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"The Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars might have been able to take a breather last week, considering there was no elimination, but normal service is resumed now - and it&amp;#039;s country night! As if that wasn&amp;#039;t enough pressure, each all-star will perform a solo and there&amp;#039;s a group dance, too. Phew! Viewer votes and the judges&amp;#039; scores from last week (which saw Sabrina on top with 58.5 and Kelly at the bottom with 51.5) are going to roll over to this week, but of course everything could change with these country performances. So let&amp;#039;s get this show going (after a performance from Little Big Town, anyway.) Gilles Marini &amp;amp; Peta Murgatroyd - Cha Cha Cha (&amp;#039;Man, I Feel Like A Woman&amp;#039;) Gilles and Peta have some fun joking that they aren&amp;#039;t really cut out for country week, what with Gilles coming from France and Peta hailing from New Zealand and all. &amp;quot;Can you play a cowboy?&amp;quot; Peta wonders. &amp;quot;I probably can pretend to be one if I don&amp;#039;t talk,&amp;quot; Gilles offers. But the duo really do have their work cut out for them, as Gilles is busy filming Switched At Birth and there&amp;#039;s not much time to rehearse. They have to resort to Peta waiting on set to rehearse in every little break in filming! &amp;quot;My brain&amp;#039;s frying,&amp;quot; Gilles complains, adding that this is the hardest cha cha cha he&amp;#039;s seen on the show. But will his dance impress the judges on the night? Len: Len loves that Gilles always gives everything 100%, with no half-measures. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re right on the edge but you&amp;#039;re under control all the time,&amp;quot; he says. He points out that Gilles was a little loose in the legs, but he&amp;#039;s pleased overall! Bruno: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t know what country that was, but I&amp;#039;d like to pay a visit!&amp;quot; Bruno announces. He describes the dance as sexy, kinky and soulful, and he liked Gilles&amp;#039;s solo, too. He admits the footwork wasn&amp;#039;t as clean as it could have been sometimes, but the performance was &amp;quot;magnificent&amp;quot;. Carrie Ann: After tying herself into her chair (amazing), Carrie Ann says the dance was creative, classy, sexy and really appropriate for Gilles and Peta. But she does say Gilles needs to watch his hands because he does something strange with his wrists (apparently, Peta calls it &amp;quot;T-Rex hands&amp;quot;). Gilles tells Brooke later that he loves &amp;#039;Man, I Feel Like A Woman&amp;#039;, describing Shania Twain as a country icon! But he does admit he felt a little lonely during his solo (before taking the opportunity to offer his thoughts to everyone on the East Coast.) But here are the scores: 9 from Carrie Ann, 9 from Len and 9.5 from Bruno! That&amp;#039;s a total of 27.5 out of 30, which - added to the scores from last week - means a total of 84 out of 90!  Sabrina Bryan &amp;amp; Louis van Amstel - Rumba (&amp;#039;Wanted&amp;#039;) Sabrina is feeling &amp;quot;lucky&amp;quot; to be on top of the leaderboard in the middle of the season - now she&amp;#039;s hoping that the momentum can keep them going! But her rumba this week is super emotional - she&amp;#039;s going to tell one of her real life stories, and cries as she opens up to Louis about her ex-boyfriend, who struggled with a drug addiction. &amp;quot;Not to have some sob story, it&amp;#039;s just such an emotional song,&amp;quot; she explains. Louis coaches her to open up and be vulnerable during their rehearsals, and it seems to work - both of them are in tears by the end of their performance! But what do the judges think? Bruno: Bruno thinks the performance was &amp;quot;wonderful&amp;quot; - a &amp;quot;sumptuous sequence of intriguing shapes&amp;quot;. And he also says there was real emotion behind it, too. He praises Sabrina&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;stunning, intricate&amp;quot; figures and gushes about her solo, too. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ve done a fantastic job,&amp;quot; he adds. I think he liked it. Carrie Ann: After giving Sabrina a hug, Carrie Ann says she&amp;#039;s pleased to finally see her vulnerability (she&amp;#039;s always shown &amp;quot;incredible&amp;quot; dancing.) She says Sabrina was dancing from the heart and describes it as &amp;quot;breathtaking&amp;quot; - she had &amp;quot;chills&amp;quot;! Len: Len says that while the music was soft, their dancing was sometimes full on and strong. There was a &amp;quot;lovely balance&amp;quot; to it, he adds, saying that the choreography was &amp;quot;wonderful&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It was fantastic!