I thought, what crap. I will not watch. Then I come upstairs, and partner has this thing on. So I thought, what the hell, nothing else is on.

And then I hear the worst sound in the world (after Celine Shreik-on). Tom Bergeron, the most clueless, talentless, humorless "comedian" to ever befoul a TV screen, is hosting this show. Enough for me to say "Never Again".

I mean, really. If they planned to scrape the bottom of the barrel, what about that twit who hosted "Boy Meets Boy"?

Final thought. Just exactly how much of a famewhore is Trista? Will someone PLEASE make her go away!

I hope they have Joey go first again next week so I don't have to watch the rest of it. I got bored after Joey and Rachel Hunter tied... I thought there would be more dancing and less boring chit-chat. Silly me. I did enjoy watching Joey shake his thang, but the rest wasn't Strictly Ballroom enough for me. More like Fractionally Ballroom.

For all that is good and holy people, please don't vote for Triscuit and her ugly partner (who looked like Patrick Swayze's uglier brother). She must get off my teevee. And she actually had the nerve to say (paraphrasing) "people say reality TV stars are on on television just to be on television." Beeyotch that sums you up in a tidy little nutshell ya no talent famewhore.

Loved John O'Hurley and Charlotte and Joey and his partner.

Exactly. He looked like he was dancing in a club, and she looked like a stripper.

Ryan Sutter ... squeeeeeeeee!

On topic ... thought Joey was far and away the best of the night. Rachel looked like she was leaning forward the entire time ... I kept expecting her to fall on her face. Trista was way too stiff and too smiley. Evander sucked and I think the judges were actually afraid to mark him down. I think Soap Opera Girl was stone faced because her partner was so damned serious. Wish Peterman would stop being Peterman ... and I think his partner is pissed that he mentioned her age as well as his own!

You know, it does seem that way. But if you've ever taken a ballroom class, you find out that it's way harder for the men, because they have to lead it. The only way I can really explain it is that before I ever took a ballroom class, I could dance with my friend whose wife is a competitive ballroom dancer. He's such a strong leader, that even though I had not a clue how to really dance he made it look like I was a great dancer. And a lot of that showy stuff that the women do has a lot to do with the movement of their costume (skirt). Women do have to do more, but it's not that hard. Trust me on this. I have two left feet, and I can do it.

Joey! The love hasn't died after all these years.

I can see this being a guilty pleasure on boring Wednesday nights, especially since I'm going to catch Lost this time around and this will be a nice cheery lead-in before my fear of flying sets in.

Evander completely cracked me up, and I thought Kelly was terrible. And yeah, Rachel looked ginormous out there in comparison to everyone else.

Them bitches were mean to my girl Kelly. Don't mess with Kelly fans.

I was able to watch for exactly 5 minutes before my brain went completely numb.

I will say, though, that American Idol ought to incorporate not only the hand-held scoring cards but also the stiff--almost robotic--way that these judges held them up. Because that would be funny.

Well, I liked Kelly and hottie Alec more than the judges. I really like ballroom, but have no clue how the judging works, so I'm doing rankings based on how much I liked the dance and disregarding everthing else. So, here goes.

John & Charlotte
Kelly & Alec
Joey & Ashly
Rachel & Jonathan
Trista & Louis
Evander & Edyta

I thought the real dancers were all great. The guys especially. I thought it was cute how Ashly was all fangirly over Joey. Rachel Hunter used to be so pretty, but she looked a little rough imo.

Yes. Yes! YES! Oh Joey how I've missed seeing your lovely ass on my TV. I'm glad my I Love You isn't too late. Thank goodness you stayed the same.

I am officially a dork.

Evander did a lot better than I expected. My whole house tuned in just to see him do his better interpretation of "dance." Trista was quite good to. She does, however, need to cut her head off. Seriously... the full on smile? Too pageant talent competition for my taste. Rachel Hunter was okay as well. Although I thought she danced better on the tabletop in that Stacie's Mom video.

Anything that would keep me from having to hear Randy talk about the Dawwwwg Pound would be good.

Anyway, couldn't agree more. Loved the low-tech scorecards.

So you guys only have 3 judges? The Australian version has 4, Todd McKenney, Helen Richie, Paul Mercurio and Mark Wilson. All have danced competitively (I believe) and Helen and Mark have international reputations as dancesport judges. Sonia Kruger was cast as the host (Daryl Somers)'s arm candy, but has managed to beef up her role in proceedings by being considerably more interesting than Daryl (and more than just a little funnier).

