Eliminated tonight: Kim Kardashian and Mark Ballas
ETA: I just got my Jennifer Hudson newsletter. She’ll be appearing on Dancing with The Stars on October 7th…
Damn. I lost all my pool points tonight! I decided to go with Cloris instead of Kim. Thinking about it in hindsight, Cloris is a beloved entertainer who dances pretty well when you consider she’s ancient. Kim’s bad dancing is just…bad dancing, and she’s got no other accomplishments to speak of. So, there you go. Bye Kim. You can go back to whatever it was you weren’t doing…
High lowlight of tonight: Jessica Simpson massacring “Angels”. Seriously, how does this girl have a career? And her “country” singing is a joke too.
Recap and Videos after the JUMP…
Tonight, who will be sent home?
Special guest tonight is Jessica Simpson.
After the re-cap, the judges call Warren and Kym’s Paso Doble worthy of an encore. I have to say, I agree.
Safe:
- Tony and Alec
- Rocco and Karina
- Cody and Julieanne
- Brooke and Derek
- Susan and Tony
- Warren and Kym
- Maurice and Cheryl
- Lance and Lacey
- Misty and Maks
- Cloris and Corky
Jessica Simpson is next, and now it’s time for some fakity-fake country. Her attempt at a “country twang” is *special*. I can’t understand a word she’s singing. Pasha Kovalev and Anya Garnis from the 3rd season of So You Think You Can Dance are the featured dancers. They are a welcome distraction.
Jessica Simpson “sings” Pasha and Anya dance:
Samantha chats up the safe couples. Rocco promises to bring it next week. Toni says it’s great to be safe first–last week she was the last contestant declared safe.
The next two couples declared safe are Cody and Julieanne and Brooke and Derek.
Len and Bruno are currently flying to London every week to do the British version of Dancing with the Stars. Brutal! Though, I’m not sure it’s worthy of an entire segment. Filler!
Len and Bruno are tired, very tired:
Next, a dance routine, choreographed by Brian Friedman and featuring former Pussycat Doll Carmit Bachar and Jenna Dewan of Step Up. The dancers are in the dark, with electric lights glowing from their costumes. I don’t see much point in a dance routine where it’s impossible to see the dancers moves. It looks kinda cool on my TV, but I can’t help thinking I’m missing something.
Dancing in the Dark:
Jessica Simpson is Baaack. She sings “Angels” and I’m not going to say a word. I’ll let you peeps have a go at her. OK, I can’t resist. This is horrifying. What’s with that weird yelpy catch in her voice? And why is she trying to swallow the microphone? Uhmm… And holy cow, the high notes have poor doggies across America freaking the eff out. Ok, peeps your turn. Heh. Suggestion: Turn the sound down and just watch Cheryl and Maks perform a rumba!
NOT DAVID ARCHULETA:
Samantha interviews Cody and Julieanne and Brooke and Derek. Julieanne chirps that Cody handled the sexy dance well for an 18 year old. And then Samantha reminds Julieanne that she danced the rumba just fine when she was 18. Brooke insists she’s never danced and has absolutely no training. o rly.
One more couple is safe: Susan and Tony
Two more couples are safe - Warren and Kym and Maurice and Cheryl
More filler - A segment on the Red Room.
Four couples are left. Lance and Lacey are safe. So are Misty and Maks The father and son rivalry is coming to an end! Kim and Mark are going home. Cloris and Corky are safe. Dang. There go my points. I picked Cloris.
The Elimination:
Funny thing, after I watched Jessica shake her boobs at the Dallas Cowboys game, I made up my mind about her. As a country music fan, I was kind of surprised to see her video “Come On Over” on the country channels.
Surprised in a good way. She sounded good, looked great and I liked the song. True, she didn’t sing it as well live, but I have seen so many *singer* die live, that I wasn’t surprised.
I love Julianne and she is making a huge hit in the country scene, but IMO, in her first video, “This Song In My Head,” her voice sounds squeaky and a little bit like a munchkin, and that isn’t live. But, Julianne is beautiful *and* likeable.
