Trav's Thoughts

I didn't make it around to blogs tonight y'all. So I'll catch up with you in the next couple of days.



Well, for the first round of open voting on encores we had two votes.

Vinny his requested encore of the ever classy and elegant Ms Jane dancing her coy and sexy Mambo with partner Tony. Yes, you read that right. Vinny, he of the insightful sports commentary over at The Couch, watched DWTS instead of Monday Night Football! Bwahahahahahahahaha! I'm a good or a bad influence, depending on your point of view! But Vinny has most excellent taste, Ms Jane is worthy of seeing again, and so I am happy to oblige.

You can scroll forward to about 1:45 if you don't want to see the rehearsal footage.


Sweet Julie of Julie's Jewels and Junque requested the Mambo from Cameron and Edyta, mostly because Edyta is fantastic. Pam thinks Cameron is yummy, so we agree with this choice too. This clip has been nicely edited to get quickly to the dance.



Thanks to Vinny and Julie for chiming in with encore votes. Remember, you can cast your vote as well for your favorite dances from the Monday performance shows. Or, if you miss the show or don't/can't watch, you can always request your favorite celebrity.

Pam enjoyed so many of the performances last night. Her encore selection is the most outstanding Mambo from Helio and Julianne. If you don't want to see rehearsal footage, scroll to about :48.



I thought that was the best overall dance of the night. Sabrina's Quickstep with Mark was also outstanding, and certainly encore worthy. But my choice? Marie and Jonathan with their Mambo. It was just a Mambo kinda night...from the music to the costumes to the dances. And I smiled through this entire dance. Scroll to about 1:05 to avoid rehearsal.



Four encores!!! Yikes! Either the dancing is way too good, or we need to be more choosy when we make our choices.

And cue theme music!

The judges select Helio and Julianne for the encore.

Ms Jane and Tony are safe tonight, announced at the top of the show. Ms Jane's mother died sometime Tuesday morning from complications after a stroke. She was 92. Ms Jane has flown back to England to be with her family. She has decided to stay in the competition as a tribute to her mother, who apparently enjoyed the British version of Dancing while she was ill. Pam and I send our condolences to Ms Jane Seymour and her entire family.

Helio and Julianne are also safe.

Queen Latifah in the ballroom. We're liking the jazz number.

Mel and Maks continue, as do Sabrina and Mark. Mark and Kym are safe too.

Queen Latifah returns with an excellent cover of California Dreaming, originally from The Mamas and The Papas. I love this song anyway, and Ms Q did it up right.

Marie and Jonathan are safe, as are Floyd and Karina.

Jennie and Derek survive the slip and are safe with Cameron and Edyta, but Wayne and Cheryl are in the bottom two with Albert and Anna.

America loves Wayne and Cheryl, so Albert and Anna are out. I gotta put that one down to fanbase. If you look at potential and dance ability, certainly America got it wrong. But Wayne is Mr Las Vegas and the one thing to remember about this show is that people will vote for who they love.

Remember to tune in next Monday at 8pm. I didn't catch the two dances for next week, but I think one of them is Tango. And also don't forget...you get a chance to vote for the encore that I'll post here on my Tuesday recap.



Oh...I almost forgot!! Tune in this evening at 7pm EST to Blog Talk Radio for The Mo Show, when Mo talks urban legends in the first of his Halloween themed shows.



Later babies!