Eviction Night and Injury Update!
Well it's eviction night but the big story was
Cristián's injury. Was it not all over the news?
Good Morning America, my local ABC affiliate and all the various internet news sites fed into the juiciness that was, apparently, exploiting a
DWTS contestant's injury for ratings. For a second, I thought it might surpass Miley Cyrus' Vanity Fair photos as the hot news item of the day. I was wrong. Was it me or was the photo of Miley lying seductively in Billy Ray's lap creepier than her wrapped in a sheet? And if it's so horrifying that she posed that way - why are the pictures all over the news? But back to the topic at hand! The story was so big that the powers that be decided the real first paragraph to my blog last night didn't cut it and wrote their own. My writing, of course, started with another one of those lame D-List casserole jokes. Sorry to disappoint anyone who thought I learned to write overnight. I'm back in all my mediocrity! I might even throw in a spelling error or two - just to keep you all on your toes. Just kidding.
I was surprised that we got through the whole first segment without an update on his injury but I guess I should know better. Of course they teased it and in one of his famous voiceovers, Tom ominously pondered if there'd be "another ballroom casualty." You know ABC is just chomping at the bit for it. Obviously they don't wish real harm on anyone, but any sort of drama equals ratings. RE: Marie fainting, Derek's neck spasm and food poisoning.
Still waiting for an update, we watched Jason and Edyta do their quickstep again in the encore dance and I must say I enjoyed it more the second time. Maybe the pressure was off him since he already scored a 29 for it, but I definitely think he looked more comfortable.
As the first part of evictions started, I realized we're probably going to have to wait until 9:58 to find out if Cristián will be returning. Oh that ABC, they know what they're doing! I can just see some old guy in a suit smoking a cigar trying to figure out how to get more ad dollars out of this injury. Think Jack Donaghy - only not at all funny.
Dance Center never fails to entertain me! Another fantastic bit and I wish it would be a weekly staple. It would certainly make the results shows more bearable. I remember last year I thought he just had a botched make-up job until someone pointed out it was supposed to be that way. Yeah, moron party of one right here! I'm glad to see Kenny was in full make-up again. Even Jerry had some glitter eye shadow. Kristi Yama-hoochie! Classic!
Def Leppard performed "Pour Some Sugar On Me" and it was so obvious they were lip-synching. No way do they still sound that good almost 30 years later. Trust me, I'm a fan so this is not really meant to be a dig. Regardless, it was still good fun! They also performed a song off their new album which drops...um today. Def Leppard didn't do this out of the kindness of their hearts after all.
When we returned from the last commercial, we finally learned that Cristián will remain in the competition - if he has the votes. Apparently he needs surgery for a ruptured tendon, but he's willing to tough it out and go on. This is very cool, albeit risky. Less than 10 seconds later, it was revealed that he had escaped eviction!
Marissa and
Shannon ended up in the bottom two tonight. This was a fair bottom two - especially since
Mario wasn't there! Hurray! Marissa has been stepping it up but I still don't think she has the goods. Yet America didn't think it was her time to go and sent Shannon packing. I liked her but I think this was the right decision. She just wasn't getting it done on the fast dances. What do you think? Was it Shannon's time? What do you make of Cristián's decision to remain in the competition? Will he make it through the rest of the rounds? We'll see how he fares with two more dances next week. So check back here and we'll chat about it! Bye for now.
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