Dancing With The Stars 10/24 Live Scores, Telephone Numbers & Performances

Week six known as Broadway Week of Dancing with the Stars aired October 24, 2011. Here is a real-time live recap of tonight’s episode including judges’ comments (coming later), scores, performance videos and telephone numbers:

ROB KARDASHIAN AND CHERYL BURKE

Telephone: 1-800-VOTE4-02 or 1-800-868-3402

Dance: Cha Cha Cha
Song: Walk Like A Man
Scores: 22
Watch the performance video:
NANCY GRACE AND TRISTAN MACMANUS
Telephone: 1-800-VOTE4-05 or 1-800-868-3405
Dance: Foxtrot
Song: Always Look On The Bright Side of Life
Scores: 24
Watch the performance video below:



DAVID ARQUETTE AND KYM JOHNSON
Telephone: 1-800-VOTE4-06 or 1-800-868-3406
Dance: Quickstep
Song: We Go Together
Scores: 23
Watch the performance video:



RICKI LAKE AND DEREK HOUGH
Telephone: 1-800-VOTE4-11 or 1-800-868-3411
Dance: Quickstep
Song: Luck Be A Lady
Scores: 29
Watch the performance video below:


CHAZ BONO AND LACEY SCHWIMMER
Telephone:           1-800-VOTE4-12       or             1-800-868-3412      
Dance: Tango
Song: The Phantom Of The Opera
Scores: 19
Watch the performance below:


HOPE SOLO AND MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY
Telephone:  1-800-VOTE4-08 or 1-800-868-3408
Dance: Rumba
Song: Seasons of Love

Scores: 20
JUDGES COMMENTS: Carri Ann Inaba said she sees all of the efforts Hope puts into her movements and said she saw her relaxing and trusting her natural sexiness for the first time, coming out in glimpses of a beautiful vulnerable girl. But she said Hope sometimes forces the moves so much that it distorts them.
Len Goodman said he was at a loss because he never lost faith in her because he believes she still has a lot of potential. He told her this was her worst dance of the whole season. He said he was really disappointed. When Max tried to get the crowd to boo Len, Len said, “Max, don’t start all that because half the fault is yours.” Maks said, “As long as the audience liked our journey, we’re good.”  Len shot back, “Let me tell you Maks, the audience like the effect, I’ve been in this business for nearly fifty years, my criteria to judge is different.” Maks quipped, “Maybe it’s time to get out!” Carri Ann scolded Maks,  “WOAH! Don’t be disrespectful like that!” Maks said, “Don’t be disrespectful like that to everybody because everybody is putting in a lot of effort, dying and killing themseleves always to hear your guys’ a little judgmental comments, you know what I mean? I am not being disrespectful, I am just protecting my partner!”
Bruno Tolioni: First, Hope, look at me, performance, difficult song and you portrayed the emotion. It worked sometimes but the Rumba never stops moving…It never gelled quite as well as it could have.

After the judges’ scores were revealed, Maks continued, “With all due respect, this is my show. I helped make it what it is. I love every aspect of it. I love every professional that has ever been here and every celebrity that puts effort every week. Having said that, I am a little tired that we’re being judged some on efforts and some being picked on our heel leads.”

Watch the performance below:

J.R. MARTINEZ AND KARINA SMIRNOFF
Telephone:  1-800-VOTE4-10 or 1-800-868-3410
Dance: Quickstep
Song: Hot Honey Rag
Scores: 29
Watch the performance below:

Musical guest, Kristin Chenoweth performed a medley of “Maybe This Time” from Cabaret and “I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady. The Broadway cast of “Sister Act” performed a medley of “Raise Your Voice” and “Sunday Morning Fever”.

VIDEO: Chaz Bono Pleasantly Surprises On DWTS


Dancing With The Stars season 13 was back in full swing for its premiere September 19, 2011. Dancing last were much anticipated author and activist Chaz Bono and Lacey Schwimmer, doing the Cha Cha Cha. I’ll admit, I had my reservations about Chaz being on this show, however, he quickly won me over with his charm and childlike qualities. I mean, how can I not root for a self-proclaimed overweight 40+ year old trying to learn how to dance? 

