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[miliosr]

A must-miss season for me:

01 Belinda Carlisle (pop singer)
02 David Alan Grier (comedian)
03 Jewel (pop singer/girlfriend of contestant # 7)
04 Shawn Johnson (gymnast)
05 Lil' Kim (rapper)
06 Gilles Marini (actor)
07 Ty Murray (rodeo champion/boyfriend of contestant # 3)
08 Nancy O'Dell (Access Hollywood host)
09 Denise Richards (actress/reality TV star/homewrecker)
10 Steve-O (reality TV star)
11 Lawrence Taylor (NFL great)
12 Chuck Wicks (country singer/Julianne Hough's boyfriend)
13 Steve Wozniak (Apple co-founder)

Prediction: Contestants 6, 8 and 13 will likely be the first to go.

This looks like it will be a rerun of Kristi Yamaguchi's season.  Given her fan base, if Shawn Johnson can put one foot in front of the other, she should have this in the bag.

[miliosr]

Against my better judgement, I watched.  Here are the judges' scores for Week 1 (Note: Holly Madison and Melissa from The Bachelor replaced Jewel and Nancy O'Dell, who both dropped out due to injury):

24pts  Gilles Marini/Cheryl Burke
23pts  Shawn Johnson/Mark Ballas
23pts  Melissa ? (from The Bachelor)/Tony Dovalani
21pts  Lil' Kim/Derek Hough
20pts  David Alan Grier/Kym Johnson
20pts  Chuck Wicks/Julianne Hough
18pts  Holly Madison/Dmitry ? (didn't catch his last name)
18pts  Denise Richards/Maksim Chermkovsky
17pts  Belinda Carlisle/Jonathan Roberts
17pts  Steve-O/Lacey Schwimmer
16pts  Lawrence Taylor/Edyta Sliwinska
14pts  Ty Murray/Chelsie Hightower
13pts  Steve Wozniak/Karina Smirnoff

Thoughts:

1)  I said that Shawn Johnson would have this in the bag provided she could put one foot in front of the other . . . and then she tripped coming down the stairs during the opening segment!     Her fan base should carry her through for a good, long while but the arrival of Melissa (jilted contestant on The Bachelor) as a replacement may pose some serious competition.  (She can dance and she is the "wronged woman" from The Bachelor.)

2)  Cheryl Burke looks energized again after several seasons of what looked like winner's hangover.

3)  Lil' Kim making a shout-out to the "Federal Detention Center" certainly was novel for this show.

4)  Denise Richards is every bit as tiresome as I thought she would be.

[mom2]

I have to say Gilles took the night for me.  Most of the others not really worthy of a second look from this viewer.


m2

[sz]

Gilles and Melissa!

[socalgal]

Amen, m2

[balletgirl22sk]

Actually, Melissa was pretty good. You can see she has had ballet training. Plus she is a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader.

[sidwich]

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Actually, Melissa was pretty good. You can see she has had ballet training. Plus she is a Dallas Cowboy cheerleader.

Melissa from the waist up was pretty good.  From the waist down, she was shaky and the connection in hold was really non-existent which caused a number of problems.  Like Holly Madison, the choreography tailed off at the end which I'm sure was due to lack of time to really develop the choreography and practice.

For two days, it was a great effort, but I always get concerned for Tony's students since they rarely ever seem to progress very much.

Cheryl does look much improved.  It looks like she's taken some time to heal some injuries, and return to working on her technique.

[miliosr]

Judges scores from Week 2:

01  27pts  Gilles/Cheryl
02  26pts  Melissa/Tony
03  24pts  Shawn/Mark
04  23pts  Lil' Kim/Derek
05  21pts  Denise/Maks
06  20pts  Ty/Chelsie
06  20pts  Lawrence/Edyta
06  20pts  Chuck/Julianne
09  18pts  Belinda/Jonathan
09  18pts  Holly/Dmitry
11  17pts  David/Kym
11  17pts  Steve/Karina
13  14pts  Steve-O/Lacey


Combined point totals -- Weeks 1 & 2:

01  51pts  Gilles/Cheryl
02  49pts  Melissa/Tony
03  47pts  Shawn/Mark
04  44pts  Lil' Kim/Derek
05  40pts  Chuck/Julianne
06  39pts  Denise/Maks
07  37pts  David/Kym
08  36pts  Holly/Dmitry
08  36pts  Lawrence/Edyta
10  35pts  Belinda/Jonathan
11  34pts  Ty/Chelsie
12  31pts  Steve-O/Lacey
13  30pts  Steve/Karina


Thoughts:

1)  If they are Christians, Cheryl and Tony must be crossing themselves to have God deliver Gilles and Melissa in their laps.  Tony looks the happiest we have seen him since he partnered Stacey in Season 2 and Cheryl has that "go in for the kill" look she gets on her face when she knows she has a potential champion on her hands (like she did with Drew in Season 2 and Emmitt in Season 3.)

