I am sure people were as shocked as I was tonight when Sabrina was kicked off Dancing With The Stars. I mean she was the best dancer (almost to a fault in that it wasn't fair) and for her to be kicked off so early was just wrong...or was it?
Of course, my negativity is going to come through in this post, so you might not want to read what is below. I truly believe this show is fixed, like American Idol, and this is what really happened last night.
On Monday, they were setting up the audience for Sabrina's departure when they showed how busy she was with her new music video, and the fact the new Cheetah Girls record is coming out soon (just in time for Christmas of course). I honestly think when Sabrina agreed to do the show, she said she was available up through this week. Just like Mark Cuban last week, who was let go because the NBA season starts this week, Sabrina knew her record was going to drop and she was going to have a number of promotional appearances that would prevent her from committing to Dancing the rest of the season (although I will say she is a great actress because she really did look shocked and devastated that she was sent home).
But the "shock" works out great for all parties because Sabrina received 7 weeks of free publicity to promote herself and the Cheetah Girls just in time for their new album, and Dancing With the Stars will get a week's worth of "Can you believe that Sabrina was sent home," publicity, in addition to "fans, you need to vote to keep your favorite stars on the show" (oh yeah, I am sure the show gets a percentage of the texting monies generated from voting each week). The conspiracy theory is in full effect - similar to when Chris Daughtry was voted off American Idol, which in the end was the best thing to happen to him.
That said, I better start looking to see if Helio's (my favorite) Indy car season has another race coming up soon (although he did postpone his wedding to concentrate on Dancing) or when Marie Osmond's Christmas concert tour begins (by the way, she has a Christmas album coming out soon! What a surprise!) or if they are planning to shoot a 90210 reunion in the next couple of weeks so Jennie Garth needs to go.
One thing I was surprised about was that Cameron and Edyta were in the bottom two. Although they continue to say how busy Cameron is (setting up him leaving the show if he or All My Children say he cannot do it anymore - although it's great cross promotion since AMC is on ABC as well), the show cannot afford to have Edyta leave or they will lose the whole new audience of viewers they have captured this year. Andrew always stops what he is doing to see what she isn't wearing and his first question on Tuesday night is "Did she make it?" I am pretty sure he is not asking about Marie Osmond or Jane Seymour.
Speaking of Jane, next week she has got to go. She has been hanging on by a thread all season and with all of the tragedies that have happened to her, you know they can't send her home. Between her mom dying, her house burning to the ground in the fires and then her food poisoning last night, that would be insensitive and bad publicity for the show. But she needs to be careful as she has used three of her nine lives and might use the remaining six next week.
Anyway...I am still addicted and cannot wait until Monday.
Gotta "go, go, go,"
Reagan's mom
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