Also, don't despair. As the season progresses, the "stars" get better in the dancing department. Few of them get where they are without knowing how to work hard. And another reason not to despair, both seasons of the Australian version (I couldn't say about either season of the British Strictly Come Dancing) have ended with the best celebrity dancer vs one of the worst. The former gets there through judges' votes and the latter through audience votes.

Someone mentioned that the judges seemed stifled. They need to get over that. It's not like there aren't 4 seasons of this thing around. If they didn't know that their role wouldn't involve mentoring, it's their own fault.

In regards to the band. Australian DwtS has a house band and house singers. Every now and then we'll get a "guest" vocalist, but it's generally just Anonymous McSession-Singer doing vocals.

ETA: Does your version have the same assy voting system as ours, where the "stars" are ranked by judges' scores from week x, then that rank is added to their ranking according to audience's votes during the preceding week based on the previous week's performance? 'Cause that sucks dogs' knobs

I really didn't want to watch this show. But I loved Joey MacIntyre when I was five, and I am completely reliving that right now. I want him to win! And he was actually good, too.

Poor Kelly. She was honestly not that bad. What in the hell could the judges possible have against her? And her ear problem is real; she's partially, if not not totally deaf in one ear.

Trista should just learn when enough is enough. What ever happened to staying out of the public eye, missy?

I don't get the scoring system at all. If your score was 20 and you get 50,000 votes, does that mean your final score is 50,020? Cause if it is, that's ridiculous. Basically it would all come down to the audience vote, because I can't imagine that the margin of difference in audience votes would be as narrow as, say, two. Or am I totally missing something?

I am totally a non-voter. I never vote. Never. But hey, I thought Evander was so adorable that I'd just give him a vote or two. So I tried, and tried, and tried, and tried (I considered typing 45 minutes worth of "I tried"s ... but you know what I mean ...) I got lots of busy signals, lots of that squealing that means your call didn't go through, some weird techno-voice doing numbers, etc. I wonder if anyone was getting through?

Did anyone notice TB's screw up? Before Trista's vote, I could swear he said something like, "We have a 3 way tie for 1st, a 2 way tie for 2nd, and Kelly..." I thought it was funny. Way to build up the suspense, dude. :)

I was kind of annoyed when TB was bitching about that judge's score, after said judge's "flowers" comment. I yelled out, "If you had actually listened to what the judge's whole comment was, you would have understood the score."

I'm rooting for Joey and John because I like them, and their partners (I'm shocked because John made my skin crawl when he hosted To Tell The Truth). Everyone else, one or the other annoys me. :)

Paul Mercurio is SO my movie boyfriend. I even suffered through the 9 1/2 Weeks sequel just because of him.

Wasn't Trista a cheerleader in the past? She was totally working that fake cheerleader smile.

But we have a Fly Girl from In Living Color. A Fly Girl who did a stint on Mr. Romance, beat that. I watched, but the entire time I kept thinking that Chris Parnell from SNL could do a kick-ass impersonation of Bergeron. Then I came to grips with the fact that I mainly look at females when they dance and I'm biased. It's something about the lines and the fluidity.
I'm gonna need for them to stop with the singing. Why did they have some random conductor reading Jay-Z's lead-in lines to "Crazy in Love"? That was the most crackilicious moment of the night. It was on the level of reading stage directions during a Broadway play.

Between this show and NBC's "Hit Me Baby One More Time," my summer trash TV habit is going to be in full swing (so to speak)! John Hurley was by far my favorite of the night, and he scores bonus points for wearing an Elvis-esque shirt. Kelly's dress was GORGEOUS. Squee!!

Okay...like Tom Bergeron is the only person they can come up with to host. I can't stand his bad puns when I'm watching AFV, I can barely stand him now. His most annoying moment was when he ripped on the one judge for his low score when describing one of the performances as being like flowers. My understanding was that the judge was saying they needed both foundation, which he called the lawn, and presentation, which I assumed was the flowers. So the judge was basically saying they lacked basic foundation, hence his low score. So STFU Tom!

What's up with the studio audience? Just because a judge gives a criticism of a move doesn't automatically mean it needs to get booed. Although it was interesting that they didn't feel the need to boo during Trista's reviews.

