# Dancing with the Stars -- DWTS -- Spring 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253 "2012-02-28T14:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/322 "2012-05-22T14:18:45Z")
I gave all five of my votes to Donald and Peta. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/323 "2012-05-22T19:13:28Z")
Has there ever been a contestant as savvy as Donald? He really thought about the free style and how to get outside the box. Loved the jewel-encrusted cheese heads his supporters were wearing. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/324 "2012-05-22T19:21:14Z")
It seems to me that for the last several years, the judges have manipulated the final scores so the vote always comes down to the viewers. I’d be interested to see if that’s the case. StG ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/325 "2012-05-22T19:24:10Z")
> [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](#): > > Has there ever been a contestant as savvy as Donald? He really thought about the free style and how to get outside the box. Looking at the lineup of all this season’s contestants at the beginning – who would you have picked as Least Likely to Begin a Sentence with: “Remember Cheryl and Drew’s freestyle from Season 2…?” ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/326 "2012-05-22T20:19:24Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Looking at the lineup of all this season’s contestants at the beginning – who would you have picked as Least Likely to Begin a Sentence with: “Remember Cheryl and Drew’s freestyle from Season 2…?” He’s said that he’s been a fan. And it showed last night. I loved their freestyle. (I thought Mark overdanced Katherine in theirs and Cheryl & William’s felt choppy and frantic to me). Donald for the win! ---
**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:** [May 23, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/327 "2012-05-23T01:51:57Z")
I hope some of this cast gets invited to All Stars. I know Donald will be playing Football. Katherine will probably be touring. Maybe we can get William & Roshon in All Stars. I wish they hadn’t done the Insta Dance in the final. Its too important a moment for the final three to make it harder with Insta D. Geez, this entire first hour is nothing but filler. I should have gone to Western Sizzler after all. Now, I’m stuck with a reheated tv dinner. :smack: Just to see these eliminated yo yos dance the same stuff from weeks ago. It’ll be the second hour before the final dances happen. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/328 "2012-05-23T02:14:47Z")
Derek Hough - gay or straight? 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:** [May 23, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/329 "2012-05-23T02:40:08Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Derek Hough - gay or straight? > > StG Metro ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/330 "2012-05-23T02:57:53Z")
The finale has aired on the East Coast. Donald and Peta. I know it was my five votes who put them over. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/331 "2012-05-23T03:07:44Z")
[SPOILER]darn that twickster and her five votes for Donald. 😃 I’m not surprised at all. Donald had the same organized football fan base as Hines. He’s a Super Bowl athlete in his prime. I said last night his performances were more exciting… Donald is a good dancer but doesn’t have Katherine’s grace or fine lines. Donald does have charisma and really gets the crowd excited. Katherine started running out of steam a few weeks ago. She had three difficult weeks in a row. She got a second wind this week, but her jive didn’t have the energy it did week 2. She’s an opera singer and didn’t have the stamina or fanbase of a NFL player. I do hope this experience leads Katherine to the West End or Broadway. I can see here staring in a musical singing & dancing. I’m just glad William got third. His over scoring and over hype by ABC has bugged me all season. [/SPOILER] ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/332 "2012-05-23T03:49:04Z")
Due to work-related issues I didn’t get to see the main finals until after the judging, and without (I hope) giving too much away, I think the eventual winner had the most ambitious dances of the evening, but that their freestyle had a remarkable number of awkward, clunky moments in in the middle section. Anyway… I don’t have a big problem with Donald snagging the trophy, although I was pulling for Katherine for her season-long body of work, and this despite being generally put off by her partner. Still, enjoyed the season overall. Gotta say I’m lukewarm about the planned all-star series. Watching a bunch of people who I start out knowing, and caring, next to nothing about, unleash their inner glitter monster, is much of the fun for me. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/333 "2012-05-23T05:30:35Z")
Not just football fans! I hate football and I voted my fingers off for Donald last night. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/334 "2012-05-23T05:40:54Z")
Too late to edit - did anyone else throw up a little at Jaleel’s last-minute boobgrab? Bleh. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253/335 "2012-05-23T14:57:45Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Gotta say I’m lukewarm about the planned all-star series. Watching a bunch of people who I start out knowing, and caring, next to nothing about, unleash their inner glitter monster, is much of the fun for me. Good point. Depending on who comes back, it could be either really good or really bad. Seriously, though, I hope they don’t let any champs back. > [@Feyrat](#): > > Too late to edit - did anyone else throw up a little at Jaleel’s last-minute boobgrab? Bleh. Ugh. I was checking in on the first hour while watching the _Glee_ season finale, so saw very little of it – but when I saw Jaleel was up next I switched back to _Glee_, even though it was still on a commercial. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-dwts-spring-2012/614253.md?page=16)