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Dancing With The Stars Finale: Welcome To The Dollhouse

Posted Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:31pm PST by Lyndsey Parker in Reality Rocks

Okay. Um, what the frig was THAT?

Anyone else find it just a little disturbing to watch Marie Osmond, who's almost 50 years old, dressed up like an animatronic babydoll--complete with ruffled bloomers, pigtails, Betty Boop eyelashes, and facepaint straight out of a Li'l Miss USA beauty pageant? While dancing to a Rolling Stones song, for some reason?

Looks like Marie is a little bit country...and a little bit crazy.

And after her freestyle routine on last night's Dancing With The Stars finale, she should have fainted again--this time from embarrassment.

Look, I get it: Marie is "one of the world's top doll designers" (according to, um, her), and she's got a whole freightload of QVC dollies to peddle by Christmastime. But this bizarre freestyle routine was NOT the best way to advertise. Because if Marie's dolls at all resemble what she looked like last night, they'd give nightmares to any poor tyke unfortunate enough to find one under the tree. Sharp-shooting Dancing With The Stars judge Bruno Tonioli was right on the money when he compared her to the "Bride Of Chucky" last night.

Perhaps equally vexing was my impression that Marie's dolly routine was a just a convenient copout--an excuse to not dance with precision and perfect technique. Because ragdolls just flop around, so that's she did, basically. Because she was in character, get it? But compare Marie's floppy craziness with Helio Castroneves' dazzling moves (he really glittered last night, and not just because of his metallic gold jumpsuit), or Melanie Brown's showstopping freestyle (true, she and Maks were a bit all over the place, but Mel made up for her stylistic schizophrenia with really good technique). And it's obvious that Marie was out of her depth last night. She blew it.

At least I can give Marie props for taking a risk--though it was a foolish risk that didn't pay off--and hey, though she'll probably place third tonight, at least she'll go out with what was probably the most, er, memorable routine in Dancing With The Stars history.

120 Comments

1. Judy -
I hope Marie does not win tonite just because
she has such a big following. She sure does
not deserve it. Mel B or Helio deserve to win.
I think Helio out shined both Mel B and Marie
last night. I personally hope Helio wins.

2. JoAnn -
I'm voting for Helio. He's the best with the best teacher!

3. Yahoo! Music User -
I think Helio and his partner did the best job, but I think Maria will win. She did do a good job (except for last night - that stunk). So we shall see tonight (too bad we cannot get a peek at the viewer scores).

4. Yahoo! Music User -
Marie is a crowd favorite. If the show were purely about talent in dancing, then the girl from the Cheetah Girls would have won. The judges also were a bit easy on Marie with her first dance where as they ripped Helio to shreds. Her doll dance was scary. I personally thought it was the weakest final to date, but I voted for Helio and Mel and their respective partners.

5. ValB -
I hope Marie doesn`t win. The other dancers are definite better dancers and I can`t stand her nervous giggle and wide smile. Perhaps I am a senior and I resent her acting as teenager

6. cierra -
sorry but im going 4 mel

7. Justine -
yea i"ll vote for mel. she rocks

8. Yahoo! Music User -
I hope Maria WINS!!!

9. jt2eternity -
MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B! MEL B!


I HOPE SHE WINS (^_^)

10. Yahoo! Music User -
i hope helio and his partner julian win i think they are the best out of all of them and mel already knows how to dance from the spice girls i mean come on thats practicaly cheeting and with her experiance before she did the show she schooled be alot better and marie i dont think she is that good but i guess id rather have her win over mel but i realy hope helio and julian win!!!!!!!!!

11. Tanner -
mel b! mel b! mel b! mel b! mel b!
hope you win hope you win hopeyou win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12. roy -
MEL IS SO SOLID SHE IS THE WINNER

13. BrendaT -
Whether we like it or not, the competition is made up of judges and public opinion. If the majority likes Marie, she will win just because she is popular. If you want a contest to be won by performance DO NOT ask the public to vote! It is as simple as that--everything in the world is based on popularity--presidential elections, class president, etc.

14. Yahoo! Music User -
helio and julian helio helio i hope they win there the best cople and i think mel is just popular cause she is a spice girl come on helio and julian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they deserve it

:) :) :) :) :0 o plz vot for helio and julian

15. Yahoo! Music User -
win win helio come on come on win

16. Yahoo! Music User -
HELIO

17. Yahoo! Music User -
helio

18. Michelle -
If Marie wins this show is rigged !

19. Yahoo! Music User -
MEL B ROCKS!!! Remember this is a dancing competition, not a popularity contest.

20. Gordo -
For some unknown reason, Marie is on of the top sellers on QVC. She has a
T R E M E N D O U S following. The doll thing was brilliant. She catered to the millions of women sitting at home watching her while brushing their Marie Osmond doll's hair. And they all got off their early american plaid sofa, dialed the phone and voted for her. She's brilliant.
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