Now for the Argentine Tango...

Previous one was specifically for the Rumba.

Gigolo and Gigolette?

I love the tango!

The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Gigolo And Gigolette)
The song was written for the 1934 film Moulin Rouge.

so says wikipedia.

Cheryl went to Argentina to learn everything about the Argentine Tango...

Cheryl tries to get Rick to show his emotion... They go to the stage to get a feel for the stage and discover it being elevated... Making him more nervous of potentially tossing her into the front row... as well as if a jump that is supposed to land near the edge of the stage doesn't find the right spot... *crash*

Dancing the Argentine Tango to what sounds like traditional Argentine Tango music...

Sometimes he seems kind of tentative but it was OK.

Didn't like his outfit, couldn't see the footwork and leg placement. A couple of slips but, nice.

Technical: 6-7-6 for a total of 19

Performance: 6-7-7 for a total of 20

Grand total: 39

I admit I got bored halfway thru the dance.

Audio glitch to start the return... and Lacey did a head pinch from her balcony position before the video package...

They're really woking on the footwork, but Lacey's concerned that he doesn't know what 'sexy' is...

She's also worried about all the changes this week which makes her nervous about his technique...

Dancing the Rumba to Nothin' On You, Baby

I could tell he really worked on the footwork and I think he did a good job.

They lost me about half way through. Too youthful and it showed.

Next week, TV Theme Week... and then Rock and Roll Theme Week...

Technique: 6-6-6 for a total of 18

Performance: 8-7-7 for a total of 22

Grand Total: 40

Oh my, the train wreck potential is high.

He worked more on his footwork. But his upper posture was off.

They're having a rough go at it in practice at the start of the video package... Technical, they ain't, so they're going for Performance... and the lifts of the Argentine Tango hopefully to go toward his strength...

Dancing the Argentine Tango to Sweet Dreams (instrumental)

Well, at least he did not hurt her.

Egad he showed exactly how hard it was to do those lifts. You gotta make it look easy even when it isn't.

I figured he worked out for definition, not function, and that can mean the only thing you can lift well is a weight that is on a cable, not much in real life.

Bruno is bracing Situation for bad score impact... Lots of mistakes in Technical... which derailed attempts toward Performance... Carrie Ann welcomes the Situations' abs to the show...

Technique: 4-4-4 for a total of 12

Performance: 6-5-5 for a total of 16

Grand total: 28 and current bottom of the barrel.

I still think he was overscored. Bruno gave Bolton a 3. But he says this was a mess and awful. But still scores it higher.

Per our frontpage: http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/the-situation-storms-off-dancing-with-stars-after-judges-criticism-11619.php

Part of me says, "I don't blame him..." but part of me also says, "They're trying to help you, dummy..."

I also don't see where anyone has gotten high marks for just completing a difficult step/lift.

I mean he didn't drop her or anything so that deserves something, but, personally, I think they might have done better to do more dancing and less stunt work when the stunts weren't smooth and effortless looking. If it looks like it is hard you don't get a lot of credit for it in any of the artistic sports.

Yeah, all the press keeps saying he did such amazing/impressive tricks, but in reality you could see him slowly set up for each trick (especially the first...) so it really just hurt the overall dance more than helping it. He visibly stopped and took a breath before trying that first one heh.

I can see why he'd do such a thing -- it would be hard to stick around after such bad scores -- but he was the worst by far! And in any case, I think that perhaps the judges were a little bit generous even in their technical scores -- after all, Michael Bolton got a 3 in his jive, and this was about as bad! And the scores for performance were clearly generous -- I'd have given him a 4 for his performance!

Belle Book

Corky is pushing her farther this week, per the judges' orders...

They invited Florence's son Barbara and Corky's son Mark to see if the dance is appropriate... or not.

Dancing the Rumba to Yesterday

Some nice moves and moments interspersed with true horror.

Can I open my eyes now?

That was hard to watch!

LAST EDITED ON 10-11-10 AT 09:28 PM (EST)

Tom: This is this season's 'Get a Room' Dance... and Carrie Ann thought they went a little too far... Mixed bag from the judges...

Celebriquarium has a flood of both Appropriate and NOT Appropriate signs...

Technical: 6-6-5 for a total of 17

Performaance: 6-6-6 for a total 18

Grand Total: 35

Interesting. Corky just scares me.

Last week they fell from the top of the leaderboard...

This week's set of pains for Jennifer: Her back for the lifts, and her foot from a pinched nerve... Derek thinks he might be pushing her too far at times...

