Holy smokin' hot tango, Batman... after watching Gilles and Cheryl, I really need a cold shower

(but isn't it a little early to be breaking out all those 10 paddles? 6 of them tonight)

Quote of the night goes to Chelsie: "Ty, I'm your partner! I don't know why you're trying to get me out of the competition!" Hee. I'm really loving Chelsie as new addition this season!

And Ty has improved a lot. I thought Chelsie was dancing around him slightly (nowhere near as badly as Julianne would, though), but wow! Like Len, I was seriously dreading this dance, and he proved me wrong. Go, Ty.

Woz needs to GO AWAY. His campaigning for votes is so pathetic. He was actually passing out fliers! You don't see Ty doing crap like that. That said, this was my reaction after hearing Bruno's comments: BAD BRUNO. DON'T RILE HIS FANS!!!

Lil Kim/Derek - The dance was good, but the 10 was a WTF moment for me. I think 9s would have been appropriate. Something about the choreography wasn't really working. Not sure what it was, though. Actually, I wasn't feeling any of the tangos tonight. But I think I don't enjoy the tango that much in general.

Mark's costume was another huge WTF. Somebody get this kid away from the fashion department.

The third WTF moment - Shawn and Mark's score. I could see how there was too much over-reliance on tricks, but the 25 was a total underscore compared to the other couples IMO. They scored the same as Ty and Chelsie and as much as I like Ty...I don't think that was fair.

No doubt about it. Giles and Cheryl and Tony and Melissa were the cream of the crop tonight with Derek and Kim a close second.

Gilles was amazing, but he should really lay off creepily kissing 17 year old girls who dealt with stalkers this week.

That was a pretty good night of dance all around.

Although I love Steve-O and Lacey, that was right about what I was expecting, bad. There's no way with his inability to bend as needed that they could pull out a good routine. Still though, they should be safe because the following people should all go first:

Holly - Dances like a wooden doll and is SO annoying, ugh. Honestly if I have to hear that inane giggle one more time...

Woz - Ok, enough already. This man seems to feel as if he's some Goodwill Ambassador, he's not funny, he's a terrible dancer and i'm over it all.

LT - So boring, it's like watching paint dry. I don't care that technically he's better than Steve-O, he's so bland I forget them as soon as the dance is over. The audience couldn't figure out if they were supposed to applaud or be silent.

The middle of pack is fun and I think that Shawn is slipping down some.

Tonight was pretty good. Except I’m not sure if the lindy is supposed to come off looking exactly like the jitterbug and jive, but on this show it does.

Overall the lindy group had the better dancers, but I actually felt like the studio audience responded better to the argentine tango. Or they were more impressed by the intricate footwork of the argentine tango perhaps. At least the few good ones we saw (Gilles, Lil Kim). Maybe just because it was different for this show and like I already said, the lindy came off as something the audience had seen before. Even if it wasn’t necessarily supposed to look the same.

I wish I liked Melissa more. I really do. I don’t have anything against her and I watch her dance and know that she’s really good, but at the same time her dances do nothing for me. I can’t figure out if it’s her or if it’s Tony. She deserves to be there dancewise, but I just can’t see myself ever picking up the phone to vote for her.

Lil Kim is getting better and better every week and Ty has really come into his own. I still think Ty will struggle when he has to face another Latin dance that requires him to move his hips, but even still his transformation is really amazing. You can even see how much his confidence is building and major kudos to Chelsie who has done absolute wonders with him.

That and I love Gilles. I think I will be watching that dance on repeat for quite awhile.

What the hell!?!! THE LINDY HOP IS NOT A LATIN AMERICAN DANCE. That really pisses me off. If the point of this show is to showcase dance, they should at least be accurate. The lindy hop is african american straight out of harlem. Why are they lying to the people? Do they throw anything that's not straight european into the latin category in regular international ballroom competitions. Seriously, I'm confused. I mean Tom sort of chastized Len for calling it the jitterbug instead of the lindy when the term jitterbug is just another name for a whitewashed lindy so why was he tripping when they're calling the Lindy hop a latin dance which is a far more egregious error.

