They keep playing bits of that Gangnam Style song in the promos.

I'm skeered.

This can't be a good development.

Keep whatever fresh hell they have in store for us on this thread until the West Coast has a chance to bleach their brains/cauterize their ears in a vain attempt to make.it.stop.

• Intro,Snidget, 08:04 PM, 10-01-12
  • Drink of the night,whimsey, 08:15 PM, 10-01-12
• Melissa and Tony,Snidget, 08:06 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Melissa and Tony,whimsey, 08:10 PM, 10-01-12
    • RE: Melissa and Tony,Snidget, 08:11 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Melissa and Tony,Snidget, 08:10 PM, 10-01-12
• Bristol and Mark,Snidget, 08:17 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Bristol and Mark,whimsey, 08:19 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Bristol and Mark,Snidget, 08:20 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Bristol and Mark,udg, 02:12 AM, 10-02-12
  • RE: Bristol and Mark,samboohoo, 02:53 PM, 10-02-12
• Helio and Chelsie,Snidget, 08:27 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Helio and Chelsie,Snidget, 08:30 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Helio and Chelsie,whimsey, 08:33 PM, 10-01-12
    • RE: Helio and Chelsie,Snidget, 08:42 PM, 10-01-12
• Apolo and Karina,Snidget, 08:38 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Apolo and Karina,Snidget, 08:40 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Apolo and Karina,whimsey, 08:40 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Apolo and Karina,udg, 02:12 AM, 10-02-12
• Sabirina and Louis,Snidget, 08:48 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Sabirina and Louis,whimsey, 08:50 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Sabirina and Louis,Snidget, 08:51 PM, 10-01-12
• Kirsty and Max,Snidget, 09:00 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Kirsty and Max,Snidget, 09:04 PM, 10-01-12
• Emmitt and Cheryl,Snidget, 09:07 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Emmitt and Cheryl,Snidget, 09:09 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Emmitt and Cheryl,samboohoo, 02:51 PM, 10-02-12
• Drew and Anna,Snidget, 09:15 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Drew and Anna,Snidget, 09:17 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Drew and Anna,whimsey, 09:33 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Drew and Anna,udg, 02:14 AM, 10-02-12
• Joey and Kym,Snidget, 09:25 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Joey and Kym,Snidget, 09:28 PM, 10-01-12
    • RE: Joey and Kym,katcelebcafe, 00:22 AM, 10-04-12
  • RE: Joey and Kym,whimsey, 09:36 PM, 10-01-12
    • RE: Joey and Kym,qwertypie, 01:22 AM, 10-02-12
    • RE: Joey and Kym,udg, 02:14 AM, 10-02-12
    • RE: Joey and Kym,TxSheCat, 02:41 AM, 10-02-12
      • RE: Joey and Kym,Round Robin, 09:08 AM, 10-02-12
• Shawn and Derek,Snidget, 09:34 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Shawn and Derek,Snidget, 09:37 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Shawn and Derek,whimsey, 09:42 PM, 10-01-12
• Kelly and Val,Snidget, 09:44 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Kelly and Val,Snidget, 09:48 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Kelly and Val,whimsey, 09:49 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Kelly and Val,udg, 02:16 AM, 10-02-12
    • RE: Kelly and Val,Round Robin, 09:05 AM, 10-02-12
• Giles and Peta,Snidget, 09:55 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Giles and Peta,Snidget, 09:58 PM, 10-01-12
  • RE: Giles and Peta,whimsey, 10:00 PM, 10-01-12
• Thanks, Snidget,whimsey, 10:01 PM, 10-01-12

Everyone makes it down the stairs.

Drink of the night

a nice, chilled Cava

snack of the night

finger sandwiches:

egg salad with watercress
cucumber
chicken salad

Dancing the jive.

She injured her ribs, and was judged on the rehearsal footage last time with the Jive.

Shout.

That was fun! However... I still can't get onboard with Melissa.

It didn't seem like there was any there in there. It was pretty and fast but seemed really empty to me.

LAST EDITED ON 10-01-12 AT 08:10 PM (EST)

A bit frenetic.

Len, first one out sets the bar. Full of energy great technique.

