Dancing With The Stars Ousts Jack Wagner

Am I good or what? I predicted the celebs who would land in the bottom on last night's “Dancing With The Stars” results show.

Out from my bottom three is Jack Wagner, who was disappointed, but left the show with grace. I didn't mind Jack, but knew he couldn't last in the company of some truly great dancers.

There is just no time this season to be anything but great as the celebs are finding out quickly. It was unheard of for the celebrities to get such high scores in these early weeks and the pressure is on to keep them up.

It was also announced last night that the judges will be stepping in for a few weeks and making the final vote-off decision themselves between the two bottom-placing couples. I like that idea. Too often this show, as well as many like it, that are driven by fan votes, become complete popularity contests and not any sort of show of skill or talent.

“American Idol” is perhaps the worst offender. It almost never fails that the contestant who comes from the most populated area of the country goes far. And now that cell phones are a must-have for every pre-teen girl on the planet, the cutest boys tend to do quite well, racking in double the votes of the girls. Sometimes the two meet and you get a cute contestant from a larger metropolis who can sing, but more often than not, the cute winning males are never heard from again after their moment of confetti-covered glory is over.

I have seen far worse offenses when it comes to the voting on “Dancing With The Stars.” And while teenage girls may not be giving themselves carpal tunnel texting in vote for their favorites, the older ladies don't seem to mind making a few calls for the men who rip off their shirts. I have as of yet to hear my husband tell any of his buddies that they need to call and save Gladys Knight from elimination, but I know for a fact that a group of women at the grocery store spend their Monday nights voting for William Levy.

For a female celeb on DWTS, her chances are greatly increased if she is paired with one of the hottie male professional dancers, i.e., Mark Ballas, Derek Hough and Maksim Yummykovsky (no, not his real name). The younger set, when their Disney dancer or hot male rap star has been eliminated, will switch their votes to actually reflect their love for the male professional and not so much whats-her-face he is dancing with.

Hopefully the judges can look past the hype and base their final decisions on actual dancing. I'm sure Len can, but am not so sure about Bruno, and Carrie Ann will be useless if anyone is dancing shirtless.

Dancing With The Stars Turns Into The Crying Game

Emotions were running high last night on Dancing With The Stars as the celebrities were asked to choose the most important year of their lives, pick a song from that time, and then form a dance to communicate the reason/event that made that year so special or heart-breaking.

If the celebs could manage to get judge Carrie Ann Inaba to cry prior to even showing up on the dance floor, they were guaranteed at least a nine, and for some those tears translated to 10's. The sobbier the story, the higher the points, with bonus points given if the celeb was too overcome with emotion to be interviewed by DWTS co-host Brooke Burke-Charvet.

The most heart-wrenching stories got the best scores, with exception to poor little Laura Ingalls, Melissa Gilbert, who even though she related the story of how she broke her back and was frightened that the corrective surgery needed would leave her paralyzed, only managed to get a score of 24 as compared to the other sad-storied celebs.

Now a score of 24 in week three of this competition is pretty incredible and only shows the caliber of dancing this group of celebrities has brought to the game. Everyone was really quite good last night with no obviously awful dancers. Of course it would also be incredibly difficult for the judges to downgrade any of them as even the cheerful tales related caused tears at some point.

If I had to guess who will appear in the bottom three tonight, I would say Gavin DeGraw, Jack Wagner and Gladys Knight. That list is based strictly on performances and ability to improve in the weeks ahead. Fan votes count for a lot and if anyone has a good fan base they can often surprise us all with their staying power.

Not Enough Hours For Monday Must-See TV Viewing

TGFDVR or I wouldn't have a chance of keeping up with all of my vitally important reality shows!

On tonight's schedule we have:

Dancing With The Stars

The Voice

Bethenny Ever After

Watch What Happens Live

Intervention

Undercover Boss Abroad

I just spent the last 20 minutes reviewing other vitally important stuff stored on my DVR to clear out enough space for what I have to record tonight. What I need is a DVR for my life or a simple Home Cloning Kit so I can get the house picked up while I catch up on my reality shows!