Carrie Ann said people had been waiting all night to watch Chaz dance and he did not disappoint. She said he had so much joy and lit up the room. Score: 6
Len called him razzmatazz Chaz and said he enjoyed himself and had good footwork and great attitude. Score: 5
Bruno called him cheeky but so cuddly and cute. He said Chaz was joyous and it was a great debut and Chaz should be proud. Score: 6
Total scores: 6+5+6 = 17/30

Watch Chaz and Lacey perform:

ABC Releases ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Promo Photos

ABC has just released these Dancing With the Stars promotional photos from this season’s cast.

ENJOY!

David Arquette and Kym Johnson

                                          Carson Kressley and Anna Trebunskaya


                                                  Chaz Bono and Lacey Schwimmer

                                         Elisabetta Canalis and Valentin Chmerkovskiy


J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff

Kristin Cavallari and Mark Ballas

Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Nancy Grace and Tristan MacManus

Ricki Lake and Derek Hough

Robert Kardashian and Cheryl Burke

Ron Artest and Peta Murgatroyd

Chynna Phillips and Tony Dovolani

PHOTO: Chaz Bono Chilling With DWTS Partner Lacey Schwimmer

Dancing with the Stars contestant Chaz Bono, the show’s first transgender contestant, does not seem bothered by all of the controversy surrounding the show’s choice of casting him.

On the contrary, Bono is already enjoying his gig on the show. On the third day of rehearsals, he Tweeted this pic of himself and his dancing partner Lacey Schwimmer with the caption, “Me and Lacey chilling before rehearsal.”
Time will only tell how good Bono will perform on the show which is set to premiere September 19, 2011.

Dancing With The Stars Pairings Announced: Derek Hough Is Back!

ABC has just revealed the cast pairings for season 13 of Dancing with the Stars. You will notice that there are three new professional dancers and that fan fave Derek Hough is coming back to the show after taking one season off.

Here are the pairings:
Elisabetta Canalis and Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Ron Artest (Meta World Peace) and Peta Murgatroyd
Chaz Bono and Lacey Schwimmer
David Arquette and Kym Johnson
Kristin Cavallari and Mark Ballas
Robert Kardashian and Cheryl Burke
Carson Kressley and Anna Trebunskaya
Ricki Lake and Derek Hough
J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff
Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Chynna Phillips and Tony Dovolani
Nancy Grace and Tristan MacManus

‘Dancing With The Stars’: Sneak Peek Of Week 2

Season 12 of Dancing with the Stars premiered last Monday and a couple of celebs, Ralph Macchio and Kirstie Alley, surprised us with their fancy footwork on the foxtrot and cha cha, respectively.

Week two promises to be just as exciting – here is what we can expect from our 11 celebrities:

Kirstie Alley and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy will flutter across the ballroom in the quickstep. Kirstie is one of the front-runners after her sassy and endearing cha cha last week which landed her in second place.

Also set to do the quickstep are Wendy Williams and partner Tony Dovolani. Hopefully, this style of dance will suit Wendy’s personality better and will bring out her feisty side, attitude and confidence, all of which lacked during her cha cha last week. Her unexpected nerves earned the talk show host the second lowest marks of week one.

Other quicksteppers for week 2 will include Hines Ward and partner Kym Johnson (currently in 4th place), Chris Jericho and partner Cheryl Burke (5th place), Romeo and partner Chelsie Hightower (6th place), and Kendra Wilkinson and partner Louis van Amstel (7th place).

The other dance to be featured week two will be the jive which will be danced by current last-place team, Mike Catherwood and partner Lacey Schwimmer. This sexy duo pushed the envelope on their foxtrot last week, dirty dancing it up so much that, “[ABC executives] asked them to tone down the sexual undertones,” a network source told RadarOnline. The source continued: “They know there is a spark there — everyone is talking about their amazing chemistry.” Hopefully this amazing chemistry will catapult them out of last place this week.

