With his judges' scores and Woz wasn't even in the Bottom 2? Yikes! He might be around a lot longer than he deserves to be, based on his dancing. At least we have a bit of an idea now what his fanbase is.

Did think Karina's squeal of delight was kinda sweet. It's nice to see her excited for once.

I despised Cloris/Corky last season, but their demonstration bit tonight was rather cute. Need OTT and caricature? They're your go-to team.

Going into tonight, I was hoping Denise would get the boot. Their dance was one of the worst ever on DwtS, imo, both in execution and choreography, and I sure didn't want to see it again. But, yes, get thee gone, Denise. Sometimes wishes do come true!

Holly and Denise are both dreadful dancers, but I like Holly better, personality-wise. Denise is just painful to watch, full stop, whether she's dancing or not. The judges were way, way, way too kind to her tonight.

Glad to see they gave Dmitry another chance at the "how does he like dancing with Holly" question. He did... slightly better. Needs to polish his off-the-cuff remarks skills.

One wonders why, if they're going to eliminate two people next week, they scrambled so to find a replacement for both Jewel and Nancy O'Dell. Why not just get one, and scrap the eliminating two idea? They'd still have had the same number of weeks eps, so that wouldn't have been a consideration, then one celeb wouldn't have had only two days to prepare, etc. Nice for the pro partners, though, to still be in it.

Hate hate hate the Dance-Off.

So it ended up being the Barbie dance off and I'm THRILLED we get to keep Dmitry around for at least another week.

How many votes is Woz pulling in to be called safe after getting a bloody TEN? Ugh, he needs to leave next.

I really enjoyed both pro dances. Though at this point I feel like I’ve seen Alec and Edyta rumba about twelve times. Alec is still smoking though. And I have to admit, I’m starting to find Dmitry much hotter than Maks.

Karina’s little scream and jump when she found out they were safe was really cute.

Cloris and Corky, ugh. At least they weren’t actually there.

Barbie Dance-Off! Maks seems really over this. So glad they are gone. Holly’s more tolerable than Denise and I am willing to keep Dmitry around a few more weeks.

Double elimination next week- who wants to bet we get rid of two Steves?

Ironic that Woz and Karina outlasted Denise and Maks, considering Karina's comments earlier this season.

I hate Woz and Karina has been annoying me this season, but I thought it was endearing when she started shrieking when they were announced safe. You could just see the others thinking, "Oh, shit." The problem is that Woz is going to take this as a sign that he's the PEOPLE'S CHOICE and EVERYBODY LOVES HIM and THE JUDGES ARE SO OUT OF TOUCH!!! I think that people just rebelled against what seemed like unnecessary cruelty (concerning the '3' paddles and the comments).

The Corky and Cloris appearance wasn't as bad as I'd thought. I figured it'd be a live showing, which would have been a disaster. This taped thing wasn't too terrible.

My grassy knollish side says that this double elimination is a convenient ruse. At some point during the week, Steve-O (or maybe Woz) will have to drop out because of his injury. Instead of then being all, "SURPRISE! No one's getting eliminated! LOL!" they'll just say, "SURPRISE! A single elimination instead of a double!" That way they get the suspense of still having an elimination, but they'll have accounted for a possible withdrawal on account of injuries. And if no one drops out, they still get the 'suspense' of two eliminations. It'll be win-win. Yeah, I know, I'm overthinking this.

What is the point of factoring in public vote AGAIN in the dance-off after it was already used to determine to bottom two? And how low did Denise's vote count have to be for her to lose anyway?

I'm thrilled that they got rid of Denise Richards....but, seriously, Steve really should have gotten the boot.

Karina's shriek of shock and awe coupled with the judges' "How the holy HELL did that happen?" faces is the automatic highlight of the season. The guy scored a freakin' TEN. Granted, we're talking about the same bean counters who get 20 and yet can't get the number straight, but he got a 10, America! And to add insult to so many injuries, Dmitry AND Maks are in the bottom two with Maksie Poo (eesh) getting bounced. What the hell, show?! (Though Holly is somewhat more endearing that Denise, so it's not a total loss.)

However it was quickly made up by the Engaged!Suxy of Karina and Maks and the Married!Suxy of Edyta and Alec (and please tell me I'm not the only one who still uses that term eight seasons later.)

Woz's fanbase is obviously very strong and the judges just helped it out last night. What scares me is that someone who is good who doesn't have the fanbase could get taken out by him. Edyta and Alec looked gorgeous and I loved the song they danced to.

