Dancing with the stars

It is one of my favorite shows.

I hope Margaret Cho goes first.  She was HORRIBLE!  So was Michael Bolton.  I read that he’s been a real diva and nobody likes him much.

But I was disappointed in the scores they gave The Hoff.  I thought he did much better than they said.  As Len said of another dancer, it’s also about the entertainment value and he was certainly entertaining.  I love the way he can laugh at himself.

And as widely predicted, it looks like Jennifer is going to be the front runner, and maybe Brandy too.  Florence did much better than I expected.  At least she brought some dignity to the show and wasn’t a buffoon like Cloris Leachman was.  And she’s 76!  Holy cow!

But one thing I was VERY disappointed in was the music.  I thought the selections were awful.  There wasn’t one single song that I enjoyed.  I don’t want to see someone doing the Vienese Waltz to some obscure boy band song.   Same with the passo roble.  They always want to have them do it to a popular song where I think it should stay traditional and be in the Flamenco vein.  Oh, well, I’m only one person.

really drawn to any one star.  Having said that, I was absolutely loving Kyle Massey with Lacy!  I have no idea who he is or what he’s famous for, but his performance last night was great!  I liked the first star from "The Hills" (can’t remember her name), Jennifer and Florence.  I agree with others that the Hoff was graded much harder than the others.  Bristol looked totally shell-shocked, but got through it pretty well.  I sort of figured that there was something else under her conservative suit when they introduced the performers.  Rick Fox and Cheryl are very mismatched due to their difference in height (JMHO).  I wonder how they pick the partners.  I think Margaret Cho and Michael Bolton have to go.  It looked like Margaret was trying to cover her inability with humor and I think she should let herself go and give it her best shot.  She may be surprised at how well she does.  Her partner, Louie, can’t be very happy about her wanting to be silly during the performance because he’s always been so serious with his partners.  Michael looked and sounded like he did not want to be there, which makes me wonder why he even signed up in the first place.  I heard the same that Bonbon did that he’s the one most difficult to get along with and has had the most personal requests.  And then there’s "The Situation".  His attitude has to go!  I know it’s part of his celebrity persona, but I loved how Len didn’t let him get away with it.  When he said, "You’ve got the guns, but you don’t have the ammunition" I applauded Len!  Then Bruno even alluded to that fact that if he kept the attitude, he won’t make it.  Even Carrie Ann told him his 80’s dancing is outdated.  So, it should be interesting to see who goes home tonight.