Tear, guys! It's the last week of Dancing with the Stars. After this my life returns to an abyss of waiting for Lost to premier, shouting at Grey's Anatomy's Izzie through the TV (I mean ghost sex? GHOST SEX???) and House reruns. Tom Bergeron calls this "the most closely contested finals EVER!" but that is a blatant lie. Brooke Burke, FTW.
The sailor outfit totally makes this pic work.
***As usual, the recap is written by Krank, and the pics and pic recap are Flip!
It's been a season full of drama (remember how pissy The Looch got?), illness (Julianne Hough) and injury (Misty May-Traenor and, like, everyone else.) The field has been whittled from 13 to 3 and tonight is the final performance show - LIIIIVE!
Before their finale dances, each pair has chosen their favorite ballroom and Latin numbers from the season thus far. Y'know. For filler. I'm just glad it's dancing filler and not Jessica Simpson singing or something. First up Brooke and Derek, who chose their Quickstep. Since they're not actually re-performing the numbers, just naming them and playing the tape back, I'm not going to describe them for you. Funny story though, I don't remember the first time Brooke and Derek performed this. Their favorite Latin number was the Paso Doblé they did to the DeBeers diamond commercial theme song. Ah, classic.
Kinda hard to not be offended.
Derek gives a little rundown of Brooke's stellar stats: She's been at the top of the leaderboard for 80% of the competition, she's the only one to have gotten a perfect 30/30, she's had 12 10's over the season and she's had the highest average score over the season. Like I said, it's Brooke's to lose.
We go back to the live studio to find Brooke dressed like Peg Bundy. Okay, maybe not dressed, per se, but definitely styled, in the hair area, like Peg Bundy. I really want her to whine "Aaaaal!" through her nose right now. Tom reminds her of her stumble last week and asks how she's handling the pressure of screwing up right before the finals. She's all "positive thinking" and shit cause she knows she's gonna win this thing.
Aaaaal!
After a little commercial break we get to see Lance and Lacey's favorite ballroom and Latin numbers. For ballroom, they chose their Tango. Lance likes it because it was one of their signature "risks" but this one actually paid off. I'm still not crazy about this zombie tango. He calls their Mambo from last week their best Latin dance. You know, this was the one where Lacey wore that crazy Dr. Seuss dress.
Green eggs and ham Sam I am.
Lacey thinks Lance deserves to win because he's the most improved dancer. In his list of stats, his achievements include being the only celebrity to beat Brooke all season, which would be more comforting IF BROOKE WEREN'T STILL IN THE COMPETITION. He also has the biggest lead ever going into the finals, showing that he's peaking at the right time. That, or Brooke choked at just the right time.
Last up, the dark horse for the trophy, Warren Sapp, with his favorite dance picks. His favorite Ballroom dance was the Viennese Waltz, which was Kym's favorite as well. He loved being able to "pull the pace down" while she loved seeing him glide across the floor. Their favorite Latin dance was the Paso Doblé. He loved the outfits and the dance, because he's all about intimidating the competition. This was definitely their breakout number. I just love Warren Sapp in eyeliner, stomping around the dance floor.
So sorry, I didn't mean to step on you!
Kym thinks Warren should win because he's the crowd pleaser. Pshaw, he doesn't rely on no stinking TECHNIQUE! Smiles and winks all the way. They're clearly the underdog, as they have never come in first, but they do have the most second place finishes. He's the only one left in the finals not coming from an entertainment background, and yet he's the most entertaining one out there! Warren promises to win by bringing "A whole lotta something you haven't seen." I can't wait!
Before we can get to the adult dancing, it's time to crown the junior champions: Craig and Samantha. They look thrilled. Seriously, they're showing more energy in this dance than when they were announced the winners. These kids are so pro, they don't even care about this fake dancing competition trophy. Hey kids, shoot for the stars, maybe some day you can be the next Julianne Hough and have your voice over-produced so you, too, can be a "singer."
That's the plan, biatch!
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Comments (1)
Lance should have been 1st runner up.
All Warren had was personality. Warren should have been crowned Miss Congeniality and considering how much he swishes I think that would have been an appropriate title.
You know I didn't mind seeing Cloris. She didn't seem nearly as needy.
1 of 1 | Posted by Mr Dangerous | Posted on December 3, 2008 12:36 PM