Bruno. The fastest gal in town. One of the fastest jives. A couple of moments foor slightly wrong,

Len argues and argues, and donuts and holes in head.

Carrie Ann. Finally got to see your jive, you are made to jive.

Scores 8 - 8 - 7.5 23.5/30

Red Necked Woman.

She says it is her. Dancing the Quick Step.

She takes Mark to the shooting range.

I don't know if I can even watch this.

Oh dear.

LAST EDITED ON 10-01-12 AT 08:25 PM (EST)

*peeks*

Mark, acting it up twice as big doesn't help, just makes Bristol look worse.

Bruno. Quickstep goes Gangnam style. Not in hold. Frame not good. Charleston not good. Too far from what we are doing.

Carrie Ann, you have come so far. Sold yourself too short, Didn't follow the rules about hold.

Len. Liked the fun and enthusiasm. Didn't like the break in the middle. I liked the hoe down but the technique was a bit low down.

Scores after the break.

6 - 6 - 6 18/30

Not a word, not saying a word.

She didn't have nearly as much confidence without Mark screaming directions in her ears.

She never looks comfortable to me. And never completely confident. Always looks to me like she's looking to Mark for everything.

Samboobree, brought to life by Arkie

Dancing the Jive.

Put Chelsie on the race track.

Everybody Talks - Neon Trees

LAST EDITED ON 10-01-12 AT 08:35 PM (EST)

That was fun.

Carrie Ann. Last week sometimes the body doesn't keep up. Has kisses all over your face. This week, your body kept up.

Len. Great smile, joy, sometimes pumping your knees a bit too high, overall fabulous.

Bruno. Sweet in the interplay. Landed on the wrong foot down the steps. Didn't take away from the fun of the dance.

Scores after the break.

8 - 7.5 - 7.5 23/30

Helio has such style and his technique is back on par with his championship season, I feel. But there is absolutely no chemistry between these two. Even though I was not a fan of Julianne, they did have chemistry.

I agree, hopefully they will find some chemistry soon.

Dancing the Quickstep.

Working on leading. Karina kicked him in the head?

Louis Prima - Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days

LAST EDITED ON 10-01-12 AT 08:41 PM (EST)

I'd say the fire was lit. That was amazing.

Len. Gold Medal. Two big assets, speed with control.

Bruno. Determination and hard work pays off. Footwork was incredible.

Carrie Ann. Someone put on his competition pants. Truely driving the dance.

Apparently the dress rehearsal did not go well.

Scores 8.5 - 8 - 8 24.5/30

Dang, son! We got ourselves a competition, again.

That may have made me like Karina a teensy bit! Amazing!

Got hurt in training.

fell doing an up the stares move, he dropped her, she cut her arm. cut after asking if they will keep in it or not.

Black Betty.

Freakin' awesome!!! Oh man, that mad my heart race. Oh heavens!

LAST EDITED ON 10-01-12 AT 08:58 PM (EST)

Looks like the Quick Step.

And they leap the stairs.

Bruno. Miss Ginger Rogers. Sparker of a quickstep. Treble Kick, variations incredible. Dazzler.

Carrie Ann. That was ridiculous. Top line incredible. Grace, Drama, it was awesom.

Len. Loving this season, the hits just keep on coming. Kept upper body calm and lets were working (mic futz).

Scores after the break.

9 - 8.5 - 8.5 26/30

Dancing the Jive.

Max tied her up with latex gloves.

Something in French.

Carrie Ann. Mamacita, were working that pole. You are working it and age is just a number. Like to see you match your movement style.

Len. Dirty Kirsty, neat, precise, lot of recognizable Jive and an improvement.

Bruno. The girl works hard for your money. Experience counts, you played it beautifully you raunchy Mama.

Scores 7 - 7 - 7 21/30

Emmitt is not intimidated. My head is crooked, football.

Cool Cat in Town?

LAST EDITED ON 10-01-12 AT 09:12 PM (EST)

Len. Cool Cat attitude. Quick step, upper body, flat back, sway, that was lacking, the overall feel was great.

Bruno. Red hot chemistry. Frame not quite rate. Lost timing with steps. Slinky.

