Dancing, week 2

Week two.

Rick and Cheryl – Rick is actually a very funny guy.  At first when the move where his leg went over her head and then she took hold of his leg, I thought they were making a mistake, but actually it was a really cool move.  I am surprised at how well Rick could Jive.  That “tall, heavy guy” did a great job.  He’s almost like the perfect partner for Cheryl because he’s so serious about doing it right and he’s determined and serious.  Cheryl and him seem to be doing great.  There isn’t the chemistry that she had last season with Chad Ochocinco, but this seems to be a better dancing pair.

Florence and Corky – Florence says she doesn’t want to be the comic relief but then within 10 seconds of their dance they are already pulling some silly foot stomp thing.  Corky is a comedic dancer anyway, I don’t really think they’ll get away from that.  Florence did pretty good for the most part but I did she a part where instead of doing actual steps she was just hopping in place.  She is 76 years old and I could only hope that at her age I could dance even that well, plastic surgery can’t make her keep up with a professional dancer and compete with 20 year olds. 

Brandy and Maks – I’m surprised that she had a solo with the Jive this early on in the competition.  She seemed very confident but the dance was a little slow.  I don’t think her and Maks get along very well. 

Michael and Chelsea – Michael’s face is so dull during the dance.  He looks like he’s concentrating too hard and again very stiff this week.  He seems like he’s in good shape so I don’t know why he can’t move very fast, but he just seems like he’s not even trying to keep up the pace.  Bruno said it was the worst Jive in 11 years.  Harsh. 

Audrina and Tony – I think Audrina did a great job at keeping up the pace.  They seemed to get to close to the audience a couple times and I though she was going to kick one of the lights at one point but I didn’t even notice her posture getting bad, which Carrie Ann said was a problem.   I don’t know why tony said he would wax his legs if they didn’t get 3 “8”s and they got a 2 “8”s and a “7” so I guess now he is going to wax his legs.  Next week he’ll be in a skirt. 

Jennifer and Derek – Jennifer is in great shape and dances so well, then the very last part of the dance looked like she was going to fall over, just didn’t have the bounce that she had at the beginning.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone take their judges critique lying on the floor.  I guess the judges didn’t she thinks he got slow at the end.   I think the audience was booing because they deserved at least one “9”. 

Margret and Louis – Margret has surprisingly great legs.  I liked this dance for her.  Even though she did have a little misstep in the middle and she seemed not very light on her feet for this dance at times, but really it was good. 

Kyle and Lacey – I’m suddenly hungry for a burger.  I thought their dance was very fitting for his personality and possibly even my favorite quickstep of the night.  I thought he did great at keeping up the pace, he may be a big guy but he moved great.  It was entertaining enough for me that I didn’t notice the technical problems. 

Kurt and Anna – I really liked that dance.  There was one slide thing that Anna did that I kind of thought Carrie Ann would claim was a lift, but she didn’t and it all worked.  Kurt is quickly turning into my favorite star of this season. 

Mike and Karina – The situation is bad! He looks so awkward in rehearsals, he doesn’t have a clue.  His performance was a little better but he still looks really uncomfortable.  Karina is guilty of leading and lifting.  If Carrie Ann doesn’t say something about those lifts I’ll be forced to think she is a pod person.  Maybe felt like there was enough other things to critique them on without having to bring up the lifts, like how he’s pigeon toed. 

Bristol and Mark – Bristol is such a cutie, but she just doesn’t have a great personality for performing.  She’s got a great smile, just like her mom but she’s just missing something.

