"Dancing With The Stars: All-Stars" elimination: Bristol rolls as 2 axed

Former "DWTS" champions Helio Castroneves, left, and Drew Lachey were eliminated in the show's third round Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012

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No Bristol bashing here.

Look not on this page, dear reader, for poison prose about the girl from Alaska who keeps four-wheeling over more talented competitors.

No tirade about the unfairness of a world that rewards the barely competent over the gifted.

If you're looking for barbs about a voting audience that has reduced political clout to its most trivial denominator, you need to Google elsewhere.

We're not going to write that Bristol Palin taking her Red-State free-ride once again is an expression of the rampant mediocrity that threatens to drag down our great nation.

If it needs saying, someone else will have to say that every week that Bris endures on "Dancing With The Stars: All-Stars" is an aberration of the very definition of a "talent show."

No, I said all I needed to say last week, when the Bristol effect first reared its ugly head again after keeping her in the game way too long in Season 11. So let's just get to the recap.

After Monday night's dazzling show, it became clear there were at least eight dancers who had the talent and moves to go all the way this season.

One of that eight, ex-boy band member Drew Lachey, was sent packing Tuesday -- the first former "DWTS" champion to go.

• "DWTS: All-Stars" Round 3: The stars take control
• "DWTS: All-Stars" Week 2 elimination: Bristol survives, Fatone dives
• "Dancing With The Stars: All-Stars" Week 2 - No 2nd week slump
• Pamela Anderson first celebrity dancer booted off "DWTS: All-Stars"
• "DWTS: All-Stars" wins Monday audience, but loses key demographic
• Foxtrots and cha-cha-chas as "DTWS" kicks off all-star season
• Timeline: "Dancing With The Stars" through the years

The second contestant ousted was Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves, whose super-charged smile and "aw-shucks, I-love-ya America" charm couldn't translate to audience support this time around. Castroneves, also a former "DWTS" champ, was part of the underbrush that needs clearing to get to the best and brightest.

As for Lachey, the champion from the early days of "DWTS" before the bar got raised, I didn't see him going very far. Not because he's not a great dancer but because -- how to say this? -- he seemed a little creepy. He was talking smack at the beginning of the season about how he was as good as anybody, and on Monday, he did some lewd thrust with his hips and bragged about fathering two kids. He came across to me like that one eighth-grade kid who was always shaking down the fifth-graders for their cafeteria money.

The elimination show began with a reprise of the amazing quick step by Shawn Johnson and her partner, Derek Hough, which was hailed by the judges and this writer as one of the best dances ever seen on "DWTS" -- full of energy, fun and flips.

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"Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars"

Amid the drawn-out culling process that "DWTS" uses to stretch out the suspense, the show also tried a new gimmick. Each of the contestants was called upon to select a dance for next week for a fellow competitor. A crop of new dances -- most of them new styles for the show -- were thrown into the mix.

In sports, this is where you would make your rival with the sore knee do a 10-mile race. But the all-stars are all too nicey-nice to go for the jugular. Still, it will be fun to see some new dances next week: contemporary, hip-hop, Broadway, bolero, Bollywood, rock 'n' roll, Charleston, disco, jitterbug and mambo.

In the first elimination, Kirstie Alley, herself on shaky ground, got a scare when she was paired with Lachey in the bottom two. But she survived to use her wiles and comic assets for another round.

"I can honestly say I would not change a thing, you know. Everyone questioned why I would come back. I came back because this is fun," said Lachey after the axe fell.

In the final elimination, Sabrina Bryan was paired with Lachey. Although she's a great dancer, I think Bryan may have trouble sticking around. Her personality is kind of generic and, given the opportunity this week to express her creative control, she delivered an ordinary, if well-rendered, dance.

We got to see more of those pearly whites when Castroneves got the cut. "I want to thank America, you guys vote for me, I couldn't be happier."

The one who SHOULD be thanking America is -- oh wait, we're not going there.

Bristol Palin reacts to the news that she'll be moving on to the next round of "Dancing With The Stars."

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[Cathyx]

Sad that this show has been taken over by the Palins......I enjoy the good dancing--not the whining, self promotion, controversy. For the life of me. I don't understand why someone 21 years old thinks she is mature and fit when she can barely move (maybe the cell phone is too heavy and it is always in her hand) or is it the weight of the gum, which has sealed her head so that messages don't get to her brain) but she claims to be a Christian and then says she will show the middle finger to anyone who disagrees with her. And she actually thinks she needs to comment on whatever the President is doing but encourages her own son to misbehave with all her laughter. Silly Bristol probably thinks the votes she is receiving are serious statements about her talent--and she never thinks about how she is ruining the reputation of this show and is causing better dancers to be eliminated just because God is favoring her. Bristol Palin is just a joke-Mama Palin is just a joke thinking that the way to lose weight is not eating and having plastic surgery and also thinking that the viewers of Dancing with the Stars are interested in her rambling thoughts about her book. She is just as qualified to be offering nutrition advise as she was to be the next VP. And both Bristol and her mom look worse today than they did four years ago!

