After a season of nip slips, bitter jackass professional dancers, and a case of who let the mystery fart backstage; only one couple could come out on top. It was former Soldier, Actor, Motivational Speaker, and now Dancer J.R. Martinez and his partner Karina Smirnoff who beat out Rob Kardashian & Cheryl Burke AND Ricki Lake & Derek Hough (YES, That Derek Hough) to become the Dancing with the Stars Season 12 Champion.
This marks Two big firsts in Dancing with the Stars history. This is the first win for Karina Smirnoff, who nearly won in Season 3 with Mario Lopez, and has come very close several seasons afterward. This also marks the first time a Soap Star has won the show.
I thought it was a very enjoyable Finale, and the first I actually paid attention to, considering I only tune in to see who wins toward the end.
I enjoyed all the Eliminated couples coming back to dance, and really loved Carson Kressley's self-choreographed dance to Madonna's Vogue.
To me, the biggest suprise of the evening was that Ricki Lake and Derek Hough finished Third, thus marking another first (First Time Derek Hough hasn't won when sitting in the Finals).
After Monday night's Show, it was a very tight race with J.R. and Karina and Ricki and Derek tied at the Bottom, with Rob & Cheryl at the top.
The Scores shifted after the favorite performance portion of the evening, which saw Ricki & Derek claim the top spot from Rob & Cheryl.
After the instant dance round, our Top 2 JR and Karina, and Rob & Cheryl finished with a total of 112 and 113 points from the Judges, respectivly.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Astro may quit The X-Factor, accusing producers of placing him in the Bottom 2 as a punishment
It didn't take long for controversy to erupt from The X-Factor, but after Astro landed in the bottom 2 last week, and subsequently threw a temper tantrum on national TV, a can of worms had been opened.
After his bottom 2 outburst on last Thursday's show, Astro tweeted, “Its funny how people are quick to judge not knowing whats going on behind the scenes. Maybe I should have given my Disney smile instead!”
What Astro was talking about, was a conflict backstage with the show's producers. Due to sponsorship endorsements, Astro isn't allowed to air any other Earphone brands besides Sony's, however he chose to wear his own Dr. Dre earphones instead.
According to Astro, he thinks he was put in the Bottom 2 by producers as punishment for not following the rules.
In an interview with the New York post, Astro stated, “I don’t see how you can have the most followers on Twitter out of everybody in the competition and get voted in the bottom two. So, I thought something was jiggy.”
Astro's mother is supposedly telling him to quit the competition, and is also apparently siding with Astro in the ordeal, “She knew what was going on. She was tellin’ me, ‘Just leave. You need to leave and go home."
Astro states that if he's in the bottom 2 this week, he will perform because he will really know he was in the Bottom 2.
Tonight could be the end for him anyway, because of the Double Elimination. If he IS in the Bottom 3 tomorrow night, there is a chance he might end up getting the lowest number of votes.
I know Astro is very talented and very young, which could be adding to all the drama, but no one likes a Drama King, or arrogance.
After his bottom 2 outburst on last Thursday's show, Astro tweeted, “Its funny how people are quick to judge not knowing whats going on behind the scenes. Maybe I should have given my Disney smile instead!”
What Astro was talking about, was a conflict backstage with the show's producers. Due to sponsorship endorsements, Astro isn't allowed to air any other Earphone brands besides Sony's, however he chose to wear his own Dr. Dre earphones instead.
According to Astro, he thinks he was put in the Bottom 2 by producers as punishment for not following the rules.
In an interview with the New York post, Astro stated, “I don’t see how you can have the most followers on Twitter out of everybody in the competition and get voted in the bottom two. So, I thought something was jiggy.”
Astro's mother is supposedly telling him to quit the competition, and is also apparently siding with Astro in the ordeal, “She knew what was going on. She was tellin’ me, ‘Just leave. You need to leave and go home."
Astro states that if he's in the bottom 2 this week, he will perform because he will really know he was in the Bottom 2.
Tonight could be the end for him anyway, because of the Double Elimination. If he IS in the Bottom 3 tomorrow night, there is a chance he might end up getting the lowest number of votes.