I know Denise is hated here but I'll miss Maks. He has barely been on the show after sitting out (which was his choice), and then Misty getting hurt after the 2nd week of competition, and now with Denise. Oh well..

I could happily see Chuck go next, even though there are way worse dancers. I'd keep the cowboy over way better dancers as well.

I have to agree with the idea that I don't think it's that Woz's fanbase is that big so much so as people voted for him because they thought the 3's were cruel. That's the sort of double edged sword of the judges using the lower paddles. Viewers aren't used to it so then it's seen as mean when they do.

I was actually kinda sad to see Denise go, that being said...at least my faves were safe. Surprisingly I did not enjoy the pro-dances too much, they seemed a bit lackluster except for when Maks/Karina did their little stint and the snuggle nose was cute too. However I really liked the Cloris/Corky segment except for the end with the kiss and the whole leg up crotch thing, blech.

Freaking unbelievable. I mean I don't like Denise or Maks but still, Woz should be gone. Hopefully next week's double elimination is Woz/Holly. That will make me really happy. Unless Steve-O is still really hurt, in which case even though I really like him, I would want him to go. Honestly though I hope he's better because i'd like to see him outlast Woz, Holly, Chuck and LT.

The dance off really needs to be judges choice only. Re-factoring in public opinion is just silly. Let the public know that it's their pick for bottom two and then the judges pick for elimination.

...The Woz is Cloris. The Woz is Cloris. THE WOZ IS CLORIS.

I hope that double elimination next week knocks him out. I get the feeling the judges were as pissed (unsurprised, but pissed) as I was. Who's betting that they damn him with faint praise and give him a passable score next week just to shut off the backlash machine? But Karina's shrieking in delight was hilarious and kind of cute. I love Karina forever now simply because of that.

At least Denise's ouster was a pleasant surprise. I knew it would be her vs. Holly after Wozilla was announced safe. Holly's re-samba was... still rather wooden. I hope it was just nerves and she takes it as a sign to really get her ass in gear. If not, if she can't, I won't mind her being axed with Bad Apple next week, even though I like her.

Denise's re-samba was a little better, but what, is this the second time the judges' scores have gotten f'ed up like that? And did Samantha really say it was a 23? Oh, Samantha. You really are one of God's special children, aren't you?

I'd never heard Adele before, I don't think... she's nice. I should give her music a try. And so convenient for Hall & Oates to be there to sing She's Gone when one of the women is eliminated.

Cloris and Corky were as terrifying and obnoxious as ever. I feel so sorry for Mark Ballas. Too bad we didn't get to see the two new dances done properly, seeing as how I'm interested and all in knowing how they'll fare. (Gotta love Tom's comment: "Yeah, that's really gonna help." I love Tom.)

Edyta was.... twirling around like a drill during that dance with Alec. Twirling in her underwear (and, I suppose, a sheet of tissue paper). I liked what we could see of the four-way dance, though. Lucky Karina.

It's Revenge of the Nerds, my dear. Revenge of the Nerds. ;)

Man, I hate the results show! Damned stupid melodramatic soap opera crap! Just cut it to half-an-hour and tell us who got kicked off already!

The Corky and Cloris was funny. I liked it a lot.

Seriously, why is Woz still there? He was dreadful last night and I bet everyone was expecting them to be voted off. I'm not looking forward to having to sit through another one of his 'dances' and I like the guy.

The judges were WAY to nice to Denise and I have no idea why. She wasn't that good tonight, I didn't think she was any better than last night and definitely not better than Holly. Of the two, she deserved to go, but it makes me sad to see Maks go because he's so easy on the eyes.

I'm also thinking both Steve's will be gone next week. Which will probably be good for their health.

But then the judges would actually have to take some responsibility for the outcome! This way, if Holly sucks next week, the judges can throw a bitch fit about how she stole Denise's place, how America got it wrong, etc.

No big surprise that Denise is 'aufed', but Holly and Woz needn't get too comfortable. Their days are numbered.

Listening to Gilles go on and on about how nervous he was (right) and how he doesn't like Tuesdays (uh huh) was a bit disingenuous.

I know! How long did we have to put up with Cloris before we were all put out of our misery?

Not that I was sad to seen Denise go, but hopefully the double elimination knocks out Woz.

Happily just low enough!


Another poster and I were worried that there would be a Woz backlash. Damn!

I don't think viewers like nastiness on this light-hearted, winning means nothing, fun show.

So, the judges being nasty to Woz probably got him a lot more votes. Well, that and those who love crash-and-burn TV.

