Feb

21

Dancing with the Stars on Oprah

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This morning on The Oprah Winfrey Show was the “Dancing with the Stars Extravaganza.” Oprah sat a table with host Tom Bergeron and judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli sat at their judges’ table. The whole set was transformed to look like the DWTS ballroom.
The prior dance champions performed on the [...]

Jan

17

Danica Patrick says no to Dancing with the Stars

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment

Indy car driver Danica Patrick said that she won’t be following in the footsteps of fellow driver Helio Castroneves. Helio, who of course was this year’s winner on Dancing with the Stars, recommended her to be on next season’s show.
Danica said that she does not have the infectious personality that Helio has and is [...]

Nov

29

Dancing with the Stars: break-up and breaking down

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

November 29, 2007 | 3 Comments

Although the Dancing with the Stars season officially ended with the awarding of the mirror ball trophy to winner Helio Castroneves, the DWTS news does not stop.
Mark Ballas apparently dislocated his shoulder during the cha cha cha routine with Sabrina Bryan.  I did not even notice, but according to this article, you can see him [...]

Nov

27

The Dancing with the Stars winner is . . . Helio Castronves

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Finally, at 9:56 p.m., the Dancing with the Stars winner was announced. And the winner is . . .
HELIO CASTRONVES

I am very happy with this outcome. The fact that he is a total non-dancer, non-performer, and he accomplished so much is a great feat. As a cute touch, they brought him some [...]

Nov

27

Dancing with the Stars: The Final Dances

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment

In tonight’s Dancing with the Stars finale, Mel B. and Helio Castroneves had to perform one last routine for the judges. Each dancer was able to chose their favorite dance of the season to perform. All the smoke and dramatic music for their introductions was so believably over the top and unnecessary. [...]

Nov

26

Dancing with the Stars: The Final recap

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

November 26, 2007 | 2 Comments

This week on the finals of Dancing with the Stars, each dancer had to perform two dances, one style chosen by the judges as a repeat performance and one freestyle routine, with the rules about lifts, uh, lifted.
Mel B. (Cha Cha Cha, judge request) : I thought that this routine was really fun and playful. [...]

Nov

20

Helio Castroneves through to finale, Jennie Garth eliminated

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments

Helio Castroneves was named the third dancer to move on to the Dancing with the Stars finale, meaning that the most improved dancer, Jennie Garth, was eliminated.
Prior to her elimination, judge Len Goodman was asked which of the two couples should be heading home. He said that he wanted the best couples in the [...]

Nov

19

Dancing with the Stars Week 9 Recap

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This week on Dancing with the Stars, the contestants were able to pick the dance styles that they wanted to perform. They also had the benefit of a master class with judge Len Goodman during the week. The judges were fairly liberal in handing out tens this week, with Helio Castroneves, Mel [...]

Nov

12

Dancing with the Stars week 8 recap

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Helio Castroneves was the star of the night, pulling off two high scoring performances, including scoring a perfect 30 on his quick step.  Mel B. was pretty close behind, thanks to her hot mambo.  Here are my thoughts on all the routines:
Jennie Garth: (Jive) I thought that this was a very fun routine, although Jennie [...]

Nov

6

DWTS Week 7: Jane Seymour Eliminated

Posted by Brandon Mendelson

November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment

As I posted previously, Marie Osmond’s father passed away this morning. As a result, Marie was not at this week’s results show on Dancing with the Stars. At the beginning of the show, Tom Bergeron announced that Marie was safe this week.
This week’s spotlight dance was Mel B’s Paso Doble, which garnered a [...]

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