Dancing With The Stars Opening Night

Opening Night of Dancing With The Stars is in the books. Here is my running diary of tonight's festivities. I look forward to next Monday already.

I really like the new set, although Shawn Johnson almost fell down the stairs at the start of the night.

Samantha's brown dress is amazing. She always looks incredible. I wish she was not so annoying.

Speaking of looking amazing - Edyta is stunning. Andrew was pleased with her choice of outfits, meaning there was nothing much to it, so that means I will get to keep watching the show on the high definition TV until she is eliminated. :)

On with the show...

Lil' Kim- Loved how they talked about her first seeing the show while she was in prison. I also loved when she said she wanted to be a black Barbie. And the booty on that girl...almost in the same league as Kim Kardashian. She was a much better dancer than Kim was. She should get 7s and will do pretty well in the contest I am thinking. She is kind of annoying, but she could never be as annoying as partner Derek. I am not sure what it is about him, but I cannot stand him.

Pricilla Presley or I mean Belinda Carlisle - She looks just like Pricilla Presley. It is uncanny. Unfortunately for her she is not nearly as good as Pricilla Presley. I think it is going to be a short stay for her. Her dance was boring and too slow. She should get 5s and 6s. By the way...what is World Smooth Champion?

Lawrence Taylor and Edyta - Andrew loved Edyta's comment, "I always bring seduction to the dance floor," which Andrew responded "Good decision by her." Unfortunately, I think I am going to have a short life watching the show on the high def TV because he is terrible. Edyta was able to distract and cover up how terrible he was, but there are other worse men so I think he might survive until week 5 or 6. Andrew was really disappointed when LT admitted that was the best dance he had. Why do they always put her with awful people?

Steve O - He was hilarious. Terrible but entertaining. He might have a bigger following than what I anticipated. It was funny when he said he was very caucasian.

Gilles Marini - HOT, HOT, HOT. He was definitely my biggest surprise of the evening. He was very good and once again HOT, HOT, HOT. I might need to see Sex in the City after tonight. I thought Cheryl did a really good job on the choreography. They will go very far, especially if they go for the sex appeal like they did tonight.

Sidenote...Samantha...shut up. You are so embarrassing.

Chuck and Julianne-- I thought they were amazing. They are just a stunning couple and he is absolutely one of the hottest men I have ever seen. I think they scored them extremely low because I think they don't want people to think it is a fix. They will be one of the three last couples for sure. He was extremely talented on the waltz. I wonder if that will change with the Latin dances. She is breathtaking.

Holly Madison - Andrew thought she had way too many clothes on. I thought she was kind of stiff. She has potential as they were OK for only 4 days of practice. I would have given them 6s, which is what they received. Andrew said they only got 6s because of her bust line and that must be worth an extra point or two each week.

Ty Murray - I love him although he has no personality. He is really sweet, just totally out of his element. I give him props for trying it and I think he was roped into the whole thing by Jewel so it is a bummer that she got hurt and cannot compete. I think he is going to be the first one to go so it is a good think that they booked Jewel to sing on the first results show next week so they can ride off into the sunset together and be over with the whole thing. I hope he makes it another week because I think he really tries hard, but I do not see it happening.

Shawn Johnson - She was my pick to click from the start and she did not disappoint. In fact, she was better than I expected. She was awesome. So beautiful and she seemed so much older than 17. She will definitely be in the final two. Just amazing.

Steve Wozniak - He is absolutely terrible, but he is having so much fun which will keep him around until at least week three I think. Good for him to get out there and try something that obviously is really challenging to him. Like he really needs to do this...he is one of the richest men in the world (Andrew's iphone is ringing...thanks Steve). The real story of this couple was Karina's outfit. Wow...not much left to the imagination. At least she will be done early so she can keep planning her wedding to Maks (more about that later).

David Alan Grier - He was a better dancer than I thought, but I am with Kym and do not find him one bit funny. I feel bad for her as it is going to be a long 3 months.

Denise Richards - Definitely the biggest disappointment of the night. I thought she would be so much better. She falls into the same category as Kim Kardashian last year. She was just so awkward. Perhaps the biggest disappointment about her was the fact that she looked awful. She is gorgeous, but did not look good tonight. About Maks...he is really attractive, but he must be a total $^%*%^(^ as he always degrades his partners and makes them cry. I hope Karina is ready for a lifetime of that. I wouldn't be too excited about it. I have kind of soured on Maks again.

Melissa - She was really good especially for only having 48 hours to prepare. She is a ringer though with all of her dance background. Good for her. She deserves something positive after Jason dumped her like that. This will be a great opportunity for her. And she has the sympathy factor so I think she will last a while.

That is my summary of the first night. Overall, the stars were not very good and only a few stood out - Shawn, Gilles, Melissa and Chuck. To recap, my first to leave will be Ty Murray.

Gotta "go, go, go,"
Reagan's mom