{"id":1883,"date":"2010-09-22T13:14:03","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T17:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2010-09-22T13:14:03","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T17:14:03","slug":"television-dancing-with-the-stars-season-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/television-dancing-with-the-stars-season-11\/","title":{"rendered":"TELEVISION: DANCING WITH THE STARS–SEASON 11!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

DANCING WITH THE STARS<\/em>–SEASON 11!!!<\/h1>\n

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Okay, I fought it for a day, but I must weigh-in on the new season of Dancing With the Stars<\/em>, though I choke on that last word, in this case, since very few of them are indeed \u201cstars.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kurt Warner and Anna Trebunskaya.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kurt Warner is the only person on there who ever labeled the people who are competing, including himself, correctly. He said, \u201cthe other contestants\u201d at one point, and that\u2019s what most of them are–contestants, not celebrities. It\u2019s kind-of like watching Biggest Loser<\/em>–we get into the participants and call them by their first names and assess their goodness or badness, but we weren\u2019t familiar with them before their stints on the show. That\u2019s how I feel about this season\u2019s crop of dancers–they\u2019re not \u201ccelebrities,\u201d per se–the show is making them into<\/em> celebs. You can take a dozen folks off the street, and the public would be just as interested in them. It\u2019s sad, but I guess the masses are basically voyeurs.<\/p>\n

That being said, Mr. X and I were actually pleasantly surprised watching this week\u2019s debut shows. I almost gave it up this season when there was nobody to root for, no one I was interested in spending time watching, and about half I\u2019d never seen before and a few I\u2019d never even heard of!<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m glad we tuned in. We got several guffaws out of the first show, and I actually forgot all my problems for those two hours! More from TV one cannot ask.<\/p>\n

There was actually not even one contestant I hated! The chick in the yellow dress who went first who I have no idea who she is was the only real waste of time, and the chubby kid from a Disney show is the new King Obo to me. (Most obnoxious person, for those of you who aren\u2019t yet used to my lingo quirks.)<\/p>\n

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Bristol Palin, rocking one of my old numbers, with partner Mark Ballas.<\/p><\/div>\n

I had never seen \u201cThe Situation\u201d or Bristol Palin before, and found them interesting. Bristol doesn\u2019t seem to be anywhere near the imbecile her infamous mother is; rather, she seems like a sweet girl to me, to whom I give a million props for participating when she\u2019s far from a celeb. I thought she did a charming dance, wearing a red fringed dress that\u2019s the child of several of my own favorite wardrobe pieces.<\/p>\n

The Situation was only a tad amusing, and that by accident, as most Jersey guys are, but it was interesting to see him in action. I had read about his abs before, so I was surprised to see how physically unattractive he is. He has a weird body, the worst pigeon toes I\u2019ve ever seen, (I seriously have no idea how he\u2019s going to dance with those puppies,) and his face looks about 45-years-old. There\u2019s no way that guy is only 27. No way. Look at his forward. But he proves my theory that America will watch just about anybody who\u2019s put in front of us.<\/p>\n

Mr. X asked me for whom I\u2019m rooting, and really, the answer is nobody. I feel bad that Karina, my favorite female dancer, (I seem to be alone in that, though,) got saddled with The Sitch, while her ex, Maks, got probably the best one, Brandy. I want them both to be around for several weeks, in hopes that they\u2019ll reconcile. They were one of my favorite couples, and believe me, that list is short.<\/p>\n

Kurt Warner is my favorite contestant, so far, and I\u2019m glad because I\u2019ve always liked him. He and Bristol seemed to be having the most fun out there, and that was nice to watch, as opposed to the stiff-as-a-board Michael Bolton. I\u2019ve honestly never seen anyone that cardboard before. He made me completely uncomfortable, and should have definitely been the first one eliminated.<\/p>\n

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First eliminee David Hasslehoff with partner Kym Johnson.<\/p><\/div>\n

I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m saying this, but I was actually sad to see the Hoff go. He handled it the best I\u2019ve ever seen anyone do who was the first to leave, and he was correct in his attitude–after all, this is just a silly dancing competition for non-dancers. Period. The ones who act like they\u2019re going home will alter life as we know it are just too self-centered for me. (BTW–David Hasselhoff didn\u2019t need<\/em> this show, as most of the others do who aren\u2019t really yet famous and want to further their careers. The only upside for him was that he showed us non-fans how pleasant he can be. I can see now why Germans love him, if this is his regular attitude.)<\/p>\n

Just a couple of more thoughts here: one is that I think the participants should each get two weeks guaranteed, and have the eliminations start then–the rehearsal process is just way too much to go through to get to perform only one dance.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know why, but I\u2019ve just never liked Rick Fox. Perhaps it\u2019s because he looks like a caricature of a handsome man. Or left Vanessa Williams. Or was a Laker. But I sure admired his posture when he danced!<\/p>\n

And what was up with Maks\u2019 secret behind-the-back hand grab of Bristol as they took their places for the final showdown last night??? Even as a Republican un-wed teen-age mother with a fact-challenged mom, she\u2019d be a definite improvement over his last paramour, the creepy, nasal Erin Andrews. So, you go Maksol! Or would their moniker be Brismak?<\/p>\n

And why did Kym Johnson and Karina Smirnoff feel the need to have off-season nose jobs, the second for Karina? The former didn\u2019t really need one at all, and the latter definitely looked better with her big-ish nose–it fit her face better.<\/p>\n

One final note: I could not wait for the producers to replace Samantha Harris as co-host last season. She was just downright awful, a sentiment shared by just about everyone who commented on message boards everywhere. I knew nothing of Brooke Burke except that she was a former contestant on this show and had hosted something somewhere. But she\u2019s terrible, too, in a different way. She\u2019s completely devoid of personality and has nothing to ask the current celebs. She comes up with the most banal questions that require nothing more than an obligatory one-word answer, then sticks the mike in the interviewees faces, and leaves it there!!! And doesn\u2019t listen to a word they say, to be able to follow-up. She\u2019s neither quick nor clever, and it\u2019s time to replace her, as well. But I\u2019m glad she\u2019s there this<\/em> season because, with no dancers to hate, Brooke fills that bill.<\/p>\n

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DANCING WITH THE STARS–SEASON 11!!! \u00a0 Okay, I fought it for a day, but I must weigh-in on the new season of Dancing With the Stars, though I choke on that last word, in this case, since very few of them are indeed \u201cstars.\u201d Kurt Warner is the only person on there who ever labeled<\/p>\n

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