It's The Sweetest Without Yoooouuuuu!!
~DWTS Season 10 Week 4 Results Show QuickCap Commentary~

So all the remaining STARS went head to head in the Double! Score! Showdown! And Blades of Glory himself, Evan Lysacek, with his dance pro partner, Anna, stayed on top of the leader board so who went home on Week 4???????

I know I usually do a run down of what happened on the show part by part, but this week I'm trying something a little different. Basically, everybody tunes in to find out who got the HOOK and everything else is just filler. True, DWTS does a good job of having some entertaining filler like: Sade singing, Len Goodman commentary, Young Ballroom Dancers (Ok, they rocked!), and Fun, filled Movie Clips to set up DWTS Week 5 theme, however the REAL reason we tune into the Results Show is to see who was eliminated.

Anyway, going into Week 4 Results Show I predicted it would come down to either Jake "The Bachelor", Soap Star Aiden, Actress/ Comedienne Niecy, and Reality celebrity Kate. All four have had some of the lower scores since the season began and it was time to start cuttin' em loose.

So how did it play out? Well, the couples you might figure would move on did and it came down to the following three: Aiden/ Edyta, Niecy/ Louise, and Kate and Tony.

All three were low scorers and probably lack the fan base to keep them going too much longer but I had actually narrowed it down to Jake and Aiden just because I think both of these guys are about equal in ability at this point in the competition. Niecy would probably make it through because she has fans from both her "Reno 911" show and the Reality Show "Clean House." Kate might make it through solely on the fact that the TV viewing audience is a sucker for train wreck performances ( The Cloris Leechman Syndrome) and I'm wondering if people are actually punishing Kate by keeping her on the show performing. (Dance, little monkey! Dance! Bwaaahahahaha!)

Honestly, when Jake was spared being in the bottom three for Week 4 I was SO hoping Kate was finally going to be sent home but alas it was not to be. Aiden, who is a better dancer than Kate, was given the HOOK and pulled from the dance floor for good. (Seriously TV audience? You're gonna keep Kate around for more??) Actually, her drama and horrible dancing make for better TV I will admit but only because it makes Mommy Kate look silly and the sad part is she's not aware of it. Sigh. Oh, well, its what she signed up for so deal, people.

So Kate survives another week, Chad 85 is in love with Cheryl and she didn't get the memo but is wearing his ring (Showmance or No Showmance, that is the question), and Nicole had a mini-meltdown cause as she informed us after Week 4 's disappointing Rumba, "I'm an artist, I'm not like other people." Hmmm, yeah, I kinda get what you were saying Pussycat Doll, but sounding conceited won't help build your fan base, baby.

Week 5 DWTS goes to the MOVIES so grab the popcorn and drink and get your seat as DWTS goes Lights! Cameras! DANCIN'!!!!

If You Wanna Dance the Rumba Put a RING on it!!

~DWTS Season 10 Week 4 Performance Night Quickcap~

So with the blasting off of Buzz "Lightyear" Aldrin last week we moved even closer to the weeks where we separate the wheat from the chaff, the cream from the milk, and the dancers from those with left feet.

This week's dances posed a Lenny challenge that all the celebrity dancers would need to perform a required three dance steps or moves from whichever dance they performed be it Tango or Rumba.

The show told us the three tango moves and the three rumba steps and then showed us the moves by having a pair of the pros dance the either the tango or rumba. But they dance so stinkin' fast and no one narrated to point out the moves I didn't think it helped one bit. Classic case of great idea but poor execution.

And its Double Score Showdown week were each celebrity will receive a score for technical and one for performance. Woo hoo!

So anyway let's move on the night's performances:

Performance Spotlight:

Evan and Anna continued to be golden on Week 4 as they danced a very fast and dynamic Tango. Judges liked it all around so Evan continued to dominate the score board.

Nicole and Derek also did well dancing their Rumba. Derek was a hoot in rehearsal and kept cracking Nicole up but then nerves nailed her during the performance when she became unfocused and unsteady at times on her feet. (Big Tom didn't help matters by psyching her out by saying will she be able to dance with Derek without giggling. Nice, Tom. Real nice.) Still, I thought their Rumba was sensual and graceful and oh, my the dress she wore rivaled anything Edyta has worn on DWTS. Judges were not as thrilled as last week but fair in their criticisms.

The last true spotlight performance was Pamela and Damian's Rumba. Yes, Pamela wore a sexy costume but she actually toned down the raunch and went for a more subtle sensual routine which I thought she pulled off nicely. The Judges thought she did a really good job too and Len thought she was overdressed (Yikers!).

