Dancing With the Stars - Season 13 - J.R. Martinez Mirror Ball Trophy Winner!

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thanks for that vote info San! very handy...

[MuffyBee]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/21/bill-clinton-i-turned-down-dancing-with-the-stars_n_973443.html
Bill Clinton: I Turned Down 'Dancing With The Stars'
September 21, 2011

While "Dancing With the Stars" has some pretty compelling story lines this year -- Chaz Bono's personal story, former soldier JR Martinez's rise to fame, Nancy Grace debuting her lower body -- it turns out that the show's producers tried to inject the ultimate dose of charisma into the mirror ball trophy competition.

Unfortunately, the former President of the United States was unable to join the party.

"This is interesting -- actually they contacted me once about this," President Bill Clinton laughed while answering a fan's question during his guest appearance on "The Rachel Ray Show." "And I told them I didn't have the time to train for it. You know you actually go out there and train -- you really work at it."
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[trimmonthelake]

Nancy made it to next week!  

She deserves to imo, she's got guts... bless her heart!  

I agree.  She was funny too.  When she was sitting with Rob Kardasian she asked him where his gameboy was 

I loved that. 
Kardashian needs to be gone.   

[trimmonthelake]

Yes!!!!  Nancy is staying....

I typed that before there was an announcement.   I was hoping positive thinking would work!!

it did!
we all need to vote next week...

[MuffyBee]

This is a day old, so it's no longer a "spoiler".
http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Dancing-With-The-Stars-results-show:-Who-was-eliminated----Spoilers/8362029
'Dancing With The Stars' results show: Who was eliminated? - Spoilers
September 21, 2011


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After coming in last place on Monday with a weak Cha cha cha that earned them a 14 out of 30 from the judges, Metta World Peace aka Ron Artest and Peta Murgatroyd were eliminated from ABC's hit ballroom dancing competition series on Tuesday.

Rob Kardashian and his partner Cheryl Burke and Nancy Grace and her partner Tristan McManus were also in jeopardy. Kardashian and Burke earned a 16 out of 30 on Monday for their Viennese waltz. Grace and McManus also scored a 16 out 30 for their Cha cha cha.

Harry Connick Jr. hit the "Dancing With The Stars" stage to perform "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," a song from his upcoming Broadway musical revival by the same title. The show is opening in previews at the St. James Theater in November 2011.

Meanwhile, pop hit makers LMFAO performed their hit single, "Party Rock Anthem" and their new single "Sexy and I Know It."

Who will be the next to go home? Who will win it all? Vote in our polls below!
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[MuffyBee]

There are now eleven couples left of the twelve after Metta World peace aka Ron Artest and his partner Peta Murgatroyd were eliminated last night.

Still Dancing:
Derek Hough with Ricki Lake

Maksim Chmerkovskiy with Hope Solo

J.R. Martinez with Karina Smirnoff

David Arquette with Kym Johnson

Chaz Bono with Lacey Schwimmer

Rob Kardashian with Cheryl Burke

Nancy Grace with Tristan MacManus

Val Chmerovskiy with Elisabetta Canalis

Carson Kressley with Anna Trebunskaya

Chynna Phillips with Tony Dovolani

Kristin Cavallari with Mark Ballas

Eliminated:

9/20/11 - Peta Murgatroyd with  Metta World Peace aka Ron Artest

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thanks Muffey

[MuffyBee]

thanks Muffey

You're welcome Cookie. 

[trimmonthelake]

Trimmy was getting her middle aged groove on last night! 
LMFAO - 'Sexy And I Know It' & 'Party Rock Anthem'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugccQmJ1zlc

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Trimmy was getting her middle aged groove on last night! 
LMFAO - 'Sexy And I Know It' & 'Party Rock Anthem'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugccQmJ1zlc

me too...lol

[Terri]

Trimmy was getting her middle aged groove on last night! 
LMFAO - 'Sexy And I Know It' & 'Party Rock Anthem'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugccQmJ1zlc

me too...lol

Beautiful....I thought the middle female dancer, Lacey?, had one drop dead body!!!!   And I loved that move that looks as if she is running in air or something.

See, I had to come back today...

[San]

Is everyone ready for DWTS tomorrow. 

[MuffyBee]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/arts/television/dancing-with-the-stars-is-turned-on-its-head.html
A Realignment of Star Power
September 25, 2011

Adam Taylor/ABC
Kym Johnson and David Arquette on "Dancing with the Stars." In some ways the dancers have become the headliners on the show.

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LOS ANGELES — It’s one of the few shows on television that tells viewers exactly what they are going to get: “Dancing With the Stars.”
But just who are the stars?

These days it’s not so easy to tell. When ABC started broadcasting this sequin-encrusted competition in 2005, the celebrities were clearly defined. They were the spray-tanned actresses (Kelly Monaco of “General Hospital”), fluid athletes (Apolo Anton Ohno, Emmitt Smith) and boy-band members (Lance Bass) who risked humiliation each season as they took dancing lessons from an unknown cadre of ballroom professionals.

Six years later the construct of “Dancing With the Stars” is being turned on its head. In some ways those pros — “Cheryl! Maks! Derek!” — have now become the headliners. The increasingly C-list celebrities lined up to participate have found they are no longer alone in the spotlight.

