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"We&amp;#039;ve lost two members of the Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars cast now, and with a double elimination looming, things are starting to get seriously tense! So it&amp;#039;s just as well the contestants have a nice easy challenge this time, right? Er, wrong. Actually, they all have to choose an iconic routine and then put their own spin on it (we even see oversized chess pieces, living statues and a frigging donkey being led into the studio). Well, that&amp;#039;s certainly intriguing... According to Brooke, the judges want to see personality, showmanship, attention to detail and technique (and she&amp;#039;s promising &amp;quot;eye-popping&amp;quot; routines and &amp;quot;bombshell&amp;quot; announcements, too.) So let&amp;#039;s get this thing going! Drew Lachey &amp;amp; Anna Trebunskaya Drew&amp;#039;s taking on Joey McIntyre&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Crazy In Love&amp;#039; cha cha cha from the first season... but he reveals that he wants to take it to a &amp;quot;whole other level&amp;quot;! He&amp;#039;s going with a concert theme, and wants &amp;quot;huge production&amp;quot; and even a bit of pyro. In fact, he&amp;#039;s the one pushing Anna this week, as he urges her to &amp;quot;unleash her inner stripper&amp;quot; (he wants sexy, basically.) Their performance is definitely fun, with a massive wind machine, smoke, flashy lights and even some bum wiggling and shirt tearing. It ends with fireworks, too! Vanessa and Nick Lachey are in the audience and certainly enjoyed it, but what about the judges? Len: Len says the cha cha cha isn&amp;#039;t an easy dance - you have to be clean and sharp and show rhythm - but Drew got the balance right! He liked the concept and content, and though he points out that Drew&amp;#039;s free arm was occasionally a little loose, it was &amp;quot;terrific&amp;quot; overall. Bruno: Bruno gets a little overexcited, talking about never-stopping power drills and announcing: &amp;quot;The Rock God goes Magic Mike!&amp;quot; He adds: &amp;quot;It worked for Channing Tatum - it&amp;#039;s going to work for you.&amp;quot; Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann agrees, praising Drew&amp;#039;s creative direction and admitting that she loved seeing sexy-Anna. She also praises the duo&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;tight and precise&amp;quot; moves! Afterwards, Drew admits that he loved being the creative director, and adds that Anna did a &amp;quot;great job&amp;quot;. But here are the scores... it&amp;#039;s a trio of 8s from the judges, a total of 24 out of 30 for Drew and Anna. Their highest score in the competition so far!  Gilles Marini &amp;amp; Peta Murgatroyd It looks like we&amp;#039;re in for something special with GIlles, as we see him getting strapped into a harness (&amp;quot;Welcome to &amp;#039;how to become a falsetto&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; Tom quips.) But let&amp;#039;s skip back to earlier in the week; Gilles wasn&amp;#039;t comfortable with taking an iconic dance from one of his fellow all-stars, so he chooses instead to go for Erin Andrews&amp;#039; tango with Maks from season ten. But he also wants to do something new - he wants to fly! Gilles has a whole concept about Peta waking him up from a dream, and he gets busy with the creative direction. He&amp;#039;s going to fight for a ten, too! He certainly flies through the studio (insert your own illegal lift joke here) and the dancing is great, too, full of drama and anger and sexiness. What do the judges think? Bruno: &amp;quot;I think you can fly in and out of any bed you choose after this reaction,&amp;quot; Bruno jokes, describing the routine as &amp;quot;strong, dominant, erotic, powerful&amp;quot; and, of course, &amp;quot;Fifty Shades of Gilles&amp;quot;. He does acknowledge that Gilles lost his footing a little (which earns him boos), but he says that the performance was great! Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann loved the entrance, and jokes that if Peter Pan had looked that good she&amp;#039;d pay more attention to the story! She adds that Gilles is &amp;quot;so good&amp;quot; at the drama in dancing, describing his performances as &amp;quot;exquisite&amp;quot;. But she also agrees with Bruno - the couple were fighting each other&amp;#039;s energy and were a little out of sync; their hold needs to be tighter. Still: &amp;quot;Woohoo!&amp;quot; Len: Len agrees the hold could have been tighter and the footwork cleaner, but he loved the &amp;quot;menace&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It just occasionally went a little bit cranky,&amp;quot; he says! Afterwards, Gilles is a little frustrated - he&amp;#039;s worried that he could have done better. But will the judges agree? Apparently not, as he gets 8.5 from each of the judges! That&amp;#039;s a total of 25.5 out of 30 for Mr Marini! &amp;quot;I freaked out a little too much,&amp;quot; he admits.  