Jessica is just beautiful and has that built in reputation and no one likes her, really. Just as no one likes Kim, who IMO is also beautiful. I don’t know much about her, but I really enjoyed looking at her. (I’m a straight girl, BTW)
So, it just seems strange in a way, that the prettiest blonde and the prettiest brunette on DWTS are/were so disliked. In a way, I guess it’s good that people take into account the whole package and Kim was not the best dancer or Jessica the best singer, but as great beauties, they will survive.
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Things-Dancing-Stars/Dancing-Stars-Backstage/800047697
Seems as if Lacey is bringing a lot of the SYTYCD crowd with her!
Backstage: Lacey’s Think You Can Dance Pals Visit
Dancing with the Stars was infiltrated Monday night by some of its stiffest dance competition: three heavyweights from Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance.
Sitting ringside was So You Think You Can Dance creator, executive producer and head judge Nigel Lythgoe, who has always made a point of praising Dancing with the Stars on the air. In another section of the ballroom sat So You Think judge Adam Shankman, who also directed the feature film Hairspray. And three seats down from Shankman sat the show’s Season 2 winner, swing dancer Benji Schwimmer.
“They all came to support me,” says new pro Lacey Schwimmer, who was a fan favorite during So You Think’s Season 3. Lacey really needed their support. Because even though she and her star, ‘NSync’s Lance Bass, have racked up three solid scores for their cha cha cha, quick-step and paso doble, they’re had their wrists slapped repeatedly by head judge Len Goodman for not doing traditional steps. “He’s really got it in for them,” says Shankman. “And it’s ridiculous, because the audience loves them. And they’re the only ones out there who look like they’re really having fun. Everyone else has these smiles plastered on their faces, but Lance and Lacey are the real thing.”
More at the link…
I missed this from a couple of days ago. Cloris and Corky - Clorky. Heh. Give Dave and Vote for the Worst a shout out.
Clorky shout-out
^^ Well they do have a great sense of humor… lol that was funny…
LMAO, Jessica Simpson, what happened?! I can hear DC’s voice talking to Archie now: “Hey, did you hear Jessica Simpson buutchering Angels on DWTS?” and Archie’s response, “Haha, that’s unfortunate, haha.” Unfortunate indeed. I vaguely remember her performing that live during some awards show a couple years ago, and she was no Archie, but not NEARLY that terrible. Seriously, I repeat myself but WHAT HAPPENED? Stop being a caricature of yourself and just sing normally!
That was so funny! You have to love CL for her willingness to do this at 82 years of age. She is to be admired. Good for her partner to go along with the jokes. Heck I don’t even watch the show and I might vote for them!
MaryMotherOf
My EARS!! 
And LMAO at her country voice. I’m still in shock over her career move. Just WTF.
ETA: For the record, I love hot people.
I am not a big David Archuleta’s fan, but his tour version of Angels was 1,000,000 times better than Jessica’s on DWTS. I really liked his version and thought it was the best song of his set.
I was sitting there listening to Jessica singing and I realized where I had heard the song before (form Archie) and my mouth dropped open at how bad she was-EEEKKK!!! Finally, I just turned the volume down and watched Max and Cheryl dance.
Kim K is blogging on her experience for MSN.com
http://tv.msn.com/tv/fall-tv-guide/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/kims-blog/week-2-results/?GT1=28103
I kind of figured Kim would leave eventually (you could so totally tell she wasn’t putting her all in her dances) but I’m sad we won’t get too see Mark dance in the competition this season anymore. :[
He is one amazing dancer.
I was a little bit surprised. I can’t help but wonder if Cloris is acting or if some of the things she does is because of her age. I totally admire her acting abilities.
Jessica Simpson came on and my 12 year old son said Mom, she is so pretty, I didnt know that she could sing. I told him, well yes she can, that is how she started out. THEN she started singing and slaughtering Angels, so, I told him, well son, I take that back - she CANNOT SING!! YUCK
Jessica’s rendition of Angels is beyond terrible. Just, NO.
I echo the sentiments MJ, how the hell does she have a career?