Okay, first, let’s discuss DWTS. It was TV Theme Week! Some of which was fun and some which wasn’t. They’re really padding the show to get a full two hours. They spent the first half hour analyzing each dancer’s performances thus far and what their best dance was.
Brandy – Quickstep. They danced to the theme from Friends, I’ll Be There For You. Some of it was great. Other parts I didn’t like. Never satisfied, am I? *g* But Len Crankypants loved it, go figure! Bruno broke his pen he was so excited. LOL!!! They scored 27/30.
Florence Henderson – Tango. They danced to the Brady Bunch theme. They did a great job! I liked it a lot better than last week’s rumba! Bruno thought she ruined it in the middle. But Carrie Ann liked it. Len liked it better than Bruno, though he agreed the middle was a bit funky, but he also agreed with me that it was her best dance, so far. They scored 21/30.
Kurt Warner – Quickstep. They danced to the them from Bewitched. Another great job! Very fun!!! The judges loved it too. They scored 24/30.
Audrina Patridge – Rumba. They danced to the theme from her show The Hills. I, um, found it kind of boring. The judges were fairly complimentary. Well, except for Carrie Ann’s remark that she was dead above the waist. *g* They scored 23/30.
Kyle Massey – Foxtrot. They danced to the theme from Charlie’s Angels which was a poor choice, IMO. Not sure why they had him dressed, as Tom put it, like Isaac from The Love Boat. *g* I didn’t really like it. It wasn’t a good song for dancing. Carrie Ann liked it but I have to go with Bruno and Len. They scored 20/30.
Rick Fox – Rumba. They danced to the theme from Hill Street Blues. It just didn’t work for me. Another case of bad music. Carrie Ann loved it. Len said there wasn’t any romance, it was more like a couple staying together for the kids. LOL! And I found it boring. They scored 24/30.
Bristol Palin – The jive. They danced to the theme from The Monkees. Not her best dance. But I always love hearing that theme. They started out in gorilla suits which I thought was a Really Bad Idea. Len really liked it which surprised me. She did lose technique (it flew right out the window) but her personality shined through more. They scored 18/30.
Jennifer Grey – Foxtrot. They danced to the theme from Married With Children, Love and Marriage (by Frank Sinatra). I, and some of my fellow viewers, thought it was fabulous!!! What bug got up Carrie Ann’s butt, though? She was very cranky tonight. Len didn’t like it either but Bruno and I did. *g* They scored 25/30.
Elimination prediction – I suspect it’ll be Bristol the Pistol.
No writing last night unless you count my reading through the 35 pages I have on the Space Opera I mentioned yesterday. No, I’m not working on it. I just wanted to refresh my memory.
I’m skipping today’s excuse because I really don’t like it. *g*
On to the DWTS report!
Weirdly, they danced in the round for the first time ever on the show. Which, I might add, I hated with a passion. I hope they never do it again. It was also Double Score night. And amazingly, Brooke Burke didn’t once mention her time on the show as a contestant! Maybe she saw my complaint last week.
Kurt Warner – Rumba. He was uncomfortable with the dance until he got the seal of approval from his wife. I thought that was sweet. It was good as rumbas go. But, of course, you know by now it’s not a dance I like. *g* Len liked it. Bruno was off the wall (shocker). Carrie Ann liked it. They scored a total of 34/60.
Brandy – Rumba. I was too distracted by what she was almost wearing to pay much attention to the dance. It was like a see-through bed sheet. The judges loved the dance. They scored a total of 48/60.
Rick Fox – Argentine tango. I thought it was fairly good but I hated the music. The judges liked it overall. They scored 39/60.
Kyle Massey – Rumba. Hated the music, loved the dance. The judges didn’t think it flowed well enough, though. They scored 40/60.
The Situation – Argentine tango. Overall, he could have been better but I thought the lifts were amazing! Len said “It was consistent, it was bad throughout.” LOL! They scored 28/60.
