# Dancing with the Stars -- DWTS -- Fall 2013 with Bill Nye the Science Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991 "2013-09-04T13:34:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/61 "2013-09-25T13:49:31Z")
[Bill Nye may be out with an injury.](http://www.eonline.com/news/462799/bill-nye-suffers-injury-during-dancing-with-the-stars-performance-may-need-surgery) That would be an obvious face-saver for him, since he’s not turning out to be much of a dancer. StG ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/62 "2013-09-25T16:16:57Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > [Bill Nye may be out with an injury.](http://www.eonline.com/news/462799/bill-nye-suffers-injury-during-dancing-with-the-stars-performance-may-need-surgery) That would be an obvious face-saver for him, since he’s not turning out to be much of a dancer. > > StG Also, with his huge fan base, he would likely have stayed in longer than someone else actually improving their dancing. I feel the same way about Valerie. Don’t let that fan base crowd out a learning dancer. That being said, I am part of his fan base. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/63 "2013-10-01T13:46:26Z")
No comments yet? StG ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/64 "2013-10-01T14:57:51Z")
Glad they stopped Bill Nye. Bill E, OTOH. I was dismayed at the music choice (really? William Tell Overture Paso?) but then he started pulling it off. He’s staying my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/65 "2013-10-01T15:23:34Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Glad they stopped Bill Nye. > > Bill E, OTOH. I was dismayed at the music choice (really? William Tell Overture Paso?) but then he started pulling it off. He’s staying my favorite. The music choices this year have been over-the-top odd. Beyonce for a quick step? Glad Bill Nye was allowed a semi-graceful end. Valarie Harper is next. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/66 "2013-10-01T15:48:54Z")
The ridiculous music has pretty much ruined the show for me. I fast forward thru the dances with that crap. Heres a recap of all the dances. Leah and Tony’s Rumba was good. I liked Liz and Val’s Foxtrot too. > **[Bill Nye becomes second contestant of season to be kicked off DWTS](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2439790/Bill-Nye-does-robot-dance-Daft-Punks-Get-Lucky-Dancing-With-The-Stars-kicked-off.html)** > > With an amazing robotic dance masking a serious leg injury, it was rightly deemed one of the bravest performances in Dancing With The Stars history. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/67 "2013-10-01T16:25:54Z")
I don’t remember another time there was an elimination at the end of a Monday show. Did they do that just to get rid of Nye? ---
**Author:** ![MizQuirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/68 "2013-10-01T16:30:56Z")
No, that’s just the way they’re doing it this season. Last week (Monday) the football player Keyshawn Johnson got the boot. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/69 "2013-10-01T22:48:38Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I don’t remember another time there was an elimination at the end of a Monday show. Did they do that just to get rid of Nye? There is no Tuesday show anymore. Viewer votes go toward the next week’s elimination, which happens at the end of that show. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/70 "2013-10-02T00:21:10Z")
Bill Nye is only 57. Is it me, or does he look way older than that? StG ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/71 "2013-10-02T00:23:25Z")
Edit: Reply to twickster. Oh, OK. I get it now. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/72 "2013-10-02T00:32:18Z")
I’m tired of Elizabeth and Val getting underscored. Len’s been scoring them correctly but the other two :smack: after voting for them I switched to the Voice They get Argentine Tango next week and I’ll like it but the judges will hate it. No Len next week so she won’t get a decent score. If they go home I’m parking Monday night on the Voice permanently. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/73 "2013-10-02T04:29:21Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Bill Nye is only 57. Is it me, or does he look way older than that? > > StG Yeah, he looks about 10 to 15 years older. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/74 "2013-10-08T13:47:53Z")
Mercy killing last night.Valerie’s smile after her name was announced tells me she knew it was her turn. StG ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/75 "2013-10-08T13:52:45Z")
Thank god they let that poor woman go home. My nominee for this season’s person I didn’t expect to like as much as I do: Bill E, who I guess is just Bill at this point. I’m not entirely invested in the season yet – am either working while watching or missing the show completely – so I don’t know who everyone is, but that young black woman? Who the hell is doing her makeup? Her face was a completely different color from her arms. She looked like a pumpkinhead. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/76 "2013-10-08T14:14:18Z")
**Twickster** - I wish they’d tone down the colored lights somewhat. Normally the color saturation on my TV is just right, but at the beginning of Amber’s dance she was a radiating red blob. StG ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/77 "2013-10-08T14:49:34Z")
I’m surprised fans didn’t support Valerie longer. She seemed so happy out there dancing and just living for the moment. Two dances a week would have been too much work for her. I’m glad she won’t be on the show for that. I’ve been watching Leah and Tony slowly improve week by week. She was so nervous in week 1 and almost petrified. This is the first time I’ve seen her begin to relax and even smile. She’s still very tentative and careful dancing. She has to get more confidant to stay on the show much longer. I’ve been surprised that Christina and Elizabeth are middle of the pack. Thought they’d be drawing tens all season. The judges have been very critical of them. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/78 "2013-10-08T15:19:40Z")
I loved the Argentine Tango last evening, no lifts, but great concept, great dancing. Elizabeth and Val are finally emerging. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/79 "2013-10-08T16:25:40Z")
It seems with this new method of doing things (my wife wonders if they dropped the results show due to poor ratings) the worse dancers are going out first. And watching Elizabeth and Val. Damn it looked like they wanted to kiss on the lips. Every time she went for his cheek it look liked they were about to kiss and then she realized she was on TV. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991/80 "2013-10-08T17:36:41Z")
Does this mean that Val and whatsherface aren’t an item anymore? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-fall-2013-with-bill-nye-the-science-guy/667991.md?page=5)