The stars are doing two dances this week - one ballroom and one Latin. As Tom Bergeron says, “anything can and does happen”. What will happen tonight?

Helio and Julianne

Tango

Julianne starts the dance in a chair sitting next to Donny Osmond. Very bizarre Tango music. I just don’t really have more to say about the music than that. I’m sick of the crappy music selections. I do have to say, though, that I really enjoyed the dance. I thought Julianne did a great job working with crappy music and the choreography was enjoyable.

Judges scores: 9 + 8 + 8 = 25

My score: 9

Samba

Julianne has a raccoon on her chest! Okay, maybe not, but she gets the award for weirdest costume of the night. Helio, though, can definitely shake his groove thing. Oh, and appropriate music!

Judges scores: 9 + 9 + 9 = 27

My score: 9

Marie and Jonathan

Quickstep

And again - this is jive music, not quickstep music. However, Jonathan’s choreography really worked. Marie looks fabulous and it was a great dance. Very enjoyable.

Judges scores: 10 + 9 + 9 = 28

My score: 9

Cha-Cha

This was an absolutely fantastic dance for Marie. Wow. The music was weird again, but Jonathan made it work with the choreography. I loved this.

Judges scores: 8 + 8 + 8 = 24

My score: 9

Mel B and Maks

Foxtrot

The music was a little better, but only a little. Mel’s costume was odd. It was a lovely dance overall, but it wasn’t as good as I wish it had been.

Judges scores:

My score: 8 + 8 + 8 = 24

Paso Doble

First of all, her costume was hot hot hot. (Stupid music again, though!) Mel was a powerful dominatrix in this dance. Fantastic.

Judges scores: 10 + 10 + 10 = 30

My score: 10

Jane and Tony

Quickstep

An odd but meaningful song selection. I’m also not sure why they decided to attach a roll of toilet paper to her dress. I think this was a great dance for elegant Jane, but the dress was really distracting.

Judges scores: 8 + 8 + 8 = 24

My score: 8

Cha-cha

It was not bad. It was very entertaining actually, but it lacked some hotness. And I often forget how good a Latin dancer Tony is.

Judges scores: 8 + 9 + 9 = 26

My score: 8

Jennie and Derek

Viennese Waltz

Some really beautiful lines and finally a song that made sense with the dance. And some beautiful spins as well. Very graceful and lovely.

Judges scores: 8 + 8 + 9 = 25

My score: 9

Rumba

Their Rumba lacked a certain passion factor that some of the other Rumbas had, but it was very well danced. Beautiful lines.

Judges scores: 9 + 9 + 10 = 28

My score: 9

Cameron and Edyta

Quickstep

It’s becoming a recurring theme tonight, but again - stupid music. But a pretty decent Quickstep nonetheless.

Judges scores: 8 + 8 + 8 = 24

My score: 8

Jive

Very athletic, upbeat, energetic jive. And decent music, too. Well done.

Judges scores: 9 + 9 + 9 = 27

My score: 9

Judges rankings
1. Mel B and Maks (24 + 30 = 54)
2. Jennie and Derek (25 + 28 = 53)
3. Marie and Jonathan (28 + 24 = 52)
3. Helio and Julianne (25 + 27 = 52)
5. Cameron and Edyta (24 + 27 = 51)
6. Jane and Tony (24 + 26 = 50)

My rankings
1. Marie and Jonathan (9 + 9 = 18)
1. Mel B and Maks (8 + 10 = 18)
1. Helio and Julianne (9 + 9 = 18)
1. Jennie and Derek (9 + 9 = 18)
5. Cameron and Edyta (8 + 9 = 17)
6. Jane and Tony (8 + 8 = 16)