I thought the show was going to have the Two-Step on tonight? Pathetic. Truly. Pathetic.

As a professional cowgirl for 40+ years, I've spent a lot of time in country honky-tonks. There are at least 100 people on any given night that could have out-danced any one of the Pros, much less the celebs. And I think that's the problem - none of the pros know how to do a 2-step, so how the hell can they teach it?

This show needs to stick to the dances the pros are familiar with.

As far as the rest, loved Kelly, Mya was over-rated as usual, Donny makes me gag, and nice to see MJH come out of her shell. Natalie was great.

And Aaron is still a creep.

PS. Okay, who keeps breaking the page?

The judges' table seriously has to be roped off at this point. Last week it was Donny molesting Bruno (although not during the actual dance), this week it was Joanna molesting Len. Even though I doubt Len was complaining.

WTF at all the weird costumes tonight, from Mark's mustache (LOLWUT) to Louis apparently channeling Dracula. And Derek really needs to stop gravitating towards yellow. It does not look good on blond people, dammit! (Yep, yep, YMMV.)

Louie and Chelsie's two-step was a huge disappointment, IMO. Once again, Chelsie seemed to be doing a Julianne-esque routine -- he just walked around while Chelsie twirled around him. The other guys doing the two-step seemed to move a lot more than he did. Even Chuck.

Natalie's dance disappointed me, too. I know the judges and Alec talked about the difficulty of the dance, but to my untrained eye it looked like there was a lot of Edyta-style posing.

ETA: I did like MJH's Charleston, but yeah, the 10 was a total overscore. Bruno was on something. MJH's footwork was much improved from last time, but considering how crappy her footwork used to be, that's not really saying much.

ETA2: You know who Derek reminds me of? That Taylor Lautner kid, the one in the Twilight movie series. Just in the way they seem to want to show off their bodies all the time. (I'm remembering the time that Derek posted that weird tweet of him with his shirt off.)

I completely don't get it. How in the hell did MJH get 10's for that Charleston? I have nothing against her, but she's got to be one of the most graceless dancers I've ever seen and she's so uncomfortable to watch. Her performance was not great and I found both Kelly and Donny's Charlestons to be more entertaining. Or at least they got their characters better, whether or not I like Donny on a personal level.

I say this every week, but I'm not into Mya. She's great, but I can't bring myself to root for her. Plus it's not going to help her ringer status that she claimed to be choreographing her dance alongside Dmitry.

Louie tanked and Joanna was pretty good. The scoring made no sense to me though. If I had to give out 10's, it wouldn't have been to the same people the judges actually gave them too.

I enjoyed Natalie, but I'm afraid she's going to get lost in the mix. No idea who is going home though.

A 10 for Melissa's Charleston? Really? Her Jive last week was miles better than this one.

They need to stop giving the pros dances to teach when they don't even know the dances themselves. Every Two-step was a struggle.

Len hates Dmitry. Or Mya. Or both. Discuss.

And, yes, there wasn't a two-step anywhere near that dance floor tonight.

Aaron, don't kid yourself, or us. You are going to cry once you get back to your dressing room. Dude needs some serious anti-depressants.

Who the hell thought giving Rumba and Bolero to Natalie/Alec back to back was a good idea? Don't get me wrong, I thought their dance was lovely, but the two dances are way too similar looking to do in subsequent weeks.

Here I was starting not to be annoyed by Lacey, but she's ruined that the past 2 weeks. Tonight her choreo was self promoting. That dance was all about her.

Bolero can stay. Just don't schedule it too close to Rumba week.

Anna Demidova is like an overly perky ice dancer. The same smile no matter what the rhythm is. At least it isn't O-face I guess.

There are still way too many couples. Get rid of everyone except Natalie, Louie, Kelly, Donnie, and Mya.

Overscore of the night?: MJH/Mark

I LOVE TOM! He utterly makes the show for me

Carrie Ann (paraphrasing): I hope the children are in bed by now.
Tom: "I bet some of the adults are now!"