Melissa Rycroft &amp;amp; Tony Dovolani Melissa&amp;#039;s desperate to avoid the double elimination by appealing to fans, so she wants the audience to go: &amp;quot;How did they do that?&amp;quot; when they watch her samba! To do that, she&amp;#039;s pushing it, but Tony&amp;#039;s just hoping that they don&amp;#039;t kill themselves with the tough steps before they actually get to perform. The only thing is, Melissa isn&amp;#039;t sure whether she can carry off the trick at the end of the routine. In a normal season, she&amp;#039;d skip it to be safe... but this is all-star! So her samba - which has its own bum wiggle - ends with a strange flourish and streamers falling from the ceiling! Will the judges be pleased? Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann is - she describes the routine as &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot;! She praises Melissa&amp;#039;s various moves, saying her technique was great. She notes that Melissa was a little scared at one point, but says everything else was &amp;quot;stellar&amp;quot;! Len: &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s what I&amp;#039;m talking about!&amp;quot; Len grins, comparing the dance to a can of cola - fizzy and refreshing. He describes the routine as satisfying and praises Melissa&amp;#039;s technique, describing it as a &amp;quot;knockout&amp;quot;. Bruno: Bruno&amp;#039;s got a new nickname for Melissa - the samba sensation! He says everything was more complicated and imaginative, and adds that she danced the routine &amp;quot;like a star&amp;quot;. Afterwards, Melissa admits that you can&amp;#039;t put the brakes on anything in your routines in the all-star season. &amp;quot;The bar&amp;#039;s set so high,&amp;quot; she points out. And it&amp;#039;s going to stay high with Melissa&amp;#039;s scores - it&amp;#039;s three 9 paddles for her, giving her a great total of 27 out of 30!  Apolo Anton Ohno &amp;amp; Karina Smirnoff Karina tells Apolo that they have to do something &amp;quot;so memorable&amp;quot; this week, and Apolo takes his job as a creative director seriously! He wants to show a different side of himself, so he&amp;#039;s picked Gilles&amp;#039;s foxtrot (he wants to emulate his sexiness without taking his top off, apparently.) To make the dance more unique, he&amp;#039;s come up with a statue concept - Karina is a statue that comes to life! Karina thinks that Apolo&amp;#039;s grown up into a &amp;quot;very sexy, strong man&amp;quot;, but will that come across in the dance? Well at one point it looks like the duo are actually going to kiss! But what do the judges think? Len: Len loves the fluidity and musicality of the dance, though he admits that the feet could have been cleaner and there could have been more in hold. Still, it was a &amp;quot;terrific&amp;quot; dance and was exactly what Apolo needed to do! Bruno: Bruno raves about the concept before saying the dance was sensual, classy and classic. He does say that Apolo could be a little tense at times in his hands, but overall it was &amp;quot;exquisite&amp;quot;. Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann says Apolo nailed the challenge of artistic direction, as she&amp;#039;ll remember the dance forever. She thinks it was &amp;quot;stunning&amp;quot;, and she even disagrees with Bruno, saying that she thought Apolo&amp;#039;s arms were beautiful. &amp;quot;It was all right there,&amp;quot; she adds. Upstairs, Brooke asks why Apolo chose to take on Gilles&amp;#039;s dance, and he explains that he was trying to channel his &amp;quot;inner sexy&amp;quot;! But more seriously, he says he&amp;#039;s known for high impact, high energy dances and he wanted to show something different. It seems to have paid off - he gets a 9 from Carrie Ann, an 8 from Len and an 8.5 from Bruno - that&amp;#039;s 25.5 out of 30!  Kelly Monaco &amp;amp; Val Chmerkovskiy Kelly&amp;#039;s had a week away from work this week, so she&amp;#039;s got extra time to dedicate to her dancing! She wants to take things to the next level... but she&amp;#039;s chosen Maks&amp;#039;s paso doble with Laila! You know Maks, Val&amp;#039;s brother. Val doesn&amp;#039;t look convinced but he soon gets into things when Kelly suggests a huge cape could hide her and Val at the beginning of the dance (apparently, Val thinks they should do &amp;quot;terrible, terrible things to each other&amp;quot; under the cape. Phew.) But Kelly wants to mainly focus on the dance instead of filling her routine with &amp;quot;fluff&amp;quot; - fighting talk! Will it pay off? After their routine (which ends with shooting flames), Tom says they got the best crowd reaction of the night! Bruno: Bruno says this was Kelly&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;defining performance&amp;quot; - they saw the dancer and actress. He praises her beauty, artistry and power, adding that he is &amp;quot;tingling with pleasure&amp;quot;. Steady on! Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann announces that Kelly and Val are the couple to watch! She says something &amp;quot;magical&amp;quot; has happened between them: &amp;quot;You smacked that paso doble&amp;#039;s booty.&amp;quot; Len: &amp;quot;Where did that come from?&amp;quot; Len gasps. He praises their focus, and says that Kelly was expressive through her face and her arms. &amp;quot;Where have you been?&amp;quot; he repeats. &amp;quot;Suddenly this has turned up - fabulous.&amp;quot; Afterwards, Brooke points out that Kelly normally films General Hospital all day before rehearsing in the night, but Kelly&amp;#039;s super modest, pointing out that everyone has different obligations. Aww! Here are the scores... it&amp;#039;s a 9 and a 9 and another 9! That&amp;#039;s 27 out of 30 for Kelly.  Bombshell Announcement Number One Brooke announced at the beginning of the show that we&amp;#039;d get two bombshell announcements, and here&amp;#039;s the first - Paula Abdul is going to be a guest judge next week! &amp;quot;Dance has always been my first love,&amp;quot; Paula says, revealing that she used to sneak into the audience to watch. &amp;quot;To me it&amp;#039;s a marriage made in dancing heaven!&amp;quot; she adds. Kirstie Alley &amp;amp; Maks Chmerkovskiy Kirstie&amp;#039;s pleased with her performance from last week - &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t screw it up!&amp;quot; - and now she&amp;#039;s decided to be fearless. So she picks Carson Kressley&amp;#039;s cha cha cha to &amp;#039;Moves Like Jagger&amp;#039;; she&amp;#039;s all about the entertainment. And she&amp;#039;s making the most of being creative director, bringing on a Union Jack mini cooper, giving everything a 60s theme and putting Maks in tight pants. Yikes! &amp;quot;What about Standards and Practices?&amp;quot; he gulps. The dance is pretty cheesy, at least on Maks&amp;#039;s bare-chested part, but there&amp;#039;s no denying it is an awful lot of fun. Kirstie&amp;#039;s so entertaining! But what do the judges think? Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann thanks Kirstie - &amp;quot;That was the most fun I&amp;#039;ve had all night!&amp;quot; She adds that it was actually Kirstie&amp;#039;s best dance of the season so far. Len: Len thinks the celebrities should be in charge of the choreography every week - it was &amp;quot;brilliant&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;fun&amp;quot;! But that&amp;#039;s not all, as Len says Kirstie had good timing and footwork, too - she has the &amp;quot;whole package&amp;quot;! Bruno: Bruno announces that Kirstie is &amp;quot;fully loaded with camp&amp;quot;! In fact, he says he had so much fun that he almost &amp;quot;burst a gut&amp;quot;, which doesn&amp;#039;t sound healthy at all! &amp;quot;Wonderful,&amp;quot; he declares. Brooke admits upstairs that she enjoyed the dance too, and asks Kirstie if she&amp;#039;ll keep hold of her creative director role. &amp;quot;I doubt it,&amp;quot; she says, as Maks looks severely unimpressed with his outfit. Asked if she likes being in charge, he replies: &amp;quot;A little too much!&amp;quot; But did it pay off? Yes, because each judge gives the duo a score of 8, bringing their total to 24 out of 30!  Sabrina Bryan &amp;amp; Louis van Amstel Sabrina got the first 9 of the season last week, but now she&amp;#039;s nervous about keeping it up. She picks Mel B&amp;#039;s paso doble as her routine (after all, Mel did kind of dedicate it to her...) But though she&amp;#039;s excited about having smoke on the dancefloor, she&amp;#039;s also super nervous about breaking any of the rules and tries to keep Louis in check. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m just terrified that we&amp;#039;ll get eliminated,&amp;quot; she confesses. But was she right to be cautious? Len: Len loves that the routine was full of &amp;quot;risks&amp;quot; but also &amp;quot;great technique&amp;quot;. He points out that her twist turns were &amp;quot;beautiful&amp;quot;, and says it was a &amp;quot;fabulous&amp;quot; routine. Bruno: Bruno says the routine included maximum fire power, strength and a touch of Scary Spice! He adds that Sabrina was so strong that it sometimes looked as if she was leading Louis! &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re such a good dancer, my darling,&amp;quot; he concludes. Carrie Ann: Uh oh - Carrie Ann isn&amp;#039;t so happy! She says the technique and content was there, but admits that she doesn&amp;#039;t think the dance &amp;quot;brought anything new&amp;quot; as she&amp;#039;s seen Sabrina do all this before. She wants the &amp;quot;element of surprise&amp;quot;, though she does say the dancing was &amp;quot;outstanding&amp;quot;. Later, Sabrina says she ran a lot of stuff by Louis and adds that the lighting wasn&amp;#039;t exactly what they expected. But anyway, she wanted to focus on the dance, and Louis backs her up by saying that &amp;quot;less is more sometimes&amp;quot;. It doesn&amp;#039;t seem to have penalised them too much, as each judge gives them a score of 8.5 - that&amp;#039;s 25.5 out of 30 for the duo!  