DWTS Features Sugarland On March 27th Results Show

While Dancing With The Stars resisted the temptation to feature political or otherwise controversial celebrities for their latest season, it seems they couldn't resist sticking their toe in the dangerous waters just a little bit by having Sugarland perform on last night's results and elimination show.

Sugarland, the country duo of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, mainly known for pumping out hits on the country music charts, crossed over to the land of pop with their catchy song “All I Want To Do.”

More recently, however, Sugarland is known for the tragedy that took place at the Indiana State Fair when weather conditions, and some contend, the band's lack of concern for the welfare of their fans in attendance at their concert on August 13^th of 2011, put fans in the first row of seats at the venue in grave danger.

High winds caused the stage to blow over onto the first rows of concert-goers resulting in numerous injuries and seven deaths. Sugarland claims it was an act of God and they simply are not responsible, but the contract Sugarland presents gives them the ultimate choice to cancel due to inclement weather conditions.

Sugarland did host a free benefit concert in Indiana 10 weeks after the tragedy that added greatly to the already million-dollar plus relief fund for those affected by the incident.

Sugarland performed twice on “Dancing With The Stars” last night and were very well received. Was the performance an endorsement of their innocence on the part of ABC? Hard to say, but the timing seemed to be perfect as both Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush are slated to appear in court early next month.

Hope You Bought Your Mega Millions Tickets!

Drawing tonight! Don't be too disappointed when you don't win.  I'm certain I have the winning numbers in my hot little hands!

Time to enjoy some "Dancing With The Stars" recap and results shows!!

Officially Obsessed With Dancing With The Stars

I just saw March 27th's episode of “Dancing With The Stars” for the third time, thanks to my wonderful DVR, and I am still blown away at the talent this season.

Sure, some of the celebrities are in need of some help, specifically one whose name I won't mention (it rhymes with Katrina Schmavratilova), but the vast majority are really and truly great dancers. So much so that my hopeful, the gorgeous Donald Driver, who seemed like he was a good bet going into the season, may be one of the early contestants to be eliminated. Football players have typically had great luck in the competition, but have also rarely been pitted against the talent showing this season.

Since there are no controversial notables this season, I am going to find Tuesday night eliminations especially difficult. While some of the stars hired to do the show in the past were clearly targeted for their personalities, and added a large amount of entertainment value to make up for their lack of dancing skills, we seem to have a great bunch from the start this season. All are very much people I would be happy to see do well and will be very sad to see eliminated.

And what got into judge Len Goodman to actually admit that upon watching last week's performance episode, he had made a mistake and underscored Donald Driver? Well, of course he did! Donald was great last week, but they deducted points for enthusiasm! I wish Len and the rest would have made up those points last evening, but the three eights that Donald scored were at least an improvement!

My official assessment, as someone who has never missed a single episode of Dancing With The Stars since it started:

My fave: Donald Driver – probably won't win. Unlike most of the professional football players that have appeared on the show, Donald is a relatively unknown because he leads a perfectly normal life, devoting much of his time to his cute family and helping Goodwill Industries.

I'd have a “Ones To Watch” section, but just about all would fall into that category!

Jack Wagner – Steamy soap dude from General Hospital. I'm a “Days Of Our Lives” gal so I can't vouch for his steaminess, but he does have ability, though it appears to be a bit more forced than for some of the other men.

Jaleel White – Who knew?! I guess we had a clue that the guy cleaned up well because if you ever saw any of the episodes of “Family Matters” where Jaleel played his very smooth and sexy cousin Stefan, you'd have seen the hottie America is witnessing on the dance floor now. Jaleel is great...a natural dancer and performer with just enough humility to help get the votes.

Katherine Jenkins – Could this beautiful blonde be any more perfect? She is sweet, can dance her feet off and has one of the most beautiful voices ever. Surprising to me, however, is why she did not do the UK version of DWTS. I worry that when it comes to getting votes, she will not be able to beat some of the American-born powerhouses.

