Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Season 4 Performance #6
By Kim | Season 4 | Episode 10 | Aired on 04.22.2007
Tom wonders if Billy Ray can put the "drive back in his jive," and then they cut to Billy Ray and and Karina, and they are pretending to make out, and then Billy Ray turns to camera and he's wearing fake hillbilly teeth. Here's what's so dumb about that: the fake makeout is dumb, but it could have been one of those things where, as Tom was talking, one of them said, "Let's pretend to make out!" But adding the fake teeth implies a level of preplanning that I am frankly not comfortable with. Unless Billy Ray carries those teeth around with him at all times, which might actually be worse. Anyway, last week, Billy Ray was nipple-icious. Karina decides to country up the choreography so Billy Ray will be more comfortable and have fun. They actually refer to one of their moves as the "Who's Your Daddy," and I really hope Billy Ray gets eliminated this week because I don't know how much more of this I can take. Anyway, they're doing the jive, and Karina announces that they won't score points for technique, but they will have a good time.
They start dancing, and there's a lot of kicking involved. He's kicking, she's kicking, and then she does a handstand and he pulls her legs apart, looks down, and makes a shocked face. I really am old. Maybe I'm channeling my grandmother, but that just seemed trashy. Then there's a whole section where he humps the air and then she pretends to kick him in the ass. I don't even think this deserves to be called dancing. Billy Ray is psyched by his performance, though. Bruno is shocked that they actually had some jive-related steps in there. Carrie Ann congratulates them on making up their own moves. Len points out some steps that he noticed. Is it a good thing if the best the judges can say is "Congratulations on having a few sections of actual dancing in there"? Backstage, Billy Ray pours on the country, and then the scores are 7, 7, and 7 for a total of 21 out of 30. So they got a higher score than John Ratzenberger? Blergh.
Apolo and Julianne got the season's first perfect score last week. Anton explains that they are doing the rumba, which is supposed to be sexy and romantic, but he and Julianne have a sibling-type relationship, which makes it difficult for them. Julianne is sick, so she brings her brother (a professional dancer) in to help out. The brother explains that he had to do a rumba with his sister, so he knows from awkward.
The dance begins with Apolo seated in a chair, and I have unfortunate Tucker Carlson flashbacks. The difference is that Apolo and Julianne actually incorporate the chair into their routine in creative ways instead of using it to disguise the fact that one of them can't dance. They execute this one move where Julianne does a split on the floor, and then Apolo bends down and lifts one of her legs so that she goes from a horizontal split on the floor to a vertical split with one foot on the floor and one in the air. I don't know if that explains it very well, but it was pretty amazing. I don't know if it was sexy, but it was cute, which is better than boring. Carrie Ann thought they followed up last week's performance well. Len wanted more dancing and less chair work. Bruno calls their routine "choreographed poetry," but Len thinks it was too theatrical. Len and Bruno can't stop arguing, and Tom tells them to cut out their "seminar on male menopause." Dude! That was kind of mean! They get a 9, 9, and 10 for 28 out of 30.