That said, Lil Kim was really good. I could barely concentrate after Ty's performance because they ignored the total lack of soul in that dance because he exceeded expectations when it came to being stiff. I was really happy for him but that lindy was rather stiff. Most all of them were.

Giles is smoking!

This should be interesting. WTF at some of these costumes.. Mark?! Chuck and Julianne?! Well, whatever.

DAG... still a bit clumpy (can't blame him, isn't this dance new to a lot of the pros?), but it really was quite fun to watch. I still think he's a bit douchey (if only due to his whiny blog entry some weeks back), but hey. Samantha made a semi-funny! Holy shit! Speaking of which, wow. Lil' Kim was excellent. I thought it was sensual, elegant, fluid but sharp. There was one part early on where she went into the air and held this pose that just floored me. A bit of a sticky ending, but I thought she and Derek earned that 10 (but just the one) for both of them having just learned the dance this week.

Chuck? Stop whining. It was quite fun to watch, but it wasn't as good as DAG's, and... yeah. It was very clumsy, but energetic, and seriously, the faces they were making just distracted me. Still, I saw some hints of impressive footwork there. And he must've fallen on his head many times. Lawrence weirds me out in his rehearsal clips. And... not impressed with the tango. It was very lumbering and clumsy, as usual. I don't know if it's his build, his discomfort, or what. But he's just.... very heavy on the steps. He's very boring. But I loved Carrie Ann saying Lawrence was afraid of Edyta's sensuality and Tom responding "Wouldn't you be?" ...And... I agree with Len's 5. Lawrence just... whatever.

"It's Ty Murray and his partner, Chelsie Hightower!"

[Cut to a recap of Steve and Karina.]

Ow. I mean, whoops, but still: Ow. Ty, though, really has improved. It did look a bit rough and stiff here and there, but he's really come a long way. His work ethic is perfect for the show. And it's clear that everyone on the show absolutely loves him and Chelsie. And so if he keeps improving like this? Final 5. Maybe final 4.

Woz is just a smarmy douche. His rehearsal clip was cringeworthy. He's just... really fake. That tango was blundery and felt like a whole bunch of nothing. He tried, but when it's just consistently terrible, then so what if he tries? Everyone else tries and does better. I did like that Sgeway segment with Ride of the Valkyries playing, although I think it's because Ride of the Valkyries instantly makes anything 100% funnier.

Melissa is just so much fun to watch, I love how she's always full of joy and spunk. She and Tony are so cute. Dancing siblings! That was a great lindy hop. Very exuberant, a stick lift at the end like Len said - but nonetheless excellent. I got so scared watching the critiques, though, because the way she was smiling, laughing, nodding, breathing hard, and the way Tony was holding her? It was all shades of Marie Osmond after her samba. I was freaking out that Melissa was going to faint.

Holly wasn't so bad. I actually thought she was better than the judges gave her credit for. Not much better, and they did use the stool a bit too much, but I still thought it was an improvement over her previous performances. She's totally in danger, though, I think. Steve-O was.... not good. It seems his pain's gone down, though, but wow. He tries, but he gets way too into his own head and psyches himself out. That was painful, off the beat, and a bit reserved at that - he needed to just let go and go bigger. And he really shouldn't be so hard on himself, although I suppose he has his reasons. That clown routine was impressive, though.

Gilles. GILLES. GILLES. Wow. I mean... that's all I can say. Gilles and wow. I know it's early in the competition and anyone could come up and threaten his standing, but WOW. Carrie Ann's reaction, hilarious as it was, was spot-on. That was hot, professional, just flawless. Also, did anyone else hear the girl screaming while Len was critiquing? I was like "SOMEBODY just had an orgasm." Might've been the whole audience. Damn.

Shawn! So cute, and watching her do gymnastics was mesmerizing. She was also dressed in a flattering outfit this week! Again! Wow! But there were too many gymnastic tricks in the routine, and she could be a bit heavy-footed at times. A backslide from the past three weeks, but nothing major.

