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Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars
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Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars started on March 17.
This season we have five actors, three sports people (if you call figure skating a sport!), one comedian, one comedic magician, one singer and a Priscilla Presley. I couldn't categorize her!
This lens' aim is to have some fun with Dancing with the Stars. I'm certainly not qualified to do a weekly in-depth analysis of the pros and cons of each pair, so I thought it would be interesting to do weekly polls on who is going to get kicked off next and who will win in the end.
So please register your vote and check back to see how well Squidoo is doing!
Previous weeks - Season 5
Week 8 - Results
Totally contrary to our poll (we had Marissa leaving), Mario was voted off in week 8. I was impressed with the way he started the competition, but he didn't seem to improve as much as some of the other contestants; plus Len seemed to have a big downer on him. He seems like a nice young man and I'm sure he will do very well for himself - he sure can sing!Next week is the semi-final of Dancing with the Stars - don't forget to watch and vote!
Week 8
Cristian straight-arms Jason!Kristi was second for the second week running but it wasn't Jason who stole top spot, it was our injured actor!
Cristian went from last to first - mainly due to the choreography of Cheryl Burke. Yes, he did marvelously well to dance with an injured arm, but it was Cheryl's choreography that spared his arm, and you couldn't tell he had an injury!
Len was in a very grumpy mood, and continued his haranging of Mario - he doesn't seem to like him.
Judges' Scores
Kristi 29+26=55
Mario 27+26=53
Marissa 25+25=50
Jason 29+23=52
Cristian 28+29=57
Marissa is favorite in our poll to go home - she needs 4% more viewer votes than Jason, 6% more than Mario or 10% more than Kristi.
Injured arm doesn't stop Cristián on "Dancing"
Lens Highlights
- The REMAINING Contestants in Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars
- Who Will Be The Next To Be Voted Off?
- The Latest Dancing with the Stars Videos
- Previous Winners of Dancing with the Stars
- Who Will Win Dancing with the Stars Season Six?
- The Judges
- Who's Your Favorite Judge?
- How to Get Eliminated from Dancing With The Stars
- Week 1 - The Women
- "Mango"
The REMAINING Contestants in Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars
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Kristi Yamaguchi
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Kristi Yamaguchi is an ice skating champion who is appearing on season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. Her partner is Mark Ballas. Dancing with the Stars Season Six
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Marissa Jaret Winokur
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Marissa Jaret Winokur is best know for her performance in the stage version of "Hairspray". She is competing in season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. Her partner is Tony Dovolani. Dancing with the Stars Season Six
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Cristian De La Fuente
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Cristian De La Fuente, the Chilean actor, is appearing in season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. His partner is Cheryl Burke . Dancing with the Stars Season Six
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Jason Taylor
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Jason Taylor, footballer, will have to be more gentle with his team mate than he's used to in season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. His partner is Edyta Sliwinska. Dancing with the Stars Season Six
The Celebrities That Have Been Voted Off
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Priscilla Presley
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Priscilla Presley appeared on Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. She was voted off in week 5. She showed poise and charm, and amazing dancing ability for a 62 year old. Dancing with the Stars Season Six
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Adam Carolla
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Adam Carolla, actor, comedian and DJ, appeared in Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. His partner was Julianne Hough.
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Marlee Matlin
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Marlee Matlin, is a critically aclaimed, Oscar-winning actress who also happens to be deaf. She appeared on season 6 of Dancing with the Stars, getting voted off in week 6. Her partner was Fabian Sanchez. Dancing with the Stars Season Six
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Shannon Elizabeth
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Shannon Elizabeth is a model, actor and poker player. Her first big break came in American Pie. She appeared in Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars with her partner (in more ways than one!) Derek Hough. Dancing with the Stars Season Six
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Monica Seles
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Monica Seles, former Tennis champion and winner of nine grand slam titles, appeared on season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. Unfortunately she was one of the first two voted off. She gave it her all but she really isn't a dancer. Her partner was Jona...
