This was the first week of Dancing with the Stars that I have been upset with America's choice on who went home. Does anyone think Billy Ray Cyrus should still be there? Or is this a Vote for the Worst kinda thing? Maybe he's got the Tween vote since he's on the Disney show Hannah Montana? Who the heck knows.
TV Guide went behind the scenes this week and found out some good dish on Carrie Ann Inaba's notes from the judging. Here are some excerpts of the choice pieces:
Laila Ali: "I‘m so happy that Laila showed us the beef!" says Inaba. "She finally let loose. I knew she had it in her. And it wasn't in the way I thought she would do it. I thought it would be this very powerful and dramatic thing. But it was very light and elegant and graceful."
Apolo Anton Ohno: "Apolo had a rough night tonight," says Inaba. "I think Len was a little hard on him for the first round [the fox trot]. But Len is the ballroom expert, so maybe he saw things that Bruno and I didn't. But I think that critique rattled Apolo a little bit. Tonight, he had a bit of the Ian syndrome, in that he was in his head. And then he was off rhythm, he was dancing ahead of the beat, and he and Julianne weren't connecting. They were out of sorts with each other."
Joey Fatone: "Joey decided he was going to leave Apolo and Laila in the dust. He finally realized we're getting close to the end and now he's giving 100 percent. It's amazing he's done so well up until now. I feel like he's only been giving 85 percent."
Ian Ziering: "Ian finally came out of his shell," says Inaba. "Authenticity reads so well on this show. When Ian's not comfortable, it shows. Tonight he decided, ‘You know what? I have nothing to lose.' He had a few missteps. But we're going to see a lot of growth in him. And he saw how the people reacted, so I think it's going to be a little addictive for him."
I pretty much agree with Carrie Ann, but I didn't think Apolo did that bad this week! Poor Julianne had the front of her dress fall off on national television, leaving only a sheer layer with her white bra showing through. Give them a break!
Sadly, my favorite thing about the the episodes was looking at who was in the crowd. There was a little 90210 reunion, with Tori Spelling, Jason Priestley and Jennie Garth. Mario Lopez, who is still dating Karina Smirnoff, and his mom were there to cheer her on. Shandi and Brian were there, too. When do you think Justin Timberlake will show up to cheer on Joey? Can't he get his priorities straight and put his tour on hold to be there?!
Here's some video from this week's episode.
John Ratzenburger and Edyta Sliwinksa do the foxtrot:
And the rumba:
Billy Ray Cyrus and Karina Smirnoff do the waltz:
And the samba:
Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson do the foxtrot:
And (my favorite of the night), they did the jive:
Ian Ziering and Cheryl Burke to the tango:
And the mambo:
Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough perform the foxtrot:
And the mambo:
Laila Ali and Maksim Chmerkovskiy perform the quickstep:
And the samba:
The professionals dance while Meatloaf performs Bat out of Hell:
Junior Champions perform:
Summer vacation! Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and their families join up for some surf time in Hawaii, while Tom, Katie and Suri Cruise hit Europe to see the sights – and best pals Posh and Becks
This was the first week of Dancing with the Stars that I have been upset with America's choice on who went home. Does anyone think Billy Ray Cyrus should still be there? Or is this a Vote for the Worst kinda thing? Maybe he's got the Tween vote since he's on the Disney show Hannah Montana? Who the heck knows.
I'm a bit surprised by this one. I don't think she's terrible, and she looks like she's having so much fun doing it. I would have pegged John Ratzenberger or Billy Ray Cyrus to go before her, but I'm betting they have larger fan bases, and that's what did her in.
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