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Skating with Celebrities, Episode 3: One and Done!by Sting7 -- 01/31/2006
View Printable version of this article Last week, we said goodbye to Todd Bridges, who improved by leaps and bounds, but not enough to stave off elimination. And it looked like someone stepped forward to fight Jillian Barberie! Kristy Swanson and Lloyd Eisler actually outscored the superduo in last week’s performance! But voiceover man says all those scores are wiped away! And the celebrities must add a lunge to their programs this week. Jillian and John practically move in to the practice rink. The choreographer says they have a bunch of tricks and no program. Did they spend too long on the flashy stuff? 
As they take to the ice for their performance, Jillian’s skating skills are just amazing – she looks like a professional. High-level pair holds, excellent lunge, they are even doing pair spins! They are amazing! Did John slip at the end? Mark liked the footwork and the spin, but he didn’t feel the program was always put-together. John thinks they may have been foolishly ambitious. Dorothy liked the artistry and technical, and acknowledges they are clearly the strongest team here. Technical scores. John 8.3 , Dorothy 8.4 , Mark 8.4 = 25.1 Summer tells them that if one pair has a lower score, Jilli and John will be safe. So it all comes down to tonight! Bruce and Tai ironically have Tai’s partner of 38 years (???), Randy Gardner, as their choreographer. Randy says he has to watch Bruce to make sure he doesn’t get too ambitious. They may try a death spiral together tonight! Bruce and Tai skate to “Endless Love” and they connect so well to the music. The step sequence is a bit week, if there is a lunge, I miss it, but their pacing is amazing. And yes, Bruce does a (two-handed) death spiral with Tai! Dorothy says she admires Bruce so much! She commends him on his skating skills, but next time she wants a smile from him. Mark says they have achieved “two skating as one,” which is the goal in pairs skating. John doesn’t know what his colleagues are seeing. He says Bruce is awkward, and has a style (just not a good one), but commends his determination. Technical scores. John 8.2 , Dorothy 8.2 , Mark 8.5 = 24.9 They are SAFE! Jillian and John have to spend another number on the hot seat! Dave and Nancy have decided that they need to work hard, but they need to laugh more. Nancy says working with Dave is insane. Randy Gardner, who is also their choreographer, thinks they need to tighten up. Dave and Nancy are skating in drag, thus Dave is showing the “feminine side” that John said he needed last week. Dave’s hair is as big as Rhode Island! But once the shock value wears off, they aren’t doing much more than gliding. The judges are going to eat them alive! John thinks Dave is showing signs of becoming a figure skater. Dorothy notes Dave is a “big-boned girl!” Dorothy also thinks Dave’s skills have improved. Mark says if Dave needs work after the show, Provincetown awaits! Technical scores. John 8.0 , Dorothy 8.2, Mark 8.2 = 24.4 Jillian and John are SAFE! Now, Dave and Nancy now have to spend some time in the hot seat. Buoyed by their big scores, Lloyd wants to turn things up another notch. It seems like it might be more than Kristy can stand. Kristy gets her first war wound in practice. Kristy and Lloyd do some high level holds, but Kristy falls on one. And then again, a face rub into the ice during one of Lloyd’s high drama holds! Holy smokes! John says Kristy took a lot of risks, but challenges why Lloyd made so many lifts. In fact, he even pulls out a stopwatch to prove he had her in the air too much. Mark commends Kristy for recovering from the fall and says they are really in synch. Dorothy asks if Kristy is okay, and liked that Kristy sort of let it go, and was sorry for the fall. Meanwhile, we see blood starting to seep out of a cut on Kristy’s chin where she hit the ice. Technical scores. John 7.9, Dorothy 8.2, Mark 8.3 = 24.4 And now, Kristy and Lloyd are in the hot seat! Deborah and Kurt narrowly missed elimination last week and feel compelled to add more difficulty. Deborah is really struggling with the lunge, can she do it in competition? Deborah and Kurt start with a big trick of a hold, and a couple more to boot! Nice step sequence, and Deborah does the lunge! Easily their best performance of the competition! This could be close! John says Deborah is much improved. But he’s not sure the pair skating thing is for Kurt, because he still looks like a solo skater. Mark says the program didn’t excite him much. Dorothy says they have improved, this is her favorite program of theirs, and the lunge was great! Technical scores. John 7.9, Dorothy 8.1, Mark 7.9 = 23.9 
(Wait a second. Kristy fell in and scraped her chin during her program, but she still gets higher marks than Deborah, who made no discernable errors? That's figure skating!) Summer goes to talk to Lloyd and Kristy, Kristy gives a terse, “I don’t have anything to say.” Summer says it must be a relief to know they are not going home. Lloyd and Kristy give her puzzled glares. “We’re not?” Lloyd says quietly. No, Summer burbles. She explains to them that they have 49.1 points. Lloyd though they had 47.1. Oooooooh! Scott calls it the “skate brain freeze!” Now that we have all that cleared up, we say goodbye to Deborah and Kurt. Deborah is philosophical and gracious in defeat. Kurt expresses great pride in Deborah, thanks her for coming all the way to Toronto so he could stay close to his family, and repeats that she is a friend for life. Awww! Now there are only four, and Jillian is not looking like the sure thing we though she was last. Next week, two celebs go to the hospital! Sting7 has been a respected published writer for many years, as a music editor, entertainment critic, columnist, and interviewer. He also has a curious love for pro-wrestling! You can email Stinger at stingseven@yahoo.com. Be sure to sign up for our e-mail update so you can stay informed about new articles on the site! And take a look at the rest of the site. You can find out about some other popular shows at our The Amazing Race 8 page and our Survivor: Guatemala page; and don't miss The Reality TV Hall of Shame. You can even buy reality show stuff at our Reality TV Store! For more news about reality TV, be sure to check out SirLinksALot: Skating with Celebrities! View Printable version of this article |
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