The Boys Are Back - Dancing With The Stars

Written by "tinkcrzy1972"
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The boys may be back, but did they bring their A game? The ladies sure threw down the gauntlet last night, with one of the most impressive first week totals in the history of the show. We'll see how the guys do as soon as they finish.


Cameron Mathison with his professional partner, the newlywed Edyta Sliwinska, are up first tonight, with the foxtrot. Edyta has that alluring newlywed's glow, and has never looked so beautiful. She makes a stunning partner for Cameron. I'm sure having him as a partner this year has something to do with her infectious smile, what with the legions of fervent fans he brings from All My Children. I've been joking since they announced him as a contestant that if they run across a dance he can't do well, all he needs to do is take off his shirt and he can get a 10 from Carrie Ann! After seeing him dance, though, it doesn't look like he'll need to go to those extremes. He has a great carriage and frame, excellent posture, and has among the best extensions I've ever seen from a male celeb on here. He's also a good, strong lead, something that not too many of the guys can truly pull off so early in the game. Cameron and Edyta scored 7,7,7 tonight.


Second this evening is boxer Floyd Mayweather with his professional partner Karina Smirnoff. Both are cream of the crop in their fields, but how will they gel as a team? Floyd seems to have some real commitment issues early on in the training, and it takes Karina calling him out on it and then leaving a training session to bring the man to his senses. Thank goodness he decided to start listening to her coaching, this woman isn't a champion for no reason. I have to admit that I didn't like Karina much in her first season with the show. Floyd is certainly a step up from Billy Ray, but he's no Mario! I think he's going to need to lighten up his frame and learn how to be a partner to Karina instead of showboating and showing off. She's his teammate, not his opponent, and if he doesn't change his ways, it will make it much harder for this pair to advance in the competition. Floyd and Karina had scores of 6,6,6 for their cha-cha tonight.


Next up tonight is IRL driver Helio Castroneves, paired with the champion from last season, Julianne Hough. Early on we see what wonderful chemistry they have together, and Helio is quite charming, as well as a hard worker. I think this is another supercouple in the making. Helio makes the foxtrot look effortless, and that winning smile of his is sure to win over a large number of voters. Out of the guys he is my favorite for dancing (Cameron gets the nod for looks...lol). And Julianna looks awesome as always! They receive scores of 8,9,8.

Albert Reed and Anna Trebunskya are our next couple to tackle the cha cha. I've missed Anna on the show very much the two seasons she was gone to compete with a new partner. I've always enjoyed when she and husband Jonathan Roberts performed together on the show, and I loved her dynamic with Jerry Rice in season 2. I wish I could say that I loved Albert, but as pretty as he is to look at, he's just not doing anything for me. He is a ok dancer, though, with fantastic hip action. He and Anna get 7,7,7 tonight.


Mark Cuban and partner Kym Johnson are the last foxtrotters of the night. Kym was the runner up last season with partner Joey Fatone, and partnered Jerry Springer in her first season of the U.S. version of the show. Mark is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, best known for getting into trouble with the officials in the NBA. There is some early concern about his hip, as he had hip replacement surgery just 7 weeks before starting his training for the show. I have to say that Mark was much better than I thought he would be, and I liked him more than I wanted to going in. He was very light on his feet and was clearly having a blast out on the dance floor. Its hard not to respond to that. Mark and Kym had scores of 7,7,7 tonight.

Our last couple tonight is Wayne Newton with two time champion Cheryl Burke. Cheryl looks really great, she's grown her hair out over the break from the show, and it suits her. She's trying so hard to help Mr. Vegas shine, but he doesn't make it easy. Wayne is very heavy on his feet, and doesn't follow through on his extensions. Don't even get me started on the lack of hip action! I so had high hopes for Wayne but after last night I get the feeling that Cheryl won't be around until the final much less win. Wayne and Cheryl get scores of 6,7,6 this evening.

Well, tomorrow night is the big night, someone is going home. Unfortunately, it looks like that someone may be Josie Marin and partner Alec Mazo. Poor Alec was the first to go last year, I really hope that I'm wrong. I think we may be surprised and see either Floyd Mayweather or Jennie Garth in the bottom two. Oh well, guess we'll all be finding out together tomorrow night, see you then!
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