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<\/a>Now, praying for a fair outcome, it\u2019s come down to the cry-baby-but-fabulous-for-her-age Jennifer Gray, dancing with adorable two-time champ Derek Hough, against charming, good-natured, hard-working Kyle Massey, partnered with the dancer-with-the-best-attitude, Lacey Schwimmer, whose last name the show\u2019s announcer still can\u2019t pronounce. Both deserve that mirror ball trophy and either could really win. As long as the aforementioned demons don\u2019t make the Palin girl the winner.<\/p>\n[Sidebar: she seems like a sweet girl to me, so I have no problem with her personally. But she\u2019s like a robot with a bit of dance ability, totally devoid of personality or smarts. I just resent that she has nothing to recommend that she should have gotten this far, and that the people who vote for her have no basis to do so, except for non-admirable agendas.]<\/p>\n
One more word on Brandy\u2019s too-early elimination: The few words my mother had to say on the subject summed it up best: Mom: \u201cI didn\u2019t like her.\u201d Me: \u201cYou didn\u2019t?\u201d Mom: \u201cShe\u2019s a good dancer, but I didn\u2019t like<\/em> her.\u201d Maks tried his hardest, and Brandy\u2019s an excellent dancer, but her way-too-intense attitude just turned people off. (And BTW–I<\/em> give Maks props for speaking his mind, unlike others who condemn him for it. You go, boy.)<\/p>\n So, back to the show last night. I\u2019m keeping my fingers crossed for Kyle. He came in young, with a fan base of just little kids and teens who don\u2019t vote, and has been upbeat and pleasant throughout. He\u2019s a pleasure to watch and listen to. And I\u2019d like a new pro to take the prize. (Derek and Mark have each won two times already.)<\/p>\n But, I\u2019ll be okay if Jennifer and Derek win. He\u2019s the most genius choreographer ever, and always looks out for his partners, with ways to portray them in the best light. And having met him, I can vouch for that he\u2019s as wonderful and genuine in person as he is on the show. For you skating fans out there, I compare him to Christopher Dean, the highest artistic compliment I can give anyone.<\/p>\n Now, to last night in specific. I keep hoping that the judges will just give Bristol marks low enough to prevent the voting public from being able to keep her on the show, no matter how many times they cheat<\/span> vote. I really thought the producers would be embarrassed enough to instruct them to do so, if they couldn\u2019t figure it out for themselves.<\/p>\n But it just does not happen! The judges are losing all credibility, even Len, who\u2019s really the only one I respect anyhow. He\u2019s the only ballroom person on the panel; Bruno is just a non-ballroom choreographer and Carrie Anne was a hip-hop dancer. They shouldn\u2019t even be there! But don\u2019t get me started on that. I hate this expression, but in this case, it really \u201cis what it is\u201c, and I guess we all have to accept it or not watch.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s really upsetting to see Bristol, who can barely walk, let alone dance, do these lackluster, simple dances and get nines, the same scores as Kyle, who\u2019s doing much harder choreography and selling it, baby! Even if it would be weird to hand-out sixes and sevens at this late stage of the competition, that\u2019s exactly what they should be doing where Bristol is concerned.<\/p>\n She doesn\u2019t even fit the bill to being with–she\u2019s neither \u201cdancing,\u201d nor a \u201cstar.\u201d What\u2019s she doing on there?! If the show were titles Walking Around With Receptionists<\/em>, she could probably win it fair and square.<\/p>\n So, back to the show last night. I feel that all the free-styles were disappointing. Bristol\u2019s was awful, and it seems that Mark designed it for some sort-of drama, rather than dance steps. He knew she couldn\u2019t rival the others in the actual dancing, but he should have at least tried to make it special.<\/p>\n And Derek just basically threw little Jennifer around, ala first season champs, Alex Mazo and Kelly Monaco. That\u2019s not dancing, except maybe apache-style. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s because Jennifer isn\u2019t able to do fun hip-hop dancing, or the like, as witnessed by the few seconds they showed in the video package last week of her free-styling to Mercy<\/em> with her earbuds in. Very disappointing stuff.<\/p>\n Which brings us to Kyle, who really does deserve to win, and to whom the title seems to matter least because he\u2019s the most mentally stable. He\u2019s just enjoying himself and being happy to entertain us, the way it should be. He and Lacey should be a lesson to all people, especially, young \u2019uns, on the proper way to conduct oneself.<\/p>\n I really do want Kyle to win, and Mr. X and I voted for him as many times as legally allowed, without inventing email addresses. But, because of how good she\u2019s been all season, and also because it would be fun to see a 50+ female win, I\u2019d have no gripe is Jennifer comes out the victor.<\/p>\n As I warned Mr. X several weeks ago, Bristol just may win, bite my tongue, and if that travesty should occur, I fully except to find many more instances of disgruntled viewers shooting their television sets. So, as long as Bristol doesn\u2019t<\/em> win, we\u2019re all<\/em> winners.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n [I should have some thoughts on the outcome in my 200th<\/sup> column next week!]<\/strong><\/p>\n \u3000<\/p>\n \u3000<\/p>\n \u3000<\/p>\n \u3000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DANCING WITH THE STARS SEASON 11 FINALE \u00a0 Okay, so now that the shock of Brandy and Maks not making it to the final has kind-of worn-off, and turned into lingering anger, the actual dance finale finally happened last night. And, if the no-talent-or-personality Bristol Palin wins, the show will have lost any credibility it<\/p>\n