Tonight was weird... the music used for the routines actually seemed... more appropriate than usual. I mean, the Argentine Tango music, for god's sake! It was quite good! I suppose they wanted everyone on an even playing field when doing the new dances the first time out. And Samantha wasn't so bad tonight - she actually got in a few decent-to-good jokes and questions. Maybe she should be sick more often.


Holly's totally in danger. Woz? I'm not sure... they probably pissed off his fan base again, but seriously, he deserves those low scores and he deserves to go home. I'm saying we'll probably see Holly go out, because she's stuck in a rut. We might also see Steve-O at least in danger, for the same reasons. But Chuck or Lawrence might slip the viewers' minds and fall through the cracks too. I wouldn't mind.

ETA:



I don't think it's too early. Why shouldn't they if the dance warrants them? Underscoring them just because it's "too soon"... doesn't really sound all that great.

I actually love the Argentine Tango and am so glad they had this dance tonight. I like Giles and Cheryl, but I didn't think it was a perfect 30.

I actually love Derek & Kim's dance. Derek's choreography was pretty amazing and it makes me want to learn how to dance. The only thing I wish was that they had more body contact with each other.

It's pretty interesting that Giles and Kim were teary-eyed after the Tango. I guess it was pretty difficult.

I thought Holly and Dmitry did well despite her nerves and mistakes. It was her best dance.

I am not a fan of the lindy hop but I thought Ty and Chelsie did the best. I was a little disappointed with Shawn and Mark's - there was too many gymnastic routines and not enough dance.

My two best dances of the night were #1 Gilles/Cheryl Argentine Tango, followed by Little Kim and Derek's. Those were the only two Tango's of note. If I were to pick a third spot I would probably give it to Edyta's but that's a distant third.

As for the Lindy Hops, DAG/Kym, Tony/Melissa and Ty/Chelsea had the best of the night for me. Steve-O's dance looked painful.

Poor Holly, I had to chuckle when she slipped on the chair and then I swore their legs got tangled during the dance...Just NO..and to add insult to injury they got "Libertango", one of my fave music for this dance.

Overall though I thought the music was spot on tonight ...the instrumentals for the Tango's were appropriate.

Voted for the first time tonight,Gilles and Lil Kim.

ETA: I NEVER want to see Mark in that outfit EVER again!! EGADS!

I'm willing to put good money on that Bruno just brought out that 10 instead of a 9 to piss Len off even more.

Gilles, oh my... *fans self* Cheryl and Gilles are amazing. I don't care much for Melissa, I'm not sure why, but something is rubbing me wrong about her.

Ty didn't get a 10. He received 9-8-8.

But in ballroom for purposes of classification it is considered latin. Just like the jive is lumped with tango, rumba, etc. in the latin classification. I also was glad that they chose appropriate music for the Argentine Tango. It definitely enhanced the dances.

Ty and Chelsie - My favorite couple, they did excellent! I am so proud of their improvement and I adore their partnership. He keeps improving, I hope he can make it through for next week!

Lil Kim and Derek - I love Derek's choreography and I think they both did great in it.

Shawn and Mark - Her routine was filled with tricks, which, I mean, if you can do it..why not? But I agreed that a little more choreography would have been beneficial.

Steve-O and Lacey - I thought they would do a lot better than they did. He has a good heart about it though.

Holly and Dmitry - I know she is really putting her all into this...I wish her dancing showed it. Dmitry's choreography was great though.

Tonight was enjoyable.

My fave couples were Melissa and Tony and Giles and Cheryl. I thought these two couples did the best dances of the night. I really enjoyed Melissa and Tony's Lindy Hop. They worked hard and it showed in their dancing. Giles and Cheryl also did extremely well with the Argentine Tango. I also think Derek and Lil Kim deserve honourable mention for their dance. I definitely think Melissa/Tony and Giles/Cheryl are the two couples to beat so far this season. These two couples got all of my votes.