Emmitt Smith &amp;amp; Cheryl Burke Emmitt slipped from the top of the leaderboard last week, so to regain the number one spot he&amp;#039;s going to do Mario Lopez&amp;#039;s paso doble. He&amp;#039;s very keen about the idea of being a creative director, choosing to give it an &amp;quot;old desert feel&amp;quot;. But he&amp;#039;s also hoping to include something Len&amp;#039;s never seen before, and comes up with his own move, which sees him running across the dancefloor and sliding under Cheryl&amp;#039;s legs. Of course, this leads to a bunch of rehearsal footage of him crashing into her and it generally going wrong, but of course it all works out in the routine! The only sad thing is that the donkey we saw earlier never makes it onto the floor because it was spooked by the audience. But enough of donkeys - onto the judges! Bruno: &amp;quot;The raging bull is back!&amp;quot; Bruno announces, saying that it almost seemed like Emmitt was going to kill Cheryl. He says Emmitt was going for it like a &amp;quot;demon&amp;quot; - &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s the way to do it!&amp;quot; He adds that Emmitt needs to watch his shoulders, but he&amp;#039;s back in the game. Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann knew from the beginning of the dance - where Emmitt whipped around his cape in front of the judges - that he was back! She says he upped the ante, and though she points out a couple of niggles, she adds that it was &amp;quot;awesome&amp;quot;. Len: Len jokes that Emmitt scared the life out of him! He explains that Emmitt has &amp;quot;presence&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;dominates the floor&amp;quot;. The only bad thing was that Emmitt got a little caught up in the routine; it could have used more finesse, apparently. Backstage, Cheryl admits that she thought she&amp;#039;d be knocked over when Emmitt slid underneath her. But here are the scores: 8.5 from Carrie Ann, 8 from Len and another 8.5 from Bruno, for a total of 25 out of 30.  Helio Castroneves &amp;amp; Chelsie Hightower Helio admits that it was &amp;quot;confusing and scary&amp;quot; being in the bottom two last week, so he&amp;#039;s going to take on Apolo&amp;#039;s season four quickstep in an attempt to avoid the danger zone this time around! He&amp;#039;s having fun being &amp;quot;the boss&amp;quot;, but when Apolo pays him a visit it reminds him that he really needs to work. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m going to fight back,&amp;quot; he vows - and he sure does! Except for an unfortunate problem - he stumbles over Chelsie&amp;#039;s huge dress and never quite recovers. Will the judges penalise him? Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann describes Helio as the &amp;quot;quickstep king&amp;quot; and says the routine was &amp;quot;so good&amp;quot;! She says dancing is all about joy to her, and that&amp;#039;s what Helio always brings. But she has to point out the dress incident. Len: Len says the dance deserves to be back next week, because it was &amp;quot;so good&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;top notch&amp;quot;. You can just tell the judges are sad about the stumble! Bruno: Bruno says Helio started &amp;quot;with a blast&amp;quot; and at the top of the game, but after the dress he lost his timing and steps. But he wants to see the dance again, too - &amp;quot;It was brilliant.&amp;quot; Later, Helio describes the dress problem as a &amp;quot;shame&amp;quot;, adding that he told Chelsie it could cause some trouble! But it turns out the judges are going to give him good scores anyway, as he picks up 8.5 from each of them - that&amp;#039;s a total of 25.5 out of 30!  Bombshell Announcement Number Two Here&amp;#039;s the second big announcement: Tom announces that next week, the contestants will have to perform routines chosen by each other. And some of them have never been seen on the show before! This could get very strategic, right? Bristol Palin &amp;amp; Mark Ballas A big blowout between Bristol and Mark has been trailed throughout the episode, and here it is - after finishing last on the leaderboard last week, neither is in a particularly good mood, and it just ends in literal tears. Bristol accuses Mark of being bummed that he isn&amp;#039;t paired with Sabrina or Shawn, while Mark points out that he&amp;#039;s always been there for her. But Bristol points out that Mark missed a rehearsal - yikes! &amp;quot;I feel like you want to go home,&amp;quot; she sobs, before walking out on rehearsal. &amp;quot;What the f**k am I meant to do now?