I know Astro is very talented and very young, which could be adding to all the drama, but no one likes a Drama King, or arrogance.
Monday, November 21, 2011
X-Factor Theme and Results Show performers revealed
The Theme and celebrity performers have been revealed for this week on The X-Factor, and I feel that they really didn't do much thinking for the theme and just thought up the first thing that came to mind.
On tomorrow night's performance show, the Top 9 will perform songs about "Giving Thanks," whatever the hell that means.
Then, on Wednesday there will be a DOUBLE (OMG!!!!) Elimination, that will see two people going home, one being the person with the lowest number of votes, then the other two in the Bottom 3 will sing in the showdown.
Plus, Kelly Clarkson and Bruno Mars perform live.
On tomorrow night's performance show, the Top 9 will perform songs about "Giving Thanks," whatever the hell that means.
Then, on Wednesday there will be a DOUBLE (OMG!!!!) Elimination, that will see two people going home, one being the person with the lowest number of votes, then the other two in the Bottom 3 will sing in the showdown.
Plus, Kelly Clarkson and Bruno Mars perform live.
Sing-Off Song Spoilers for tonight!
Entertainment Weekly has revealed the Song-Choices for the Final Four on tonight's Penultimate Episode of The Sing-Off.
Each of the Four remaining A Capella groups will perform two songs; one will be a Mash-Up of Two related songs, and the other will be a Song Chosen by the Judges.
After the performances, the Final 3 will be revealed, and it will be up to America to decide who will win the $100,000 and a Sony Music recording contract.
Here are the song spoilers for the Mash-Up Round:
Penatonix: Forget You by Cee-Lo Green and Since You've Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson
Urban Method: Hot in Here by Nelly and Fever by Peggy Lee
Afro Blue: I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly and Fly by Nicky Minaj and Rhianna
Darhmouth Aires: Born this Way by Lady Gaga and Sympathy for the Devil by Rolling Stones
Here are the Judges' Choice songs:
Penatonix: Dog Days are Over by Florence & the Machine
Urban Method: All the Lights by Kanye West
Afro Blue: A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke
Dartmouth Aires: Shout by Isley Brothers
The Sing-Off airs tonight at 8/7c on NBC
Each of the Four remaining A Capella groups will perform two songs; one will be a Mash-Up of Two related songs, and the other will be a Song Chosen by the Judges.
After the performances, the Final 3 will be revealed, and it will be up to America to decide who will win the $100,000 and a Sony Music recording contract.
Here are the song spoilers for the Mash-Up Round:
Penatonix: Forget You by Cee-Lo Green and Since You've Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson
Urban Method: Hot in Here by Nelly and Fever by Peggy Lee
Afro Blue: I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly and Fly by Nicky Minaj and Rhianna
Darhmouth Aires: Born this Way by Lady Gaga and Sympathy for the Devil by Rolling Stones
Here are the Judges' Choice songs:
Penatonix: Dog Days are Over by Florence & the Machine
Urban Method: All the Lights by Kanye West
Afro Blue: A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke
Dartmouth Aires: Shout by Isley Brothers
The Sing-Off airs tonight at 8/7c on NBC
Friday, November 18, 2011
Stacey Francis exits The X-Factor, Astro throws a fit after landing in the Bottom 2
On what was the most exciting episode of The X-Factor ever, we saw Stacey Francis FINALLY leave the competition after a horrible performance, plus Astro acted like a big baby on stage after landing in the Bottom 2.
I really like how they have re-worked the results show to space out Results and performances. The show started with a really good Group number, which featured LeRoy Bell forgetting to sing. I guess he forgot the performance wasn't lip-synched.
After the results we saw a boring recap of last night, then throughout the next 15 minutes of the Show, results were revealed kind of like Dancing with the Stars.
The real drama started AFTER the Bottom 2 was revealed to be Stacey Francis and Astro. Stacey Francis took the stage first and performed an off-key oversanf version of Amazing Grace. Which was kind of ironic, considering what we've seen from the online controversy about her past, she is a Scientologist.
