Reality Show Crazy! Dancing with the Stars Edition

Last night was Latin night on Dancing with the Stars and the couples were "en fuego"' there were three dances choices last night: Salsa, Samba, and Argentine Tango. After the night was over, I made my list of favorites: Kym and Jaleel's Samba, Cheryl and William's Argentine Tango, Chelsie and Roshon's Salsa, and Peta and Donald's Argentine Tango, and texted them to my friend. She had texted me earlier in the night when she was done watching, telling me to, "vote for Roshon". She brought up the fact that all my favorite contestants were men. I can justify this by saying that the pros are contestants too, they value a win as much as any amateur. To me, my list also speaks to the fact that the women dancers have really stepped up in the past couple of years in terms of choreography. I think of years past and who my favorite was, and it has always been extremely balanced in terms of male and female.

I decided though that I was being unfair and probably doing something that many of the voting public does every week. I was overlooking a contestant because she isn't well know in the American market, Katherine Jenkins. Yes, she is British, she is an opera singer, and before this show, I had no idea who she was. Every week though, Katherine comes out, and she has this hunger inside her which in turn allows her to dance putting forth her best effort week after week. I will even go as far as saying that I believe she could be in the final three, even she doesn't become a Sabrina Bryant like casualty. She's that good that I wouldn't expect less. Katherine's Argentine Tango had as much fire at my favorite guys on the show.

The Leaderboard:

Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas-- Argentine Tango 29
William Levy and Cheryl Burke-- Argentine Tango 29
Maria Menounos and Derek Hough-- Salsa 29
Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd-- Argentine Tango 27
Roshon Fegan and Chelsie Hightower-- Salsa 26
Jaleel White and Kym Johnson-- Samba 24
Gladys Knight and Tristan McManus-- Samba 22
Melissa Gilbert and Maxsim Chmerkovskiy-- Salsa 21
Gavin DeGraw and Karina Smirnoff-- Samba 19

Reality Show Crazy! Dancing with the Stars Edition

Week four was surprising, Sherri Shepherd was eliminated, completely not what I was thinking or hoping for. Then I was trying to figure out why she was eliminated, it's because the judges' scores last week were totally off. Some couples were under scored and some were over scored.

Sherri Shepherd & Val Chmerkovskiy – Tango
Carrie Ann- 7, Len- 7, Bruno- 7 for a total of 21/30
this score was on point give or take a point

Katherine Jenkins & Mark Ballas – Paso Doble
Carrie Ann- 8, Len- 8, Bruno- 8 for a total of 24/30
over scored

Jaleel White & Kym Johnson – Tango
Carrie Ann- 8, Len- 7, Bruno- 7 for a total of 22/30
under scored

Melissa Gilbert & Maksim Chmerkovskiy – Paso Doble
Carrie Ann- 7, Len- 8, Bruno- 7 for a total of 22/30
on point

Donald Driver & Peta Murgatroyd – Paso Doble
Carrie Ann- 9, Len- 9, Bruno- 9 for a total of 27/30
under scored big time

Gladys Knight & Tristan MacManus – Tango
Carrie Ann- 7, Len- 6, Bruno- 7 for a total of 20/30
on point

William Levy & Cheryl Burke – Jive
Carrie Ann- 7, Len- 7, Bruno- 8 for a total of 22/30
sorry to say, but on point

Roshon Fegan & Chelsie Hightower – Viennese Waltz
Carrie Ann- 9, Len- 8, Bruno- 9 for a total of 26/30
under scored

Maria Menounos & Derek Hough – Tango
Carrie Ann- 9, Len- 8, Bruno- 9 for a total of 26/30
over scored

Gavin DeGraw & Karina Smirnoff – Tango
Carrie Ann- 8, Len- 8, Bruno- 7 for a total of 23/30
on point

Reality Show Crazy! Dancing With The Stars Edition

Last week on Dancing With The Stars we lost Martina Navratilova and Tony Dovolani. Poor Tony always gets stuck with the duds. I like Martina very much, especially as a tennis player, but she was the right person to go home. This year's cast is very impressive; their third week dances seemed far more advanced when compared to week three of past seasons.

This was last night's leader board based out of a possible 30

Katherine Jenkins & Mark Ballas- 29
William Levy & Cheryl Burke- 28
Maria Menuous & Derek Hough- 27
Donald Driver & Peta Murgatroyd- 26
Jaleel White & Kym Johnson- 25
Roshon Fagan & Chelsie Hightower- 25
Melissa Gilbert & Maksim Chmerkovskiy- 24
Sherri Shepherd& Val Chmerkovskiy- 24
Jack Wagner & Anna Trebunskaya- 24
Gladys Knight & Tristan McManus- 24
Gavin DeGraw & Karina Smirnoff- 24

I love week three because it's the week where the contestants do a dance based on the most memorable year of their lives. As you can imagine, this round of dances was emotional for the amateurs.

Highlights for me were Maria and Derek's Rumba, it was super sexy, and I wasn't a huge fan of Maria before but if she keeps dancing like this, I certainly will be. It was so completely 80s and I loved it.

Sherri and Val's Rumba, although it wasn't the best dance of the night, but it was extremely emotional for Sherri because it was dedicated to her son, Jeffrey, who she calls her miracle baby. I think when you dance from the heart and connect with the song, the dance just flows and that's what we experienced here.

Jaleel and Kym's Rumba was just so cool because Jaleel brought back that smooth factor. There are stories circulating that he got really emotional and in fact, angry, during rehearsals this past week. It was upsetting to hear that because he has such heart and I think the only thing he should do to step it up is to get better at the quick dances so he can truly make a run for this.

William and Cheryl's Salsa was caliente. I love the chemistry between these two, William seems like a legit dancer already. There was a minor issue in the dance but this was a complete celebration, William's dance was about the year he came to America from Cuba with his family. They started a new life, and that happiness really came out in the dance.

Donald and Peta's Rumba was also a standout for me, and very unexpected too. I did not expect Donald to be this good, but he is, and he was clearly touched by the music, the dance, and the memory of his friend who died from cancer in 2010. Peta's choreography was lovely and Donald was so moved he couldn't even speak after the dance. He is someone I expect to see come the finale.


I think ultimately Gavin or Gladys is going home. Gavin has shown more growth, improving every week, so I give him the edge to stay.