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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 3:07 pm
THIS is Burn the Floor. Makes me want to go to NY just to see it.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 3:13 pm
Kitt, I don't remember hearing anything like that re DWTS judges. May be another show? And I love that the pros are now becoming "stars" in their own rights. Before DWTS, didn't know any of them. I don't know why . . . Dmitry's Russian accent always surprises me. Probably because his last name isn't particularly Russian. I'd guess he changed it -- maybe?
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 3:18 pm
I want to see Burn the Floor. Hope it eventually comes to Chicago.
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Shelb724
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 6:13 pm
Omg, i'm going to NYC on Friday! I don't know that we'll have a chance to go to any Broadway shows, let alone this!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 6:27 pm
Thanks Color. I think I must be thinking of one of the Got Talent shows or something. It seems like Chaplin is Dmitry's real first name, at least I can't see any other name mentioned. Maybe his dad is British or American. The other day I noticed Jonathan's real name is Jonathan Robert Stubenrauch, which sounds German.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 6:44 pm
Kitt, I think you're thinking of So You Think You Can Dance. For a while, Nigel had an empty chair next to him, and when he'd turn it around it had Paula Abdul's name on it. Dmitry's full name is Dmitry Alexandrovich Chaplin and he was born in Rostov-on-Don (former Soviet Union). I believe that is his birth name as I haven't found anything to indicate he changed his name. He also went to high school in Minnesota for a while. And for a dancer, he's actually quite tall at 6'1".
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 9:02 pm
I finally saw the 2nd Whitney performance, yes it sounded like crap but I think it's the mic not her. Donny also sounded like crap earlier when he sang live. We have talked about others sounding like crap singing live on this show. I think it's the show's mic or the band overplaying the vocals. If you watch you can even see Whitney's lips singing and nothing is comming out of the mic
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 7:13 am
Whitney's performance was filmed on Monday night and stitched into Tuesday's program. Didn't you ever wonder how all that confetti got cleaned up in a couple of minutes? When the cameras came back to the dance floor there wasn't a piece to be seen anywhere. I had heard that's what was done so I was watching for it. The stars around the floor were dressed differently during her performance than they were after her performance.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 1:01 pm
Mya tweeted this morning that if the Indians had given the Pilgrims a donkey instead of a turkey, we'd all be getting a piece of a** today ... bwah haha
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 1:30 pm
L O L !!!!!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 6:39 pm
That tweet has been going around. I've received it twice today as text messages.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 6:57 pm
still thought it was cute
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 7:59 pm
LOL
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Chief
Member
08-09-2009
| Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 9:21 pm
Good one! LOLOL Well, if not anything, I'm at least consistent in being in the minority with wanting Mya to win. Quite frankly, the woman "burned" that dance floor week after week after week. I know she was very professional about losing to Donny, and I can't speak for her. But it seemed like a ginormous slap in the face. Mya totally outdanced Donny the whole season, and got 2 perfect scores the night before the finale. I totally commend her! I caculated the approximate #'s we knew: judges scores, contestants share of judges totals (%), and even the Dial Idol results (of course not a guarantee). My numbers showed Mya mostly ahead. What's ironic is that I even mentioned to friends that the only thing that would affect Mya winning, would be if the judges ranked Donny 1st on finale night. Sure enough they did. And it was so obvious they were playing to the audience ... his movements on the dance floor were sooooo not equal to what Mya did. Seriously. Donny knows the truth! I'm happy for him, but even he was shocked, and knows the truth. I applaud both Kelly and Mya for their exceptional hard work, dedication, and professionalism. (Well Kelly slipped in the professionalism category once or twice.) I do feel they were used for the publicity of the show and did not receive their just due. Even on finale night, we saw very long clips and segments of Donny, with a few seconds of Kelly and Mya thrown in. We saw the locker room scene that placed Donny as the center of attention (with Kelly and Mya there only for a short "appearance.") We saw Donny sing his sappy "Puppy Love" song for another couple to dance to. (I almost threw up, but kept waiting for some smidge of an improvement. Surely ABC wasn't telling us in a not-so-subliminal fashion that Donny would win!) In other words, we saw "The Donny Show" - not "Dancing With The Stars."
