Dance Shows Score Teen Choice Award Nominations
June 15, 2009 by Lynn
Today, FOX announced the nominations for the 2009 Teen Choice awards. Several dance TV stars and shows have been included on the list this year. DWTS season 8’s winner Shawn Johnson is nominated, along with DWTS Season 7’s Kim Kardashian & Misty May Treanor. I’m very surprised that So You Think You Can Dance got no nominations this time out.
Here are the official nominations:
Choice TV: Reality Competition
“America’s Best Dance Crew”
“America’s Next Top Model”
“American Idol”
“The Bachelor”
“Dancing With The Stars”
Choice TV: Personality
Tyra Banks, “America’s Next Top Model”
Simon Cowell, “American Idol”
Lil Mama, “America’s Best Dance Crew”
Mario Lopez, “America’s Best Dance Crew”
Ryan Seacrest, “American Idol” / “E! News”
Choice TV: Female Reality/Variety Star
Teyona Anderson, “America’s Next Top Model”
Lauren Conrad, “The Hills”
Paris Hilton, “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF”
Shawn Johnson, “Dancing With The Stars”
Kim Kardashian, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”
Choice Athlete: Female
Shawn Johnson
Nastia Liukin
Danica Patrick
Kerri Walsh and Misty May Treanor
Serena Williams
Choice TV: Female Reality/Variety Star
Teyona Anderson, “America’s Next Top Model”
Lauren Conrad, “The Hills”
Paris Hilton, “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF”
Shawn Johnson, “Dancing With The Stars”
Kim Kardashian, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”
Vote for your favorites at www.teenchoiceawards.com
Maksim Chmerkovskiy is #30 Sexiest Man of 2008
December 18, 2008 by Lynn
It’s the time of the year when everyone publishes their “Top ___ of 2008″ lists. And Buddy TV has wasted no time in getting on board. And I know you’ll join me in being pleased that Maksim Chmerkovskiy, has been named 2008’s #30 Sexiest guy. Here’s their write-up:
#30 Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Dancing with the Stars
Maks came back for season 7 of Dancing with the Stars, and we were happy he did. The sexy dancer once again swept us off our feet, and while early predictions had him and partner Misty May-Treanor going far, her medical emergency cut his stay this season short.
Congratulations, Maks!
[Photo: Bauer-Griffin]
Misty May-Treanor Out With Crutches
November 11, 2008 by Lynn
Leave to an Olympic Champion to show us all how to overcome a serious injury. Dancing With the Stars’ Misty May-Treanor was spotted out recently dressed for the evening and using her crutches to get around. The paparazzi never leave celebs alone, but this time, I’m glad to see that she’s doing well.
Dancing With the Stars 7: Injuries Galore This Week!
October 8, 2008 by Lynn
This was another surprising week on Dancing With the Stars. We found out that there were three injuries during rehearsals this week. Derek Hough fell and knocked himself out cold when he hit his head on the floor. Susan Lucci twisted her ankle, but taped it up and performed a jive anyway. And tragically, Olympic athlete Misty May-Treanor tore her achilles tendon!!!
YIKES!! That’s one of the most painful leg injuries possible! Sadly, she had to bow out of the competition because she had to have surgery and doesn’t want to take a chance on ruining her athletic career by delaying the recovery at all. That also means that one of my favorite two male dancers, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, is out too.
It was a bitter sweet repreive for the other dancers because they found out tat no one would be sent home this week because of Misty leaving. But we did find out that the lowest scoring pair was chef Rocco DiSpirito and his partner Karina Smirnoff. That means that next week, the votes from this week will be added in to determine the team to go home.
My two favorite dance teams are still Lance & Lacey and Warren & Kym. I really hope they make it to the finals!
It’s so sad to see Misty taken out of the competition so early! And so tragically!! For an athlete to suffer an injury of this type is very, very serious and I truly hope she makes a full and speedy recovery.
Dancing With the Stars 7: As Cold as Siberia…?
OK, I’m guilty of saying negative things about Kim Kardashian’s level of passion in her dance moves, but I wasn’t the one that did the most dissing this week! The judges were downright mean to her. The worst was Bruno Tonioli. He told her that her dancing was:
…as cold and as distant as Siberia.
Now THAT’S harsh!
I am not surprised that she went home this week, I was surprised that Ted McGinley went home before her. But that’s no reason to be cruel. She was trying to learn very difficult ways to dance.
In my opinion, dancing should always be about having fun and should always be a positive experience. Not everyone has the same ability to learn the moves or to become great dancers, but to be mean about that is wrong.
Shame on the judges this week for being too critical. It didn’t have to get that bad.
Dancing With the Stars 7: The Most Fun Dances This Week
October 1, 2008 by Lynn
This week’s performances were almost all very, very good for the second week. The judges highly favored both Brooke Burke & Warren Sapp, but I have to admit that one of my favorites was not the same.
Yes, I thought Warren Sapp was fantastic and the routine that he and Kym Johnson did with a “Matrix-esque” feel, was so much fun, But Brooke Burke’s dance just didn’t WOW me this week. (I’m not a huge fan of the paso doble…it’s just not my favorite.)
