Dancing With The Stars Week 1 Part II

Posted By: Bridget On: March 19, 2008 Comments: ( 0 )

By: Bridget

We get to see the ladies tonight, let’s see if Kristi Yamaguchi can out dance Jason Taylor and Mario from last night. I am still reeling from all of the fine males, including Mr. Steve Guttenberg, woo hoo!! Samantha Harris is wearing a lovely gray/blue dress, but her hair is in a funky weird bun lopped onto the back of her head, not the best look. I am a little disturbed that Monica Seles is wearing light pink, she looks uncomfortable, she is not the most feminine chick in the world so why would they put her in pink. Recap nation, Cheryl smooches Cristian who looks hot, I would smooch him too. Penn Jillette tries hard to be funny, this will get tiresome. Adam Carolla actually is funny, saying he will watch it on Tivo and give himself a 12. The judges chatter a little bit about the men, Len admits that he is grumpy tonight, uh oh bad news for the women. Samantha starts yammering on about something, I think she made a mistake in her ad libbing and there were a few moments of uncomfortable silence.

Shannon Elizabeth is kicking of the show tonight with Derek Hough who claims that last season he was a boy and now he is a man. I bet she is going to be very good, she says she is a tom boy which translates into athletic. There are way to many commercials here, it is 9:15 and no one has danced yet!! Ok, here we go. Shannon Elizabeth starts out a little rough, like she got confused about the start or something. It picked up some, but she actually does not have much rhythm, poor girl she looks kind of foolish. I guess it is ok, not even close to great, however she is very beautiful so she’ll get some votes for that no doubt. Len thinks it is a great start but that her legs were not exactly right, he also said he wanted her to keep the skirt short, wow Len! Same leg stuff with Bruno who called her a sexy manx or something. Carrie told her to work on her flexibility. Ooh, Helio in the house!!! Backstage Shannon said she messed up a ton, three 7’s for a total of 21, a little high if you asked me.

Monica Seles is second, they show her playing tennis in a dancing costume which is kind of weird. Her partner is Jonathan Roberts and they are doing the foxtrot, she seems to have no dancing skills at all and Jonathan looks rather nervous. I like that she calls herself idiot, I do that to when I am annoyed…with myself. The dance opens with Monica Seles sitting on the edge of the stage working hard to look feminine. I love this song they are dancing too, whatever it is called. Her shoulders are back so far that her face is pointed to the ceiling so all you can see is her chin, that can’t be good. I don’t think this is all bad though, she seems to have caught on to the dancing a little bit and the ending with him giving her the flower was cute. Ms. Seles looks like she is going to cry while she stands in front of the judges. Bruno said she went from Grace Kelly to Grace Adler and that she needs to work on her strengthening her core, Len agrees. Carrie liked how delicate she made it, I agree it was surprising coming from her. Ooh the Jonas Brothers will be on next week, my children will be so very excited. Monica is very sweet and grateful, she’ll be around for a while. She got three 5’s which is ridiculous, are you really telling me that Penn Jillette was better than her? I think not.

Marissa Jaret Winokur is next. I can already tell that her giddiness is going to annoy me, I’ll try to be fair. I think Marissa is a chubby female version of Christian, the winner of this season of Project Runway. Ms. Winokur is partnered with Tony Dovolani, she is a far cry from Jane Seymour for him! Marissa is a typical theatre dancer, everything is big and crazy which does not work for ballroom, yikes. They are doing the Cha Cha Cha and it starts out pretty cute and even a little hip hoppy. Marriss Jaret Winokur is having a blast, all smiles like she is loving every second of the dance-even the parts that are a little off. I really am enjoying watching them, she is like, giggling through the whole thing it is so cute!! The audience is on its’ feet. Carrie loves her style and energy but did not think there was enough content for the dance. Bruno does a quick impression that is hilarious, but agrees that it was missing the dance. Len complained about the hip hop and the lack of content and berated Tony for it, ouch. Three 6’s that Marisa actually jumped up and down over, yep her giddiness is wearing on me.

Tom Bergeron interviews the guys, Steve Guttenberg and Mario say the gals are great. Adam Carolla claims that Steve said it sucked off camera, I think I love him. Half shot of Helio in the corner.

Priscilla Presley is up next, the wife of the King, I hope she can make us proud. Louis Van Amstel is her partner, he says he is intimidated by her. I think I might be intimidated by how crazy her face looks from all the botox and facelifts…she is in danger of looking like the scary plastic surgery lady in the Enquirer. I give her props for telling Louis not to treat her delicately…we’ll see how it goes. They are doing the Foxtrot. I think it is going pretty well. Priscilla is naturally graceful and Louis has done some very nice choreography that works with her abilities. They do little spin that gets out of control for a spit second and the death spiral seemed a little too short but overall it was good. Standing ovation and lots of cheers from the crowd! Len said it was beautiful and proper, Bruno said Priscilla has star quality, and Carrie called her the queen of the dance floor. Way to go Mrs. Presley-who’s daughter Lisa Marie is watching from the audience, nice. I think Priscilla Presley and Samantha Harris went to the same school of public speaking…lots of studdering and jumbling. 24 points, yowsers, as it turns out Mrs. Presley is the dark horse.

Up next is Kristi Yamaguchi, I am ready for some great dancing from her. It is great to see Mark Ballas back after his too early exit last season. I guess Kristi has to work on feet action because she is not used to heels, sometimes I think they make up stuff for the celebs to have to work on, because minutes into this she looks great. They do the Foxtrot and it starts of with a dramatic dip, her posture is perfect. Kristi and Mark have chemistry and they look amazing together, she is teeny tiney. They are in perfect sync. No doubt about it Kristi is going to be the one to beat among the females this year. All the judges are amazed, even using words like perfection, Len even said she melted his heart. I bet she is going to get at least one 9 maybe even two. WOW THREE 9′S!!! I think this is a first for a premiere show, I would love it if a woman won this year and we might have our girl!

Tom Bergeron is hilarious, I love him.

They saved Marlee Matlin for the end, because everyone is watching for this and we all know it. The newest pro is Fabian Sanchez, let’s just say dirty together once right now and get it over with…tee hee I know we all feel better. Marlee asked to feel Fabian’s bum and he allowed it. Marlee Matlin made a funny deaf joke about sleeping great, very funny. Marlee and Fabian are doing the Cha Cha Cha, I am very excited about this and the number of commercials in this show makes me want to throw something at the television! I hope she is good. Marlee Matlin is doing great, I’m getting a little weepy watching this and just thinking that all the joy on her face is coming without the help of hearing the song, this is amazing. Wow, wow, wow, that was a moment in television history, I think her interpretor is crying. Standing O, of course. Carrie clarifies that they will be judging her fairly and that she moved very well. Len said it was great but to watch her arms. Bruno said he counted all the way through and that she hardly missed a beat, incredible. Two 7’s and a much deserved 8 from Bruno.

So my pick for the best dancer was easily Kristi Yamaguchi, but my favorite was Marlee Matlin, followed closely by Priscilla Presley. I think I might cry every time Marlee dances and if Priscilla dances to any Elvis my beloved might be brought to tears, what a mess!!

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