Petra Nemcova looked beautiful and graceful on the dance floor last week performing the foxtrot, but she still landed in eighth place once the judges scores were tallied. She will need to step up her dance moves to the jive with the help of partner Dmitry Chaplin to avoid elimination week 2.
Other contestants dancing the jive this week will be first place Ralph Macchio and partner Karina Smirnoff who blew us away last week with their fantastic showmanship and grace on the foxtrot, Chelsea Kane and partner Mark Ballas (3rd place), and Sugar Ray Leonard and partner Anna Trebunskaya (9th place).
Tune in Monday to see how your faves will perform and then tune in Tuesday for the results show to see which celeb will go home. Also, Chris Brown, who made headlines with a recent outburst behind the scenes at Good Morning America, is scheduled to perform on the results show.  If you missed any of last week’s performances, click here and watch them!

Dancing With The Stars Spoiler Results

READ MORE: RECAP OF MONDAY NIGHT’S PERFORMANCE SHOW

SPOILER ALERT:  Do not read on if you do not want to know who won this year’s competition!

After weeks of competition and after so much drama on and off of the dance floor this year, the time has come to crown our winner.

Starting with third place for Season 11 of DWTS, we have Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas.  Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer came in second and as most people expected since the competition began, Jennifer Grey has taken home this season’s mirror-ball trophy. Congrats Jennifer and Derek Hough.

Dancing With The Stars Recap: The Show Went On Despite A Pre-Finale Week Filled With Drama And Death Threats

It was a strange seven days indeed leading up to the Dancing with the Stars finale Monday night.

First, a man in Wisconsin shot his TV while watching Bristol Palin perform last Monday night because he did not think Bristol belongs on DWTS.

Then, Bristol took to Facebook to apologize for her earlier rant against a teen who had voiced his disapproval for Sarah Palin’s reality show, Alaska.

Finally, Bristol and Mark Ballas apparently received death threats over the weekend, including delivery of a suspicious white powder-filled envelope to the DWTS studio, addressed to Bristol. After the studio was evacuated, it was thankfully determined that the powder was just talcum powder and nothing lethal.

But come this Monday night, it was business as usual despite tightened security as the remaining three dancers, Bristol, Kyle Massey and Jennifer Grey took to the dance floor and performed two final dances each to determine the winner of the mirror-ball trophy.

The first dance of the night was a “Redemption Dance” for each contestant: A dance style which each contestant had previously danced on the show but which the judges felt the contestants could have each danced better. The second dance was the popular freestyle dance.

Here is what happened tonight:

Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer
Kyle kicked off the night with a re-do of his fox-trot. The retry left Carrie Ann Inaba saying Kyle had not been his usual “outward” self and needed to focus on his footwork. Len Goodman on the other hand loved the dance and said: “Overall, you have gone from messy Massey to marvelous.” Bruno Tonioli declared: “Your technique has improved tremendously.” No matter the divergent opinions, all three judges gave Kyle a 9 each for a total of 27 points.

While rehearsing for the freestyle earlier in the week, Lacey put some extra pressure on Kyle by telling him, “Whoever wins the freestyle usually wins the competition.” But Kyle rose to the occasion.  Dressed like Will Smith from the opening credits of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, he was his usual charismatic, bouncy, expressive, adorable self.  He even performed the worm during his routine which had Carrie Ann oozing, “This old fly girl is very proud of you! You killed it!” Len said he didn’t get the “bugaloo dance” but still called it “great fun” and “great entertainment.” Bruno chimed in and said Kyle provided “truly explosive entertainment and amazing charisma.” No matter the great remarks, poor Kyle still narrowly missed getting his first and only 30 of the season despite scores of 10 each from Carrie Ann and Bruno. But Len who admitted earlier that he doesn’t quite get the “bugaloo dance” when referring to hip-hop, gave Kyle a 9. BOOHOO!

Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas
Bristol started her pre-dance film montage by complaining, “It sucks that people still don’t think I deserve to be here. People freaked out once we got saved and Brandy was eliminated.”  Bristol is right. I was in the audience for last Tuesday’s results show and you could cut the tension with a knife once the audience, judges and the other dancers found out Brandy and not Bristol was going home. Bristol went on, “I continue to improve week after week and people don’t acknowledge that.” Well, Bristol, obviously some people do acknowledge that and vote for you since you are still left in the competition despite getting the lowest scores from the judges week after week.