Carrie Ann. Easy on the eye. May want to watch out, everyone upped their game, and you stayed the same.

Scores after the break.

7.5 - 7.5 - 7.5 22.5/30

I think he got his costume from Deon Sanders' closet. LOL.

Samboobree, brought to life by Arkie

Slap to start. Working on getting out of the bottom two.

Dancing the Jive.

I'm Two Quarters and A Heart Down?

LAST EDITED ON 10-01-12 AT 09:22 PM (EST)

Dance Dance? No idea what this song is.

Google says Dance dance.

Bruno. The muscularity, the attack. I don't mind a bit of that, but you go flat footed. Very powerful.

Carrie Ann. Welcome Home. Never seen this kind of thing. Do watch the feet.

Len. Gotta get on the balls of your feet, but bottom two Drew, not this week.

7.5 - 7.5 - 7.5 22.5/30

Definitely better that last week, but I don't feel that hunger from Drew in his winning season.

Even I could tell that was flat-footed.

Dancing the Quickstepp.

Dancing to. Creep, as an upbeat big band song.

It is as horrific as it sounds.

LAST EDITED ON 10-01-12 AT 09:31 PM (EST)

Love the ending. LOL

Carrie Ann. Looking for technique, do want to see fantastic performances. Did have a few mistakes. Went out of Sync

Joey Sync got it.

Len, has a lot of bad notes, but he really enjoyed it. If you can't dance much, come out and entertain us.

Bruno. You do entertainment. It was like recapturing the twenties. It was big it was bold. It could be better, was some mistakes.

Scores after the break.
7.5 - 7.5 - 7.5 22.5/30

I can't believe Joey got the boot already out of everyone.. I love him! Does anyone remember when he had a couple awkward movies where he was a minor role while JT was off becoming iconic male pop star? Classic. Totally have a soft spot for joey, This article tells how he reacted, he was hilarious about being kicked off. You're still my FatOne, JOey!

http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2012/10/joey-fatone-reacts-getting-boot-dancing-stars

what were they thinking with that music????

LMAO!

I actually like that song. Just not in this context.

I thought the same thing on "Black Betty"...really???? As a quickstep? I thought the music was unusually horrific this week, but that's just me

It ain't just you. A lot of us DWTS fans have realized for years that the music selections just do not suit the dances a lot of the time. Whoever picks who dances to what music really sucks at it.

Pulling out the gymnastics already.

Only the first lap.

Dancing the Jive to some song from Hairspray.

LAST EDITED ON 10-01-12 AT 09:41 PM (EST)

Tom notices Shawn not breathing hard, Derek, almost dead.

Len. Just enough Jive, but I want to see more than enough.

Bruno. Vibrant, exhilarating. Couldn't fault it. What could you want more, you won't get it.

Carrie Ann. All-Star Sweethearts.

Scores after the break.

Derek has a back injury. She is making him feel old.

8.5 - 8 - 8.5 25/30

Shawn didn't eclipse Sabrina this time, but that was nicely done.

She wants to make Val dance with a rack like hers.

My water broke.

Dancing the Quick Step to.

WHo Says?

Bruno. Pink and elegant. Watch it in hold I know it iw hard, effects the top line.

Carrie Ann. Watch lines when out of hold. Confident with Val, need to extend a little more, dance bigger.

Len. I preferred the part out of hold. In hold get all hunchy crunchy. Well Done.

Next week. Want to really push the boundaries. Stay in character, amazed, see things we have never seen before. Eye popping stuff. Stars get creative control.

Scores 7.5 - 7 - 7.5 22/30

Kelly may be a dark horse in this one. Who knew?

Anyone else notice that Kelly looks like a young Susan Lucci during that?

Kelly is better looking than Susan Lucci ever was.

Hamstring getting worse. Should rest it for 2 weeks, not going to happen.

Piano as a prop for the Jive.

Don't Stop Me Now?

Carrie Ann. Giggles. Kicks and flicks best of the night. Enjoyable.

Len. Gotta be consistent. This week Jive Attack.

Bruno. Let the good times Roll.

Scores 8.5 - 8.5 - 8.5 25.5/30

*thud*

Here's to the best hostess on the boards.