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Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
Beth- it's a slang tem for a tattoo on the lower back- it's called that because people assume if a woman has one, she's low-class and easy..

Well- I think right now, LT, Ty, and Woz have the most to worry about next week- Woz most especially (if he lands in the bottom two I doubt the judges will save him)- anyone in the 20+ range should be OK regardless of next week.

Kc103
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07-13-2004

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kc103 a private message Print Post    
I actually kind of liked Karina's dress tonight. I preferred that style over something like Edyta or Kym had on. JMO

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Would/could anyone out there be kind enough to tell me who the following people are? (and in some cases who is the professional dancer and who is the star? I am going by the pix at the start of this thread and the pix are kind of small) TIA!!

Jonathan & Belinda (I am guessing Belinda is the go-go??)
Chuck
Kym & David Alan
Denise (is that Charlie Sheen's Ex?)
Giles
Lawrence
Shawn & Mark
Lacey & Steve O
Chelsie & Ty

Looks like I don't know many!!

Kmm
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10-07-2005

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 7:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kmm a private message Print Post    
Belinda- GoGo
Chuck- country music
David Alan- comic/actor
Denise- Charlie's ex/actress
Giles- actor(Sex & the City the movie)
Lawrence- football
Shawn- Olympic gymnastics
Steve O- MTV
Ty- rodeo (& Jewel's husband)

Chy
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07-19-2003

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Julie, Chuck is Julianne's real life boy friend/lover.
David Alan Grier(DAG) is a great comic, had a sit com I believe.
(I see Kmm filled you in!)

Steve-O is from that Jack@ss show. He used to go for any dumb-old acts which many of the silly teenager tried to copy in real life. Some were seriously hurt. Does that ring a bell?

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 7:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
I missed only two dances tonight, and unfortunately one was Cheryl Burke's. Does anyone know if it's "up" somewhere. I tried youtube, and couldn't seem to find, but maybe not looking properly.

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
I've never seen that Gilles guy before, but I gave him most of my votes. He has the physique of a ballroom dancer so the moves look better on him. I also liked Julianne and her boyfriend, and Shawn and Mark. I'm guessing the cowboy or the computer guy will be first out.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
with some more practice I think Holly has a shot at top 5 at least. I give her a lot of credit for stepping in with only 5 days.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 8:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
I didn't care for the "dedication" by Lil' Kim. She's not bad though, she might stay for a long while. LOL, Bruno called her "Nasty but tasty".

Belinda will be out soon. It's too much work watching her.

Actually, Lawrence was even harder to watch! "Lack of confidence" is right on.

Now Steve-o and Woz were both new to dancing as well, but they "had my attention"(Judge said that at some point.). In fact, I did RR to watch them do it all over again!

Gilles was wonderful! His sexy look certainly helps here. He works so hard on this, he's probably seeing this as his break out move. I hope he doesn't get knocked out of the show too early.(Cheryl said he has the least fan base.)

Chuck was not so smooth, but he's nice on the eye. Julianne's fans might keep him around for a while also.

TY is loosely in that same category. He's not that good with his nice bod, but with the back story(Came in w/wifey who had to pulled out on account of injury.), he just might last a bit. Unless he gives up and stop looking like he's having fun.

Holly and Denise need to get rid of the chicken claws of a hand expression and awkward footwork. I don't really think those two have any chance to win, imo of course.

Melissa got high score with a simple but very graceful waltz. If she's equally comfortable with quick steps and other hot Latin ones(somehow I don't see it in her), Mellisa might get close to the final circle.

But DAG is one needs to be watched. He really has nice limbs, all the moves and seemed to learn fast enough. But the other stars wont have to worry about him. Unless he decides to respect this as a real competition and stop promoting himself as a comic, he doesn't have a chance either.

At this point I have to say Shawn is sitting real pretty. She does need to get rid of some off-tempo(ahead of the beats) "hand in the air moves" as the judges said. But she's the youngest and fastest learner there. She has dedicated all her life learning to perform skillfully. She knows how to use her limbs and is obviously more gifted when it comes to moving them. This would be easy for her to master.

However, we do know the audience votes really count here as well. So, anything could happen.

If I'm forced to pick, I think Belinda might be going home next Tuesday.

ETA: Wilson just reminded me about the bottom two having to fight for their lives in front of the judges! Okay, true. Wilson is right. If Woz is in the B2, the judges probably won't save him.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 8:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Shawn! WOW!!! Mark gets better looking every year. I love watching him dance.