Dancing the Argentine Tango to traditional Argentine Tango music

They start in the Orchestra Pit, assisting the pianist with high (Jennifer) and low (Derek) notes near the beginning...

Gorgeous!

Wow.

Tongue Bathe from the judges...

Technical: 9-9-9 for a total of 27

Performance: 10!-9-10! for a total of 29

Grand total: 56

totally awesome!

I think I know the song -- I think I heard it in a Tom & Jerry cartoon where Jerry was living inside a cabinet radio and needed to turn on the music so he could read his paper (the lamp was connected to the vacuum tubes inside the radio), only the music drove Tom crazy and instead of turning it down, he kept turning it off before finally pulling the plug. At that point, a bear who was trained to dance to music comes along (having escaped from a circus), and proceeds to dance with Tom before Tom finally is able to cut the cord to the radio. Then Jerry turns on an record player which plays the exact same music that I think Jennifer & Derek danced to!

Belle Book

Bristol is worried because sexy she isn't in her dancing...

Mark even came over to her house to show it to her son...

Dancing the Rumba to Umbrella.. (This time the captions helped me figure out what the words being sung were...)

Bless you, child. Bless you.

It was better than I thought it would be.

He's so tiny that it makes the dynamic between them a bit odd.

You're right, Snidget. He does seen tiny.

Technique: 6-6-6 for a total of 18

Performance: 4-5-5 for a total of 14

Grand total: 32 and next to last place.

Ouch!

double ouch! check out that score.

LAST EDITED ON 10-12-10 AT 01:33 AM (EST)

I thought the technique score was generous.

she just doesn't have the umph......does she know what sexy is? guess not according to the performance score!

I thought the judges were a little too harsh on her -- I thought Bristol's dance was much better than Florence.

I was happy that Len finally called Mark out on making it all about himself. Mark has done that with alot of his partners.

LAST EDITED ON 10-12-10 AT 01:35 AM (EST)

I thought it was deliberate this season, trying to draw attention away from his lackluster partner.

Last week she took the lead off of Jennifer and earned the first 9s of the season...

They lined out the dimensions of the Round and trying to keep themselves inside the border... then add the technical and performance parts... They can't hide performance with technique this week...

Dancing the Argentine Tango to Somebody to Love

Seemed as though they were dancing to different music. A bit off.

It seemed a bit stiff a lot of the time to me. Intense doesn't mean rigid.

very good, however i feel derek and jennifer were better!

Welcome to the boards, actern! Have a drink and some snacks.

Technique: 8-8-8 for a total of 24

Performance: 8-7-7 for a total of 22

Grand total: 46

She was better last week. She kind of lost her footing when she came down out of the one lift.

I'll party at your table anytime.

Technical/Performance Total...

Jennifer/Derek 27/29 56
Brandy/Maks 22/26 48
Audrina/Tony 24/22 46
Kyle/Lacey 18/22 40
Rick/Cheryl 19/20 39
Florence/Corky 17/18 35
Kurt/Anna 15/19 34
Bristol/Mark 18/14 32
Situation/Karina 12/16 28

Because I think there's a good possibility that's what you're gonna get. Audrina & Tony I think are the only serious threat to keep that little weasel's hands off the mirror ball. Brandy and Max have 3rd place written all over them, and none of the male celebs are that good.

The biggest obstacle to Derek being the first Pro to win 3 championships is probably his partner's durability... She has injuries all over her body coming into the competition, and it seems that each week a new part lets its protests known...

Heh thats probably what happens when you take a 50 year old woman and have her dance like that . Its still impressive though and I hope she is able to last through the season, because I have enjoyed all of her dances.

50 year old woman all right, but Jennifer is a very pretty, very charming 50 year old woman, so if she remains injury free I think her looks and charm will be enough to override Derek's abilities to induce hatred and/or nausea.

Yes I agree, I was just saying that even though she looks so good and young, she is 50 years old so having some physical problems isnt a big surprise. I have never been a Derek hater though and I really do hope they win the show this year .

I find it hard to stomach the little b@st@rd. I think he's a conceited little jerk and an attention hog.

Lol I know a lot of people feel that way, I'm just not one of them . Tbh, I actually quite like him as a choreographer and the rest of his antics dont bother me at all, so yeah... but anyways.

And I keep forgetting I have a PVR, so did not record it *smacks myself upside the head*

Thanks for the play by play