It's a Tribe!
Please keep tonight's Red Carpet Premiere debacle here until Midnight EDT or until the west coast stops screaming that the dances burned...Generally for performance threads I put up a warning that it's not generally known what the band is allegedly playing so please bear with me... For at least one week, that's not the case, since there are spoilers for this week's dance/music combos...
Far as I know, Brooke's still the interviewer, so hopefully no Samantha-bot in sight tonight... and that may be a good thing considering this season's field... Ai ya.
In honor of premier night - fiesta!Drink of the night
Pomegranate margaritas
snack of the night
Sopa de Marscos (seafood soup w/tomato broth), green salad w/shrimp, veggie enchiladas mole.
Yummy!!! and with antioxidants galore!!!
It should be interesting to see if knowing the titles actually helps in recognizing the music or not.
Highly doubt it...
Our order:Audrina
Michael
Kyle
Rick
Margaret
Brandy
Bristol
Kurt
Florence
Situation
Jennifer
The Hoff
Michael Bolton, Rick Fox ... I am soo screwed.
Not counting Max...Besides, you have Kyle Massey between your two *thud* celebs... for this week, at least...
Did I forget my Maks? Hope Costco has a sale on pillows, you're going to need them!Thud indeed.
LAST EDITED ON 09-20-10 AT 08:16 PM (EST)She's coming off of The Hills and trying to clean up her act...
Our Prince of Ballroom is still recovering from Kate last season...
They get the bombshell that they're gonna be the first ones out of the gate... and the pressure is on...
At least Tony seems to be getting along better with her than Kate...
Dancing the Cha Cha Cha to California Gurls (and yes that is spelled correctly...)
Respectable first time out on the dance floor.
Just can't support a person from The Hills. Love Tony - Save Tony!
Celebriquarium is back in effectCarrie Ann warns about jumping into moves, because it might look like a lift...
Scores: 6-7-6 for a total of 19.
That was more than fair.
I have never watched The Hills and know nothing about her. She did better than I expected. But I kept thinking it was Tony and Melissa doing the dance.
I've never watched that show either so I had no idea who she is.
But she did a fair dance for being first time and first one on the floor.
She did do an OK job. I've watched her on The Hills and I've always thought of her as wooden and unanimated. I never could see the appeal.
It's a Tribe!
She's drop dead gorgeous! That's all the appeal she needs.
Nah. It just makes her boring. Drop dead gorgeous? I just don't see it. I always thought Lauren was the most interesting person on the show.
It's a Tribe!
Recently retired Super Bowl QB and Father of 7... and has the grace of a slug...She definitely wants the mirror ball trophy, but her best bet might've been last season with Evan...
Dancing the Viennese Waltz to This Ain't a Love Song
Surprisingly light on his feet, but nerves were on. Hope he hangs around for a couple of rounds.
Uh Oh, I'm agreeing with Len. It was OK, but he wasn't nearly as good as the other two seemed to think it was. When I was watching him rather than Anna float around there was a lot of work that needed to be done.
There was some improvement from practice... but then Len unleashes the Boo-birds....Scores will be after the break...
We get some previews of later dancers, and apparently Jennifer's song gave her a Patrick Swayze/Dirty Dancing flashback... because she needed a good crying jag moment...
Bristol will be initially dressed as Sarah then tear off to the correct outfit? Hoo boy. Kyle will be maybe dressed up nerd-style? Yikes. Hoff has a couple of screaming moments...
Scores: 7-5-7 for another total of 19
He came off as very flat-footed to me.
He's from both Cory in the House and That's So Raven... both from the Disney Channel...Lacey's back from a one-season hiatus, and is blonder than ever...
Performance won't be a problem... but technique? Notsomuch... Kyle seems to have a fixation with Lacey's cleavage, though...
Dancing the Cha Cha Cha to My First KissHe's in Urkel-ish school outfit, and she's in an Xtina number...
It was so nice to see someone having fun. I don't know if the technique was good, but the performance level was high and he did have a heck of a lot of fun out there.
