Feel sad for Mark. He looked pretty down. I think Christina's dresses/dance moves could have been a little less sex kitten over the weeks. Perhaps that put off some viewers.

I was impressed by Snooki. She's improving a lot. Not really warmed to her partner.

Val is probably the least likable pro since his loathsome brother left. He makes my skin crawl.

Elizabeth was poor, probably the worst on the night.

Brant continues to be dull as dish water. Thought he was over marked but i've thought that every week.

I really don't like Tony. He's always been a boring and bitter moaner whose choreography is useless. How he's still on the show i'll never understand. It seems his bad attitude is rubbing off on Leah (although she was a little underscored to be fair).

CNN interview about elimination.

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10...g-elimination/

Tristan McManus working the press line. Did Snooki really say this?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IleIu9JpCM

I felt uncomfortable with everyone's sob story last night. I'd much rather see the practice footage and how the pro and celeb interact and what kind of week they have had more than anything "cooked up" by the producers. While I do think the celebs are truthful the producers milk it for all its worth. Adam Carolla said they ask a stream of questions and then edit to make a story arc.


IMO anyway It always comes down to what they think will entice the viewers to switch from The Voice to hear their hard luck or sob stories family stories, etc. etc. to hearing the stories the celebs have over on DWTS.

She sure did . I love her honesty . Heck she said what a lot of women in the country probably think

These are the dances for next week.

Snooki and Sasha have not been given their dance yet.


Amber Riley and Derek Hough --- Samba



Leah Remini and Tony Dovolani --- Quickstep



Jack Osbourne and Cheryl Burke --- Paso Doble



Bill Engvall and Emma Slater --- Tango



Brant Daugherty and Peta Murgatroyd --- Tango



Corbin Bleu and Karina Smirnoff ---Viennese Waltz



Elizabeth Berkley and Val Chmerkovskiy --- Cha Cha Cha

And yet Elizabeth scored a 26 ... Why didn't Len even commented on the " faffing about " like he likes to say at the beginning of that jive I can't stand the inconsistency of these judges and Len and C.A are the biggest culprits. They choose to call out some couples for some things and stay quiet when other couples do the same thing

Good mixes of dances. Elizabeth doesn't have a lot of crowd pleasing routines left so I think that after next week she's going to struggle connecting with the audience with the dances she has left .
The men will do very well imo but I can see Jack struggling a little with the paso. Corbin and brant wil both do very well imo.
Leah qs could be fun but I think that she will probably be eliminated next week; between her and Bill .
Oooh I expect a very spicy samba from Amber. Top of the leaderboard will be either brant or corbin .
I see Elizabeth struggling a bit with the chacha.

I have no idea who will be after last night.

I thought it would be Bill because his low scores for his samba.

But if not him then Leah because it seemed she was not connecting with the public. I was wrong on both counts.

Maybe next week as you say either one of them will go.

I do think Corbin and Snooki are locks for the final. Everyone else is a wild card.

I think that on fanbase alone, Corbin and Amber are locks for the finals. Snooki ? She has a very good chance imo and I hope that you're right. I would be thrilled for her if she could make it that far

does anybody think Jack has a chance of getting to the finals?

I am really enjoying him, and his partnership with Cheryl, and I wasnt expecting to. He has a real grace and elegance to his dancing.

I'm not surprised that Christina left. She was always miserable and thought she was better than she was.

Mark's choreography has been incredibly naff for quite a while. I think he's a good dancer and choreographer when he's at his best, but he needs a serious attitude adjustment.

Yes, even more so than Elizabeth or Brant believe it or not . He shows improvement, strong story, very good chemistry with Cheryl, very likeable, connect with the audience, not the best dancer this season but for a novice dancer he does very well....Jack can make it to the 3rd or 4th place imo.

The top 2 are going to be Corbin and Amber. After Leah, Bill leave, its going to be very difficult to predict who is going to be 3rd, 4th or 5th place. And also Brant, Jack, Snooki all have very good dances left so it can go either way .

