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As promised, here’s the first of my dance workout DVD reviews. The first one that I reviewed was Dancing With the Stars: Dance Off the Pounds, where Kym Johnson, Lacey Schwimmer & Dmitry Chaplin teach some routines for the Swing, Jive & Quickstep.
Kym starts us off with a Swing routine and she’s a terrific teacher. She explains everything very well and shows us only a couple of steps at a time so we can build up to the whole routine. The dance moves are fun, only a little challenging and since swing is my favorite style of dance to …read more

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Last night on the Dancing With the Stars results show, we got to see Susan Boyle sing her amazing song, I Have a Dream. She was wonderful! Michael Buble also performed a couple of his songs and sounded as great as ever too.
But the down side to the show last night was the fact that anyone had to go home. I’ve been enjoying these final five dancers so much this season. It’s a shame any of them had to leave. Aaron Carter, who for some reason just hasn’t had the audience votes …read more

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After being eliminated from Dancing With the Stars this week, Iron Chef star Mark Dacascos and his pro partner Lacey Schwimmer stopped to chat a bit about what the season has meant to him. He says it’s one of the great experiences of his life and he explains why.
I can’t help but notice how pale and sickly poor Lacey looks!! And in spite of all of the obstacles he was faced with this week, Mark still says it was a fantastic week. He really seems like a positive person!!

Find out about all of this season’s dancers. Here are their …read more

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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 …read more

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On last night’s results show for Dancing With the Stars, Taylor Swift was the guest performer and sang two of her huge hits for the audience. Then they got down to business. It was a double-elimination night.
The three couples with the lowest point score combined with the audience votes were identified. It was no great surprise that the three who were in danger of going home were
Melissa Joan Hart & Mark Ballas, Michael Irvin & Anna Demidova and Louie Vito & Chelsie Hightower.
The pair with the overall lowest score was eliminated immediately and that was Melissa & …read more

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On last night’s performance show of Dancing With the Stars,
the pairs faced off doing either the Jitterbug or the Waltz. The Jitterbug is similar to the Jive, with elements of Lindy Hop and East Coast Swing. It’s enthusiastic, fast and a whole lot of fun. On the other hand, the Waltz is slow and graceful with rise and fall and the pair should almost look like they are floating. Both are very fun dances, but totally opposite in nature.
Here’s the rundown of last night’s performances:

Judges’ Scores

Style
My Review
Inaba
Goodman
Tonioli
Total

Jitterbug
Mya & Dmitry Chaplin – She looked like she’s been doing this …read more

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On last night’s performance show of Dancing With the Stars, the dancers had to bring the intensity. Some danced the Paso Doble, some did the Argentine Tango. It was a great night of dancing.
Here’s the rundown of last night’s performances:

Judges’ Scores

Style
My Review
Inaba
Goodman
Tonioli
Total

Paso Doble
Natalie Coughlin & Alec Mazo – Her moves were quite powerful, but lacked the staccatto that they needed. I thought it was a really good performance, though.

7

8

7

22

Paso Doble
Michael Irvin & Anna Demidova – What an improvement! He …read more

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On last night’s performance show of Dancing With the Stars, we were introduced to four new dance styles for the show; Lambada, Charleston, Bolero and Country Two-Step. Two of them were completely unfamiliar to me, so it’s hard to know if they got them right or not, but they were all very entertaining. With the new styles, the dancers were given the permission to do lifts, where they make sense with the dance. It was an interesting night, indeed.
Here’s the rundown of last night’s performances:

Judges’ Scores

Style
My Review
Inaba
Goodman
Tonioli
Total

Country Two-Step
Chuck Liddell & Anna Trebunskaya – I’m not a fan of Country …read more

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Melissa Joan Hart & Mark Ballas stopped to talk to an interviewer from TV Guide about last week’s Dancing With the Stars eliminations. They talked about how tough it is to see their friends leave and how it gets progressively lonelier as the pairs dwindle down. Melissa talks about some of the unsolicited advice she gets about her dancing too.

Then Michael Irvin & Anna Demidova give their reaction to the way the judges seem to be so tough on them. Michael also talks about how he feels with Tom leaving the competition. Anna tells what Michael is like to …read more

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Derek Hough and Joanna Krupa were interviewed by TV Guide after last week’s results show for Dancing With the Stars. They talked a bit aobut their feelings at having to wait so long to find out they were still in the competition and Joanna says that she’s concerned that her fan base isn’t big enough to keep her in for the long haul. And Derek lets us know how the show’s cast relaxes when they aren’t dancing.

Then Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel stalk about how hard it is to be one of the final two pairs to find …read more