Also I was annoyed with the canned laughter given during key points of each competitor's bio and their, 'oh so threatening obstacle' that could hamper their performance that night.

I don't know. The show's amusing enough. I may watch next week. I have a feeling John O'Hurley may pull the victory. He seemed to have the most poise out there of all the so-called celebrities. We shall see.

Oh yeah...I was annoyed with all the renditions of the different songs used. Honestly it was rather distracting.

I've been getting the same thing and I've been trying off-and-on for over an hour.

Okay, now I'm pissed. I JUST finally got through and they tell me my time zone is closed. WTF?!?!

I'm shocked at how much I liked this. I LIKE Tom Bergeron, so he doesn't bug.

My main problem was that the women and men were assigned different dances. Waltz and long dresses don't to much to let me know how much you're moving, ladies. Kelly was the best woman IMO and Joey was the best man - Hell, he's the only man that participated in his damn dance. And for the women, I felt the same way - Kelly at least waltzed and moved. I know nearly nothing about dance, but isn't the waltz a 3/4 timed dance? Putting it to 4/4 music was distracting.

And WORD on the male partners being total dicks. Aside to "I'm so fucking hot boy" - yeah, you're hot now, but you know who you look like a younger version of? Henry Silva. Yeah, I didn't know his name either until I looked him up on IMDb. In his older years, he acted parts that were always the heavy because his cheekbones made him look tough and hard. Enjoy those golden years, punk! But even more annoying was dildo-hair boy. He would have been better served to accent his partner instead of himself. It actually bothered me.

So I would say for me, Joey was best, then Kelly. Then Rachel and J. Peterman and Trista. And finally Evander. Despite being a boxer, the man was so flat on his feet I was a little embarrassed for him.

Ultimately, I'll keep watching.

Agreed. I danced with a complete stranger who didnt speak a word of english and we did a pretty good job. For the women, its more a matter of learning to follow the mans lead.

That being said, is there any show that Trista and/or Rachel Hunter wont do? It must be a SAG requiremtent that any reality celebrity show feature one of the two.

barkley, I just voted online with no problem. Just go to the Dancing with the Stars Voting Page.

It's cheesy, but the good reality is not on right now. You know-the quality stuff with backstabbing and not this fairy tail smiley crap.

I will admit I tuned in to see Joey. He was MY New Kid when I was 15. He is still so hot. I voted for him just because he's Joey. I thought it was funny his dancer was awwing over him and hoping all the girls in the audience will be jealous, and I wondered what his wife was thinking. I totally thought I'd have to reveal my secret love for him, but it's nice to see I'm not the only fangirl.

I did think John Hurley did great. He looks so suave and handsome anyway. If it wasn't for my love for Joey, I'd have voted for him.

I don't know this Kelly, her dancing was alright. I was cooking while watching it, so if it was someone I didn't really know, I wasn't paying attention much.

Evander and Rachel sucked. Rachel was just too big and clunky. Stick to modeling for tall girls like you, leave one of the few options to us short people, and that includes dancing.

Evanders was not good, I have no idea why they gave him such a good score. Like everyone else said, he kind of did nothing, just lent his hand. Plus, he stared at her the whole time, not at the audience or anywhere else.

Trista has always been meh to me. Didn't like her or hate her. Then I read an article about these purses she's selling and I LOVE them. Especially since I'm a purse and shoe whore. Then when I heard about the herniated disc (did anyone catch how many she said?) in her back, she turned out A-OK in my book. I have 3 herniated discs, so I feel her pain.

Oh, I guess I'll watch it just to see who goes when. Especially since I'm waiting for Lost to come one.

Somewhere, Bob Saget is throwing Cheetos at his TV wondering how TB became ABC's bitch and he's not longer. He's been downgraded to hooker (i.e. just used when needed).

Did anyone think the middle judge is trying to mold as the new Simon Cowell? And word to whoever said the audience sucks! Bitching and moaning at each score? It's not like they gave them a 1 or something. It's just like the AI crowd booing Simon before he even has a chance to say what he needs to say. Shut up.

This show made me strangely happy. Like I couldn't stop giggling when Evander and J.Peterman were dancing.
The women have it SO much harder though. I hate Trista, but she wasn't half bad. Then I remembered she was some sort of professional dancer and she lost some points.
What's with this having to register to vote on ABC online? I know they'll spam me so I won't do it.
Also, did they say how they will include the audience vote? Will the one couple be voted out at the beginning of the show and the other 5 then dance? Sucks to have to wait a week and plan a new dance not to be able to perform it.

