Minicap: DWTS All-Stars

Recaps

By PopePhilly | Monday, October 29, 2012 | 6:30 pm | 13 Comments
Posted in: Dancing w/ The Stars, Recaps

Hello, Gasmii! I’m coming to you in the middle of a kind of hurricane. I refuse to actually call it a hurricane because, where I am (DC area), we’re barely getting tropical storm level winds. However, everyone here is still panicking. I went to Harris Teeter yesterday for just a few things I needed anyway. I bought the very last six pack of Gatorade Propel (grape flavored). Anyway, I hope that power holds out long enough for me to get this minicap done. 

This week, on “Dancing With the Stars,” it’s country week! Really? Country week? Do we have to? Didn’t Bristol’s quickstep to “Redneck Woman” prove that country is a stupid idea for this show?

Never again. 

Tom throws out the phrase “Y’all Stars” and I think that his Emmy should immediately be taken away for that. All of the judges scores and audience votes will be carried over from last week. So far, Sabrina and Louis are at the top of the leader board while Kelly and Val are at the bottom. This week, each of our stars will be not only be performing their regular routine, but also a solo dance! This could definitely be interesting. Then again, people also stop and star at car accidents. There is also going to be a group dance, apparently. I’m not 100% sure what is going on. No one is making it very clear. At least I’ll understand it all by the time I post the full recap.

For the first time this entire season, I look a Gilles and say, “Realyl, sweetie? Are you sure?” Also, we get our first perfect score of the season. 

Now, last week, I left you all with one of my guilty pleasures. Continuing with that trend, here is one of the few modern country songs I really like. I’m sorry that it’s not a real music video. Apparently, that isn’t available on YouTube in the US. 

Check back soon for the full recap. In the mean time, take a look at last week’s recap if you haven’t already! I’ll see you soon – if the power decides to stay on.

PopePhilly

Aside from making fun of reality television on a weekly basis, PopePhilly is a legal assistant by day and avid kickball player by night (well, at least on Thursdays). On the nerd front, she is an active member of the forensic speech and debate community. She spends her time judging at tournaments throughout the country and serving on the board of directors for the West Chester University alumni chapter of Pi Kappa Delta (yes, speech nerds get to pretend to be cool by having Greek letters).

13 Comments

  1. 1
    Enrique's Mole
    Posted October 30, 2012 at 5:48 am

    I despise country music, so this episode was barely tolerable (even with the way “Harold Wheeler and the DWTS musicians” mangle most songs). The best part was the group dance.

    Why is Carrie Ann such a twat? Len’s a bitch, but he’s a crusty old bastard with one foot in the grave so I understand his cantankerousness. What’s Carrie Ann’s excuse?

  2. 2
    Pat Ledoux
    Posted October 30, 2012 at 6:08 am

    @Enrique’s Mole, I’m with you, I HATE country music, unless it’s from the 60′s, you know, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, etc.
    I had a hard time watching it as well, had to duck out at 9 for RuPaul’s All Star Drag Race!

    I still j’adore Gilles, but that outfit? Meh. I am actually liking Louie & Sabrina too. As for Bruno, if I was Gilles, I’d watch my backside, if you catch my drift!

  3. 3
    considerthis
    Posted October 30, 2012 at 7:37 am

    The group dance was an obvious ploy to throw some extra random (2 points???) points towards a bottom dweller. I knew when Tom kept stressing “entertaiment value” of the group dance would “win” – Kirstie and Maks would get a mercy score thrown at them.

    Over the last few years at this point DWTS seems to manipulate the judging/scoring to make sure the bigger drawing names stick around. Not a fan of this blatant manipulation of the competition & viewers!

  4. 4
    wcsdancer
    Posted October 30, 2012 at 9:37 am

    I like some country music, but I hate when they do country on this show!! I’ve done country western dancing, both couple and line dancing, and I hatehatehate when these dances are all hicked out. Country Western dancers *don’t* do the thumbs hooked at the waistband and those stupid yeehaw kicks. It’s really an insult to the dance (and music) genre.

  5. 5
    wcsdancer
    Posted October 30, 2012 at 9:38 am

    P.S. Stay safe, PopePhilly.

  6. 6
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted October 30, 2012 at 12:14 pm

    Country’s a big, wide genre and has even included people like Yo Yo Ma so I don’t damn the genre as much as the crap songs they were forced to dance to.

    But even on the ballroom dancing scale of tacky a sheer, deep-v shirt was unconscionable.

  7. 7
    Angela
    Posted October 30, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    Did anyone else catch Tom Bergeron’s comment about Gilles’ outfit? He said he was starring in “How the West Hollywood Was Won.” So awesome and yet I think it got drowned out a bit by the crowd.

  8. 8
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted October 30, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    That’s hilarious…and accurate.

    A friend of mine worked on the early seasons of DWTS and she’s got nothing but love for Tom.

  9. 9
    chooch850 chooch850
    Posted October 30, 2012 at 3:04 pm

    The judges votes are such a joke. They aren’t even trying to appear professional anymore. They award one couple an outrageously high score just to prove a point and another gets what seems like a lower score just because another judge disagrees with their opinion. There is no longer any standard form at all.

    They’re just lucky I like to watch them all dance…..

  10. 10
    Pat Ledoux
    Posted October 30, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    OMG Louie & Sabrina got ripped off big time tonight

  11. 11
    PopePhilly PopePhilly
    Posted October 31, 2012 at 8:09 am

    Hey, all! I just wanted to give you a head’s up. I’m sure most of you know about that little rain storm that hit the east coast this past weekend (I’m sure a number of you were a part of it). Anyway, as of this morning, I still do not have cable or internet access (I’m taking a quick minute at work to write this). The full recap may be up a bit late. I’m hoping that I get home and everything has been restored. Thankfully, I never lost power. I’ll get the recap up ASAP. I know we all have a lot to say on the matter. :)

  12. 12
    PopePhilly PopePhilly
    Posted October 31, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    Woo! Internet and cable are back up. The full recap will be up tomorrow. Happy Halloween, Gasmii!

  13. 13
    Enrique's Mole
    Posted October 31, 2012 at 8:06 pm

    Glad to know you’re doing alright, PP. Happy Halloween!

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