Wow. Aaron must not be pulling in the viewer votes at all.

Is Aaron Carter going to squeak his way to the finals? Fabulous knock-out dances, the both of them.



He might be going home next week, unless someone else really royally screws up one of their two dances.

....And the last genuinely likable celebrity this season has left the competition. *sigh*

I feel terrible for Anna T., who was (in a way) eliminated twice this season. She's the first pro to have this dubious honor. And her husband has the equally dubious honor of having been eliminated first three times. Are Jonathan and Anna, like, the go-to people when the show wants to shit on someone? <-- Not being entirely serious there, I'm just feeling grouchy.

Lame quote of the night:

Derek: "Three people out of seven are..."
Joanna: "...going to be in the bottom three!"
Derek: "Yeah!"

Brilliant, you two, just brilliant. You mean to tell me that four people can't be in the bottom three?

Damn. I knew as soon as they said Aaron was doing the Jive for his KO dance, he wasn't going anywhere. Damn. Couldn't one of them have thrown Mark a pity vote, at least?

But, yeah, Aaron is clearly not pulling in a lot of viewer support, to end up in the bottom 3 after getting a 29 on his Jive.

I was disappointed to see Michael was on the bottom. I thought he really made some progress last night and would have liked to see him stick around another week.

We're never going to be able to get rid of Aaron are we. Once again the judges can suck it! They were at fault for what happened with Mark tonight. They didn't need to score him that low it was a load of BS. I knew Michael was going to go home but that didn't make it any easier. I'm going to miss him so much.

I'm really bummed Mark went. At least he put in a great final performance.



He seemed REALLY surprised when they said he wasn't safe.

I agree, I like Kelly but Mark is a better dancer than her.

I'm so happy we're this much closer to an Aaron/Joanna/Donny finale!

Group Ring-Around-the-Rosie! Actually that was really cute.

Really, really sad to see Micheal go. He was the joy of this season. And surprisingly sad to see Mark go, though honestly I thought that that cha-cha was a bit of a mess. The tricks were cool but they didn't really flow for me and he seemed to do very little dancing. I wonder if they could have danced a jitterbug; it may have worked better. Aaron nailed it again; the jive is just his dance. He must be pulling next-to-no viewer votes.

Wow, I actually almost felt bad for Aaron tonight.

He seemed so desperate when he was practicing last night, with his "We HAVE to impress the judges" bit, but then I thought it was adorable the way he and Kelly were hugging and smiling at the very end. And of course, the group dance at the very end also made me happy. =]

But honestly, I do think that Aaron is a better and more natural dancer than Mark, who I always thought looked awkward dancing, even when he was putting everything into it.

Gee, sintin, is that...sarcasm I detect in your post? ;)

Kelly's actually lost a lot of her likability with me by now. I'm just getting tired of her teary nature.

Yeah, as soon as I saw all those flips, I thought, "Shoot, they better hope that Aaron literally falls on his face, or else they're outta here."

First off-- How is it fair that Aaron's knockout dance was the same dance he did the night before.


My computer voting Jinx is alive and well again, I voted for Mark online last night and he left tonight. Maybe next week I'll vote for Aaron.

So bottom three were from team Paso

I feel like there's no one left to root for this season. Mark was really improving every week. I do like Kelly, but I don't think her dancing is to the level of some of the other celebs (well, yet, anyway). I guess Donny's probably my favorite out of the remaining, but he just doesn't excite me.

I miss Gilles...(sigh)

Wow, I did not expect Aaron to be in the bottom. I thought for sure, Mya. Michael and Mark are no surprises but sadness bc they are such nice guys and actually, more more pleasurable to watch than Mya or Aaron, no matter their dancing ability. And it was nice to see Mark D in something (regularly) other than Iron Chef America. I don't even like that show, compared to the Japanese version. Well, here's hoping Mark gets more work out of this.



The team dances really re-arranged the board. Scorewise, it put Aaron just a hair ahead of Donny and Kelly (who got the same numbers) and Mya behind them. So after the team dance, it really was all about the votes -- and this is the last time I'll listen to DialIdol DWTS because they had Aaron ahead of Kelly, Mya and Joanna.

The right two couples went home. I liked Michael, but it was time.

And as much as I dislike Aaron and Karina, they were on FIRE in their dance-off. Wow! I bow to them. It would have been a big fuckery if they were sent home.

