Yes, I am on the west coast, so the Dancing with the Stars finale is going on right now. For those interested in hearing some of my commentary on the Dancing with the Stars 2009 finale, you can follow my comments on my Dancing with the Stars twitter account. Go and check out some of my most recent comments like:

“I told everyone that the Dancing with the Stars finale is always a Love fest. They want to pump up the final 3 as part of the storyline.”
and
“I’m really disappointed Shawn Johnson isn’t going to use her gymnastics in the freestyle. It’s called FREE-style. Grrrrrr!”

Looking forward to seeing you on Twitter.

Check out the list of music from the Dancing with the Stars 2009 finale. Always fun to see what the stars bring to the table for the finale. Especially for the freestyle dance they do. I’ll update this as the Dancing with the Stars 2009 finale progresses.

Also, check out all of the Dancing with the Stars 2009 music.

Shawn & Mark, Melissa & Tony, Gilles & Cheryl danced a Paso Doble to the song “So What”—Pink
Shawn & Mark danced a Freestyle to the song “Do Your Thing”—Basement Jaxx
Shawn & Mark danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to the song “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)”—Michael Jackson
Melissa & Tony danced a Freestyle to the song “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”—C+C Music Factory
Melissa & Tony danced a Samba to the song “Jaleo”—Ricky Martin
Gilles & Cheryl danced a Freestyle to the song “Flashdance (What a Feeling)”—Irene Cara
Gilles & Cheryl danced a Argentine Tango to the song “Assassin’s Tango”—John Powell

I picked up a couple of DWTS stories on various entertainment news shows and thought I’d share.

Extra

Access Hollywood - Ty cracks me up!! As does the Gilles/Tony Bromance. Does this make me a shipper?

The following is a list of all the music from the 2 hour Dancing with the Stars top 4. If you’re looking for music from previous episodes, you can find the entire list here.

Dancing with the Stars Top 4 Music List
Melissa & Tony danced a Quickstep to the song “I Got Rhythm”—Ella Fitzgerald
Melissa & Tony danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to the song “Save the Last Dance for Me”—Michael Bublé
Gilles & Cheryl danced a Waltz to the song “Come Away with Me”—Norah Jones
Gilles & Cheryl danced a Salsa to the song “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)”—Pitbull
Shawn & Mark danced a Argentine Tango to the song “Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre)”—Gotan Project
Shawn & Mark danced a Jive to the song “Reet Petite”—Jackie Wilson
Ty & Chelsie danced a Viennese Waltz to the song “Tuesday’s Gone”—Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ty & Chelsie danced a Samba to the song “Concrete and Clay”—Martin Plaza

The following were the songs and dances chosen as their favorite dances:
Melissa & Tony chose their favorite dances as Foxtrot to the song “Recipe for Love” —Harry Connick, Jr. and Samba to the song “Jaleo” —Ricky Martin

Gilles & Cheryl chose their favorite dances as Foxtrot to the song “Fever” —Peggy Lee and Paso Doble to the song “Habanera” —Charlotte Church

Shawn & Mark chose their favorite dances as Quickstep to the song “Friend Like Me” —Robin Williams (from Aladdin) and Paso Doble to the song “Gotta Get thru This” —Daniel Bedingfield

Ty & Chelsie chose their favorite dances as Quickstep to the song “Life Is a Highway” —Rascal Flatts and Lindy Hop to the song “You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)” —Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

We’re back again with another week of my Dancing with the Stars power rankings. Last week’s Dancing with the Stars power rankings got rocked a little when Lil’ Kim and Derek Hough were sent packing. From the looks of the boards and other online sources, it seems like a lot of people were surprised that Derek and Lil’ Kim were sent home.

We’re down to the Dancing with the Stars final 4. This is a big week, because making it to the finale of Dancing with the Stars is an achievement in itself. This is even more true for the professional dancers who get paid more the farther they go. Without further ado, here’s my Dancing with the Stars top 4 power rankings.

1. Shawn & Mark - I’m still putting my money on Shawn because of popularity. As expected the top 3 were within a point of each other which basically means it comes down to America’s vote. Watch for the same type of scoring this week.

2. Gilles & Cheryl - Gilles is lucky to have the waltz this week. It’s a perfect dance for his frame and posture. Expect it to be a highlight of the show. Salsa is just a fun dance that should get him and Cheryl a few extra votes from the fans as well.

3. Melissa & Tony - I almost placed Melissa above Gilles, because Melissa fans have really been doing amazing things. Seems like all the bitter women are still providing Melissa the sympathy vote. However, Melissa has the dreaded Quickstep which is hard dance to do and score well. So, expect her judges scores for the quickstep to be lower.

4. Ty & Chelsie - I shouldn’t bet against the cowboy, but his time has come. The other three are just so good that I think it will be difficult for Ty to overcome what will be poor scoring. Yes, I am saying that Ty’s samba butt shaking is going to score low.

Anyone care to disagree with my Dancing with the Stars power rankings?

We’re down to the final 5 and each couple now is dancing 2 dances each on the show. This is a real challenge for the stars to be able to remember 2 often very different dances.

