Dancing with the Stars...on ABC...in HD! - Page 165

Kind of interesting 20/20 special, at least for fans of DWTS.
Gladys was at the bottom and contrary to what I thought going into the night I think she may be the one going home. That or maybe Melissa or even the young Disney star Roshon. Also going in I thought Jaleel had a chance of going home but after the dance off I think he'll be safe for a few more weeks.
Katherine was great, but Maria kind of faltered in the dance off but no way she'll be going home.

No real talk about Picture Quality this year but IMO it's OK HD at best. Don't get me wrong, it's real HDl(a fair amount better than a upconvert) but not as good as other ABC programming(GMA comes to mind which is very good, especially for 720p) or certainly not up to CBS or even NBC when they get it right.
Maybe it's just my market?? but the HD and graphics just aren't crisp as they could be, which is sad considering the great skin this show provides. I also see fairly bad macroblocking during scene cuts(which I could deal with) but I just don't like all the mosquito type garbage during a stationary scenes

46" calibrated 1080p Sony TV, OTA with 2 SD subs. I might blame the subs but again shows like GMA can look so stellar I think it must be more the program itself

I'm guessing it's simply the look they are going for. Like The Good Wife never has that video look to it. Except for a rare scene such as last week. They had an outdoor scene and it was dramatically sharper so much so it didn't even look like the same show. However here I haven't noticed any macroblocking and I'm fairly sensitive to it. The biggest issue I have had with the show is the audio. Tom's and Brooke's mikes (around the dance floor for years) makes them appear to be in a can. I have noticed it through several receivers although of late I haven't. I guess I'm blocking it out or perhaps they resolved it...

Ok...had to do it. Definitely a different take on the DTWS formula. Which one's are the pros? Oh, they all are I guess...and what's with the crowd and announcer acting outraged? Do they play it straight until they throw in one of these "get off" performances?

Finally, an All-Star season?

"I thought she was doing amazing," he said, when he added, "You know what, Kelly? They're doing a Dancing With the Stars: All-Stars this next season. They called me to do it."

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...1#.T5gr8DJYstp

I don't think they want to go out at all. The ratings are still very strong and production wise it can't be that costly. I think teaming the pros with their highest finishing contestant would work nicely (as much as possible). Feels more like a rivalry to me than changing partners which could work as well... Off the wall I'm guessing you could even have the pros dance with more than one partner... now that would get complex. I guess they practice 5 (to 6) hours a day (on practice days)... anything to get Julianne and or Edyta back on the floor.

Julianne said on the special she hasn't really danced since leaving. When I watched her on Footloose promo last fall where she did a duet with Derek you could tell she wasn't as crisp. I question whether she has it in herself to back into complete shape.
Looking at all the hours the pros put in in with their partner and then add all the special dances. It is just nuts.

Why is this the only show that gives me pixelation problems? No other shows on the same network have this problem. Uverse.

Could simply be based in its content. Lots of fast action, moving lights and whatnot. Rather bandwidth demanding... of which I don't believe (admittedly) U-verse offers.

I thought that Katherine and Mark got jobbed by Bruno and Carrie Ann. Trying to dance a Rhumba to "Canon in D" was a diffiicult task.

I must have missed Lady Gaga's Bad Romance now being included in the classical collections that are sold on infomercials

It was interesting that, after all the judges' praise for Team Paso, they scored one piont less than Team Tango (which I thought was smashing).

Here's a great recap and assessment from Louis Van Amstel:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertai...al-week-recap/

I will say that Maria/Derek's performance didn't surprise me (not that I saw it coming, of course). They did a Rhumba a few weeks back in which Maria was about as good as anyone I had seen on that show, looked almost professional, at least from a layman's perspective. So Maria has it in her (not to say that was the reason the judges awarded a 30, of course, just one of those times when the blind squirrels find a nut ).

I tend to think although she is getting better that was still a freak occurrence... more or less a perfect storm not to be repeated and a lot of the scoring (10s) was the result of his choreography.

Now as far the public voting which will determine the winner... who knows. Her "romance" with Derek might help or hurt. My guess it will come down to who is left standing "by themselves" after a few more eliminations. If most of the guys go it might be a guy... if most of the girls go it might be a girl...

If Melissa goes tonight, then the rest of the contestants are pretty evenly matched. The following week is the double elimination, right? Some pretty fine dancers are going to go. We'll see who is really pulling the votes among the elites. I'm kind of hoping for a final four of Donald, William, Katherine and Maria...after that, the best dance wins.

I'm sort of flabbergasted that Melissa is still there...I believe there was a 4-5point differential between she and Jaleel/Roshon. I wonder how many hundreds of thousands or million votes that equates to.

I too was surprised about Melissa though my guess is both Melissa and Roshon will be going next week, isn't next week a double elimination?
I thought Roshon and Jaleel were quite evenly matched and could have went either way AFA their elimination but I believe Melissa should have been the one who went.

Not all that many actually. Even less when they combine the two dances. It's based on percentages of all of the votes combined for each contestant. To make it simple let's say...

9 contestants get 30
1 contestant gets 20

That's 290 in total...

10.3% for 9 contestants
6.9% for one

So the last place person would just need to have more than 3.4% telephone votes to be safe. And that's a really extreme example. With two dances (the second pretty much a wash) it reduces the percentage a lot.

I believe that's how the scoring works.

Still madly in love with Maria, the very reason I began to watch this show, Katherine comes close second though..

Somebody who I really like is going home tomorrow, maybe two somebodies. I thought Len jobbed Maria twice. I thought Katherine fell back a tad. Roshon improved. I thought Donald got jobbed a bit. Either the tango or that jive trio deserved a 30. Melissa improved, but still was slightly overscored. With her audience...or Maks'...she could easily be safe and we'll lose Roshon and one of the lookers( maybe both )...and I'm leaning towards Maria as the one that has the most legs. Her connection to Derek is intense, that waltz was amazing. Katherine can't compete with that heat. William was solidly excellent and I'm sure he's safe. It's usually a two dog race by now. I'll be bummed if I lose my girl(s).

Very odd scoring by Len and KA, thought both Katherine and Maria were under scored at times and I can't believe they gave Roshon a 30 I mean I was thinking solid 8s or maybe 9s but just didn't see 10s across the board almost like they were trying to make sure he didn't go home no matter what the audience did....or maybe they knew no matter how high they scored him he would still be going home(maybe his audience vote has been that low) so they figured he could go out on top with the judges but still go.
As much as I think Melissa tries I think she'll be the first to go, followed my Roshon. I believe Donald should be safe and you'd think front runner Katherine and Maria should also be safe, that only leaves William who has also been popular....that second one leaving will be hard to say but again from the process of elimination I'd guess Roshon.