Michael Sam Eliminated On DWTS

Via the New York Daily News:

He’s been cut from the National Football League, and now he’s been ousted from "Dancing with the Stars." Viewers and judges on ABC’s celebrity dance competition Monday made the NFL’s first openly gay draft pick the third contestant kicked off this season. Sam, 25, dedicated a rumba dance to his estranged father, but the performance set to “I’m Not My Father’s Son” garnered a score of only 30 out of 40 from the judges, People magazine reported. The gracious Sam,who got engaged to boyfriend Vito Cammisano in January, thanked dance partner Peta Murgatroyd and described the defeat as “bittersweet” in an interview with Access Hollywood. “I thought my last dance was my best dance,”Sam told the TV show. “And I would like to leave on my best dance instead of my horrible dance.”

Here is his final dance.

Michael Sam Will Dance With The Stars

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Valerie Harper On DWTS

Dancing With The Nerds

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Kylie Minogue Goes Retro On DWTS

Last night Kylie Minogue appeared on Dancing With The Stars to perform her breakout 1987 hit, Locomotion, in a style more true to the 1962 original by Little Eva.

Bristol Booted From DWTS

Despite an online ballot-stuffing campaign by teabaggers such as Kevin DuJan, last night Bristol Palin finally got the hook on Dancing With The Stars.  Via CBS News:

The Bristol effect, the surge of fan votes that kept Bristol Palin afloat and sank better performers, faltered in Week 4 as the 21-year-old Alaskan was sent packin'. Her ouster ends the specter of a rancorous repeat of 2010, when fan votes kept awful, awkward Palin on the show at the expense of much superior dancers. Palin, who is a much better performer now, was still a long notch below the half-dozen superb dancers in this season's lineup. It isn't only that Bristol is a mediocre dancer. There have been other performers with her lack of skills or even worse, who were immensely more fun to watch. She's just very young and a little boring. "We did it , we made it to Week 4, and I'm happy with that. I had an awesome time," said Palin as parents Todd and Sarah watched from the audience.

Anderson Cooper: Bristol Palin Needs To Get Off Television And Find A Job

"Anyone who is on a reality show knows that to get attention, you have to have a have a wardrobe malfunction, throw up, have a breakdown -- have a storyline. Bristol Palin is a genius because last night she developed a storyline that made her very sympathetic. I am thinking of starting a job fair for people…who need to get jobs [like] Lindsay Lohan, Bristol Palin. I think they just need to get jobs, stop being on TV!" - Anderson Cooper, speaking on his talk show after Bristol "stormed out" of her Dancing With The Stars rehearsal because her dance partner "wasn't being supportive." Bristol once again survived last night's elimination, leading to screams of "FIXED!" on Twitter.

Teabaggers Keep Bristol On DWTS

The scores really are meaningless.

Dancing With The Rednecks

Self-described "redneck girl" Bristol Palin received the lowest score on last night's edition of Dancing With The Stars after a country routine that ended with her smashing a beer bottle over her partner's head. Mama Grizzly applauded wildly from the audience.  The judges were not amused:

"You slammed us in the face by saying we're not gonna follow your rules," chastised judge Carrie Ann Inaba, "so guess what? We're slamming back." "But," she added, "I love watching you perform now." Len Goodman said he too appreciated Bristol's "fun enthusiasm," but criticized her technique. "I liked the hoedown, but the technique was a bit low down," he concluded. Not surprisingly, Bristol and Mark received the lowest score of the night, 18, and will likely be in jeopardy for the second week in a row on tomorrow night's (Oct. 2) elimination show.

Before the dance began, Bristol was shown firing a machine gun at an indoor shooting range. That will bring in the votes.

Quote Of The Day - Bristol Palin

"While I’m excited and thankful to be returning to Dancing With The Stars, not everyone is thrilled I’m coming back. When the new contestants participated in a panel discussion for the Television Critics Association’s summer tour, the critics’ disdain for me was obvious. While they asked many questions (or, really, just a few questions over and over), only one stands out in my mind: Would I mind dancing with a gay dance partner? [snip] In their simplistic minds, the fact that I’m a Christian, that I believe in God’s plan for marriage, means that I must hate gays and must hate to even be in their presence. Well, they were right about one thing: there was hate in that media room, but the hate was theirs, not mine." - Bristol Palin, who says she'd be happy to have a gay dance partner with no civil rights.

Lesbian Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Cast For Dancing With The Stars

Lesbian tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been cast for the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars. So has Urkel.

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver and 18-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Navratilova will compete in "Dancing With the Stars" this spring. Actor Jaleel White, who portrayed Steve Urkel in "Family Matters," and singer Gladys Knight will also be among the 12 celebrity contestants on the next season of the ABC dancing competition. Other famous faces participating in the 14th edition include operatic singer Katherine Jenkins, "The View" co-host Sherri Shepherd, singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw, "Little House on the Prairie" actress Melissa Gilbert, Disney Channel star Roshon Fegan, "The Bold and the Beautiful" actor Jack Wagner, telenovela star William Levy and "Extra" co-host Maria Menounos.

Crazy Eyes Turns Down DWTS

Michele Bachmann has declined the offer to appear on the next season of Dancing With The Stars.

The former Republican presidential candidate blasted out a release to dispel any lingering rumors: "In full disclosure, I did win a polka dancing competition when I was in the tenth grade at my alma mater, Anoka High School in Anoka, Minn.," Bachmann said in a statement. "But, despite my tenth grade polka success and my lifelong love of ballroom dancing, the recent rumors are false. I will not be joining 'Dancing with the Stars.'"

Herman Cain turned them down too.

DWTS: Chaz Cut, Cher Cheers

I'll admit I'm quite surprised he lasted so long.

DWTS: Carson Cut, Chaz Safe

Chaz survives, Cher celebrates, and the audience boos the elimination of Carson Kressley.

Cher Attends DWTS

Cher attended last night's broadcast of Dancing With The Stars and applauded tearfully as Chaz earned his highest scores of the season. (Via - Advocate)

Chaz Bono Survives Week 3 On DWTS

A shocker to everybody, especially Chaz. After the results were revealed, Cher tweeted that she'll be in the audience at next week's show.

DWTS: Argentina Style

Totally NSFW.

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Chaz Survives Week Two On DWTS

Now saddled with a painful knee injury, this may be as far as Chaz will go.

AFA Launches DWTS Boycott

The American Family Association has been on a boycottin' fuh-renzy over the last week. First it was Ben & Jerry's, then the AARP, and now - Dancing With The Stars. But they are totally not economic terrorists! At all!