Latin flops plague Dancing with the Stars

Tonight’s show was filled with Latin dances – the Samba and Rumba – but for some reason the stars were not performing as well as they should have.

Except of course for Kristi Yamaguchi. She is a dancing machine!! Is there any dance she can’t do? Her technique and style was magnificent. Once again she is on top of the leader board with 29 points.

The other seven stars performed okay, they are bunched up in the middle. I thought Jason Taylor performed the rumba better than the 27 points the judges gave him. But just like the other stars there was something missing in his performance.

Did you see Priscilla Presley’s splits? Wow! For a gal 62 years old that was incredible. Her rumba was technically difficult and looked really slow and I think the 21 points she got was right. She’s on the bottom of the leader board right now.

I was a bit disappointed in Shannon Elizabeth’s samba. She had moments of greatness and moments of just walking through the motions. Well her partner, Derek was recovering from food poisoining and last week he had his kneck in a brace. Hope these two can pull it out for next week’s competition with no more problems.

Finally, Mario stepped it up. The judges gave him a 27 and rightfully so. He had the moves and style to his Samba that looked great.

Did you see Marissa shake, shake, shake through the Samba? She said that she was the little engine that could – well choo! choo! Marissa you did great and the judges gave you a 24.

Cristian’s performance was okay and the judges said so by giving him only 23 points. His rumba was not quite there.

Hats off again to Marlee Matlin and her performance of the samba. For a person who is deaf the different beats and rhythms are very difficult to match. The judges gave her 22 points, I only hope she comes back stronger next week.

This week’s prediction is difficult. It seemed as though the stars slumped except for Kristi and Jason. But I’m going out on a limb and predicting that Priscilla Presley will be gone.

Until later,

Linda

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