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I watched DWTS last night, though it was my first time this season. Perhaps, because it was "creative" night... or whatever the theme was, the judges seemed to reward different things than I would. Although Melissa's samba certainly had some cool athletic moves at the beginning, I did not see much samba, and I certainly didn't see good samba technique, yet the judges loved it. I thought Giles looked great, yet they criticized his technique. I liked Kelly.. I thought she danced well. I thought Kirstie had good foot work in her chacha. In general I found the show to be a bit confusing... alot of liberty taken in the choreography, alot of accolades from the judges on "flash" over solid technique. Shawn and Sabrina are too much "out of the box, the obvious front runners" for me.., I like to see development and growth throughout the season.

Honestly, except for Kirstie and Bristol (now that Pam's gone), who's really got much room for "growth" this season, though? They're SUPPOSED to already have some idea what they're doing. Maybe Kelly just because she only had six weeks and didn't learn some dances on her season, but overall, they're not supposed to be at the starting-from-scratch point.

There's always room for growth

Yeah, if they can be bothered to try. It may well be selective editing, but Bristol seems satisfied with mediocre dancing. She would be absolutely destroyed after one session with someone like Maks. He would not baby her. She comes across as rather needy, the kind of person who would constantly post whines on Facebook just to get sympathy and praise. Irksome. Frankly anyone (not just Bristol) who claims "Well, I thought my performance was great" after being told otherwise and then doesn't attempt to examine their weaknesses and try to improve, doesn't deserve to stay. As many of them have already stated, this is the ALL STARS. Being good isn't good enough this time.

Really hope the results tonight don't make me want scream.

Agreed!

OTOH...if Mark didn't show up for something, how much sympathy would THAT have gotten? It's really not that hard to tell when you're not high on the priority list.

So far I'm 50%--I'm figuring Drew and Bristol for the double elimination and Drew's already gone. Though I wouldn't be sorry to lose Helio, either. Glad Kirstie's safe!

Contemporary? I have to sit through hair-flipping and rolling on the floor on this show, too? Bollywood could be fun, though. (I *liked* Derek's Bollywood samba. But I like Bollywood musicals, so I may be the wrong person to ask.)

Okay, I was only half right. Thank goodness, though, if Sabrina were gone again I would be MAD.

Should have been Bristol or Kirstie.

Absolutely. I thought the samba was (Dare I say it?) lame, and I was shocked when the judges were so wowed. Seriously. Clean up your legs, sista!

Argh.

I'm going to be on the road for next week, and I'm not sure I'm all that bummed about missing it. I'm really not a SYTYCD fan, and that's all I could think of when I saw the dance list.

Fasc, I agree with you on them being nice to each other. I thought it was kinda nice, especially with Brooke goading them to use "strategy." Kind of amused when you could hear Apolo say, "What the hell is the jitterbug?"

Very frustrated with the results - Bristol needs to go home. She overstayed her welcome the first time and it is happening all over again. She is clearly one of the worst dancers (not that anyone is disputing that) and the immature attitude has no place in a contest like this. What rubs me the most is the lack of drive... every other contestant has that spark in their eye, or even if not wearing it on their sleeve, a certain underlying drive/passion/intensity to do well and achieve. Bristol seems to lack that vigor for life, is very "meh" and just content to exist. I have a hard time even using the word "competitor" to describe her.

Having watched the recap show before the results show (thus having watched all the routines twice now), I concur that the samba was not all that great. I thoroughly enjoyed Shawn and Derek's routine, regardless of the rule-breaking - it had a lot of unexpected moments for me (when they both went down into full splits - that was awesome) and the energy was great. Also enjoyed both paso dobles... felt the passion.

Looking forward to all the different styles next week. I'm crossing my fingers that we won't have a SYTYCD situation where all the dances look the same with only token moves thrown in to differentiate hip hop from the jitterbug.

I agree with you IndyLady; I don't know how Bristol keeps sneaking through. I was disappointed to see Helio go, but I agree that has dancing has not been as crisp as it was when he won the championship. I suppose that could be lack of practice time -- he was in the Indycar championship hunt until the last race this year, and he couldn't take time to practice because they were testing between races.

Must give my 2 cents...

Gilles is nowhere near as fun to watch as he was last time. I love watching him dance, but ONLY his dancing - he is so desperate to win it has sapped him of any appeal he had, IMHO. I feel like he's going to make himself crack. And there is no need, because he is amazing!

The biggest thing is Palin. I hate to sound like a suffering artist, but I haven't been able to dance in over a year. The biggest reason I don't want to ever see her on this show is because she has who is essentially the crown prince of ballroom dance for a teacher, all to herself, for however long this lasts. And she doesn't care at all. There is nothing that repulses me more than someone who gets such an opportunity to dance and doesn't relish in it, God knows I would kill for ONE lesson, let alone with a teacher who is at Ballas' level.

Derek and Shawn...I have always been a Derek fan (he's actually why I got into dance), and I do agree he and Shawn are getting a little crazy with choreo, but I think he's trying to make the dances unique to her - young, fresh, and very, very athletic.

Karina and Apolo...Karina is my idol and I was hoping she'd be paired with Gilles, but I'm digging the pairing with Apolo. Because he's talented and funny and even though Karina's probably kicking his ass, he still remembers to have fun - his zingers kind of remind me of JR in s13. And I was stunned by his vision for this foxtrot - beautiful. It seemed to me the most different out of all the others.

And is it just me, or does Karina quite often design herself a costume that looks SO ugly on first glance, but then when she dances in it, it moves so beautifully it's almost the eighth wonder of the world? Remember that weird Pink Panther FT gown?