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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 12:27 pm
Allowing voting before the show ends is ridiculous for any sort of true competition. It totally implies that it is mostly about popularity and not about performance.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 12:29 pm
I felt like the judges picked a dance that was not Marie's strength on purpose. They wanted to make darn sure she didn't wind up in top 2. I found the doll dance to be quite odd. I think the first part being a doll would have been okay, but the doll should have woken up and done some dancing! I think the choreography stunk. None of the celebrities dancing last night wowed me. Mel seemed very stiff in her dance, especially for someone who used to be a Spice girl and on stage dancing around.
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 12:29 pm
Is there a Youtube of Maries Freestyle doll dance yet?
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 12:48 pm
No more weeks, Cricket. Tonight the person with worst score is eliminated at the beginning of the show. Then the final 2 go on to dance once more and be judged. Their new judges scores will be combined with their votes from last night, and the new winner crowned. Ahh...thanks, Naja. Glad I found that out so I won't ff through the beginning of the show like I usually do. Hmm, what if Mel didn't get enough votes and it's a Marie/Helio danceoff. I still don't know how many viewer votes it takes to equal the judges numbers. If it's a lot, Mel is okay tonight.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 1:48 pm
Dialidol.com does DWTS predictions too.Its always been real accurate.
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 1:52 pm
I think Helio is definitely the most improved, but that is not why I favor him. While I would have to say Mel has been more consistant throughout the season, there have been nights that I thought Helio was just better. Last night was one of them. And his dancing makes me smile. I am not glad when it is over, like I am with some of the others. So the question arises, is this a competition based on an entire season of work, or should it be based on the current night's performance like a sports event? In other words, is it win this week or go home, or do you factor in the previous performances? As for as them picking the dance Marie was the worst in, they did the same thing for the other two couples as well. Those were the dances in which they got the most critism. I think it is an attempt to guage their improvement. The doll dance actually had potential. they should have started off with her being the limp, awkward rag doll and then when he used the key to wind her up, she should have taken off dancing something really lively, then she could have wound down at the end. That might might have been really good. As it was, I kept waiting for her to start dancing and she never did.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 2:26 pm
I know this OT and has nothing to do with the competition, but last night was the very first time I got to see the show on HDTV..WOW! Had no idea this show was so sparkly...LOL I'm not kidding.
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Keldogg
Member
08-12-2005
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 2:54 pm
If this is a non-scientific poll, I'll chime in. All of my votes went to Helio.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 3:07 pm
I wondered if Mel and Maks were not there at the end because his back really was hurt.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 3:24 pm
But also, that doll thing has been done so many times before...and much better IMO.
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 3:31 pm
Maybe Marie didn't want to study a 3rd dance routine. Lots of busy signals on Helio.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 4:11 pm
Dancing with the Stars Backstage Report: A Frustrating Finale a couple of notes: Julianne had strep and Maks hurt his back on Friday and was downing mega doses of advil lots of ppl were quoted as feeling a downer vibe and most blamed the judges (and I don't mean just the competitors, the audience and already ousted dancers)
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Pixieduster
Member
09-27-2004
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 4:16 pm
I bet Maks was offstage somewhere attending to his very sore back - that's why we didn't see him and Mel on the couches.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 4:26 pm
Donny is commenting for The Insider and Entertainment tonight... He believes Helio and Julianne will be declared winners, he doesnt think that Mel B (who he says is a great dancer!!) has the public support to pull it through... he says Marie is the first to say she isnt the best dancer... but she has come through some real adversity... Oh and Cojo interviewing Helio was hilarious - he said that Helio had some of the "gay-est" outfits ever shown on TV - and Helio seemed stunned!!! It was cute! but I agree that dialidol.com has the best predictors (and they post if its too close to call)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 4:33 pm
That was a very interesting article Ladytex. It is a tough competition (tougher I'm sure than anyone would have thought before doing it).
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 5:03 pm
i never was able to get on the ABC site and vote
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 5:42 pm
I think Helio should win just because on the free style he actually seemed like the only one who wanted to win on straight dancing. Maries free style was a disaster and a joke. Mel's was mediocre. Helio is the only one who took risks on that dance and I think he should win for that reason alone.
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 5:59 pm
very interesting article ladyt. thanks for sharing
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 6:35 pm
So what is dialidol.com predicting? Did I just miss that part of the conversation?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 6:38 pm
Dial Idol says #1 Mel, #2 Helio, #3 Marie http://stars.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/predictions.asp
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Rvon
Member
12-11-2003
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 6:56 pm
Well I will know by 8:00PM PST if I will be watching this show tonight. If Mel or Marie wins I'll either read my book or watch something else. If Helio wins I will be glued to the television. 
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 6:59 pm
Pamy and Texannie, I thought that Samantha's "my cups runneth over" look the last couple of weeks was due to breast-feeding. Maybe she was way overdue last night! Poor baby.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 7:11 pm
You have to admit it feels like we were just zoomed back to 1997.
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Rvon
Member
12-11-2003
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 7:13 pm
Why, Naja? West Coast here.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 7:14 pm
Because Celine was on live singing that Titanic song, Rvon 
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