Florence Henderson – Rumba. Um. I think that was her worst dance, ever. Carrie Ann found it uncomfortable because they went for really raunchy. Len said it was better than he though it would be. Bruno was, well, Bruno. LOL! They scored 35/60.
Jennifer Grey – Argentine tango. Their tango ROCKED!!!! The music was actual tango music. The dance was smokin’ hot and sharp as a tack. They scored 56/60. First 10s of the season!
Bristol Palin – Rumba. I thought she did a great job but the judges were less excited. She does still seem a bit tentative but her technique always looks good to me. They scored 32/60.
Audrina Patridge – Argentine tango. It was good but nowhere near as awesome as Jennifer’s. Plus, I hated the music. They scored 46/60.
Well, we’re still stuck with Brooke Burke. *sigh* Brooke, nobody cares about your experience on the show four seasons ago, so stop bringing it up every freaking week!!!
Props were encouraged last night because it was “Story Night”.
Jennifer Grey – Samba. Their story theme was “Hot for the Teacher”. Awesome job!!! (Though the fringed pants she wore had me giggling.) The judges said there was a wobbly spot but I missed it. So she and Derek redid that part of the dance. LOL! Didn’t help their score, of course, but at least they proved they could do it. They scored 24/30.
Florence Henderson – Waltz. They danced to Edelweiss from The Sound of Music. It was kind of tentative but lovely nonetheless. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, I’m so glad she’s not playing for laughs. They scored 20/30.
Kurt Warner – Foxtrot. They danced to Bad Day by Daniel Powter. Their story was a girl having a bad day in the rain and a guy shows up with an umbrella and they dance around in the rain. She cheers up and he goes on his merry way. It was delightful! Apparently Bruno saw a different dance than everyone else because he didn’t like it. They scored 23/30.
Margaret Cho – Samba. They danced to Copacabana. Some of it was fairly good. But her footwork? Fell apart at the seams. And as Tom said, Louis looked like he got his outfit from fitness guru Jack LaLanne. LOL!!! They scored 18/30.
Audrina Patridge – Waltz. Their story was a woman whose lover was a soldier who died. It was lovely! But the smoke machine was making me cough. No, I’m not at all suggestible. LOL! They scored 26/30.
Bristol Palin – Foxtrot. The dancing part was pretty good, but the story part left something to be desired. And Bruno was a crazed lunatic in the comments department (even though he gave her the highest of the three scores). It wasn’t her best dance, alas. They scored 19/30.
Brandy – Samba. She argues with Maks so much during rehearsals, she put tape over her own mouth. LOL! He was supposed to play her bodyguard in their story. Well, it was technically good but the story part was weak, IMO. The judges agreed on that point. They scored 24/30.
Kyle Massey – Waltz. They danced to Falling in Love in Coffee Shop. I love him! Absolutely darling dance!!! Len Crankypants was really mean about his footwork, though. They scored 23/30.
The Situation – Foxtrot. What were those earrings Karina wore in rehearsals??? They looked like they were made from wire hangers. LOL!!! They danced to the Black-Eyed Peas. I don’t know if his dancing was any good or not. I was too distracted by the music which I hated and her Bride of Frankenstein hair. What was up with that??? Their story theme was a time machine. Unfortunately, they went from the present into the future. What they should have done was go from the future into the past and had some music that didn’t suck dead canaries. Len hated it. The other two kind of liked it “in a weird way”. They scored 20/30.
Rick Fox – Samba. Um. Wow. I don’t know that his technique was the best but it was certainly compelling! Even the judges liked it. They scored 24/30.
My prediction: Bye-bye, Margaret!
Tonight on TV, we have NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and the DWTS results show which I’ll record so I can skip all the boring bits.
No writing last night but I’ll be back at it tonight.
Reading: I started reading a free ebook I got from B&N the other day called Enchanting the Lady by Kathryne Kennedy. It’s either a romance with a strong fantasy plot, or a fantasy with a strong romance plot. I haven’t quite decided yet. Anyway, it’s really good. It’s set in a Victorian England that abounds with magic.
They scored 24/30.
They scored 23/30.
