Tonight's episode of
Dancing with the Stars was packed full of a lot of great dancing. The six remaining pairs, who are all very good, had to do two different routines tonight, one ballroom and one Latin, so there were 12 excellent performances. With almost no filler at all, it was an enjoyable night of dancing all around, and thankfully, nobody fainted! Continue reading for a recap of the night's events.
Your Take
waltzman said:
Don't expect to see Marie tonight. Her father passed away this morning.
0lhunden said:
jonathan roberts needs a new toupee. marie could boost ratings by yanking that dead squirrel off of his hea...
disappointed said:
It's obvious that the fans are not voting for the best dancers but are voting for their favorite celebrity.
After taking into account both the ballroom and the Latin rounds,
Melanie Brown and her partner
Maksim Chmerkovskiy are in the lead with 54 points. They started the night with a mediocre foxtrot, earning them 24 points, but finished strong with a hot and kinky paso doble that gave them another perfect 30. They are the frontrunners in the judges' eyes, but do they have everyone's vote?
Jennie Garth and her partner
Derek Hough finished a hair behind with a night's score of 53 points Jennie, who seems neurotic about performing especially the romantic numbers, had to perform two romantic styles tonight. They started out with a middling Viennese waltz that failed to wow the judges, but their rhumba later on in the night was sexy enough to satisfy even the likes of Bruno Tonioli, who gave them a ten for the Latin round.
Two pairs are tied for third place:
Helio Castroneves and his partner
Julianne Hough, and
Marie Osmond and her partner
Jonathan Roberts. Helio started the whole night off with a tango that he just wasn't feeling, but ended with a bang with the samba. Marie was the opposite. She and Jonathan started with a fantastic quickstep, which earned them a ten from Carrie Ann, but ended the night with a middling cha cha performance.
Cameron Mathison and
Edyta Sliwinska disappointed me tonight. They are my favorite couple right now, but they managed to get the second-lowest score. They started with an uncontrolled quickstep, but improved later in the night with a solid performance of the jive.
Finally, there are are
Jane Seymour and
Tony Dovolani bringing up the rear. Both of their performances--they did the cha cha cha and the quickstep--were fine, but lacked the fireworks that are necessary at this stage of the competition. Jane and Tony might just be the next to go, but as
Sabrina Bryan's elimination showed last week, nothing is a given and it's all up to the voters now.
Which star had the best performance tonight?
-Debbie Chang, BuddyTV Staff Writer
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