"Thanksgiving is going to be just a lot of relaxing and quality family time," Brooke Burke said just moments after being named this season's Dancing with the Stars celebrity champ. "My family gave up a lot for me to do this. They gave up so much mommy time." Burke's pro partner, Derek Hough, similarly was happy to be a winner, yet just as thankful to get a deserved (if brief) time-out. "Dude, Thanksgiving is going to be rest," he declared. "Epson salt bath ... maybe a massage. I have to start rehearsing for the tour on Friday."
Comedian Jeffrey Ross, who as part of Tuesday night's results show pointedly "roasted" his former cast mates, pondered what Burke and Hough could have done better. "Maybe if they had ...
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Sure, he kept a big smile on his face and got a near-perfect score. But when Lance Bass accidentally kicked off his left shoe doing a high-stepping jitterbug on Monday night's Dancing with the Stars, he panicked. "The only thing I could think of was to fast-forward in my head to all the moves I had to do — and that I had to land on my left foot," says Bass. "I was thinking, 'Do I have to change something so I don't slip and make Lacey [Schwimmer, his pro partner] fall?' Because we had a lot of lifts and this is, like, the worst dance to do with a shoe off." Did his (shoeless) softshoe impress the judges? Read on to find out...
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So far this season, Lance Bass and Lacey Schwimmer are getting their Dancing groove on with solid scores and some "untraditional" moves that are earning them kudos and a little ire. But as Season 7 is beset by a string of injuries — from Jeff Ross' cornea scratch to Misty-May Treanor's tendon-pop — they're not taking any chances.
"The stage is cursed, we all believe it now," Lacey Schwimmer told TVGuide.com at the Respect Awards on Friday.
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Week one, the Dancing contestants were getting out their debut jitters, but come last night's week two performance, you can really see they kicked things up a notch (or ten). As far as highlights go, Lance's dance floor make-out session with his female partner definitely made an impression on the audience (but not exactly a positive one on the judges). Check out more highlights from last night's episode now!
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Lance Bass may be the first openly gay contestant on Dancing with the Stars, but that doesn't mean he thinks he should be doing the tango with a male partner on the show.
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