DWTS 4/26-27: Swingtime

[soxxy]

I just wish that the judges would judge the dance and not the dancer. Too many of the dancers are getting judged against themselves. Evan, Erin, Pam, and Niecy were all better than 85, but because he performed well for HIM, he got higher scores. If I were a judge, he would be pulling 5s.

Exactly. Very annoying. Evan gets hammered, but Jake or Chad are praised for a worse routine because less is expected of them. To the extent winning this is important to someone, my advice next season would be to come in and dance adaquately well to start and build as the weeks go on. Don't give it your all the first few weeks even if you have the talent.

[Cloudy_Gumdrops]

http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with.../429365/437774

It's white with blue and greenish adornments.

[Beefcake]

It seems a few of you would like to 86 85.

DialIdol has three celebs in green/"safe". Not gonna say that this means much nor say who they are (go look for yourself, lazy fingers), but I will loudly say [slight spoiler of DialIdol predictions],

Spoiler

'BOO' to jealous hausfraus!

[orbitz]

To the extent winning this is important to someone, my advice next season would be to come in and dance adaquately well to start and build as the weeks go on. Don't give it your all the first few weeks even if you have the talent.

This would only work for someone who already has a large fan base from week 1.

I kind of agree with Len that Mak going shirtless was totally unnecessary in his and Erin's routine. It distracted from the routine. Len was wrong though to take it out on Erin.

I thought Nicole looked kind of stiff throughout her Samba. Was she seriously worrying about her camera angle during reheasal? LOL. Honey, you're not Babra Streisand!

I think the best girl on all seasons of DWTS so far was Mya. Her samba with Dimitry last season was great.

[dbell1]

Now, Joubert might actually be able to move those hips in the samba.

Oh goody - then mama can be in the audience and backstage and in rehearsal...

[rfisher]

It seems a few of you would like to 86 85.

DialIdol has three celebs in green/"safe". Not gonna say that this means much nor say who they are (go look for yourself, lazy fingers), but I will loudly say [slight spoiler of DialIdol predictions],

Spoiler

'BOO' to jealous hausfraus!

No. I don't even have to look to know what you're saying. I say boo too.

[BittyBug]

I thought Nicole looked kind of stiff throughout her Samba.

I agree. And for all the criticism Evan got for not moving his hips, I thought Nicole was just as guilty. I saw some hip shaking (within the same horizontal plane, if that makes sense), but no hip rolling, which I thought was required in the dance. But apparently I know nothing, because the judges loved her.

[figurefan]

I thought the judges were too hard on Evan so I gave him most of my votes.

This was the first week Pamela did not impress me, I actually liked Chad and Niecy was pretty good but Jake bored me. I am not sure what it is about Nicole, she is a good dancer but I feel that something is off about her.

Last night was the first time I ever thought of Evan as all kinds of hot... I am not sure if it was his outfit or what but he was looking sexy.

[luenatic]

Last night was the first time I ever thought of Evan as all kinds of hot... I am not sure if it was his outfit or what but he was looking sexy.

It was his chest, darling!

[orbitz]

Maks fired back at Len after Len's criticism of Maks last night.

http://wonderwall.msn.com/tv/maks-la...tory?gt1=28135

"Len is wrong one billion percent," Chmerkovskiy told UsMagazine.com after the show. "He said we didn't have enough substance in samba. Are you out of your mind?

I have trained a ton of US champions and world champions, and I've coached
[everyone] from juveniles to professionals. Don't tell me what I didn't do right because you're wrong! And if that means you're too old to be on this show and judge, then that's what it means.

[barbk]

It was his chest, darling!

I could survive quite happily never seeing another guy dancer with a shirt cut down to his waist. Ditto on the women.

[Cheylana]

Whew - I had to work late at the office, but I'm glad I stopped to give Evan my cell phone votes while the show was airing! And when I got home and found out how he scored, I hopped online and gave him all my votes (6 different e-mail addresses). Hope my 49 votes helped him!

As long as he survives elimination tonight, I'm thinking a bad scoring week won't much hurt Evan. It'll keep the backlash and "ringer" accusations at bay, at least for a little while. And then hopefully he'll rebound next week... maybe with a 10 or two?

[Garden Kitty]

Maks fired back at Len after Len's criticism of Maks last night.

http://wonderwall.msn.com/tv/maks-la...tory?gt1=28135

Maks is apparently another one who could take a lesson from Evan on how to handle criticism with class.

[Capella]

Here is his longer blog take on things.

[Eden]

Shirtless Max, and his partner, are staying

[soxxy]

Thanks for the updates!

[rfisher]

Mellisa Etheridge. I'm watching her rather than whoever is singing on AI.

[Cloudy_Gumdrops]

Love Melissa Etheridge.

Geez, Chelsie is the new Cheryl in terms of getting to do the pro dances every week. Not that I don't like her, but spread the freaking wealth.

I sooooo hope we get an Anna/Jonathan dance this season. They're always so stunning together.

[Eden]

Cheryl and Chad are safe.

[Buzz]

That Spanish guitar guy is HOT!