Dancing With the Stars 9: Two More Go Home

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This was both a spectacular and a sad week on Dancing With the Stars for me. The dancing reached an all-season high this week, but we lost two very cool stars.

Michael Irvin was eliminated and it happened just as he got his highest scores of the season. He did a very nice job this week in his performances, but the others did too.

But it’s down to the final five after this week, so it gets tougher to lose anyone. Even though Michael wasn’t the strongest dancer all season, he brought a lot of heart to the competition. It’s no fun seeing him have to leave.

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And the even sadder part for me was to see Mark Dacascos get eliminated. I’ve mentioned before that I have a bit of a crush on him, so it’s “good-bye eye candy!”

He might have been able to make it through this week, except for the string of unfortunate circumstances he had to face. Lacey schwimmer, his pro dance partner was hit with the flu bug that’s going around the cast. Mark then had to rehearse with Tony Dovolani for a while before Anna Trebunskaya stepped in to help out. Then, when he had to dance for his life, Lacey was back, but still not feeling well. It just wasn’t meant to be for Mark.

What did you think of the two that were eliminated this week? Who do you think will be next?

Find out about all of this season’s dancers. Here are their bios.