Studies have shown that Hidden Gems of the Week, EW.com’s collection of reader-submitted ridiculata, is the best way to enjoy Dancing With the Stars without ever having to turn it on. It’s a visual feast of sparkles, fringe, and flesh. Ready to go down the rabbit hole? Behold this bountiful smattering of Visible Gems!
MVG (MOST VALUABLE GEM)
“The fourth, silent guest at Kurt and his daughters’ tea party: the bald, faceles baby doll.” –Mr. Holloway, endorsed by JH and KellBell NYC
“Enthusiastic Chimes Lady was smiling, and under-enthusiastic bongo guy was without a smile. Order has been restored to the universe!” –kt
“Don’t forget Thoroughly Professional Violinist, who got her close-up this evening. Thanks, Mr. DeMille.” –J-Dawg, endorsed by orville and MLM
“SERIOUS zoom-in action on TPV. The Powers That Be(spangled) must have realized her Gem status after perusing last week’s collection!” –EW.com’s Fringe Fairy
“Maks playing with whatever-that-feather-thing-Margaret-wore when everyone was lined up at the start of the show.” –Tv Fan
“Maks looking down after Jennifer and Derek danced — he reminded me of a young Andy Garcia in The Godfather III (and a young Andy Garcia was the ONLY good thing about that movie)” –MLM
“The elderly lady in Jennifer Grey’s camp wearing the white Snuggie. Is it that cold in the ballroom?” –gigi
“What’s going on with this random large wardrobe in the studio? Who lives there??? In my dreams: me.” –EW.com’s Fringe Fairy
“When Kurt spun Anna he totally grabbed her boob.” –Amanda, endorsed by Gator, Silly Dance, and Jessy
“Anna’s hair mustache during her last set of spins with Kurt.” –Niki
“Hidden gem alert: Anna biting and eating the rose petal and throwing petals at the judges…priceless!” –Colleen, endorsed by Potato Bug, Emma, LP, Amy, Aurora, Anthony, and Jessy
“The umbrella stand that magically appeared (and disappeared) in the Celebrequarium after Anna and Kurt’s dance.” –iggy, endorsed by Lin
“The look on Anna’s face when Brooke mistakenly said their score of 23 was ‘the highest of the night’ – like she’s thinking to herself, This chick can’t add!” –TequilaSunrise
“Louis’ socks. It looks like Rainbow Brite was sent to Planet Mirrorballus to search for the Sphere of Light!” –Heather, endorsed by Potato Bug
“If you have little kids, hopefully you’ll get this one…Louis reminded me of a gay Imagination Mover. Get the man some scribble sticks!” –JH
“Audrina’s ridiculous side-boob action in the behind the scenes clip!” –JennyH, endorsed by queue55, Lee, Suzanne, and JH (“That was awful!”)
“Bruno conducting along with the music during Audrina & Tony’s waltz!” –Erin, endorsed by ledonatella
“Was that a tattoo on Mark’s side underneath his black sleeveless shirt at rehearsal?” –Colleen, endorsed by gigi, MLM, Diana, Emma, JennyH, Zach, Emma, Simi, and Cindy
“It looks like the one Angelina Jolie has on her back with her kids’ birth coordinates.” –A
“The nearly 3D portrait of the mirrorball trophy during Mark and Bristol’s rehearsal. It almost looked like it was sitting on an altar…” –Susan
“Carrie Ann consoling (protecting?) DANCMSTR when Bruno started swinging his head around during Bristol and Mark’s critique.” –LP, endorsed by kt, JH, Genie, Chris, Jessy
“Brooke sort of intimating that Bristol and Mark wouldn’t be there next week and Mark giving her the ‘Gas Face’” –Genie
“Maks’ hip-thrusting movement on the third ‘quick’” –LP
“It looked like Maks was waiting for the mother ship to beam him up at the start of his dance!” –KWo, endorsed by JH
“The look on Carrie Ann’s face when Maks snapped at Len that the samba had originated in Rio, not London.” –TequilaSunrise
“My vote for not-so-Hidden Gem of the Week was Maks grabbing Brooke’s uterus. Classy.” –Zach
“Loving the red dress twins to the right of the judges near the stairs. They looked like they stepped right out of the Desperate Housewives promo shoot.” –Liz, endorsed by Fresh, JH, gigi, and kfran
“Looks like the scenery/props people recycled the faux grass from Florence’s “Edelweiss” on the walls of Kyle’s cafe.” –MSD, endorsed by Potato Bug and MLM
“I loved Kyle’s face when they did a dip…he had a Phil Keoghan one-eyebrow raise facing right at the camera” –rbillings, endorsed by Shannon
“Florence giving Kurt Warner a smack to get him to pay attention during Kyle’s backstage interview.” –dr zoid, endorsed by drock and Desert Diva
“After Kyle And Lacey got their scores and they cut back to Tom, Carrie Ann restructured her dress in the background. Transformers, Ballroom style.” –SJ
“Karina’s ‘Gym Tan Dance’ t-shirt” –JH, endorsed by EPK, Tiffanie, KellBellNYC
“Karina’s bubble wand earrings!” –Laura
“During The Situation’s dance…people were visibly laughing in the audience when light caught them.” –windex
“It was quick, but Mark & Tony gave each other a look after Karina & Mike, and Mark shook his head. They knew they had witnessed an unfortunate situation.” –JH
“One of the women The Situation ‘smashed’ in Miami [during Jersey Shore] was in his DWTS audience entourage.” –Kim, endorsed by @EWDaltonRoss
“Len was looking up to heaven for guidance while Carrie Ann gave The Situation his score.” –bird
“Kurt Warner fist pumping when Situation got his dance score!” –@ayray333
“Hidden Gem: Random blond guy clapping when Rick Fox’s shirt flew open. Even though no one else started to clap, it was totally justified.” –Erica
“Kurt may have frying pan hands, but Rick had like shot glass nipples! Was it cold in there or what?” –JH, endorsed by Genie and Jessy
“Rick’s shirt haphazardly buttoned when getting his score.” –Allison, endorsed by Lorie, Amy, fizzy duck, cheril, Genie, Dee, Stan, Niki, and Chivalry
“OK Tom’s shadow in the purple and blue spotlight before Bristol looked EXACTLY LIKE TINY BRUNO” –Manda
“I loved Maks popping his head into that shot. Made me lol — and yell: hidden gem! Look at what Annie has done to us!” –duranmom, endorsed by Colleen, Tv Fan, Potato Bug, and Sue
MOST EDIBLE GEM (MEG)
“The DWTS Menu! (can we find out what was on it?)” –GHchick84, endorsed by msmandee and Iggy
Why yes! Thanks to ABC for sending over a close-up shot. No Beef Brunoignon…tragique!
