"Dancing" Results (Spoiler)
It hasn't been a great year for Harry Hamlin onscreen. Last spring he saw his "Veronica Mars" character done away with, and tonight he found himself in the bottom two on "Dancing With the Stars" along with Jerry Springer.
And we'll get to hear still more professions of disbelief from Springer, since not even Hamlin's having wife Lisa Rinna in his cheering section was enough to keep him from being told buh-bye.
Neither Hamlin nor Springer had had the lowest marks from the judges, who had been especially snippy during last night's performance show. (See my notes below.) So they must have ranked even lower with viewers.
Not that surprising, either. They've both lacked grace on the dance floor, especially with a lot of showmanship coming from other competitors — although Sara Evans is pretty bad, too. But, as one commentator noted during tonight's show, Evans seems to unbutton her top a little more every week — and some viewers are going to want to see how many buttons are left.
September 28th, 2006 at 11:45 am
The results show started out by saying there would be a "surprise" exit. I knew then that it would not be Jerry Springer. Actually, I thought it might be Mario Lopez because of his blatant disregard for the rules. As it turned out, Harry Hamlin was the exit. He was not a good dancer…but he seemed to be working hard to become better.
As far as costumes go or the lack thereof…this show is following the trend of most of what you see on TV these days…less is better and sex sells. I personally wish Dancing With The Stars would stay focused on the "art of dance", but I guess they are more interested in doing whatever it takes to keep viewers (less clothes, controversy, etc).
A lot of what went on with the show last night made no sense to me, but at this point, I am hooked. Looking forward to next week!