“Dancing with the Stars: The Results Show” (9:00-10:00 p.m.) took 2nd in its time slot Tuesday night and continues to trend ahead of its performance from a year ago.

Last night, Audrina Patridge and partner Tony Dovolani were the 6th couple this season to get the boot and their elimination left many viewers shocked. Apparently even the judges appeared surprised especially since they had received the second highest score of the night on Monday.

“I’m almost at a loss for words,” judge Len Goodman said on learning that Patridge and actress Jennifer Grey were the two targeted for elimination. “It’s ludicrous. For one of these two to be going home is absolute nonsense.”

Share with us who you think will win of the remaining six contestants and how you feel about last nights elimination results.

Tony and Audrina were also on Jimmy Kimmel last night and you can watch that interview below.

By Anya

I must give credit to IW’s own Pam for coming up with the title for this week’s episode thread.(Kate was saved from elimination in week four and will be dancing the Fox Trot this week!)

So much to report it is hard to know where to start. How about with the positive? Kate showed marked improvement with her tango last week. Not only was she more technically proficient, but she actually didn’t look petrified. She kinda sorta almost looked like she was having fun! And for those of us who have been rooting for her, it made for enjoyable viewing. Kate garnered the lowest score, but only one point lower than Aiden. I might note that Kate’s scores would have matched Aiden’s, if Carrie Ann  -aka the Lift Nazi  (not sure who originated that name, but I love it)  hadn’t witnessed one of the imaginary lifts that only Carrie Ann notices and marked Kate and Tony down a point. Anyway, it didn’t matter, because Kate was safe again thanks to viewer support – and that includes many of you!

Why even Maks had nice things to say about Kate’s performance last week in his weekly blog for TV Guide. “Kate did much better this week. The scores didn’t really reflect that per se, but it was definitely a better performance. She’s very foot heavy still, but there were more instances where you could tell she was enjoying herself. I’m hoping to see more of that. Her facial expressions were a little more relaxed. By facial expression, I don’t mean in a real-life way. Like I’ve said before, success is 50 percent technique and 50 percent presentation. She has to present the mood and the character. If the mood changes and she enjoys herself more and more, she will get better.”

Some have suggested Maks doesn’t like Kate. This is based on a couple of videos floating around – one with Maks rolling his eyes at the mention of her name. I mentioned this to Ann@IW and she offered an astute observation I hadn’t considered. Perhaps Maks doesn’t have a problem with Kate, The Person, but is annoyed at all the hullabaloo surrounding her participation this season. And that is completely understandable. The thing is – none of that is Kate’s fault. In fact, I give at least 80% of the credit to Kate’s detractors. They continue to feed the Kate Buzz daily on the internet and that fuels the media machine to some degree.

So enough about last week, let’s look ahead to Monday night. Thanks to the blog, Puredwts.com, we have the lowdown on the expected dances and some insight into the likely musical numbers. Remember, this is Movie Week on DWTS.

-Kate/Tony – Fox Trot.  Kate says they are dancing to a song from an 80’s movie. Speculation is it might be “The Breakfast Club.” I am excited to see what Kate and Tony bring. I know it has been an exhausting week for them both.

Erin/Maks – Jive. Word is “Pulp Fiction” will be their movie. I am running through the possible song choices. Can’t wait to see this.

Evan/Anna – Rumba.  Might possibly be dancing to a romantic song from an action movie.

-Jake/Chelsie – Cha Cha. Rumors are they are dancing to “Risky Business.” If that is true, the song must be “Old Time Rock And Roll.” Interesting.

-Niecy/Louis – Jive.  Dancing to “La Bamba.”  Not sure if it is the title song or not.

Nicole/Derek – Tango.  Chitchat indicates “Pretty Woman” will be the movie they will dance to. No definitive word on the song selection, however.

Pam/Damian and Chad/Cheryl.  Quickstep. No additional details available at this time.

Once again, I don’t think I need to remind anyone that Kate needs our votes. And help has arrived from unexpected quarters. The supremely unfunny late-night host, George Lopez, has decided to hop on the Kate publicity bandwagon and has created a campaign and website to urge his viewers to vote for Kate. “Times are tough, but when we see that, we feel better about ourselves!” Oh, George you are hilarious.  You obviously belong to the school of comedy that likes to pick on the shortcomings of others. Kind of a male Joan Rivers, perhaps?  You know what else is funny??? The fact that you owe your career to Sandra Bullock, not to your talent. (We already know Sandy doesn’t have the best taste in men).