Liking this show is as embarrassing as being caught by your mother lip-syncing ABBA songs (playing on a record player, thank you very much) into your hairbrush. I’m the only one who ever did that? Sigh.

It did not suck as much as I thought it would. And that’s actually high praise. But how did Crazy in Love become cha cha music?

(Was I the only one who suddenly had visions of Denny Terio? Does anyone even remember DT?)

And was Rachel’s partner the biggest wipe or what? I am the best male ballroom dancer, ever. That and a token will buy you a trip on the #2 train, buddy.

Shoot, hendersonrocks, I forgot that Lost was on tonight…will I never see the beginning of this show?!

I've only seen a total of about 5 hours of ballroom competition on TV, but word. After the judges' evaulations, I thought "Okay so basically, if she had smiled here and there, things would've been a-ok? Uh-huuuuh."

Is online voting open to viewers outside the U.S.? I don't see any "Voting open only to U.S. residents" notice on the website. ::hopeful look:: Kelly should not leave this soon; I'll gladly sacrifice my Joey-votes this round 'cause he seems pretty cozy.
Agreed. To quote my sister, "She probably looked like that because he told her to. Or... she was scared of him."

I do! Daaaaannnnccce Fev-ah!

I loved it. I couldnt believe I watched it, but now I will watch it every week, without shame!
John was really good. I liked his partner. Evander sucked, but I thought his partner was super sexy. Joey was yummy, his partner was SO cute! I like her more than I like him. (Or maybe I dont, I loved Joey when he was in NKOTB.....and Jordan Knight, who became pudgy...but I digress!)
The judges were harsh on Kelly, you can see who they like and who they dont already. Rachel did look huge and stiff, I didnt think she did such a great job. And word to Trista's smiling WAY too much. Its a waltz, not a cheerleading meet!

A short word on the scoring. This is how it worked on the Australian version and I would imagine yours will be the same.

Couples are ranked 1 to whatever in order of their judging scores. They are then ranked similarly according to audience votes. These rankings are then added and the couple with the highest number (eg 5th plus 5th is worse than 1st plus 2nd) gets booted. If two (or more) couples tie for last, the couple with the fewest audience votes gets sent home.

I can't believe I watched this after mocking the UK version while I was there. But its kind of fun. Fluffy summer entertainment. And I can't believe I found Joey so adorable. I was immune to NKOTB in my youth, but he grew up nicely! On the negative side, I find the host incredibly annoying. And Rachel's partner gives off a creepy vibe.

Oh, right. The scoring system explained:

All contestants dance. All contestants are scored by the judges. Based on their scores, they are ranked in order from best to worst. The best team gets 6 points (because there are 6 couples in the competition), the second best gets 5 points etc. NB: If there is a tie for second and third (eg), both couples get 5 points and the couple in fourth gets 4 points, and it continues. Go figure that one out ;)

Then you guys all vote. Then the couples are ranked again. Highest ranked couple gets 6 points, etc, etc, etc, it works exactly as I have described above.

The couple with the lowest overall ranking gets the boot. The suckiest part of this incredibly sucky system? If there is a tie in the overall rankings the person with the highest audience vote goes through.

The next week, when there are 5 couples, the highest ranked couple in each section will receive 5 points and so on.

Other sucky things about this system:

• The dances you have just seen have no bearing on whether they get booted next week -- the dance rankings for that night get added to the audience rankings for last week.
• As has been mentioned above, there is a tendancy for crap dancers to be loved by the public, at the expense of good dancers who get the boot.
• Seriously, you need a BMath to understand this shit.

Good luck and God bless :-/

ETA: D beat me to it.

The host is incredibly annoying, I agree. It doesn’t surprise me one bit they got him from a crap show like America’s Funniest Home Videos.

Other than that, the pro dancers were really self-involved -- though the guy who said he’s the most attractive guy on the floor doesn’t have much competition here (including the NKOTB guy, IMO). I have no real basis to judge ballroom dancing, I’m awful at it myself, but I also thought that soap opera girl and her partner got screwed. I didn’t think they were great, but I thought they were better than Holyfield and Rachel Hunter.

