The shock! Lil Kim and all of us!
By jillhill
@jillhill (37354)
United States
May 6, 2009 11:57am CST
How many of you watched last night as Lil Kim got the boot on Dancing? I think everyone was shocked! My sister even called me and I was also talking at the same time to my daughter from New York!!! What do you think of the results? I personally think she is a better dancer then Ty....how about you?
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@xandercordy1 (296)
• United States
12 May 09
My husband and I watched that episode and when they said Derek and Lil Kim were gone, we were shocked - just as the entire audience was. I watched Dancing with the stars tonight and Tom is still talking about how shocked he was that Lil Kim was voted off.
People who watch Dancing With the Stars mess the show up. 80% of these people do not vote for the best dancers or the most improved dancers. Instead, they vote for the dancers that make them laugh - like Chloris did last year. Or the ones that they get attached to like Ty. Sure Ty is a nice guy and he's tried hard but he is not one of the better dancers and should have been gone before Julianne and Chuck were. My husband and I have both decided that if he is not voted off this week, we will never again watch this show.
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@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
12 May 09
The reason most people watch this show is so that they can show support for their favorites and i admit i don't watch it unless someone that i like is going to be on it and i quit watching it when their voted off. I was under the impression that the show was set up this way spacificatly so that the viewers could participate and part of the fun is the surprises. If you only want the best dancers to win then only the professionals should participate.
@xandercordy1 (296)
• United States
19 May 09
They don't have to be professional dancers to be "good" or improve. I believe that the show was set up so that people could vote for the stars who did the best dances that week or who showed the most improvement. I do not believe it was supposed to be set up as a popularity contest which is what is has become. That is why I tend to not watch this show unless my husband is home. He insists on watching each and every week.
@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
7 May 09
I didn't think she was so wonderful... but the thing is...the show originally was about taking a No-Dance Experience person and putting them with a professional and them learning to dance... Now they have so many contestants that already know how to dance, or are really close to that ability. Ty is the perfect 800% exact type for this show.. He is so out of his element that it is absolutely amazing that he has come as far as he has... not having any kind of dance experience or hollywood celebrity experience or music experience at all. Most of the others have some kind of relatable experience.. The sports people.. especially the huge muscular football players and Ty are the ones that are really the stars of the show.... all these others... marie osmond. Lil kim nad the list goes on.. they all have show biz experience, music experience, hollywood stardom etc..... but you take a guy off the bull and teach him the same way they teach the already experienced ones.. and he has come farther than most.. so I think he deserves to win period. The judges judge what they see, but they compare experience with non-experience and that isn't fair. And people vote on who they like, not so much how well they did. But.. the people spoke - if you are not liking that Lil Kim was voted off.. it was the people that did the voting so apparently the people thought he deserved it more than her.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
7 May 09
Actually I really didn't like her that much....and I do think Ty has more then proved himself and has stepped out of the box to become more....I thought that the voting would be more for Lil Kim as she is more out into the public. And the way the judges talked I thought they put the kibosh on him....and gave her more credit. I just think it was a shock!
@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
7 May 09
Maybe with the judges, but not with the fans...apparently. I think most of the voting is done based on WHO the person is, not if they have done so well or not... the first ones to go are always the oldest dancers and the lessor known dancers, but that isn't cause they aren't doing great, it is just as compared to the younger ones.. they are not as flexible and agile so they can't do as much as the younger ones which shows up in the status of the dance. Plus, they compare man to woman... the men just dont' do as much showy stuff as the women.. when was the last time you saw a guy do a high leg kick like Melissa does all the time? Yet they are compared and judged "equally". When was the last time you saw a guy being swung around on the floor, or a near double back bend over? The men and women can't be judge equally as they don't do equal activities. They should be judged on what they each do based on their past dances, not necessarily against each other. But that's show biz! Watch it or turn the channel! I watch the dances on MOnday night and don't even tune in for the voting results on Tuesday.
@wildcat48 (779)
• United States
6 May 09
Sorry i can't answer this ,i don't watch tv very often .i would have to knock my husband in the head,to watch tv.i have to fight my daughter just to use the computer when she is at home.lolo
@wildcat48 (779)
• United States
6 May 09
I wish me and my husband could agree on watching the same thing cause then I would enjoy watching television and it could be something we do together but never fails we have totally opposite taste in television.
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
6 May 09
I had my dvr set to record and it didn't so I had to wait until this morning to see who was given the boot and when I saw it was Lil Kim I was so happy. I did expect to see Ty gone since he is not the best dancer even though he is the most improved dancer.
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
6 May 09
I do agree with you about the body shaking and I can't stand to see Bruno drooling all over the desk. It is not just Lil Kim, I also don't care for Derek, he seems to hang all over his partner each season he has been on. I am afraid I would have to tell him to stop draping his body all over mine when we are being interviewed.
@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
7 May 09
I didn't like her personally but thought she was a much better dancer than Ty. He has a great personality and is so much fun to watch. There was just something inherently annoying about Lil Kim. And she did play up her big butt way too much. I got tired of seeing it wiggling. I like Derek, but he seemed very fake with her. I wonder if he was pretending to like her.
@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
12 May 09
Okay i admit it she was a better dancer than Ty, however I vote for Ty on four different phones. He is after all one of my PBR bull riders and although sometimes his comments about the riders make me so mad i could spit i still have to vote for him (it's called loyalty)and the fact that he is a tad awkard on the dance floor does not matter one whit!