Dancing With The Stars Week 2

Posted By: Bridget On: March 25, 2008 Comments: ( 0 )

By: Bridget




Get buckled in for a long night of ballroom! Let’s see who took last weeks highs (Krisiti Yamaguchi & Mario) and lows (Penn Jillette & Monica Seles) and turned up the volume. Let’s also see how many minutes it takes them to actually get down to the dancing!! Welcome Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris with the twins…on to the dancers. Cristian de la Fuente looks incredibly hot. Marisa Jaret Winokur looks like a hot pink disaster and Priscilla Presley brings out her inner animal in leopard print!! The gang will do the Mambo & the Quickstep tonight, I love the Quickstep. Ooh and Steve Guttenberg is going to kick it off, yay.

Steve and Anna Trebunskaya are going to do the Mambo. Anna brings in her mother who looks really fabulous, she could be Anna’s sister! Steve is his happy go lucky self, love him!! I hope he can do it as well as last week. They start off super cute, so happy! I love the costumes, Anna looks like a rainbow pop, in a good way. You can totally see Steve’s theatrical background in this, he is completely at home on stage, much more so than his competitors. Loved it, so cute and joyous, I just can’t get enough of it. Len compared it to his cooking he tries hard but he said it did not work for him. Bruno complained that his body, footwork, timing, and posture was bad, poor Steve! Carrie said his musicality was off but they looked cute. Steve said to the judges that he thanks them and he respects them, what a gentleman. Tom referred to Rachel Ray, whom I hate because she calls my boyfriend Helio, “Heeelio.” Big scores, a 6 from Carrie, and two 5’s from Len & Bruno for 16, my poor Steve. I loved it & I give him a 30.

Next up is Cristian de la Fuente and Cheryl Burke doing the Quickstep. Are we doing all the men first then all the ladies? Interesting. Cheryl gets onto Cristian about his posture, she said in the military they need to have good posture so she puts him in Navy uniform…whatever. They start out cute and look fabulous in black and red costumes. Cristian’s posture is better this week and they seem to be on beat, but the whole thing is a little bit frantic for my tastes. Carrie says the footwork needs to be sharpened. Len agreed with me that it had a little bit of wildness and lacked control. Bruno liked that it was fast, but said they needed to watch their footwork. The judges like Cristian, hot guys are good for ratings. Two 7’s and a 6 from Len for a total of 20, deserved I think.

Next up is Monica Seles and Jonathan Roberts, they show Monica crying after last weeks performance. This week they are doing the Mambo, Jonathan is working hard to make Monica look sexy, that is a very hard task! She looks like a sporty Celine Dion. Monica is all dressed in gold with a sexy haircut. They open with her strutting and attempting to be sexy, I’m sorry but it really does not work at all. Poor Monica is just so awkward and has no rhythm at all and she points her toes in when she dances. Yikes, she looks near tears in front of the judges. Bruno says she does not connect with the music and gets off the beat of the music. Carrie loved that she attacked it, but lacks form and technique. Len tries to be nice, but has technical problems. She dances like your drunken great aunt at your wedding & flirts that way too!! Three 5’s from the judges for a total of 15, no big shocker there. Samantha drags out the awkwardness of the low scores by interviewing poor Monica Seles, she attempts to be sunny.

Coming in fourth is my current least favorite dancer Penn Jillette with Kym Johnson doing the Quickstep. Kym puts Penn in a posture bar, Penn breaks a rail at the dance hall-that was actually funny. Magic man Jillette, cuts Kym in half, I hate magic. They start out with some Penn magic and acting instead of dancing. Kym looks beautiful. They do some Quickstepping around the stage that is clunky but not horrible, Penn’s posture is better but he is just so darn tall that it does not look right. Len says he thought he maintained his hold but that his feet are terrible. Bruno said the footwork was “really, really, really bad.” Carrie said she enjoyed watching it. Penn kept trying hard to be funny and then actually fell walking up the stairs which was actually funny!!Two 6’s and a 5 from Bruno. Kym is happy, Penn is annoying.

Next is the queen herself, Priscilla Presley and Louis Van Amstel doing the Mambo. They show her working hard at practice, tough old cougar that she is. This music is kind of horrible, boring. The dance is cute, they are moving kind of slow but everything looks precise enough. I think Priscilla lost her footing somewhere in there. They do a cool move where she spins to the floor at the end. However, then Ms. Presley crawled toward the camera, it made me feel icky inside. Carrie liked her saucyness. Len & Bruno said it was a little too precise and needed a little grrr…Carrie said that she liked that they did not overdo it, crawling on the floor like a tiger is overdoing it!! Stuttering interview with Samantha. Three 7’s for a 21, not bad for the old gal.

Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough are up next, Derek is wearing a silly hat. They are doing the quickstep, which apparently a challenge for Shannon who claims she has no stamina. She is wearing a pretty silver gray dress and Derek is in classic tails, the look great together. This is much better than last weeks performance. Shannon is picking up the dancers style and grace that she lacked in her first performance. The choreography is adorable, they even flirt with the judges table a little bit, very nice. Bruno loved it. Carrie loved it. Len also thought it was great and called it the best dance so far tonight. I agree, but that is not really saying much. Straight 8’s from the judges for a 24.

The next star is Jason Taylor with his partner Edyta Sliwinska doing the Mambo. Since Jason has proven that he has some skills Edyta is giving him difficult choreography that she wants to be sexy and hot. I think she has ulterior motives…I know I would! High hopes for this dance and already I can tell Jason will not disappoint. He is graceful and on point in every step, his hip action is amazing. It was hot, not as hot as I expected but hot nonetheless. Jason Taylor is all smiles, we may have our winner here. Len agrees with me and calls him a winner rather than a sinner. Bruno calls him a star and Carrie says she has a shot at being the winner too. I smell a perfect score coming. Nope, three 9’s for a total of 27. It won’t be long for that perfect 30, I’m sure.

Marissa Jaret Winokur and Tony Dovolani are up next. They cut to her sobbing over how poorly she did last week. Tony tries to reassure her, the whole thing is contrived and silly. They are going to do the Quickstep, I bet it will be awful. She looks like a Pepto Bismol explosion. I’m not sure she is getting the footwork right, it looks more like she is just trying hard to keep up. It’s ok though, better than last week anyway. I don’t think it could have gotten worse than last week! Carrie says she is disappointed because their synchronization was off. Len said it was lovely and bubbly and an improvement from last week. Bruno agreed that she lost the footwork a few times. Marissa is all smiles now. Jimmy Kimmel in the house, long time no see Jimmy! The scores are straight 7’s and Marissa screams with delight. She’s so horribly giddy, it makes me want to vomit.

Adam Carolla and Julianne Hough are up next. I know his dancing probably won’t improve but I am looking forward to his humor. They are doing the Mambo, Adam says he is a 75%’r who is giving Julianne 90%, tee hee. Adam has no business dancing, make no mistake about it. However, this mambo is kind of decent for him. He got off the beat a little in the beginning but brought it back and the rest of the dance was very fun. Julianne wound up on the lap of Jimmy Kimmel. Bruno said Adam recreated the Mambo in a way he had not seen it before and did not want to see it again. Carrie said it was entertaining although it was not a Mambo. Len called it brilliant, then he went on to say that he was not looking for technique and rhythm, but it was entertaining. Two 6’s and a wild card 7 from Len, who must be doing shots under the judges table, for a total of 19. I hope he sticks around for a while, he is very funny.

Marlee Matlin and Fabian Sanchez are up next. They give us an example of what Marlee can hear, I don’t know how she does it. They are doing the Quickstep and she starts of looking beautiful in turquoise. Marlee’s footwork is stunning, perfectly in sync with Fabian’s. This was an amazing performance by any standard forget about adding in the deaf factor. Another standing ovation. Len said he was impressed with the musicality although he did not like some of the non-traditional steps. Bruno said it was a little Mambo-ish but that Marlee is a real contender. Carrie said she also loved the musicality but she needs to work on her hold a little bit. Oh joy, Cameron Mathison will be on tomorrow, puke. Funny moment in the backstage interview as Samantha puts the mic to Marlee for an answer and she shoves it over to her interpreter!! Three 8’s for a 24, well deserved & it probably would have been better if the choreography had not been “mamboish.”

Ringer Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas are up next. They are going to do the Mambo which Mark claims will be harder for Kristi who feigns girlish embarrassment over acting sexy. Kristi has certainly overcome her shyness, because this dance was pretty hot! I don’t think it was quite as great as last week but it was very good and precise. Cheetah Girl Sabrina Bryan cheering on Mark in the audience. All the judges love it and said it was perfect in every way, if that is so than maybe she will get that first prized 30 tonight. Three 9’s this time for another 27.

Mario and Karina Smirnoff are up next, trying to top last weeks hot performance. They will do the Quickstep, they go to the beach to practice, which is just an excuse to show some skin and make them look even more like a couple. I am not digging Mario’s costume of tails with the sleeves cut off and an ascot. They start out with Karina leaping into Mario’s arms and continue on to an amazing Quickstep. They are moving fast, but not at all frantic and he is keeping up with her fabulously. No shot of Mario Lopez cheering them on, I bet he can’t stand how hot they look! Bruno said he thought Mario could be a winner, Len critiqued his hold. Carrie called him charming and hot. Two 9’s and an 8 from Len for a total of 26, not bad at all.

My favorite tonight was Jason Taylor and Marlee Matlin. My least was Penn Jillette and Monica Seles. I think that Monica will go home tomorrow for sure and for the guys it will either be Penn or Adam Carolla.