For her Redemption Dance, Bristol re-danced her jive, this time around sending the infamous gorilla suit she wore the first time packing, literally. During rehearsals for the jive, Bruno visited Bristol to help get the “wild child” out of her and said her last jive was, “a little a bit of a disaster because she couldn’t quite get the performance level and she went to pieces.”

After Bristol and Mark danced, Bruno said: “I told you you don’t need to go in a suit.” He continued, “You revealed yourself. You came out here and you had a good time and you didn’t care and we all enjoyed it.” Carrie Ann said, “You were brighter and more vibrant than ever!” Len said: “Last time, You were a gorilla, and now a thrilla”. The dance got Bristol three 9’s from the judges for a total of 27.

For the freestyle, Bristol danced to the iconic and sultry “Cell Block Tango” from the Broadway hit, Chicago. The dance was entertaining if for no other reason than to see Bristol dance in a cage. But was this dance of sufficient caliber for the finale? Bruno said: “You have improved but not quite at the level this song requires.” Carrie Ann lessened the blow and asked, “Did I just see Bristol Palin dancing in a cage? I give you a lot of credit for that.” Len finished by saying, “I know you were concerned it was gonna be a disaster. And let me tell you young lady. That was no disaster, I thought it was fantastic!” When it came time for the judges’ scores to be revealed, the crowd booed at the night’s lowest combined score of 25.

Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough
It’s really hard for me to remember a time when Jennifer Grey had a bad dance this season. But according to Carrie Ann, Jennifer was “all over the place” during her first attempt at the paso doble earlier this season; an attempt which landed Jennifer her lowest judges’ score of the season.

How well did Jennifer do on her retry? So well that Len gave her a standing ovation after saying, “I rarely do this!” Bruno dizzily spun into one romantic hyperbole after another using such words as “sultry”, “igniting the flames of passion” and “relentless pleasure” and “I don’t want this night to ever to end!” He even said later, “I wish I had an 11” as he held up the “10” score paddle.  Carrie Ann squealed: “THIS is the meaning of redemption. I am so proud of you!” Jennifer received a perfect 30 from the judges.

And did anyone in the world doubt that returning champion Derek Hough and Jennifer “Baby” Grey would not kill it during freestyle? Hasn’t Jennifer and Derek’s freestyle dance been what we all have been waiting to see all season long? Jennifer herself even said before the dance, “I’m a bad ass, what can I say?” So, of course the DWTS producers saved this dance as the last dance of the season.

The dance started with Jennifer holding a watermelon, an homage to her classic, “I carried a watermelon” intro in Dirty Dancing to “Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance).”

But I admit that I for one was a bit disappointed in Jennifer’s dance as I felt Derek did a lot of the heavy lifting by doing the jaw-dropping jumps and somersaults. But I give credit where credit is due and admit Jennifer was the hottest 50-year old ever to have danced a top the judge’s table. I don’t know if it was emotion taking over or Jennifer exuding confidence that she will end up with the mirror-ball trophy, but Jennifer ended her dance and the night by kissing each member of the judge’s panel as if she were accepting her predestined victory. About her freestyle, Carrie Ann said: “I thought it was amazing. I thought it was perfect.” Bruno said both of Jennifer’s dances were “equally brilliant!” Len basically crowned Jennifer the winner by saying: “You’re like a juggernaut..You’re heading down that freeway, heading for the mirror-ball trophy.” And with all that gushing adulation, of course came another perfect score of 30 from the judges.

Here’s how the leaderboard stacked up:
Jennifer & Derek: 60 (30, 30)
Kyle & Lacey: 56 (27, 29)
Bristol & Mark: 52 (27, 25)

On Tuesday’s two-hour finale, the three remaining contestants will dance twice more for judges’ points only and a new winner will claim the mirror-ball trophy.

Who do you all think will win it all? Who do you think should win it all?

Spoiler Alert: Dancing With The Stars Recap And Scores

Jennifer Grey could not be stopped Monday night on Dancing with the Stars. She scored a perfect 30 on each of her two dances. Her cha-cha with partner Derek Hough had Bruno Tonioli raving such words as: “Sexy”, “luminous” and “vibrant.” He also said, “The execution was flawless.”  Carrie Ann Inaba loved Grey’s equally-perfect waltz calling it “one of the most beautiful things [she’d] ever seen.” Jennifer said, “I am in love with dancing.”

