By Kim
Let's kill some time by finding out what the judges think of the season so far. Carrie Ann thinks it might be the best season so far. Bruno encourages the couples to use the pressure in a positive way. Shawn executes Mark's directions to perfection. Chuck needs to step it up to match his partner. Holly needs to project more passion. Woz is a joy to watch, even if he can't dance. Melissa needs to stretch herself. LT has to loosen up and sell himself. Kim gives the audience what they want. DAG needs to relax and push himself. Can you do both at the same time? Gilles has the passion and knows how to make the ladies swoon. Ty is a great athlete but needs to loosen up. Steve-O needs to lighten up, especially given what he's been through. The judges all agree that they'll give out good scores for good and entertaining routines. I know I'm a nerd, but I would like more specific examples in that montage. Like show me an example of Ty being too uptight or Holly lacking passion instead of just random clips chosen by some editing monkey. I guess that's the composition instructor in me, always looking for opinions supported by specific examples. And television doesn't work that way.
So let's find out who else is safe! The safe couple is... Kim and Derek. Yay! And the safe couple is... Melissa and Tony. Well, really? Did you think they'd be in the bottom? Even if she weren't a great dancer, she's still riding that tide of good will from The Bachelor.
Now that the judges have had their say, the stars get to talk about how hard they try to impress the judges. They all agree that they do what they can, but they also have to work on impressing the audience at home. Because we hate good dancing. So it's difficult to make both sides happy. At least that's the message I'm getting. We're reminded that the judges' scores count for half of the couple's total, and the audience vote counts for the other half. Each couple's judge score is turned into a percentage of the total points allotted. So for example, if the total of all scores that night was a 300, and Gilles and Cheryl got a 30, they would be awarded 10% for the judges' half. The same is done for the audience vote, although the numbers are obviously much bigger. So it's not as much about how many votes someone gets as it is about how many MORE votes they get than anyone else. You can vote by phone, online, or by text message. Chuck points out that Woz got a 10 total and then wasn't in the bottom two, which shows how important the audience vote is. So part of their strategies have to be to fire up their fanbase through personal appearances and such. And if you're Woz, unleash your nerd army! As a nerd, I'm kind of offended that anyone thinks I might vote for Woz. OR that I don't have anything better to do than sign up for eighty different e-mail addresses so that I can power vote online.
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