Inspired casting! Chubby young male person. Should be interesting.
Scores: 8-7-8 for a total of 23
I expect if he lasts he will lose some weight. I don't like Lacey with the blonde hair.
I don't like Lacey ... at all.
I thought he was one of the best of the night. If he stays around long enough and loses weight, he'll be able to get a gig with Weight Watchers or some such org. which had nothing to do with it.
It's a Tribe!
I was impressed by his enthusiasm! If Cho had tried that hard, she might have been watchable!
3-Time NBA Champion for the LA Lakers and also actor and producer...2-time DWTS champion, and once again she's drawn the height difference... she's bought a slightly higher heels, but it's not enough... 6'7" for a male partner will do that to you...
Dancing the Viennese Waltz to Crazy
I thought he did a really nice job of that.
Would have been interesting with Kym Johnston, but very nice. I'm a bit biased.
Len got the band pimpage check for this week...Scores after the break...
I believe he won the male athlete contest this season. Much better than Kurt.
Pomegranate margarita, Loree? Welcome to the Rick Fox club.
Slurp... tastes good!
Scores: 8-7-7 for a total of 22
Now that? was hot!
It's a Tribe!
She's most recently known for her role on Drop Dead Diva...He wants you to dance: Mind, Body, and Soul...
She did have some Ballet training experience, but after being called the fattest one... no more...
Dancing the Viennese Waltz to We Are The Champions
A mid-dance costume change gave her a wing-like cape, which she promptly blinded herself with... and then at the last pose: *splat*
Viennese Paso Doble?I don't care if the judges didn't like it, I loved the Madame Butterfly whatever that was.
LAST EDITED ON 09-20-10 AT 08:53 PM (EST)I was quite encouraged by her opening, but kept wondering about the misplaced wardrobe elements. She could really have made this her "Kelly Osborne" moment. Hope she sticks around to redeem herself.
I agreed with the judges. She started off and looked like she had some talent and was doing well. Then it all went into a comedy routine like Cloris Leachman. I wonder if they didn't think she had the talent so went for the comedy.
Scores: 5-5-5 for a total of 15, and bottom of the barrel... They explain that the cape antics were on purpose...
I agree she shouldn't have gone for the comedy. I understand why, but it was a poor choice. She could have been pretty good.
The judges displayed an amazing lack of humor over this. I thought it was funny. It was a risk they shouldn't have taken, though, and I hope she get to stay around longer. She can dance.
It's a Tribe!
She's been an actress, singer, and such... She was afraid to do the show...Maksim decides that this season, he'll try to be the good boy of the Ballroom...
Dancing the Viennese Waltz to Cry Me Out
This years ringer? It was good, but I expected it would be. However nothing special about it, just good.
Lovely, but needs some polish. Quite lovely, though. I hope she goes far.
The Results Show tomorrow will be two hours, and will include highlights and exclusive backstage segments... before the first elimination at 9, then muscial extravaganza...Scores: 7-8-8 for a total of 23
Gotta love Maks. Brandy did OK. But I was watching Maks.
Of that little victory dance he did after their scores were announced. OMG.
He's so hot he melted my tv!
How about this?
Too much Brandy. They should have kept zoomed in on Maks! LOL
Teen Activist and is trying to step out of her mom's shadow...2-time DWTS champion and looking to get it again...
Mark's biggest challenge is trying to get her sexy out... especially with mom in attendance...
Dancing the Cha Cha Cha to Mama Told Me Not To Come...
She's initially dressed up like Sarah, then it's ripped off to a red fringe dress...
Had a few good moments in there, when she focused on Tony she was better than when she had to focus out to the audience.
LAST EDITED ON 09-20-10 AT 09:09 PM (EST)I think she is the closest to a "ordinary person" as we could get on this show, and for that reason I did not have great expectations for her and she lived up to those expectations. HOWEVER, she has a fabulous body, my heavens, girl. I am proud of you for putting yourself out there in this way! I feel bad about it, but she needs to go away, with the situation (lowercase on purpose).