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 9:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
Did I understand correctly that the dance-off is just to have a chance at changing the judges' part of the scores? So in other words, will they still put the judges' and viewers' scores together when making the final decision between the two? I had initially thought the judges would have the final say as a safety net to keep bad dancers from staying too long.

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 9:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure, Curlyq, I HOPE it's just a part of what makes the final decision.

I have my own question: when does this show air again...is it not until next week? I was thinking we would have 2 shows per week, but don't find it on tomorrow's schedule.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, March 09, 2009 - 10:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Tonight's show repeats this Saturday. No show tonight / Tuesday. Next week starts the Monday and Tuesday shows.

After looking at the ABC site, I'm now confused about weekly elimination.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 6:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I know that Corky Ballas isn't dancing this season and the new woman who danced (she was a New Yorker and was out early) is also gone. The beautiful redheaded professional (who is married to Jonathan I believe) is not dancing this season...every season they seem to interchange several of the pros. I loved Chelsea Hightower on SYTYCD so I'm hoping she does well. She is so cute. I'm sure she was brought in when Julianne wasn't going to be on the show to be the cute blonde and now they have two.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
All I remember is how hot Max is!!!!!!!!!

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 9:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
About the eliminations:

Basically, after the judges and viewers scores are totaled, whoever ends up in the bottom two will have to dance-off in front of the judges, and they'll vote one of them off.

This was introduced in the original UK version last year, in part to try to help the celebs who don't have a big fanbase from being eliminated early on. (it has a side benefit of keeping the better dancers on as well- you wouldn't have had Cloris last very long if this had been instituted last season)

About halfway through, they'll drop this, and it'll revert to the lowest total from judges and audience being eliminated. (by that time, the lesser known celebs will have built up enough of a fanbase to be competitive in that part of the voting).



Alisons
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01-10-2003

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
Yeah, well, Steve Wozniak probably has a webot running to continually vote for him - he'll have the highest total this week, LOL!

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
There's a video interview with the Woz at
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2009/03/09/dancing-with-the-stars-can-apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-geek-out-a-win/

It's the first 3 minutes of a 5-minute video called "Applebytes".

“Dancing with the Stars”: Can Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak geek out a win?

Posted by Ron Kitagawa on March 9th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

“Dancing With the Stars” season 8 kicks off tonight with some intriguing stars – including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who will be paired with professional Karina Smirnoff.

There’s been some buzz in the geek world over whether or not The Woz can make it out of the first round, but, really, it will depend on the geeks themselves.

Anyone who’s watched the show knows that moving on to the next week has little to do with how good a dancer someone is, and everything to do with the star’s fan-base and likeablity. From what I can see, Wozniack is likeable, so he’s got that going for him.

My buddy, Brian Tong from CNET, had an exclusive video interview with The Woz on his “The Applebyte” web cast. From the video, you can see that The Woz is taking his practice time seriously.

(Note to Woz: Black socks NEVER look good with dress shoes and shorts. I won’t even mention the knee pads … opps, never mind.)
[In the video, you get to see the Woz in rehearsal doing that up and down bended knee move.]

Sportygirl
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06-14-2005

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportygirl a private message Print Post    
I think Gilles will be the Christian de LaFuente (I am sure I spelled this wrong) of this season. People didn't know who he was but once they saw his good looks, how he danced and what a nice guy he was, he grew on people. Cheryl seems to get paired with the hot foreign guy.

Edyta always seems to end up with the football players which I assume is because of her height.

I really hope that Belinda stays a little while longer. I really missed Jonathan last year.

I was surprised at how stiff Denise Richards was. She reminded me of Kim Kardashian of last season. I expected them to be a lot looser. Hopefully Denise will loosen up.

Alisons
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01-10-2003

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alisons a private message Print Post    
GO MELISSA! I was so psyched to see her on there doing such a good job!

Lakecat
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10-01-2006

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lakecat a private message Print Post    
I thought Woz and Ty were the worst.Woz has a better on-screen personality so I think Ty will go first.
I sorta know Ty-we have some of the same group of friends and we say hello to one another when we see each other.I never see Jewel around town.Nice stand up guy.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 1:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Denise Richards better loosen up, if she makes it where I don't get to see Max I'm going to like her even less.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 2:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Lakecat I am jealous

Shel
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07-27-2005

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 4:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shel a private message Print Post    
BEth4freedom - link to dance by Gilles and Cheryl --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_XtDdn3YgA

the same poster has all of the other dances as well...

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I finally watched tonight.. I hope Woz catches on and stays awhile, at least, because he is clearly having a great time, has a great attitude and he could drop some weight as well.

Overall, I think this was a better first night than last season.