The Stars Are Stepping Up
Week 5 of Dancing with the Stars saw the stars stepping up and making this a great competition. You can see the top dancers starting to pull away from the rest.
Was Duane “Dog” Chapman in the house or was that Ian Ziering? Ziering’s blown out do reminded me of Dog. Anyways, his performance was still solid, but he needs to find the zone. As the judges pointed out, he has to connect all the pieces and go out there and simply perform without overthinking and overperforming.
Sorry Clyde Drexler, but you really have to glide out of the competition. Watching your performances and judges’ evaluations are just painful. Maybe it’s your style, or maybe it’s the overall choreography that doesn’t match? I’m not placing all the blame on your professional partner, Elena Grinenko, but I don’t know if she knows how to compensate for your style and height. Other partners like Cheryl Burke, Jonathan Roberts, and Karina Smirnoff know how to hide the weaknesses of their star partners and accentuate their strengths.
Yes, Heather Mills has a good partner in Jonathan Roberts. Not only did he wax his chest for their samba, but he knows how to bring out the best in Heather. So she ate it at the end of their performance when she tried to balance on her artificial leg. That’ll only remind people that she has a fake leg and will bring in additional votes. Good call on the “accidental” trip up.
Wayne’s World said Joey Fatone was the dark horse of this year’s competition, but he might actually be the frontrunner. But first, is Alfonso Ribeiro gay? This Silver Spoons and Fresh Prince star and dancer is always seen with ‘N Sync-er and gay Lance Bass. Back to Joey, although kinda chunky, the Fatone moves extremely well. Kym Johnson might have a winner in her bosom hands.
John Ratzenberger is safe this week. Not the best dance, but you could tell he was having a great time doing his thing on the dance floor. I think he realized boogying down with partner Edyta Sliwinska ain’t a bad thing.
Laila Ali and Maxim rumba-ed to Corinne Bailey Rae’s Put Your Records On and got their best scores of 9,10,9. The judges loved their performance, but I thought it was a little boring.
Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough. PERFECTION in the words of judge Carrie Ann Inaba. Their samba was exciting with tough moves, and you had to like Julianne’s Sanjaya-like hair. First perfect scores this season. But… is Apolo and Julianne following the same streaking arc as Mario Lopez? Peak too soon, and you can only go down.
Can two dancing couples be eliminated this week? Billy Ray Cyrus is just as painful to watch as Clyde Drexler. With his schedule picking up leaving less time to practice, Billy Ray can’t keep up. He still works the crowd, but he’s gone in Week 6 when two dances per show kick in.
Week 5 should be the final week for Clyde “The Glide.”
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