And asking Bruno how he knows that Sharon Stone can take care of a man?

I also thought the quick steps were lacking. Chuck and Louie both walked across the dance floor, Mark and Lacey were at least connecting finally.

Anna is doing Michael absolutely no favours with her choreo, and I hesitate to use that word as that implies that there was some.

Aaron just looks like he's too young to do sexy dances and he just looks stiff doing them (and no, there was not meant to be any double entendre there). On the plus side he didn't cry. I didn't feel the need for Derek to be shirtless (and I'm a fan) but I thought their lambada was good, and I can't watch Mya's dances with any degree of appreciation as I feel she has too much of an advantage and so no matter how well she does I can't truly enjoy her steaminess. I'm with Len on this one, actually. If we're going to have someone who is a professional dancer (ok maybe not in ballroom) then she should be held to a higher standard and I think the 8 was justified.

The Charlestons: I thought MJH did a lovely job, I was pleased for them for the progress they'd made; I always want to dislike the hamasaurus that is Donnie, but I thought the dance suited him; I thought Kelly did a good job, but it didn't have a lot of wow factor for me, it felt a bit flat.

Oh, and the hair people were finally being kind to Samatha - I liked her hair tonight.

The women outshined the men, other than Donny.

All of the Charlestons were excellent IMO. Aside from Aaron/Karina the Lambadas were good as well. Bolero -- meh. The Two-Steps sucked ass.

I predict Michael will go home tomorrow, although Aaron and Louie may possibly go home as well.

I am disappointed that one of the highest scorers and the second highest scorer were Hough/Ballas.

It was awesome to see Ty!

I think he was going for the Emcee from Cabaret.



Len said what I was thinking he was thinking all along. He's grading Mya harsher because he expects more out of her. You have to admit, Mya could be on SYTYCD this season, while the others aren't really in her league (technically).

Possibly the cutest thing ever: Kelly curled up on the sofa with her head in Louis’s lap.

I thought Michael Irvin comforting Aaron Carter was really nice. I actually really like Irvin; he just can’t dance.

Ty! Gilles! Man I miss you guys!

All the country two-steps felt pretty anemic to me, very low energy. Louie basically just walked around the floor.

I know they all wear a lot of make-up but Mya had like two vats of it on.

More on the non-2-step - I am really disappointed. I was so looking forward to this, as it's what I do. The feet should slide across the floor, not be picked up. And there should be tons of dancing side-by-side, and tons of twirling. Ugh. This was just ugly. For as bland as Louie's non-dancing was, he did slide his feet. And I believe he was the only one to do so.

Maybe I fell through a hole into an alternate universe and saw another Melissa and Mark's Charleston, because, seriously? 9s and a 10 for that? Inexplicable. (And those shoes did her no favors.)

I don't know enough about the Lambada to know - All I remember from that fad was the move where they look like they're humping each others' legs. - so, were those really Lambadas or just Latin-type freesytles with the occasional leg hump thrown in?

Ty! Something tells me Louie and Chelsie got the Two-Step just so we could have that segment with Ty, but that's okay. It was fun, and Louie was a good sport about it. But Chelsie, Chelsie, Chelsie... What are you doing with Louie? You were so good with Ty and his limitations last season. Where is this continued lack of movement for Louie coming from? Is he really that bad? Or...? That was one of the most egregious examples of the pro dancing around her celeb-as-dancepole I've seen yet on this show.

Still liking Natalie and Kelly the best. Derek, sorry, but please put your shirt back on. It's becoming awkward to watch Aaron. He's so not as good as he thinks he is, or wants and expects to be, and he's really kind of awkward and immature in handling it. Even though he does dance better than Michael or Chuck, I'd like Aaron to be next to leave. Since the show seemed to be trying to bolster him last week by putting him in the Faux Bottom Four, in some viewers' minds, and with his backstage package tonight, even though his personality is off-putting, I think he'll pick up some sympathy votes and last another week, unfortunately.