Not too sad to see either team go, though I would've loved a "shocking" Derek/Joanna elimination.

Loved Colbie Caillat tonight (note to Taylor Swift: This is how you sing live). Even Rod Stewart was pretty cool, all things considering (I mean a Motown cover of a done-to-death song...). Ballas/Hough? The new Tiffany?

The last 15 seconds of Aaron's dance was the exact same little sequence he did in last night's dance...twice. He didn't learn a new dance, he just did half of his dance from last night.

Am I really the only one who noticed that?

UGH.

I have faith that Ol' Methface will be gone next week, unless someone majorly screws up. He truly is a cockroach!

Awww, Mark. I'm glad he went out on a high note, but come on, judges, get the hint: NO one likes Aaron. No one. Three times in the bottom already, and with high scores to boot.

And Mark and Derek? Please stop singing. STOP. Just stop. My eardrums are still bleeding from their "song." But Rod Stewart was lovely. They should have had him on twice (although someone should tell him never to do that hip grinding thing he was attempting near the end of his performance. Grandpa, stop!)

Not surprised at tonight's eliminations, but still disappointed. Michael was starting to grow on me and I liked Mark since week 1. Plus, I just do not like Aaron (though I do still like Karina). I found his mugging last night OTT. Also, I will miss watching Lacey dance. She is one of my favorite pros.

I guess I better resign myself to the Aaron/Donnie/Joanna final.

Shucks! My results show was interrupted for election results and then the winning candidates' speech. VA is only one of two states with races for governor. But, I didn't see Michael say his good-byes and only a bit of Aaron's DO. I figured Aaron got all the judges' votes, because their inflated scores are the only things keeping him in. He certainly has no fan base.

I'll be watching on ABC.com to see what I missed. Michael was about the only fun left in this contest, but I knew he'd go. Mark is very likeable and I was sad to see him go. This season is very meh for me. As much as I always love and follow the show, there just isn't any body I feel invested in. I FF's during the performances (the confessionals, et al) and almost all of the results. I just can't get on the Donny bandwagon, even though he's not nearly as obnoxious as I expected and dances well. Mya's not it for me. Just nobody that does it.

Colbie Caillet was fine, but didn't like Edyta/Alec's dance. It looked rather all over the place. The Ballas Hough Band needs to go away. I like that the Derek/Mark are too big and important to even let the other DWTS dancers dance to their song. Not sure how any of them could have danced to it, but still. What a horrible song!

I knew Aaron would stay thanks the judges. I was a bit surprised Mya was even safe. Kelly and Donny, not that surprised. Joanna is likely in trouble the first time her scores drop.

Donny/Kym need to win. That's like the only outcome I can even tolerate. I like Kelly, but she's not good enough to win.

I don't think that Aaron and Karina did much of their original KO dance at all. They knew that all they had to do was use some of what got them high scores last night and they were going to take it. Once Michael was announced as the one going straight home, it didn't matter what Mark did. Even if his KO dance had been leagues better than Aaron's they were not going to save him.

The really bad thing is that Lacey/Mark never got near the bottom before last night while Aaron has been there before. That should count for something. Aaron is going to get eliminated next week anyway, so why not give Mark another chance.

I also sort of feel that things may have gone better for Mark last night if Anna had just learned the routine that Mark/Lacey were already working on rather than do something new. Say what you will, but Lacey's choreography was obviously pleasing the viewers, they hadn't yet hit the bottom. Maybe it would have saved Mark last night. Ah well that's it for me this season.

The finale is going to be Donny, Joanna and Kelly. It's also going to be a dead bore.

Holy cow, did you see Aaron's crazy look when they said he was in the bottom 3? That was frightening.

Watching Mark & Derek sing/dance gave me serious Wham! flashbacks. My cheeks hurt from laughing. Boyfriend: Are they singing "Wash your Body? Me: I think it's "Watch your Body."

All in all, Mark should have gone home. I'll miss him though and hope this brings him many opportunities.

re: Anna & Jonathan - I see them as TPTB's "go-to" couple which is why they always seem to be around in tough situations like substituting for sick pros.

Think of it this way -- the DWTS pros were being spared the indignity of having to dance to that crapfest of a song, thereby avoiding becoming cogs in the Ballas/Hough conquest for world domination.

