Tim Appelo,
Apr 15, 2009
In this week's eliminations, Dancing With the Stars eliminated the elimination dance-off, and left us in the dark as to who almost got the boot. There was no suspense whatsoever over who was going to get it: Steve-O. Zero is his middle name, and evidently the score to which he aspired.
"Lacey's been extremely patient putting up with me," he explained in his farewell address. "Sometimes I tend to man-struate." Will this word catch on? I want only to forget. We've all been way too patient with Steve for a long painful while. He practically drove us to drugs to escape the pain of his dance existence.
See this season's costumes on Dancing with the Stars
DWTS is more than a little bit country anymore, what with Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough and Rascal Flatts doing the Beatles' "Revolution." I was disappointed that they didn't sing "What Hurts the Most" for oft-injured Steve-O.
Carmen Electra did her bit to unenthusiastic reviews, and in a special segment, we plumbed the dark psyches of the contestants via their body language. Shawn Johnson shrugs a lot, so she's insecure. Who knew? Granted, she keeps saying so in the English language, but now DWTS viewers can turn the sound down and watch with deeper insight. Melissa Rycroft displays fear on her face, in case you missed it. And here's what
Edyta Sliwinska's body language says: "If this room gets any colder and these outfits get any scantier, I'm going to sprout nipples like one of Austin Powers' Fembots!"