Oh, shut up, CA and Bruno.

I liked Melissa's performance tonight (for the first time all season), but still thought it was overscored. OTOH, I thought Kelly/Louis were underscored; I truly wouldn't have been surprised if they had gotten a 27 or even 30 for that routine.

I gave Michael a vote tonight, even though he didn't really dance much at all, simply because of his very cool support of Aaron last week after the boy-child's meltdown. No votes for Aaron, though. He can't go away fast enough.

As much as I've liked Louie up until this week, he won't be long behind Aaron if he walks through a routine like tonight. I've heard the chatter about whether he's high, but tonight was the first time I wondered it.

Loved Mya and Dmitry's lambada, which I thought was sexier than the blonde bore-dumb ... when Derek has to take off his shirt to denote "hot," the dance is in trouble. (I kinda felt the same way about Mark's cheesy "mustache," but the routine actually made it work.)

The rest of the dances ... yawn. Let's move on. Is there a double elimination tomorrow? Samantha said so at first but then no more references after that, which makes me think -- surprise -- she made a mistake.

Tom B., as always, hilarious with the quips about the adults in bed and the Colombian's hottest legal export (Shakira)...

Joanna and Derek were really working the judges for the high scores. I agree the judges table really needs to be roped off, but TPTB probably eat that stuff up. And Derek is working my nerves. Putting blonde Joanna is that neon yellow mess was bad enough, but then ripping of his shirt at the beginning of the dance just tipped it over. Derek, honey, Maks and Tony are men while you insist on looking and acting like a boy.

Speaking of not acting your age...
Donny: His dancing was very good, but I wanted Kym to put him in time-out during their rehearsal clip. Falling down on the floor and having a tantrum? I fully expect him to pretend to faint next week.

I actually enjoyed Melissa and Mark's dance. His over-the-top nature really worked for this dance more than it did for the jive, IMO. I think all the Charleston dancers should have had the black and white intro, though, or just not use it at all.

Edit: Wow, I totally forgot MJH got 10s! There are wayyy too many people on this season. Yes, totally overscored.

Yes thank you CA for saying what I have said for a while about Aaron Carter. I normally agree with nothing CA says too. His crying antics last week were just awful and I hope he gets a smack down of beeing in the bottom two going home. I find him smug without that backing of good dancing any of the smugness up. Go Home already!

MJH was way overscored. 8's I could see but WTF with a 10 and even 9's? If the judges were going to judge MJH that high then they should have given Kelly the same high marks.

Louie either is a terrible dancer or can't remember his steps. It seems extremely unlike Chelsie for her to be doing all the dancing like this. She went all last season with Ty freaking Murray with great choregraphy, and she's now had 3 straight weeks of underwhelment (is that a word?).

Same with Anna and Michael. Michael is one of my favorite football players ever, and it pains me to see him getting these terrible scores.

Joanna is sexy. Wow.

I thought Melissa did very well. I would have given her an 8 for that.

Chucky Chuck can't dance either. He's great to watch, but he just doesn't have it in him. He's a lesser version of Lawrence Taylor from last season.

Mya had about 10 lbs. of make-up on...no likey. She danced well, but that was just like watching David Hasselhoff with all of that oil.

No one else really was memorable. Except I'd also like to add that I hate Aaron.

That bothered me too. Why did Mark/MJH's Charleston get the special little black and white intro, but the others didn't? I do think MJH was into her dance and better, so I was expecting her to get better scores. I was just shocked that the 10 paddle made an appearance.

"Possibly the cutest thing ever: Kelly curled up on the sofa with her head in Louis’s lap."

Awww! <3 I love their friendship! Can anyone post a clip? :)

Louis was overscored tonight. Three 5's for just walking around? I don't know crap about dancing, but it looked like he blew off practice all week and just held onto Chelsie while she spun around. Geez, does he have two stress fractures, too? Tom Delay's probably kicking himself right now. He could've done that.