Bristol Palin who has been at the bottom of the leaderboard 6 out of 8 weeks of competition before Monday nightlooked confident and sexy in her knee-high boots and delivered a ferocious paso doble with partner Mark Ballas. The judges were so impressed with her performance that Carrie Ann asked  Bristol for a hug and said, “I am so happy to finally see you come out of your shell and nail it!”  The dancing duo got their first trio of 9’s for the first dance. But Bristol was not as impressive with her waltz and she ended up getting a 26 and coming in last again in tonight’s leaderboard. Bristol said people at home relate to her because she is “untouched, and raw, and vulnerable.” She continued,  “I am not fake, people relate to me because I am not fake and I’m not typical Hollywood.”

Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy opened their night with a passionate and dramatic paso doble for a score of 27 and Len Goodman told Brandy, “You came out 100%!” Brandy said she dedicated their paso doble to anyone who has been bullied.  Brandy did even better on her second dance, looking extremely polished and elegant and deservedly scored her first 30 of the season on her Argentine tango. “Voluptuous”, “full of flavor” were ways Bruno defined Brandy’s Argentine tango.  Brandy said, “Being part of Dancing with the Stars has been a rebirth for me.”

Kyle Massey said “I feel like I am peaking at the right time” and had a great night – coming in second overall. He collected two 10s on his samba and his Argentine tango with partner Lacey Schwimmer. After his first dance, Len said about Kyle: “What I like about you, there is no backstage dramas, there is no histrionics, you just come out and you just get on with it.” He also said, “I think you have a bionic bum – honestly you have had more bounce to the ounce than anyone during this season!” Bruno said: “You are truly a bouncing bundle of joy!” Carrie Ann had to join in: “I have never seen so much pelvic action!”
Here’s tonight’s leaderboard:

  1. Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough 60 (30, 30)
  2. Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer 58 (29, 29)
  3. Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy 57 (27, 30)
  4. Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas 53 (27, 26)

Dancing With The Stars: With Only Two Weeks Left, A Couple Finally Scores A Perfect 30.

All week long, the Dancing with the Stars cast members have been dreading the new evil-torture-tactic spawned on them by the producers of DWTS: The Instant Dance!

What is Instant Dance you ask? Instant Dance on tonight’s show meant that for one of their two dances, each of the five remaining contestants found out which song they’d be dancing to only minutes before the live performance. Sounds brutal. But, all their week-long fears were for naught because almost everyone actually performed better during their feared-performance.
Jennifer Grey even scored the season’s first perfect score of 30 on her Instant Dance rumba to Foreigner’s Waiting for a Girl Like You.

Jennifer, who is still fighting tendinitis in her left knee, also received rave reviews for her first dance, the quickstep, and scored a 27.

Brandy was ever-so-close to getting a perfect 30 as well, scoring two 10’s on her waltz from both Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli, but not from Carrie Ann Inaba who gave her a 9. Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy then drew Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream for their cha-cha.

How’d they do on their cha-cha? Pretty good, landing a 28.
Bristol Palin surprised all with the Argentine tango as far as technicality is concerned, but still could not nail the artistic aspect of the dance, matching her last week’s score of 24. She got a 23 on her second dance, the samba. 8’s almost all around for the girl from Alaska.
Carrie Ann said that Kyle Massey’s first dance, the waltz, was “a fairytale come to life.” Kyle scored a respectable 27 for his participation in Carrie Ann’s fairytale. For their second dance, Kyle got handed Good Golly Miss Molly as his surprise song, and as usual, his personality shined through. He got two 10’s out of Carrie Ann and Bruno and 9 from Len for a total of 29.
Poor Kurt Warner. Bruno told him right off: “Obviously, there are people that are better than you, but you’ve come a long way!” For their first dance, Kurt got a disappointing 24. Then, Kurt got a surprise song he had never heard of before, Hella Good and just like the song, he danced hella good, but again ended with a 24.

Here’s the leaderboard, combining both dances:

Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy: 57 (29, 28)
Jennifer Grey Derek Hough 57 (27, 30)
Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer: 56 (27, 29)
Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya 48 (24, 24)
Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas 47 (24, 23)

Another star goes home tomorrow! Who do you think it will be?