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Dancing Men Among Sexiest Men in 2009 Too

Lynn — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:33:52 +0000

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It’s no surprise that a number of hot male dancers made Buddy TV’s Top 100 Sexiest Men of 2009 list too. In fact, I’m in total agreement about nearly all of these.

French actor Gilles Marini placed the highest of the male dancers on the list. (No offense to anyone, but why can’t my neighbors look like him and shower outside…)

#66 Ryan Di Lello, So You Think You Can Dance

Some people might think all male dancers are lithe, slightly effeminate and delicate dancers. Not Ryan. This ballroom stud is a macho, muscular extreme sports enthusiast whose countless hours working out definitely pay off.

#57 Jason Glover, So You Think You Can Dance

In season 5, Jason may not have made the finale, but he certainly made girls’ hearts flutter with his gorgeous physique and dance skills.

#53 Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Dancing with the Stars

No matter what ABC reality show he’s competing on, this Russian beast is man enough for any woman.

#25 Derek Hough, Dancing with the Stars

Not only is Derek Hough sexy, but he also has one of the best personalities on TV. Whether he’s goofing off, daydreaming about a day on the beach with Joanna Krupa or creating a wildly imaginative futuristic Paso Doble, Derek is always one hot tamale.

#24 Mario Lopez, Nip/Tuck and America’s Best Dance Crew, Dancing With the Stars

He’s OK as the host of MTV’s dance competition, but the real heat comes on Nip/Tuck, a show which gladly and frequently has Mario strip down to either a bathing suit or a leather French maid’s outfit.

#9 Gilles Marini, Dancing with the Stars and Brothers and Sisters

Whether he’s burning up the dance floor or steaming up Sarah Walker’s love life, the French stud from the Sex and the City movie spent 2009 going from that guy who showered naked next to Samantha to TV’s de facto foreign hottie.

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Derek Hough Tries to Avoid Snow

Lynn — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:57:38 +0000

Dancing With the Stars pro dancer Derek Hough was spotted by paparazzi in midtwon Manhattan just as he stepped out of a taxi today. He’s carrying a small box of something in his hand and looks like he might be pretty cold.

These photos were taken today as the snow and ice are still holding the East Coast in their grips. Derek spends a lot of his time on the West Coast in the warmer weather, so he tried to step over the snow. Perhaps he chose to wear the wrong shoes for the weather. But he still looks great, right girls?

[Photos: Bauer-Griffin]

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DWTS Dancers Celebrated Sean Combs' Birthday

Lynn — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:57:08 +0000

Three people that Dancing With the Stars fans will recognize were guests at a huge star-studded birthday bash yesterday for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. DWTS pro dancer Derek Hough was there and so were former DWTS star dancers Shannon Elizabeth & Kim Kardashian. This makes me wonder how they know the birthday boy. But I’m sure they all had a great time.

Shannon Elizabeth & Derek Hough
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Derek Hough
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Shannon Elizabeth
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Kim Kardashian
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Dancing With the Stars 9: A Surprising Elimination

Lynn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:34:05 +0000

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[Photo: Newscom]

Last night on the Dancing With the Stars results show, we got a huge surprise when Joanna Krupa was eliminated from the competition. She was ranked second on the judges’ leader board, but just didn’t get the home audience’s votes. She’s a beautiful lady and a really good dancer.

So now we know who the final three couples are in the season finale next week. Mya & Dmitry Chaplin, Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel and Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson will all go head to head for the coveted mirror ball trophy. I love all three, but expect Mya to win it.

What do you think about the finalists and who do you think will win this season? Let us know!

Find out about all of this season’s dancers. Here are their bios.

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Dancing With the Stars 9: Three Dance Routines Each!

Lynn — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:10:40 +0000

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On tonight’s performance show of Dancing With the Stars, each of the couples had to dance 3 dance routines. this week, one pair will go home and the other three will advance to next week’s finals. It’s a fantastic season and I can’t wait o see all of them!

Here’s what happened with last night’s performances:

		Judges’ Scores
Style	My Review	Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli	Total
Tango	Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson – Sadly, this routine seemed awkward and poorly executed to me. Donny just isn’t the smoldering romantic type. He was more believable as the romantic when he and judge Bruno Tonioli were joking around. I hope his next dance is stronger!	7	7	7	21

Viennese Waltz	Joanna Krupa & Derek Hough – It was beautiful, graceful and flowing, but she did seem to lift both feet off the ground once. The judges didn’t catch it, though.	9	9	9	27

Rumba	Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel – I thought it was really great! She has certainly come along way this season! She even did a really good solo within it.	8	8	8	24

Waltz	Mya & Dmitry Chaplin – There was a very definite lift in this one, but it was absolute, floating perfection. I guess lifts were allowed tonight. They didn’t mention it, though.	9	9	10	28

