The TV Zone

I suppose Cristian said it about as well as anyone last night:"Shoulda started dancing with one arm way before..." Shoulda and probably coulda. Who says you need all your limbs to dance well, or even very well? Cristian/Cheryl had a better two-fer last night than anyone else, and -- if they keep this up -- might even win "DWTS." Even with one arm, he's still a favorite over Kristi Y because women vote for men, and she's a woman, so...

All this business last week about "will he or won't he...?" The clever and erroneous leaks to TMZ and Extra, which not only predicted but SAID he would bow out? The padded elimination show that held out on his "final decision" until the last millisecond?

A gimmick -- another one of those staged "dramas" designed to stoke interest in a show that's had little this season. There was no way Cristian was going to back out, ever. He proved last night -- beyond any shadow of a doubt -- that you can handle this comp with one arm, without even breaking a sweat.

That said, they were both very good. They got their best scores ever (a total of 57), and 29 for the Mambo. Here's the replay of that performance: