The Semi-Final show – Dancing with the Stars

The semi-final show of Dancing with the Stars seemed a bit slow last night, especially the first half hour. The stars were reviewing their best dances to decide what they needed to improve on to do a better job. Boring! Just dance for heaven’s sake!

I really didn’t see any improvement from the stars. Maybe they decided to fine tune their dances, but their dances were just as I expected them to be. After ten weeks of performances this is how I see the stars’ performances.

Gilles Maririe is the sexy dancer and he kept up the same style with both his Waltz and Salsa. I really didn’t like his Salsa. Gilles danced the Salsa in Gilles fashion – sexy and that’s okay but for some reason his performance didn’t thrill me. Maybe I missed something, but the judges loved both his dances and he received the highest score of 60 last night. He will go on to the finals next week, that is for sure.

Shawn Johnson’s dances were fantastic. This young girl has bloomed into a well performing dancer. She shows passion in her performance and displays her characters well. I was disappointed that the judges gave her a 26 for her Jive. I believe she performed the dance very well – looked like a young girl having fun dancing the jive. Her total score was 56. She’s going on to the finals, for sure.

Melissa Rycroft’s performances last night was in the same style of performing as she has done consistently. Careful, smooth – more ballerina than a dancer. I didn’t care for her cha cha cha, I thought it wasn’t jazzy enough. Her quick step was good fun and Len gave her a 10 for the dance. Her final score was a 55. Not sure about her going to the finals.

Ty Murray’s dances showed me that even a cowboy can dance. Maybe not at the level of Gilles Maririe, but he doesn’t have two left feet. He had several missteps in his waltz but his samba was fun. He even shook his behind to make a point. I’m not sure about him going to the finals either.

So there you have it, Gilles and Shawn should be moving on to the finals. Melissa and Ty to me are on the cusp of not going. I really don’t think Ty has what it takes to compete in the finals. But if the voters keep him, I know he will give it his best cowboy effort.

Until later,

Linda

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