DWTS Season 33

Anna seemed unhappy the whole night. Her performance too, very low energy

Perhaps she knew the fix was in and that she was about to be kicked off?

I'm speculating obviously. I have no idea what happened

But her one word response to Julianne seemed like a big FU to me

I suspect she regrets the whole experience now and wishes she never signed up for it. Social media beat her up pretty good

I would have liked to see more of her, but I didn't find her all that charming though, did you?

I thought she'd be more seductive and fun. Oh, well

Alan is a brave young man. Hoisting Big Ilona up like that took guts. I hope he didn't hurt himself

She seems pretty personable though. Light on her feet too for a big girl. I think I may start rooting for her now

The kiss seems innocent to me, Robin, but Gleb is a sucker for beautiful women. He's single now though, right? So he won't get in any trouble at home this time:)

Anna brought DWTS a lot of attention the show wouldn't have received otherwise

It was negative attention, of ourse:)

But she got people talking and tuning in

I wish she had tried a little harder; I don't think she gave it her full effort

Would have been nice too if she had a more experienced pro partner. Like Artem, who we mentioned previously. Or Val

If paired with Val, Anna would still be around, i'm sure

Despite all of her baggage

Set up to fail, Robin. Anna did not get a fair shake. I agree

She served her purpose and was then disposed of

I have a question though

When was the last time Val was paired off with a middle aged gal with thunder thighs?
A: Never

Is it possible the show wanted Val to dance with Anna, but he refused?

I'm asking because Val is almost always teamed with a graceful, waifish young ingenue, not a beefy, overweight adult woman in her early 50's

Phaedra Parks is not a typical Val dance partner. Not even close to one actuallly. She and Val are a very odd pairing

Just sayin'

Well, that would really be something if the pro's all refused to dance with Anna

Even if not true, it makes for a pretty good conspiracy threory, huh?

Not sure if you saw, but Anna gave a defiant interview to NBC yesterday

Here are the quotes:

* I feel that the show so obviously used me to drive up the ratings, that they never had any plans to give me any chance to grow and only cared about exploiting me for attention

* It was predatory of them to try [to] make me feel inadequate and stupid all while I did get progressively better yet they chose to disregard that

* It felt like I was never really given a fair chance by the viewers or some of the judges’ given their nonsensical scoring

Also on GMA Wednesday she was asked what her favorite part of being on DWTS was, and she replied, "getting eliminated" lol

Here is the 411:

Dancing With the Stars contestants typically receive a starting salary of $125,000, which covers their rehearsal period and the first two weeks of competition. After that, their salary may increase biweekly, depending on how far they advance in the competition:
Weeks 3–4: An extra $10,000 per week
Week 5: A bonus of $15,000
Weeks 6–7: An added $20,000 per week
Weeks 8–9: An extra $30,000 per week
Semi-finals and finale: An additional $50,000, plus the Mirror Ball trophy if they win
Depending on the length of the season, these weekly bonuses can add up to over $360,000. As of 2020, Variety reported that the most a contestant could make in the competition was capped at $295,000.

Eric Roberts last night. He's still got it!    It doesn't matter that he can't dance, lol. The women love him!

Hi, Ache

Well that was predictable. I thought the extra tall guy would be gone, maybe next time.

Gene Simmons has a hand tremor, did you notice. I guess everybody ages, it's inevitable.

I never got into the 80's music, it just sounds like noise to me :)

I thought I saw his hands trembling a little when he would hold up the paddles, maybe I'm wrong.

People don't like the sexual comments he made about the female pros.

people.com/gene-simmons-criticized-creepy-comments-about-female-dancers-dancing-with-the-stars-8725757

He gave the rugby girl a low score of 5, lol. Didn't he date Cher way back when? I'll have to look him up.

Edit: Looked him up on Wikipedia, he's an interesting dude.  No drugs or alcohol, but quite the womanizer.

I was wrong about last week, it was Phaedra that Gene gave the 5 to, not the rugby player.

That was a shocker, I didn't expect Gleb and the model to be eliminated so soon!

What a nightmare Derek and hayley went through. I mean you think you have problems till you hear a story like that. Miracle is right.

They really didn't say much about her current medical condition.

www.foxnews.com/entertainment/dancing-stars-judge-derek-hough-calls-wifes-recovery-after-near-fatal-brain-surgery-miracle

Last December, Erbert, a "Dancing with the Stars" professional dancer, became "disoriented" after a performance and needed to be hospitalized. She was then diagnosed with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel and required an emergency craniectomy.

According to the Mayo Clinic, "An intracranial hematoma is a collection of blood within the skull. It's usually caused by a blood vessel that bursts in the brain."

Hi, Ache

Disney=BORING! I was asleep by 8:35p and woke up to see Phrada being eliminated! Don't tell me next week is the Halloween show. Ugh!

Caught most of it. Surprised to see Jen eliminated. I thought she was one of the better dancers.

I'm watching the Golden Bachelorette right now. Never thought I would watch this stupid show. But without cable there isn't much to pick from.

While I find it entertaining, it seems phony to me, these people don't seem real. Perfect teeth, perfect hair. I can't help thinking they are all actors :)