Max made some nasty comments too. I would have to wonder, but his dance this week was just dreadful, and he had a young and fit partner--so, no mercy?

The two women on the show famous for nothing more than sleeping with famous guys and trashy lifestyles are in bottom two, in spite of the "pretty?" It doesn't surprise me. I never thought either one was quite the demographic for this family-oriented Disney-esque show. Well, that, and they both suck as dancers.

Still, two obviously in pain walking-wounded guys last longer than the babes?

I didn't find Gilles to be disingenous with his comments. He totally gets that this show is very much about fanbase and votes. You never know who's going to get voted out. Look at what happened with Steve tonight. Lowest vote total yet didn't go home. He get's that he's at risk every week no matter what.

Denise's scores didn't match the paddles.

Seemed like a computer error. It happened once before, I believe.

Ha, my roommate (who doesn't watch DWTS) looked up right as Edyta appeared on screen and was like "Whoa, that's quite an outfit!" Oh and she feels that the judges table "is not a bar" and therefore one should not be dancing on top of it.



I don't remember exactly but it must have been close to halfway. After all she was in the total cluster-fuck that was the Group! Hip-Hop! Dance!

Cloris wasn't in the bottom two the first week of results.

People would rather see a bad dancer than a dancer who makes them uneasy, and unfortunately, Denise/Maks and Holly/Dmitry probably made them feel uncomfortable last night. Denise in particular seemed so checked out.

Hopefully Woz will go soon, unless people continue to make him a martyr and ignore all the flaws he brings on himself.

Holly had 7 points higher than the Woz and still ended up in the B2. That is telling of his fanbase and I'm sure the other dancers took note.

Based on him being in the bottom two last week and not in the bottom two this week despite even lower scores, I surmise that the bottom dropped out of whatever fan base Denise possessed, and Holly I just don't know. I imagine Woz acquired a few votes of support for his pluckiness, but I think what really occurred is yes indeed, Denise's support is that low. I'm not saying Woz's fan base is negligible, but I think he's no Cloris.

It's times like this that I apprecate the Hough and Ballas boys. I think either one of them might have dragged Denise through another few weeks. Maks is just not cut out for it, plus he was pretty much going through the motions.

Exactly. For two women (or at least one), who've made a career of wearing pretty much nothing, neither of them had any level of comfort in their own skin.



Every geek/nerd/Macfan pretty much is voting (count me in that group) but the judges only helped it by their nastiness last night. They were as nasty and low scoring to Master P but it was obvious he didn't want to be there. Woz wants to be there and is putting a lot more life and enthusiasm into his dances than either Denise or Holly have managed. Holly almost got it tonight but she's got away to go.

Hall and Oates looked great (Daryl looked like he was channeling the Bee Gees for some reason, they did tour with them but that was 30 some odd years ago) and sounded great. Bonus points for singing with that dragging band. I don't think that was them singing "She's Gone," though.

ABC please get rid of this horrible format now!!!

It's bad enough we are subjected to 2 poor dances again and don't get to see an entertaining encore, but how freaking embarrassing could that be for Denise. You win the dance off and still lose with viewer votes. Not that I'm a Denise fan, but man, that's harsh. Not only that, but with all the injuries on this show, Tuesday should be a day that these contestants get to relax and rest up and not to have to worry about practicing for a repeat performance in case they are in a dance off. I don't know why the show always has to tweak it's format. The original format worked so don't mess with it.

I felt bad for Dmitri who had to come back and defend his remark about Holly due to an ill-timed question from Samantha. I blame Sam!!

About Woz, all I can say he must have a HUGE fanbase and either the judges are going to have to break out the 1 paddles or we are going to see him around for a while. They probably should just give him better scores because at least he was in the bottom 2 when his scores were better. I think the combination of the low scores and less than kind comments backfired. I don't really want to see him dance any more, so hopefully the producers will figure it out.

Glad Steve-O made it and glad he wasn't even in the bottom 2. He looked so sad and mad at himself in the interviews last night, so at least he knows he has viewer support.

When the last 4 were standing, I knew Ty wasn't even in the equation. He seems to be a growing fan favorite - I know I sure like me some Ty! I am gonna guess that if he keeps improving and handles the Latin dances, he may even be final 4 material.

But, hey, it could happen! It would be interesting to know if the double elimination was a planned thing before the season started or not...

One good thing about tonight's show: No Macy's Stars of Dance!

