"Dancing" Travesty
Posted October 30th, 2007 by Rich Heldenfels
Sabrina Bryan, who should have been in the finals, was kicked off tonight. Very irked notes from the telecast, below.
(A few thoughts about Tuesday night's "Reaper" are in the post below this one. "Reaper" was written Wednesday morning, but I set its post time for last night so I can keep my "Dancing" rant at the top for a bit longer. This post consists of notes from Tuesday night)
Went out to see "Bee Movie" tonight. Cute and heart-warming, if a little low-key. More about that another time. And now, "Dancing With the Stars" results, which really eat it, after the jump …
Notes while watching the telecast:
Skipping through most of the filler. Interesting that Jane has gone away again, this time with suspected food poisoning. But she's safe anyway, as are Mel B and Helio. Marie is … being forced to wait through a break. She, Cameron, Sabrina and Jennie are on the block.
Cameron is bottom two. Jennie is safe. Marie is safe. Sabrina is in the bottom two. This really bites.
Carrie Ann says Cameron has had incredible momentum, and that she would be "devastated" if either he or Sabrina had to go. Len says Sabrina belongs in the finals. Bruno call it "madness" on both counts. But the judges set this up with their dubious scores last night.
Sabrina's out. Crowd boos loudly. She has consistently been one of the two best, or the best, in the competition. And we are left with the likes of Jane, Jennie, Marie and Cameron — none of whom was in Sabrina's league. Only Mel B and Helio were ever on her level.
As I said last night, the judges hurt her by lowballing her scores to keep the competition close. Obviously they made it closer than they should have. And have left us with a much, much crappier show as a result.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:24 am
As soon as I heard Jane was safe, I looked at my roommate and said "its gonna be something crazy, like Sabrina and Cameron." I only wish I was that good at picking lottery numbers. I knew Marie was still going to get some pity votes based on the fainting spell, but I didn't think Jane would get the pass. (BTW: Slightly entertaining watching Tony in the group dance as a solo performer.) I think the judges will be dealing with a little guilt on this one. Granted, Sabrina didn't quite have the voting fan base, but unnecessary critiques like "it was too powerful" buried her. I'm very disappointed.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:56 am
I knew when Sabrina wasn't at the top Monday that she would likely be in the bottom two. The voters always trend away from the young, attractive and capable dancers. The audience demographic is too old to be a Cheetah Girls fan and too tied into pity votes to purely pick who they think should win.
November 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 pm
like many, i was SHOCKED that Sabrina had to leave. She was clearly the best. i knew nothing about her when the season began. i know who i WANT to win, and i know who HOULD win — two different people. Sabrina should have been in the finals. i can't say enough about how much Jane irks me. i was so hoping she'd leave.
regarding marie's fainting — well, she fainted AFTER she danced. so, big whoop. Jennie Garth fell, and remember Heather Mills fell last season. Marie has improved a lot, as have many others. But Sabrina went in with skill and drive and even though i'd never heard of her, even though i am older and am not a Cheetah Girls fan, i feel Sabrina should have been in the finals.