DancingWithTheStars-related stories
Posted Nov 18th 2009 1:29AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
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S09E19) It's been nine weeks on
Dancing with the Stars and I didn't expect to see Joanna, Kelly, or Donny around this long. Unfortunately, one of them was eliminated.
For no reason, Melissa Rycroft showed up on this results show and slipped in the professional's performance. This was probably because her fans caused an uproar since she wasn't a candidate for the Design A Dance competition. Instead of "Sabrina was robbed" we got "Melissa was robbed," and ABC listened.
It was a busy show, but the elimination was not a shocker to me. By this point, fan support outweighs the judges scores.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 9 Results
Posted Nov 17th 2009 1:12AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps
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S9E18) For the first time in
Dancing with the Stars history, the semifinalists have to dance three dances. Fortunately, their third dance was the dance-off they've been practicing for weeks. For the Latin dances, each of the contestants have to do a solo.
With next week being the finals, all the contestants are stressed and more emotional than normal. There were a lot of tears being held tonight.
As the contestants walked down, I couldn't help but gawk at how beautiful Kym Johnson looked in her tango costume. Unfortunately for her, it will probably lead to her and Donny's downfall.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance #9
Posted Nov 11th 2009 12:32AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
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S09E17)
Dancing with the Stars continues to chug along having five couples become four. With such a small number, the results shows feel even more stretched out, slowly saving contestants one at a time.
Encore -
Joanna & Derek - Paso Doble - Len thought that even though Mya had the higher score, the paso was so detailed that it deserved the encore. The two actually looked better with their hair tonight than last night; I could tell that it was them. On the second time around, I believed that they deserved a 30 and Mya only should have gotten a 29.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 8 Results
Posted Nov 10th 2009 2:30AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps
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S09E16)
Dancing with the Stars is only two weeks away from the finals. With only five contestants left, each have to perform two dances to ensure that we fit the two hour block.
The two dances consist of one ballroom and one Latin routine. The biggest flaw with having two dances was that everyone spent all their time making sure that the Latin dance was amazing, and their ballroom dances felt lazy.
I'm shocked to see the seven paddle still around with only five contestants left. This season's quality level was nowhere near Shawn Johnson, Gilles Marini, and Melissa Rycroft last season.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 8
Posted Nov 8th 2009 1:01PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Music and Variety, Celebrities, Dancing With The Stars
Everybody's favorite singing newcomer, England's
Susan Boyle, is going to appear on Dancing With the Stars this week. She will not be doing the samba or the quick step. Susan will be singing, promoting her upcoming CD,
I Dreamed A Dream, in stores on November 24.
Luckily for Susan, Sharon Osbourne will not be on the show. Or maybe it's lucky for Sharon because after the horrible things she said about SB, Susan would probably deck her if she had the chance. Last week, while on Sirius radio, Sharon was compelled to share her opinion of Susan's sudden success.
Continue reading Susan Boyle is going to Dancing with the Stars
Posted Nov 4th 2009 1:05AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
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S09E15) Last night on
Dancing with the Stars many of the dancers grew stronger than ever. With Mark & Anna T. on the bottom, it guaranteed that they were either going home or dancing for their lives. Instead of having one performer singing two different songs, we have three performances thanks to
DWTS pimping the Ballas Hough Band.
Encore Performance -
Team Tango - The second time around, the performance still had the sizzle and the strongest timing. Kelly had this dazed look this time, possibly because she was nervous for the dance-off. Joanna still was the strongest of the night, possibly because Derek's choreography that he gave her was the strongest.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 7 Results
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 6:01PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Video, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals, Casting
Attention, attention! This is not a joke. It's not a spoof or a gag.
Kathy Griffin will host a dance show for ABC. That's right, the funny lady of Bravo's
My Life on the D-List, has said yes to hosting
Let's Dance, a new celebrity reality show in which stars compete with one another by re-creating classic routines from pop culture. That means someone is going to try and do Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" dance from
Motown's 25th Anniversary Special, don't you think?
I am not a
Dancing With the Stars fan, but this show sounds like something I'd be interested in watching for a couple of reason. Number one is Kathy Griffin. I think she's hilarious. She also loves celebrities, so I could see her really getting into this show and being the perfect built-in zingmeister. She'll say whatever comes to her mind, and -- fortunately -- that's usually pretty funny.
