Dancing With The Stars - Take Your Pick Night

For tonight, the stars get to pick their dance they want to do from the list of dances they have not done yet. We will also get the group number tonight, which will be a rock-n-roll number that should be lots of high energy with lots of lifts.....legal lifts that the stars dedicate to Carrie Ann...lol

First up tonight is Sabrina and Mark with the foxtrot. I think they did a good job. Sabrina is defiantely better with the faster, funkier dances, but she did a really nice foxtrot. Unfortunately Lena nd Bruno thought she was being too agressive. Carrie Ann disagreed with them and frankly so did I. Not her best, but by far not bad. A nine form Carrie Ann and 8's from Len and Bruno.

Jennie and Derek are next with a mambo. due to Jennie's lackluster performance with a latin dance last week, I really thought this mambo would be ho-hum. But I was wrong. I thought she did a great job. She came out of her shell and had a lot of fun with it. The judges agreed and she got three 9's

Jane and Tony are next and will be doing a jive. During their practice segment we see that they went to visit some sailors and dance for them. This was not one of Jane's better dances. Although you could see she was having fun with it, unfortunately she seemed heavy footed. Her kicks and flicks fell flat for me. Two 7's and an 8.

Cameron and Edyta are next with a sambo. To get Cameron in the grove, Edyta takes him to experience the carnival spirit that will be needed for this dance. Unfortunately the music they are given has a tribal undertone and sounds nothing like Carnival. Edyta is dressed like Pochahantas and Cameroon....well anything he wears that is sleveless is ok with me. I personally liked their dance, even thought it was more tribal than carnival. Carrie Ann agreed with me, but Bruno and Len had a problem with the warrior. 9, 8, 8 gets them pretty decent scores.

Mel and Maks have the rhumba tonight. Ok, you all know I don't like Mel but love love love Maks....hubba hubba. Their rhumba tonight is good (Maks did great), but for me at a perfect score, which is what the judges gave them. It may have been hot, for some, but I just did not feel it. And I am sure it is because I just don't like Mel.

Marie and Jonathan are next and have the pasa doble. Marie tells Jonathan that she wants to be the bull....lol! This is probably a good dance for Marie to do this week. It's not too fast and will hopefully stop all the naysayers who insist Marie must quit or the producers must make her quit because of her fainting spell last week. They perform a good safe pasa,but I was so hoping for something more dramatic from Marie. 8, 8, 7 for their scores.

Helio and Julianne are back tonight with a cha cha. Helio is glad to be back in him element, that being a fun dance that she can smile all the way through. The serious dances don't see to work for Helio. You know last year, I LOVED Julianne. What she did with Apollo was amazing. But this year, eh....not feeling her at all. She seems to have gotten the big head and become more arrogant and bossy to her star. Their cha cha was good...not great but good. And you could tell Helio had more fun wiht this dance. Surprizingly 2 9's and a 10 for their dance. I guess I really do not know what I am talking about...lol

Our much anticipated group rock-n-roll number choreographed by Christian Perry is next. Their practice footage revelas they only have one day of practice. They have to learn the routine and polish the routine in one session. WOW....They did an amazing job. It was a Jocks versus the Cool Kids theme and they rocked t. The lifts were great. Makes me wish the freestyle were here already.

Tomorow night is the results show and the special guest singer will be none other than Barry Manilow. Will we get to see Louis VanAmstel dancing to CopaCabana again.....we can only hope!!!!

Until then.........