Here it is.I'm not going to tease you or hold out on you with it. You expected me to link to it. If you watch this show, you've heard about it, and if you don't then I'm sorry. Watching it on youtube doesn't really do justice to just how shocking Marie Osmond's fainting was live.
I mean, my immediate reaction to her fainting was that it was a playful faint, because Len was rattling off all the things you had to remember for a samba. Then the camera cut to her lifeless body on the ground and partner Jonathan Roberts and host Tom Bergeron kneeling beside her (pictured, left).
Two things: 1) I'm obviously glad Marie is ok, though her overly spinny and head whippy samba is probably what made her collapse in the first place, but led to a mediocre 21 out of 30. 2) Tom Bergeron does a VERY good job as host of this show. I kinda hated his cheesiness on the newer Hollywood Squares game show, but said cheesiness fits right in here and last night he had the presence of mind to send the show right to commercial after Marie's collapse. On the other hand, here was Samantha Harris at the end of the show: "See you next week" Tom: "..and tomorrow night even." Anyone wanna start a "bring back Drew Lachey" petition for me?
Anyway, it was Latin night in the ballroom as couples brough out their delicate, sexy rumbas as well as their (sorry, but it looks WAY more intense and challenging) sambas.
After a quick visit to London(?!) for a video shoot, Mel B. delivered the highest score of the night with a hot samba to, wait for it, the Spice Girls' "Spice up your life". I like that Maksim had Mel use the entire floor and his choreography seemed more alive than usual
The same could not be said for Helio and Julianne's rumba. I think the judges were a bit too tough on their scores (Really? Helio is no better than Mark Cuban? Really?) but they were right on to point out that what he had in technical proficiency, he lacked in, you know, sexiness. Or joy. Or anything positive. The shiny black turtleneck didn't help matters.
Speaking of Cubes, although he's a worst dancer than Helio, I enjoyed his "I Dream of Jeannie" themed samba 10 times more than the racecar driver's. I mean, Cuban just cannot compete with anyone else left in the competition when it comes to dancing skills, so he HAS to commit to a character, which he did beautifully last night.
One of the people he can't compete with is certainly Sabrina Bryan who delivered my favorite performance of the night (again), a sexy rumba to "Me and Mrs. Jones." She's so good that the judges are working overtime to point out reasons not to give her a 10 each week. (She still got a 10 and a trademark fist pump from Bruno).
With Marie falling off a bit (figuratively and literally) Jennie Garth and Cameron Mathison continued their ascension up the ranks. Sure their dances were entertaining, but not as fun as Jennie getting a hip hop dance lesson from Beyonce's booty-shaking guru and Cameron busting out a "Camdyta" shirt during his rehearsal. Wow.
Finally, there's Jane Seymour who delivered another sexy and elegant performance which led me to wonder whether she can do anything other than sexy and elegant at this point. What's gonna happen if she's forced to pick up the pace. I think she's a dark-horse candidate to finish in the bottom two on Tuesday night (not next week, Samantha). It damn sure won't be Marie (can you say "sympathy vote"?
So what'd you think of this episode? Which one of the Spice Girls were you most happy to see? (Personally, I think Baby Spice is looking the best). What were you thinking when Marie went down? Was it as bad as this? Does someone need to tell Carrie Ann this isn't a real ballroom competition? Finally, who's going home tomorrow night? (I'm picking Cuban for the 19th straight week.)
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