by Kristal Bailey

Tonight’s Rock and Roll week and the celebrities are challenged with performing two routines each tonight. The stage is now the GLITTERDOME and the stars are going to rock tonight. The first routine will be either the Paso Doble or the Tango, dances of passion and intensity. The second routine is a 4 minute marathon, where all the couples take to the stage at once.

But first, fans voted online for the Top 10 Routines from previous seasons. Here’s the full list:

#10 Freestyle Routine by Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas

#9 Argentine Tango by Donny Osmond and Kim Johnson

#8 Quick Step by Helio Castroneves and Julliane Hough

#7 Freestyle by Apollo Ohno and  Julianne Hough

#6 Paso Doble by Johanna Kupra and Derek Hough

#5 Paso Doble by Mel B and Maksim Cherkovskiy

#4 50’s Paso by Nicole Sheriziger and Derek Hough

#3 Samba by Apollo Ohno and Julianne Hough

#2 Argentine Tango by Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke

#1 Freestyle by Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke

Celebrity: Audrina Patridge
Professional Partner: Tony Dovolani

Dance: Paso Doble

Breakdown: Audrina is getting on Len’s nerves because she has such potential, but it lacks the character of the dance every week. She has clean dance technique, but just needs to work on the emotional performance. Bruno completely agrees. She needed to imagine being Eva Mendes, a maneating Spanish beauty. Carrie Ann agrees as well, but commended her for her improvement in technique from week one to now.

Scores: Carrie Ann: 8 Len: 8 Bruno: 8

Total: 24/30 + 8 = 32

Celebrity: Kyle Massey
Professional Partner: Lacey Schwimmer

Dance: Tango

Breakdown: After starting the show in the top two, they have fallen to the bottom two. This week they need to step up their game if they want to stay in it. Bruno saw a noticable improvement in his footwork. Carrie Ann loves the “Kyle Style” where he is able to entertain everyone. Len backs up their opinions and thought their dance was much better than their previous routines. Kyle still needs to work on balancing good technique with his inherently good performance skills.

Scores: Carrie Ann: 8 Len: 7 Bruno: 8

Total: 23/30 + 7 = 30

Celebrity: Jennifer Grey
Professional Partner: Derek Hough

Dance: Paso Doble

Breakdown: Carrie Ann thought the dance was totally disjointed, and thought the choreography was outside of her limits. Len got the aggression and attitude, but going full rage ahead she lost control of her techniques. Bruno noticed the loss of quality movements as well. All the judges thought she just needed to calm down a bit and then the technique would have improved.

Scores: Carrie Ann: 6 Len: 7 Bruno: 7

Total: 20/30 + 9 = 29

Celebrity: Rick Fox
Professional Partner: Cheryl Burke

Dance: Tango

Breakdown: Bruno thought he was like a Mohican on a war path! He needed to make things a bit more romantic, but the intensity was definitely there. Carrie Ann thought it was amazing with mixing the intensity and passion cohesively. Sometimes he gets so stern, we lose the person.

Scores: Carrie Ann: 8 Len: 8 Bruno: 8

Total: 24/30 + 6 = 30

Celebrity: Bristol Palin
Professional Partner: Mark Ballas

Dance: Tango

Breakdown: Bruno thinks they had the best performance and technique of the night! Carrie Ann said it was amazing and wants to know who is this? Where has this Bristol Palin weeks past? Len thinks it’s nearly a TEN, but because of the air guitar they broke the Tango hold when they shouldn’t have and will be docked a point.

Scores: Carrie Ann: 8 Len: 7 Bruno: 8

Total: 23/30 + 5 = 28

Celebrity: Kurt Warner
Professional Partner: Anna Trebunskaya

Dance: Paso Doble

Breakdown: They get help from Bret Michaels to teach Kurt just what exactly is Rock & Roll. They win my vote for best song choice, using “The Final Countdown” by Europe. Carrie Ann thought it didn’t have a lot of polish and could sense he wasn’t comfortable. Len could see what he was trying to do, but thought it came off as awkward. Bruno saw Jackie Chan, not Banderas. His movements were intense, but choppy.

Scores: Carrie Ann: 6 Len: 6 Bruno: 6

Total: 18/30 + 4 = 22

Celebrity: Brandy
Professional Partner: Maksim Cherkovskiy

Dance: Tango

Breakdown: After doing their best routine last week, they have the added pressure of trying to stay on top this week. Maksim is Len’s hero! The dance was full of intensity and passion and was the dance of the night. Carrie Ann got goosebumps; it was amazing and had intention behind the moves. Overall, very impressive.

Scores: Carrie Ann: 8 Len: 9 Bruno: 9

Total: 26/30 + 10 = 36

The second dance challenge is the “4 Minute Marathon” where the couples dance side by side and can use moves from the Jive, Lindyhop, and more. When there are only 4 couples left, the remaining couples can use the whole floor. The couples will need to show stamina and dominance if they make it to the last 4 on the floor. The longer they last, the more points they get added to their first dance score.

Dance: Marathon

Breakdown: With so many on the floor at once, it’s really hard to notice who’s doing what. Kurt & Anna are the first ones dismissed. As soon as it got down to only 4 couples, Derek busted out some gravity defying flips. Brandy and Jennifer Grey were the final two remaining, but thanks to some flips and in sync jiving, Brandy and Maksim won the marathon.


Brand and Maksim had the best week, with the highest score and the marathon win on top . Kurt and Anna should be worried with the lowest score of the bunch. While Jennifer Grey had a rough week, I feel like the fans will be there to keep her in the competition.

Tune in to the live Elimination show tomorrow on ABC at 9/8 c.

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