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Mario
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Up and coming singer, Mario, appeared in season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. His partner was Karina Smirnoff. Dancing with the Stars Season Six
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Penn Jillette
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Penn Jillette is competing in season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. His partner is Kym Johnson. Dancing with the Stars
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Steve Guttenberg
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Steve Guttenburg, famous actor from the 80s appeared on season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. He was voted off in week 3. His partner was Anna Trebunskaya. Dancing with the Stars Season Six
Who Will Be The Next To Be Voted Off?
We are down to six celebrities - Penn and Monica were voted off in week 2, the "Gutte" was voted off in week 3, the unicycling Adam Carolla was unseated in week 4, Priscilla Presley exited in week 5, Marlee Matlin signed out in week 6, Shannon Elizabeth left in week 7 and Mario shuffled off in week 8. Who will go in week 9?
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Dancing with the Stars News
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The Latest Dancing with the Stars Videos
From ABC
Here are the latest videos from ABC on Dancing with the Stars, just follow the link to ABC.com.
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byPrevious Winners of Dancing with the Stars
Here are the winners from seasons 1 through 5. Who will win this time?Season 1: Kelly Monaco & Alec Mazo
Season 2: Drew Lachey & Cheryl Burke
Season 3: Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke
Season 4: Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough
Season 5: Helio Castroneves & Julianne Hough
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DWTS Blog Posts
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Who Will Win Dancing with the Stars Season Six?
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From ABC.com
Carrie Ann Inaba
Carrie Ann is a former professional dancer turned choreographer and director in the television and film industry. She has choreographed numerous televised events, including American Idol Christmas 2003, Miss America 1998 2001 and 2003, All American Girl 2003 and Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire, among many others. She has acted and danced in such films and television series as In Living Color, Showgirls and Flintstones 2: Viva Rock Vegas!, and had featured roles in Austin Powers II & III, Monster Mash and Freak.Inaba has toured with Madonna (The Girlie Show International Tour) and twice with Ricky Martin (Living La Vida Loca Promo Tour and Shake Your Bon Bon).
Inaba is also skilled in hula, videography, editing, singing, martial arts and Japanese.
Len Goodman
Len Goodman has been a head judge on Strictly Come Dancing, the original UK version of Dancing with the Stars. He was a professional dancer and dance teacher, and now runs his own successful dance school in Kent, England, where he resides.Having performed his entire adult life, specializing in the form of Ballroom called Exhibition dancing, Goodman has won the British Exhibition four times and was the runner up in the Exhibition World Championships. He has also been awarded the British Rising Star Award, the Carl Allen Award and, most recently, a Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition he is an accomplished judge of Latin American and Ballroom professional dance competition, serving as a regular at the World and British Championships.
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli has been a popular judge on all seasons of Strictly Come Dancing, the UK version of Dancing with the Stars, as well as a guest judge on the Australian version. He is a top choreographer and has worked on countless films, plays, music videos, commercials, concerts, trade shows and television series with such music icons as Elton John, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Tina Turner and Paul McCartney. He recently created Dance X, a reality competition looking for the next sensational new dancing and singing group in the UK. Bruno is a mentor and coach on the show and is looking forward to bringing it to the US later this year.Tonioli started out as a dancer before moving on to become a successful choreographer. He has worked on such films as Ella Enchanted, What a Girl Wants, Enigma and Blow Dry. His long list of music video credits includes Sheena Easton's Giving Up, Giving In, Wycliffe & Bono's New Day United Nations Video for Kosovo, Elton John's Please, Sting's This Cowboy Song, Michael Jackson's Give in to Me, Tina Turner's Steamy Windows, The Rolling Stones' One Hit, Paul McCartney's Hope of Deliverance and many more. Among his numerous concert credits are Tina Turner's Foreign Affairs and Duran Duran's World Tour. He also works in theatre and television.
Who's Your Favorite Judge?