Samba	Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson - It was fun to see them dance to one of Donny’s 70s hits, One Bad Apple! He did a really good job with it and seemed to be having a lot of fun. I don’t know if it’s enough to overcome the last dance, though.	8	9	9	26

Cha-Cha	Joanna Krupa & Derek Hough – She was terrific! It seemed without a flaw!	9	9	9	27

Quickstep	Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel – This is one of the very toughest styles of ballroom dance. She lost her footing one time, but instantly regained it. I thought she did a great job!	9	9	9	27

Salsa	Mya & Dmitry Chaplin - Perfect! Absolutely fantastic!	10	10	10	30
	Mya & Dmitry Chaplin - Perfect! Absolutely fantastic!
Jitterbug	Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson – It was showy, good and fun, but will it take him to the finals?	9	9	9	27

Salsa	Joanna Krupa & Derek Hough - It was a great dance. Let’s see how it stacks up for the finals.	9	9	9	27

Cha-Cha	Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel - It was wonderful! I loved it!	9	9	9	27

Cha-Cha	Mya & Dmitry Chaplin – It was another perfect routine. I am predicting that Mya will take the trophy this season…	9	10	10	29

Find out about all of this season’s dancers. Here are their bios.

Be sure to watch the results show tomorrow night at 9/8c.

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Dancing With the Stars 9: Performances Recap

Lynn — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:42:36 +0000

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On tonight’s performance show of Dancing With the Stars, the pairs had to do two dance routines each. They had to go head-to-head in the ballroom and in Latin dance styles and I loved it! This is the last week before the semi-finals and the competition is getting fierce.

I’m thrilled to report that my favorite commentary of all, Kenny Mayne’s Dance Center will return. Susan Boyle & Michael Buble will also perform for us. Don’t miss tomorrow’s results show!!

Here’s the rundown of last night’s performances:

		Judges’ Scores
Style	My Review	Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli	Total
Quickstep	Mya & Dmitry Chaplin - I thought she nailed it! Her dance was spot-on perfect!	9	10	10	29

Foxtrot	Aaron Carter & Karina Smirnoff – He did a very nice job with this routine. I didn’t spot any difficulties for him at all. But it didn’t have the pizzazz of some of his other routines.	7	8	8	23

Quickstep	I saw her lose her timing a couple of times. It was subtle, but definitely there.	8	7	8	23

Foxtrot	Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel – She did a really great job! She has grown as a dancer so much!	8	8	9	25

Viennese Waltz	Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson – I thought he did a very nice job with the dance routine, but I can tell you that a waltz is a much easier dance style to do. But he was graceful and a good lead. It was very smooth.	9	8	9	26

’70s Samba	Mya & Dmitry Chaplin - That was great!! They not only perfectly captured the feel of the ’70s, but they did a fantastic Samba too! Fabulous!!	10	10	10	30

’90s Samba	Aaron Carter & Karina Smirnoff – I saw him get a bit out of sync a couple of times, but otherwise, it was really great. I didn’t see a huge ’90s feel though.	9	9	9	27

Futuristic Paso Doble	Joanna Krupa & Derek Hough – I actually don’t like paso doble…ever. But I did like this one. It was very futuristic in feel and still had the moves of the paso. She did a really good job with it!	9	10	10	29

’60s Jive	Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel – It was a very cute routine, but they were out of sync a couple times. She seems to get better each week.	8	9	9	26

’80s Paso Doble	Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson - I loved Donny’s Adam Ant look! Perfect! As for the dance, there was a bit of a slip right at the end, but I loved it otherwise. (Remember, I don’t like paso doble…)	8	8	8	24

Find out about all of this season’s dancers. Here are their bios.

Be sure to watch the results show tomorrow night at 9/8c.

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Ballas Hough Band Performance on DWTS

Lynn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:23:27 +0000

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On last night’s Dancing With the Stars results show, Mark Ballas & Derek Hough performed their song Move as the Ballas Hough Band.

They danced along with it and reminded me of a two-man “boy band.” And there’s nothing wrong with that! A lot of big singers have gotten their start in groups like N’Sync or New Kids on the Block. I think they have a big future in music as well as in dance. Watch and see what you think:

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Dancing With the Stars 9: Two More Go Home

Lynn — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:10:44 +0000

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This was both a spectacular and a sad week on Dancing With the Stars for me. The dancing reached an all-season high this week, but we lost two very cool stars.

Michael Irvin was eliminated and it happened just as he got his highest scores of the season. He did a very nice job this week in his performances, but the others did too.

But it’s down to the final five after this week, so it gets tougher to lose anyone. Even though Michael wasn’t the strongest dancer all season, he brought a lot of heart to the competition. It’s no fun seeing him have to leave.

[Photo: Newscom]

And the even sadder part for me was to see Mark Dacascos get eliminated. I’ve mentioned before that I have a bit of a crush on him, so it’s “good-bye eye candy!”

