Only one more month and it will all be over. At this point, we can evaluate the season and say “it has been good”. From the top of the balcony, Tom and Samantha greet us and bring out the stars. Mario (pronounced “poopee”) already has his tie undone and we are reminded of how good an (Academy award winning) actress Marlee Matlin is!
Jason dances like an airplane (big and light at the same time), keeping his arms splayed out, doing a very sexy hot cha cha that should get lots of votes. A great lift (not penalized!), spun around Edyta and showed a lot of fun all around. At 24, the judges were fair, given his footwork.
Shannon’s true colors did not show: she needed to point her feet in this gentle choreography and her hips truly did not move at all, but she did had some good leg extensions. And her legs do sell! And she looked gorgeous with her partner, Derek, who’s even more gorgeous! Is Derek getting too distracted with their “trying to get into character” and not helping her improve on dancing technique? Well, we liked this couple and wanted to see them go all the way, but it seems unlikely they will be in the finals.
Marlee had another fast Latin dance tonight, with the mambo King no less, and a pep speech from the Fonz! Despite that, and regrettably, we do believe her limit has been reached. Stop and go dancing at this stage of the competition is just not good enough. She is an amazing and courageous personality and star, but cannot make the grade at this level of dancing. The choreography made her look as if she was a puppet being manipulated, not an especially good feeling. Her low score reflects on the dancing, not on her Star power. We believe that she will be out tonight.
Frederico Astaire was next, with Cheryl saying “no, no, no!” to his first Fox Trotty attempts. Good for Cheryl learning more Spanish (even without realizing it!). And how creative that pool rehearsal technique! Cheryl proved one more time that she’s an amazing instructor. Their efforts paid off with a beautiful choreography and this was a complete turn around for Cristian. Cristian and Cheryl shouldn’t have any trouble staying tonight, except for Len’s threat to moon us all in the supermarket if Cristian is in the bottom two. Would people not vote for Christian hoping Len’s will have to follow through with his bet? We hope not, and have no desire to see Len’s bottom two! Remember you can vote online until noon today Tuesday.
Princess Marissa seems always a bit dizzy even without the spinning. We liked this dance, which had some beautiful lines and turns. Tony did the best he could with Marissa, and he was wonderful as always. However, there were some awful lines also, with Marissa’s feet always sticking out flat. The awful song choice by the producers, the cover of Tom Jones’ Delilah, did make us wonder why, why, why Marissa? Her feet were not pointing (it is amazing how much better it would have looked if she had made that effort) and her final floor spin kinda crashed. Altogether, we did not think (despite the judges’ comments and scores) that this was such a great performance. It was pretty, but was it really better than Jason’s or Cristian’s? We do like her when she smiles though.
Kristy’s dance should be repeated in the results show. It was fun, they had fun, and it showed. At times her turnout still faltered but she obviously worked on it. We learned tonight that she had club feet as a child. Her professional achievements and efforts are even more commendable, given the condition.
As Mario (pronounced “poopee”) strutted towards Karina unbuttoning his shirt we knew this would be a hot dance. Bruno called Len a (bleep) and Carrie Anne got seriously turned on, saying it was better than (bleep, bleep). This was definitely a hot one. Bruno even got bleeped (about something about eating -bleep--bleep--??)! The dancing was good, the entertainment value was good. The penalized lift and Len’s prudishness got them a 28 that could have been a 30.
Marissa said the hoe down at the ballroom corral could go either way… it did. Tricks, cartwheels and lifts, many of them unsuccessful. Jason the Airplane and Mario’s (pronounced “poopee’s) were probably the most showy. Not much to say otherwise.
Week Five! Four more ‘til the finals… the votes may save Marissa, Shannon could be down there, but Marlee will sign off tomorrow.
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