Maurice and Cheryl are eliminated.
I got all the pool points this week. Yippie! Well, not yippie, really, because Maurice is gone. I would have liked for him to make the semi-finals. Boo hoo. After he and Cheryl were eliminated, his little girl came out of the audience to dance with him and Cheryl. Aw.
The brother/sister routines tonight were sensational. Both Lacey and Benji and Julianne and Derek were fantastic and entertaining. They really have to dumb down their rountines in order to dance with the “stars” and no, Brooke is not as good as the pros, thank you very much! Although she is good for an amateur and could take the whole thing, although it appears that Warren Sapp is now visible in her rear-view mirror…
Live recap and Video after the JUMP…
Brad Paisley performs tonight. Lacey dances with her brother Benji, and the Design a Dance winners are revealed. Then, Dr. Drew gives the gives the contestants therapy. I used to think Dr. Drew was kinda cool…until celebrity re-hab. But I digress.
Now it’s time for RECAP!!! Didn’t we just have an entire hour of recap at 8 O’Clock?
Tonight’s encore is…Warren and Kym’s Tango
Whoa, what’s up with Samantha’s hippie dress? Girlfriend is rockin’ the patchouli!
Julianne is backstage with Samantha as she interviews the contestants. Julianne wants her 3rd trophy!
Brad Paisley performs “Ticks”. Brother and sister duo, Lacey and Benji Schwimmer dance. OMG, this song is actually about insects. /Simon I don’t get country music. Nevertheless, Lacey and Benji were mighty entertaining.
Now we hear what the regular folk think of Dancing with the Stars. I don’t care.
Next is the the score review. Yada yada Brooke on Top Yada yada Cody and Maurice on the bottom. So much time to waste. We still got 40 minutes to go!
The first two couples who have earned a spot in the semi-finals are: Warren and Kym and Lance and Lacey.
The dancers sit down with fame whore “relationship expert” Dr. Drew. This is pretty contrived and about as fake as can be. That was only Part 1. Oh Goody
Design a Dance winners are next. The pros chosen by the viewers: Derek and Julianne Hough performing a cute Jive, with a piano as a prop. Tom and Samantha introduce the winning costume designers, and they get to dance with the winning pair.
More nonsense from Dr. Drew. This is so lame. OMG Julianne and Cody are crying. Sads.
Samantha interviews the couples who are safe: Warren and Kym and Lance and Lacey
Brad Paisley performs “Let the Good Times Roll”. Group dance! Featuring: Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Kym Johnson, Alec Mazo, Genya Mazo, Karina Smirnoff and Edyta Sliwinska.
Maks is choreographing the upcoming Dancing with the Stars tour. Coming to a city near you! Toni Braxton will be dancing AND singing!
This filler is killing me. An MD explains the anatomy of a dancer. They REALLY REALLY are running out of ideas.
One more couple moves on to the semi-finals: Brooke and Derek are going to the semi-finals.
Finally, the results. Maurice and Cheryl are eliminated.
Safe:
- Warren and Kym
- Lance and Lacey
- Brooke and Derek
- Cody (Julianne)
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Oh my. It is the dark haired Hough siblings. Lacey and her brother are really good together. He has a huge smile all of the time. I keep looking to see if there is a David Schwimmer similarity there.
Well, they are related to David Schwimmer. Cousins, I think? I like Lacey and Benji. That routine was just tons of fun!!
And the routine with the Houghs was really good too.
I liked it, too, Sarah. They were great fun to watch. Lots of energy and I love the little bit different twist Lacey puts on the dances during the competition, too. I have to say I am a bit disappointed. Cody is sweet, but Maurice was the better dancer of the two. I’m sorry he was voted off. I still think the final is going to be between Brooke/Derek and Lacey/Lance no matter who else made it through tonight.
I think it will be either Lance and Lacey or Brooke and Derek out next week. Whichever of them makes it will take second place, I think. Of course, that depends on scores. If the judges gives Lance/Lacey and Brooke/Derek perfect 30s for all their dances next week, but Cody and Julianne get 23s or 24s, then Cody/Julianne will be in jeopardy. But I can’t see that happening. Julianne has surgery and is out two weeks, triumphantly returning to the ballroom to get mediocre scores? Yeah, I don’t think that will happen. I think C/J will make it past next week, but go out third in the finale because their scores won’t be as high as the other two, whether that’s Warren and Brooke or Warren and Lance. But I still think Warren will win. Football fanbases have proved to be formidable on this show, and he’s been getting comments from the Emmitt Smith (1st place) playbook more than the Jerry Rice (2nd place) or Jason Taylor (2nd place) playbook.
Lots of awesome pro dances tonight, nice to see Benji again, REEEEALLY nice to see Maks again. Maurice was screwed, but I kind of expected it. Cody could probably come out and dance the hokey pokey next week and make it through, so it should be interesting.
I LOVED seeing Benji again!!!! Him and Lacey dance great together but he really shines with his cousin Heidi.
Poor Maurice. It should have been Cody. I’m still hoping that Lance wins the whole thing but it now looks like it will be going to Brooke. :(
I really thought Maurice was going to stay tonight, Cody really should’ve left, but I guess Maurice couldn’t compete with those Hannah Montana fans.