After Buzz

Thanks for the link Karma; I watched it earlier. Wow I was so shocked at Gleb's in this clip .; shocked in a good way lol.
I always saw him as boring , quiet.. but he is actually very level-headed, really opinionated and honest to a fault. Actually he is the most brutally honest male pro/troupe member they had on that show so far imo .
They were times were I was like: " Gleb shut up you still have a contract with Abc, dont want you to get in trouble " ...Woah...boy he definitively didn't mince his words. I wished they could have him every week. I feel like some of their guests are too PC (politically correct ) sometimes.

And what he said about Carrie Ann . You Go Gleb !!!

Agree. Julianne's comments were unfair & personal as all her comments were directed to Mark not Christina but my biggest problem was that she said that Christina was portraying the same side to her each week then what about Amber? Although I like Derek and i like Amber on Glee I find Amber's dances boring as they are similar and haven't been wowed since her cha cha (her jive would have been better if she had put heels on). She is always wearing dark colours & dancing some hip hop style of the dances. I agreed with Len over the foxtrot as for the excuse that he told Amber & she wanted to do it anyways well he is the pro and the excuse about the music well then change the music.

I would have prefer Brant, Leah or Elisabeth to go over Christina but I don't think Christina's attitude to judges comment helped saying yeah yeah yeah thanks made it seem that she never listened as well as Julianne's comments.

Think you are right in regards to Christina's 'yeah, yeah, yeah' she seemed to be pulling a few faces too. It's part of the show to hear what the judges think of your routine and it didn't look good with her body language and demeanor. She was like a different person this week, when she got high scores and positive feedback.

I agree, that I would have liked Leah, then Elisabeth to go before Christina.

I wondered with Julianne and the other judges are they ad libbing or roughly speaking from a script? I know Julianne said, that to Mark, but I do have doubts that it is all off the cuff. Let's face it each week they are looking for ratings and to slip that in, it did the trick, it got us talking. Sometimes wonder if there is tinkering afoot, a bit like Tony with his puppet strings

I'm halfway through and I like Gleb a lot, don't think we got to see much of him with Lisa, as she did a lot of the talking! He's probably got more confidence and a bit pissed he's back in the troupe lol. Also the host sorry forgot your name saying about Tony's duff choreography, making her mad. I've got to agree it wasn't very good at all and Suri not into Snooki, with you there. What's happening am I in a parallel universe!!!!! Perhaps they have listened to us lol The only one still saying the same, about everyone being good is Anna zzzzzzzzzzz.

Thanks Karma - I'll listen to this a bit later, now I know delicious Gleb is on

yeah she is too PC and always come across as a bit insincere to me .

Eliminate a couple at the start of the show instead of the end, so they're combining the previous weeks judges scores and votes? It's a bit tough after all the training they've done but they could still perform their dance to allow the other couples a chance to breath before putting in their performances.

He seems a nice guy. Cheryl has always come across very poorly imo and she acts like she cant stand him. I've no idea why she's so popular, she's not even an above average dancer. I wish they would use Anna, she was the best female pro.

Yes, I could see that being fairer. I have a feeling this is what they did in the first season (?), and I vaguely remember it being mentioned as a possible format when they announced they were getting rid of the results show.

They'd have to rehearse, camera block, get props etc etc all the while pretending the couple they already know are being eliminated are not really going to be dancing third or last or whatever - yikes!

As things are currently, I suppose having them dance with at least a very, very slim chance to alter the outcome has it's merits too. I'd like to know if the judges know how the vote stands at the start of the show . Saying that one of the female celebs was set to go must have influenced them somewhat...

Does anyone understand the this voting system fully? Is this really the best they can come up with.

If a couple is eliminated at the beginning of the show, then all the remaining couples would be a wreck, especially those who were in danger of being eliminated, and it would probably affect their performances. And it would be really hard for the eliminated couple to then have to sit smiling through the rest of the show, as they watch all the other couples compete



Isn't it the previous week's public vote combined with the current week's judges' scores?

Yes. The voting lines open at the start of the show (so you may vote for someone who is eliminated, thus voiding your votes) and stay open for 24 hours.

One advantage of eliminating someone at the beginning of the show would be that the public and judges votes would be for the same performance. In other ways, though, I can see it being very tough on them all...