Encores and results
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by Travis Cody inAre you ready? It's live from Hollywood!
Let's begin with Lil Kim and Derek. I definitely enjoyed what they did. My problem was with the judges, not with the dancers. It was a very good Jive but it was also flawed, and yet Carrie Ann and Bruno got caught up in the fun and called it perfect. Click here, and you be the judge.
With Melissa, Tony can really turn up the dial on his choreography and he has done so. I'm enjoying his work so much this season. Melissa and Tony's Rumba was outstanding. Click here.
The judges have to find something to pick at, and even on an "off" night Gilles and Cheryl are just a notch better than just about every other pair. Their Jive took utmost advantage of a bit of a wonky music selection, and Cheryl's choreography keeps getting more and more difficult each week. Click here.
Shawn and Mark danced an innocently romantic Rumba that was simply beautiful. There might have been better performances, but for me this was the dance of the night. Click here.
Here's our leader board from Monday:
28 Kim and Derek
27 Melissa and Tony
26 Gilles and Cheryl
26 Shawn and Mark
23 Chuck and Julianne
22 LT and Edyta
18 Ty and Chelsie
16 Steve and Lacey
The judges select Lil Kim and Derek as the encore selection.
The cast of the revival of West Side Story is in the ballroom, performing America. This number goes back to the roots of the original musical on Broadway, with just the girls. In the movie version, the boys were added to give the song a different flavor. These gals were terrific, but give me Rita and George any day!
Let's get some results, shall we?
First to be safe are Kim and Derek, with LT and Edyta.
Rascal Flatts performs Here Comes Goodbye, accompanied by Julianne and Tony in a beautiful trick fest of a dance. Tony tossed Julianne around like she was nothing. That was incredible.
So next week, the celebrities will take the lead in designing costumes for the pairs. LT says that Edyta is allergic to clothes...and I'm ok with that. HA!
Two more pairs are safe...Shawn and Mark are safe, as are Melissa and Tony.
Carmen Electra is featured in the Macy's Stars of Dance segment. The burlesque style number was choreographed by Lindsley Allen, an original member of the Pussycat Dolls.
Rascal Flatts returns to perform Revolution by The Beatles.
Who else is safe? Gilles and Cheryl, and that means all of our favorites are through.
So now the last two couples advancing to next week are Chuck and Julianne, with Ty and Chelsie. That means that Steve and Lacey are out.
Next week our 7 remaining couples dance an individual routine plus a group dance inspired by the decade of the 1960s.
And I just have a thought to impart about American Idol. Last week they went 7 minutes over, running into DWTS results and any other program that airs at 2100 on Tuesday nights.
So this week they made the new rule that the judges would critique each performance only in pairs, rather than having all 4 judges speak about the singers.
Uhm...hello? I've got news for you. They still went over and it's not because of 4 judges critiquing each singer. It's because of all the juvenile banter they do that has nothing whatsoever to do with the person standing on the stage.
And that is why I'm not enjoying Idol very much this season. I like several of the singers, but the judges are turning me off more and more every week. FOX may think that crap is good tv. For me, it's just noise.
Strangely, I watched Dancing with the Stars last night for the first time ever.