I do not see a Donny/Aaron/Joanna finals at all. Aaron hit the bottom 3 after scoring two tens and this is his third trip to the bottom. Joanna's not likeable either. Kelly is more likely finals bound. She has consistently gotten the pimp spot or at least performed towards the end. Mya is likely the other finals bound celeb. Aaron and Joanna are the next two go.

I kinda feel bad for Aaron and then I see the vein and the sympathy is gone. But I did like his KO jive more than his jive yesterday.

Same here as he was one of the few genuinely fun celebs left. It is all about Kym (I mean Donny) and Kelly.

Derek, stop singing and just dance! Marky? I think he looked happier dancing by himself than dancing with MJH. Can he head off and be a wannabe John Mayer and take a season or two off?

Mark never hit the bottom while there was a lot of fodder. I do not know it means Lacey's choreography was pleasing the viewers or rather there was more duds still around. I agree that Mark did deserve another chance but more because I felt Anna should not have been involved in another elimination. She began working with him on Saturday night with Sunday spent trying to do two dances with camera blocking. I do not know if it would have made a difference if Anna kept Lacey's half choreographed routine.

I feel the same way. I like Michael & Mark. Even if he wasn't the best dancer, Michael was fun to watch and his smile lit the room up. Mark was improving and had potential. And he was a nice guy. Poor Lacey looked like she still didn't feel good at all.

I had figured that Aaron would be in the bottom 3 since he has been in the bottom 2 a couple of times already.



I totally agree and I thought the same thing while Colbie was singing. She did a great job.

I hated Mark & Derek's song. I ended up muting the TV for most of their performance. Yuck!

I really can't fault Anna for the work she did. It's was a lose-lose, thankless situation, and I think she did the best anybody could do. I seriously doubt even Cheryl or Kym could have done much better for Mark. I think the judges just ran with the opportunity for the easy way to eliminate one of the non-chosen ones.

I was thinking the same thing. Why make the person have to learn a new routine on such short notice? Surely it's easier for the pro to pick up choreography on the fly.

I'm not sure if she ever had a lot of opportunity to learn it, or even how much of the original routine there was.

Besides, the judges only warmed up to Lacey and Mark on their last few routines, so I'm not sure if Lacey's choreography would have made a difference.

I think it was a bad combo all around. Tough dance, Lacey sick, Mark flying back and forth. It was almost impossible for him to survive.

I'm just tired of the weeble wobbles and plastics, honestly.

I never thought when the season started I'd be so bummed about seeing Michael go.

How do we even know if Lacey had had much choreographed? I thought she was on of those that choreographed on the fly? I don't think it's poor Anna's fault that Mark got sent home.

Mark was out as soon as the judges knew he was in a KO with Aaron. Anna did a great job with him, I did not think his Samba was atrocious, and I don't fault Lacey's illness either. I think if he had done a better KO the judges would have found a way to bring in last night's performance. The only thing that would have saved Mark was having Derek Hough for a partner.

I will miss Michael and Mark who I felt had such heart. I'll be removing DWTS from DVR and assuming they continue to do well I'll watch Dmitry/Mya online and vote for them. I'm actually hoping Joanna is out next week.

I agree. We don't know what really happened with respect to the choreography. Maybe Anna and Mark were playing up the "he learned the samba from scratch in 48 hours!!" as a ploy to earn more sympathy votes, since the show obviously wasn't doing its part in milking Lacey's illness the way they did Derek's. Granted, I'm biased in Anna's favor, but I find it hard to believe that she would have completely scrapped whatever choreography Lacey had come up with if it had been anything substantial (unless she had no choice), considering how much extra work that would put on her. That just seems incredibly stupid. Anna might not be the best teacher or choreographer, but I do think she has two brain cells to rub together.

Add me to the list of folks believing that the best men left tonight, leaving a far lesser man to dance yet another week. There is a point at which the dancing is outweighed by the person.

I believe it will be a Donny, Mya, Joanna finale -- two ringers and a true novice. However, I hope Donny and Kym actually win based on being good people who dance very well and give splendid performances.

I expect first Aaron, then Kelly to be eliminated, setting up the final. But I'm not exactly thrilled by any of it. We have had to slog through so many people, so many group dances, dance offs, and marathons that it's impossible to really consider dancing skill (including its showmanship component) alone. I'm simply too confused at this point.