2)  Chuck can go tonight thanks to his "dancing is so feminine" remarks but I suspect it will be someone like Belinda or David -- middle-of-the-packers with no discernible fan bases.

[miliosr]

Bottom Two:  Belinda/Jonathan and Steve/Karina with Belinda and Jonathan leaving.

Thoughts:

Belinda was a reasonable elimination given the following:

1)  Slow, clunky dancing,
2)  Looked like she wanted to be elsewhere, and
3)  Suspect fan base (don't know how many hardcore Go-Go's fans there are out there.)

I don't know that I understand the dance-off as utilized.  Theoretically, it should be a means for the judges to save deserving celebrities who may not have large, preexisting fan bases (i.e.  Albert, Paulina and even Sabrina.)  But if the new judges scores only count for 1/2 (w/ the prior viewer votes counting for the other 1/2), then it still really does come down to the viewer vote.

[miliosr]

Judges Scores from Week 3:

01  27pts  Gilles/Cheryl  (samba)
01  27pts  Melissa/Tony  (foxtrot)
01  27pts  Shawn/Mark  (foxtrot)
04  25pts  Lil' Kim/Derek  (samba)
05  24pts  David/Kym  (foxtrot)
06  23pts  Chuck/Julianne  (foxtrot)
06  23pts  Ty/Chelsie  (foxtrot)
08  20pts  Lawrence/Edyta  (samba)
09  17pts  Holly/Dmitry  (samba)
10  16pts  Denise/Maks  (samba)
11  15pts  Steve-O/Lacey  (foxtrot)
12  10pts  Steve/Karina  (samba)

[sz]

>....from Week 3:

Gilles/Cheryl  (samba) -- That was one *hot* samba -- best dance of the night
Melissa/Tony  (foxtrot) -- beautiful, but the choreography was too simple, basic ,
giving them no chance against the very flashy and unusual samba number.

[miliosr]

Bottom Two: Denise/Maks and Holly/Dmitry with Denise and Maks leaving.

Thoughts:

Steve deserved to go (he really was that bad on Monday night) but Denise was the next best option.  She looked like she was on the verge of nervous collapse every time she danced and her dancing was of a poor quality.  Also, unlike Steve, she has a large "anti" fan base (due to her tabloid-worthy divorce from Charlie Sheen, her ill-advised reality TV program on E! and her "homewrecking" antics with Heather Locklear's husband) that would have finished her off soon enough anyway.

[miliosr]

Judges Scores from Week 4:

01  30pts  Gilles/Cheryl (Argentine Tango)
02  29pts  Melissa/Tony (Lindy Hop)
03  27pts  Lil' Kim/Derek (Argentine Tango)
04  25pts  Shawn/Mark (Lindy Hop)
04  25pts  Ty/Chelsie (Lindy Hop)
06  22pts  David/Kym (Lindy Hop)
06  22pts  Chuck/Julianne (Lindy Hop)
08  19pts  Lawrence/Edyta (Argentine Tango)
09  16pts  Holly/Dmitry (Argentine Tango)
10  15pts  Steve-O/Lacey (Lindy Hop)
11  12pts  Steve/Karina (Argentine Tango)

Thoughts:

Gilles and Cheryl's Argentine Tango killed (and it was danced to the tango from Mr. and Mrs. Smith!)

Agreed w/ the judges about Shawn and Mark's Lindy Hop.  Too many tricks and at times it looked more like a cheerleading routine than a Lindy Hop.  I know what Carrie Ann was trying to say when she said Shawn's dancing was "heavy" but I wish she had used a word other than "heavy".

Double elimination tomorrow night!

[carbro]

miliosr, on Feb 9 2009, 02:06 PM, said:

A must-miss season for me ...

miliosr, on Mar 30 2009, 10:07 PM, said:

Gilles and Cheryl's Argentine Tango killed (and it was danced to the tango from Mr. and Mrs. Smith!)

Amazing how an unknown quantity (or two, the other being Melissa and Tony) can elevate a season well above "must-miss".

[cubanmiamiboy]

miliosr, on Mar 10 2009, 10:30 AM, said:

3)  Lil' Kim making a shout-out to the "Federal Detention Center" certainly was novel for this show.

He,he...I love ex-convict Kim... You go girl!!