Dancing With the Stars -- Finale

The final three gave it their best shot for the last night of performances and really came out wanting to win it. Nicole, Evan and Erin all have that competitive edge and ability, which made it the best top three the show has probably experienced since the beginning. Usually there's one that's the obvious winner, but in this case, it was a bit tougher to say for sure who really was going to take the mirror ball trophy home.
The thing to look out for on Monday night was the freestyle dance. That usually ends up being the kicker. For the first time, Erin & Nicole tied for first place. Unfortunately Evan's freestyle was a bit odd. Not hard to watch mind you, but just odd.

I have to admit, some of the previews for the finale results night made me cringe a bit due to Kate Gosselin. The sound and tone of her voice, that fake smile, everything about her makes me cringe. I had to say "excuse me?" out loud when I heard her in the previews when she said "90% of her audience hates her". Uh, excuse me, whose audience? It's not your audience chicky-poo. It's the Dancing With the Stars audience, not Kate's audience. Then she makes a comment that she even if she danced like Nicole or Evan that people would still find fault with her. First of all, you need to have rhythm to even begin dancing like those two. Second, they have a winning attitude. Third, they listen to their instructors and learn from the criticism. Finally, the most important part, they aren't complete oblivious b-itches such as herself. Ugh!

As the show dragged on for a couple of hours too long, we got to see Nicole, Evan, and Erin do their favourite dance -- the Argentine Tango. Yup. All three of them did the Argentine Tango and each one was just as unique and awesome as the next one. Then there were a lot of unnecessary hoopla in between and finally, finally, the winner was announced: Nicole Scherzinger. (Trumpet sounds here) I was almost expecting Evan to take it because a lot of times the Olympian usually takes it home.

That's a wrap folks.

Dancing With the Stars -- Semi Final Performances & the Boot

Monday night really showed off who belonged in the finals. If you've been paying attention, the order would go something like this:
1. Nicole & Derek
2. Evan & Anna
3. Erin & Maks
4. Chad & Cheryl.
Although Evan & Nicole are evenly good, Nicole gives off just a bit more sparkle to her performances that really gives it that finishing touch. Evan is adorable, mind you, but it's just that tiny bit more sparkle that would really give Nicole a run for the top spot. Quality wise, both of them really provide top notch work. I will give it up to Evan on Monday night for the paso doble performance. Wowie! Hot stuff it was.
Erin & Maks do a good job and their rehearsal tapes are usually really entertaining. However, even though Erin dances really well, she was just a bit choppy in some of the movements. A bit frustrating, because she does have the potential to make it a three way tie.
Chad, on the other hand, is alright, but not nearly in the same class as the other three competitors. Even though he is a flirt, he's got Cheryl all over him and he doesn't appear to be all that interested beyond flirting.
Fortunately, the voters got it right this time around on results night. Chad & Cheryl ended up going home. Whew! I have to admit, I was a bit worried because there have been times in the past when the strongest dancer did not make it through to the top (eh-hem, Cheetah girl, eh-hem Mario Lopez) and I almost didn't want to watch this season because of Donny Osmond winning last season. He so should not have taken home that really ugly yet oh so shiny trophy. So yay for the people for getting it right this season for the top 3.
As far as results night went, if you missed it, it wasn't a tragedy to miss anything other than who got voted off. It was just more university group dance competition and Mylie Cyrus (however you spell her first made up name) trying her bit at dancing in a tiny outfit. Whatever.
Next week is the final elimination. Will it be Nicole & Derek or Evan & Anna? Or, will Erin really take it up a notch and win everyone over?

Dancing With the Stars -- Performances & The Boot 6 & 7

Here's a combination one from last week and this week.
Last week (Performance & Boot #6) was producers taking a trip on bad 70's drug left-overs. How so? Did you hear the music they picked for the celebrity teams? Awful. Quicksteps and waltzes to gaudy 70's songs. Blech! I mean really bad cheesy stuff. At least the dancing was good for the most part. It figures that Damian and Pamela had a song that wasn't from the 70's because they were the ones sent home.
Do I have to say that Nicole and Derek wiped the dance floor clean of the competition? Maybe I do. Yes, Nicole and Derek continued to outshine. Evan's superhero hair attacked the tango brilliantly -- sharp and aggressive. It was refreshing to see that side of him. It must've been something with the superhero hair because Evan and Anna got the first set of perfect scores for the season. Go, go superhero hair! Even though I was getting a bit frustrated that Len kept holding back on the 10's for Nicole and Derek, I am glad Evan & Anna got awesome scores.
There was also a group challenge -- Teams Gaga and Madonna had to do a cha cha challenge.Team Gaga (Nicole, Chad, Pamela and their partners) beat out Team Madonna.
However, despite Team Gaga helping Chad and Pamela with the scores, Pamela ended up going home on results night.
This week, it was a lot easier to determine who should really be in the bottom two. It's not that the bottom two suck, but they unfortunately don't have the same flow and skill level to take it any further. Each duo had to dance twice -- no leaning on group performances this time around.
Len finally gave Nicole & Derek a well deserved 10 to their second performance -- a 50's inspired paso doble -- helping them to get their perfect scores for the first time this season ... finally! Can I hear a "woop! woop!"?
If Chad's partner was Edyta, she would've been wearing a tiny strap of fabric this week. He's alright, but with all due respect, compared to some of the other competitors, he just doesn't fit. Not to mention, the man makes no sense when he's all excited. He sounds like a boxer after he's been hit one too many times and just ends up smiling and speaking jibberish. Even Niecy's antics and jiggly parts beat Chad in judges' scores. Sadly, Niecy's jiggly parts were voted off in the end.
Maybe Chad sent out some diamond rings and necklaces to some select audience members to juice up his votes?
Next week is the semi-finals. Until then ...