How to Get Eliminated from Dancing With The Stars
A description of the scoring system from ABC.com
Each week every couple receives points from the judges and votes from the public. For every couple we work out the share they got of the points given by the judges on the night, and the share they got of the public's votes on the night and we add these two shares together. The couple with the lowest combined total is eliminated from the show.For example if couple A, B and C receive 38, 26 and 14 points from the judges, we calculate what share these points represent of the total awarded by the judges on the night. In this case the judges gave 78 points in total, and each couples' share of 78 points breaks down as follows: 38= 48.72% of 78, 26= 33.33% of 78, 14= 17.95% of 78. Let's suppose that when the public votes are tallied, each couple has the following shares: A= 20%, B=40%, C=40%. To determine who's eliminated we combine these two shares for the total:
Couple A: 20+48.72%= 68.72%
Couple B: 40+33.33%= 73.33%
Couple C: 40+17.95%= 57.95%
In this case, the bottom two couples would be A and C, and C would be eliminated.
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The Hosts
Tom Bergeron
Emmy Award winning host Tom Bergeron began his broadcasting career in 1972 in his hometown of Haverhill, MA. Despite ample evidence that Bergeron was 17 at the time, he now insists there has been a terrible mistake."Must be some other guy," Bergeron declared. "I'm only 35." After a grimace from his manager, Bergeron continued. "No, wait, 33. Yeah, that's it. I'm prematurely gray!"
Bergeron spent over a decade with WBZ TV in Boston, hosting a number of popular shows. According to his revised math, he apparently did this while also attending grade school.
In 1994 he became host of Breakfast Time on fX. This was before the cable channel was successful enough to afford the upper case F they now use. The show morphed into Fox After Breakfast and moved to the FOX network, where the use of all upper case letters offered little consolation. The show was canceled after one season.
Deftly dodging unemployment, Bergeron became fill in anchor on Good Morning America in 1997, a position he held until segueing to Hollywood Squares in 1998. At this point, Edward R. Murrow could be heard spinning in his grave.
While hosting Hollywood Squares, Bergeron multi tasked his way into a fill in anchor gig on CBS' The Early Show (more spinning) and also began hosting ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos. At present NBC still won't return his calls.
Samantha Harris
A seasoned journalist, Harris is a correspondent with E! Entertainment Television's E! News and host of THS Investigates. In addition to writing, producing and reporting daily for E! News, she co-hosts the network's live award-show coverage for the Oscars, Golden Globes and Emmys. Morning show viewers have also enjoyed Samantha's contributions as a special correspondent on Good Morning America.Prior to joining E!, Harris served as the weekend co-host for Extra, where she interviewed hundreds of celebrities. She also launched the first-ever Las Vegas bureau for Extra, as the anchor.
Her other hosting credits include Fox's The Next Joe Millionaire and AMC Access. Additionally, she also served as a guest co-host on The View.
Her acting credits include Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python, Surviving Gilligan's Island, Reefer Madness!: The New "Hit" Musical (original cast), Beautiful, CSI and others.
As a model, Harris is a three-time cover girl for Muscle & Fitness: HERS and has been featured in MAXIM, SELF and SHAPE magazines as well as numerous ads and commercials.
As a strong supporter of cancer research, Harris routinely volunteers in charity events, such as the Revlon Run/Walk and What A Pair, to raise funds and awareness.
Born and raised in Hopkins, MN, by a rock 'n' roll promoter dad and dancer mom - who together created and produced one of the country's first renaissance festivals, King Richard's Faire - Harris went on to graduate with honors from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA, with her husband, Michael.
The Latest from the Official Dancing with the Stars Blog
Here are the latest post from the ABC.com Dancing with the Stars blog.
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Dancing with the Stars is the name of a group of international television series based on the format of the British series Strictly Come Dancing. Not all the international versions share this title. The format is distributed by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC. Australia was the first country to adapt the BBC show, and versions have also been produced in Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Panama, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and the USA.
The format has become popular internationally and was the world's most popular television programme across all genres in 2006, reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries.
The show pairs a number of celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing dances, which are then given scores by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes on their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some of the shows) by the Internet. The couple with the lowest combined score (judges plus viewers) is eliminated and does not go on to the next week. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left, at which point one couple is declared the champion.
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