And, with Michael and Mark gone, the testosterone level is now woefully low -- where is the Gilles, or Christian, or Maks, or Tony D ????? Too little masculinity left for too many weeks. A completely busted season for this gal.

As if they were saving Mark over Aaron tonight.

I'm with your boyfriend; I was hearing "wash your body," too. Yeah, that little skit was hilarious. Is the Ballas Hough Band like a real thing, though, or was it like Subtle Sexuality's "Male Prima Donna" from The Office?

ETA: Tongue-in-cheek or not, "Male Prima Donna" is the better song, by the way.

This season is just not good. Sad to see Mark go, I was hoping he would out last both Aaron and Joanna. Oh well.

Worst part of the night was Ballas-Hough. What was that awful noise? Were they actually singing or just giving lip service to a recording of their pro-tooled voices being over powered by generic tecno noise? dang that was bad. Are they really trying to be pop stars now? Ugh.

I don't blame Anna I just thought that for a nervous celeb like Mark, reworking what he was already doing may have been better than starting over. It's likely it would not have mattered anyway because the judges still went too low on the scores IMO. His dance was no worse than Kelly's but light years away in judges comments and scores. I think that they got Mark out before be picked up too much steam.

Tasya, I am going to take my thoughts on Mark picking up too much steam to the grassy knoll thread.

I am disappointed to see Mark was not saved. If it was a regular elimination, the sympathy votes would have saved Mark. It was a perfect storm for the worst circumstances for Mark. I feel bad for him and wish he did better. I felt Lacey started to treat him better that past few weeks too. I did like the last dance tonight. It was cute.

I guess I need to give the judges a little bit of credit. One time deal, tonight only. Just comparing the KO dances, they picked the right one to stay. Even though the fans clearly are not voting for Aaron & Karina, week after week, no matter how well they perform. Mark, on the other hand, didn't hit the bottom before this week and had enough fans to overcome a 4-point deficit and pull him out last place. So I guess there could have been some producer pressure to keep the more popular guy (or put another way, ditch the less popular guy). They didn't. Good on them, I guess. But did they really have to pick this week to judge solely on what they saw in front of them? Sheesh.

Ballas/Hough is the new Milli Vanilli.

I forgot to add in my last post that Mark and Derek sucked ass. Obvious, duh, but I had to say it. Holy autotune from hell. That didn't even sound like them.

(about Aaron)

Honestly, can you blame him? Not even the posters here called him in the Bottom 3.

ETA: For just a few seconds, he looked like his brother, standing there with that strange expression...

and... yes, I liked the Ballas/Hough song okay, and I like to watch Derek dance, but...yeah. Wham 2 and obvious lipsynching (not that I blame them with all that dancing).

and I think Kelly or Mya will be out next week.

Not just you! Total retread. In fact it was even more manic than last night's nausea-inducing Jive.

Tonight was made of Awesome Moments and Horrible Moments.

First Awesome moment: Aaron in the B3! Ha ha ha ha ha!!! Suck it, Aaron. You can get the 2nd highest mark and still end up in the bottom. Brilliant. I love it. It would have been much more satisfying if he had actually left finally, but I feel certain he is toast next week. High marks can't save him. He isn't liked. Ha ha ha!! His face when he realized he was in the B3? Priceless.

Next awesome moment: Kelly and Louis getting called safe first. Super nice.

Now, the horrible moments: Aaron staying in the competition. Stupid judges.

Next horrible moment: Cobie Caillet performing. Bleh, bleh, triple bleh. She's so mundane.

Staying in the musical category: Rod Stewart. Whhhatt?? Random. What a spectacularly unspectacular performance. I swear he only pops up on this show and Oprah.

Now, this next moment is less horrible and more hilarious: the Ballas/Hough Band. That was hilariously terrible. They sounded out of tune, the song was rubbish and the dancing--don't get me started on the "dancing". What a waste of time. Such a pathetic ego boost to these two. It was embarrassing. Lame-o.

As much as I liked the Group Tango last night, tonight's retread was disarming. Everyone was distinctly worse. I'm just going to watch last night's version instead.

What is wrong with the accoustics in the ABC studio - all of the live performances sound crappy!!

LOL - and they still sounded awful!!

I knew Mark was toast as soon as they announced Michael was going home - no way the judges were going to get rid of Aaron and face the wrath of Karina!! Gotta hand it to Aaron - he had finally figured out the judges are his only hope of staying in the competition because the fans do not like him!

