ChelsieHightower-related stories
Posted Jan 13th 2010 9:00AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, TV Squad Lists
With ABC confirming a tenth season of
Dancing with the Stars on March 22, let's take a moment to realize several of the flaws with
DWTS. Season nine popped up some very obvious problems. I'm not talking about ringers; there will always be someone who obviously has more potential than others. For example, the musician has rhythm, the athlete has endurance, and the actor can fake confidence. I accept that Samantha Harris isn't going anywhere.
I'm happy that
DWTS hasn't added any judges like
American Idol, and I don't mind judges ranking scores either. Here are five of the biggest pet peeves that
Dancing with the Stars needs to fix.
Continue reading Five ways to improve Dancing with the Stars
Posted Oct 13th 2009 12:43AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S9E08) This week on
Dancing with the Stars we welcome four new dances: Two-Step, Bolero, Charleston, and Lambada. Lifts are allowed, so Carrie Ann really has no reason to be here this week. Also, most of the professionals have no clue what they are doing this week.
With the opening credits being shown, I know it's going to be one of those nights where it's dance, commercial, dance, commercial, with a lot of Tom hyping up the results show. Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of fast forwarding past Samantha Harris. I really dislike the use of the 60-second commercials; let me get the scores right after the judging.
Continue reading Dancing with the Stars: Performance 4
Posted Jul 31st 2009 2:35AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(S05E21) I'm happy to hear Cat announce that the filler in this episode would be the four Emmy nominated performances. It would actually be interesting if next season they could try a "Where are they now?" segment on the results shows.
The eliminations weren't shocking to me, but watching Cat announce that Jeanine and Brandon were the two that didn't have to perform solos was a relief and a pain. They had the best performances last night.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: 2 of 6 Voted Off
Posted Jun 17th 2009 3:25PM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, TV Squad Lists, Casting, So You Think You Can Dance
With the second week of competitions tonight on
So You Think You Can Dance, I wanted to point out a trend:
reality dance show contestants can't leave television. Several contestants and a few choreographers have jumped ship and have appeared on other reality shows.
The jump basically can plant an already established fanbase onto a different television show. One great example is Ty Murray on
Dancing with the Stars. I'm not sure what the percentage of votes for Ty came from fans of Chelsie Hightower and her work from
SYTYCD or his charm, but he definitely benefited from someone who knew to make routines that were camera friendly.
Continue reading The reality TV dance show scorecard
Posted Mar 18th 2009 1:19AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
(S08E03) With the results of week one, it could go either way. Either a non-contender bites the dust, or someone just doesn't have the fanbase. You can't say that Gilles has no fanbase after two really strong performances.
The recap show somehow managed to squeeze 26 performances in an hour. I now realize how much time I've wasted having to sit through Samantha Harris. Along with the results, and 30 minutes of other filler, Jewel performed. I'm sure someone out there was giving her the evil glare. The results after the jump.
Continue reading Dancing with the Stars: Week 2 Results
Posted Mar 17th 2009 2:14AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps
(S08E02) - "We all know what Bruno wants." - ChuckThe show was a little off this week with the random sound cue during Ty's judging, the frozen video with Lawrence, the new judges paddles and Steve-O, but the performances were a lot better than last week. Most of the weaker dancers improved, and the rest basically stayed in the same scoring bracket. After the jump, an overall look at all the performances.
Continue reading Dancing with the Stars: Week 2
Posted Aug 1st 2008 9:00AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(
S04E21) Nigel told the final six that while they were getting plenty of applause and adulation on the show, they would have to get used to rejection if they continue on this career path. He advised that they use the rejection to propel them forward. But, the final six shouldn't feel too bad because each one of them got over a million votes going into this results show.
And the stakes are even higher going into the finale. Adam Shankman has added a role as a featured dancer in his new movie to the winner's prize package.
So let's see who will be battling it out next Thursday on
So You Think You Can Dance.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 4 Revealed
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