Thank you, DANCMSTRs one and all, for your fabulous submissions!
Read more:
Week 3 Elimination Recap: Waste the Rainbow
Week 3 Performance Recap: The Hills Are Aliiiiiiiiiive!
Derek Hough on Story Night, Bruno vs. Bolton, and odd clouds
‘Dancing With the Stars’: Your Hidden Gems of Week 2!
Annie on Twitter: @EWAnnieBarrett
Not gonna lie…embarrassingly excited about winning my first MVG award. Looking at that picture again, the faceless baby doll reminds me of Dr. Claw from “Inspector Gadget” in that I feel like I’ll never quite see her (his?) face?
Also, the older woman in Jennifer Grey’s party is wearing her Snuggie backwards (what’s wrong with her?!) and I love you for getting a close up of that menu.
Good job, and that was a good catch, that baby doll!
highlight of my day.
thanks, EW!
Awesome, Annie. My main reasons for watching three hours of cheesy TV are you and your hidden gems.
I agree.
I don’t even watch — but I ALWAYS read Annie’s recaps and the Hidden Gems. Great job everyone, the hidden gems were plentiful and very entertaining this morning!
Not really related but Annie, where have you been? There are no more lunchtime polls, no more (amazingly) random articles…is that just the sacrifice of the DANCMSTR?
Annie’s time is a sacrifice the Island, I mean Planet Mirroballus, required.
We have to go back Mr. Holloway….WE HAVE TO GO BACK!
She seems to have picked up a lot of recaps, though — I think she’s doing The Apprentice and Hell’s Kitchen, neither of which she’s done before…
love these, but oof, Karina is lookin rough in that second photo of her.
LOL I love that you got the menu close-up, and I love imagining how the conversation in the DWTS offices went when someone was actually given the assignment to get a copy of a prop menu and send it over to EW. Maybe they’ll put some more creativity into their future prop endeavors, knowing that there are actually people out there who want to know these details. I mean…I know it’s a cafe and not a bar, but I was kind of hoping to see a Black and Spray Tan!
Man, you were busy Annie! There were a LOT of awesome gems this week! LOVE IT!!! Thank you so much for including my Imagination Movers reference – I know lots of people probably won’t get it, but I was really excited about that one.
(If you don’t know the Imagination Movers, look them up & you’ll see what I mean.) If you know their music, sing along with me… “there’s no bad ideas when you’re fooooox trottin!” I also love that you got the menu. I was expecting a little more creativity there though. I like Katja’s idea of a Black & Spray Tan — Clever! Til next week…
My kids are obsessed w/the Imagination Movers righ tnow-you are so right about that outfit! Wish I would have thought of that (and now I’ll have the Brainstormin/foxtrottin song in my head all day-thanks!)
LOVED the Imagination Movers comment. My grandkids love the show, and it’s actually one kids’ show that I can watch without getting bored or “stupided” out.
Yay! I’m so glad there were at least a couple people who appreciate that one! I am an avid gem hunter, and this was one of my favorites ever. My kids watch or listen to the Movers just about every day so for me it was too perfect – you’ve got Mover Dave & his red hat, now Mover Louie & his rainbow socks! KWo, I did it to myself too – I’ve had that song in my head all day. Sorry!
Its SMUSHED not SMASHED. I hate that I know that.
I can’t believe the Roy Orbison look alike didn’t make the hidden gems. He was in the shot behind Tom several times. I kept thinking, “What in the world? Total hidden gem!”
Agreed. I saw him last night. I couldn’t figure out who he reminded me of. Thanks TX Girl.
For the last time, since Margaret Cho’s been eliminated, that’s her husband. That’s why he was there for every taping.
I love checking these out weekly…make me laugh.
OMG Lisa Rinna’s lips migrated over to Karina S, 20 years later no less.
haha i was thinking the same thing!!!
they are rather large these days….
I love the screen shot of Kurt and Anna above. Anna looks like the Statue of Liberty or a religious icon with the ridiculous “crown” that is sticking out of her head.
So glad my comment about Maks waiting to be beamed up made the list! Thanks Annie for putting all this together-I always wake up early on Wednesdays to see all the hidden gems!
Thanks for picking up the mention of Thoroughly Professional Violinist! But what’s happened to Princess Sparkle? She’s been MIA from the Hidden Gems for awhile.
And what’s up with Acoustic Night next week? How are we going to survive without the chance to rename all the members of Harold Wheeler’s Orchestra?
Tiny Bruno,TINY BRUNO!!!!I need an iphone, right now!
I KNOW! I’m seriously considering downloading it. Thank you, Annie, for making this actually exist.
That’s the ONE, absolutely! Reminds me of something from an x-rated Mad Magazine.