Episode Report Card Kim: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Season 5 Performance #10
By Kim | Season 5 | Episode 20 | Aired on 11.25.2007
The Judges: Carrie Ann liked it, but thinks Mel and Maks are better than that. The Spice Girls boo her. Len loved the lifts and the goofy cha-cha-cha but thought it was a bit disjointed. Bruno liked that they took risks. Mel and Maks hug Tom and Maks kisses him on the cheek. The scores: Carrie Ann 9, Len 9, and Bruno 9. Mel thought from the comments that she was going to get a much lower score, so she's pleased. Maks begs the viewers for votes and manages to come across as humble, which rarely happens.
Marie and Jonathan: The Freestyle: Marie is dressed like a giant doll, and pretends to be all sloppy and stiff. Her mouth is really disturbing to me. Jonathan is throwing her around like a...well, like a doll. This routine plays to her strengths, in that she's stiff and doesn't do the moves very well. I don't know what happened at the end, but it wasn't right. On rewatching, I think Marie didn't land right on the last lift, and she fell to the ground, so she was unable to recover in time for the big ending. Overall, the dress, and the makeup, and the routine were all very, very freaky. The only think that could have made it worse would be if Jonathan had dressed up like a clown.
The Judges: Len says that what happened here has happened to him in the past. Tom laughs, wondering if Len's talking about all the times he's tried to dance with his doll. Len says that you have a good idea and it doesn't work. Marie interrupts him to say she's not buying it. Maybe she should keep her mouth shut. She's so annoying this week. Bruno says this was the loopiest thing he's ever seen and it defies criticism, because it wasn't a dance. Carrie Ann loved that she took risks, and she taught people how to perform. But she thought it was an odd performance. Marie screeches, "I'm a doll designer. Come on!" Oh, that's why she did that! Now I think it was the best dance of the night! I'm kidding. I knew that, and it was still terrible. Backstage, Marie says that she did this routine for her doll-buying public. The scores: Carrie Ann 8, Len 7, and Bruno 7. Marie says she's fine, because she's in the finals and she got to do flips.
Helio and Julianne: The Freestyle: They're dressed as racecar drivers, but they quickly peel off their costumes to reveal lots of sparkles. The whole routine borrows from '60s dances, and is high energy. There are lots of flips and lifts, and the audience goes nuts. There's also more dancing in this freestyle than the others.
The Judges: Bruno thinks it was very difficult, and they pulled it off. Carrie Ann thinks Helio combines Mel's technique with Marie's entertaining, but he was rough coming out of the lifts at times. Len thought it was the best freestyle of the night by a mile. True that. The scores: Carrie Ann 9, Len 10, and Bruno 10. Helio and Julianne jump around and are out of control. Tom thinks Helio looks like a Brazilian Power Ranger.