey"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 09:26 PM
That was nicely done and well performed.
"RE: Mark and Lacey"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 09:28 PM
He gets my votes, based on his recovery. I hope Mark relaxes and enjoys himself.
"RE: Mark and Lacey"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:28 PM
There were some footwork issues, and a fall, too? He's another one who needs to breathe during the dances.......

Apparently Lacey's dancing with an injured thigh as well?

Scores: 7~7~7 for a total of 21

"RE: Mark and Lacey"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 09:32 PM
Checks Lacey's Twitter Page

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/09/exclusive-radaronlines-dwts-blogger-lacey-schwimmer-injured

While in rehearsals on Monday with her Iron Chef star and partner Mark Dacascos, Schwimmer "severely strained" her hip flexors and abductors.

Those muscle groups serve to flex the hip and pelvic regions, and lift them away from the body.

"Mya and Dmitry"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:36 PM
They sparked a judge fight between Carrie/Bruno and Len..... Mya fake beats him up for it.....

Mya's definitely nervous this week due to Baz's presence on the judging panel......

Dancing the Jive to what is probably another selection from Moulin Rouge..... "I've Noticed You Around"?

"RE: Mya and Dmitry"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 09:37 PM
Touch and Go "Would You Go To Bed With Me"

wOOt! That was fun and I liked Dmitry as a nerd.


"RE: Mya and Dmitry"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:43 PM
That was my other choice for the title of the song....... but they only said it once during the dance......
"RE: Mya and Dmitry"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:38 PM
Judges loved it and Carrie Ann said that Len would've hated that start........

Scores: 9~9~9 for a total of 27 and a tie for the lead!

"RE: Mya and Dmitry"
Posted by mtb002 on 09-28-09 at 09:38 PM
While Len is away, dmitri will play. And I like it!
"Tom and Cheryl"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:46 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-29-09 AT 00:41 AM (EST)

Last week's Wild Thing Cha Cha Cha was the rage of the cable news......

Tom's tootsies are hurting him, and he's diagnosed with a pre-stress fracture.......

Dancing the Tango to traditional Tango music that has accordian music???????

The flourish at the end almost ended in disaster when Tom almost dropped Cheryl and then nearly wiped out!

"RE: Tom and Cheryl"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 09:47 PM
You gotta clench them together, sir.
Historically I don't think that's been his problem.

*SNORT*

Pretty nice, a little safe, too bad about the ending.

"RE: Tom and Cheryl"
Posted by mtb002 on 09-28-09 at 10:18 PM
"Historically, I don't that's been his problem."

Best line ever. Just give him the Emmy now.

"RE: Tom and Cheryl"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:48 PM
Scores: 6~6~6 for a total of 18 and tied for DFL with Kathy
"RE: Tom and Cheryl"
Posted by Round Robin on 09-29-09 at 00:44 AM
You gotta be effing kidding me! Straight 6's for THAT??? What the HELL are those 3 idiots smoking? He was TERRIBLE.
"RE: Tom and Cheryl"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 09:57 PM
Better than I thought it would be.
"RE: Tom and Cheryl"
Posted by qwertypie on 09-28-09 at 10:05 PM
*SIGH* Still got to wait an hour for it to start. Are you saying the "band" actually played the tango?

(Now I am curious if they brought in a bandoneon player)

"RE: Tom and Cheryl"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 10:12 PM
Beats the carp out of me. It was the only instrumental of the night......... *shrug*
"RE: Tom and Cheryl"
Posted by qwertypie on 09-29-09 at 00:47 AM
Por una cabeza is the song (in case anyone cares)
"RE: Tom and Cheryl"
Posted by Sagebrush Dan on 09-29-09 at 08:18 PM
I care
"Donny and Kym"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:55 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-28-09 AT 09:56 PM (EST)

The fast footwork of the Jive seems to be tripping Donny up......


Dancing the Jive to "Secret Agent Man"

"RE: Donny and Kym"
Posted by Snidget on 09-28-09 at 09:57 PM
It was pretty good even if I really didn't want to like it.
"RE: Donny and Kym"
Posted by mtb002 on 09-28-09 at 09:58 PM
Are they supposed to be Austin Powers and Felicity Shagwell?
"RE: Donny and Kym"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 10:09 PM
Either that or a generic 60's era Secret Agent Man.......
"RE: Donny and Kym"
Posted by CTgirl on 09-29-09 at 11:29 AM
It was way too variety show-dancing for me.
"RE: Donny and Kym"
Posted by Round Robin on 09-29-09 at 07:11 PM
Well, Donny used to do that kind of show, so he probably subconsciously slips into variety-show mode when he's dancing.
"RE: Donny and Kym"
Posted by CTgirl on 09-29-09 at 09:26 PM
Exactly. And I don't call that ballroom dancing, that's just entertaining.
"RE: Donny and Kym"
Posted by vince3 on 09-28-09 at 09:59 PM
Scores: 8~9~8 for a total of 25 and 3rd place.
"RE: Donny and Kym"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 10:00 PM
Gotta grudgingly give it to Donny, he did a great job.
"Thanks vince"
Posted by whimsey on 09-28-09 at 10:02 PM
you, sir, rock!
"Safe or not?"
Posted by vince3 on 09-29-09 at 09:29 PM
LAST EDITED ON 09-29-09 AT 09:30 PM (EST)

Wrong night.