&amp;quot; Later, Sabrina tells Brooke that she began crying the first time she heard the song; she feels like people can relate to it. But now she&amp;#039;s in a relationship that makes her feel like she can conquer the world again. Aww! She&amp;#039;s going to be pleased with the scores too - it&amp;#039;s a 10 from Carrie Ann, a 10 from Len and a 10 from Bruno. Yep, a perfect score of 30 out of 30 - and an overall score of 88.5 out of 90. Not bad! Sabrina thanks everyone - and also says she&amp;#039;s praying for her friends on the East Coast.  Kelly Monaco &amp;amp; Val Chmerkovskiy - Tango (&amp;#039;Good Girl&amp;#039;) Kelly and Val were bottom of the leaderboard last week, and Kelly admits it&amp;#039;s a &amp;quot;blow&amp;quot; - but it just seems to make her even more determined to do well this week (after all, this is the furthest she&amp;#039;s ever got considering her season was only six weeks long.) Still, she&amp;#039;s finding the tango super difficult, so she asks for even more rehearsal time. Val admits Kelly&amp;#039;s physically exhausted and overwhelmed, while Kelly says she&amp;#039;s just a little frustrated about the steps. But will she manage to pull it together for the performance? Carrie Ann: &amp;quot;Nice comeback!&amp;quot; Carrie Ann announces. She says that the routine was &amp;quot;very ambitious&amp;quot; and claims Kelly is the most exciting competitor because every week things change and shift. But this was a huge shift for the good! Len: Len says it was a little hectic, but the duo kept the dance under control. He does point out some problems with Kelly&amp;#039;s neck, but overall she came out and attacked the routine! Bruno: Bruno starts talking about Gone With The Wind and Vivienne Leigh, throwing out things like &amp;quot;engulfed by flames of passion&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;sultry seductress&amp;quot;. He says Kelly is &amp;quot;back in the game, big time&amp;quot;, though he advises her to watch her top line. Upstairs, Kelly says she&amp;#039;s not worried about being in the competition longer than she has been before - she likes unfamiliar territory! Meanwhile, Val just can&amp;#039;t understand how she&amp;#039;s not out of breath. But will the scores take their breath away? It&amp;#039;s good - they get a 9 from each judge, for a total of 27 out of 30. That&amp;#039;s an overall score of 78.5 out of 90 for the duo!  Melissa Rycroft &amp;amp; Tony Dovolani - Viennese Waltz (&amp;#039;Why You Wanna&amp;#039;) Melissa struggled with a neck injury last week, and unfortunately it&amp;#039;s back with a vengeance this week, too. She&amp;#039;s scared and frustrated, though she tells Tony she definitely doesn&amp;#039;t want to quit. And when he goes to call the doctor, she admits she&amp;#039;s worried about letting him down - aww! But she&amp;#039;s cleared to dance, though she&amp;#039;s going to have limited mobility; luckily, she&amp;#039;ll be in hold a lot for the waltz. Tony even goes so far to say that he thinks she could get a 10 for a solo! &amp;quot;I feel like I&amp;#039;ve got my second wind,&amp;quot; Melissa smiles, but will the judges feel the same way? Len: Len&amp;#039;s so impressed that he opens his commentary by standing up and clapping the pair! He praises Melissa&amp;#039;s great technique and wonderful movement. &amp;quot;You got the how and you got the wow.&amp;quot; Bruno: Bruno thinks Melissa&amp;#039;s solo was &amp;quot;absolutely exquisite&amp;quot;, bringing up Brigadoon! He says she was beautiful, weightless, fluid and lyrical, with &amp;quot;amazing&amp;quot; extension and continuity of movement. &amp;quot;It was like love in the great outdoors,&amp;quot; he declares. Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann says Melissa has &amp;quot;the most beautiful lines&amp;quot;, though she says something was missing for her - Melissa wasn&amp;#039;t dancing &amp;quot;out&amp;quot; enough. This gets a chorus of nos from Len and Bruno, eventually resulting in a standing-up shouting match between Bruno and Carrie Ann. Yikes - what did Melissa start? Backstage, Melissa explains that her neck&amp;#039;s doing okay - she can&amp;#039;t do lifts and tricks, but she should be okay to keep doing what she&amp;#039;s doing. But here are the scores - 9.5 from Carrie Ann, 10 from Len and 10 from Bruno. Not too shabby! That&amp;#039;s a score of 29.5 out of 30, meaning the duo have a total of 86 out of 90. But Tony takes the time to wish the East Coast well.  Shawn Johnson &amp;amp; Derek Hough - Cha cha cha (&amp;#039;She Thinks My Tractor&amp;#039;s Sexy&amp;#039;) Shawn&amp;#039;s determined to get a perfect score, and she&amp;#039;s especially disappointed with her results from last week as she stepped out of her comfort zone. Still, Derek was proud of their performance! But he notices that something is off with Shawn, who&amp;#039;s surprisingly grumpy in rehearsals, and it turns out her knee is bothering her. Turns out that she was messing around with Sabrina in the group dance rehearsal, and she&amp;#039;s really hurt it. This is doubly tough for Shawn as it brings back all the memories of her knee injury preventing her from competing in the Olympics. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve messed it up again,&amp;quot; she sobs. Will she make it through her performance, though? It&amp;#039;s actually so great that Derek&amp;#039;s hat falls off at the end. And then he rips his shirt open, for some reason.  Bruno: Bruno wants everyone to forget about the tractor in the song - Shawn is the sexy one! He says that she was &amp;quot;working it&amp;quot; and praises the fusion of country steps and cha cha cha, saying it was &amp;quot;beautifully done&amp;quot;. Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann agrees with Bruno, and adds that she loves the way Shawn articulated every movement. But she does criticise Shawn&amp;#039;s solo, suggesting that it was a little bit stiff and safe. Yikes! Len: Len says he loved the choreography and movement, but he complains about the gimmicks on the set - &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s too much frippery,&amp;quot; he grumbles. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want tractors, I don&amp;#039;t want cows.&amp;quot; Derek promises to be a bit simpler next week, but Len warns he&amp;#039;s watching. Eek! Upstairs, Shawn tells Brooke that her knee is doing okay - it&amp;#039;s just a sprain. She admits she was terrified she&amp;#039;d have to leave the competition, but at least her knee is still there! Here are the scores, and it&amp;#039;s a mixed bag - 9.5 from Carrie Ann, 8.5 from Len and 10 from Bruno. That&amp;#039;s a score of 28 out of 30, or 84.5 out of 90 in total!  Kirstie Alley &amp;amp; Maks Chmerkovskiy - Rumba (&amp;#039;Home&amp;#039;) Kirstie was pleased with her performance last week, and she&amp;#039;s feeling really good about the future now. &amp;quot;I think I can do this,&amp;quot; she grins. That is... until rehearsals begin. It&amp;#039;s like an about turn as Kirstie gets frustrated and Maks tries to urge her along. It&amp;#039;s all feeling very tense (&amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m very tense!&amp;quot;) and on top of that, Kirstie has a bunch of other commitments too, like an interview with Barbara Walters. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want to go home,&amp;quot; she insists, so will she manage to pull a great rumba out of the bag? Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann names Kirstie the &amp;quot;Queen of Sexy&amp;quot;, describing the dance as &amp;quot;such a passionate rumba&amp;quot;. She admits that she got lost in it, describing every movement as &amp;quot;gorgeous&amp;quot;. She says the duo had perfect balance and energy, and even calls them &amp;quot;super sexy&amp;quot;. Len: Len says that Kirstie coped well with a tough dance, praising her expressive arms and saying it was clean, clear and classy. But he admits that he would have liked more hip action, and even stands up for a little demo! In the end, as everyone starts talking over each other, he declares: &amp;quot;I liked it, but not that much.&amp;quot; Ouch! Bruno: Bruno says the dance was &amp;quot;the expression of gorgeousness&amp;quot;, describing Kelly as a &amp;quot;real woman&amp;quot;! He starts sending out words like &amp;quot;luscious&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;ripe&amp;quot;, adding that Kirstie could tell a story with her little finger. Plus, her solo was spot on! Upstairs, Brooke wants to know why this season is more challenging for Kirstie - she replies that in her first time, &amp;quot;everyone was sort of crummy&amp;quot;! She just wants to stay as long as she can, because she loves to dance. Well, these scores might help - it&amp;#039;s a 9.5 from Carrie Ann, 8.5 from Len and 9.5 from Bruno! That&amp;#039;s a score of 27.5 out of 30, for an overall total of 80 out of 90. Kirstie&amp;#039;s so thrilled that she&amp;#039;s in tears!  Apolo Anton Ohno &amp;amp; Karina Smirnoff - Viennese Waltz (&amp;#039;Sara Beth&amp;#039;) Apolo and Karina got some comments about their chemistry last week, and now we find out why - they had a fight before their dance! Karina explains that she doesn&amp;#039;t really know what it was about, though she says Apolo isn&amp;#039;t used to showing emotion and it became tense. But now he has to open up for the Viennese Waltz - will he manage? They&amp;#039;re dancing to &amp;#039;Sara Beth&amp;#039;, a song about a woman who has cancer and only feels secure in the arms of her loved one. Apolo has to show emotion, but will he win over the judges with the routine? Len: Len loved the dance, saying it was light and had great musicality. &amp;quot;It was two people in perfect harmony with each other and the music,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;I loved it.&amp;quot; Bruno: Bruno declares that Apolo is a leading man - and did it with ease! He also describes the dance as graceful, fluid and weightless, and says he interacted with Karina the best he&amp;#039;s ever seen. