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‘Dancing’ winner crowned tonight, ‘Idol’ smackdown of the Davids tonight too!
Last night dancers danced; tonight the big mirror ball will be awarded on the “Dancing with the Stars” finale, a two-hour extravaganza, starting at 8 on ABC.
And (this is a BIG night for reality TV, folks) tonight at 7 the two Davids take to the stage for their final singing showdown on Fox’s “American Idol.” Wednesday night at 7, in a splashy finale sure to be filled with dozens of commercials and a few surprises, the 2008 winner will be crowned.
So much to watch, so much to say … where to start?
OK, since “Dancing” ends tonight, I’ll rush out onto a limb and predict that Kristi Yamaguchi and her partner Mark will win. And if they don’t, they should have won.
It’s swell that Latino heart-throb Cristian de la Fuente soldiered through the competition with a torn bicep tendon, but truth be told, he’s all hip-swiveling and blinding white teeth but little else. His partner Cheryl gets kudos for choreographing complicated dances for a one-armed man.
Surprisingly graceful (because he’s about 9-feet tall) football player Jason Taylor has been a thrill to watch, but, again, the super-skills just aren’t there. His partner Edyta does most of the moves and lets Jason swoop around and look elegant and gorgeous. Feet? Not so fabulous. And the Latin dances have been stiff.
That leaves Kristi. The knock on her from the beginning has been that, as an Olympic figure skater (not to mention Gold medal winner), she has a tiny, perfectly athletic leg up on the competition. She’s used to moving to music, she’s remarkably limber and she’s had some classic dance training. But, as Kristi pointed out in the beginning, she was not accustomed to even walking in high heels, let alone dancing in them.
So give her the mirror ball. It’s time for a woman to win anyway, after four seasons of guy winners. Oh, and Usher sings on the finale tonight.
Now, back to “Idol” where we know for certain that David will win after tonight’s showdown — we just don’t know which David.
If the tweeny-boppers have their way (and all those sequined cell phones start pumping up the votes tonight), 17-year-old David Archuleta will be crowned Wednesday.
But if more mature “Idol” fans come through, the recording contract will go to 25-year-old rocker David Cook, who has been spectacular and unique all season long.
Archuleta is cute as a teddy bear, but the next “Idol” needs to be edgier and more mature. Cute is fine for a TV show, but it’s probably not going to fill concert venues or sell CDs. That means the winner is/should be Cook.
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By JuJu
May 21, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this
I think it would be much easier to get used to dancing in heels vs. skates than it is to come in with no dancing experience at all. Kristi had a very unfair advantage. I will never watch that show again.