Dancing with the Stars

Maria Menounos and her partner Derek Hough were eliminated from Dancing With The Stars last night!

How could this happen? Menounos usually gets the highest votes each week AND she topped the leader board during Monday night’s performances.

I guess making out with your partner can only save you for so long.
Dancing With The Stars” may be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean fans don’t have anything to look forward to.

An All-star edition of the ABC dancing hit series is official. And the internet is exploding opinions of which 12 dancers should return for the epic dance-off. 

Some of the “DWTS” stars are even weighing in with their opinions.
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I know exactly one thing about Dancing With The Stars, and it is that Derek Hough is adorable. That knowledge has nothing to do with the rest of this story.

Last night’s semifinals brought out the best performances from the remaining DWTS contestants: Donald Driver, Katherine Jenkins, William Levy and Maria Menounos.

However, it was Katherine Jenkins who stole the show. Not necessarily because she had the best performance, but because she provided last night’s injury quota.
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Only four couples will dance on to the semifinals, so on last night’s episode of ‘Dancing with the Stars’, a painful double elimination was in order.

The show kicked off with an encore performance of the trio dance, with threesome Donald Driver, Peta Murgatroyd, and Karina Smirnoff jiving once more. Then Donald and partner Peta learned they were safe from elimination, but Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas were in jeopardy.
With semifinals only a week away and the threat of a double elimination hanging over the dance floor, week eight of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ created a pressure cooker for the remaining couples on Monday night.

To remain in the competition, they would have to excel at two full dances: an individual ballroom and, for the first time in the show’s history, a dance trio.

In the first round, actor William Levy in a tux and Cheryl Burke, wearing a long feather dress and elbow length black gloves, danced to the top of the pack. Against the backdrop of Paris, their energizing foxtrot earned a perfect score, with each judge awarding a 10.
A Dance Duel is really how all competitions should be resolved. President of the United States? Dance Duel! Super Bowl? Dance Duel!

Dancing with the Stars” has it all figured out. And the final Dance Duel of the season set up Disney star Roshon Fegan and partner Chelsie Hightower in a dance off with “Family Matters” man Jaleel White and his partner Kym Johnson.

Roshon and Jaleel have faced certain elimination in a Dance Duel before
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"Dancing With the Stars" finally had its Nadia Comaneci moment last night. And just like that Olympic gymnast was the first female to be awarded a perfect score of 10, Maria Menounos earned the first perfect 30 on last night’s spectacular show. And boy did she earn it!

Sure, it’s not the first time a contestant has earned a perfect score, but Menounos was the first to earn a coveted 10 from critical judge Len Goodman this season.

Let’s break it down. Monday was Classical Night. Contestants performed an individual routine in addition to a team dance. Menounos and partner Derek Hugh performed the Paso Doble.
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What’s going on with the “Dancing with the Stars” all-star Show? Are they? Aren’t they? Mario Lopez finally set the record straight.

Mario recently made headlines when it was rumored that he would be joining an all-star cast of “Dancing With The Stars.” He accidentally spilled the beans on a recent co-hosting gig on “Live! with Kelly.”
On Monday night's episode of Dancing with the Stars, Motown legend Gladys Knight struggled in her rumba with Irish partner Tristan MacManus for the lowest score of the night: only 21 points.

That led to last night’s aptly named Dance Duel between the pair and other low scoring duo, Roshon Fegan and partner Chelsie Hightower. Someone was going to be eliminated. Would it finally be curtains for Gladys? Or would the “Empress of Soul” triumph against her much younger competitor to dance another week? (Spoilers ahead!)
Last week, Jaleel White ranked among the bottom two on “Dancing With The Stars” and only escaped elimination by besting Gavin DeGraw in a dance duel. (If you haven’t watched, don’t keep reading. Spoilers!)


Monday brought out the Motown! An inspired Jaleel and his partner Kym Johnson danced a cha cha to "Ain't Too Proud to Beg!” that earned them 29 points. No begging necessary. "That was the biggest sizzler of the season," declared Bruno Tonioli. 



A steamy rumba to Smokey Robinson's "Being with You" from William Levy and Cheryl Burke divided the judges a bit. Tonioli declared:
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