I agree with smartcookie, I believe Warren will win. For anyone who hasn’t watched before this season, the football fanbases are huge and the football players normally come in 1st or 2nd place. In my opinion, Warren is definately the most entertaining to watch and I really think he is the most popular one. I think Lance/Lacey will get 3rd place and Brooke/Derek will get second place. Brooke is a great dancer, but she’s really not that entertaining and that’s what people want to see and that’s why Warren will win. Warren is just like Emitt Smith who was a contestant on another season. Look up Emitt Smith on Youtube and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Emitt Smith, the footabll player beat out Mario Lopez because he was entertaining and everybody loved him, although Mario was technically the better dancer and that’s the same thing with Warren.
Yes, it is cool! I was very happy to see him get in and we’ll get to see Julianne dance again with him. I know TPTB didn’t plan this, but what a twist to the season.
OMG, what a great show tonight! I will have to rewatch to see which brother/sister team I liked better, but I thought the routines were awesome!
How great to see Brad Paisley. I saw him in concert at the Grand Ole Opry and he is such a sweetheart and GOOD singer. I don’t know how DWTS could top a results show like this. I am very pleased.
I will be very upset if Cody beats Lance, Warren, or Brooke to the finals. All three of them deserve to be there. Maurice deserved to be top 4, too, but lucky for Cody, Julianne had to have surgery and got sympathy vote (plus the country singin’ vote and the Hannah Montana vote).
I figured it would be Maurice who would be leaving tonight, even though I was hoping that it would be Cody.
The judges, especially Len, would never give scores which would allow Lance to win no matter how well he danced. That’s just the way it is.
Once Lance leaves, so will I.
The siblings were all amazing tonight.
I think the semi-finals is a combination of fan-base and talent. I’m not surprised about Maurice’s departure, but I’m kinda sad. I thought he did well this week.
I think the final 3 will be Brooke, Warren and Lance. Cody isn’t as good as those three, but if the Hannah Montana vote and Julianne Hough vote gets him through, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.
I do think it would be awful if Brooke didn’t make the finals, because she’s so good. There’s a part of me that thinks she won’t win it all and will be the next Mario Lopez, but who knows?
Sorry all, but secretly I do want a Brooke, Warren, and Cody final. I just can’t get behind Lance and Lacey. But I seriously don’t think that will happen. Lancy has enough fans to get him through.
I’m torn between Warren and Brooke. They are both great in their own way. I would be happy with either one of them winning.
IMO, Cody is a little better than Lance. He seems to have improved much more over the course of the show, especially taking into account picking up a brand new partner/coach. I don’t know why but it seems that Lacey has made herself the principal dancer with Lance as her assistant instead of student.
Unfortunately, I think there was one too many bald black guys in the mix for this late in the competition. Cody brings a freshness that Maurice couldn’t match and I suspect that Julianne fans want to see her dance again so that helped Cody’s cause too.
Warren seems a bit overly praised, I’m not getting that much “joy” off of him that the judges are feeling. He is starting to look nervous to me. Brooke should win, she is really good.
I think Brooke will win, but I would love to see Lance and Lacey in second place. I agree Lacey does go overboard, but I love what she does with their routines. It would be nice to see Len compliment them.
Hell would freeze over before that happens. Len seems to really have it out for Lacey.
Sorry, but I’m just not a Brooke fan. The OTT pimping from the judges has turned me off of her. If Lance can’t win (and I know he won’t) I hope Warren wins. Kym deserves it, too. And I think Warren probably will win, for the same reasons that smartcookie posted about above.
I mean, I agree that she is good and has quite a bit of natural grace, and is consistently as good as or better than most of the performers this season. But when you put her up against past competitors, she pales in comparison, which is why the hyperbole and OTT pimping bugs me. Plus, I have absolutely no interest in watching her dance, even before the judges pissed me off with their pimping. Warren/Kym, Lance/Lacey, and Cody/Julianne bring so much more energy and entertainment to the dance floor, for me.
Get out of my brain! LOL!
I don’t think Brooke’s that great either; when you can see her legs they look out of sinc with the rest of her dancing. I don’t think her footwork is all that great, although her upper body dancing is what most people focus on and therefore, is what most people judge her on.
And I really, really like Cody; I know he is ackward and stiff still, but, his personality shines through for me and I really like to see his routines. He’s the next to go though, so I know this is goodbye for the adorkable one (sigh).
I hope Lance and Lacy up their game and give Brooke and Derek a run for the disco ball of cheese.
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Peace Out Y’all & Poke Smot!
I don’t know if anyone agrees with me — but I cannot stand Lacey. Hated her on SYTYCD, and hate her on DWTS. She is so full of herself and determined to be the one in the spotlight. Sorry, Lance, but your partner is a huge turnoff, so I want you to go. And I’m really hoping that Lacey isn’t back for another season.
Not surprisingly, not a fan of her brother Benji, either. He’s not the spotlight hog that Lacey is, but something about him is just over-the-top and too weird for me.
Julianne and Derek’s dance was awesome. I also love the Edyta and Alec dances. Those are 2 parnerships I really enjoy.