[projectelwood1972]

Lose the gum, Bristol, and knock off the "boo hoo". You are on national television!

[Bob_Amsel]

Bristol Palin is obviously trying to do the best that she can do and she has a wonderful choreographer/partner, Mark Ballas, to work with her. But as a dancer she remains soulless. She can learn steps, and she can learn technique, and she has improved since her last season, but she is not in the same class as those who were eliminated before her. I'm certain the producers of this show knew that her teabagging fans would vote for her no matter what, which relegates this show pretty much to a popularity contest for Sarah Palin, more than for Bristol. That in itself is probably difficult for Bristol Palin to swallow, and her emotional outburst with Mark suggest that she already knows the reason for her continued presence on this show while superior, more talented dancers are being eliminated. I think it's sad to be Bristol.

[TheAndersMan]

Yeah, I agree - very sad to be Bristol. She probably never really wanted to be on the show, its just not who she is. She seemed like she would be ok if she were not so afraid... the events of 2008 must have changed her life so much. I'm glad she no longer has to be on the show every week.

[Ablative_Absolute]

Bristol Palin has proven herself to be a spoiled, pretentious, self-centered brat. Not since, "BABY-JANE HUDSON" pranced across the stage have we ever seen such a pitiful lack of talent from an indulgent precocious child.

"Dancing With The Stars" is no longer a talent show, but rather a disgusting "popularity contest." It is beyond disappointing to see talented dancers like Drew Lachey and Helio Castroneves sent home just so that spoiled cry-baby Bristol can remain.

If the producers are so desperate to placate this untalented spoiled child, they should just "outright give her" the meaningless "Mirror Ball Trophy" and send her home. Afterwards, they can then allow the truly dedicated dancers to continue with this dance competition.

Bristol's lowest moment was when she cried and whined that her partner, Mark Ballas, "wasn't there for her." But no one believed Bristol and no one felt sorry for her. This childish display simply gave the viewing audience even more reason to be disgusted with this "no-talent" spoiled, cry-baby Palin.

Yes, there is good reason why there are so many horrible negative comments about Bristol Palin. She is worthy of them all.

[Ihavecats]

I find it ridiculous that people are acting like Bristol is the first person who has ever stayed on a DWTS when other stars were far more talented. Remember Sabrina's season?????? Anytime you actually let the people decide talent is questionable to win it.

[milore55]

"Not since, "BABY-JANE HUDSON" pranced across the stage have we ever seen such a pitiful lack of talent from an indulgent precocious child." Best comment EVER! Thanks for the laugh and the image!

[JV1970]

I'm copying this because I COMPLETELY AGREE with ADEAS1132 and I think what she said needs to be said and repeated!

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Thinkbeforeyouwrite says:I have not watched DWTS since the last voting controversy over Bristol. I do not hate the girl but her days as a celebrity should be ending. I do wish her a happy life. The DWTS voting was being based on political feelings and not skill and hard work. It was a distortion of the whole reason for the show. Including Bristol in the competition does give the show a lot of attention which is what they want.reply


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adeas1132 replies: linkicon reporticon emailicon You don't hate her? Really?? Her days as a celebrity should be ending? Really? And who appointed you as the official to call that game over?? Who gives you the authority to say when someone's status should change just because you don't like her? Did you not hear the judges tell her last night that it was her best performance ever?? Did you not see that others did worse than she did, but the judges STILL put Bristol & Mark at the bottom even though they did better than others?? ALL of you are basing your vitriol for Bristol on your political biases and nothing more. The girl works just as hard if not harder than anybody on there because she has to because she is swimming upstream every week against not only the judges, but people like the troll that wrote this "article" if you can call it that and people like the ones on here that dislike her simply because her last name is Palin!! I am astonished that I found this article that is so blatantly biased on a CBS website written as a story. This wasn't a story or an article. This was a bash Bristol piece, plain and simple. CBS should be ashamed. Oh, but wait, they won't be because they are just as biased as all of you!! It is a shame what our media has become. Just a shame. And it's a shame that all of you "liberals" that claim to be the party of peace and love can waste so much energy with so much hate and disdain for a little girl from Alaska that has never done a single thing to a single one of you other than have the last name Palin. The Palin name just drives you all crazy. It would actually be hilarious if it weren't so pathetic. This is a TELEVISION SHOW!!! Americans are voting for her. Get over it!!