The results
Rin Tin Tin would have done better than Michael Bolton on the show.  I'm starting to wonder if Bruno has something against Michael Bolton.  Has Michael Bolton said something against gays or something.  I think Len is a big fan, maybe that's why Bruno is so against him.  I think Bruno might just be trying to bug Len.
I liked that they chose Kyle and Lacey for the encore dance and I loved it just the same but I did notice that Kyle's posture isn't very good.  Not sure if that was just tonight or if it was the same during the competition.
The guest, Janelle Monet, was very strange.  Not one of my favorites for sure.  A great voice wasted on a weird style of music.  Although I'm sure there is a large number of people who do like it.
Why am I not surprised that the funny old lady wants to make out with Len.
How does the press confuse a typical "booing" from the audience over scores and them "booing" over Sarah Palin.  Sometimes I'm just shocked at how stupid things get twisted.  It didn't even cross my mind that they were booing for any other reason and I'm sure that anyone who was watching the show felt the same way, but for all those people who weren't watching the show, there is probably a large number of people who actually believe that garbage.
If Jennifer Grey doesn't win this show, I'll wax my legs.  Oh wait, I guess that's not a big deal.
Of all the celeb rituals that they talked about I was most surprised about Louis need for chocolate cake before the show.
Kind of a strange thing to think of but while I was watching the Macy's stars of dance performance, I was watching the lady in the red dancing and wondering, did her mom put her in dance when she was 3 years old.  How many people told her she couldn't do it.  What did it take in her life to get her to the point where she was the star dancer for a guest performance on DWTS.  All of those people have back grounds, they all have stories.
A lot of people would be mad at me for saying this but I am not a fan of Seal.  I liked him way back in the Kiss by a Rose days but now his voice kind of irritates me.  Is his drummer drumming in his underwear?? Everyone is wearing black pants except him, kind of strange.
For some reason the interview room where each of the couples say there little piece reminds me of the confessional on Real World.
Well for Michael to be going home really isn't a surprise to me.  At first when it was between him or The Situation I thought it could really be either of them but really Michael is so hard to watch, he has no personality while dancing and is kind of hard to watch.  The situation at least looks like he is having a good time, like he wants to be there.  

Season 11, week 1.

I’m really excited to see Corky Ballas back!  I really keep hoping that they will put actual big time stars on the show again, but there is a few that have been pretty big in their day.  Brandy was once a very popular singer.  David Hasselhoff and Michael Bolton were big icons 20 years ago.  Jennifer Grey stared in possibly the best movie of all time.  Florence Henderson was the most popular mom on the block. quite a few of the younger DWTS fans probably know who Kyle Massey is.  Not just one but 2 guys for the sports fans out there.  We didn't get a politician but we got a politician's daughter.  A couple of stupid reality show stars that I could have done without.  And then there's MCho.  Seems like a great variety.  

Aurdrina Patridge – Not her biggest fan so far.  It’s not that her dancing isn’t great; she seems like she’ll do really well in the competition, I just don’t really like her personality.  I was surprised that they started the dance out with a solo.  They don’t usually do that till later in the competition.   She definitely seems to have the confidence.   It’s good to hear that she’s putting her partying on the back burner while participating in DWTS….

Kurt Warner – I was actually very surprised at how well this guy did.  I don’t follow football much and I had never heard of him.  At first when they were showing the rehearsals I was thinking “how long ago was this guy a football player?” but then he really surprised me at how well he danced.  This is only the first week and he did awesome.  Len of course was hard on him, but hey, it’s only week one and if he’s already doing this good, I’m betting he’ll make it pretty far in the competition.  I hope he doesn’t end up being one of those people whose best dance is the first week and then they can never get any better though. 

Kyle Massey – I do not like Lacey as a blonde.  I thought it was funny that she asked him if he was staring at her boobs in rehearsals, when she was wearing a very low cut shirt, bouncing in front of a teenage boy, go figure.  As far as his dance goes, I thought he really did well.  He moved pretty fast and his steps seemed to be great. 

Rick Fox – This pair doesn’t seem possible.  I only give this pair a couple weeks before Cheryl is yelling at him to get shorter.  Rick is so tall and it didn’t seem to be a problem during this dance but I just can’t see it continuing to not be a problem. 

Margaret Cho – She’s self conscious about looking fat on the dance floor and they were so kind to put her in a super tight costume that allowed her midsection to poke out like a lovely spare tire.  I am not sure if they intended for it to be a comedy skit but the moment the cape got wrapped around her face and didn’t come down when it was supposed to, oh wait – they planned that.  Dumb move.  I thought she was doing alright before that and I don’t like when the comedian adds comedy to a dance where it’s not appropriate.  Maybe if it was a jive or something that is different, but not on a dance where she’s supposed to look elegant… it just didn’t work.  I do agree with her that the cape thing is just silly, it no doubt makes you want to do something silly, but somehow others manage to just not.

Brandy – I don’t have anything bad to say about her dance. I thought it was great and I do expect her to make it pretty far.  She was so pretty too, and she looked classy.  I like this pair a lot. 

Bristol Palin – She’s surprisingly shy.  That girl has one facial expression, big grin.  Her performance was more of what I expect in the first week.  It was ok, and she has work to do, but that’s how it should be in week one.  I hope she makes it at least a few weeks and I hope she gets better. 

Florence Henderson – There’s another fun old lady to make us laugh.  The big difference between her and Clorris is that Florence actually wants to dance.  It seems like she is trying to get the steps and wants to dance the best she can.  I love that she’s been paired with Corky; I think he’s pretty much the only one who can make these silly old ladies look good. 

Michael Bolton – After seeing his terrible posture during rehearsals I thought he was doomed but he did have better posture during the show.  So far he’s not a great dancer but he could definitely get better.

Mike (The situation) Sorrentino – Seems like this experience is a humbling one for him.  I do not like his attitude at all.  I think maybe he could have been better if he would have had a few more days like everyone else.  So far I wouldn’t be surprised if he is the one to go this week. 

Jennifer Grey – I’m not at all surprised at how well she did.  This is really the only one on the show who actually has ballroom experience.  Maybe it was just for a movie, but still you know she had to train and that she really did have to learn all the steps and work at it.  I am really excited to see how she does next week and with other styles of dance too. 

David Hasselhoff – I think he was channeling Ozzy Osbourne during rehearsals.  There were a lot of parts where he was really off and him and Kym were not in sync, but he did alright for week one.  Len: “it’s never too early to panic”.  Ahhaha.  About Kym…. She was looking a lot like Pam Anderson this week, what’s up with that?  Something that makes me laugh about David Hasselhoff is that he still thinks he’s the same hottie as he was when he was younger, which makes him a little unattractive to me.  At least he recognizes that his body is old.

The results

I hadn’t realized how tiny Corky Ballas was until he was dancing next to Tony and Maks.  I loved that opening dance that the pros did to Santana.

Adam Corolla is not my kind of comedy but a couple of the jokes in his little skit were pretty funny.  Like how the Waltz is from the 16^th century and then he shows a picture of Len with a wig. 

I didn’t recognize the 2 couples that danced while Daughtry was singing, I must have missed them being announced, but they did great. 

India Arie has such a beautiful voice and her combined with Santana was just amazing.  Santana’s music is made to Rumba to, Karina and Louis were beautiful dancing together.  Daughtry and Santana sounded good but I don’t think they should use cameras in the direction that just picks up the light on the stage.  Then I can’t get full quality on my computer so it’s all pixilated and can’t keep up with how quickly things are moving so I pretty much have no idea who was dancing.  That sucked.    

I think it’s pretty funny that Jennifer Grey called Cho “divine”, Jennifer, no, you are divine!  Florence would ask if she can touch the situation.  Not surprised at all.  I think it’s pretty funny that they play football and chit chat and stuff.  A lot of times we just see the show and don’t really think about how they hang out with each other during the week and get to know each other. 

I am shocked at how hard the pros take being eliminated.  I had no idea they were so nervous.  They play it off well.  It’s not like they can help it.  Some of them are paired with terrible stars, that couldn’t dance to save their life and some of them get Nicole Scherzinger. 

While the bottom two are on stage I was thinking it’s has got to be Kyle going home, just based on popularity.  But I was wrong.  I guess all those Disney fans were on the phones last night.  I’m not as sad to see David Hasselhoff go as that Kym won’t be in the competition anymore.  I think she’s so sweet and I just love her accent.  Did all you, readers, know that she is also on Dancing With The Stars in Australia?  She sure is.  She’s pretty fantastic.