Mya sure was slick and shiny. Two votes for her and Joanna, one for Melissa, and the rest for Natalie, because she's just awesome. Donnie was good, but I can't bring myself to vote for him. Aaron with the emotions is H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S.

WTF with the scoring? MJH = Maya? I don't think so. I think they broke out the 10 paddles a little early for Melissa. Maya and Dmitri looked like they had been dipped in a vat of oil, not a great look. I preferred Derek and Joanna's lambada to Maya's (though I prefer Dmitri over Derek!)

Liked Natalie and Alec's bolero. She's lovely and he was smokin' hot tonight.

Please, please, please tell me Louis is not gay and that was just the role he was playing tonight. I've never seen Cabaret, so I don't know the reference (I mean I know who Joel Grey is, just not the character). I love Louis and that look was a little disturbing and yet still kind of sexy. Made me think of Bono during U2's European tour in the mid-90s, which also had that disturbing, androgenous, sexy thing working.

The two steps were a flop. Sad about Chelsie and Louie's performance, it was really boring. Still, always nice to see Ty.

Speaking of Ty, Chuck is this season's Ty. The man can't dance, but he's a whole lot of fun. (Although Ty did pretty well with the standard dances, but in latin.... shudders.)

Liked the Charleston's best this week. I think they should eliminate the two step.

I actually enjoyed everybody tonight except for Louie and Michael.

Anna D. seems checked out already, and how come she didn't figure out that a cry for content (if you're not Mya) means that you should give content to the judges. Ditto for Chelsie. I just don't understand why she's choreographing less content for Louie this season than she did for Ty. (unless he's a total slacker and they are choosing not to show us that rehearsal footage)

If I were giving gold stars for choreography to the pros, I'd start with Kym. That was a showy Charleston well suited to her partner, but it didn't go too over the top. (Mark Ballas, I'm looking at you) I don't know what it's called, but that thing where Kym and Donny's legs were kind of crossed as they leaned away from each other was cool. I liked Louis's Cabaret number too.

Of the stars performing the Charleston, I really liked Kelly's the best. Melissa was overscored. I am hoping that this will allow the judges to give her the validation of being a good performer and get them back to the business of looking at her feet next work, because by no means did I think the footwork merited the scores she got. And even though she performed the Charleston, I still think Melissa's dance had a quality of desperation to it - like "look at me, I'm doing the Charleston and making the flapper faces." Kelly's, on the other hand, had an organic quality to it and a lot more joie de vivre.

I don't know why I thought that somebody dancing the Bolero would actually get Ravel to dance to. Clearly I am delusional.

I hope Michael or Louie will exit tomorrow night, but I fear for Chuck and Mark.

I adore Louie & Chelsie. ADORE them. But I totally agreed with Len's assessment of their dance: Louie didn't dance. He walked. Michael did the same thing. I was cringing while watching.

It's nice to see Natalie coming out of her shell.

Mya & Dmitry were smokin' once again!

Also enjoyed Kelly and Louie.

Maybe Michael or Chuck goes tomorrow? Or maybe even Louie...

I agree; it should have been off limits long ago. I hate it when the dancers go up and do dumb, corny shit that's supposed to be cute and ass-kissing at the judges table.

People were mentioning that Louie and Chelsie had very little time to practice prior to this weekend because of the traveling they did and it definitely showed. Maybe Chelsie was dancing around Louie to cover for the lack of practice time. This week had a combination of factors that led to this dance being lousy. Give Chelsie a dance she's never done, send her and her partner to Texas for a clip (a really great clip, but it still ate up a lot of practice time) and then saddle them with the slowest version of Sweet Home Alabama I've ever heard. That was so frustrating to listen to. I was expecting something fun and fast and really think they were both up to the job so this was disappointing.