After Stacey performed, Astro took the stage and immedietly said he didn't want to perform. He asked LA for his opinion, then decided to sing anyway. After the performance, both finalists took the stage to hear their fate. Stacey already started with the over the top dramatics by wiping her face with a tissue as if she was in Church.
All the Judges admonished Astro for his poor attitude, which made the 15-Year-Old rapper start crying.
Ultimately, it was Stacey Francis and her wet tissue who were sent home from the competition.
As the audience booed over the decision (Give me a break), Stacey continued to bring on the dramatic Diva attitude by wailing on about how she needed to take responsibility for her performance blah blah blah and how she'll blah blah blah *sniffle*.
Although Stacey seemed ok about her Elimination behind the scenes, Stacey went on about how Astro was "ungracious," and how she felt Simon, "Set up [her] demise." She also mentioned that Simon only praised his contestants on Wednesday night, proving Stacey Francis is a delusional sore loser, and has no right to to call Astro ungracious. Hypocrite much?
Anyway, next Tuesday the Top 9 will performe live, and hopefully Astro can get past this rough spot in the competition.
I really like how they have re-worked the results show to space out Results and performances. The show started with a really good Group number, which featured LeRoy Bell forgetting to sing. I guess he forgot the performance wasn't lip-synched.
After the results we saw a boring recap of last night, then throughout the next 15 minutes of the Show, results were revealed kind of like Dancing with the Stars.
The real drama started AFTER the Bottom 2 was revealed to be Stacey Francis and Astro. Stacey Francis took the stage first and performed an off-key oversanf version of Amazing Grace. Which was kind of ironic, considering what we've seen from the online controversy about her past, she is a Scientologist.
After Stacey performed, Astro took the stage and immedietly said he didn't want to perform. He asked LA for his opinion, then decided to sing anyway. After the performance, both finalists took the stage to hear their fate. Stacey already started with the over the top dramatics by wiping her face with a tissue as if she was in Church.
All the Judges admonished Astro for his poor attitude, which made the 15-Year-Old rapper start crying.
Ultimately, it was Stacey Francis and her wet tissue who were sent home from the competition.
As the audience booed over the decision (Give me a break), Stacey continued to bring on the dramatic Diva attitude by wailing on about how she needed to take responsibility for her performance blah blah blah and how she'll blah blah blah *sniffle*.
Although Stacey seemed ok about her Elimination behind the scenes, Stacey went on about how Astro was "ungracious," and how she felt Simon, "Set up [her] demise." She also mentioned that Simon only praised his contestants on Wednesday night, proving Stacey Francis is a delusional sore loser, and has no right to to call Astro ungracious. Hypocrite much?
Anyway, next Tuesday the Top 9 will performe live, and hopefully Astro can get past this rough spot in the competition.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The X-Factor finalists impress with their performances, some of which aren't even Rock. WTF???
The X-Factor Top 10 took the stage last night and performed Rock music.
Althought for a few people that didn't do their best, I was very impressed with a lot of performances, even though there were some that could possibly not be considered as rock.
I will just sum up by telling that I liked and hated about last night's show, since I really don't have time for a full recap.
What I liked:
Astro really impressed me with his rendetion of P. Diddy's I'll be Missing You, in which he again changed the lyrics, and made it a song about all the Hip Hop legends that have died over the past few years. I really enjoyed it, although it reminded me of something we'd see as an "In Memorium" tribute to dead rappers at the BET Awards.
I also really liked Leroy Bell's performance of Bob Seger's Why Won't you Stay, even though two out of the 4 Judges called it boring (Simon and LA).
Speaking of Simon, did you guys see he now has a Twitter? Now we get to see what's in his head more than once a Week. SWEET!!!
But back to the performances, even though it WAS a little boring, I thought Melanie Amaro did an awesome job with R.E.M's Everybody Hurts.
Chris Rene, who I am a huge fan was just ok to be last night, with his Bob Marley performance. I hope he can get out of this gutter he's in, and make a comeback.
