Here's a quick recap of last night's Dancing With the Stars. The contestants will all take on a Latin dance, as well as a group swing dance.
Joey and Kym are up first, after getting some tips from Springer, including to take off his shirt.
They attempt a manly samba. I don't know if it was manly, but it was fun. Len Goodman says he's a big swashbuckling guy .
.. a great performance.
Bruno says he went for it like a randy fighting ...
something. I have no clue what he said, and I'm hurrying. Carrie Ann says it was one of his best performances so far, though the footwork was a little off at time.
She also says he's insane. Score: 27/30.
Heather and Jonathan are next.
They practice the paso doble on the airplane to England. They dance to Don't Cry for Me Argentina. Bruno says it was very dramatic, and you know a thing or two about drama, and you worked it.
Carrie Ann says to work a little more on her shoulders and hands. Len says he loved the opening and that they had great passion and fire, and that she needs to work on her upper body a little, but overall, well done. Score: 23/30.
John and Edyta are next with the mambo. George Wendt (NOORRRRRMMMMM) is in the audience, and he looks like he's happy he's not out there. As they're dancing, I say to my husband that John's like a weirdly intense and witty teddy bear.
Carrie Ann first thing compares him to a teddy bear, too. Len says the first week he didn't think John was into it at all, but he things he has the joy back, but that the routine was awful. He calls him a ruptured duck.
Bruno says he appreciates the effort, but there were technical issues. Score: 19/30.
Laila and Maks are up with the cha cha.
They want 10s, and she wants to add some funk to the whole thing. Len says it was pure gold, even though he didn't love the part she choreographed. Bruno says she is turning into a magnificent obsession and that he loved it.
Carrie Ann says it was fantastic. Her one note is: Eyes up. Score: 28/30.
(It's hilarious to watch this after the fact on the Web site and see the contestants gesticulating toward their phone numbers ...
graphics that have been removed for the reairing.)
Billy Ray and Karina are going to do the jive. She choreographs a dance that is as fun as possible, but says it won't get points for technique.
No, no it won't. Bruno says the crazy bear has been let loose at a cheerleading convention. Carrie Ann says it was filled with moves she's never seen, but his focus is good.
Len says it wasn't his best step, but he was doing jive steps in all of that. He says it's always entertaining. Score: 21/30.
Apolo and Julianne prepare for the rumba, and Julianne can't talk because she is sick. Carrie Ann says sometimes it's hard to come back after a 30, and they didn't psych themselves out. Len says he would have liked more dancing without the chair.
Bruno says it was a choreographed poem to him. Len and Bruno go on about whether it's ballroom or theatrical or what. Anyway .
.. Score: 28/30.
Ian and Cheryl do the paso doble. Len says he's a little disappointed, that it lacked drama and he didn't like his posture. Bruno says he needs to disengage your safety net.
Carrie Ann says he has moments of brilliance, that he has what it takes, that he should pay attention to Billy Ray to get his sense of heart and joy when he dances. Score: 24/30.
Hey, did you know there was going to be a group swing?
Just wondering, since they only mentioned it 546 times. Speaking of which, it's chaotic and fun and goofy.
On to this evening: They reprise the group swing, which I literally watched five minutes ago.
I still don't get the end. But that's OK.
Apolo and Julianne are safe.
So are Laila and Maks.
Then some other stuff happens. And then Joey and Kym find out they are safe.
John and Edyta are in the bottom two. Ian and Cheryl are safe. Billy Ray and Karina are safe.
Heather and Jonathan, then, are in the bottom two, too.
Heather and Jonathan are going home. Heather has a speech.
She thanks everyone, except Carrie Ann, who gave them a 7.
So ..
. that's that.
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