“There is this weird inversion of what the show was meant to be,” said Conrad Green, an executive producer of the show. “Now when our celebrity competitors meet their dance partners, it’s the celebrity who is star-struck.”
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Some of the show’s professional dancers now have such big fan followings that “to some degree they are responsible for keeping their celebrities on the air,” said Tom Bergeron, the show’s co-host. “People at home sometimes vote more for the dancer than the star.”

“Dancing With the Stars” returned last Monday for its 13th installment (two a year are produced) and attracted an estimated 19 million viewers, an 11 percent decline from last fall’s premiere, according to Nielsen. The pressure is on the aging series to compete with new Monday-night competition from a rejuvenated “Two and a Half Men” on CBS and “Terra Nova,” an expensive science-fiction series on Fox.
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But the star power this season is less than in previous ones, when guests like Kirstie Alley, Jennifer Grey and Donny Osmond competed. The lack of marquee names reflects the difficulty producers are having in landing high-wattage celebrities willing to endure the rigors of the series. Bill Clinton on Tuesday revealed during a talk-show interview that he had considered competing but “didn’t have the time to train.”
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In recent seasons producers have increased efforts to position the professional dancers as archetypes who will pop with the audience. Maksim Chmerkovskiy, known to “Dancing” viewers for his no-nonsense teaching style and waxed chest (perhaps not in that order), is “the bad boy of the ballroom,” according to Mr. Bergeron. Cheryl Burke, a two-time winner of the series, is a live wire — all curves and flying hair and attitude.
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[tcumom]

Muffy !   thanks so much for all the treats/info . . . it is sooo fun to read this stuff!

I'm watching a replay of last Tuesday night, the 1st hour, where they're introducing the stars (more in depth, to quote the show) and I have to tell y'all . . . I am so impressed with JR Martinez *and* Karina  . . . I am shocking myself 'cause she always made me gag.  ha.

Anyway, now to hear what Nancy Grace has to say . .  .still liking her !   

I am so excited about tomorrow night, but nervous, too.  Somehow, I can't see Nancy grooving to the quickstep .  fingers crossed for both she and J R. 

[MuffyBee]

Is everyone ready for DWTS tomorrow. 

Yes!  I missed last week, so yeah, I'm ready!!   

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Is everyone ready for DWTS tomorrow. 

Can't wait...good lineup this year

[tcumom]

Is everyone ready for DWTS tomorrow. 

Can't wait...good lineup this year

    Getting everything setup for tomorrow night . . . crockpot ready . . . grades finished . . . cannot wait!

[San]

I had read the article Muffy posted earlier today and I agree that the element of the show has changed.  People are actually turning into the show to watch the Dancers rather than the stars.  Don't get me wrong they are watching the stars also.

I mentioned it to someone that they should do the following to the show:

• Make it more competitive to draw more star quality.  Make it where if you make it to the final three the monetary value goes up.  $1,000,000 for first place, $500,000 for second place and $250,000 for third place.  This would be and extra added bonus.  Sort of incentives.  It would really be a competition where you win something besides the mirror ball trophy. ABC can afford doing this because they are making so much money from this show it's a drop in the bucket. 

[tcumom]

San ~ That is a wonderful idea!

It would be really neat if each winner opted to donate a portion, if not all the winnings, to a particular charity.  Although now that I've said that, would folks NOT vote for a certain contestant because of the selected charity......oh well, just thinking.

Can't *wait* for school to be over today!  I'm counting down! 

[MuffyBee]

http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/09/dancing-with-the-stars-jr-martinez-waltzes-into-week-2-but-bids-goodbye-to-all-my-children.html
'Dancing With the Stars': J.R. Martinez waltzes into Week 2 but bids goodbye to 'All My Children'
September 26, 2011



J.R. Martinez has faced a lot of challenges in his life -- including recovering from severe burns he suffered while serving as an Army infantryman in Iraq in 2003 -- but his tie for first place at the conclusion of the initial round of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" in the first week was bittersweet.

His opportunity to move, with pro partner Karina Smirnoff, into the next round came only days before the end of the ABC daytime drama "All My Children," on which he has played injured Iraq war vet Brot Monroe since 2008.

The show ended it nearly 42-year TV run on Friday, Sept. 23.
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Martinez and Smirnoff got high marks for their Viennese waltz, finishing atop the leaderboard in a tie with singer Chynna Phillips and her pro partner, Tony Dovolani.

"It's rewarding to know," Martinez says, "you put so much work into it, and it pays off by allowing you a second chance to come back and do another dance. Now I look forward to working on week to, working on the jive, hopefully jiving my way to the top of the leaderboard."

In the waltz, Martinez and Smirnoff tried a risky move, in which Martinez held his partner's arms and swirled her around the floor -- a move that had resulted more than once with both of them in a heap during rehearsal.
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Martinez says it wasn't until dress rehearsal, dancing on the revamped ballroom's new floor, that he felt confident the move could stay
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This Monday night, Sept. 26, Martinez is really going to have to step up the foot speed for the jive.

"It's a fun dance," he says, "and it's going to give us a chance to show off my natural personality, just being fun and energetic and out there all the time."
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