Last night marked the beginning of the 200th-episode celebration of Dancing With the Stars. What? It seems like the series just started! NOT. So many random crops of alumni turned up for this huge ABC event. There they were, in scattered patches of the liiiiiiiive crowd, at once funny, fascinating, intergalactic, and sad. They bothered to show up, so I thought I’d bother to screengrab them in all their return-to-Planet Mirrorballus glory! Judging on ridiculata standards and nothing else, look through the pics and vote in our totally unnecessary poll after the break.
Season 1: Trista Sutter and John O’Hurley!
Season 2: Giselle Fernández, a strangely subdued Lisa Rinna, Stacy Keibler, Tia Carrere!
Season 3: Harry Hamlin, Joey Lawrence’s wife, Joey Lawrence!
Season 4: John Ratzenberger and Shandi Finnessey! (Apolo Ohno, captain of Team Soul Patch, was backstage)
Season 5: Enthusiastic Cameron Mathison, Jane Seymour, Sabrina Bryan, no idea Josie Maran!
Season 6: No one showed! Hidden gem of the week! (Kristi Yamaguchi, the season’s winner, was backstage revving up for Team Cha Cha.)
Season 7: Jeffrey Ross as close to “looking alive” as I could get, brunet Lance Bass, Warren Sapp!
Season 8: Ty Murray and Melissa Rycroft may as well be seated in the rafters!
Season 9: Louie Vito dwarfed by Big Bad Donny Osmond, Ashley Hamilton (what? who?), Michael Irvin, Chuck Liddell, Kathy Ireland!
Season 10: Erin Andrews stakes her claim on Evan Lysacek; Jake Pavelka blinks, the mirrorball trophy winces, Atlas shrugs, etc.
Write-in: Hoff.
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Today’s recap! Divine Secret of the Cha Cha Sisterhood
All Hidden Gems of the Week
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Hidden gem: Sharon Osbourne’s “I have to sit near THIS guy again” glare during the Hoff’s introduction.
YES. That was my favorite hidden gem- the look of utter disgust on her face. haha
My hidden gem was the Camera Man running out of the shot when Apolo was clapping after his team danced.
Yes! That was my fav hidden gem last night too!!
haha! She did have her “cut-a-bitch” look going on! Love it!
I actually got to go to the taping last night and saw this in person! It was comedic gold. I sat a couple rows behind Lisa Rinna and at one point she announced to everyone sitting by her, “Bye girls I’m going to sit by my hubby!” True story… Tom Bergeron and Bruno are the funniest between commercial breaks.
With Bristol Palin now now on the program. Perhaps a name change to Dancing With The Sluts would be a more appropriate title
You skunk, Tony Smith!!
What a ridiculous comment. Crawl back under your rock! She is working to support her son, what is the matter with that?
Working? That’s funny.
Mel B had a baby out of wedlock is she a slut also?
and your answer would be NO
Mel b is known for other things besides her mother, and Having a baby out of wedlock. Nice try, but next time think these things through.
So if some one is known for other things and they have a baby out of wedlock it’s okay, but it your book Bristol is a slut because she is unknown for anything other than her mother???? Nice try, but next time try making some sense. Idiot!
Bristol is not the slut, she was raised by the slut!!!!
hahahahahaha
That’s a nasty thing to say. Shame on you!
You missed Louie Vito with his hair styled like an Oompa Loompa
I realize that snowboarders are prone to tragic hair, but Louie’s was really horrible.
Bristol, oh boy. Maybe I should send my daughter out to get pregnant and this put her on DWTS. Oh yeh, thats right, first of all my daughter had more brains – she definitely would not encourage teens to get pregnant to become a star.
Bristol a slut? I hope you do not have children. She is a class act single young mom. I am also a single mom of one of the greates 26 yr old son you could ask for. So that makes me a slut. I am 48 yrs old and proud of who I am. She keeps her clothes on, very professional. I to was a mom at the age of 18. If i had to do it over I would and no I was not on welfare. Worked two full time jobs at times and my sons father was not there to help. Get a life Tony!!!!
You should have kept your legs closed too!!!
Shame you don’t have an ounce of class….but then…with a name like BOB what can anyone expect.
Love to take a look into the lives of the mean people commenting….I think we all have skeletons in our closet.
Bristol is nothing but a piece of trash teanage who*e
I’m guessing Ellie didn’t finish school. Had a child at 18, he’s now 26, and she’s 48?
LOL… I caught that too. She’s no slut, but she’s dumb as a rock.
I caught it too–lol!
I’m glad your son is great, but if you are 48 and he is 26, you were 22 when you had him not 18, or you just don’t know one of your ages…
Evan trying to lean as close to Erin/away from creepy Jake as possible is a hidden gem.
I caught that. Hilarious!
I wondered when Joker face would show up.
I caught that too! Hilarious!
Go Bristol!
Go straight to a college of your choice Bristol, or 5 , like your mammy did. Then you can quit your job right in the middle of it and go for the big money! After all your mammy taught you greed first responsibility second!
Seriously, your only rooting for bristol because she is a republican. If you were really voting for dancing talent it would not be her, so get real. I have nothing against her but this is a talent show and she doesn’t belong in the same class as the other dancers.
I loved how Louie Vito had to sit behind all of the mutant giants of his season, only to have to duck his head out from behind Donny Osmond if he wanted to be seen!
Erin Andrews’s hand looks funny, as if it were molded out of plastic.
I was thrilled to see my fantasy boyfriend, Evan, but for me, overly-enthusiastic Cameron was the funniest. I wonder if he covered this on today’s GMA.
Shockingly, he didn’t. They had their “Hollywood” reporter cover it (can’t remember his name offhand).
Where is Kelly Monaco?
Still somewhere pouting that John O’ Hurley is infinitely more likable and a better dancer than she is…
It was rather ridiculous that she won. Remember that silly dance off when everyone was screaming “Fix!” because she’s an ABC soap star?
I can’t stand John O’Hurley, especially in that he was such a sore loser that he demanded to have a rematch. Maybe Kelly wasn’t technically the best dancer but I think she won because she improved the most over the season.
As soon as Jake got his camera time, my sister said “you’re the meanest person ever” mocking Vienna. Maybe it was only funny to us having that little flashback.
I was happiest to see Drew Lachey & Hellllllioooo! I’m assuming we get Kenny Mayne next week for DanceCenter, no?
Where was Kenny Mayne? Maybe he was in the ESPN studios. Anyway he was a terrible dancer and got voted off early in the season he was on to avoid any embarrassment.
Some of them didn’t look so enthusiastic when their seasons were called. I think Kristi was backstage when Season 6 was announced, but I’m surprised that no one else from season 6 came. I was hoping that Nicole Scherzinger from season 10 would be there–she was the best that year.
Did you notice, out of the 6 favorite dances from the past, that the talented and lovely Cheryl Burke is in 3 of them??
I noticed. She’s either good or lucky! (My guess is good.)
Loved seeing Stacey Keibler again last night. Her unforgettable samba and legs that go on forever!!