Rachel Crowe still continues to impress me, and continues to grow in my mind as a front runner in the competition. If she keeps it up, I could see her at least getting 4th Place.
What I disliked/hated:
I'll start off with Stacey Francis by saying, when she is good, she is real good, and when she's bad, she makes me want to Put my ears into a woodchipper. Last night, she was horrible with her performance of It's all Coming back to me Now. I really think she could be in trouble after that performance.
I also thought Drew didn't do her best with U2's With or Without You, and I feel she needs to step it up before the competition ends for her.
I am a huge Josh Krajcik fan, but last night, I was just in the middle about his performance. He should really stay away from the Alternative Rock, and stick to the smooth Blue-Eyed Soul he has impressed us with during the beginning of the Competition. He is NOT a rock singer.
I also feel Lakoda Rayne could put an end to Paula in the comp, they did a horrible job with Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way, and I think they need to Go their own way out of the Studio and take Stacey Francis with them.
Well, I guess we'll see after tonight who will be send packing, plus Rhianna performs (UGH). Until then, like Ultimate Reality on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ultimate-Reality/275923089117298#!/pages/Ultimate-Reality/275923089117298?sk=wall
Althought for a few people that didn't do their best, I was very impressed with a lot of performances, even though there were some that could possibly not be considered as rock.
I will just sum up by telling that I liked and hated about last night's show, since I really don't have time for a full recap.
What I liked:
Astro really impressed me with his rendetion of P. Diddy's I'll be Missing You, in which he again changed the lyrics, and made it a song about all the Hip Hop legends that have died over the past few years. I really enjoyed it, although it reminded me of something we'd see as an "In Memorium" tribute to dead rappers at the BET Awards.
I also really liked Leroy Bell's performance of Bob Seger's Why Won't you Stay, even though two out of the 4 Judges called it boring (Simon and LA).
Speaking of Simon, did you guys see he now has a Twitter? Now we get to see what's in his head more than once a Week. SWEET!!!
But back to the performances, even though it WAS a little boring, I thought Melanie Amaro did an awesome job with R.E.M's Everybody Hurts.
Chris Rene, who I am a huge fan was just ok to be last night, with his Bob Marley performance. I hope he can get out of this gutter he's in, and make a comeback.
Rachel Crowe still continues to impress me, and continues to grow in my mind as a front runner in the competition. If she keeps it up, I could see her at least getting 4th Place.
What I disliked/hated:
I'll start off with Stacey Francis by saying, when she is good, she is real good, and when she's bad, she makes me want to Put my ears into a woodchipper. Last night, she was horrible with her performance of It's all Coming back to me Now. I really think she could be in trouble after that performance.
I also thought Drew didn't do her best with U2's With or Without You, and I feel she needs to step it up before the competition ends for her.
I am a huge Josh Krajcik fan, but last night, I was just in the middle about his performance. He should really stay away from the Alternative Rock, and stick to the smooth Blue-Eyed Soul he has impressed us with during the beginning of the Competition. He is NOT a rock singer.
I also feel Lakoda Rayne could put an end to Paula in the comp, they did a horrible job with Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way, and I think they need to Go their own way out of the Studio and take Stacey Francis with them.
Well, I guess we'll see after tonight who will be send packing, plus Rhianna performs (UGH). Until then, like Ultimate Reality on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ultimate-Reality/275923089117298#!/pages/Ultimate-Reality/275923089117298?sk=wall
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
TLC doing a Celebrity Cooking Competition featuring Rachel Ray and Guy Fieri
TLC is doing what failed on NBC 5 years ago; launching a new Cooking Reality Competition featuring Celebrities.
The show, which will premier in 2012, will be called Rachel vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off, and will feature 8 Celebrities competing in two teams being mentored by either Rachel Ray or Guy Fieri, and each week a losing team will face Elimination, with the winner ultimately winning $50,000 to give to charity.