Check out the Dancing with the Stars music from tonight’s episode or look back at the previous Dancing with the Stars music:

Shawn & Mark danced a Quickstep to the song “Friend Like Me”—Robin Williams Amazon MP3

Shawn & Mark danced a Paso Doble to the song “Gotta Get thru This”—Daniel Bedingfield Amazon MP3

Ty & Chelsie danced a Argentine Tango to the song “Amor Que Se Baila”—Otros Aires

Ty & Chelsie danced a Rumba to the song “Free Fallin’”—Tom Petty Amazon MP3

Lil’ Kim & Derek danced a Waltz to the song “When I Need You”—Leo Sayer Amazon MP3

Lil’ Kim & Derek danced a Salsa to the song “Por Arriba, Por Abajo”—Ricky Martin Amazon MP3

Gilles & Cheryl danced a Foxtrot to the song “Fever”—Peggy Lee Amazon MP3

Gilles & Cheryl danced a Rumba to the song “Sexual Healing”—Marvin Gaye Amazon MP3

Melissa & Tony danced a Viennese Waltz to the song “Angel”—Sarah McLachlan Amazon MP3

Melissa & Tony danced a Samba to the song “Jaleo”—Ricky Martin Amazon MP3

This is my first edition of the Dancing with the Stars power rankings. It’s basically a copy of ESPN’s power rankings that they do for the various professional sports teams. Since the show is tonight and I just came up with this idea, so this one is shooting from the hip just a little bit. Expect even more research and analysis next week. I should mention that these power rankings are heavily influenced to where we’re at in the show. The scores at this point in the show basically start to even out and so relative fan base becomes much more important.

Here’s the first ever Pure Dancing with the Stars power rankings:
1. Shawn & Mark - Shawn blows everyone else out of the water when it comes to popularity. The Olympic popularity really can’t be argued with. As we get nearer to the end of the show, the scores start to become closer and popularity matters more. Plus, I expect Shawn to really break out in one of these next dances. Not to mention I predict her freestyle will be off the charts.

2. Gilles & Cheryl - Most consistent couple without a doubt. They’re going to get high scores regardless since Gilles is a great dancer paired with possibly the best teacher on the show, Cheryl. Only problem is that Gilles was a relative unknown before the show. He’s grew a nice following and Cheryl has a passionate following, but not as large as Shawn and Mark.

3. Lil’ Kim & Derek - Derek has been working wonders with Lil’ Kim. There scores have shown it. I almost dropped their power ranking down because of Derek’s knee injury, but I expect Derek will dance and we won’t even notice it.

4. Ty & Chelsie - These two just keep surprising everyone. I thought Ty was going to be sent home the second week of the show and he’s still around and kicking. Hard for me to bet against the cowboy now.

5. Melissa & Tony - Melissa should follow up with a better performance this week. I could have ranked them a little higher because of this, but I have a feeling the sympathy votes for Melissa are nearing an end.

Anyone disagree with these rankings? If you do, let’s see your Dancing with the Stars rankings in the comments and reasons why they should be ranked differently.

Check out the following videos of Robin Thicke’s special guest performances on Dancing with the Stars 2009.

Robin Thicke sang the song “When I Get You Alone” for Alec Mazo, Edyta Sliwinska, Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani, Kym Johnson, and Dmitry Chaplin’s professional dance performance.

Robin Thicke sang the song “Sidestep” to special guest professional dancers Pasha Kovalev and Anya Garnis (of So You Think You Can Dance fame)

Tonight was quite the shocker for me. I was certain that Melissa Rycroft would be going home. I guess I seriously underestimated the number of fans that are sympathetic to Melissa. Add in the injury and Melissa really must have garnered a ton of sympathy votes.

Don’t get me wrong. Melissa is a wonderful dancer and I don’t like anyone getting sent home due to injury, but I really thought that Julianne and Chuck would have gotten more votes. Hard to believe that Ty and Chelsie is possibly more popular than Chuck and Julianne. Pretty amazing stuff.

Well, as usual here’s the list of Dancing with the Stars music from the week 8 results show:
Robin Thicke sang the song “When I Get You Alone” for Alec Mazo, Edyta Sliwinska, Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani, Kym Johnson, and Dmitry Chaplin’s professional dance performance.

Robin Thicke sang the song “Sidestep” to special guest professional dancers Pasha Kovalev and Anya Garnis (of So You Think You Can Dance fame)

Professional Dancer Competition (future Dancing with the Star professional)
Genya Mazo & Afton DelGrosso danced a Quickstep
Mayo Alanen & Anna Demidova danced a Jive
Brent Borbon and Snow Urbin were knocked out of the competition to be the next professional on Dancing with the Stars.

Another wonderful selection of music and dances. Plus, Team Mambo went up against Team Tango. Turns out that was also Beyonce up against Britney Spears. Easy to say that Beyonce would easily win that battle. The following is the music from tonight’s show or check out all the previous Dancing with the Stars 2009 music.

Gilles & Cheryl danced a Lindy Hop to the song “Go Daddy-O”—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Lil’ Kim & Derek danced a Paso Doble to the song “El gato montes”—Manuel Penella

Chuck & Julianne danced a Cha-Cha-Cha to the song “I’m Outta Love”—Anastacia

Shawn & Mark danced a Samba to the song “Get Down On It”—Kool and the Gang

Melissa & Tony danced a Jive to the song “We Got the Beat”—The Go-Go’s

Ty & Chelsie danced a Salsa to the song “Vehicle”—The Ides of March

Shawn & Mark, Lacey & Tony, and Chuck & Julianne danced as Team Mambo to the song “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”—Beyoncé

Lil’ Kim & Derek, Gilles & Cheryl, and Ty & Chelsie danced as Team Tango to the song “Womanizer”—Britney Spears