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Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 5:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
I don't hate anyone. I just don't vote for Melissa because she never should have been cast. I don't fault her for accepting. I fault ABC for taking the opportunity to promote their Bachelor show by milking that "controversial" finale. This show was originally about watching celebrities leave their comfort zone and learn to dance. Melissa is not a celebrity and already knew how to dance. Bad casting, kind of like that chick on the "real housewives" show who's not a housewife and isn't even married. Would a letter to the producers help? Doubtful. These are the same people who cast lifelong dancer Stacy Keibler and tried to pass her off as just some rough wrestler who was learning to dance. What would help? Not voting for Melissa, and so I don't.

Add to that the fact that the girl is now dancing with fractured ribs, and it just seems like cruelty to encourage her to continue.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Hypermom, thanks so much for that info, I didnt realize it was only good until halfway.

I will be happy with any of them winning but I am on the Kim love train!

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
I'm on the Kim and Gilles love train. I think they are both have amazing magnetism when they dance, especially the Latin dances. Let them be co-winners!

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
No group dances this week. Each dancer has two dances to learn:

Melissa: Viennese Waltz and Samba
Gilles: Foxtrot and Rumba
Lil Kim: Waltz and Salsa
Ty: Argentine Tango and Rumba
Shawn: Quickstep and Paso Doble

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Cricket, well yeah, they were voted off last night.. I wasn't spoiling anything..

I still like Melissa a bunch and I'm DEFINITELY on the Lil' Kim Train.. she won me over early on and I've reallly enjoyed watching her. One of those lovely surprises..

And Ty is just a great guy!

I've been enjoying Shawn as well.

Gilles, just to much of a foregone conclusion to win and I'm not on the Cheryl train. But I won't be shocked should he win.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Hypermom, are you sure about Ty's dances -- Argentine tango and rumba? He's got two Latin dances and the others only one?

Alliet
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07-11-2005

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 10:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alliet a private message Print Post    
Maybe they are stacking Gilles' deck with 2 Latin dances?

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
Color, yes. It's on his blog:

http://www.pbrnow.com/blog/index.cfm/ty-murray

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
from Ty's blog, but Jewel talking...good point

As bad as I felt for Melissa, who I hope feels better and comes back, I'm used to our cowboy athletes that live by the rule: "ride hurt or don't get a score." It may seem harsh, but it seems like the only way to keep things honest.

If you're too hurt to compete then you can't compete.



Aurora
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11-24-2006

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 10:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
They set a precedent when they judged Steve-O's practice dance earlier in the season when he was injured. I would think if she's unable to dance again next week they would let her go. But they really couldn't do that this past week for reason I mentioned.

And don't blame Melissa for this. She doesn't make the rules. I think that's the reason she looked distressed when she wasn't cut this week. I think she knew she should have gone and felt bad that someone else left instead. At least that's how I read it.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Jewel, included SteveO in her statment, I just didn't cut and paste the whole quote

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 10:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I saw that thing Jewel put out on Twitter.. think she should have just kept her opinion to herself, personally. She was injured and made her own decision. Melissa is injured, Steve-O was injured, Woz was injured, Gilles has been injured, etc., and THEY made their own decisions. If they immediately took out each person with an injury half the contestans (and several of the pros) would be out. Maybe she thinks Ty would win that way?

Not her rodeo and not her rules.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 01, 2009 - 4:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
How is her expressing her opinion on her blog or twitter any different than any other celebrity doing it? Annie does it for Celeb Apprentice. Heck, sports announcers do it the day after the game. Monday morning quarterbacking. LOL
But, I don't think she was saying you shouldn't participate hurt. Cowboys ride hurt all the time. I think that's her point. I agree that the show made it's own rules, but I can see her point. How many sports do you get to still participate in if you don't show up?

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Friday, May 01, 2009 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
I agree with Sea. Jewel is married to a contestant. It is a bit different than someone else blogging about it.

FWIW, Mel would have danced if she had not had an allergic reaction to the pain med she was given.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 01, 2009 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
she had an allergic reaction?

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Friday, May 01, 2009 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
Yes, it's why she couldn't breathe when she tried to dance with Tony at the last dress rehearsal. One of the interview videos that I watched, Cheryl Burke said it was scary when Mel couldn't breathe.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 01, 2009 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I thought it was cause the rib was broken. Had she just taken the medicine? Usually an anaphylactic reaction is pretty quick....and it is very scary to see.

Hypermom
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08-13-2001

Friday, May 01, 2009 - 1:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hypermom a private message Print Post    
I don't know when she took it. Tony said they were practicing fifteen minutes before they went live, Mel couldn't breathe and he carried her to the back. I know Tom Bergeron said that doctors were taking care of her off of the set when the show started. Her rib isn't broken, but a hair line fracture.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, May 02, 2009 - 7:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Steve-O shows his dance with self-destruction

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – "Dancing with the Stars" viewers expected crazy antics when "Jackass" performer Steve-O joined the show this year, but what it took for him to overcome drug abuse and exhibit ballroom manners is another story.

That side of the shock stuntman's life will be shown on Sunday, in a documentary called "Steve-O: Demise and Rise" on cable channel MTV.

It relies on Steve-O's video footage of himself snorting cocaine at parties and inhaling countless nitrous oxide cartridges, in between performing stunts such as jumping from a glider plane into open water.

After Steve-O's time in a mental hospital and drug rehab, the documentary ends with his first appearance as a ballroom contestant on ABC hit show "Dancing with the Stars."