I'm completely confused by Melissa and Mark's score. 10's? The hell? She wasn't in the same planet as that good, 8's and a 9, maybe. Maybe they're setting her up for a "shocking elimination"? Other than that I thought that the Charlestons came out the best of the new dances. They were all fairly acceptable, although I have to go with Kelly and Louis, but that might have more to do with my Joel Gray love than anything else. Kym impresses me as a coreographer though, she makes her partner glisten, unlike Mark, who just out dances his. What is with that kid, its not an audition, its a competition!

Color me surprised that I from the Youtube videos I watched I think the only ones that got the Lambada right were Derek and Joanna. Mya and Dimitry were way to rhythmical and some how (like Cariann said - I can't believe I'm agreeing with something she said) classy. There is nothing classy about Lambada, and its a surprisingly smooth dance for is origin. And I thought the shirtlessness was appropriate, I'm just glad they avoided the thongs. Aaron and Karina were way off, it was much more Samba than Lambada, too much bounce and not enough sex.

ETA: The most WTF! moment of the night (even more than Melissa and Mark's scores) was all the time wasted on Aaron's flip, what the hell -- he did the damn flip as his entrance into the entire show. Not to mention that everyone has seen Derek do it a dozen times. Did Karina really think it would have that much impact?

The Two-Steps were all disasters. None of them looked like two-steps, and the two-step basic isn't really that hard, I've picked it up after 30 minutes in a country bar. I wasn't that suprised with Chuck. He can't dance, he's never going to be able to dance, but he's damn fun to watch and Anna is making all of that she can. Lacey and Mark had moments, I thought she gave him some nice moments to shine, but it was never really right. Which is basically what I would say for him this entire competition, he's never really right, ok, but just a little off. He was adorable with his kids though. Louie and Chelsie were...I'm totally bummed about this one actually. She just danced around him, which isn't exactly divorced from the two-step, but he didn't actually dance except for about 2 bars in the middle. He just walked. I don't get it, the kid has 8 billion times more rhythm and ability than Ty Murry, but she's getting about a third of the dancing from him.

The Baleros weren't very exciting to watch. I think if they had been more removed from the Rumba they might have worked better. Well Natalie and Alec's might have, Micheal needs to join Chuck on the "I can't dance." train, although he isn't half as interesting.

I also was interested in the insight into Len's judging. He pretty much came out and said he doesn't judge these people against each other, but against themselves, which is unfortunate, because I think Mya is going to have to be pretty much actually perfect as opposed to DWTS perfect to get a 10 from him. Although I think I agree with Len about Dimitry's choreography, tonight was ok, but last week had no light and shade and the week before there was no Viennese Waltz.

Ya know, I started watching this show for Chelsie and Dimitry(coming from SYTYCD) but I think I'm staying for Derek. Which surprises the hell out of me. I couldn't stand Benji, I usually hate "muggers", but so far he's entertaining me more than the rest of the cast combined. Mostly I just want to watch him dance. Seriously, my "just want to watch him dance quotient is up there with my Danny Tidwell "just want to watch him dance quotient". That doesn't make any sense!

Something just seemed really, really wrong with Louie tonight. He was not all there. He's never been the best dancer, but he's never just zombie-walked his way through a dance with absolutely zero expression before. He wasn't in any of the backstage goofing-around clips either. Was he sick? Just tired of being there? Weird.

Speaking of weird...Joanna and Derek's intro clip. We're practicing, we're practicing, we're...washing a dog! How completely random!

Edited to add: Chelsie totally fibbed about not knowing the two step. She did it with Mark on SYTYCD.

I enjoyed Melissa's Charleston. Kelly's was ok, but ruined for me when I noticed she forgot some of the routine and had to look at Louis to catch up. The two step never needs to be done on this show again-ever. What Carrie Ann said to Aaron was true, but very uncomfortable to watch and that failed lift at the end was bad.

There just aren't any great dancers this season. Even Mya's a disappointment.

