Is Dancing with the Stars Fixed?

Tuesday the Dancing with the Stars results were shocking. One of the teams that finished first on the leaderboard on Monday with a near perfect 59/60 points was eliminated. The team with lowest score made it through to the finals.

How is this possible?

Even more curious, Good Morning America predicted one of the male contestants would win. How would they know?

A lot of the objectivity dropped off DWTS when Bristol Palin became a contestant. Apparently, there was a desire on the part of the show's producers to make sure she went on tour.

DWTS does not publish viewer ratings, but apparently this information is available to the odds makers and some media people.

Rightardia looked at the dances of .Maria Menounos, Kathrine Jenkins, William Levy and Donald Driver. Peta Murgatroyd, Donald 's partner, thought they were finished but apparently Donald's NFL fans saved the day.

In Rightardia's opinion, the first three should have made it through and Donald Driver should have gone home. Driver simply doesn't have the body flexibility to be a great dancer. He should be destined to finish third next week.

In fact, Rightradia thought that  Roshon Fegan  was a better dancer than Donald Driver, but he is young and still building a fan base. Fegan was eliminated two weeks ago.

The real problem is that the judges aren't rating the contestants correctly in the semis. Almost all of the ratings in the semi-finals were 9s or 10s. This means the fans make the pick and unfortunately the dance fans seem to have been rather clueless in the past two or three seasons.

Once the semifinals start, each judge should be given four cards for each round with a 7, and 8, a 9 and 10. After all four dancers complete a set, they should be rated from top to bottom.This means that after two rounds the lowest rating would have around 42 points and the top dancer would have around 60. 

This is the way the leaderboard looked on Monday: 

William Levy and Cheryl Burke 59/60

Maria Menounos and Derek Hough 59/60

Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd 57/60

Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas  56/60

Three points separated the leader from the low scorer.



Shame on the judges. No wonder the finals have been controversial for the past three seasons.

One other comment. Rightrdia was surprised when the pro dancers were interviewed and they were asked about the contestants who weren't their partners. Cheryl Burke noted that Maria Menounos was injured , but that Derk Hough would push her on to finish the competition regardless of her injuries.

Rightardia perceives Maria Menounos as a fierce competitor, We never got the impression that Derek was manipulating her to stay in the competition.

We saw Derek and Maria on Good Morning America and they were both gracious and positive about last night's outcome.

There is no point in crying about spilt milk, but we hope the judges start doing their jobs next season by rating the dancers more objectively in the semi-finals.

Well, it could happen.

Regardless, Derek and Maria were the real winners. It is shame we could not see them dance one more time next week.

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Who will win DWTS?

Rightardia thinks Ricky Lake will win

Rob Kardashian got his first perfect store last night with his partner, Cheryl Burke, and ended up first on the leader board--another first.

Ricky Lake looked good but Derek Hough's choreography wasn't up to his normal high standards.

JR Martinez appear to be struggling with his ankle. Karina Smirnoff wants the Mirror Bill and was doing her best to help her partner. It was hard to watch JR when Karina is "working it."

Some of the Rightardia staff think the war hero status of JR will carry him into first place with the viewer vote.

However, Ricki Lake still has a lot of followers from her talk show days.

Rightardia doubts that Rob Kardashian has the number of followers the other two contestants have.

We would expect Ricky Lake and Derek Hough to win. This season has been full or surprises. One more is in store for DWTS.

Update: Although Ricki and Derk did the best in the initial dance of the night, the viewers eliminated the couple.

Rightardia saw a preview of the Jimmy Kimmel show and JR was on it. We don't know if he was on as the winner or for second place.

Usually the weekly loser goes on the Kimmel show.

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Sometimes you're the hammer and sometimes the nail

Tom Delay, was the former U.S. House majority leader whose name became synonymous with the Republicans controversial rise to power in the Texas House. 

He was found guilty today of laundering money in connection with the 2002 elections.

Jurors sent a note on yellow legal paper that a verdict had been reached to the judge at round 5 pm on 11/24/2010. They had deliberated since Monday afternoon.

Dely was accused of funneling money from the RNC into the Texas elections. 

Delay was charged with money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

He faces a possible sentence of 5-99 years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine on the money laundering charge, and 2-20 years in prison and a possible $10,000 fine on the conspiracy charge.

 Better times for Tom Delay on DWTS

Delay was one of the celebrities on dancing with the Stars last season. His partner was Cheryl Burke.

He was the first conservative on the show who could dance well.  He was really a better dancer than Bristol Palin and lasted mid-season, although he was one of the oldest dancers.

A memorable dance with had Delay dressed in red and Burke dressed in blue dancing to "Why can't we be Friends."

Now that was a political statement!

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Yahoo! News: Model Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough eliminated from 'Dancing With The Stars'

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LOS ANGELES – Model Joanna Krupa is leaving "Dancing With the Stars."

The Poland-born beauty was eliminated from the hit ABC show Tuesday.

She and professional partner Derek Hough consistently earned high scores on the hit ABC show. They collected an impressive 81 out of 90 points for their performances on Monday's episode, landing them in second place during the semi-finals. But fans failed to keep the couple afloat with their votes.

Viewer votes are combined with judges' scores to determine which contestant is eliminated each week.

"It's been such an amazing experience," Krupa said after learning her fate. "I've grown as a person. Thank you for giving me the opportunity."

Head judge Len Goodman called Krupa and Hough "the most consistent of all of our couples" throughout the season. On Monday's episode, judge Carrie Ann Inaba told Krupa, "You truly are a dancer."

To close Tuesday's show, Krupa and Hough danced the Viennese waltz that earned them 27 out of 30 points on Monday and inspired Inaba to say, "You took my breath away."

Wow! Rightardia would have expected either reality star Kelly Osbourne or entertainer Donny Osmond to have been eliminated. Singer Maya had dance experience when she started the show and the judges have been harder on her than the other dancers. We would expect Mya to win now that Krupa and Hough have been eliminated. We expected the final to be between Mya and Kruppa.

Donny Osmond is a pro and a far better dancer than his sister, but age is a factor. Kelly Osborne has youth but lacks experience. Mya has both youth and experience. Mya should win the competition unless the fans vote in droves for one of the other celebrities. The Osmond fan base kept sister Marie on the show a long time.

The fan factor resulted in an upset last year. Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke had the best dance team but they were upset by Shawn Johnson, the the gymnast, and Mark Ballas.

We hope the judges give the finalists objective ratings rather than identical ratings as they often have in the past during the last week of the competition. If they give the teams the same rating, then the audience will make the final decision.

If that happens we would expect Donny Osmond to win. The Osmond fan base kept sister Marie on the show a long time, perhaps longer than she really deserved. Marie finished in third place in Season 5. Intrade gives Osmond about a 50 per cent chance of winning the competition: See Intrade

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