Week 7: Dancing with the Stars

Posted By: admin On: April 29, 2008 Comments: ( 0 )

By: Alyssa




This week the stars are pressured into dancing 2 dances. I already know that Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough have the Mambo and Tango as he posted a bulletin today on MySpace telling us so and to make sure we vote. Edyta Sliwinska’s MySpace Keeper always posts bulletins too to make sure we watch and vote. I tell ya - it is a PR thing that MySpace.

First impressions - Cristian, Derek, Jason Taylor look very suave and handsome in their suits. Mario looks pretty smooth too. Shannon looks typical in her tango outfit which is dark navy and she has a red flower in her hair. Mark Ballas is dressed in an officer’s uniform - an officer and a gentleman that he is.

First up is Marissa Jaret Winokur and Tony Dovolani. I can’t say I like her outfit at all. UGH! This week they have the Tango and Rumba. Tony wants Marissa to bring sexy back. Marissa says she’s got the fun sexy down, but not sure about the other sexy. She keeps confusing the two dances and might go out and do the Rumbango - LOL! Good one. She has got the actress part down with the stern, passionate face. Her hold is good. Her movements are very precise and honestly she just keeps getting better and better. She was totally in character and did very well in my book.

Len Goodman started it off saying their expectations weren’t any less b/c of 2 dances this week. Len said it was her best dance. Wow!! Bruno liked the drama and passion - great job. Carrie Ann said she’s had a rough road, but something has really come out. She is all about what this competition is about. She called it fantastic. BTW, Marlee Matlin is proudly sitting in the audience. Is she missing it already? Her scores were all 9’s for a total of 27 out of 30. Tony jumped up and down as it appears Marissa’s craziness has rubbed off on him. LOL!

Cristian de la Fuente and Cheryl Burke have the Viennese Waltz and the Samba. He looks pretty good in the Samba practice. Awww - we get to see his daughter and she’s dressed as a princess - hopefully to help him with his Viennese Waltz. Let’s see if it helps. They dance to “I’ll Make Love To You”. It was very fluid and fast. They kept moving and it was pretty elegant. I liked their last trick where they did a death spiral and she spun out and he slid in. Niiiice!!

Bruno said the interplay was brilliant, great movement, a pleasure to watch. Carrie Ann said they have a new fluidity, but thought it was lacking just a hair in energy. She said it was missing a little extra flair. Len mentioned the romance, but it lacked content. His scores were 2 8’s and a 9 from Bruno for a total of 25 out of 30.

Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas also have the Viennese Waltz and the Cha Cha Cha. Mark is freaked out because he hasn’t been to this stage of the competition where there are 2 dances. He feels like a rookie again. They go on the ice and Mark is falling all over the place while Kristi shows him her tricks. She kicks ice on him and laughs. Poor Marky Mark. She’s holding an umbrella and he comes to her. She twirls with the umbrella in her hand - nice. They dance to Avril Lavigne’s “I’m With You”. Nice turns, Kristi. They did this trick where she spins and spins and then Mark runs over as she falls and he catches her. That was very nice and elegant. I think we are just now getting into the meat of Dancing with the Stars where the dances are all good. I like it.

Carrie Ann said her prop paid off - she loves the risks she takes. Carrie Ann said technically her turns were off - a hair. Len said the start was too long (Carrie Ann said she liked it and Bruno said it is called creativity) Len cuts Bruno off saying his hot air has a lot to do with global warming and that Bruno is getting on his ‘bloody’ nerves. LOL! Len said they don’t need props. Bruno loved it saying she was floating about, but acting the part. Kristi’s scores were 2 9’s and an 8 from Len. Boo Len! Her total was 26 out of 30.

Mario and Karina Smirnoff are up next dancing the Foxtrot and Mambo. Mario was upset about being in the bottom 2 last week. He actually has to learn 3 dances this week - one of which is hip hop for his music video. Oh such a tough life! I’ll be honest with you, I don’t know what to look for on the foxtrot. They did miss a hand when he reached for her, but other than that I really liked it. He was very light on his feet and looked like he had a good time out there.

Len said for 21 years old, he comes out and dances with great maturity and he’s a good role model. He said he isn’t the most elegant, but well done. Bruno said he brings youthful vitality, but said he isn’t quite there yet with the control, but it was a pleasure to watch. Carrie Ann said he does very good work and does difficult routines. In the ballroom dance, she needs him to be a little stiffer. His scores were all 8’s for a total of 24 out of 30.
Tom tells us that Kenny Mayne and Jerry Rice will be in with Dance Center tomorrow - yayyyy! And Def Leppard too –woohoo!

