Re: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 3) on ABC, Tues 9/12

The first episode of Dancing with the Stars (Series 3) aired tonight
and our verdict at www.dancescape.com is ...

A bigger set, more "celebrities", nice lighting and a beautiful
chandelier ... the show looks like it will probably pull in the ratings
needed to maintain the dancing momentum and likely propel it to Season
4.

TUCKER CARLSON (MSNBC news anchor) & Elena Grinenko
Tucker has very spastic leg and feet action. Maybe that's why he was
sitting down for most of the "Dance". There really is not one ounce of
"natural" rhythm running through his veins. It also looked like a
little dieting might have helped (although if he makes it past the next
few episodes, he may very well lose a lot of weight through the
vigorous training that Elena no doubt will give to him!). But his
boyish charm made up for some of his lack of talent. OK, maybe we're a
bit hard on him, but that's our honest opinion.

MONIQUE COLEMAN (Actress) & Louis Van Amstel
Never heard of Monique before the show, but she does look like she
really works hard at maintaining her chiseled biceps. Monique's hand
movements are actually quite lovely. There were some nice lines but
didn't feel any on-air chemistry between the two of them. Let's hope
that they can turn up their performance skills going into the future
rounds. As Len said, they had about as much Romance as an Autopsy. Too
Funny. For us, their routine was almost as much fun as watching paint
dry. Hope that Monique steps up because she really does have potential.

SARA EVANS (Country Music Singer & Tony Dovolani
Sara who? It was nice that she was a "mom" on the road and clearly, she
worked very hard with Tony. She had a nice elegance and maturity about
her, just a bit steppy in some sections.

WILLA FORD (Pop Singer) & Maxsim Chmerkovskiy
Why she calls herself a "Pop Star", we'll never know ... never heard of
her. She is very elegant, however, and looked very good with Maxim.
These two have a certain chemistry ... and PASSION. Look forward to
seeing her develop.

VIVICA A. FOX (Actress) & Nick Kosovich
Vivica is one COOL lady. Lots of attitude and determination. Quite a
nice job. Would like to see her around so she can kick some ass like
she did in Kill Bill.

HARRY HAMLIN (Actor) & Ashley Delgrosso
It was really fun to see Harry Hamlin & Ashley in what was probably
Muskoka, Ontario ... our favorite summer vacation spot! We were up
there earlier in the summer and it would have been quite something to
run across them. Who knew! Harry has no natural Latin rhythm, unlike
his wife Lisa. Maybe he will excel in the Ballroom Dances. Hope so! At
least Ashley has a much more dedicated partner this year.

JOE LAWRENCE (Actor) & Edyta Sliwinska
Didn't recognize "Joe" with his shaved head. His arms were a bit
distracting, but the guy CAN DANCE! Lots of natural rhythm - his tap
dancing background definitely helped! However, Edyta looked too tall
for him. Some of the camera angles made the height difference looked
even greater.

MARIO LOPEZ (Actor) & Karina Smirnoff
OK, this couple is HOT HOT HOT. The chemistry is amazing, although it's
weird because Mario actually looks "prettier" than Karina. Hopefully,
Karina will pull her hair up in a future episode. Someone should shoot
her hairdresser - it looked a BIG mess, and the way it was pulled the
side made her look like she was balding. PLEASE, Karina, get rid of the
hair dresser! It will be great to see Karina continue to develop Mario
because as a couple, they have the "IT" factor.

SHANNA MOAKLER (reality television star) & Jesse DeSoto This couple was
a bit forgettable. Never heard of Jesse before or seen him dance. Never
heard of Shanna before the show either.

EMMITT SMITH (NFL legend) & Cheryl Burke
Emmit is one COOL guy. Lovely body rhythm, great fun to watch. Similar
charisma as Evander in the first season ... but Emmit CAN DANCE!!! We
really want to see him develop and pushed to his limits!

JERRY SPRINGER (TV talk show host) & Kym Johnson
OK, so Jerry got a low score. But we LOVED him! The choreography and
music really suited him. OK, maybe there was no technique, but his
sense of humour and "charm" came through. Kym is wonderful ... some
nice "distractions" with her leg lines. As Bruno said, he comes from
the "George Hamilton School of Dancing". We really really want him to
stay around a lot longer because he is entertaining. It will be
interesting to see if his transvestite-loving, gay-bashing,
pole-dancing, trailer-trashing "Fans" will keep him around for a while.
It was very nice to hear him say that he wants to be able to dance with
his daughter at her wedding. That was a lovely sentiment. Great choice
by the producers to put in "last" as the finale. He'll be the talk of
Talk Radio and Entertainment news tomorrow.

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Ron N. wrote:
An On-Topic TV show on ABC. Haven't seen anything in the
news about the various sponsers fighting over the editing of
the show.


IMHO. YMMV.
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rhn A.T nicholson d.0.t C-o-M

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