Episode Report Card Kim: B+ | 64 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Perfection
By Kim | Season 8 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2009.03.30
Judges? Len thought LT did a good job acting the part, but it lacked passion and he looked uncomfortable. Bruno disagrees, because he thought LT was menacing and dangerous. Len argues that LT was just walking around. Bruno and Len get carried away but finally Carrie Ann gets to talk. She says that LT did a good job with the routine, but he seemed a little afraid of Edyta's sensuality. Tom cracks, "Wouldn't you be?" Every time Tom talks, I get distracted by the woman sitting behind him who has Kim Basinger's hairstyle from 9 ½ Weeks. It's all '80s and mousse and hairspray. That is some big hair, people. Backstage, Samantha is still talking about how she's sick and losing her voice, as if anyone would complain. Bring back Drew Lachey! Scores: Carrie Ann 7, Len 5, and Bruno 7. Wow. Len really hated it. Tom calls him, "Little Lenny Hardbutt." Tom's kind of on fire tonight.
Ty (who is quickly becoming a favorite of the forum posters) and Chelsie are up next. Except they screw up and start Woz's clip package at first, but quickly switch to Ty's. Chelsie apologizes for tripping over her dress during their routine last week. (Love that his solution was to get her a shorter dress. - Angel) This week, they have the Lindy Hop, which is fast and Ty needs to learn to stay on the beat by himself. Chelsie is psyched that Ty is so strong from his day job of bull riding, because she plans a lot of tricks. That's great as long as he doesn't kill his partner, and he drops her a lot during rehearsal. So how's their routine? Well, Chelsie was brilliant to put a lot of tricks in there, because they are impressive but she also doesn't need to worry about him keeping the beat or doing footwork. During the sections where he's supposed to be in hold, it's fairly obvious that he has zero sense of rhythm. But man, does he throw her really high in the air. And he's also full of energy; unlike DAG, he doesn't lose intensity in the middle of the routine.