The 8 Celebs putting on their aprons to compete are
* Miss USA 2011 Alyssa Campanella
* Pop Singer Aaron Carter
* Rapper Coolio
* 80s Pop Star Taylor Dayne
* Former N*Sync member and occasional TV Host Joey Fatone
* Comic Cheech Marin
* Actor Lou Diamond Phillips
* Olympian Summer Sanders
Of the 8 Celebs competing, Seven have appeared on Reality Shows in the Past. Taylor Dayne competed in CMT's Reality series Gone Country. Cheech Marin appeared in the 2006 FOX show Celebrity Duets. Phillips competed on the 2009 revival of I'm a Celebrity...Get me out of Here, in which he won. Summer Sanders competing on Celebrity Apprentice in 2010. Coolio competed in the UK on Celebrity Big Brother. Joey Fatone and Aaron Carter both appeared on Dancing with the Stars.
The show, which will premier in 2012, will be called Rachel vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off, and will feature 8 Celebrities competing in two teams being mentored by either Rachel Ray or Guy Fieri, and each week a losing team will face Elimination, with the winner ultimately winning $50,000 to give to charity.
The 8 Celebs putting on their aprons to compete are
* Miss USA 2011 Alyssa Campanella
* Pop Singer Aaron Carter
* Rapper Coolio
* 80s Pop Star Taylor Dayne
* Former N*Sync member and occasional TV Host Joey Fatone
* Comic Cheech Marin
* Actor Lou Diamond Phillips
* Olympian Summer Sanders
Of the 8 Celebs competing, Seven have appeared on Reality Shows in the Past. Taylor Dayne competed in CMT's Reality series Gone Country. Cheech Marin appeared in the 2006 FOX show Celebrity Duets. Phillips competed on the 2009 revival of I'm a Celebrity...Get me out of Here, in which he won. Summer Sanders competing on Celebrity Apprentice in 2010. Coolio competed in the UK on Celebrity Big Brother. Joey Fatone and Aaron Carter both appeared on Dancing with the Stars.
Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovsky sent packing on Dancing with the Stars, after once again proving, what disrespectful, sore losers they are.
After outstaying their welcome about five weeks, Hope Solo and the very arrogant Maksim Chmerkovsky were eliminated in last night's Dancing with the Stars results show.
It's been a long time coming for the couple, who have been openly disrespectful to the judges during their run, causing a bitter exchanging of words between Maksim and the Judges, where Maksim exclaiming that Dancing with the Stars was HIS show.
The hatred and disrespect hit a fever pitch as we saw during the results show, in a Behind-the-scenes look at before the couple began dancing where Maksim looked at Hope and said very arrogantly, "f**** em[the judges]." Sounds pretty level headed doesn't it.
Hope also went in on the douchy action telling the judges to "kiss [her] booty," after she had recieved 7s for their first dance, and later added, "What we did, nobody can do, so [Judges] give us your little 8s."
When Hope and Maks were announced to be in Jeopardy, Hope gave a digsgusting, arrogant smile like she was better than everyone.
So much for the drama. Next week the Final 3 couples; JR Martinez and Karina Smirnoff, Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke, and Ricki Lake and Derek Hough will battle it out on Monday for the Mirror Ball Trophy at 8/7 Central on ABC.
It's been a long time coming for the couple, who have been openly disrespectful to the judges during their run, causing a bitter exchanging of words between Maksim and the Judges, where Maksim exclaiming that Dancing with the Stars was HIS show.
The hatred and disrespect hit a fever pitch as we saw during the results show, in a Behind-the-scenes look at before the couple began dancing where Maksim looked at Hope and said very arrogantly, "f**** em[the judges]." Sounds pretty level headed doesn't it.
Hope also went in on the douchy action telling the judges to "kiss [her] booty," after she had recieved 7s for their first dance, and later added, "What we did, nobody can do, so [Judges] give us your little 8s."
When Hope and Maks were announced to be in Jeopardy, Hope gave a digsgusting, arrogant smile like she was better than everyone.
So much for the drama. Next week the Final 3 couples; JR Martinez and Karina Smirnoff, Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke, and Ricki Lake and Derek Hough will battle it out on Monday for the Mirror Ball Trophy at 8/7 Central on ABC.
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