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If Chris Daughtry had this song during American Idol he EASILY would have won.

Am I the only one who is finding these early weeks sort of boring?  Maybe it's just because they're pushing 2 hours (thanks to moving it down to 1:45 this week, guys) or maybe because there's really no real stars this time around.  Anyway, Kerry and I find ourselves Tivoing it just so that we can fast forward to the good parts.  Skip last week's recap, Do training segment, dance, get judges reactions, skip interview backstage, get scores, move on to next couple.  I find the results show on Tuesday more interesting, pretty much entirely for the demonstrations by the professionals.

Shandi and Brian, Jive, 21 – Shandi is almost guaranteed to be the next one to go no matter how well she does, strictly on the "you have no fanbase rule" that Paulina so clearly observed last week.

John and Edyta, Tango, 20 –  I do like John, although he is a bit more stiff than some of the older guys they've had on.  He does put on his game face when he dances, though.  Thought their song choice was horrible for a tango.

Clyde and Elena, Jive, 16 – The judges were not kind to Clyde this week.  Well what can you expect, a jive from a man that tall?  He can't move his legs that fast!

Laila and Max, Tango, 21 Now, see, "Goldfinger" is an awesome tango song.  James Bond, for pete's sake!  I thought they did exceptionally well, excellent long leg strides, well matched.  But then they pulled a Mario Lopez and broke the hold in the middle, which pissed off the judges enough to take off a good couple of points.  They easily should have been getting 9s.

Apolo and Julianne, Jive, 23 Doing a tribute to Pulp Fiction and dancing to that "C'est La Vie" song (is that the name?  C'est La Vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell….), Apolo and Julianne were popular with the crowd but not the judges.

Joey and Kym, Tango, 24 Personally I thought Star Wars was a horrible song to dance a tango to, but the visual (complete with light sabre) was great.  At first, given that Kym was in her Princess Leia outfit, I thought they'd go for the easy Joey "fat one" as Jabba the Hutt, but I guess he was playing Obi Wan.  I think the judges liked this one the best of the night.

Ian and Cheryl, Jive, 24  Apparently Ian screwed up a step so bad that the judges took away a point, but I'll have to go back on Tivo and look for it because I didn't see it.  Rumor on the net is that there may have been some sort of flash involved, which is why the camera briefly hit the ceiling.  I was wondering about that, I thought it was just bad direction.

Leeza and Tony, Tango, 24  I think Leeza is probably getting some "over 50" vote since they made such a big deal about hyping her age and how all of her criticism seems to be about acting younger and looser.

Heather and Jonathan, Jive, 24  Heather can't jive on her fake foot – either she can't kick and balance, or she can't balance and kick.  And she certainly can't hop up and down.  Solution?  Go to the prosthetician and get a new, bouncier foot.  She still doesn't have nearly the footwork that you'd expect, but they keep adding difficulty to make up for it by putting in all kinds of jumps and flips.  The sneakers looked funny, but they were necessary to go with the leg.  The judges said that she doesn't have to put in the level of difficulty she does, but I think that's incorrect, I think if you just told her to go out and do a simple dance where they watched for technical detail, she wouldn't be able to do it.

Billy Ray and Karina, Tango, 21 All my wife cares about is whether Karina is still dating Mario Lopez.  We looked on Google and could only find stories from Thanksgiving, so we're not sure.  He's getting better each week, but really, unless he's got some Sanjaya type support on his side, he's not going to go any sort of distance.

im just wondering if anyone knows that last quote that jd says at the very end of the episode?

Chris may be awesome, but he's going home before Sanjaya. Have a nice day.

Chris is awesome, maybe YOU need to go on a diet, you just made fun of him because you have low self esteem

Wow, really? Can she come over and teach Maya that trick? My kids seem to think there is an endless amount of time available for goofing off in the mornings.

Dang! I missed it! Did Chris seriously get kicked off? That fatty deserved it. He seriously needs to go on a diet.

I am seriously behind in my blogging, so let's get right to the couples, what they danced to, and how they did.

Apolo Anton Ohno and  Julianne Hough (Two Hearts Living in Just One Mind)  Better than last week (where I said he wasn't as good as I'd expected him to be), the judges are clearly setting him up as the front runner.

Shandi Finnessey and Brian Fortuna (Right Now) She just doesn't really have the natural grace, and is pulling low scores.  She won't last long, although she might not be the first to go.

Clyde Drexler and Elena Grinenko (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher)  All the judges say Clyde did well, but low scores don't back that up.  He could be in danger.

Leeza Gibbons and Tony Dovolani (Independent Women, Destiny's Child) Leeza's not really relaxing and getting into it.  Sure, she's 50, but John Ratzenberger is older than that and he's getting into the spirit.

Ian Ziering and Cheryl Burke (Don't Get Me Wrong, Pretenders) Ian drops to fourth place, looks like he's not much of a front runner after all.

Paulina Porizkova and Alec Mazo (La Bamba, Richie Valens)  After making a big deal out of the "death drop", it's really not that big of a deal.  Carrie Anne sums it up:  "I think it's very apparent this is not natural for your body."

Billy Ray Cyrus and Karina Smirnoff (Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash) Much improved from last week, but still at the bottom of the pack. People on the net are speaking of the "Disney vote" keeping him around since he plays somebody's dad on some show for the teenybopper set.  We shall see.

Heather Mills and Jonathan Roberts (Mambo Italiano)  I was worried about the mambo for Heather, thinking that she couldn't do any serious hip wiggling.  I was very wrong.  Not only did she survive it, she actually did very well.  She even included what I think is called a "back walkover" which is something nobody else tried.

John Ratzenberger and Edyta Sliwinska (The Lady Is A Tramp) Oh, I hate it when the old guys bust out the props (like John's pocketwatch).  It never bodes well in the long run, it just says "more time spent not dancing".  He does all right, that's about the best you can say.  He tried.  I think the difference between John and some of the other charismatic gentlemen like Springer, Hamilton and O'Hurley is that he's giving the opinion he really doesn't care if he gets eliminated.  The others all seemed like they were really trying hard and wanted to stay from week to week.  Ratzenberger is like "Hey, I come out and do what I do."

Laila Ali and Maksim Chmerkovskiy (I have no idea, it was not in English)  The judges just love Laila, but I don't see it.  Maybe they're digging on her mambo because she's got the most defined set of hips in the whole competition.  For me I can't get over the man voice.   The judges catapult her into the lead.  Will the audience get behind her as well?

Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson (Tell Her About It, Billy Joel)  The judges claim to love Joey, but his low score (24) doesn't seem to match that.  Since that still left him in second place you wonder if they deliberately put Laila out in front by giving her a 27.

Who is going home this week?  Seems like Billy Ray is the obvious choice, but who really knows.  Sometimes it's a matter of who the audience gets behind.  If that's the case then it could easily be Shandi or Paulina or even Leeza, none of them have really got the pizzazz to keep the camera focused on them.

What a fun show! I think Kathleen is just the greatest coreographer ever! I think all the contestants are talented, but I would like to see Max and Laura get the parts. I also think Austin get a part in the show. Can't wait to see who wins.

Normally I wouldn't blink twice at this article from Mental Floss on A Few Of Our Favorite Trees, but the first tree is Sri Maha Bodhi, believed to be grown from a sapling of the original Bodhi tree where The Buddha attained enlightenment.

And I think it's funny that they call it "one of the world's most sacred fig-producing holy sites."