But a vote is a vote – right? I am sure a few of Lopez’s minuscule  audience members will follow along with ‘the joke’ and vote for Kate, so no harm is really being done.  End of rant.

Back to the positive, let’s keep Kate another week and allow her to showcase yet more improvement. Vote away!

Kate — 800-VOTE4-10 (800-868-3410), Text Code: 3410, and on ABC.com.

Erin — (just cause we love her too!) 800-VOTE4-03 (800-868-3403), Text Code: 3403.

By Anya

For a variety of reasons, I am anticipating Week Three of DWTS more than ever.

Why? Well, I guess I am intrigued by what we do know and even more intereseted in what we don’t.

What we do know. Kate and Tony will be dancing the Pasodoble. Chad Ochocinco, among possibly others, will also be doing this dance. Buzz Aldrin and Erin Andrews will be doing the Waltz .  Evan Lysacek  will be performing the Quickstep. The rest of the contestants? Not sure. What do you know?

Another element that we are not yet sure of is how exactly the stars will incorporate their personal stories into the dances. I have been reading a bit of the Twitter updates from both Niecy Nash and Louis Van Amstel. It appears their dance might touch on miscegenation laws and another timely topic – same sex marriage.  Not sure where they will take this, but I am interested.

Another topic many of us are interested in – how will Tony and Kate portray Kate’s story through dance? I don’t think I am alone in being intrigued in what they do. I hope they keep it classy ( I think they will) and that Kate and Tony have fun with it. I don’t think the viewing public expects Kate to be perfect, but we would love to see her calm her nerves and actually get into the dance. I know – easy for us to say!

A reminder -please vote for your favorite(s) by phone, text and online. Don’t just assume the star(s) you favor are safe because they aren’t in the bottom three. I think some Shannen Doherty fans are kicking themselves for that mistake right now. There is nothing wrong with splitting your votes, but I am going to make a personal plea – Kate does need our votes!

Update: looks like there will be a story on Good Morning America tomorrow on Kate and the other DWTS Moms (wait, she isn’t the only one  ?).  We’ll post the video as soon as it is up.

Join us at 8 EST/5 PST for live discussion of Week Three of DWTS!!!

Kate and Tony will perform the Paso Doble during Week Three of DWTS on Monday night. Kate has suggested there will be an added dramatic element and the dance will touch on some of what she has experienced the last two years. How are you feeling? Take our poll below and share your thoughts in the comment section.

By Anya

My head is spinning with thoughts of Jive. Hope my feet can keep up lol loving the fast pace looking forward to doing well on mon – Kate Gosselin via Tony Dovolani’s Twitter

Does it seem like we were just watching DWTS season premiere? Well, we might have been – ABC chose to re-run Monday’s night’s highly rated opening show on Saturday night. In catching a few minutes of it, I was struck again by the thought that Kate didn’t do as badly as some said she did. She was definitely in the second tier of dancers and the judges votes reflected that, but I think there might be something there. Time will tell.  To recap, here is how the scoring went:

Dancer/Score
Nicole /25
Evan /23
Pam /21
Erin /21
Jake /20
Chad /18
Niecy /18
Shannen /18
Kate /16
Aiden /15
Buzz /14

According to the tabloid sites, Kate left PA for CA on Saturday. It appears Sunday – her birthday – Happy Birthday Kate! – was another working day for Kate and the rest of the cast. Many of the professionals and stars tweeted that they had to do camera blocking (whatever that is!) for Tuesday night’s results show.

So what do we know? Well, everyone who danced last week gets another opportunity to dance again and show their improvement and I think that is great. Considering the amount of effort all have put into this venture, I think they deserve a minimum of two chances. Actually, I am a softy, I’d give them more than than that, but this is competition, so somebody will be voted off this week during the Tuesday night results show.

We know Kate and Tony will be doing the Jive. My understanding is that all those who did the Viennese Waltz last week will be doing the Jive and all those who did the Cha Cha will be doing the Fox Trot. Don’t lay bets on this though. It will be interesting to see the switch-up. I, for one, want to see if Pammy is capable of performing a more refined dance and also combing her hair!

A lot remains unknown – particularly how the audience votes will play into who stays or goes. Speculation is Aiden Turner – with his low judges votes and a less strong fan base, might be in serious trouble, but he has the ability to help himself on Monday.

My advice – whoever you like – be it Kate or someone else – VOTE! Remember you can call, text and vote online.

And don’t forget we have two shows this week – Monday night’s competition night and Tuesday night’s results show (with a few surprises thrown in). Both shows start at 8/7 p.m.

Please be sure to share your thoughts about the upcoming show and check in during the show for live blogging!