I really like Shawn. I know she has been through a lot with the stalker issues. But I have to say I agreed with Len that Shawn and Mark's dance was a let down. If anyone was a fit for Lindy Hop it was Shawn with her immense skill in gymnastics, etc. I think she could have done great. But unfortunately Mark's whacky and uninspiring choreography was a disappointment. It did not fit the Lindy Hop and it was just a let down. I feel Mark let Shawn down with his uninspired choreography. But I'm sure Shawn and Mark will come back strong next week.

It's time for Woz to get the boot. His dance was horrible and Karina did all of the dancing. It's time for Woz and Holly to go home. Hopefully its tomorrow night.

Woz says the judges hate him and the fans love him. Not this fan. And implying he was "meek" by saying the meek will inherit the earth. He is totally egotistical without a meek bone in his body. The dance stunk. Please, please let Woz go. I'd happily never see his face again. I think Holly will be in the bottom 2 also, or maybe Steve-O since they got similar scores. I like LT and don't want him to go yet, but since he got a 5, he's slipped from the middle of the pack to the bottom feeders.

I enjoyed DAG. Ty is just such a cutie. Lil Kim did respectably, but I just can't warm up to the jailbird. Melissa and Tony had a wonderfully choreographed song, but I was watching her feet even if the judges weren't. She danced the entire dance, minus the tricks, on her toes. Someone tell me I didn't hallucinate that.

Gilles was so sleek and sexy. YUM!

Before the judges spoke, I was thinking Shawn and Mark's dance was all tricks with little dancing. I'm sure Mark wanted to show off her ability to do the tricks, which by being a gymnast I expected. He just got carried away.

I hope Gilles takes this thing, even though I'm partial to Ty. I want that Melissa off my screen and not to see her ever again. Maybe she's sweet, but I bet it's an act she's perfected as DCC. She is also incredibly plain in rehearsal without makeup. I had this same sort of irratioinal dislike to Sabrina. It just won't go away.

Cheryl/Gilles were . . .wow . . .fabulous!!! The best. Followed by Lil Kik/Derek. She looked beautiful.

Do you know why that is exactly when neither the jive or the lindy hop are latin at all?

Oh. My. God. Gilles and Cheryl actually had me staring with my jaw on the ground. They were so good that I wanted to rewind and watch them again while the dance was still going on. Some of the lines he struck were amazing. And then he did this one move where he lifted Cheryl and caught her feet with his foot that was lifted behind him...just awesome.

I also really liked Melissa and Tony and I was thrilled when Carrie Ann was so effusive in praising the choreography because it really is some of the best work I've seen him do. My only disappointment was that I couldn't get over Melissa's pointed feet. If she'd flexed them, it would have been more in keeping with the dance. Otherwise, they were a lot of fun. And as much as I didn't want to root for her because of the whole Bachelor hoopla...I just can't help it. She's totally won me over. She's just got the best attitude and seems to be enjoying herself so much!

And, Ty? Who knew he had that in him! So fun to watch, even though it wasn't the best of the night.

Oh, and total WTF moment at Karina and Woz getting the same music from that fabulous Jennie/Derek tango a few seasons ago. It'd be like giving someone else "Whatever Lola Wants" for a tango. It just seemed wrong to me.

If there's a god tomorrow, the double elim will be Woz and Holly (even though I love her personality!).

I thought he said the Geeks will inherit the earth???

Woo. Gilles. Woo

I thought Steve-O was dancing with Katy Perry tonight, for real. LOL

Great round of dances, but the judges are once again inconsistent. Melissa and Tony had as many tricks as Shawn and Markt, but Shawn gets called on it. Odd. Lil Kim was a little overscored, but it was fun to watch.
Not surprised that Gilles could get into the character of the AT. In that Sex in the City movie, he acted like Kim Cattrall was still hot, so the guy can act.
Shawn gets all my votes because she had a tough week and she was underscored. Might toss one or two to Gilles for dance of the night, which is my custom. And I fear Woz will survive.

