Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Chaz Bono and Lacey Schwimmer left the judges feeling underwhelmed after their performances on Monday night, and viewers must have agreed. In the end, it was Bono who got the boot.
On Monday night, the activist tangoed to a track from "Phantom of the Opera," and he had hoped that his newfound confidence would continue in that night's performance. It failed to impress the judges, and backstage, he said his feelings were hurt by the comments given to him by judge Bruno Tonioli, who described him as a penguin. The judges also commented that they thought it was the most aggressive they've seen him but thought he needed to be pushed a little further if he wanted to last longer in the competition.
"It was like watching a cute little penguin trying to be a big menacing bird of prey. This is the truth: It has to be menacing. Dark. Dangerous. Naughty. The tango wants to be driven continuously. It is hard. It's very difficult. To me, this character didn't fit you," Tonioli told him Monday night.
Bono, the son of Cher and Sonny Bono and the competition's first transgender contestant, said he had no regrets about coming on the show.
Time to look back at how stressed out all the celebrities are from dancing, and how difficult it is, and how they all want to win. David Arquette: “It feels like I’ve been dancing forever on this show.” Chaz Bono: “You’re keeping the schedule of a professional athlete, but you don’t have the years of training.” J.R.: “Mentally, it takes a toll.” Etc.
Disney/“High School Musical” star Corbin Bleu appears out of nowhere to start a routine choreographed by Kenny Ortega, and is soon joined by lots of people in tuxedos, though he’s the only one who gets an awesome cane. Soon the tuxedos come off, and the dancers start climbing all over cages. It’s very different than “High School Musical,” to say the least, but the dance soon segues back to “HSM” territory with lots of bright lights and neon-colored costumes.
Country Music Association award-nominated Martina McBride — who happens to be performing on the CMA Awards on ABC next week — has to sing, but then it’s time for David/Kym and Chaz/Lacey to find out their fate. Chaz gets angry backstage and managed to get bleeped, while being furious that the judges compared him to a cuddly penguin after already comparing to him to an ewok. “Bruno [bleep] makes comments every week ... like I’m some fat troll dancing with this beautiful woman every week, and I’m sick of it,” Chaz fumes.
David and Kym are safe!
Chaz and Lacey are, not shockingly, in jeopardy. And no one could look less surprised than Chaz and Lacey.
Time to address last night’s big outburst. Brooke corners Hope and Maks in the Celebriquarium. Hope defends Maks and says that at least he speaks his mind.
Brooke turns to Maks: “Aren’t the judges entitled to their opinions?” she asks him cautiously. “Of course. So are we,” Maks snaps. But then he becomes slightly more apologetic, especially with his whole “this is my show” comment. Maks continues: “The one thing I really want to apologize for is that I kind of had an idea in my head, and it came out wrong. It’s not my show, I’m part of a very large cast, and I’m very proud of being here.”
Well, that wasn’t very exciting. But then we do get a fantastic shot of the judges’ faces Monday night when Maks went on his whole “this is my show” rant, as Carrie Ann’s mouth literally drops open. “Did he just say, ‘This is my show’?” she asks rhetorically.
As for results: Rob and Cheryl are safe!
And since they’re not going to eliminate Chaz and Lacey like that, this means that Hope and Maks are in trouble.
Which pair will be eliminated? The couple with the pro who has a bad attitude, or the couple with the star who can’t dance? And the answer is ... Chaz and Lacey.
Not looking too shocked, Chaz and Lacey talk with Tom and Brooke. “I came on this show because I wanted to show America a different kind of man,” Chaz says. “I know that if there was somebody like me on TV when I was growing up, my whole life would have been different.
All about: Dancing With the Stars, Hope Solo, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Chaz Bono, Lacey Schwimmer
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