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ve done it!&amp;quot; Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann opines that dance without emotion is just movement for movement&amp;#039;s sake, but that&amp;#039;s not what she saw! She praises the poetry and emotion in the performance, admitting that she was mesmerised. &amp;quot;This was your break through number,&amp;quot; she tells Apolo. Backstage, Apolo explains that both he and Karina know people battling cancer, so the dance was about all the people and families who are directly or indirectly affected. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a very powerful dance,&amp;quot; he adds. And the scores reflect that, too - it&amp;#039;s a 10 from Carrie Ann, a 10 from Len and a 10 from Bruno! Yep, a perfect score of 30 out of 30, for an overall total of 86.5 out of 90. Not too bad!  Emmitt Smith &amp;amp; Cheryl Burke - Foxtrot (&amp;#039;Islands In The Stream&amp;#039;) Emmitt is not impressed about doing a solo to this &amp;quot;slow ass&amp;quot; song - &amp;quot;What the front door is going on?&amp;quot; he asks, charmingly. He admits that the country theme is throwing him off, too, and it&amp;#039;s probably not helping that Cheryl&amp;#039;s laughing as he rehearses! But more seriously, Emmitt&amp;#039;s struggling with fatigue, and the aches and pains of reaching the middle of the competition. He vows to live by mind over matter and work hard - but will his routine win over the judges? It&amp;#039;s probably won over his wife, who gets presented with flowers at the end of it! Bruno: Bruno loves Emmitt because he just goes for it and gets everyone to join in. He acknowledges that he lost a couple of passes, but says it was a &amp;quot;country fun fair&amp;quot; - he loved it! Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann isn&amp;#039;t so sure - she points out that the duo were out of time when they came down the stairs at the beginning, and that threw them off (they were off sync, apparently, and they threw their arms away.) But she does say Emmitt redeemed himself with his &amp;quot;very entertaining&amp;quot; solo! Len: &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re easy like Sunday morning,&amp;quot; Len tells Emmitt, though he does say the dance lacked some finesse. But he adds that Emmitt is entertaining! Backstage, Emmitt gives all the credit for his solo to Cheryl, who taught him how to do it! But he&amp;#039;s staying cautious about the competition, saying he&amp;#039;s just trying to get through each week. Here are the scores, though: 8.5 from Carrie Ann, 8.5 from Len and 9.5 from Bruno! That&amp;#039;s a score of 26.5 out of 30 for the duo, making an overall total of 82.5 out of 90.  Group Dance The judges are going to award two bonus points to the most entertaining couple in the group dance, which immediately adds extra pressure! We get to see the funny rehearsals, as Emmitt jokingly yells: &amp;quot;I quit!&amp;quot; and Gilles turns up three hours late in full cowboy regalia (&amp;quot;You look like the Village People&amp;quot;). We also see Shawn&amp;#039;s injury again, while Kelly&amp;#039;s struggling and Apolo says he feels like a donkey: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t know what&amp;#039;s going on,&amp;quot; he says, wide-eyed. &amp;quot;Music, steps...&amp;quot; And Melissa yells that it&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;chaos&amp;quot;. Will they pull it all together? Well, the dance - set to a performance from Big &amp;amp; Rich - seems to pretty much go without a hitch, and each couple gets a chance to do a little freestyle bit, too. But who&amp;#039;ll pick up those two points? Len: &amp;quot;That was fun!&amp;quot; Len announces, saying it was &amp;quot;full of tricks and full of treats&amp;quot;. He even bizarrely starts talking about getting &amp;quot;the hoedown on the lowdown&amp;quot;, or something. But he picks out Kirstie for smacking Maks&amp;#039;s bottom - cheeky! Bruno: Bruno says the dance was fully loaded and fun-filled - &amp;quot;Kirstie rides again!&amp;quot; he announces. He also liked Apolo&amp;#039;s lift and causes hilarity by praising Melissa&amp;#039;s lasso and pronouncing it &amp;quot;lazoo&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;You all did very, very well,&amp;quot; he adds. Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann loved it too, but she picks out Kelly, Sabrina and Gilles for particular attention - she liked their solos the best. But the judges have to come to a mutual decision about who gets the extra two points, and they end up awarding them to Kirstie! Nice. So the leaderboard looks like this: Sabrina and Louis are on the top with 88.5, while Kelly and Val are at the bottom with 78.5. But who&amp;#039;ll be going home? We&amp;#039;ll have to find out tonight! Dancing with the Stars airs on ABC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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