Dancing With The Stars Week 10: The Finale!!

Posted By: Bridget On: May 20, 2008 Comments: ( 1 )

By: Bridget

It seems like just yesterday I was enjoying watching Adam Carolla and Steve Guttenberg and now here we are at the end of the line. Our stars, Kristi Yamaguchi, Jason Taylor, and Cristian de la Fuente are fighting for the mirror ball. I predict Kristi Yamaguchi will win.

I love the idea of this Cha Cha Cha face off. Cristian de la Fuente opens. He and Cheryl Burke look amazing in magenta and the danced is sassy and up beat. Again Cristian is not favoring his pseudo injured arm at all. Moving on to Jason Taylor & Edyta Sliwinska, not nearly as sexy as their predecessors. I don’t especially like the choreography and Jason is a little out of sorts in the beginning. He looks uncomfortable and even sloppy at some points. They messed up a turn at the end. Kristi Yamaguchi starts out their round by planting a big kiss on Bruno’s lips!!! She and Mark Ballas are amazing, the best and most complex choreography so far. Also, they are moving the fastest and having the most fun. They end with all six and Kristi in a big lift, it looked fabulous!! When the three stars were dancing side by side you could clearly see how much better Kristi was than the boys.

Len loved the whole thing saying Cristian had all the gear in the rear!! He said Jason was ok, but Latin was not really his thing and that Kristi was the complete package. Bruno in his sparkley suit with Kristi’s lipstick on his nose said he could see Cristian de la Fuente’s improvement, Jason Taylor had some issues and Kristi Yamaguchi was in a class all her own. Carrie got serious calling Cristian fantastic but that his posture was clipped. She said Jason was not so great and had awkward arms and that it was ladies night, Kristi win it hands down!! I agree, Kristi was by far the best.

After milking the sympathy vote for his injury again, Cristian de la Fuente and Cheryl Burke got two 9’s and an 8 from Carrie for a total of 26. Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska get three 8’s for a 24, not good for a finale dance. Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas get three 10’s for a perfect score of 30!!!

I missed the opening of the show, which I assume was just recap nation-but let me say now that Samantha Harris’ dress is gold, very gold and looks to be made out of some weird fabric that will crack if she bends too much…yuck.

I am very excited about the freestyle round. Lots of lifts and fun stuff always, this is the best part of the competition. My new second favorite is the face off, they should definitely bring that back each season. They bring in Julianne Hough to help Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas rehearse, they look great.

Kristi and Mark are up first do the freestyle round. They begin in Pajamas and do a sassy quick change into sparkley outfits and cool Converse dance shoes. Lots of lifts, Mark is just tossing her all around the stage. The dance is really hip hoppy, which may bother Len. It is good, crisp and fun to watch but does seem kind of frantic which gets them all the time. Bruno loved it he said they did not miss a beat and that it was very complex. Carrie said she was a big crowd pleaser and she loved it. Len starts out by saying she is not a lover of hip hop, but loved this and it held his interest from beginning to end and that he, “absolutely loved it.” They get a perfect score of 30 again!! Is this a first for a finale, a perfect 60??? I think it is a record, as Kristi and Carrie said GIRL POWER!!!

Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska are up next. I assume after that so-so Cha Cha Cha he is feeling nervous. They show him drop Edyta a couple of times in rehearsal. They bring his super cute kids into rehearsal, fun times. Eydta is wearing a beach hat and Jason is bouncing a giant beach ball for the dance. He first dumps the ball and then strips Edyta’s dress off to reveal a bikini. The music is an homage to Miami-no doubt a ploy for votes from his Dolphins fans. This is really all hip hop, some cute lifts but not much chemistry. I think they are going to get slammed for it being too much hip hop. In the end Eydta yanked off Jason’s shirt, gotta love that! That was not food enough to win, but everyone is on their feet for the nakedness. Carrie called it fantastic and loved the lifts. Len also liked the lift and said he could see them in South Beach, Jason in his speedo and Len in his thong…hahaha. Bruno was nice also saying it was like a centerfold. No way they got any 10’s for that. Samantha asks a long winded question, then cuts of Jason’s answer. They got three 9’s for a 27. More questions and cut off answers.

Cristian de la Fuente and Cheryl Burke are bringing up the rear in the freestyle round. More rehearsal shots and playing up the so called sore arm. They even have melodramatic music when he hurts his arm in practice, I kind of think he is a douchebag. They are all decked out in chartreuse and are working the Latin music and moves. So far, this dance looks the most like ballroom, which is really nice. Yeah, I like it and the lifts are exciting because I think he could drop her at any moment. However, this was not truly much of a freestyle but more of a glorified Latin montage. I liked it better than Jason’s dance. Len said he did not think some of the lifts were up to par with the other dancers. Bruno said for one arm he did “bloody well.” Carrie said that she did not compare to Kristi, that it was not what they were maybe looking for for a winner. They get two 9’s and an 8 from Len (yikes) for a total of 26. Cheryl said she was very happy, but her body language said otherwise.

Easily, Kristi Yamaguchi was the winner tonight. Let’s pull in the votes for the first female winner in five years!!!!!!!!!