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 9:28 pm
Actually I thought they made a huge fuss over Kelly too. (Which I must admit I totally enjoyed.)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, November 27, 2009 - 4:48 am
this contest isn't exclusively up to the judges. the people get to vote, and we all have different criteria on what we deem enjoyable. for some it's all about the technical expertise, for others it's the entertainment value. i think it says more to his personality than his dancing ability that Donny seemed shocked that he won.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, November 27, 2009 - 5:27 am
What I dont understand is Mya has danced Ballroom dances - she has performed them - so I wasnt surprised she did very well compared to Kelly or Donny - but there was no "outcry" about her prior experience.... So I really didnt care how well she performed, she didnt excite me like Kelly did - or Donny ;) but it does remind me of the fuss over Season 1's winner - wonder if there will be a "rematch"?
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, November 27, 2009 - 8:00 am
Believe me, there was plenty of discussion HERE about Mya's perceived prior dance experience.
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Chief
Member
08-09-2009
| Friday, November 27, 2009 - 9:19 am
What Costa said ... key word "perceived." Reader, what is your response to the fact that Donny and his sister wrote a book about ballroom dancing? If we measure that, couldn't we also say the same thing about him? I think that the bottom line is that ABC wasn't trying to be fair with the judging/real winners in this or past seasons. They were considering only ratings and money. If Donny's audience brought in the ratings, then we can summize what probably happened. Kelly may have made the show popular, too, being an Osbourne. Mya was the one who, ironically, "was cutting a serious rug" on this dancing show called "Dancing with the Stars."
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, November 27, 2009 - 9:34 am
Ironically enough, DWTS lost THIS viewer this season. I'm sure they're glad I'm not a Nielson home.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, November 27, 2009 - 10:25 am
And if DTWS was only cast with people like Mya, people I don't know, don't care to know, people who lack the charisma Kelly and Donny have, I wouldn't watch the show at all. To me, it's more of a personality show than a dance show. For pure dance, I'll watch SYTYCD. I want to see personalities who are really having fun learning to dance on DWTS: "Dancing with the STARS".
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, November 27, 2009 - 11:18 am
But it's the definition of "star" that I find fault with. I don't think Donny is a star. You don't think Mya is a star. Who has ever heard of ALL of the "stars" they put on this show. (I'm thinking most of 'em are B celebs. Including Donny.)
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, November 27, 2009 - 11:24 am
Donny will always be "A" list in my heart. Mya is hugely talented, but she just doesn't have that star quality that causes her to pop off the screen, IMO. Donny may not pop off the screen anymore, either, but he sure did when he was king of my heart back in the '70's.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, November 27, 2009 - 11:32 am
It isn't named "Dancing With the A-List Celebrities" so having "stars" of all realms is what is implied, IMO.
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Chief
Member
08-09-2009
| Friday, November 27, 2009 - 12:04 pm
Brenda said: "To me, it's more of a personality show than a dance show. For pure dance, I'll watch SYTYCD." So dancing on one show is different from dancing on another show? IMO, I thought dancing was just, well ... dancing. I guess we can now say "true" dancing can't be found on DWTS. Otherwise, we would judge them as dancers, and not based on their personalities. That means DWTS should change it's name to: "Personality With The Stars." And, too, my opinion is that if we didn't KNOW one of the stars (or cared to know them), we wouldn't really have any knowledge of their charisma. All things being equal I mean. Mya is not an unknown. Check out her bio. She's been around for a long time, has grammy nominations and awards, has been in several movies, has her own foundation, works with under-priviledged children, etc. I think she has a LOT of "charisma." The rest of the stars on the show this year thought so, too, which is why even the judges mentioned the others constantly trying to get up to her level.
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