Every season I have room for only one celebrity who isn’t a great dancer, but makes me root for them in other ways. This season, that person is Holly (for several reasons). I am tempted to give a vote or two elsewhere, but greatly fear her chances with the double elimination. I do love DAG, had a WTF moment at Len’s five score for LT, and thought Lil Kim’s tango was overall quite good and her emotion at the end of the (fantastically choreographed) dance was touching, but…I need more Dmitry, and I think if it weren’t for the pain she was in and getting flustered after losing her balance on the stool, that would have been a much improved routine.

Damn you Cheryl – you continue to piss me off and make me dislike you more than anyone, pro or celebrity, in all the seasons of DWTS, with your contemptuous, demeaning attitude towards your partner during rehearsals – but by God you can choreograph. That tango was hot, sexy, powerful, hot, and a bunch of other good stuff. Best dance of the night two weeks in a row, damn you. And Gilles – just…yeah. Good times.

I thought I would be happy with a Segway segment, but I am so over Woz. His self-important speechifying to his “fans”…I dialed in another vote for Holly pretty much every time he spoke.

Mark and Shawn’s sparkly “Shark” t-shirts were cute. Mark’s shorts were not cute.

Shawn did need more lift and vibrancy in the actual dance portion of the dance. She kicked every single dancers butt from all seasons of DWTS on the tricks, though.

Lil Kim needed a little more flexibility and fluidity in her movements, that would have truly made the dance stand out. She looked the best tonight with the hair, makeup, contact lens color (stop with the blue contacts woman), and costume.

Melissa had a little bit of the delicacy thing going on with her kicks in her dance; I think it need a little more of a punchy feel to it. But it was a great job.

If I had to give anyone tens tonight it would have been for Gilles, although not a 30. Everyone else it’s overscoring.

Steve-O has proved that physical pain is not barring him from being a good dancer. I feel for his mental anguish, but I would not be sad to see the two Steves go tomorrow.

Loved Li'l Kim and Derek. It was classy and I actually thought there was quite a bit of passion.

That was really awesome because it seemed so effortless. Although I had to laugh during Kim's post-interview where she said "I smile a lot" but it sounded like "I smell a lot." It was cute, though.

I was so happy that the tango music was actual tango music. Thank you DWTS for not subjecting me to a bunch of tangos to Good Charlotte or something (just pulled that name out of the air).

I lose. Chelsie included one swingout with triples. It wasn't great, but it was there.

For purposes of classification in ballroom, Jive is considered Latin and East Coast Swing is considered Rhythm. Lindy hop, on the other hand, isn't classified in ballroom so far as I know. Nor is it ever seen at any ballroom competition - not really. Someone might call something lindy hop, but it ain't lindy hop.

Lindy hop was only kinda sorta done tonight - and only kinda sorta by Kym/DAG and Chelsie/Ty. Everyone else was doing jive/ECS with crap-ass Charleston kicks thrown in. Seriously - try doing tandem charleston with your hands at the woman's shoulders. Ain't comfortable, and you can't lead anything. Gaah.

They might've gone to Lindy Groove, but they didn't pick up that much. And Lacey's routine with Steve-O didn't contain one triple. Then again, teaching Steve-O to triple might be asking too much.

I love Shawn, but with those outfits all I could think of was Little Miss Sunshine.

For me Melissa got a little fatigued. The pageant smile never quit but she seemed tired and the set ups for the different tricks are not seamless. It was not worth two tens. Still, it was set up for Shawn to tie Gilles and have two couples ahead of Melissa, but Mark never fails. He can only sustain good taste for so long and then something like this breaks out. Awful idea. I suspected the routine would be in this neighborhood thematically, but it was far worse than I expected, even knowing Mark.

Very good tango by Lil Kim. My only criticism is it seemed pretty cold and the duo wasn't really connecting. Lil Kim's tango face was pretty close to "focusing real hard on my performance" face, but that was nice nice nice. I also have to say that Derek is damn near flawless dressing ANY partner. He gets body type, he understands color, and he has taste. He is drop dead wonderful in that department, and he's doing a fantastic job with Lil Kim this season. I am loving him again. Especially since, while Lil Kim is now in third, she has had that just behind the leaders postion, so Derek is not "starring" in this season. And still, he's delivering. Class act, that boy. He is officially forgiven for some of his unstellar moments during the Season of Shannon.