He might have been able to make it through this week, except for the string of unfortunate circumstances he had to face. Lacey schwimmer, his pro dance partner was hit with the flu bug that’s going around the cast. Mark then had to rehearse with Tony Dovolani for a while before Anna Trebunskaya stepped in to help out. Then, when he had to dance for his life, Lacey was back, but still not feeling well. It just wasn’t meant to be for Mark.

What did you think of the two that were eliminated this week? Who do you think will be next?

Find out about all of this season’s dancers. Here are their bios.

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Dancing With the Stars 9: Two Go Home

Lynn — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00:48 +0000

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On last night’s results show for Dancing With the Stars, Taylor Swift was the guest performer and sang two of her huge hits for the audience. Then they got down to business. It was a double-elimination night.

The three couples with the lowest point score combined with the audience votes were identified. It was no great surprise that the three who were in danger of going home were

Melissa Joan Hart & Mark Ballas, Michael Irvin & Anna Demidova and Louie Vito & Chelsie Hightower.

The pair with the overall lowest score was eliminated immediately and that was Melissa & Mark. I was sad to see her go, because I like her as an actress. But it’s getting down to the time of the season when the talent is so good that each week is tough.

Micheal & Anna and Louie & Chelsie had to face off in a dance competition and were dancing for their lives. The judges chose the pair to send home from the two performances.

Michael and Anna went first and danced a very fun Samba routine. Michael danced better than I have seen him dance all season! Louie is going to have a tough time pulling this win out…

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Then when Louie & Chelsie took the floor to perform their Jive routine, Louie just couldn’t seem to get the beat right. He seemed to be having a great time and didn’t drop Chelsie once.

The judges conferred and told Louie tht he was the next to go home. So Michael Irvin lives to dance anther day.

I really like the dance off they did. It seems a bit more fair than going just with the votes. What did you think of the two that were eliminated this week? Who do you think will be next?

Find out about all of this season’s dancers. Here are their bios.

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Dancing With the Stars 9: Week 6 Performances

Lynn — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:34:41 +0000

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On last night’s performance show of Dancing With the Stars,

the pairs faced off doing either the Jitterbug or the Waltz. The Jitterbug is similar to the Jive, with elements of Lindy Hop and East Coast Swing. It’s enthusiastic, fast and a whole lot of fun. On the other hand, the Waltz is slow and graceful with rise and fall and the pair should almost look like they are floating. Both are very fun dances, but totally opposite in nature.

Here’s the rundown of last night’s performances:

		Judges’ Scores
Style	My Review	Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli	Total
Jitterbug	Mya & Dmitry Chaplin - She looked like she’s been doing this dance for years. I still think she’s one of the front-runners this season.	8	7	9	24

Waltz	Melissa Joan Hart, Mark Ballas - To me, this was not her best dance performance. She lost the steps multiple times and just seemed far too hesitant. I hope it doesn’t mean she’s going home this week.	7	7	6	20

Jitterbug	Mark Dacascos & Lacey Schwimmer - I loved the performance, it was a lot of fun and his tricks were great. I did think he lost his momentum between tricks once, though. Overall, very, very good.	9	9	8	26

Waltz	Aaron Carter & Karina Smirnoff – He did a very nice Waltz. His moves were smooth, had good rise & fall and his technique was very good. I wonder why he has so much trouble getting audience votes…	8	9	8	25

Waltz	Michael Irvin & Anna Demidova - I think this was his best dance performance yet. He had pretty good technique and was quite graceful on the floor.	6	8	6	20

Jitterbug	Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel – I could see that Louis left some of the tougher footwork out of the routine because of her injured foot, but what was there, she did a great job with. I had fun watching it.	7	6	7	20

Jitterbug	Louie Vito & Chelsie Hightower – This was easily his best dance ever! He actually danced instead of walking. His great tricks had to help him a bit too.	7	7	7	21

Waltz	Joanna Krupa & Derek Hough – It was a really nice Waltz, but she did make one very awkward move during the routine, going through Derek’s legs. I don’t feel that she is as strong a dancer as the judges have seemed to this season.	8	9	9	26

Jitterbug	Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson - I think that was my favorite Jitterbug of the night. He made one stumble but he did a great job!	8	8	8	24

The group Mambo dance marathon was next and this is was the order they were tapped out of the dance:

Michael Irvin & Anna Demidova – 2 points bonus
Louie Vito & Chelsie Hightower – 3 points bonus
Melissa Joan Hart & Mark Ballas – 4 points bonus
Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel – 5 points bonus
Mark Dacascos & Lacey Schwimmer – 6 points bonus
Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson – 7 points bonus
Aaron Carter & Karina Smirnoff – 8 points bonus
Mya & Dmitry Chaplin – 9 points bonus
Joanna Krupa & Derek Hough – 10 points bonus

Find out about all of this season’s dancers. Here are their bios.

Be sure to watch the results show tonight at 9/8c.

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