Dancing with the Stars Last Two Eliminations: My Thoughts (Spoilers!)

If you haven't seen the Disney Nite episode from last night - STOP READING NOW!!

Okay. Sorry for shouting. 

For those of you pissed off about who went home, both last week and this week -

I will say it again. 

Dancing with the Stars is NOT a dance competition. 

It is a popularity contest. 

The goal is not to crown the best dancer of the season, although they claim it is. 

Hilaria Baldwin was the contestant with the most dance experience. 

Her Disney Nite Quickstep was praised by the judges and earned her good scores. 

But she was not a popular contestant. 

And once again, Andy Richter, whose dance skills are clearly the most lacking of all the contestants this season, was voted through to the next round.  

Was he even in the bottom 2? 

We don't know. 

It's not Andy's fault. 

He is trying. 

And he can't help it that the audience loves him, cheers for him, and votes for him. 

He is the underdog of the season. 

And Dancing with the Stars viewers, and voters, love an underdog. 

It would be nice if there could be a better scoring system. 

For the last two weeks, Andy's scores have been too similar to dancers that are more advanced than him. 

But even if the scores were more realistic, the voters still have a bigger say than the judges in determining the outcome each week. 

Forty million votes, if that number can be believed, is a powerful statement on the popularity of the show - and some of its contestants. 

Did Lauren deserve to go home? No

Did Hilaria? No

This season, in my opinion, is going to be very interesting. 

Because other than Andy, everyone else is doing well. 

So we could have a few more *shocking* eliminations. 

One more thing. 

I absolutely LOVED Mark & Whitney's Foxtrot to the song from "Hamilton"

I have loved every dance of theirs so far. 

I was thrilled that they got a 9 from Carrie Ann. 

But I watched an interview with Max, and he was said the dance was not a Foxtrot. 

He praised the performance level but seemed to question the high scores because it was not a Foxtrot. 

I found that interesting. 

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