The show’s a mess, production-wise, which is probably to be expected. I’m curious what kind of ratings it’s going to get.

So the judges scores from tonight don't count for anything? What a crazy system.

I did get to vote on the website (go Kelly), but I thought I would throw a few phone votes her way and a couple for Joey (they say only 5 phone votes per household), but I never got through.

Rachel did look huge, but that's in comparison to the tiny gals they had dancing. She looked fantastic in her other promo shots.

I think I read somewhere that Kelly is 30% deaf in both ears from the scuba diving incident.

First post was eaten, but:

*happily surprised at how much I liked the show
*Joey & Ashly rocked!
*Kelly & Alec were hosed!
*Evander was a little disappointing.
*Trista was pretty.
*I have lost Mr. Actionmage to Ashly! *g*

I'll be crossing my fingers that Kelly and Alec last another week- that wasn't cool, even though I got Len's criticism even if I disagree.

And I am one of the few that liked Tom Bergeron, ever since Fox after Breakfast! *g*

See ya'll next week!

I've seen a little bit of competitive ballroom dancing before (a former student competed and gave me some of her tapes), but this is a trainwreck... with glitter. I think I'm going to have to hunt down some of the Aussie episodes.

I knew who everyone was except for the NKOTB guy (I'm old - my childhood crushes were Ian and Derek from the Bay City Rollers. shut it!). But I thought he did very well in that "Saturday Night Fever, Solid Gold" kinda way.

Trista - get thee off my tv. I've never ever watched a show with you in it and I STILL know who you are. Stop it. "Reality tv star" is not a recognized profession. Just go away. To be fair, her dance was nice, but the face just did not match the mood of the dance. If I want to watch strange cheerleader faces, I'll watch Bravo.

Kelly - dear sweet Kelly. I actually like your work (ex-TFGH viewer). I've seen you act. So why the heck can't you muster a good "actress face" for a dance? Something other than "deer in headlights?" Look at Peterman - that's how to do it. And yes, you were hosed on the scoring, but not by much.

Peterman - oh, how I wish I could remember your name. I was too busy watching your expressions to notice your feet. Nicely done.

Evander - maybe Ali was on to something when he said "float like a butterfly..." But, you looked like you were having fun, so I'm in your corner. Maybe Deadwood's Jewel can help you out... "I'm as nimble as a forest creature..."

Rachel - absolutely beautiful lines during your dance. Stiff and scared, yes. Given your illness and tallness, I thought you did a fine job.

Host Guy - go away. Just go away. And take your idiotic puns with you.

And now for the question... was anyone else having to force themselves to watch the celebrity mens' feet during the dances? The sparkly costumes distracted me. OOh... shiny:)

ETA: because verb agreement is a good thing

Am I the only one who saw the weird things happening with Evander's mouth?

Rachel should have pulled her hair back like the other ladies. Even in an evening gown she looks like she's on the way to the corner market with no make-up and wild hair. It's ok to change your look sometimes.

Oh, my God. Little Joey McIntyre is strangely hot. And Evander is rocking those dance pants. Mama like. But, seriously folks. Trista and Rachel? Please go home. Now.

Joey's partner is absolutely adorable! He did a pretty good job himself.

Evander and J. Peterman looked like they were having a blast. I hope they stick around.

Rachel did okay - she'll probably improve. I don't think poor Kelly and her partner got along all that well. Trista looked like she was so busy concentrating on smiling that she was forgetting the other stuff.

This is just fluffy fun - good with nothing else going on in summer.

Former cha-cha champion from 8th grade social dance class reporting for duty!

Here's my 2 cents:

* it wasn't bad enough to be campy / cheesy, but not traditional enough to satisfy my dance watching needs
* Rachel was mis-paired, she needed a taller partner, but I thought she looked lovely
* Evander barely moved his feet. I didn't see any 1-2-cha-cha-cha, step-turn-cha-cha-cha
* sucky music. I wanted more traditional style
* I liked the judges, the audience sucked, and the announcers were barely tolerable.
* Tryscuit was the only one who looked liked she was having fun

I'll tune again next week, but I hope it gets better.