Continue reading Kathy Griffin dances her way into new ABC series
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 2:22AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps
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S09E14) It's week seven of
Dancing with the Stars, and the pressure is on. Lacey Schwimmer was the victim of a cold; Anna Trebunskya has stepped in to help Mark Dacascos. The other victims tonight were the professionals who were forced to wear costumes designed by the celebrities. While it worked for Kelly, it backfired on Joanna.
You know that there will be longer commercials between performances when you get a professional opening sequence. Five professionals and one woman who wasn't named performed a tango and paso doble. The dance was supposed to be an example of teamwork, but the paso and tango was also not as synchronized as I expected.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance #7
Posted Oct 28th 2009 1:15AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
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S09E13) Tonight on
Dancing with the Stars there was some actual content tonight: the dance-off. Unfortunately, that meant that there was no encore performance. Instead we go right into Taylor Swift.
Musical Performance -
Taylor Swift -
"Jump then Fall" - Anyone notice that the stage Norah Jones had last week was just audience chairs? Taylor Swift is a horrible live singer (squeaking every time she sang the word "jump"), but luckily we had some professionals who reminded me of Ryan & Ashleigh from
So You Think You Can Dance. Their lift near the end was the best part.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 6 Results
Posted Oct 27th 2009 12:42AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps
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S09E12)
Dancing with the Stars had the Waltz or Jitterbug for individual dancing, but the big twist tonight was the Mambo group competition. All the couples will dance the mambo at the same time. The judges determine the elimination: as the couples dance, Len holds up a paddle and that team is eliminated. The first couple cut gets two points while the last team standing earns ten.
As the contestants walk down, both Louie Vito and Chelsie Hightower trip on the way down. It's a bad omen and never a good way to start the show.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 6
Posted Oct 22nd 2009 9:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-Free
With
Diane Sawyer moving from Good Morning, America to
World News Tonight, ABC is reportedly hunting around for just the right person to become the new
GMA host. The names bandied about include George Stephanopoulos, Bill Weir, Chris Cuomo, David Muir and
Cameron Mathison. I am telling you right now,
Cameron Mathison would be perfect for Good Morning, America.
While the other men mentioned are all involved in news, Cameron is on
All My Children. He's an actor. But he's also an attractive performer and an ABC talent on the rise. He was a contestant on
Dancing with the Stars, and even though he didn't win, he won over a lot of non-soap viewers who'd never seen him before.
Continue reading Cameron Mathison would be perfect for Good Morning, America
Posted Oct 21st 2009 12:27AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
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S09E11) Last night signaled the halfway point on
Dancing with the Stars. In last night's recap, we got to see Joanna's stumble at a different angle, her heel got caught in Mak's pant leg. The trip followed.
Behind the scenes we found out that Kelly hurt her foot and her father was by her side supporting her. Ozzy is such a cool father. Her foot's sprained, but she should be fine.
After all the Norah Jones performances and a repetition of the words "jeopardy" and "Michael Jackson," a doozy of an elimination surprisingly eliminates a strong competitor. Find out who went home after the jump.
Continue reading Review: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 5 Results
Posted Oct 20th 2009 1:05AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Recaps
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S09E10) After reading news about Derek Hough
getting sick, we start
Dancing with the Stars with Joanna walking down the stairs with Maksim Chmerkovskiy in hand. Turns out that flu-like symptoms hit Mark, as well, but he recovered quickly enough.
It's a night of passion and hi-jinks with the Argentine Tango, Paso Doble, and the Hustle. I was disappointed with the order. The last five solos consisted of four Argentine Tangos and one Paso Doble.
I don't often like complaining about Samantha Harris but I really have to suggest that she goes back to classic straight hair and tasteful dress. She's no
Cat Deeley.
Continue reading Recap: Dancing with the Stars - Performance 5
Posted Oct 14th 2009 12:15AM by Michael Pascua
Filed under: OpEd, Dancing With The Stars, Episode Reviews
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S09E09) I didn't notice until the first recap of many that the women outscored most of the men on
Dancing with the Stars last night. Apparently, the four new dances provided a bigger challenge for all the people who had to lead the dance.
With the musical guest being Shakira, I was hoping that I could see a live performance of "She Wolf." Alas, she didn't perform the song, so I'm stuck hearing it for every commercial for
Desperate Housewives. There was no Macy's Stars of Dance performance, so there was a lot more unnecessary filler than in previous weeks.
Continue reading Dancing with the Stars: Performance 4 Results
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
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