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Dancing With The Stars: Week 6 Results

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Joss Stone(S04E11) ABC brought George Lopez back out of mothballs this week, so there was no 8:00 recap show. Instead, Tom and Samantha ran through the performances quickly at the beginning of the show. The best part of that was seeing Ian's reaction to the judge's comments last night. Much like many of the readers here, Ian didn't really understand where they were coming from.

It's a good point, and something that seems to happen every season. For whatever reason, the judges get a burr under their saddle and just go after one of the better contestants, while soft-pedaling some of the lesser routines. His best course of action is to move along and know that he's in good company.

After the recap, it was time for the encore. I was actually expecting Laila and Maksim to get it. The choice of the group swing for the encore was a good one though. It's a fun number and it was good to see everyone get to participate.

The musical guest this week was Joss Stone. I was sold on this results show as soon as I heard that she would be performing. She's one of my favorites, and didn't disappoint. Her voice was great, as usual, and the dance put on by Tony, Elena, Julianne, and Eric was very good. Tony and Elena are always fun to watch, but I think Julianne and her brother stole the show. I don't think there are any spots opening for the male pros any time soon, but should there be, Eric would seem to be up to the challenge.

The audience comments, featuring J.C. from NSYNC, George Lopez, George Wendt, and Gabrielle Carteris (who is 46 now!) from 90210 was next. As expected, there was a lot of questioning of the judges comments regarding Ian & Cheryl. That led to the first results of the night. Surprising nobody, Apolo & Julianne will be joining Laila & Maksim next week.

Just in time for the release of the DVD, the cast of Dreamgirls stopped by to perform "Steppin' to the bad side." That was quite a production. Lots of great dancing and a really good song. It was the best advertisement they could have done for the DVD, and a nice treat for viewers tuning in to catch the results show.

I haven't been a big fan of the Jimmy Kimmel segments this season, but he was back again this week to talk about the fox trot, the Rolls-Royce of dance. The setup was much like all the other segments, but I did like the payoff this week with the shoddy editing inserting Jonathan and a partner as stand-ins for Jimmy and Guillermo.

Joss Stone came back to perform her new single, "Tell me about it." No dancers this time, just Joss and three backup singers on the stage. It was another very good performance, but then I could listen to her sing all day, so I'm a little biased on that one. She is my favorite musical guest of the season.

Her number was followed by what was probably the weakest part of this episode, the pre-recorded package about how the dancers are going crazy this far into the competition. We see so much of this behind the scenes stuff that it is all starting to run together. Much of the segment felt like I had seen it before. Not horrible, but it really pales when compared to the big performances.

Tom and Samantha came back to announce that Joey & Kym will be back next week, but John & Edyta were in the bottom two. After one last package about the pre-show preparations of the contestants, it was finally time to get down to serious business. With Billy Ray & Karina and Ian & Cheryl safe, Heather and Jonathan were the other team in the bottom two.

In the end, Heather & Jonathan were sent home. I don't think that was much of a surprise, and I fully expect John & Edyta to be eliminated next week. And that's where things will really get interesting. Is the Billy Ray fan base big enough to push him into the top four? It should be interesting to watch.

5 out of 7Joss Stone and the Dreamgirls cast were excellent, but the show did drag a little with the package heavy second half. Still a pretty good hour. I'm giving it a 5, out of 7. Erin will be back next week. Don't forget to vote for your favorite celebrity dancer in AOL's poll!

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