DWTS Season 15 All Stars Guilty Pleasures Week

So, this week the stars got to dance to a "guilty pleasure" song of their choosing.  We have the team freestyle dance this week, as well, which should be interesting.  Also, due to the Presidential debate,  the two hour show was split into two nights, Monday & Tuesday, so we got to see half of the eight remaining couples, along with the team chosen by Derek & Shawn.  There will be no elimination this week and the scores from this week will be added to next week's score.

Did you check out that dress that Brooke was wearing?  Giant HORIZONTAL stripes and she still looked as hot as ever.  It's nuts!  I did think the hair was a bit too poofy.  My gosh, how tall do they need her to be, anyway??

First to dance were Kelly & Val, who did a Samba to Cher Lloyd's "Want U Back."  Right away, I was worried about them b/c Kelly is back to working all day on set at General Hospital and they had to learn two dances this week.  It seemed like she was really having a hard time getting the steps down and she was constantly on the edge of a meltdown, just from sheer exhaustion.  Do the GH producers have no heart?  It's DWTS we're talking about here, give a girl a break.  So, I was totally unimpressed by her outfit.  As Cheryl said, later, "The Samba is a party dance."  EXACTLY.  A black get up, from head to toe, (and a boppy little stupid outfit, at that) does nothing to say party, not to mention it doesn't showcase Kelly's adorable figure, something the Samba itself begs to do, with all its shakin'!  I think the entire problem was song and wardrobe based.  Both just made the whole thing seem bogged down and, unfortunately, the scores reflected it, with them getting the lowest score of the night...24.5.  I do so hope her fan base kicks in, though, b/c she is fabulous to watch and I know she has lots more to give. 

Next up, Gilles & (still on my last nerve) Peta doing a Rumba to Whitney Houston's, "I Will Always Love You."  Truly, I'm happy to just sit and watch Gilles do nothing, but stand there.  An occasional word of broken English is fine, too.  But, THE DANCE........I'm pretty sure I've never seen such a fantastic Rumba in my life.  I got so caught up in it that I had to rewind it to make sure Gilles was actually dancing.  It was totally mesmerizing.  In the beginning of the song, the girl (best cover ever of this song) was singing a Capella and the beauty of their dance with no background music was something to behold.  It wasn't the best dance EVER, I mean it *was* the Rumba and yeah, they were a pinch short on the actual "rumba-ing", but it's what it became in Gilles & Peta that was captivating.  After the dance, we got to see the funniest thing ever on DWTS, at least as far as I can remember, and that would be Carrie Ann falling off her chair.  She screams out, "Let the baby making begin," referencing Gilles comment in practice that it was gonna be so hot that babies were going to be made all over the world, and proceeds to just fall right out of her chair.  I was laughing so hard and so long (ridiculous number of replays I enjoyed in my room) that I had tears just streaming down my face.  If you didn't see the show, go find a clip of that happening.  It's priceless!!  Len falls on the table laughing, Bruno throws himself on the table, the people in the audience are totally stunned, it was hysterical.  I just forced my husband and my teenage son to sit through the video of the dance and the fall lol....the whole thing just kills me.  OK, anyway, they are atop the leader board with 29.5.

The third couple to dance is Kirstie & Maks (whom you'll notice has been getting FAR less attention from me this season), dancing a Quick Step to Simon & Garfunkels's, "Mrs. Robinson."  My first thought was:  DUMB.  My last thought:  DUMB.  I'm not impressed.  The judges thought they danced better than Kelly & Val.  I do believe they were still on some high from Carrie Ann's fall.  Then again, I may just be bitter.....in rehearsal, Kirstie was talking about the song, basically about how it's appropriate, not only for her, but all the other women 40 & over and "maybe even 50 & up," who have a mad crush on Maks.  Maks is hot and now b/c I'm over 40 I'm some Mrs. Robinson?  PPPFFFTT!  Can she just speak for her 60+ self, please?  How old is he, anyway?  He's almost exactly 10 years younger than I am, so I guess that can make me a Mrs. Robinson, but I still resent it.  As an aside, if Kirstie Alley is a size 6, I'm the queen of frickin England!  I don't know what they got...don't care...sorry if you do.  I think maybe it was a half point higher than Kelly.

The final couple to dance was Emmitt & Cheryl, who did a Samba (note the SAMBA music here, Kelly & Val) to "Copacabana," by Barry Manilow.  It was, as Bruno said, like they were having the best party in the world right there.  It was so fun!  I noticed the little misstep that the judges commented on, but really it was nothing in all the dancing they did.  I had a blast watching them and, had it not been 4am, I'd have probably tried to get up and dance with them.  They scored a 29, their best score this season, I do believe.

Team dance, consisting of Derek & Shawn, Melissa & Tony, A.Pol.O A.Pol.O A.Pol.O....my needle got stuck, sorry....& Karina and Sabrina & Louis.  Let me preface my commentary on this dance by saying, again, how very mismatched I think Karina & Apolo are.  I think he could be doing SO much better, but she really is just not suited to him...nor him her.  Seriously, though, how do you make an Olympian look bad??  Right?  Now, I'll admit, I was afraid this dance was gonna bomb, given their cheesy outfits.  They had to dance to Carly Rae Jepsen's, "Call Me Maybe," but lifts and tricks and such were allowed.  I just didn't want it to be all like cheerleading camp b/c I can watch the cheerleading championships for that kind of thing.  As it turns out, it was an awesome routine.  They had plenty of fun tricks (Melissa ended up being like a human jump rope, at one point), but each couple had their individual moment in the spotlight and all of them did really well, really playing up their strengths.  I guess I should mention that Melissa ended up having to be carted away in an ambulance (can you say dramatic flair), but was given the green light to dance.  They said the diagnosis was a herniated disc, but man oh man, I have those, from time to time and IDK how they said or she felt she could dance with one.  I'm not a believer, but whatever you gotta do to get ratings lol!  They scored very high on the team routine, with a 29.5.  Should've been a 30 imho, but I got the feeling the judges were saving that extra half point for the next team, should they be able to be even better. 

Tonight, we have the rest of the couples, as well as the next team dance.  I will try to get the blog updated about that tomorrow, but remember, no elimination this week.