Is it finally Ty's week to go?

In last week's elimination show, no one was happier to get booted off than Lawrence Taylor. The next logical choice to go is nice-guy Ty Murray, who is clearly in over his head at this point. Unless he has a stellar week, he's as good as gone tomorrow.

I'm not feeling very well tonight, so don't expect a big long post. After all, it's seasonal allergy season. Plus Mrs. High Lord's carpet arrived last Friday, so I'm hopped up on sudafed, generic Claratin and ibuprofin.

While we're waiting for the show to start, check out this video from the Sci-Fi Channel about the best show to be on TV for the past four years.



It's a catchy tune. So catchy, in fact, it has replaced the Wii "Advanced Step" music as the annoying song I hum to myself at work.

In other news, how about the slate of movies coming out this summer? This week, the Wolverine movie hits the theaters and it is quickly followed by Terminator: Salvation, Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and the live-action G.I. Joe movie in August. I will probably go see them all in the theater . . . you know, to stimulate the economy.

Tonight the six remaining couples are doing one latin dance they haven't done before and then the dreaded team dance. The stars are introduced and it's immediately evident that Melissa is out. Does this mean she'll automatically be eliminated? Or will we have to call in on her dress rehearsal performance?

First up are Gilles and Cheryl with the lindy hop. Mrs. High Lord doesn't recognise him when he's not in a shower (although she could probably pick his butt out of a line-up). He's pleading injury this week. One of the bad side effects of expanding the field is that it gives everybody an extra week to hurt themselves. They are having synchronisation problems and are generally just off their game. He tries to be manic to cover, but it just seemed like it was forced. The judges must have been watching a different performance than I saw because they gush all over him.
The Judges's Scores: 9-9-9
The High Lord's Score: 7½

How 'bout Carl Edwards going airborne and almost landing his car in the stands? That was one helluva wreck. And then he jogged across the finish line.

With Lil and her "rounds" gone from Idol, it's up to Lil Kim to represent for all the babies with a lotta back out there. She and Derek are up with the paso, and I have a feeling it's going to be good. At least her booty is poppin' in the intro filler piece. Derek proves why he's the defending champ; the choreography is perfectly in-character and it plays to Kim' many strengths. I see 10s in their future.
The Judges's Scores: 9-9-10
The High Lord's Score: 9½

What's up with the judges? I thought for sure Carrie Ann at least would have given them a 10.

Wrapping up the first half of the show are Chuck and Julianne. I don't know what it is about him, but I don't care for him (and it's not just because he's dating the Future Mrs. High Lord in real life). I think he's clearly in the second tier this season and he may be eliminated this week instead of Ty if he has an off week. This week he's wearing blue pajamas. They're doing the cha-cha-cha. He needs to open his arms and get more extension. Compared to some of the others who are left, he still looks kind of stiff. I think he's still around because people are voting for Julianne as much (if not more) as for him.
The Judges's Scores: 9-9-8
The High Lord's Score: 8

Tonight 9 is the new 8.

Shawn and Mark are next and if they start wearing the "Vote for Shawn and Mark" shirts again, I promise that I will actually vote for them. They get some help from Mamma Ballas (when is she going to be on the show?). Their samba (fortunately) isn't creepy, although for the first time, I see her doing the counting thing. It was okay; better than Chuck and Gilles, not even close to Lil Kim. Len is taking his role as the East German judge a little too seriously.
The Judges's Scores: 10-8-9
The High Lord's Score: 8½

We get a quick recap of Melissa and Tony's week. She's also injured, only she isn't on the show tonight. I think 13 couples is at least three too many, although if they cut the field down to 8 couples, I wouldn't be sorry. That extra month of dancing means there are five extra weeks for the celebs to blow out their achilles or break a rib. Dancing in jeans and a sports bra may actually be good for her because Melissa needs votes in a big way. Like Steve-O, we see and the judges score their rehearsal performance. Overall, it's not a bad jive, even if they don't have the live performance intensity. She misses a couple of steps, which will hurt her scores. I guess getting low scores from the judges is better than being eliminated. At least the audience gets its chance to have her say.
The Judges's Scores: 7-7-7
The High Lord's Score: 7½

The last of the celebs to dance are Ty and Chelsie. As much as I like him, it's clearly his time to go. Assuming that the show is meritocracy (it is more than Idol), Ty is the worst dancer left; he's bouyed only by his aw-shucks charm, otherwise he'd have been gone about three weeks ago. Check out the gun show he's putting on; I think his biceps are bigger around than my neck. He also really needs a spray-on tan . . . and whomp! there it is. They're doing the salsa, which I see as a good-natured trainwreck. His hip action is severely lacking, but he's got a bunch of other good moves. Smartly, he let's Cheslie carry much of the dance, but it's much better than I thought it was going to be. Len was undeservedly mean on a night when he was good.
The Judges's Scores: 9-7-8
The High Lord's Score: 8

Now we're on to the scored team dances, which I'm not going to score. Tomorrow night, we get the Rat Pack on Idol and then the DWTS results. With any luck, I'll be feeling better and can blog a little more.

High Lord. Out.