That was Kherington

Why does this thread keep disappearing?

I hate that MJH bullshit. What is that - short bus (dance-wise) scoring? That had ten nowhere near it. She was fine but it was phony ass and over the top, those tens. I'm so tired of scoring for "shocking eliminations" I could gag. I'm OVER it. If suspense isn't there, please don't create it with bullshit paddling. Not their fault, I know.

What's with the art direction for the dances this season? When did stage dressing and sfx start coming into it?

Did Kelly mess up - I was watching on line and I thought I saw a part where she forgot. That's the only reason I could think of for not giving her nines - best Charleston of the night. Great routine by Louie and boy are they a great team on the floor.

Gotta think Louie and Chelsie are having a showmance because crap choreography and a reliable pro's judgment going on the window is a familiar symptom (Derek and "I did the hips" Shannon Elizabeth, and Karina/"en pointe" Mario Lopez). Much as I love them, that 'dance' pissed me off. Cheryl and Drew did a better two step when they free-styled to "Save a Horse" than any 2 step on the floor 2 night.

Lacey can bite me - is that the sign of throwing in the towel? Disconnecting from your partner, mugging for the camera and throwing your legs around? And practically pasting an "L" for loser sign on your partner's forehead in rehearsal, just so we at home don't think you are contaminated by his geekiness and disappointing affinity for dance performance?

Okay, so my little Louie is losing me with that walk around. I have to do some fan type math here. This week I'm liking Kelly.

And Donny. That's hard to say.

Natalie disappointed - mostly, because as said upthread - that was a real Edyta performance. All legs and tricks not enough dancing/steps.

Chelsie never did the Two-Step on STYCYD. Mark danced that with Kherrington.

The 28 did come as a surprise for Melissa and Mark's charleston, but it was a well put-together routine and I don't mind it so much because I feel like they have been underscored the past couple of weeks. The judges kept saying that Melissa was improving, but they neglected to have their scores reflect this until tonight.

va32h...Chelsie never danced a Two-Step on SYTYCD.

I hope never to see the Texas 2 Step again. Those performances were just awful. I just adore Chelsie & Louie but that was pathetic. Louie - if you're going to walk through the entire dance, at least walk with some swagger. That being said, I hope they survive another week.

I thoroughly enjoyed the Charlstons. I could have watched a whole show of them. I hope Len picks one for tomorrow night's encore performance.

Too.Much.Deadweight. If it was up to me, tomorrow would be a triple elimination.

Aaron is a wreck. He is going to crack at some point. Seriously, this guy has got issues. His backflip was the only impressive thing in his dance.

MJH was totally overscored. Feel free to disagree, but if she didn't get scored so high, I doubt Mya would have gotten two 10's. Speaking of which, I did like her Lambada. It was hot, but (ugh!) I have to agree with Len, I was expecting a little bit more.

Still hate Donny, but his Charleston was great. So was Kelly's.

Tonight was dull. Next week can't come fast enough.

Regarding MJH, the scoring as I said before was ridiculous and I'm surprised they didn't get dinged for the amount of "chair dancing" they did at the beginning and the end. Len usually calls people out on that.

And because it cannot be said too often, Aaron is an idiot, whiny baby.

Glad to know I am not alone in not enjoying that dance but also not agreeing with the 9s or 10s given. If Len expects a lot from Mya, the judges have some pretty low expectations for Melissa to give her those scores. Her footwork was not better and she still not graceful when she dances. Or it could be that MJH and Marky's bitching about their scores paid off this week. Well, at least it will shut up the entitled Team Melarky for a week. Oh yes, Marky, get the stupid mustache off. He must be annoyed Dmitry did his nerd look better than him. Did MJH even really dance because all I saw was Mark yet again overdancing her.

I much preferred Kelly and Donny (hate to say it)'s charleston. Kym is a terrific choreographer! Also, the charleston is easier than say bolero which I thought Natalie did very well.

