Female Celebs Targeted on ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Home Viewers Are Showing Little Love for the Ladies, So Let the Voting Conspiracy Theories Begin
Despite Clyde Drexler‘s claim during last night’s Dancing with the Stars results show that he and his partner Elena Grinenko have been the judges’ whipping boys for the entirety of the competition, it’s actually the female celebrities who are literally getting knocked out left and right. Last week, sixth-place hoofer Paulina Porizkova, far from the worst dancer, was shown the door. Now this week, the final tally forced Shandi Finnessey to hang up her dancing shoes, although she and her newcomer partner Brian Fortuna were in a three-way tie for third place on the judges’ leaderboard. Something smells fishy in Hollywood.
If you note that the second celebrity in the bottom two last week was a seventh-place Shandi and this week a first-place Leeza Gibbons (albeit in a four-way tie), certain trends start to emerge. First, only female contestants are appearing in the bottom positions during the results shows. Second, only female contestants who are much better than the worst male contestants are appearing in the bottom positions during the results shows.
For the combined Weeks 1 and 2, Clyde and Billy Ray Cyrus were tied for dead-last tenth place among the judges, while in Week 3, John Ratzenberger and Clyde were at last-place fourth and fifth, respectively. Is there some kind of backlash or diabolical concerted effort at work here, or am I imagining things based on coincidence or temporarily lopsided results? I truly hope it’s the latter and the situation will correct itself soon since Dancing with the Stars really doesn’t need any weird Sanjaya-type pathology sullying its reputation this season.
In next Monday’s Round of 9, the remaining competitors will strut their stuff as they dance either the melodramatic Paso Doble or the romantic Waltz. Then, on Tuesday night, another female celebrity will get voted off. (…just kidding! …a little.)
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Dancing with the Stars airs Mondays at 8pm EST (performance) and Tuesdays at 9pm EST (results) on ABC.
Shandi Finnessey and Brian Fortuna photo courtesy of ABC
