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Well I pretty much got it right. I’m very excited that Courtney made it through instead of Chelsea and I really didn’t expect Mark to out-vote Twitch. Going to be a great top 4: Katee and Joshua for final 2, I’d say……

Round 1 to: Mark and Joshua, Katee and Chelsea.

Wow, Mark and Courtney were on fire in their jazz number – Twitch probably has the popular vote to carry him through but he should be worried. I feel bad for Courtney, great dancer, awesome tonight, but I don’t see her having the support that Katee or Chelsea have.

Round 2 to: Joshua and Mark, Katee and Courtney

Based solely on tonight, I think it should be Joshua, Mark, Katee and Courtney (Chelsea loses solely on her lame ballroom solos) but I think Twitch and Chelsea will make it instead. We’ll see!

Yeah, I was stood making a pulled pork sandwich in the kitchen at work when I felt the building slip and slide. I’d been feeling a bit dizzy from not eating but quickly realised this was an earthquake and not a blood sugar problem.

I finished making my sandwich, intending to get back to the computer to see where it was centered but on the way to my cube most everybody had the earthquake page up so I could see that it was a 5.8 east of LA. It felt big enough this far away to make us take notice, that’s for sure.

Oh, and 10 points to the first person to give me the song reference in the title. (yeah, too easy I know).

Ok, Will and Comfort in the bottom two so far.. I am 2/2…..

Mark’s up…. a little early in the order for him to be in the bottom two but surely he is the one going home tonight?

OMG, he’s safe?! I think he thought he was going home, too. No way Will is going home yet so is it Joshua?

No, no, no, Twitch in the bottom two??? No way can he be going home tonight, but now I’m worried. Got the girls right, at least.

So – Comfort and Will?

Awesome solo from Courtney, just brilliant. And Twitch – no one does it like him. If he goes, I’ll be very sad..

Bye Bye Comfort, you should have gone last week.

Phew, Twitch survives but I am very surprised about Will leaving tonight.

Mark and Courtney next week, I think.

And America? Vote for Twitch next week, don’t assume he is safe!

Ok, the final 8, keep checking back for live updates…..

Final Scores….

Joshua and Chelsea – 17
Mark and Comfort – 13
Twitch and Katee – 17
Will and Courtney – 17

If I factor in the solos, and individual performances amongst the partner dances, my prediction for bottom two:

Guys: Mark, Will.
Girls: Comfort, Courtney (but maybe my beloved Katee).

Going home: Comfort and Mark.

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I think this is the first time I’ve posted a video of the week from an ‘amateur’ but I love this acoustic cover of Flobot’s Handlebars.

And if you want to see/hear the original, you can check it out at this link; they don’t allow embedding.

I hate to do two posts so close together but whilst here (in CA) we don’t yet know who are the first two to leave the top 10 (well, top 9 + Komfort) I wanted to go on record with my final 4 prediction:

• Final 2 guys – Will and Twitch
• Final 2 girls – Katee and Chelsea

My final two prediction in a week or two.

Oh – going home tonight? Er, Mark and Komfort

[Update] Ok, America got it 100% wrong. Actually I was split between Mark and Gev but no way should Kherrington have left tonight. Shame on you all who voted for Komfort. But, it doesn’t affect my final 4 prediction.

On the drive home tonight I realised that there are several things that I have completely changed my mind about over time:

1. nuclear power
2. growing crops in the desert
3. the death penalty

I am sure there are more but right now those are the best I can come up with.

Courtesy of my Dad this weekend:
You should get an electric lawn mower, they are as cheap as chips.

[Note that chips here refers to fries, though chips (which we call crisps) are also cheap].

Even in the puppet theatre world, the actors can have a bad day. Sometimes you know the old joke too well to be able to do it the new way. And other times, you just have idiots for stars. You decide.