I am surprised in liking Joanna's lambada the best and loved that Aaron's was a complete failure. Forget dancing to the same song as Apolianne's mambo, his routine sucked and hope we are in for a shocking elimination with Mr. Carter leaving tomorrow.

Hair and make up sucks because it looked like a little girl took crayons and drew on Mya's face tonight.

Non-two steps were awful and Chelsie, disappointing. She did the same move Julianne did with Apolo in their samba except Apolo, well, was dancing. Louie's score seemed pretty generous considering he just walked around the ballroom dance floor.

Cutest thing was Kelly curled up next to Louis on the couch. Second cutest? The dogs in Joanna's package. I hope they got adopted. Also, that dog adoption actually took place last week but the edit monkey made it look like they did it this week.

Me, too. It was weird seeing them on a night with the Bolero and Lambada. They should do a whole night of American dances (Charleston, Swing, Jitterbug, Jive). They aren't necessarily beautiful or sexy, but they're fun, and lend themselves well to comedy.

It's usually hard to judge content for me, not being a ballroom dancer . . . but I live in Texas and we live the Texas 2-step around here. Not 1 second of actual 2-step in any of the dances. How hard is it? Quick-quick-slow-slow. Chelsea even said it in their package, she just didn't actually choreograph it. I've seen some awesome 2-steps in my day. Nothing in any of those. And I'm most disappointed in Lacey. Mark could have done it, but instead she did some sort of cha-cha-cha nonsense. What a mess. Poor Anna T did as much as she could with Chuck, but at least he danced. No idea what Louie was doing stomping around the floor.

I also thought Derek and Joanna's Lambada was the best dance of the night. She could have pulled in a 10 before MJH.

First time I've really noticed Mya's "entitled to" vibe. Oh, you're going to choreograph now? How nice for you. I had been voting for her, but now I'm going with Joanna (who I couldn't stand in the Superstars this summer, but is growing on me).

Sad to say, but if Tom DeLay were still in this competition he probably would have out two-stepped any of the two-step couples on two broken feet. At least he should know what an authentic two-step should look like.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Aaron went home tomorrow night.

I've never needed those "keys to the dance" intro videos more than I did tonight. I was only familiar with the Charleston but still didn't really know any technical elements about it. I had no idea what I was supposed to be looking for. The bolero looked like the rhumba only with more posing. I knew the lambada was the "forbidden dance" so I figured it was basically sex standing up. Texas two-step - ??? What are the basic steps?

Poor Louie. Master P had more dancing in some of his routines than Louie did tonight.

Hair and makeup people were on crack tonight. Mya had on orange blusher. Plus she had been covered in Pam cooking spray.

Donny's Charleston was great, but really, which other dance could he have done successfully? Would they have really given Joanna anything but the lambada. I don't think there was any randomness about dance assignments.

Aw.From a personality standpoint, I'd put him more in Ty Murray territory.

I like Chelsie very much, but she needs to give Louie more to do. It's been like this for the past three weeks. I hate to say it, but she's not proving herself to be more effective than Anna D this season.

I was cheering Carrie Ann so hard for her comments about Aaron. Harsh, but true. His neediness is very uncomfortable, and I wouldn't be surprised if he leaves soon. That gymnastics bit was totally unnecessary and came out of nowhere, too.

I agree that Natalie shouldn't have had the Bolero right after the Rumba, though I don't think she's loosened up quite enough to be convincing in the Charleston or Lambada. Her clip with Alec was quite uncomfortable to watch, especially since after all that Alec seemed to be choreographing for Edyta with all that posing. Was it just me, or did Natalie seem kind of cool towards Alec in the Red Room?



I know, right? TPTB should be giving Joanna all the slow dances now, when Derek's fanbase can still carry her through.



I still like Mya, and don't agree with Len holding her to a higher standard (but giving out "A for effort" scores" is fine, right?) but she did remind me of Sabrina there, and not in a good way. I wouldn't call her entitled, though.

