Dancing With The Stars

It's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack and out of the 150 stations I'm paying for on a monthly basis, Dancing with the Stars is one of the three programs, I do watch. Yeah, I'm a big fan. :)


Monday and Tuesday nights again have meaning for me. Of course, I'm so superior to any of the celebrity dancers who compete, that I can sit back and criticize all of them. lol Kate Gosselin, two seasons ago was the gal I loved to hate most. Poor thing couldn't walk let alone dance. But hey, she gave it a shot and the controversy was good for the show. Excuse me, but how did she beat out so many great competitors? Well, folks, unfortunately, it's called fan votes, which means you don't have to be good if you have people who back you or if you have eight kids, who can use the phone to cast 10 votes each.  

Too often when I've heard the line-up of the new season, I'd think...ummm....Wait! What? Jennifer Grey? Isn't she a skilled dancer? And competitors like Donnie and Marie Osmond, who come from a musical background hardly have two left feet. So what chance does a football or basketball player have? What chance does someone like Bristol Palin have?

Then again, what chance does a show have without entertainment and comic relief? No, I'm not talking about Kate again. I'm talking about the real jackasses. Ummmm...Steve-O? My sympathies to the pro dancers like Lacey Schwimmer, who do their best to make dancers out of comedians, sports figures, business tycoons and really old people, who are comedians and don't even know it. Of course, good ol' Cloris Leachman is both old and a comedian; nevertheless, she gave it a go. Florence Henderson, on the other hand proved that just because you're old doesn't mean you can't be sexy. Last season even Carrie Ann gasped, "But you're the Brady Bunch mom."

I have to wonder if some of the celebrities undergo this humiliation just to get their name back in the spotlight or keep it there. I mean did the Sitch really think he could be a contender? *rolls eyes*

In retrospect, the 2008, fall season of DWTS  was the last show that started on a somewhat even keel and isn't that what DWTS is all about? Progress? Non dancers with little, if any, musicality, who put themselves out there to learn from the beginning? Viewers, who get to  watch in amazement, when names like Kelley Osborne or Bristol Palin grow from awkwardness to elegance? A season line-up where even Wosniak or Aldren might have stood a chance? Okay, I'm stretching it a bit. lol.

This season's line-up has me psyched. Some might say, "Huh? Whatcha thinkin'? There's no super stars." But guess what? There are no real dancers either. They all have a chance to win; to show their stuff. The pros, minus Derrek Hough, who was one of the best imo, have their work cut out for them. And it's going to be interesting to see the backstage goings on between a sensitive Kirstie Alley and the brutal Max.

What this season will not have are skewed votes, drama queens, jackasses, the elderly, or 13 contestants. What it will have, as usual, is my undivided attention.