Maria Menounos – Maria is teetering on the edge for me. I am almost inclined to put her into the “Super Model” dancer category even though she is an able host of TV's “Extra,” because like every super model who has made an appearance on DWTS, she is awkward. She needs to loosen up a bit to master the Latin dances and she might have a chance.

Melissa Gilbert – Who doesn't love “Half Pint” from the “Little House on the Prairie” television show? She has also been a well-respected president of the Screen Actors Guild with many other credits to her name. She looks beautiful, but like Maria Menounos, needs a few more weeks under he belt to gain a little more confidence on the dance floor.

Roshon Fegan – Requisite Disney Channel star and Disney breeds talented kids as evidenced in the past. Sadly, Disney kids only get so far on DWTS unless they have incredible personalities and huge fan bases, and while Roshon is a nice guy, I haven't seen enough personality out of him to make me think he has a chance of breaking into the top spots on the show.

Sherri Shepherd – Love or hate her opinions on “The View,” this lady makes the show fun as she openly talks about weight issues and keeps her partner, and the rest of the cast, in stitches. I happen to watch “The View” enough to know that Sherri has been dying to be on Dancing With The Stars for the longest time and it is fun watching her realize a dream. Sherri is an excellent performer and danced her way through a couple of mistakes last night without hesitation. Having access to a daily TV program will be a huge benefit to garnering votes as well.

William Levy – What can I say except YUMMY! Model, Telemundo actor, seemingly a very nice guy with loads of ability. Paired with a DWTS favorite pro, Cheryl Burke, he almost can't help but to make it into the finals.

Gavin DeGraw – Chipper, cheery pop singer you can't help but to like. Hopefully his fan base will be able to carry him through these first few weeks as he gets adjusted to dancing.

Gladys Knight – Even without the Pips, this lady rocks! But will she be able to keep up? Other older celebrities have given it a try, but very few have succeeded. She did surprise me last night when her Quick Step started out slowly enough to classify it as a Waltz, but she sped up perfectly with the music and managed to keep up throughout the number. Her fans could keep her around for a long time.

Martina Navratilova – Tennis legend, huge advocate for the LGBT communities, but not the greatest on the dance floor by any means. Participation in certain sports tends to breed some great dancers, while others, not so much. Apparently, tennis is not one of the sports to breed natural dancing ability, but she is at least getting out there and trying, for that, she gets tons of kudos from me, a survivor of the Master P season of “Dancing With The Stars.”

Goodbye and Good Riddance To Ben & Courtney

Typing away as I wait for, and subsequently watch, “Dancing With The Stars.” I love the cast this year and was really impressed with the talent displayed the first week of the competition. Of course, I know that first week is not necessarily a good indicator of future performance since the celebrities have several weeks to practice and not just the one-week period when the show is underway, but honestly, I am just happy to be rid of the most recent airing of “The Bachelor” on Monday nights.

I “got” why people found “The Bachelor,” Ben Flavnik, appealing. What was not to love? Seemingly sincere, kinda-dweeby dork who had his heart broken on a previous season of “The Bachelorette.” Depending on what angle the camera caught him, I sometimes thought, “OK, he is a little cute,” but other times I thought he looked like the somewhat anorexic first cousin of the Cro-Magnon Man, without any of the appealing muscles or ability to grow a full beard. Seriously, why did he insist on sporting that stubbly growth on his face that was patchy at best, and only served to highlight his blazing red mega-zits?

But there must have been something there because he had the women falling all over themselves trying to get their roses and win Ben's love. Ben, of course, chose the evil Courtney, claiming he felt such a connection to her, especially after she ripped off her clothes and threw herself at him under the guise of some innocent skinny dipping. Only once Ben realized that that little episode might appear on the show did he seem to feel any remorse whatsoever, while Courtney gleefully continued her nasty manipulations on every other woman in the house.

So in the end, Storm Horse Cream Dreams, er, I mean Ben, landed the publicity-seeking man-eater. No doubt the relationship will last as long as ABC deems necessary for them to not have to return the lovely Neil Lane $80K engagement ring.