&amp;quot; Mark gasps. Seriously, children! They pull it together for their paso doble, which is like a sci-fi prince and princess dancing on a chessboard (and just as unusual as that sounds.) But what do the judges think? Len: Len reveals that he always fought with his partners before a paso doble, because it gets you in the mood for a fight! He says there was plenty of attack, aggression and content in the dance - and it&amp;#039;s easily Bristol&amp;#039;s best dance! Bristol: &amp;quot;Checkmate!&amp;quot; Bruno announces. He says Bristol is an &amp;quot;ice queen with a killer streak&amp;quot;, adding that she certainly got her aggression out. What&amp;#039;s more, her lines and look were better than ever - definitely her best dance yet. Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann says a lot of people put Bristol at the bottom of the pack before this season, but she says Bristol is a &amp;quot;worthy competitor&amp;quot;. She needs to work on her facial expression, but her movements were &amp;quot;nice and fine and clean&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;Good job!&amp;quot; she concludes. Later, Bristol admits that she&amp;#039;s just pleased she&amp;#039;s got her first fight with Mark out of the way, while Mark points out that it&amp;#039;s pretty impressive that they haven&amp;#039;t argued up to this point! He says he&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;really proud&amp;quot; of Miss Palin, saying he will always love and support her. And Bristol earns her highest score of the competition so far when she gets a 7.5 from each judge - a total of 22.5 out of 30.  Shawn Johnson &amp;amp; Derek Hough Len said Shawn&amp;#039;s routine was &amp;quot;just enough&amp;quot; last week, so with Helio&amp;#039;s quickstep she&amp;#039;s going to go all out to impress! Seriously, there are trampolines involved and everything. Shawn admits that there was a chain reaction effect - they&amp;#039;re breaking one rule, so why not break a whole bunch? Derek warns her that they&amp;#039;ll get &amp;quot;slammed&amp;quot; but he does also say that the scores are so tight that it&amp;#039;s about entertaining the audience. And goodness, is this dance entertaining! The duo begin by backflipping off trampolines, there are crazy lifts, they do splits, and finish by jumping off the stairs in front of the band. I don&amp;#039;t care if it broke the entire rulebook, it was just so good. And Carrie Ann and Bruno give it a standing ovation, too! Bruno: Bruno dubs Shawn and Derek the &amp;quot;Incredibles&amp;quot;, saying the dance was unforgettable and a &amp;quot;classic&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;This is one of the best dances if not the best dance I&amp;#039;ve seen in 15 seasons in America,&amp;quot; he declares. He admits that they broke the rules, but adds: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m never going to forget this.&amp;quot; Carrie Ann: Carrie Ann&amp;#039;s so excited that she lifts up her leg, perhaps giving Len a surprising view! But she says that was &amp;quot;by far the best dance&amp;quot; she&amp;#039;s ever seen on the show. She does say she has to criticise them for breaking the rules... but adds that they blew her mind! Len: Len says the duo&amp;#039;s ability to interpret music into movement is &amp;quot;incredible&amp;quot; and says the dance was &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot;. But he points out that he has to dock points because of the rule breaking - as they did with Bristol last week. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve never enjoyed a routine more,&amp;quot; he sighs, saying that he has to be honest. But we get the scores pretty quickly, and they&amp;#039;re still pretty high - Carrie Ann scores a 9, Len gives it an 8 and Bruno gets extremely excited when he scores the duo 9.5 - that&amp;#039;s a total of 26.5 out of 30! Derek&amp;#039;s pleased: &amp;quot;I thought we&amp;#039;d get so slammed - I&amp;#039;m so happy they loved it.&amp;quot;  Still, that&amp;#039;s that for now - and as we all know, two couples will be leaving the show tonight. Melissa and Kelly are tied in the lead with 27 while Bristol&amp;#039;s on the bottom with 22.5. But everything could change with the viewer votes - we&amp;#039;ll have to wait and see what happens! Dancing with the Stars continues tonight (October 9) on ABC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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