# "Dancing with the Stars" Season III **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-iii/372393 "2006-09-12T12:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-iii/372393/221 "2006-11-16T22:22:38Z")
As far as last night, I tend to like watching Emmitt dance. I tend not to like watching Mario dance as much. I think a lot of that has to do with Cheryl’s choreography. She knows how to cater to her partners’ strengths. Of course, since the ABC judges have no rules on what they’re judging on, why should I? Each year, the scoring system manages to suck more than it did the year before. How do they do that? ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-iii/372393/222 "2006-11-16T22:54:42Z")
[QUOTE=Oy!] I don’t know - Mario admitted some break dancing, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d never had any actual _training_ before. But I’m willing to bet that Mario has been hell on wheels on a dance floor for as many years as he has been allowed in them. [/QUOTE] I think the rumor is that Mario has been dance classes since he was very young. His former hip-hop (?) dance partner claims they entered competitions together and won when they were students at some school for the performing arts. Don’t know if that’s true or not, but if you seen his dancing in Kids Incorporated, he definitely had a little more training than he admits to. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-iii/372393/223 "2006-11-17T16:29:01Z")
Looking ahead to Season IV – [Fergie](http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/061116/entertainment/sarah_ferguson_1) has indicated her willingness to appear. (The former duchess, not the taut-tummied singer.) Heh. She just wants to get her hands on Maks. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-iii/372393/224 "2006-11-17T17:20:41Z")
[Quote=twickster] Looking ahead to Season IV – Fergie has indicated her willingness to appear. (The former duchess, not the taut-tummied singer.) Heh. She just wants to get her hands on Maks. [/Quote] I wonder why she wants to go on the US show, rather than on _Strictly Come Dancing_, the original, and like Fergie, British version? Not enough viewers? ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-iii/372393/225 "2006-11-17T21:21:46Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] I wonder why she wants to go on the US show, rather than on _Strictly Come Dancing_, the original, and like Fergie, British version? Not enough viewers? [/QUOTE] I suspect US viewers would be far more favorable to Fergie than UK viewers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-iii/372393.md?page=11)