Jennifer Grey could not be stopped Monday night on Dancing with the Stars. She scored a perfect 30 on each of her two dances. Her cha-cha with partner Derek Hough had Bruno Tonioli raving such words as: “Sexy”, “luminous” and “vibrant.” He also said, “The execution was flawless.” Carrie Ann Inaba loved Grey’s equally-perfect waltz calling it “one of the most beautiful things [she’d] ever seen.” Jennifer said, “I am in love with dancing.”
Bristol Palin who has been at the bottom of the leaderboard 6 out of 8 weeks of competition before Monday night, looked confident and sexy in her knee-high boots and delivered a ferocious paso doble with partner Mark Ballas. The judges were so impressed with her performance that Carrie Ann asked Bristol for a hug and said, “I am so happy to finally see you come out of your shell and nail it!” The dancing duo got their first trio of 9’s for the first dance. But Bristol was not as impressive with her waltz and she ended up getting a 26 and coming in last again in tonight’s leaderboard. Bristol said people at home relate to her because she is “untouched, and raw, and vulnerable.” She continued, “I am not fake, people relate to me because I am not fake and I’m not typical Hollywood.”
Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy opened their night with a passionate and dramatic paso doble for a score of 27 and Len Goodman told Brandy, “You came out 100%!” Brandy said she dedicated their paso doble to anyone who has been bullied. Brandy did even better on her second dance, looking extremely polished and elegant and deservedly scored her first 30 of the season on her Argentine tango. “Voluptuous”, “full of flavor” were ways Bruno defined Brandy’s Argentine tango. Brandy said, “Being part of Dancing with the Stars has been a rebirth for me.”
Kyle Massey said “I feel like I am peaking at the right time” and had a great night – coming in second overall. He collected two 10s on his samba and his Argentine tango with partner Lacey Schwimmer. After his first dance, Len said about Kyle: “What I like about you, there is no backstage dramas, there is no histrionics, you just come out and you just get on with it.” He also said, “I think you have a bionic bum – honestly you have had more bounce to the ounce than anyone during this season!” Bruno said: “You are truly a bouncing bundle of joy!” Carrie Ann had to join in: “I have never seen so much pelvic action!”
Here’s tonight’s leaderboard:
- Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough 60 (30, 30)
- Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer 58 (29, 29)
- Brandy & Maks Chmerkovskiy 57 (27, 30)
- Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas 53 (27, 26)