[Ablative_Absolute]

Apparently, you seem a bit upset, "adeas1132." You seem to be particularly disturbed by the fact that so many people are convinced that Bristol Palin is a self-absorbed, spoiled child who has no talent for dancing. But "why" are you taking this so "personal"? Are you, perhaps, suffering an identity crisis of your own, "adeas1132"?

It must be very difficult for you to accept the fact that no one agrees with you here. Perhaps you should simply try to enjoy the show and try not to think about the "other people" who disagree with you. Try to be happy.

[zenia5]

@ablative_absolute....you are so right! It seems that adeas1132 is a bit hypocritical...to say the least.

[adeas1132]

You have to be joking, right?? There is no way a SANE person is taking DWTS this seriously. Tea Partiers bringing down a nation?? I agree with BITTERSOCIALISTSAREFUNNY - you liberals elected a wwwaaaayyyy incompetent community organizer as POTUS because he was either a Dem or because he was African American - NOT because of his qualifications - and you want to talk about tea Partiers?? How is that community organizer working out for you??

But seriously, if any of you are taking DWTS as seriously as it appears from your posts, you really need to think about

1. Getting a tv with more than one channel
2. Find something else to do with your time.
3. Take a pill before something bursts
4. Get a freakin life!!!

It is a TELEVISION SHOW PEOPLE!!!!!!! And the ONLY reason all of your heads are spinning around is because this young girl's last name is Palin. Plain and simple. Has NOTHING to do with her dancing skills. You liberal's Palin syndrome would be hilarious if it weren't so pathetic. The only thing Bristol is guilty of is having the last name Palin. She has just as much right to be there as anyone else on the show. She works hard, and the judges even told her that was her best performance ever. She did better than several of the other couples, but the judges STILL put her at the bottom because they know all of you loons would lose it!! Either that or they are just as bias and Palin syndrome as all of you. I say more power to Bristol! I hope she wins just to see all of you explode! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Ablative_Absolute]

You seem to be very angry, bitter, and resentful "ADEAS1132." In fact, the comments that you posted demonstrate that you are in a highly agitated and intense state of extreme rage. It is apparent (based on your highly emotional comments) that you are suffering from profound emotional pain.

Your last sentence is painfully revealing when you state: "I hope she wins just to see all of you 'explode'! HAHAHAHA HAHAHA..."

Do you "really" want to see people 'explode', "ADEAS1132" ? Do you somehow derive personal satisfaction at the thought of human suffering (i.e. people "exploding")? Perhaps this would be a good time for you to do some long overdue personal introspection. No one really deserves to be so painfully unhappy, as you are. Use this moment as an opportunity to find the inner-peace you deserve. Good luck to you, and enjoy the show!

[JV1970]

cattiej says:I don't watch this show anymore but I would like to comment that the reason we don't is because the fix is in, always has been...Palin was terrible before but we don't care for her attitude, that's why we aren't watching...just reading this report is enough for us...bye, ya all!reply

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JV1970 replies: linkicon reporticon emailicon It must NOT be because you did read the report and then commented on it!


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Ablative_Absolute replies: linkicon reporticon emailicon What are you trying to say "JV1970" ? Are you saying that "you" have further insight into CATTIEJ's own motivation than she herself has? Please share with us "JV1970": Do have some kind of special psychic ability? We are all intrigued by your amazing gift of human insight, "JV1970."


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zenia5 replies: linkicon reporticon emailicon JV1970 gets her knickers in a knot at any criticism of her idols, the Palins. She thinks they are beyond perfect in everything they do because of all Sarah Palin's phony flag-waving and bible thumping during the campaign, pandering to the evangelicals. She preached "family values" incessantly, yet look at Bristol. I saw a clip of Bristol's "reality show" where her toddler son was spewing the "F" word and Bristol just laughed at him uncontrollably. During the last Dancing With the Stars episode that Bristol was on, she made the statement, "I would love to win this thing...it would be like giving the middle finger to those people who hate my mom." These are the "family values" that Sarah instills in her children. They are all a bunch of phony wannabes. Such a shame that their millions can't buy class and intellect. I also agree that Bristol is just getting the "Honey Boo Boo" vote.

[JV1970]

Ablative_Absolute I'm not TRYING to say anything! I said it it! And I'm NOT a psychic! It's just obvious to anyone with even half a brain, which obviously isn't you or zenia5, that if just reading the report was enough for cattiej they wouldn't have cared enough about it to comment on it!