Performance Lowlights:

Sigh. Kate and Poor Tony danced the Tango which was a blessing for Kate cause could you imagine her dancing the Rumba?? (On second thought, DON'T imagine it. ~shuddering~) So we suffer through more of Kate's sad, sad, existence (Cue the violins) and how much its affecting her dancing and . . . . Kate remember what Len said? Emphasis on "SHUT UP!" Sheeze. So they danced the Tango and Tony drove the shopping cart that was Kate (Shout out to WhattheBuck!) around the dance floor and thanks to Tony, Kate did marginally better in Week 4. She still looked pretty "Stepford Dancer" as it lacked passion and energy one would normally see with the Tango. And that ending had a lift. Judges encouraged Kate with some positive comments though they were still fairly critical of her abilities and Carrie Ann caught the lift and Len gave credit to Tony for having to work with such a disaster like Kate. (Ok, NOT in those exact words but I can read between the lines, folks)

Niecy and Louie also danced the Rumba and Louis visited Niecy on the set of her show, "Clean House" and Louie didn't want to stay and help clean. (Slacker! Heh!) Long days for Niecy but she didn't complain and I can respect that. Unfortunately, her Rumba was ok but NOT all that great. Niecy lacked the consistent hip action that is an essential part of the dance so . . . Judges thought so too so probably won't score all that well and ? It didn't.

Jake and Chelsie then danced the Tango and Jake said in rehearsal Jake kept saying, "Damn it!" a lot (Yeah, this show is SO family friendly these days) and was determined NOT to be in the bottom two. I STILL can't stand the whole "The Bachelor" show but I'm actually starting to like Jake. I thought his Tango was his best dance yet and it was too bad he has the slip and stumble towards the end of the routine. Len really liked how Jake attacked the Tango but Bruno thought it was messy. Sigh. Whatever Bruno.

Aiden and Edyta danced a rather lameish Rumba with Aiden lacking flow and any real sexual energy and he was dancing with EDYTA! Sad for a supposed sexy soap star. The Judges seemed to think so too and let him have it. Doesn't look too good for the man down under.

Performance Side Lights:

ESPN Erin and Maks danced the Tango and I'm sorry but I thought Erin's red dress was NOT attractive at all. She was WAY too intense but not passionate and she had a stumble so THAT won't help her. Judges liked that she focused more on technique but her performance suffered due to losing her character. (Can't please all the people all the time, eh Erin?)

Ochocinco and Cheryl danced a fairly good Rumba though fortunately no one had to clean up after their sensuous dance of LURV. And what was up with the ring Cheryl got from Ochocinco?? My wife Lori noticed that Cheryl was acting weird so maybe there IS something going on between those two. Seriously? A Showmance?? Sigh. Well, if Cheryl isn't interested in Chad then he's looking mighty desparate chasing after her.

Well, that was it for the performances and here's the run down of the Week 4 Scoreboard:

Evan and Anna 52 (Won the Double Score Showdown!)

Nicole and Derek 50

Pamela and Damian 47

Chad and Cheryl 44

Erin and Maks 39

Jake & Chelsie 38

Niecy and Louis 36

Aiden and Edyta 33

Kate and Tony 32

Hmm. Who went home for Week 4?? Check out the DWTS Results Show and find out.

Time for a Celebrity Couple to sing, "Consider Me Gone!"
~DWTS Season 10 Week 3 Results Show QuickCap~

Big Tom kicked off the show with a brief recap of Week 3 Performance Show and asked if we would be surprised on Week 3 Result Show. Hmmm.

Quickly moved to a few results where we learned that the first couple safe to dance again was Aiden and Edyta (Edyta looked shocked. NO confidence in Aiden, folks) and the other couple safe was Erin and Maks.

Len gave us his perspective on the Performance Night routines in his Lenny Goodman style. TOUGH but supportive. Len blasted Nicole and Derek's performance AGAIN and the dude needed to let. it. GO. Kate was proud of her lame Paso Doble and Len said Buzz was charming but his dancing was alarming. Oh, and Lenny admitted that he should have scored Erin and Maks' waltz lower due to it really lacked the dance content. (Liked Big Tom's saying that Len was retroactively cranky! Heh!)

Encore performance was Evan and Anna's Quickstep which was no real surprise that Len would pick that one though the AUDIENCE would have rather seen Nicole and Derek's routine if truth had been told. Just sayin'.

CW Artist, Reba, rocked the DWTS house with a couple of songs while the pro dancers danced.

Big Tom ran down the performance judges scores and then it was time for more result announcements and the next couple saved was . . . Niecy and Louis.

Derek and Chelsie's acoustic Paso Doble was in-CRED-able! Seriously, it was one of the best dance routines we've seen on this show. (And Derek and Mark Ballas mad guitar skillz were a HUGE bonus, baby!)

Brooke interviewed some of the SAFE couples (Snore Segment of the Show) and then Len threw down ANOTHER dance challenge for Week 4 so DWTS Season Ten has become DWTS Season TENsion. (Sigh. Yeah. Clever.)

The next safe couple was . . . Nicole and Derek. (You know this was a NON-surprise week when they didn't kick it off with one of the better couples in the bottom two right away)

Reba rocked it again with some singin' and there was dancin' and then Big Tom and Brooke threw it to Melissa Rycroft for a little segment on being a studio audience member for DWTS and I have to admit I'm kind of a sucker for backstage/ behind the scenes stuff so I thought it was well done. (Funny that the security guard didn't know Melissa from last season. Hee!)

Two more couples that were safe were . . . Evan and Anna and Chad and Cheryl.

