Dancing With The Stars delivered the heat, last night, y’all. Everyone did something different. We had jive, we had rumba, Viennese Waltz, mambo… And pretty much everyone brought their A game. The only dancer to suffer was Marlee, but when you factor in the fact that she can’t hear the dang music, her technically insanely difficult mambo was brilliant.

We learned all kinds of things last night.

We learned Jason can get his freak on in the cha cha. Whew, they were pretty smokin’ hot. And they both bring the pretty, too.

We learned that Marissa can float like a princess in the Viennese Waltz. I thought that was Tony’s best choreo for her by far. And he looked quite dapper in his tails. And, finally, stoner wardrobe dude went easy on Marissa this week in the costume department. Now if we could just get the stoner hair stylist babe to figure things out… It was her best dance yet, I thought.

We learn that Cheryl and Christian can dance a fox trot even when the singer decides to totally butcher the cadence and rhythm of the classic song, Come Fly With Me. What was up with that, anyway? Totally ruined an otherwise lovely dance. So please, All About Me Singer Dude? Take it down a notch, you’re not the one competing here.

We learned, if we read the TV Guide online news (who me?), that Shannon and Derek were caught smooching in public, and I’m thinking it wasn’t just at the beach shoot. Samantha grilled them about their budding romance backstage after their Sexy Rumba Dance, but both play coy.

They are SO doing it.

We learned that Kristi was born with a club foot, which, honestly? Wow. And she’s a gold medal Olympian. Between her and Marlee, you really start to see where determination and drive can take you and it’s both humbling and inspiring. I bow to both of those ladies. Then she and Clark Kent Mark knocked their jive out of the park. Really adorable and I’m liking them more and more as the weeks pass, despite Kristi being a total ringer.

Hi Paula Abdul and Simon’s GF Terri in the audience!

We learn that Mario really wants to compete and brings the Sexy Back with Marvin Gaye and a sizzling rumba with Karina that could melt steel. Yow. Squared. I’m sure there was not a man alive watching the show who wouldn’t have killed to be Mario in that dance. And there were some women feeling much the same about Karina.

Scores: Kristi/Mark - 30, Mario/Karina - 28, Cheryl/Christian - 27, Marissa/Tony - 26, Jason/Edyta - 24, Derek/Shannon - 24, Marlee/Fabian - 21,

Now we get the group western dance. I loved the film snippets and behind the scenes looks as much as the dance itself. That was fun! I’m glad the judges don’t get to score this one. Christian Perry, of Ballroom Bootcamp fame, is their choreographer, and while I liked him in that other ballroom series, I’ve been less than impressed with him when he guests on this show. Have no idea why that is. Christian chooses Kristi and Jason as leaders of their respective packs, and the two of them facing off, with several feet difference in height, is pretty amusing. Everyone seems to be having a really good time, and even if it’s chaos on the dance floor, I’m betting we will, too.

All in all, cute and successful. I think Mario, Jason, and Kristi did the best over all in their mini-solos, but it was all fun.

My bottom three this week? It’s tough because I like all of them. Would have to be Marlee just on difficulty sake, it’s getting hard now and really challenging her inability to hear the music, Shannon, because those legs are a mile long, but not all that graceful. As the other dancers progress, you see more baby colt in her than leaping gazelle. And, I guess, Marissa, though her verve makes up a lot for her lack of finesse. Going home - Marlee, maybe? Hard to say. They each have their own fan base, and loyalty amongst viewers who care about them. I suppose it could be Christian, seeing as he was in the bottom two last week, but it wouldn’t be deserved.

Tonight’s results show has a list of entertainment so long I have no idea how they’ll make time to boot someone. Should be fun, except for that last-five-minutes part where someone has to go. I’m not ready for any of them to leave!

Idols sing tonight, too. It’s a veritable smorgasbord of fun and fabulousness. Don’t forget to enter this week’s SHaQ Attack contest. Details in Monday’s post. Winner announced on Thursday this week, so get your entries in!

Aaaaaaand, dish!

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