Here’s Warren & Kym’s dance:
And here’s my other favorite. It’s the one with Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer. So what of stuffy Len Goodman doesn’t like it? I think it was fantastic!!
What do you think? Should Lacey & Lance try to be more traditional, or should Len Goodman try to be more open-minded? I’d love to know what you think!
Dancing With the Stars 7: A Surprise Elimination!
Tonight was a big surprise to me. I thought Ted McGinley did a very nice job of learning the steps and bringing a masculine grace to the dance floor. I thought he underestimated how well he really did do. That’s a shame.
And I guess America wasn’t as impressed as they could be either. I was totally expecting to see either Cloris or Kim go home this week instead.
Before the elimination, though, we got to see Jeff Ross & Edyta Sliwinska perform the dance they practiced but didn’t get to do last night. I thought that was a cool thing to do. And Adam Corolla hit the streets to take the public’s pulse on this season’s cast. He’s always hilarious!
Oh, yeah, and the Jonas Brothers performed. 
I like Ted and think he seems like a very good guy. He really looked like he was choked up at finding out that he was going home. What a tough week! Two eliminations already!
Dancing With the Stars 7: Jeffrey is Eliminated
September 24, 2008 by Lynn
Last night we saw a big improvement for most of the teams, after getting the nerves of the first performance out of the way. Everyone improved a lot, with the exception of Kim Kardashian who just doesn’t seem to be able to put passion into her movements. (Quite a surprise for the woman who came to the attention of the public in a sex tape…I’m just sayin’) And she even had the perfect song her to dance to…Baby Got Back!
But when all was said and done, Jeffrey Ross and Edyta Sliwinska were eliminated from the competition. It’s tough, because they got eliminated before we really got to see what they could accomplish together. The first team to leave each season is always tough to see…
Be sure to tune in tonight at 8/7c on ABC for the next round of dance routines.
Dancing With the Stars 7: The Season Begins!
Last night’s Dancing With the Stars absolutely lived up to the hype. They promised us:
Big vs. Small (Warren Sapp vs. Susan Lucci)
Old vs. Young (Cloris Leachman vs. Cody Linley)
Two Olympic gold medalists (Maurice Greene, Misty May-Treanor)
Brother vs. Sister (Derek Hough vs. Julianne Hough)
Husband vs. Wife (Alec Mazo vs. Edyta Sliwinska)
Father vs. Son (Corky Ballas vs. Mark Ballas)
And they totally delivered…with comedy and good dancing thrown in. And if that’s not enough, there were two injuries. (No, we aren’t talking about Kim Kardashian’s toe.) Jeffrey Ross got Edyta’s finger in his eye on a difficult move and Karina Smirnoff twisted her ankle. Neither is good for dancing, but both carried on in spite of the pain.
And Cloris Leachman was fabulously wacky, flirting with all three of the judges and having a blast…and she danced well too!)
Of course, the first night of dancing is always where we get to see who has potential and who will be culled from the group early in the competition.
It looks like Jeff Ross and Rocco DiSpirito may be the first two to be eliminated…at least that’s how I see it. They both REALLY struggled. The standouts for me (and the judges, as it turned out) were Brooke Burke, Lance Bass (go, Lance!) and Toni Braxton. And I think my favorite performance of the night was Warren Sapp’s dance routine! That big guy can really dance! Who knew?
So tonight, we’ll see the top 12 perform and one team will be eliminated. Then we get to vote once again for another team to go home tomorrow. This should be fun!
Be sure to tune in tonight at 9/8c on ABC for the next round of dance routines.
Dancing With the Stars 7: Get to Know Misty May-Treanor
Misty May-Treanor is a world class, volleyball champion. I have to admit to being a non-sports fan, so I am simply going to give you the credits I found for her. Just let me say that she’s extremely impressive!!!
Awards and Honors
College
Big West Conference:
- Big West Conference Freshman of the Year 1995
- All-Big West First Team 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
- Big West Player of the Year 1996, 1997, 1998
- Big West Player of the Week - 6 times
NCAA:
- NCAA Division I First Team All-American 1997, 1998
- American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Year 1997, 1998
- Honda-Broderick Cup 1998
Professional
AVP:
- AVP Best Defensive Player 2006, 2007
- AVP Best Offensive Player 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- AVP Crocs Cup Champion 2006 (Kerri Walsh), 2007 (Kerri Walsh)
- AVP Most Valuable Player 2005, 2006, 2007
- AVP Team of the Year 2003 (Kerri Walsh), 2004 (Kerri Walsh), 2005 (Kerri Walsh), 2006 (Kerri Walsh), 2007 (Kerri Walsh)
FIVB:
- FIVB Best Defensive Player 2007
- FIVB Best Offensive Player 2005, 2007
- FIVB Best Setter 2005
- FIVB Most Outstanding 2005
- FIVB Sportsperson 2007
- FIVB Tour Champion 2002 (Kerri Walsh)
BVA:
- BVA Rookie of the Year 2000
Achievements:
- Most women’s career tournament victories: 103
- Most women’s career earnings: $1,751,408
- Most women’s international career wins: 38
On this season of Dancing With the Stars, she’s paired with pro dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
Be sure to watch the Dancing With the Stars season premiere on ABC tonight at 9/8c.