Also consider though that Denise went first and Holly went third. Performing at the beginning of the show when there are still so many people is a kiss of death. In Woz's favor, at least he went towards the end so like him or hate him, people actually remembered him.

I also don't think Gilles was being disingenuous. People can tell him he's the favorite until they are blue in the face. It doesn't mean these people believe it, let alone somebody nobody ever heard of before the show started. Plus look what happened to Sabrina, the favorite. DWTS has their shock boots just like Idol.

I think Woz has little minions at Apple and a huge nerd fanbase. All these people probably create screen names with ease and vote an astronomical amount of times per person. Even the pity factor of the judges being mean couldn't create a close enough gap for him to avoid the bottom two. Karina's "happy squeal" was the only bonus of Steve not dancing off .. off my screen.

Sam is so observant. She noticed that Karina kissed Maks. Gold star Sam for observation powers! Also, her earings looked like silver plates. Those babies were bigger than any hoops I've seen.

I was so tired of Denise's deer in the headlights terror dancing. I was glad Holly stayed. I assumed Denise had a fan base larger than Holly's and a higher score, and Holly would go. I guess there is a lot of Denise hate, or hate watching someone dance as if it's a punishment.

That is scary. I can't believe Woz wasn't in the bottom two. I don't understand how so many people could possibly vote for him...Because he got low scores for a bad dance? If the judges break out the '1' paddles next week, will that be enough to mathematically put him in the bottom 2?

Holly was also humiliated last night thanks to the Jewel question, and she didn't give a great performance. She also went early. If Gilles or Shaun was in the bottom two, I'd say Woz has a powerhouse fanbase. Holly, I'm not sure of.


Exactly. EW had him picked as first to go before the season started. He has no idea how the American public feels about him. All he knows is that he has a partner who never lets him rest on his laurels and the only questions he ever gets from the show is about his sex appeal. I'm sure Cheryl remembers what happened to Albert Reed.


I'm not sure it's that much more humiliating than it would have been if she were in the bottom two without the dance-off at the end. At least now she can say she managed to improve on her last performance, and impress the judges.

One might think that Maksim's fans were pretty much the only votes for Denise, and his recent remarks could indeed have influenced the vote.

HOWEVER, it is also true that ABC set him up, partnered him with, a true "head case," someone who could not keep any emotional control to learn or to perform. She was known to have a large "anti" base.

Given Maksim's major contributions to this show, including so much off-season appearances, I am so damnedably angry at them for putting him in this position after such a Tremendous Winter Tour. Their obvious partiality towards and development of their young golden children just sucks.

I doubt it. Didn't Kim Kardashian leave fairly early and she at least had a fanbase albeit a small one.

I LOVED the pro dances - can't get enough of them!

I was surprised; the Woz stays. He loves being there, people like him, he tries (unlike MasterP). And, who knows what kind of fanbase he has built up?

Denise improved, but it wasn’t enough to overcome her lack of a fanbase and Holly’s personality. Like Woz, Holly wanted to be there. A lot of people just don’t like Denise Richards. Too bad for Maks.

The judges are going to have to be VERY careful about what they do with Steve next week. They are pretty much stuck between a rock and a hard place. We could loose some good people next week. Also I have a feeling there won't be a dance off next week.

Nah, she pretty much had an anti-fanbase, more so than Denise did, IMO. If voters were allowed to vote against someone...well...

But I don't agree that either Derek or Mark could have gotten Denise through much longer. Maybe by a week, but I think Denise would have been a headcase no matter what, her dancing would have stunk no matter what, and the pros would have gotten impatient with her. No matter what. Derek has experience dealing with a headcase, but that wasn't his finest moment. And Mark has pretty much lucked out in the personality department. Kim was a snooze, but at least she wasn't neurotic. I don't know how he'd deal with someone prone to freaking out.

Hold up.

Woz wasn't even in the bottom 2? With a score of 10? And the closest score to his was a 16?

Just...what?

I think the double elimination was planned from the start since you have 13 stars like season 7 probably with the same number of weeks airing this season. You need one week with a double elimination. Though I wonder had they not replaced Nancy with Melissa, they would have just scrapped the double elimination idea. According to EW, they were initially not going to replace Nancy.

Will the show go back to the regular elimination format, meaning no dance off, after next week's double elimination? If so, why are we being subjecting to repeats of the worse dances.

