Posted on 11/15/2010 3:46:35 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
This gives more history than the one I found earlier today....Had to educate myself...See if he was worthy of our Pistol. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ballas
In the early 2000’s maybe? Shirley was married once before to another dancer named Sammy Stopford.
Thanks hoosiermama. Did you run across a couple of articles that said Mark’s grandfather invented the weed eater?
Interesting bit of dance trivia LOL! At first I thought they were referring to a dance move but I found it mentioned a couple of other places as the weed whacker that you use outside to trim the grass.
There’s an interview of Bristol & Mark on the MSNBC (Maks dancing) link. I had been looking for any evidence that anyone had talked to them after the show last night. It was like all the focus was on the losers. Bristol said all the haters were “fueling her fire.” Mark talks like a very wise young man. Good interview.
Oh, I didn’t know. Mark said in his interview that if Derek won he would be happy for him. Bristol said that they would be happy for anyone who won.
The more they rail the more people pay attention and the more they vote. The media may well rail Palin right into the White House.
Yes he became quite wealthy...or wealthier than he had been with the ‘world’s largest’ dance studio....One article said they also had sq dancing there...Bet they did the Texan two step too.
THe Hough’s parent met on the competitive dance team when they went to college in Idaho. They’d be about the same age as Sarah Heath.
Sort of looks like Mark is from a line of dancing royalty. Even his Texas grandmother was a flamenco champion.
All four of the Hough grandparents were competitive dancers.
Interesting. Seems there was another big shock when Mark and his partner Sabrina were voted off in the 6th week the first season he danced. They were the best dancers, yet they got voted off. Guess this isn’t the first season for shockers.
Article on HotAir this morning, looks like maybe some Freepers are quoted. Here is the last paragraph, but go read the article!
What they’re probably doing is recording the votes by IP, not by e-mail address, so that if you vote 8,000 times from home, all but the first five sent from your modem would be disregarded. Either that or ABC’s simply lying about its security to protect the “integrity” of the show. In any case, how many Palin fans could possibly be so devoted to her that they’d be willing to sit there for hours on end clicking the “vote” button for Bristol? I’m thinking it can’t be more than, say … four or five million. Six million tops.
Excellent article & video on Bristol.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/bristol-palin-dancing-stars-dirty-politics/story?id=12177892
......”Six million tops”......Gotta love it!
It’s still going on. This ABC report is not so negative. The girl comes to her defense.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/video/palin-power-bristol-earns-personal-best-dancing-with-the-stars-12159755&tab=9482931§ion=4765066
It’s still going on. This ABC report is not so negative. The girl comes to her defense.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/video/palin-power-bristol-earns-personal-best-dancing-with-the-stars-12159755&tab=9482931§ion=4765066
That was actually a very good, fair report. Seemed to me that George kept trying to suggest something was going on but both the guests did a good job at countering him. This is my first year watching regularly but I understand that it’s not the first controversy like this. Of course, I don’t suppose anyone has shot at his t.v. before! LOL!
Thanks for the link...
Thanks for posting the ABC link. George Steppo didn’t want to be fair, but both guests set him straight (or tried to).
The story links to Jezebel and Jez is the one who hosts the site: votebristoloff or something similar. I recall posting her nasty comment from FB. Hypocrites. LOL.
That was Erin Andrews, my favorite from last season on DWTS.
Erin knows the show, and the judges, very well, so her take on it is reliable. Erin was in the top three last year, but lost out to Nicole (something) who was a show biz professional, while Erin is a sportscaster.
Just like the recent elections, Americans are voting their choice! All these fools don’t get to dictate how everyone else votes. Get used to it, you losers!!!!!!
I was there when Sarah reported that Bristol said she didn’t know why Dancing with the Stars contacted her because she couldn’t dance and wasn’t a star. Well, she has been a real trouper, worked very, very hard and has danced her way into the hearts of all those who voted for her. She’s been the underdog all the way and hasn’t given up. She gets that from her mother!!! Pay attention, everybody, pay attention.
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