Karina -WTF. Okay, my partner sucks, so I'll be naked. It seems a little more aggressive coming from her, and not really good-humored. At least tonight.

Ty and Chelsea - in the spirit of pitting pro against pro, I think she is kicking Julianne's ass. One perky blonde vs. another, and Julianne is coming up fraud. I actually am sort of liking Chuck, I think he's not the incipient axe-murderer/sinister-frat-boy I suspected. I think he's genuinely a good sort. But I'm over Julianne's I Love Lucy Face and mega tricks. Chelsea is just as athletic and cute, but she is teaching Ty his basics. She's not compensating for him, she's teaching him. And Len, for one, is noticing. Her type of teaching ensures that her partner won't rollercoaster, because she's getting his foundation under him. I have a LOT of respect for that girl.

Correct. He said Geeks, not meek.

But IMO Tony had choreographed more lindy steps and the tricks were more appropriate to the spirit of the lindy. Mark's choreo looked more cut and paste and it didn't flow.

I loved Ty and Chelsie and I loved Melissa and Tony.

I thought the gymnastics were wonderful in Shawn and Mark's dance.

The AT's did nothing for me and I thought they were boring.

I understand the irrational dislike - although I have it for Chuck and Julianne. I'd love to see them go in the double elim with the Woz.

*sigh* As a Shawn fan, I'm a little disappointed at the score. I do agree there were a lot of gymnastics tricks, but I thought Melissa and Tony's had just as many. I just feel as if it's another case of punishing a celebrity for something they have no control over, the choreography. That being said, I felt underwhelmed by the dance, but am confident Shawn will do a great job next week.

Gilles continues to be amazing. I loved their tango. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but did he tie Sabrina for earliest perfect score?

Melissa and Tony were great as well. I thought theirs were actually a better one than Shawn and Mark's because I could just feel and energy Melissa and Tony had while dancing.

Ty continues to improve and I'm so happy for him and Chelsie. I feel as though they are winning more and more people over and will keep on improving.

The Woz was pretty bad compared to the others, but I actually thought this was one of his better dances. That being sad, I will not be disappointed if the Woz goes home tomorrow night.

I feel bad for Steve O, but him and Lacey did not bring it and it was clear he was still in some sort of pain. I'm thinking it might be better for Steve O to go next so he doesn't have to dance through pain.

With Holly and Dmitry, I agree with Len. The choreography was fantastic, but Holly didn't have enough spark in her to do the dance spectacularly. Her dancing was wooden.

Gilles and Cheryl were soooo good. I mean, was it technically perfect..no. But for a celeb who is just learning to dance..it totally deserved a perfect score. He looked incredible...if I had just flipped to this channel never having heard of the show, I would have assumed they were both professionals demonstrating the Argentine Tango. And Carrie Ann had it right, the chemistry was smoking hot. I thought it was cute when Gilles tripped up a bit saying that Cheryl was easy to fall in love with and then remembered to add "on the dancefloor". Great job!

Lil Kim also impressed me with her dance! I thought she looked and danced so beautifully. Kudos as well to Derek, he really showcased her.

Maybe I'm nuts but I didn't think Holly was all that bad this week. Maybe it was the character of the dance but I didn't see all of the awful, awkward lines I saw in her last week. Dmitri did not look too hopeful for their chances but I wouldn't be mad at seeing her stay.

Woz needs to go...terrible. And I'm sorry Steve-O, watching you stress every week is taking the fun out the show for me. You can go too. I also didn't like LT during rehearsal...sweet Edyta seemed exasperated and I never see that from her. Also not fun. Shawn was disappointing as well.

Count me in the anti-Melissa camp. I am not charmed by her at all. She's good and I'm sure she'll go far but I am not in her corner.

