"Dancing With the Stars" Eigth Week - FINAL FIVE!

Tonight we'll watch the top 5 contestants vie for the semi-finals. The two men left are Donny and Aaron. The three women left are Mya, Joanna, and Kelly. I think this will be Kelly's last week unless someone has an unexpected bad performance. Each contestant will dance two full routines for the first time. One Latin routine and one ballroom routine must be performed by each couple.

Ballroom Round
Aaron and Karina: Foxtrot-Aaron looked stiff and a little uneasy. They might have had trouble practicing as much as they would have liked, because Karina caught the flu bug that has pretty much gone through the whole group the last couple of weeks. His footwork was very choppy, his shoulders were up, and he looked worried at times. The choreography might have been a little lax since Karina was ill as well.
My Score 7 Mom's Score 9 Average Score 8
Comparison with Show's Judges Scores of 7,8,8 Average Score 7.6

Donny and Kym: Vienesse Waltz-Donny's got reputation for having bad posture in his upper frame. That will be critical for this dance. I know I am a Donny Osmond fan, but this was maybe my favorite routine that he's done so far. He swept over the floor with grace and ease. He was confident, his posture was better, and he genuinely looked like he was enjoying herself.
My score 10 Mom's score 9 Average Score 9.5
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 9,8,9 Average Score 8.6

Mya and Dmitry: Quickstep-This was a delightful energetic routine. Mya had complicated footwork that she performed very well. They flowed across the floor effortlessly and Mya is always easy on the eyes. Her gown was a shimmery peach that not too many could pull off, but she absolutely did. The biggest news about this dance is that Len gave Mya a perfect score of 10! Finally!
My score 8 Mom's Score 8 Average Score 8
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 9,7,9 Average Score 8.3

Joanna and Derek: Quickstep-Joanna needs t0 elongate her neck more, but other than that she had fairly good posture. Her dress is a beautiful silver pink. When she runs across the room, she looks kind of heavy and off balance. Her footwork done in place looked very good. There were times when her footwork was off from Derek's especially when they were moving across the floor. Derek made the mistake of making her move across the floor several times and that was the move she didn't do as well.
My score 7 Mom's Score 8 Average Score 7.5
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 8,7,8 Average Score 7.6

Kelly and Louie: Foxtrot-I' m not sure I like the aqua blue dress she is wearing. The dress is beautiful, just not the color. Kelly has a natural elegance about her, so I actually like her better in the graceful ballroom dances rather than the Latin style. She is also more flexible than you would expect her to be. There were a couple moments where she looked a little stiff, but they were short moments.
My score 8 Mom's score 9 Average Score 8.5
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 8,8,9 Average Score 8.3

Latin Round In the Latin round, each contestant, not only had to perform a specific style of Latin, but also from a specific era, like the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, or the future.

Aaron and Karina: 90s Samba-Aaron looks confident and like he's actually on top of the world. They were able to utilize some of his moves from the 90s when he had hits on the charts. He felt right at home. They did a good job in welding the 90s and the Samba together from a choreography perspective! Aaron has matured over the weeks. He never gave up even when the judges were hard on him. Good for him.
My Score 9 Mom's Score 9 Average Score 9
Comparison with Show's Judges Scores of 9,9,9 Average Score 9

Donny and Kym: 80s Paso Doble-Donny looks like Michael Jackson. Really! I'm sure that's what they were trying to do. It's hard to do a funny Paso Doble because it is usually a very dramatic dance. They were able to keep the drama and add humor to it. It wasn't his best dance, but it was definitely entertaining.
My score 8 Mom's score 9 Average Score 8.5
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 8,8,8 Average Score 8

Mya and Dmitry: 70s Samba-Dancing the Samba to Donna Summer's "Bad Girl" is very different. A Samba with disco moves in it is different also. That being said, it was very good. They didn't lose the Samba and still managed to incorporate the 70s into it. Hats off to Dmitry for pulling that off. Hats off to Mya for dancing it very very well. Now that Len likes Mya, she has a very good chance of taking the whole competition. Two tens from Len!
My score 10 Mom's Score 9 Average Score 9.5
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 10,10,10 Average Score 10

Joanna and Derek: Futuristic Paso Doble-This is the dance of the night. It was like watching 2 robots do the Pose Doble. The music was perfect. The choreography was unique and perfect. Derek has out done himself. Joanna performed the complicated routine perfectly. The competition is on!!! I'm sure that will be the favorite routine performed on tomorrow night's show.
My score 10 Mom's Score 9 Average Score 9.5
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 9,10,10 Average Score 9.6

Kelly and Louie: 60s Jive-Kelly has a bad habit of looking at Louie when she's dancing side by side.She didn't do it as much this week as she has in the past. There were some hard, complicated moves and, for the most part, she did them very well. The choreography was good once they got rid of the prop. It didn't fit what they were doing or the the theme. It just didn't make sense.
My score 8 Mom's score 8 Average Score 8
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 8,9,9 Average Score 8.6

Aaron & Karina-
Ballroom-8 & 7.6 Latin-9 & 9 Total=33.6
Donny & Kym
Ballroom-9.5 & 8.6 Latin-8.5 & 8 Total= 34.6
Mya & Dmitry
Ballroom-8 & 8.3 Latin-9.5 & 10 Total=35.8
Joanna & Derek
Ballroom-7.5 & 7.6 Latin-9.5 & 9.6 Total=34.2
Kelly & Louie
Ballroom-8.5 & 8.3 Latin-8 & 8.6 Total=33.4

The Next Judge's "Top 5 Ranking" of the contestants from tonight's show:
1st Place Ranking: Mya
2nd Place Ranking: Donny & Joanna
3rd Place Ranking: Aaron & Kelly

I'll edit this post tomorrow night after the results show, but I believe Kelly will probably be the one to go home. I was wrong. Aaron went home. Personally I will miss him, but even when the judges loved Aaron, America would put him in the bottom two or three. He just didn't have the following that Kelly has. Good luck to Kelly, Donny, Mya, and Joanna next week.