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Media Watch: Dancing with the Stars again! Last week we voted for "Sticks," AKA Kenny Mayne, the quick-witted ESPN announcer. No, he wasn't very good, but at least he TRIED. Master P and George Hamilton both just "dawged" their dances. Sad to say, Mayne and his lovely partner Andrea Hale ended up dead last.
Louis van Amstel, the Dutch sad-sack who was first out with The Bachelorette last season has a better partner with Lisa Rinna. She's an announcer on the Soap Channel, with a good voice, but bad taste in cosmetic surgery. Edyta Sliwinska is a flashy soloist -- I know that because she's paired with comic actor George Hamilton, who is 66 years old and injured. He's charming his way through, but I think they should have an old guy who isn't so banged-up in his place. Jonathan Roberts and Giselle Fernandez are interesting -- she's a middle-aged TV journalist, but very lean and athletic -- they are scoring big with the judges. Ashly DelGrosso (from UTAH!) drew the most inept partner in Master P Miller -- his attitude is her biggest problem. She had a fabulous mate in the first season -- Joey from NKOB had APTITUDE instead, and enjoyed learning from her. Max Chmerkovskiy and new mother Tia Carrere are cute together. She always had a pleasant personality. Nick Kosovich and Tatum O'Neal could possibly win -- she's trying real hard, almost too hard. Anna Trebunskaya needs to "sic" a hypnotist on Jerry Rice -- his head is literally in the wrong place when he dances -- except for that, he's awesome from the neck on down. Tony Dovolani was the luckiest professional dancer -- his partner is the graceful, athletic, ballet-trained Stacy Keibler. I think she's looking for a more respectable gig than her professional wrestling job. Do you remember the character Tina Sparkle in Strictly Ballroom? She was tall, elegant, with a good figure, and wore the skimpiest costumes -- Ms. Kiebler seems to be her clone.
The dynamic Cheryl Burke teamed up with another ex-Boy Band performer named Drew Lachey. (The group was 98 Degrees, a mostly-forgotten bunch from the early 90's.) We voted for them -- she is good, and he has a lot of talent. They are the best-synchronized couple on the show, we think.


We voted for (L) Drew Lachey and (R) Cheryl Burke after the second show, since Kenny "Sticks" Mayne didn't make the first cut.