Next up is Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough and we are reminded of her crying and bad sportmanship last week. Shannon starts off apologizing again stating they made a mistake. They have the mambo where Derek tells her “more hips”. Derek says he has to put their “friendship” aside and be the teacher. She tells him he is being “irritating” today. He thinks that is perfect for the tango which is the dance they are doing now. She play smacks him and it looks real as does her anger. The music is very weird, but it is tango music. It sounds like frantic tango music. I don’t think her moves are crisp enough and their trick at the end wasn’t strong enough - her hold wasn’t great in the trick.

Bruno said the tango is a “bitch of a dance” to master. Bruno said it was fascinating. It was like a silent movie “I love you, I hate you, I don’t care” said Bruno. Carrie Ann said it was her best dance yet. Carrie Ann said she worked hard on her lines and it really paid off. Len said it had aggression and passion, but their were a couple of odd moments, but that added to the impact.

Samantha took them backstage and said they were fighting on their way to her - but Derek said no that it was all love. She puts her arms around him and squeezes (Shannon that is not Samantha, LOL). She received all 9’s for a total of 27. Shannon was very excited about that. Derek mentions something about having fake bums on their next dance and Shannon said that he gave it away already. Hmm..I’m kind of interested in what they’ve cooked up.

Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska have the Paso Doble and Quickstep. Jason tells us how terrified he was of the possibility of being eliminated. He was taken lessons from Cristian because he was screaming and slamming his feet down during Paso practice. LOL! They have the Quickstep first and he starts off at the top of the stairs where the band is and the drums just start going and Jason is acting like he’s playing the drums. It was very cute. He then does the splits off the stage over the top of Edyta’s head. He seems a little off in the steps - either faster than Edyta or slower than Edyta at times. I think he is a little ahead of her which means he is off the beat. He puts her in a death spin and runs over and grabs Len’s papers and throws them all over the floor. Len just laughs. Jason picks up all the papers and hands them back to the judges. It was super cute. The crowd just loved it. There were missteps though, but it was a great performance.

Carrie Ann said the frame, kicks, form, etc. was fantastic. He was larger than life. Len said with performances like that, Jason will be in the finals. Bruno said that was quick lightening and called it the performance of the night. I smell some 10’s coming his way. He received 2 10’s and a 9 from stingy Len. LOL! His total was 29 out of 30.

Leaderboard after round 1:
Jason and Edyta 29 out of 30
Marissa and Tony 27 out of 30
Shannon and Derek 27 out of 30
Kristi and Mark 26 out of 30
Cristian and Cheryl 25 out of 30
Mario and Karina 24 out of 30

Close race so far - funny to see Kristi in the #4 spot. Will she come back?

Marissa and Tony are dancing the sexy Rumba. She looks pretty in her pink and showing some skin in her waist. Her hair is down and looks pretty. I don’t have many comments, but I thought she did well. I didn’t see much hip action, but she looked elegant and did pretty well in my opinion.

Bruno said it was warm, romantic and sweet, but wanted more dirty. Marissa shook her head no. LOL! Carrie Ann said it was beautiful and she had goose bumps. She thought it was great. Len said she really acted the part - but no hip action and it was a tad careful. Her scores were a 9 from Carrie Ann and 2 8’s from the others. Her total was 25 out of 30. Her grand total is 52 out of 60.

Cristian and Cheryl have the Samba now. They are decked out in lime green. Lots of hip action here - Len will approve of that. OMG! He hurt himself during the dance - he pulled a muscle in his arm and couldn’t continue. He keeps saying he’s sorry and he’s fine. Tom goes to a break so he can get it checked out. Well, that sucks. It was looking good there until the pulled muscle. We’re back from commercial and the EMT said he has a severe muscle cramp and he has it on ice.

Carrie Ann said it was really hard to comment - that you judge up until the point the injury occurred. Carrie Ann said she was glad that he was there until the very end for Cheryl. Len said he was brave - well done. Bruno said he did his best and he appreciates that. Cristian looks sick and in major pain. Poor guy! Samantha goes right to the scores so he can get some treatment. They receive all 7’s for a total of 21 out of 30. Total for both dances 46 out of 60. Cristian says it hurts - the arm and that he couldn’t do the dance. Cheryl looks concerned. I feel bad for them both.

Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas take the stage now dancing the chat cha cha. They dance to Rihanna’s “Please don’t stop the music”. She had on lots of fringe tonight. Her hair is very curly too - a possible hair piece? Before I comment on the dance we must go back to week 1 last season when Mark Ballas choreographed the most awesome and most excellent Cha Cha Cha with Sabrina Bryan. Remember that? That dance was absolutely amazing and I must say this dance is his to own. He is really in his element with this dance. I will say that I loved Sabrina’s cha cha cha more, but that isn’t putting Kristi’s dance at all because I LOVED THIS! This was awesome and to me has been the best dance all season. LOVED IT!!! And I am watching it again - gotta love DVR’s. The footwork was complicated especially at the end - and she just let go - awesome. Mark’s cha cha cha choreography is the best ever!

Len seemed speechless - he didn’t like the start, but liked the middle. He didn’t like the bits where one partner does one thing and the other does some stuff. Len called Bruno sunshine during that too - LOL! He didn’t like the hip hop dancing either. Bruno told him to dust off the cobwebs. LOL! Bruno said kids are gonna love it as he pounded the judges table. Carrie Ann laughs and said two snaps err..3 snaps up because she went into the hip hop and it was gooood. Oh yeah!! LOVED IT! I smell some 10’s, but probably not from Stingy Len. She receives 2 10’s and an 8 from Len. Carrie Ann smacks his arm with her paddle. LOL! Cute! Tom calls Len cranky pants. hehe! Total of 28 out of 30 and a grand total of 54 out of 60.

Mario and Karina Smirnoff dance the mambo. He has on a silky red shirt and white pants. Nice hip action. I guess they had to bring in some spanish speaking singers for this song. It was all spanish. It was pretty good. I wasn’t blown away, but it was good - nice hip action, Mario.

Bruno said this is his comfort zone with the latin dances. Carrie Ann said she set the place on fire, but there was one little part where they were out of sync, but it was fantastic. Len said wild wacky wonderful and jabs at Carrie Ann in which she pushes him. Hopefully Bridget caught what he said about her because I didn’t and am too lazy to rewind it. He received all 9’s for a total of 27 out of 30. His grand total was 51 out of 60.

Update on Cristian - has left for the hospital and he won’t be back for the rest of the show.

Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough are up and she is shaking her booty at the judges right in front of their table. She also has some fake hair on - all curly. I think they took it off of Kristi real fast and put it on Shannon. They were all over the place and she looks very awkward at times, but it was fun none the less. They end with her shaking her stuff in front of the judges and laid in front of Len on the judges table.

Carrie Ann doesn’t know what to say - some of her lines are awkward - b/c she is so long. Good job though. Len said for a moment he had died and gone to heavan - said she has a bionic bum. Bruno agreed saying her movements are a bit awkward, but she’s improved this week. And Samantha asked her about her bum and we are told she has a fake bum in - LOL! She received all 8’s for a total of 24 out of 30. Her grand total was 51 out of 60.

Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska are dancing the Paso Doble. He has black football lines under his eyes. They dance to the Monday Night Football song - weird - didn’t know it was any other music besides the intro. This reminds me of Cameron’s superman dance. And it ended like it too. It was a bit weird for me and I could have sworn that they did a lift at the end. He was powerful and stiff in his movements, but it was ok.

Len gave some love to the band - Len said Jason scared the life out of him, but a bit too much posing, but “when you’ve got a body like yours and mine, we like to pose” OMG - Len is hilarious tonight. I love how he compares himself to the hottest men out there. Bruno said he really went out there with incredible prescence - a winner. Carrie Ann said it was fantastic - it was unconventional and she called out the LIFT! I knew it. As they go backstage - everyone stands up with their arms up yelling touchdown. Nice. His scores were 2 9’s and an 8 from Len for a total of 26 out of 30 and a grand total of 55 out of 60.

Samantha called Jason’s teammates - coplayers. Tom made fun of her saying it sounds like they want to take out a loan together. Finally someone is making fun of Samantha’s stammering and nonsense.

Poor Cheryl is standing there all alone. I’m sad for Cheryl. Let’s hope Cristian is ok and able to continue to dance. With that said, my favorite was Kristi and Mark’s Cha Cha Cha followed by Jason and Edyta’s Quickstep. Although I thought tonight was an awesome night for DWTS. Cristian de la Fuente and Cheryl Burke will definitely be in trouble and I think Mario could be in the bottom 2 again.

Final Leaderboard:
Jason Taylor and Edyta Sliwinska 55 out of 60
Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas 54 out of 60
Marissa Jaret Winokur and Tony Dovolani 52 out of 60
Mario and Karina Smirnoff 51 out of 60
Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough 51 out of 60
Cristian de la Fuente and Cheryl Burke 46 out of 60

Remember Internet voting is open until noon tomorrow - so make sure you vote like a maniac - create lots of accounts at ABC.com and vote like crazy. Um, or not. LOL! And make sure you think good thoughts or send up prayers for Crisitian. Until tomorrow night…