DWTS

It is almost embarrassing to admit, but we’ve become addicted to the ABC series Dancing With the Stars.  So much so that we actually care about the scores awarded by the judges.

This season, as usual, has some folks who couldn’t dance if they were being electrocuted, but there are a greater than usual number of people who actually have talent.  The odds-on favorites to win this year are Meryl Davis and Charlie White, the gold medal ice dancing team from  Sochi.  Of course, since they are competing with each other, they can’t both win.

My personal favorite is Amy Purdy, the paraplegic snow boarder who is competing on prosthetic legs.  It may be hard to imagine, but she is doing remarkably well – actually looks graceful.

She and partner Derek Hough did a contemporary piece last week that should have got 10s, but did not.  In spite of having the judges’ panel and the entire audience in tears – Judge Bruno Tonioli said there wasn’t a dry eye in the country – they got 9s across the board.

Part of the problem may have been her partner.  Emmy award winning choreographer Hough is easily the best of the “Pros” on the show, but we’ve found over the past few seasons that the judges tend to hold him to a higher standard – score his partner’s performances a point or two lower when compared to the other competitors – particularly in the first few weeks of a season.