Scores: 6-6-6 for a total of 18
I think they were kind with their judging. She probably deserved 5s with Margaret.
I just want her gone. The judges were too kind.
I am not a Bristol/Sarah Palin fan and watched her with the expectation of seeing this year's Kate Goselin. I was vety surprised that not only wasn't I laughing at her, but I was impressed by what I saw. Although I think the judges are grading her on anon-entertainer curve, I also think she did very well
Ahem!? *Looks around* Knock, knock. Did NO ONE hear the loaded reference from Bruno that "This is virgin territory for you..."? No one was about to go near it on the show and Bruno really had some guts saying it. Did everyone just gloss over it?
It's a Tribe!
I actually missed that comment, probably because I was trying to get ready for whoever was next, and didn't pay attention to Bruno's antics...
I heard it - I think I even laughed out loud - well, just a giggle.
We heard it. Cracked us up. We were wondering if she knew what the word meant.
We said the same thing.
I heard it. I didn't even think my husband was paying attention, but he commented when he heard that line, too.As for the dance, far from the worst of the night, but she's definitely not a performer. I hope she goes before she does something truly embarrassing.
Best known as Carol Brady on TV, as well numerous Broadway shows...Corky is back again with another 'mature' woman... another one with a wild side, like Cloris...
and yes, Florence can swear...
Dancing the Cha Cha Cha to Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me
Oh yikes.I like her spunk, but yikes, just yikes.
She has a little more energy than Cloris did. In fact she probably has as much as several 50somethings they have had on the show.
I've said this before, and will say it again:There should be an age limit for this show, over 21 and under 65.
Scores: 6-6-6 for a total of 18
I hope she does well. Her age is showing, but she was fun.
I almost cracked up when Carrie Ann mentioned Florence's "bright eyes" ! LOL
She does know why those eyes are so big and round, doesn't she?
I knew a little ole lady in Fl who loved to line dance - we called her "bright eyes" for the exact same reason.
Why? Facelift? Meds?
Yep, from facelifts, Dan.
My boss's wife at my previous job had the same big round eyes too.
I honestly expected better from the preview footage. Makes me wonder how good (bad) Corky is, or if Flo really just can't handle it at her age.
He's best known for both his raspy singing voice and his mullet... the mullet's gone, but he's more a singer than dancer...Chelsie chooses to let her dancing do her talking for her...
Michael slouches so much that Chelsie whips out the posture bar for him...
Dancing the Viennese Waltz to Life After You
Respectable first time out.
I wish he had a different pro. I just wanted him to get through it without any big oops.Please vote for Michael.
I agree. He needed a better teacher.
I think he was lighter on his feet than Kurt. But he was chasing Chelsie around the floor rather than leading.
I really wish they would give the scores before the break, then do the next dancers after a break... this version of organization is killing me...Scores: 6-5-5 for a total of 16
He's only had 5 days of training, because Jersey Shore has been busy taping the past few weeks... he claims that most of his dance experience is from dance clubs... which isn't anything near Ballroom/Latin...Karina's back and better than ever...
Their first practice was visually painful for Mike... and that is his real name, not Situation...
Dancing the Cha Cha Cha to Break Your Heart
Who ordered the Disco?
not enough extension in the arms, but that is kind of the over built kinda thing.Wooooooo Guns but not the Ammunition!!!
Waahahahahahaha
... that applies to so many "morning after" questions.
He deserves Karina.
Len had the line of the night -- guns but no ammunition! Glad the judges are putting the Situation in his place. I do think he has potential.
Not good. He was trying to be John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever and failing.
Len gets in a good zing: You may have the Guns, but you don't have the Ammunition...They roast him over the coals for the Disco additions to the dance...
Scores: 5-5-5 for a total of 15, and co-DFL
She's best known as Baby from Dirty DancingHe's the defending and 2-time DWTS champion
Immediately he gets a 'Time of Your Life' reference... their song is from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack, and Derek's choreography is straight out of the movie... which takes her back to her time on set with the late Patrick Swayze who died from cancer last year...