I think that was my favorite night of the season, it would be even better if they only had the lambada and the Charleston.

I love all the Charlestons.

MJH Charleston is going to be just like Cody Jiggerbug, the only time that she will see a good score in the season.

My favorite lambada was Joanna and Derek , Mya was great but telling everybody that she is helping Dmitry with the choreography was not very clever, it was just like Sabrina in the jive.

Natalie bolero was just like her rumba, and the two steps were just really bad.

Yeah, at least Chuck seems game for anything. Lawrence Taylor was always more like, "WTF is this shit?"

I don't know about the red room but I did think she seemed pretty peeved with Alec during the rehearsal, and understandably so. All that talk about having to choregraph uber-difficult routines or super-easy ones was bullshit. Alec needs to understand that you can strike a happy balance. Neither extreme is good; don't give your celebrity more than he or she can handle, but don't do some Marissa Jaret Winokur-level safe routine. But Alec was acting like there were only those two options. No wonder Natalie looked annoyed.

Alec seemed kind of cool towards everyone in the Red Room. He looked very disinterested in the whole thing. I'm wondering if the rehearsal footage was cut in a way that bothered both him and Natalie. If they'd had, hypothetically, one fight and that's what the footage was cut into, it's understandable that they'd both be miffed - especially when every other couple's rehearsal package was "look how buddy-buddy we are."

The night, as a whole, was pretty forgettable for me. I hate these "new dance" nights, because I have no clue what to look for, and the pros don't seem all that comfortable with the routines. The whole thing just seems off.

I liked Kelly and Donny tonight. Donny turned my stomach last week because I don't really care for the corny hamming-it-up thing, but overall, I'm alright with him. He is lower key than Marie, and I think he dances much better.

I love Louie and Chuck, but I guess I have to resign myself to the fact that these guys aren't going to learn to dance. Too bad...I had hopes that, at least Louie, would start to pick up on it!

I don't think Natalie lived up to her performance last week, but still, very good, and I see she has borrowed Edyta's wardrobe.

Joanna and Mya, of course very good, but I was bored, only because I like to watch people learn to dance and not just dance. I don't think these two have any more to offer.

Len as much as told us that the encore would go to Team Neon Yellow. That fawning was frustrating.

Louis scared me with that Cabaret makeup! He's really enjoying this season isn't he? He reminded me more of a vampire.

Speaking of scary, can Karina go back to the darker hair? She looks a bit too witchy at the moment. I did love the smackdown from Carrie Ann to Aaron.

I agree with everyone that MJH was overscored, but I wonder if that was because she and Mark were so upset about the scores last week. I thought she made a great effort although I think she has a long way to go.

It did seem like Kelly forgot something. She looked ungainly at times, but I give her credit. I wish she'd gotten a little better scores.

Chuck isn't a good dancer but I'm still enjoying his partnership with Anne. Her routine was well-choreographed, and he looked hot tonight. Put a man in blue jeans if he can fill them out.

I'm sorry that Natalie had those two dances back-to-back, and that she and Alec are starting to drift apart in their partnership. She slipped when she was in the last pose, didn't she? I hope this isn't downhill from here.

How old is Derek again? This season he's kind of reminding me of a dirty old man, even though he's only in his 20s. It's his rehearsal comments.

Chuck and Julianne basically whined their way to 9s last season. I feel like they actually hurt contestants when they overscore good but not perfect routines. They did it last season with Kim, and it was frustrating. A mix of 8s and 9s would have been appopriate.



He actually reminds me of that kid in high school who is just so insecure about his sexuality. All his little quips are just too much. He, Mark, Donny and Aaron need somebody to tell them to calm the fuck down.

That's how I saw it too. There is no chemistry with Mark because she's too busy treating him like a prop while making eye contact with all the cameras and playing to the audience. I wish the judges would call her on it, instead of just busting Mark.