[JV1970]

zenia5 You can say what you will about Bristol and you can hate her as much as you want to. You can even say that she's just getting the "Honey Boo Boo" vote. All of that won't matter at all if she goes on to win the competition. She'll have the last laugh and nothing you say will change the fact that she won!

[adeas1132]

You people are insane. That's all that can be said about that. Do any of you have any idea the lives that some of the other "stars" that are and have been on that show have lived?? Set an example? Really? Well, let's see, we have Pamela Anderson, we all know what her claim to fame is, multitudes of them that have also had children while not married, but they all get a pass because their last names aren't Palin - Kardashian, now there's a name - why weren't all of you all up in arms about them being on the show? Since they really haven't done anything to become "stars" other than have a reality show that has made them gazillionaires. Oh, I forgot, they don't have the last name Palin. I could go on and on and on - but you get my point. All of this vitriol over Bristol is simply because her last name is Palin - nothing more, nothing less. The Palin syndrome is something you liberals really should have yourselves examined for. It's really bad when it gets to the point that you call it a "travesty" that a person stays on a reality show!! And believe it or not, MOST of those "stars" don't dance - they do that show for FUN, which is what it is about.

To the woman that just cannot figure out what to tell her grandchildren - here's a suggestion - tell them that DWTS is a bunch of movie stars on a reality show having FUN!! NOT a bunch of professional dancers having a recital or a life or death dance audition!! THAT'S what you tell them. And that Bristol Palin has just as much right to be on the show as any of the others there - because she was INVITED!!!!! It's not like she just showed the hell up there!! Or you can begin to teach them how to hate people at an early age for no reason other than their political beliefs like all of you!! I personally would chose the first.

You all should really either

1. Get a TV with more than one channel so you can turn it if something is on you don't want to watch
2. Take this show for what it really is - a fun reality show
3. Take a pill before something bursts
4. Or get a life!!
5. Last but not least, stop teaching your children to hate people just because they don't agree with you!!

[zenia5]

Per Adeas1132: "5. Last but not least, stop teaching your children to hate people just because they don't agree with you!!"

What a shame that the Palins never learned this lesson. The reason they are so scorned is BECAUSE of all the hate, lies, deceptions, and slander they spewed during the campaign ... and still do. They are simply reaping what they have sown.

[JV1970]

zenia5 You're the pot calling the kettle black when it comes to spewing hate and slander! You do it every day!

[franny2012]

DWTS has always been one of my favorite "guilty pleasures", because the show never fails to be entertaining, i.e. until Tuesday night's jaw-dropping eliminations. I had been looking forward to this All-Stars edition of the show, but when I saw the lineup included Bristol Palin, I almost shuddered with disbelief. And sure enough, the far right and Tea Party are keeping her in the competition. I don't even care that her surname is Palin, but if she danced half as good as Sabrina, Melissa or Shawn I'm sure her being kept in the competition would be justified. But for her not to even be in the bottom 2 and two former champions being booted off is not only ridiculous, but absolutely unconscionable. BTW did anyone notice how upset Len Goodman was when Helio said his goodbyes? He looked like he was so disgusted with what had just happened that he couldn't even stand up to acknowledge Helio's departure and Carrie Ann Inaba was trying her best to encourage him. This show is quickly turning into a farce!

[closeureyes]

I watched DWTS for the last time last night! I could not believe (and neither could Bristol obviously) she wasn't eliminated! What is wrong with people? Maybe the family is spending all their reality show money to keep her in? OMG! Besides, I cannot stomach another camera shot of the mother... When are these people going to work for a living? How long are we going to support these people? Can they not find a job like the rest of us and actually earn their keep? How could anyone cast an honest vote for Bristol when I've got more movement in my little finger than she has in her entire body?? Wake up USA!!

[princesmom]

I agree. Let Bristol succeed or fail on her own merits but why do the cameramen have to force the mother on the rest of us!!!!!
She "WAS" a former governor. How many former governors do you know who get tv face time? Give us a break!!

[LittleBird64]

Agreed! I've said the same thing to a co-worker of mine. Sarah Palin gets way more face time than any of the other family members and it makes me sick. Is Bristol their little ratings booster? Unfortunately, I fear it's going to backfire on ABC. Oh and I'm a Republican!! So this isn't political to me. It's about unfairness and inequity in a DANCING competition. I've asked this before and I'll ask it again. Why did they get rid of the dance off that they had last year where the judges had final say on who got eliminated based on actual dancing SKILL? Is that also because Bristol is back on the show and they knew it would cause her to get kicked off too quickly? Things that make you go hmmmmmm.......