I was surprised that I didn't hate it!
Agree that it's harder for the girls. A good guy partner makes it easy for the girl to look good, but it's obvious when a good lady is covering up for a sub-par male partner. Which is why it was easier to see that Joey's feet were a little slow and Evander was standing and boppin' around.
Of the ladies, I didn't see Kelly's but if all the judge's had to complain about was her lack of smile, then I don't understand the low scores. Actually, come to think of it, I didn't like any of the celeb-ladies! I thought Rachel looked clunky and Trista was smiling waaaaaayyyyyy too much for a waltz to a slow piece from Norah Jones.
I did like Ashly though, Joey's partner, I thought she was adorable.
Anywho, I voted for John and Charlotte

Searching for something edifying about this trashy fun, I came up with "ok, so now some people will realize that 'waltz' and 'cha cha' are beats that can go with pop songs, not just 'ballroom' and 'classical' music."

Ok, never mind.


Of course! Dance Fever! This is exactly that show, without the disco.

I see there are three of us who don't mind TomB. We'll be slightly less tortured than everyone else.

The judges scores from the first week are a complete waste of time, but they're still a good indicator of who is good, who is ok, and who is shite.

As for the audience booing the judges. Common place. The judges on the Oz version take dancing very seriously (even if Paul Mercurio IS from Strictly Ballroom and went against the establishment he's still a stickler for the dance rules here - so to speak). The will call it crap if it smelleth and looketh like crap.

Some of the contestants OTOH take it more as entertainment - the audience isn't watching to see them dance - the audience is dancing to see THEM. Jason the Asshat is a perfect example from our Series 2.

Then there are the dancers that are all icing and no cake. There was a well publicized bitchfight between Todd McKenney and StickInsect Webster. See the DwtS OZ thread for more details, but in summary, she was icing, got 1/10 from that judge, and was booted that week.

Since the winner of our Series 2, Tom Williams, is a travel show guy, you never know, he could end up guesting. Hot bod. I hope he guests for your eye candy sake.

I have to admit that I watched just to see how John O'Hurley did. And how the men looked in tight pants. And Joey looks great! But are those his real teeth? He seemed to have the same overbite problem Apprentice Bill (Boyfriend Bill) has now, where his teeth take up most of his face.

I have to admit that nasty personality aside, I thought the cutest guy was Kelly's dour partner, Alec. He had an AMAZING ass. Amazing.

Rachel Hunter looked like she was going to spank her partner. She was twice his size. She looked like CC on the Nanny when CC used to dance with Niles. And she ODed on tan in a can. Why does she keep getting reality show work? Was she this big on Are You Hot and Real Gilligan's Island? Or was it just poor wardrobe choices tonight? Lisa Canning also wore an outfit which was much too tight. I could see her belly. Unless you're pregnant, the belly shouldn't be outlined.

I thought the way they treated Kelly was completely unfair. Yes, she was stiff, but this was her first time dancing and she had some difficult moves. Why did she get attacked and Evander, who did nothing but run around in some kind of "Hercules!" dance, get praised?

Trista's fivehead partner seriously bothered me. It looked like his forehead had devoured his entire face. Never, ever wear your hair pulled back again, Mr. Fivehead.

I needed a translator to understand those judges. The Roberto Benigni knockoff was fun, the other 2 I'd take or leave. That British guy was just an older and better-groomed version of all the asshats who ruin American Idol (I wonder if his name was Nigel). The judges are almost as pointless as those nobodies from "Fame".

I hope Rachel Hunter goes, or Evander. But Kelly is probably leaving, unfairly. I'm not sure if I will watch next week or not. Tom Bergeron has chased me away from quite a few shows and he's about to do the same this time. What a self-satisfied toerag. And he's aged about 10 years since the last time I saw him. I wonder if his bargain with Satan is running out.

That shot of Trista throwing the roses made me HATE her. It brought back memories of that idiot Jenn Schefft. Didn't Jenn do that? Ugh.

I didn't intend to watch this, but somehow I got sucked in. John O'Hurley looked like he was having the most fun so I hope he wins. Evander looked stiff as a board.

Will I watch again? well probably since there is piss all on TV right now. Even if I have to suffer through Tom Bergeron. I mean c'mon, this is supposed to be light fluff and he's making Michael Jackson jokes? Not that I am a fan of Wacko Jacko but hey

Your host is making crap gags? Welcome to Dancing with the Stars!

But D, does he sing AND play the drums????

Speaking of the band. Be aware. You could have Cat Hater Clay or RoboCarrie appearing as singing guests!

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