Steve-O, who had tangled with untamed animals in exotic lands on MTV's "Wildboyz," was eliminated from "Dancing" on April 14, ending a run on the show he called nerve-racking.

"It's weird, getting ready to do these dances on live TV I felt, especially in the beginning, more stressed and anxious than times when I filmed with bears and lions," Steve-O told Reuters in a recent interview.

Steve-O, born Stephen Gilchrist Glover, was one of several "Dancing" stars injured this year. But unlike the others, he went beyond the normal requirements to hurt himself.

Wanting to electrify one of his dance performances, Steve-O attempted a flip during rehearsal and landed on his back. The stunt sent him to the hospital.

"JACKASS" EXTRAORDINAIRE

Steve-O, 34, is covered in tattoos. He displays a young child on one arm and an older version of his face on another. He has an expletive imprinted on each hand, which he changes with a black marker before TV appearances to spell the words "Save" and "Rock."

Over the years, his stunts have included landing face-first in a tub of elephant dung, stapling his scrotum to his thigh and getting pierced through the cheek with a hook.

He starred in MTV's "Jackass" from 2000 to 2002, the year "Jackass: The Movie" came out and made $80 million at global box offices. The 2006 movie sequel "Jackass: Number Two" topped that with $85 million.

Drug abuse has been part of Steve-O's life since his teen years, when he started smoking marijuana and capturing his exploits on video, before going on to become a circus clown with a cocaine habit, as shown in the documentary.

As a stunt performer, drugs became part of his shtick -- he once injected shots of vodka directly into his arm, he said.

His addiction to a multitude of drugs left Steve-O alienated from his friends and made his behavior increasingly erratic. The film shows Steve-O hacking at the wall in his apartment, trying to harass the neighbor who had complained to police about noise.

Eventually, in March 2008, Steve-O's friends dragged him to a psychiatric facility for treatment. Doctors told him he was bipolar, before discharging him into a rehabilitation program.

"I think if anybody did as much drugs as I did, they'd probably be bipolar too," Steve-O said.

But Steve-O said he has been sober for a year, and that he is considering starring in a reality show about whether he can be "this gnarly Steve-O character" without drugs and alcohol.

"I have a chip on my shoulder wanting to prove that I can," Steve-O said.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090502/tv_nm/us_steveo

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, May 02, 2009 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Annie, where did I say what Jewel did was "different"? I just think her opinion smacked of whining because her husband is still in the show. Sounds like she'd like Melissa to quit (and Steve-O earlier) to benefit her guy (oh yeah and he'd make more money). But Melissa has a strong group of voters, so it seems and so does Ty.

I just find that sort of comment less than gracious. The show sets up the rules and Jewel and Ty accepted them. So did Steve-O, Melissa and anyone else who became injured. Jewell had a severe injury before the show even started and she chose to leave (or had no choice). Apparently any number of others made a different choice for their own situation.

But having Ty in the show means that Jewel really isn't an objective observer. Sort of like when Maks complained that Karina "deserved" to have a better Star partner.. his opinion but kind of like biting the dog that is feeding him..

This is a TV show, not a sporting competition, so.. apples and oranges. They are being paid quite a lot to entertain the viewers and if the producers choose to judge them on a practice, that's their call.

I loathe Annie on Celebtity Apprentice, so that isn't really a selling point to change my feelings, I'm afraid. But there also isn't viewer voting for Celebrity Apprentice, so Annie isn't trying to influence anyone but perhaps Trump.

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I think Steve-O has some sort of special coming up soon.. have to admit I was just FF through commercials or glazing over on line and wasn't interetsted in more details, but I would think that DWTS will bring more people to watch him, so that's good for him. Actually same with most of the "stars" or for the dancers who are also singers or putting out dance/exercise DVDs or guesting on other shows.. kind of a win win for anyone who survives more than a week or so.

Think of all the people who now know who Woz is (I already knew but I'm old and I'm a geek)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, May 02, 2009 - 12:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Sea, not meaning you specifically. My point was how is it different from someone like Annie on her blog for Celebrity Apprentice. And you answered it, for you it isn't any different. LOL
To me, it's the same thing. i didn't think it was whining as much as bringing up a valid point. i know alot of people thought it was wrong when they judged SteveO at his rehearsal. I wasn't specifically singling about Melissa, and I didn't get the feeling jewel was either.

Sherbabe
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07-28-2002

Saturday, May 02, 2009 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sherbabe a private message Print Post    
Ok girls..and boys....i figure someone here tapes these shows. this either was a joke or is being kept under cover by ABC.
On the show where they did the group dance...after the 2nd group dance..the one w/ derek and lil kim.....did anyone see Derek Hough fall (faint) in the interview room while Samantha was interviewing the group??? I saw him go down, but, thought it was just him being goofy. Some other people think he actually did faint. If you have the tape watch for that , then at the very end w/ him and lil kim standing. apparantely, he has no expression on his face.

How did everyone miss this if this was him fainting.

Aurora
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11-24-2006

Saturday, May 02, 2009 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
I think he was joking around. He was acting perfectly normal up until that point.

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Saturday, May 02, 2009 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Sherbabe - I was in the audience that night. My view happened to contain the entrance to the room just off the stage - the interview room. I can tell you that there was absolutely no excitement that i could see at that time. I would think if Derek had passed out, there may have been some movement to get someone on there to revive him or check him out. :-)

Dovez
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08-27-2005

Saturday, May 02, 2009 - 8:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dovez a private message Print Post    
has anyone mentioned that mark kissed shawn's back after they were announced as being safe !
i just watched the show and was surprised at that.
are they known to be a couple and i'm so out of it that i'm the last to know?