Brooke interviews more of the safe couples and we did find out that Derek blamed the MUSIC for his questionable choreography and Chad plans to DO IT on the dance floor next week while dancing the Rumba and Brooke got a bit flustered by it all but Big Tom saved the "awkward" moment with his "Pay-per-View" comment and asking "whose going to clean THAT up." (SNORT!)

Another Behind the Scenes segment how all the stars are one, big, happy family . . . right. Whatever.

Next couple safe was . . . Pamela and Damian. That left Jake and Chelsie, Buzz and Ashly, and Kate and Tony.

And who FINALLY got the hook for Week 3? Buzz and Ashly. That was a good elimination though I SO wanted to see Kate leave (Sorry Tony) cause I'm tired of her and all her drama.

Next week let's getting ready to RUMBA!!!

It was the Best of Whines, it was the Worst of Whines . .

~DWTS Season 10 Week 3 Performance Quickcap~

[ Editor's Note: Due to schedule constraints Jeff will no longer be doing full recaps. I know, I know, he's a long winded writer but will strive to make brevity the name of the game with a new format]

Week 3 and Shannen was gone but NOT the celebrity whining. Big Tom and Brooke kicked of the show by telling us that DWTS Season 10 is THE most watched show on TV right now (so stick it, AI fans!) and then we were into the star staircase intros. . . . After giving the stars and their pros ample camera mugging time we moved right into the performances.

Performance Spotlights:

Evan and Anna's Quickstep was by far the best overall dance of the night hands down and Evan is positioning himself into one of the finalist positions. (Anna speaking the THICK, Russian accent in rehearsal paid off big time.) I'm tellin' ya the public likes its Olympic athletes and since Evan CAN dance he should go far.

One of the other really good dances of the night was Nicole and Derek's nautical "Quickstep" (Yes, the finger quotes are intentional) as it had great energy and audience entertainment value. Sure it about caused Len to blow a gasket what with the lift (Nicole lifting Derek btw. Heh!) and the hold breaks and somewhat lack of Quickstepping they did, but as Carrie Ann honestly admitted she would want to see that number again and sit in the front row. (So Len and Bruno? You know what you Brit boys can do with the "mickey" . . .).

ESPN Erin and Maks performed a beautiful Waltz (Erin's dress was quite lovely) and she did part of it BLINDFOLDED! ( Ooooo, risky!!) Len hates props and thought it took them forEVEH to get to the dancing but otherwise, nicely done.

Niecy Nash and Louise also turned in a graceful and elegant Waltz though I didn't really see much of the story between those two and perhaps the costuming could have been better to really bring home the 60's feel and the political/ cultural controversy they were trying to create with their "forbidden" love. Oh, and Louise came out that night (Like most of us didn't already guess. Hey, just sayin')

Performance Lowlights:

By far the two worst performances of the night were Buzz Aldrin's and Kate Gosslin's but for very different reasons. Look Buzz is old, ok? There is NO way he is going to compete with the younger dancers in this venue and what I can respect about Buzz is that he KNOWS this. He went on DWTS ("Shuffling with The Stars" may have been a better choice though) to be an ambassador for a generation that did a lot for this country and among them putting a man on the moon. I thought Buzz and Ashly's performance was a nice dignified although technically not good waltz. Len a bit heavy handed in bashing Buzz, but he was right.

Kate's performance was a mess AGAIN! The paso doble that she and Tony did was just . . . frightening in its horribleness. Carrie Ann's comments that it was odd and hard to watch was spot on and I totally agreed. The acting coach didn't help at ALL as she looked pretty emotionless and when she did show emotion it was these weird grimaces that totally creeped me out (yeah, some Super Beach from hell? Not so much). Sigh. Ok, enough hate on Kate this week. Maybe viewers will vote her out and we won't have to watch her Steppford Dancer performances anymore.

Performance Sidelights:

Mr. 85, Chad, whined in rehearsal and then did a mediocre paso doble (Cheryl helped their performance by wearing a muy caliente red dress)

Mr. Whine and Roses himself, Jake, The Bachelor, whined that Chelsie was being "the super beach from hell" in rehearsal and walked out then ended up doing just an okay quickstep.

Soap Star, Aiden, didn't really whine in Week 3 and he and his partner Edyta also danced the Quickstep to so so results. And what was up with the DWTS vocalist for the song, "Soul Sister?" Man, that was surprisingly bad.

Pam Anderson didn't have to channel Charo in Week 3 cause Charo herself showed up during their rehearsal for Pam and Damian's Paso Doble. Again, though I'm not a big Pam Anderson fan, I have to say she can dance and I thought she did a decent Paso Doble despite the somewhat mixed comments from the Judges. Guess we'll have to see if that performance keeps her out of the red light come results night.

Week 3 Score Results:

Evan & Anna 26

Nicole & Derek 23

Erin & Maks 23

Pam & Damiam 21

Niecy & Louis 21

Jake & Chelsie 21

Chad & Cheryl 20

Aiden & Edyta 20

Kate & Tony 15

Buzz & Ashly 13