Agreed. I thought Shawn's dance was kind of awkward at moments and that she seemed somewhat heavy-footed, but Melissa did just as many if not more tricks. I don't know the first thing about lindy hop so maybe I missed something, but I thought it was kind of unfair to criticize for having too many tricks when other couples did too.

I still love Gilles and I dig his lovely accent, he was smoking hot tonight. I did not think Lil Kim deserved to get a 10, she always seems to score higher than what I think she should get.

My favorite couples right now are Shawn and Mark and Ty and Chelsie, because they're fun to watch and still have room to grow, which I like to see. I'm really impressed with Chelsie ; I remember watching her on SYTYCD and thinking she was a little immature, but she looks like a very good and efficient teacher. They have my vote!

Same here. I wasn't feeling the choreography for any of the tangos tonight, but aside from her first excellent lift, Kim's tango seemed disjointed. That 10 was unwarranted. The wonky scoring started with the second dance of the night, and kept on going. I don't think Kim's in bottom two territory, but I wonder if the judges are scared the audience may be apathetic to her, and are cushioning her with scores until they can get rid of Woz, Lawrence, Steve, and Holly.

I still can't get over Len's 5 for Lawrence. Good luck trying to make me take you seriously again, Len. Geez.

If the judges had scored everyone else fairly, I would have been fine with the 25 Shawn received. But with the rest of the over scoring tonight, she deserved a higher score. At the very least, hopefully this will decrease the ridiculous "ringer" backlash.

As much as I said I don't get much enjoyment out of Melissa's dancing and I usually do like Shawn better, the difference between the two routines to me was that there seemed to be a lot more dancing connecting the tricks in Melissa's routine. So it's just that Tony choreographed a better routine for Melissa than Mark did for Shawn. Shawn's routine seemed more gymnastic in nature (for obvious reasons), but there wasn't a lot of dancing going on in between the tricks.

In terms of Kim's routine, I loved it. But I also agree Bruno's 10 was specifically to offset Len's 8.

If there were any justice, the two Steves would be eliminated. Holly is trying and is improving. But one Steve is in so much pain and the other Steve gives me so much pain. I felt so sorry for Lacey, because she couldn't even choreograph a real Lindy, as Steve O's got no sense of music at all.

I would have enjoyed a Lindy Hop if I had seen one.

I REALLY enjoyed the Lindy Hop! The only one that disappointed me was Lacey and Steve-O, but that's because it seemed like quite a bit of running, and not as much dancing. Oh well.

My favorites were Melissa/Tony and Ty/Chelsie. I liked DAG, too, but I think Mel and Ty were a notch better with regards to the fun and energy of the dance. Ty was sooooo good! I am completely rooting for him because he seems so much like a fish out of water, but is becoming a dancer.

I was a little disappointed in Shawn/Mark's dance. The choreography was just a bit off. I think part of it was the outfits, they highlighted that it was more gymnastics and flips and less dancing.

Giles and Cheryl were fantastic. A well-deserved 30. I haven't watched in a few seasons, but I've always really liked Cheryl's choregraphy. Combine that with the chemistry and Giles hotness and they're going to be golden in anything latin. I'm curious to see him in an uptempo dance.

But the east coast swing is nothing but a simplified lindy hop - they stay on the 6 count instead of transitioning between six, eight, and other counts. And they removed the swing out & breakaway.

I get what your saying, it just seems more like semantics and I'm curious about the "for classification purposes" reasonings. At the end of the day, the lindy hop, jive,ecs, & jitterbug are fundamentally variations of the same thing. I have to rewatch because I thought all the couples tasked with the lindy did swing outs & breakaways.

Oh yeah. That was a fourth whiskey tango foxtrot moment. Was Len hitting the sauce or something?

But then the judges would get their !!shocking!! boot for the season. We all know ABC loves its shocking eliminations.

If Gilles/Cheryl were doing the routine that Shawn/Mark were doing, the judges would be all praises for them. The judges already have their favorites in this competition and they're clearly biased.

I like her, but stiff Holly will get my Dmitry voted off tomorrow. It was written all over his face. I felt bad, because he's had some bad luck this season so far. At least Len recognized his choreography for the AT as fantastic.

