Dancing With The Stars - Non-Shocking Elimination
Last night, the judges actually delivered some criticism and the audience booed like the judges just insulted their mothers or something. Tom delivers an interesting factoid: only one of the remaining couples has been in the bottom before tonight. That says to me that the wheat is being separated from the chaff, and the losers have been jettisoned.
The episode starts right off with an encore from Lil Kim and Derek, but Len doesn't even get to introduce it, which feels weird. I think it's amazing that Kim is able to look so lyrical and flowy when she does not have the body type for it. I mean, Stacy Keibler could have beautiful lines if she were raising her hand in a classroom, but Kim is short, and as such has short arms and legs, but she still manages to really extend them and make it look good.
Anyway, after that weirdo opening, Tom and Samantha try to start the episode, but Kim and Derek are still standing on the dance floor behind them doing twirls and waving to the audience and it's all very distracting. I don't like it. Poor shot setup by the producers - they should have had Tom and Samantha standing somewhere so that you couldn't see the dance floor behind them, assuming Kim and Derek have to stay on the floor for whatever scheduling reason.
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