The bright spot of tonight was the Ballas/Hough performance. It was so hilariously uncomfortable to watch, but rather delicious to appreciate Derek and Mark's misguided notion that they are cool. Was I the only one who thought of this? :Less talented, but more fun than BHB

It sucks that Michael left, but it really was his time. It was inevitable that the judges would save Aaron, but he probably deserved to stay. But ouch - landing in the bottom 3 after 2 10s? That has to hurt. They must know they're screwed. The best they can now hope for is a 3rd place finish, but they will likely go next week.

I felt really bad for Mark, who had a rotten week and was unlucky that the double eliminations were this week. I know it must have been comforting to have Lacey back, but the show hammered it home in a way that was a bit harsh to Anna. Still, I'm glad for both Lacey and Anna that she was back. To be eliminated without being there would feel terrible, as would being eliminated twice in a season.

It's amazing that we still had 9 couples 2 weeks ago. It's slightly more exciting now, but none of the couples really excite. A Donny/Kelly/Mya final would be my preference, but I find it hard to believe Joanna won't be sandwiched in there somehow.

I kinda figured that would happen. Well if Aaron is in the B2 next week, he should be leaving since the judges won't have a say.
Musical guests were okay. Being a BHB fan(music & dancing), have to say that performance was okay, but not awesome. Wish they would have just sang.

This season is all kinds of dull. Season 5 will always be my favorite. Season 8 comes in 2nd.

Actually I've seen him recently on Leno and Kimmel. I've never been a fan; he sounds like he needs to clear his throat. Frankly, I think Rod looks ridiculous. He is not aging well, not that he was ever good looking (imo).

I think, with the exception of Kelly, the best dancers are left in the competition. Aaron's dance was far better than Mark's. I could not understand why Mark wasted time doing two cartwheels in a 30 second dance. I also couldn't believe that Len let him get away with it.

I understand that Aaron is creepy and "off", but he is a good dancer.

I am very sorry to see Michael go, but his farewell speech made absolutely no sense. What was he talking about?

I was so wrong. I was sure that Mya would be in the B3 and would go home. Then when Mark was in the dance off, I was sure they'd save him over Aaron, who's been in the B2 twice before. Oh well. I'm thrilled Mya (and moreso Dmitry!) are still there. They have Samba next week and Dmitry is the best at that dance. I think she's easily the best dancer of the remaining five, but Donny's ok. Aaron gets too weird - though he has moments of brilliance. And the other two are hopeless - Joanna can pull off ballroom but her Latin is weak and spindly. Kelly can't do either one. Surely they won't have a winner who is as crappy at dancing as either one of them. Surely?

So it was Almost Amy, then BHB, and now "Ballas/Hough"? And those jeans - were they going for a 1950s look? All I could think about was Derek's a lot skinnier than Mark - bottom half, anyway - and they both looked like uncool nerds. They should stick to their day job. Ugh.

Tears came to my eyes for Mark - and I don't like Lacey, though I did think she looked beautiful tonight. Poor Anna T. But she knows the number they pulled with the unfair team dance thing and the low-balling his scores. Joanna and Kelly had over-scored dances so they could have been nicer to Mark, if they wanted to.

I have more hope for Mya now - they need some decent dancing in the final and surely Aaron can't dodge the bullet a 4th time. Surely?

Man, oh man! Derek and Mark. Gentlemen. . .gentlemen. . .keep your day jobs. Please. And fo' reals! Because that song? 100% HOT ASS MESS. I can appreciate a very well done and even over-produced pop ditty or dance song but that was just utter shite. It's really too bad the Triplets are so much more obsessed with forging music careers for themselves because their especial talents really reside with dance IMO and are thusly being wasted.

Edyta! You and your 2 band-aid strips worth of fabric come costumes, heh. I always forget how much they amuse me until you come back to dance a Pro number.

Glad to see Votenumber1 was spot on yet again---they've only gotten the Natalie elimination wrong so far this season. Much better DWTS predictors than DialIdol on the whole mercifully. IMO America and the show have---excepting Natalie---essentially gotten it right this season to-date and bad dancers have left. That Bottom 3 tonight was unfortunate though---should have been Kelly dancing against Mark. Aaron is a cockroach but the boy can dance.