Dancing with the Stars - Great Ratings, Average Show - 
by J-Unit
When I first saw the promos for the ABC show Dancing with the Stars, I thought that it was a joke. I think I may have been drunk at the time, but then ABC was airing commercials even when I was dry as a bone. With a second chance to contemplate the whole concept, I started to warm up to the whole idea just a little bit. They were going to teach some celebrities how to dance, and pair them up with actual competitive ballroom dancers. If you haven't seen ballroom dancing live or on TV, it is actually much more interesting than it sounds and you get caught up in the whole thing. It's sort of like when you are watching Olympic coverage and realize that it is 3AM and you have been watching them alternate between the trampoline and synchronized swimming for the last hour. How in hell was I going to resist the possibility of Evander Holyfield showing us his jazz hands?
The name "Dancing with the Stars" should be used lightly because the "stars" portion of the show isn't exactly littered with heavyweights - well, if you don't include Evander Holyfield, that is. After Holyfield, there are a number of B, C, and D list celebrities rounding out the field:
- Trista Sutter was on The Bachelor and then became the first Bachelorette, and she has been hated ever since.
- Rachel Hunter was a supermodel, but is now known for being Rod Stewart's ex, and for playing "Stacey's Mom" in a video.
- Kelly Monaco(not Alec Mazo, thanks MH) is apparently a (Daytime) Emmy-nominated actress. Maybe you have heard of her.
- Joey McIntyre was a part of New Kids on the Block, but has gone on to stardom, now holding the record for number of appearances on TRL. I will also take this time to remind my friend C.R. about her Joey keychain that she loved so much in sixth grade.
- John O'Hurley is another famous soap star, but he will be forever known to us as J. Peterman from Seinfeld. I hope when he's dancing, he doesn't end up ruining the very pants he was going to return.
The format of the show is pretty simple. The stars practice with their professional dancing partners, and get a choice of two styles of dancing to perform in front of three judges. ABC is trying to make it like some sort of American Idol dynamic with two guys and a girl, choosing Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Bruno Tonioli, all of them supremely unspectacular except for Bruno. But he's only mildly interesting because you wonder where he learned how to speak the English. Anyway, the judges will award scores up to 30 points, which comprises half of the final score. The other half of the score come courtesy of the viewers through online and phone voting. The following week, the loser will be eliminated and the rest live to dance again.
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