Last night I watched DWTS for a second time. Confession, I enjoy watching twice - not for the judges comments, nor for the packages, but for the dancing. I like to watch and judge for myself without any of the distractions, because let's face it, there are a lot of them. A new one for me is their Twitter feed that airs simultaneously during the live taping of the show (which translates to an earlier time than the show airs on television). I followed that for the first time last week, and I loved it. I got a head's up about what was to come during the show. For example, I learned that Nyle and Peta were going to be good - very, very good, and that my prediction about Geraldo Rivera was way off.
I don't vote after the first show, or for many weeks that follow because I have an ethical dilemma, which I will discuss later. I do vote in the last few shows because it's important. I've seen at least one or two major league contenders get ousted before their time, and I've learned that I don't like the feeling when I didn't do anything to stop one of my faves from going home. If I did vote, I would have divided them equally between my top three who were: Wanya/Lindsay, Paige/Mark, and Nyle/Peta - in that order. I expect to be voting for these three, when I do finally get into that aspect of the show because I expect they will be in the running until the finals. Barring any strange injuries or outside career responsibilities, those three are the ones who will go the distance.
On the first show, there are inevitably stars who improve over time, and/or don't get scored as well as I believe they should have. This is what happened to Kim Fields. I thought she danced surprisingly well, but didn't get a score that represented it. Doug Flutie was also in this category. I was pleasantly surprised by his grace. The stars I thought earned an appropriate score, but will continue improve over time (and become threatening to the leaders) are: Jody Sweetin, Antonio Brown, and Von Miller. These three clearly have moves that have yet to be seen. I expect some sort of conflict with Antonio, however; he needs to tone down his ego and stop fooling around if he's going to get to his A game.
Like me, I believe the judges are distracted by the hype too (or perhaps there's a bit of producer influence on them), whatever the case, there are dancers who give a great performance, but got scores that I felt were too high. Yes. I said too high. This was the case for Marla Maples and Ginger Zee. Both of these ladies seem committed and can dance, but I felt their scores weren't that accurate. They should have been lower by about a point.
Which brings me to the bottom two, and why I wish we could vote people off in the beginning - not vote for the ones we want to continue. It is my ethical dilemma, and why I don't vote at all, or why I vote for someone who may not deserve it, by using all of my votes for the one person who I believe is going home and shouldn't. Why the dilemma? Because it just wouldn't be healthy to vote someone off DTWS. It's like giving the thumbs down to someone who is trying to perform their best public dance. It's like giving someone the "you suck" vote. It's just not right, and that's ultimately why I just watch and wait.
BUT if I could have voted anyone off the show, it would have been Mischa Barton, not that it would matter. She will go home soon, and it will be agony watching her dance (kinda like how I felt about Paula Dean). I doubt she will be the one going home though. It will be Geraldo Rivera, who is, unfortunately, the one that I believe shouldn't go home yet. Granted, neither of these two were very good, but I felt Geraldo brought more charisma and charm than Mischa, who at best looked like an awkward, ugly duckling, and at worst, looked like she didn't even want to be there. Geraldo on the other hand, seemed happy to be there, and brought better moves than Mischa.
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