The Dancing with the Stars finale was stretched over two nights, on Monday there was an hour and 15 minutes of dancing (ABC ended the show at an odd time to help convince people to stick around for Skating with the Stars which premiered afterwards), and then after the voting on Monday night, Tuesday night’s show had two more dances by the 3 finalist couples, including an instant dance. All the past season’s contestants came back and danced for us, Xtina Aguilera did a song from Burlesque to promote the movie, but I have no idea if any of the performances were any good, because I’ve been taught that it doesn’t matter anymore, the popularity contest dominates. All I could do was watch while wound up waiting for the results. Bring on the damn results!
If you missed both nights, just watch this 3 minute clip of all three couples doing an Instant Cha Cha and that will pretty much bring you current.
And after all the brouhaha, who won? Happy Thanksgiving, America! The lady from Dirty Dancing. Bristol wasn’t even runner-up! That went to receiver of my votes, Kyle Massey. He didn’t deserve the mirror ball trophy, to be honest, though I do have a soft spot for him dancing his freestyle to Tootsie Roll, which was the most popular song at my high school prom. ATL forever!!
But ultimately, Jennifer Grey can end her career now comfortably with the mirror ball trophy on her mantelpiece. Congratulations to Derek Hough for being the first professional to capture 3 wins as well. I have been a little bit of a Grey hater this season in my recaps, because I’m not sure I’ve posted more than one clip the whole 11 weeks, so here’s the season 11 champion for you:
Well-played, ABC, on driving up your ratings, getting everyone up in arms, then following through on your effort to make Bristol Palin the Kelly Osbourne of the season — she only got as far as 3rd place as well. In a few months, all the rage will die down and I’ll find myself getting excited when the names are released for the next season’s cast. You sick bastards, there’s no quitting you. Tune in next week to see if I end up getting sucked into watching Sean Young do some ice dancing.
