Week 8 presented a challenge to the five remaining "Dancing With the Stars" contestants. They had to perform two dance, one of which was an Instant Jive that they did not receive the music for until 20 minutes before they had to perform the routine.
The show moved along nicely with Ricki Lake falling two points shy of perfection with her waltz and Hope Sole and Rob Kardashian receiving their highest scores of the season earning 27 points a piece for their quicksteps.
Nancy Grace's positive attitude can only go so far. Her tango technique was sharp, but she is still not at the same level as some of the other contestants. She earned a 24.
The best was definitely saved for last with J.R. Martinez dancing a waltz with his partner Karina Smirnoff. It was flawless and Martinez has a way of drawing people into the performance and making them feel the emotions he is experience. He went into the week wanting to earn the first perfect score and he did just that receiving 10s from each of the judges.
The idea of an Instant Jive completely stresses me out so I can only imagine how stressed the contestants and their partners were. It presented problems for most of the contestants who delivered with minor hiccups throughout their routines, but once again Martinez showed what an Instant Dance could and should be. It was high energy and you could tell Martinez is having the time of his life. If he is not in the finals I may just have to go on strike next season.
While Solo is improving I think she will join Grace in the bottom two, but it will be Grace who is eliminated.
Week 6 Scores
Rob & Cheryl - 27
Hope & Maks - 27
Ricki & Derek - 28
Nancy & Tristan - 24
J.R. & Karina - 30
Instant Dance Scores
Rob & Cheryl - 24
Hope & Maks - 25
Ricki & Derek - 24
Nancy & Tristan - 20
J.R. & Karina - 30
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