Loved Gilles and Cheryl. Hated Karina and Woz, but I'm sure he's staying. LT and DAG are just boring. I forget about them as soon as their dances are done.

I'm sure this wasn't an easy week for Shawn and Mark probably allowed her gymnastics to be front and center to keep her mind off the stalker stuff. I thought their routine was fun. I refused to believe Giles has never Tangod before. It was superb! I love Chelsie and Ty. It's wonderful what she has gotten out of him. I so love Dmitry. He's a before dancer.

I'm enjoying this season far more than the last one or two.

Holly sucks, but I like her anyway. I hope she survives this week.

Chuck is the one I'd most like gone, mostly just because I always forget about him. Then Steve-O, because he seems so miserable. Then Woz.

I think Lawrence is better than the judges give him credit for.

Melissa is sort of like Brooke for me, except without Brooke's awe at actually being a good dancer. Which means that I find Melissa competent, period.

Shawn is growing on me.

And Gilles....Holy mother of God. He's so hot and so charismatic. But he's also unbelievably good! He should quit dancing and just become Cheryl's pro dance partner. I can't even believe how great he is. He's the best thing to happen to this show in a few seasons.

I loved it and her emotions afterwards was so touching. I loved the choreography for the dance and she is really developing into quite a ballroom dancer. I think Bruno's 10 was more to offset Len's 8. While straight 9s were more appropriate, score wise, I learned to ignore the actual scores on DWTS and look more how the judges are positioning on the board and scoring gap. Good for Lil Kim/Derek, the first standing ovation and they were the second dance, terrific! It broke up putting the crappy dances at the start of the show pattern. Derek costumed her well and really showcased her well. I like seeing that growth and same with Ty. He still needs to work on performance but he is getting there. Chelsie is doing a terrific job with Ty.

Gilles was terrific, as I imagined. I really see him winning this. He deserved that 30 and love what he is bringing out of Cheryl this season too.

I thought both Holly and LT were underscored. I think both Steves need to leave tomorrow.

Woz/Karina, I prefer Jennie/Derek's tango to that same song. He needs to go.

Love Shawn, but not feeling that lindy hop. I actually preferred Ty/Chelsie's lindy hop. It did have too much tricks and WTF with the costumes. I give credit to Mark for keeping his faces in check so far this season but sadly, it returned tonight. When is aerobic bedazzled gear a good thing.

I continue to enjoy David and Kym. I like the stars who aren't natural dancers who really try, and David is very game. I thought they were undermarked tonight but then again, they did go first.

I feel the same way about Ty and Chelsie, but in their case they were definitely overmarked.

Jackass and Jillass need to be gone. Feeling sorry for her because Steve-O is turning out to be such a slacker (and it's not just because of injuries).

Chuck and Julianne were perky and dull. (I'm liking him better than I'm liking her this season...)

I agree that Melissa seemed lacking in energy and she too was slightly overmarked. Shawn just didn't do it for me this time and hate to say it the costumes (or lack of) were a terrible distraction.

Gilles... what can you say? My biggest complaint was that the camera angles on his dance were terrible... I felt like the dance was probably even more interesting than you could see from TV.

However, MVPs of the night were definitely Lil Kim and Derek. Best choreographed tango and for my money the best tango (yes, even better than Gilles). Glad they moved up into the top three and that they didn't try to hold Shawn up. Better luck for Shawn next week.

Thank goodness it's not just me. Someone mentioned her looking like Marie Osmond. I can see a resemblance in looks and the overly nice thing they have going on.

I don't necessarily agree with this, but the way I see this season shaping up:

Group A: Gilles, Melissa, and Shawn, though I'm sure the judges wouldn't mind Kim taking her place
Group B: Kim and Ty

I think the judges could care less about everyone else, except Chuck, inexplicably.


ETA: I'm in no way trying to argue that Gilles and Melissa aren't the best dancers so far.

I don't agree with this because Gilles/Cheryl would never be doing a lindy routine along the lines of what we saw from Shawn/Mark.