It was pretty obvious that when they called out the top 3 tied scorers, they were going to call out Woz. Karina's squeal was a nice surprise though. Holly's not great, but at least she seems to be having fun. Comparing Holly's rehearsal footage from this morning to Denise's, Holly did seem to have a better attitude. Denise is all doom and gloom. Why wonder Maks was going through the motions. Denise was this season's Kim K. Not great dancing and leaving in week 3 as well.

Adele rocks and her performing kinda made up for Cloris/Corky.

I agree with this. Any pro, IMO. Mark lucked out in his partner's personality department. Kim K. was dull but she was not neurotic. She was just there. But even he had stress out moments with Kristi Y. I would imagine even Jonathan would get impatient with her. Derek handled one nervous, emotional celeb very well (Jennie) while not as well with Shannon. But I doubt he'd start dating Denise either. While Derek did get Shannon to dance some dances well, I do not think Shannon had the anti-fan votes that Denise had going into this season. It's about the celeb and while I believe Maks is very popular, no amount of pro votes can overcome a hated celeb.

Denise requested Maks though so while he did a fantastic job with the tour, with the show, it is about the most plausible height/personality pairings.

Funny how media reports initially said that the women would clobber the male celebs but we are already down two female celebs. I can see Holly going next week over the guys too.

I think the viewers made the right choice. Denise came across as neurotic and needy with an air of desperation. I originally dismissed Holly as an airhead bimbo, but her open, upbeat personality and positive attitude has won me over. She has no sense of rhythm which must be terribly frustrating to Dmitry. Their dance next week will be the Argentine Tango which is reportedly Dmitry's favorite dance. Unless the two Steve's are out next week, Holly is almost sure to be leaving, so I hope she and Dmitry can go out on a high note with the Tango.

The only thing I can think of for next week is scoring someone lower than Woz. That way it kind of fools his fanbase and maybe helps someone who would be knocked out in favor of Woz.

Did anyone else notice that they put down Ty's performance in the recap, claiming that it was only a "breakthrough" until "disaster struck", and then they fawned all over Chuck's foxtrot? Are they trying to make sure that fans who might support Ty (the country fans or other fans that might lean his way) will go for Chuck?

Yeah, I think the judges definitely set it up for a one-off wave of support for the Woz. I think it'll last one more elimination round and then he's gone.

Heck, I enjoyed watching him more than I enjoyed Denise. At the end of the day it's TV and I'd rather see some nerd outside the world of show business and professional sports (which is a branch of show business anyway) go out there with good nature while his caring partner dances around him with a smile on her face, than whatever crippled praying mantis imitation Denise was attempting. I think Holly has fans, but the two Steves benefitted from the gamely soldiering on vote.

I don't disagree that the show is definitely trending toward the younger sometimes to its detriment but once they cast Denise who else were they going to pair her with? Jonathan and Tony were really the only other options, she's too tall for most the other male dancers and those two get screwed over in the partner department probably more than anybody.

If the ratings tank again, I would bet money on that.

It was a horrible idea, which failed...I really think it was put in place to avoid Master P, Cloris, and Woz stuff--but in order to give the teeth to the judges, they apparently need to use paddles smaller than 3. You can see the highlights (if any) on You Tube, read the loser's name on line, so why watch?

I think Holly goes next week though, unless she really wows people. Denise and Holly are pretty trashy for this show, at least by reputation, and I just don't think they go over well with the DWTS core audience. Denise is famous for a nasty divorce, trashy reality show, and sleeping with her friend's husband and breaking up a marriage. Holly for being one of a stable of kept women of a decrepit and kind of creepy man old enough to be her great grandpa, oh, and naked pictures, and fake boobs, and another really trashy reality show. What was a pretty tame family suddenly became a little questionable I think, at least in some homes.

I don't think the producers set Maks up for disaster with Denise. She was treated pretty well by the judges also.

Here's my take - Maks has said going on three seasons now how much he loves his partners, the great friendships and all that. His past three partners running have been great "dames", kick ass. None of em Hollywood in the traditional sense. He could be "Maks" with all three. He made no bones about it either, how he enjoyed the great friendships and connections he made.

I think they gave him Denise expecting her to be a heck of a lot more entertaining, maybe more diva-esque, tempermental and H'wood in rehearsal to set up entertaining package clips with Maks. How would Make cope with 100 proof H'wood temperment? Then she's a sex symbol with a recent rep for going after her best friend's ex and Maks is newly engaged. Maybe the producers could tease something. Meanwhile, I really doubt they expected her to be such a flatline as either a personality or a dancer. That's not what they go for when they partner Maks. I think they wanted to change it up for him, but definitely not usher him out early.