DWTS: Season 9 - "Week #8" Results Recap

Tonight on DWTS we find out who will be advancing to the semi-finals and which couple will be hitting the road. Also tonight we will have performances from Grammy winner Michael Buble, and international sensation Susan Boyle. We'll also be seeing the dance the viewers voted on in the Design a Dance.

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It was no surprise to me that Joanna and Derek recieved the encore performance. Their futuristic Paso Doble was eye-catching but personally I think the main reason it was so well recieved was because of the fact that it was futuristic. The dancing was well executed etc, but it wasn't that much better than the others that it should have recieved the encore. That definitely should have been Mya and Dmitry.

Coincidentally, the first couple that was announced to be safe, was Joanna and Derek. I am really wondering where all their votes are coming from. I am guessing that it is probably moreso from the females out there voting for Derek, rather than Joanna having a large fanbase because I can almost garauntee that any of these other celebrities are more well known that she is.

We get a performance from Michael Buble, which had be excited because not only do I love his new song, I just really enjoy his music. We got to see Maksim, Jonathan, Cheryl, and Anna T. dancing while he performed and the whole thing came together wonderfully.

The next couple announced safe was Mya and Dmitry. I absolutely adore Dmitry Chaplin. I am glad that he was partnered with someone who could potentially win because last season he got stuck with fuddy-duddy Holly Madison and didn't make it very far. This time he has a real chance to win which excites me. I also loved during the DanceCenter with Kenny Maine segment, how he wanted to analyze Dmitry and the whole setup with Len having to point out that he wasn't the celebrity, Mya was. It was cute and I thought it was fun to have Dmitry be the focus of things [other than getting blatently scrutinized for having an open shirt like he was on So You Think You Can Dance back in 2006].

We finally get to see the Design a Dance routine they have been going on about for weeks. I was not really pleased with the selection of anything other than the song. I am not a fan of Sabrina Bryan, though she is a decent dancer. I do like Mark Ballas, but I know that all the rabid Cheetah Girls fans [which Mark and his current girlfriend, singer Joanna Pacitti have had to deal with online] voted for them to be the participants because they used to date during/after Sabrina's tenure on the show. I am not a Paso Doble fan either so that fact didn't help my already sour mood. If I had created the dance it would have been Joey Fatone, Kym Johnson, a Jive or Jitterbug to "Speedo" by The Cadillacs or "Candyman" by Christina Aguilera. I don't know what the choices for songs were etc, but that's what I'd pick. The whole Design a Dance thing just rubbed me the wrong way.

Michael Buble performed again, a wonderful rendition of "Feeling Good" with some dancers I'd never seen before.

The next couple announced to be safe -- Donny and Kym. I have really become a Donny fan over the last couple of weeks and Tweets are so funny. "Snap, Crackle, and Pop should be in a cereal not your body". You can't make this shit up! Lol. Also glad that Kym is doing well this season. Yay for having a good partner.

Susan Boyle's performance would have been boring to me had it not been for the odd pairing of professional dancers, dancing to her song. Tony and Chelsie who are probably at the opposite ends of the age range for the pro dancers, did a beautiful routine to Susan's "I Dreamed a Dream". It was still odd to me to see young Chelsie dancing with 36-year-old Chelsie. Aside from that factor, they did a beautiful job.

Finally we're down to the wire and as I expected the bottom two are Aaron & Karina and Kelly & Louis. It's revealed that Aaron and Karina are eliminated and although I'm saddened because he was in my top group of dancers from the beginning [hey I'm a Backstreet Boys fan and he's Nick's little brother!], I love Kelly and I'm glad that she and Louis got to stay. I think the fact that people don't really care for Aaron's personality and sometimes-smug attitude really hindered his voting.

We have a great top four, and despite the fact that I can't stand Joanna Krupa, at least this time we don't have any completely shiteous athletes making it based on popularity.