In rewatching S6, I absolutely loved Jakob, but man, I still can't believe Ellenore didn't win. She was just phenomenal.

Does Dancing with the Stars do mostly ballroom? Are they trying to differentiate from that?

I think they maybe saw that the breakout stuff in seasons past was contemporary and maybe thought why not just add more? But I think it was breakout because there were more other styles to compare it to. Now I feel myself saying, "Oh, another angsty contemporary number, how novel."

ETA: God I loved Ellenore. Although Kathryn & Legacy were my favorite couple from that season.

SYTYCD: I think the issue with the all-stars is availability. I think we only got Mark this season because Gaga wanted to be on. What I'm hoping is that the dancers we don't get to see as all-stars are busy working somewhere.

PR: Ugh! this season is weird to me. I haven't been interested or excited by anything yet. I think Nina is the worst kind of person to design for.

ETA: God I loved Ellenore. Although Kathryn & Legacy were my favorite couple from that season.

I so agree, megan!

I still can't decide about the All-Stars. I love seeing people like Allison again, but, ultimately, I think it probably should just be the competitors.

I still can't decide about the All-Stars. I love seeing people like Allison again, but, ultimately, I think it probably should just be the competitors.

I wasn't necessarily a fan of all the All-Stars they've brought back, but I definitely liked how they did it this season, with the All-Stars not coming until later on, more than last season.

DWtS is ONLY Ballroom, so that may be the case.

Season 8 final cut:

Top Ten Guys, “Velocity”
Iveta & Pasha, “Ven A Bailar (On The Floor)”
Sasha & Alexander, “Stupid”
Melanie & Marko, “Turn to Stone”
Iveta & Nick, “Ballroom Blitz”
Caitlin & Mitchell, “Turning Tables”
Miranda & Robert, “Break Ya Neck”
Sasha & Alexander, “Coming Home”
Melanie & Marko, “I Got You”
Clarisse & Jess, “Fly Me to the Moon”
AXIS, “Partita for Violin no. 2”
Eric Luna and Georgia Ambarian, “Calypso”
Top Seven Guys, “Prague”
Clarisse & Jess, “Light Through the Branches”
Ryan & Ricky, “Fashion”
Caitlin & Mitchell, “To Love You More”
Sasha & Alexander, “Alley Dash March of the Trolls”
Jordan & Tadd, “Brotsjor”
Melanie & Marko, “Skin & Bones”
Chelsea & Marko, “Cinema Italiano”
Caitlin & Pasha, “Malajunta”
Sasha & Twitch, “Misty Blue”
Allison & Ricky, “Precious Things”
Caitlin & Ivan, “Let Me Love You”
Melanie & Neil, “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
Lauren & Tadd, “Another One Bites the Dust”
Allison & Marko, “I Know It’s Over”
Marko & Ricky, “Bad Boy for Life”
Sasha & Melanie, “Game On”
Sasha & Kent, “Fool of Me”
Jaime & Ricky, “Inside These Lines”
Melanie, “Cracks” solo
Melanie & Tadd, “Where Do I Begin?”
Caitlin & Marko, “Heavy in Your Arms”
Sasha & Mark, “Raise Your Weapon”
Sasha & Marko, “Whatever Lola Wants”
Lauren & Marko, “Shirk”
Melanie & Tadd, “Show Me What You’re Working With”
Melanie & Sasha, “Heart Asks Pleasure First”

If anyone wants a DVD, just let me know.

I just don't think my list of Top 20 dances from this season would come close to other seasons.

To be continued...

megan, I would LOVE a DVD.

No problem, just send me your address. It's recorded on a low setting so I can't guarantee quality. I mean, it looks fine on my crappy used TV. But, hey at least there are no commercials.