Dancing the Viennese Waltz to These Arms of Mine
I liked that. She does have the posture to look really nice whild doing ballroom.
Derek is no Patrick Swayze.
LAST EDITED ON 09-20-10 AT 09:51 PM (EST)How do you even judge/score that.
Scores: 8-8-8 to take the lead.
Amazing. My jaw was on the floor. Quite moving and wonderful.
...ER.Sorry. I have no emotional attachment to "Baby," and I can't help feeling that her work experience takes her so far beyond the scope of the other contestants as to take the sportsmanship right out of it.
I have to agree.
We would have all been shocked if she had done poorly.
I have no emotional attachment to Baby either, and yeah, she has some dance experience, but so what? Did you think for one second that they would give their obnoxious little fave Derek a partner that sucks? Never gonna happen in a million years. I think at 50 Jennifer is still one hell of a gorgeous woman, and if it weren't for that little weasel she's dancing with and the extreme beauty of one of her female opponents and the sexy body of another female celeb, she'd be my runaway favorite.
He's best known for his roles in Knight Rider and Baywatch...She's the Season 9 champion, and after a season hiatus, she wants to get it back again...
She initially meets him at one of his concerts in Germany...
Dancing the Cha Cha Cha to Sex Bomb... complete with pyro.
Oh The Humanity!!!!!!!!Egad that jacket made a bad performance really a lot worse.
LOL at Len....Never to early to panic!
A couple of those moves were a little skeevy. Scary is the best word for that dance.
His dress was somewhat a page out of Knight Rider, then went to a sparkly shirt...Scores: 5-5-5 and is in a 3-way tie for DFL...
Dear Supreme Being, aka God,I'm ready to bargain here. I'll stop cursing for ...ever... if you see to it that the Hoff is voted off first. And that's just for a start.
It's a Tribe!
Aww.... you know you love him. You're just too bashful to admit it.
Ha! Maybe once years ago when he was young and hot. Now he's just old as the hills and twice as corroded.
It's a Tribe!
He really was hot back in the Baywatch days.He can't help himself now; he's just living in his past glory.
I'll say! I posted in the Ep. 2 thread that he was a lot more humble than I expected and I kinda felt sorry for him. I'm not sorry he's gone though!
It's a Tribe!
He was probably humble because he sucked and he knew it.
great opening night. Looking forward to the season.
Yes, much better opening night than I anticipated. My faves were Jennifer (can't believe she's 50!), Brandi and Rick Fox. That comedian guy and Bristol were also nice surprises. Michael Bolton unfortunately was a let-down.I'm guessing Margaret Cho goes???
LAST EDITED ON 09-21-10 AT 00:34 AM (EST)It might depend on who gets the VFTW voting bloc... That cape maneuver just might've been an audition for them...
ETA: Just as I suspected... She's their current pick, with Hoff, Situation, and Bristol as backups if/when she goes...
Here are my comments on the 12 dancers:Audrina was good considering that she was the first person out of the block. But if she doesn't have the Vote for the Worst bloc on her side, she might be in trouble.
Kurt was okay, but he could've done better. Still, he's got the football fans on his side so he'll be okay for now.
Kyle was a pleasant surprise! I didn't like the song but I liked his performance!
I also liked Rick's performance, but I'm worried about him when he has to do Latin dances. Tall people don't always do well with them.
I understand why Margaret wanted to go the comedic route, but it's a risk that shouldn't have been taken. She's in trouble.
I like Brandy, so I was pleased that she did well. She'll be around for awhile.
Bristol was pretty good but she was so nervous! She needs to get more comfortable or she'll be gone pretty soon.
Florence is better than Cloris Leachman, that's for sure! But she's not good enough to stay too long.
Michael did an okay job but he should've led instead of letting Chelsie lead. I hope he does better with the jive.
The Situation wasn't the worst but he certainly wasn't the best either! In some trouble.
I felt for Jennifer when I saw the rehearsal footage. She was the best of the night.
David was probably the second-worst of the night. He's also in real trouble.
Belle Book