Who is America’s favorite dancer?
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- August
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Do you know who’ll take the title on “Dance” tonight? I sure as heck don’t, and I can’t even begin to guess.
The judges were right in saying that this competition is wide open: Any one of the four finalists—Lacey, Danny, Sabra or Neil—could walk away with it.
And you know what? It’s true that any one of them deserves it.
I can’t even complain about Lacey like I usually do. (Except for those horrendous leg warmers/knee socks she was wearing for her solo…what’s up with her sock fetish anyway? I can’t figure out if she’s trying to work the sexy schoolgirl look —probably—or has some horrible shin condition…)
In fact, I kind of felt sorry for Lacey last night. She actually took the judges’ criticism of her face-pulling to heart—finally—and tried to tone down her over-the-top persona. She’s a great performer, but a few of the judges have said she hasn’t been “real.”
Last night, I think she was. Or as real as she can be, because I think she’s one of those people who’s always “on.”
But did anyone else think that she was kind of being set up to look bad?
First, Nigel joked that the other dancers chould have paid the audience members to drop her when she used a few guys near the stage to catch her in her solo number.
Then Danny totally implied she was a liar when she claimed to have used popsicle sticks to help with her hand motions during their waltz.
I hope they show what happened offstage after that during tonight’s results, because I wouldn’t be surprised if Girlfriend slapped Danny Boy upside the head.
Plus, in the rehearsal video with Crazy Man choreographer Jean-Marc, they showed Lacey treating him kind of like he was mentally challenged instead of French:
“I don’t know your LANGuage, but I get what you’re telling me.”
Eek. Perhaps “Dance” doesn’t want back-to-back Schwimmer wins?
Well, we’ll find out soon enough if fans were turned off from La Lacey.
Will she reign as the champion? Or will teeny tiny Sabra steal it out from under her?
Of course, the winner could be a guy again. One of the “princes” perhaps?
P.S. I totally loved that number, even if it was by wacky Mia Michaels. It was like watching a dance version of “The Tudors!”
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on Thursday, August 16th, 2007 at 8:41 am by Heather Salerno.
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I thought the ‘princes’ number last night was awesome also! This is a really tough decision this year. I think the two best all around dancers of the four are Sabra and Danny (who I didn’t like in the beginning, but he’s grown on me). It amazes me that Sabra has only been dancing for 4 years. It took me a lifetime to master all that she has in just that short of a time. She’s obviously really dedicated and practices all the time (or she’s just really naturally talented). I think she should probably be the one to win this year, IMO. Lacey is good, but she is a little on the phony side, and Neil, while talented, just doesn’t do it for me. It will be interesting to see how this turns out!