I thought they all did fairly well. There was no one that made me totally groan at their ineptness. I was impressed with Billy Ray's improvement. I was prepared for a lousy quick-step, but he did a pretty good job.

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Agreed about Billy Ray. I was waiting for the train wreck. Although he could lose the little adlib movements.

And Heather did fairly well too, surprisingly.

I wish Barbie and Ken would go away now.

I know! Barbie and Ken are just terrible!!! The worst part is: she thinks she's hilarious. ummmm

Didja spot Chuck Woolery watching her from the audience? It looks like he showed up to provide a little support. (And it's not as if she's said anything about GSN yet.)

Funny thing about Shandi is that I thought she looked really good in rehearsal so I was surprised when she came out and danced like she had a stick taped to her back. No hip movement what so ever.

Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose. Must See TV

Not since Kelly Monaco has a woman done Latin that well!!

Wow...we've been watching a different show for the last 2 years. Stacy Kiebler danced miles around Kelly Monaco. Monique Coleman also did an awesome job with the Latin dances.

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Ahhhhhh, the women danced the MAMBO, not the tango. And I strenuously second Starry's post. Stacy Keibler put down the greatest mambo DWTS has ever seen, and she was incredible in all the Latin dances. And she is quite white. In fact, Laila kind of reminds me of Stacy. Stacy was dance-trained, unlike Laila, but they are both strong, athletic women who are also very graceful. Laila and Heather both had good mambos. The rest of the women were pretty disappointing. That should have been Shandi's best dance because she can use her sexiness the most during that dance. Well, she looked fantastic, but the sexiness disappeared once she started moving. My momma can shake her hips better than that! Come on, girl!

I don't give a rat's patoot if Shandi can't dance. I still wouldn't kick her out of bed, even for eating crackers.

I agree.....Laila is definitely the best of the woman. And as much as I hate to admit it, (and I really really do), Ms Mills was pretty darn good. Although, the second she went over to the judges and they showed her smug (I showed THEM ALL) face, I wanted to vomit! Anyhow, the rest of the women are not very good at all. From what I'm seeing, I'll be looking for Laila, Apolo and Joey in the final 3!!!

Sounds like a pretty likely final 3 to me. We don't have some of the out-and-out suckitude of previous seasons, but none of the others quite measure up to those 3.

Laila was really a pleasant surprise to me - she is surprisingly graceful and has a good chance of getting to finals. But focus out a bit and look - there are young, professional atheletes in the competition this year. I expect them to do well.

Yes, the white gals need a shot of tequila before they go out on the floor. Shake your moneymakers, girls !!!

Ian- he seems like an A personality type - something he said about having to be perfect and good in everything he does. He will work super hard - one thing, though, did anyone notice that his facial expressions were just a bit too smiley and a tad forced? He is probably super nervous and after a couple of LIVE performances - he will start to meld it all together.

I have noticed in this and in past seasons - that the stars who perform Live in their chosen profession - tend to not get so stage fright in the beginning of the competition. Remember Kelly Monaco? The first few weeks, she was a deer in the headlights.

I keep hearing about Joey Fatone - all the dance background he had - he had just about what Drew Lachey had - a totally different type of dance - but he has that performing in front of a crowd down. He knows how to play to the audience. I am still out on the "JF" and "Fatone" in sequins on his costume. That is a bit much.

One simple thing both the men and women could do and it isn't hard - keep your fingers together. We are taught in ball room dancing to keep the fingers together - not to have all the fingers spread out.

I am excited to see how the vote goes -

Welcome bruma! Great comments.

I noticed the fingers too. We rewatched the first hour of Tuesday last night, and I noticed quite a few of the professionals coaching the dancers during their dance. That must be confusing for our stars as well.

One simple thing both the men and women could do and it isn't hard - keep your fingers together. We are taught in ball room dancing to keep the fingers together - not to have all the fingers spread out.

(adds a welcome to Bruma)
So true. We wondered if it was nerves (holding on for dear life)or if it was instruction that the professionals missed.
Sometimes the focus was too much on the forest and not enough on the trees.

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