[silent_jonny]

Another reason to not have a Dance thread:

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LOL--it's just a picture, but I can still hear the scream :o

[retrokitten]

I know. That sound is tattooed on my DNA.

Hmmmm....that picture reminds me of someone...who is it? Hmmm....give me a minute it will come to me....

[retrokitten]

The Mary Murphy Alarm Clock on The Soup

[AmusedBystander]

Here's an interesting list from Billboard with the top 24 Idol contestants:

24 Allison Iraheta Album Sales: 96,000 Track Sales: 161,000 Radio Plays: 4,000

23 Diana DeGarmo Album Sales: 167,000 Track Sales: 106,000 Radio Plays: 4,000

22 Danny Gokey Album Sales: 124,000 Track Sales: 211,000 Radio Plays: 14,000

21 William Hung Album Sales: 240,000 Track Sales: 127,000 Radio Plays: 1,000

20 Kimberley Locke Album Sales: 240,000 Track Sales: 299,000 Radio Plays: 250,000

19 Taylor Hicks Album Sales: 780,000 Track Sales: 345,000 Radio Plays: 21,000

18 Blake Lewis Album Sales: 367,000 Track Sales: 796,000 Radio Plays: 11,000

17 Bo Bice Album Sales: 738,000 Track Sales: 520,000 Radio Plays: 121,000

16 Katharine McPhee Album Sales: 417,000 Track Sales: 1,300,000 Radio Plays: 36,000

15 Elliot Yamin Album Sales: 687,000 Track Sales: 1,400,000 Radio Plays: 377,000

14 Josh Gracin Album Sales: 787,000 Track Sales: 1,100,000 Radio Plays: 625,000

13 Jennifer Hudson Album Sales: 798,000 Track Sales: 1,500,000 Radio Plays: 314,000

12 Adam Lambert Album Sales: 685,000 Track Sales: 2,200,000 Radio Plays: 91,000

11 Kris Allen Album Sales: 310,000 Track Sales: 2,600,000 Radio Plays: 165,000

10 Ruben Studdard Album Sales: 2,600,000 Track Sales: 337,000 Radio Plays: 434,000

9 Fantasia Album Sales: 2,300,000 Track Sales: 957,000 Radio Plays: 624,000

8 David Archuleta Album Sales: 968,000 Track Sales: 3,000,000 Radio Plays: 177,000

7 Kellie Pickler Album Sales: 1,300,000 Track Sales: 2,900,000 Radio Plays: 373,000

6 Clay Aiken Album Sales: 4,900,000 Track Sales: 532,000 Radio Plays: 195,000

5 David Cook Album Sales: 1,300,000 Track Sales: 3,900,000 Radio Plays: 536,000

4 Jordin Sparks Album Sales: 1,300,000 Track Sales: 9,000,000 Radio Plays: 1,146,000

3 Chris Daughtry Album Sales: 5,700,000 Track Sales: 9,500,000 Radio Plays: 2,439,000

2 Carrie Underwood Album Sales: 11,500,000 Track Sales: 13,900,000 Radio Plays: 2,426,000

1 Kelly Clarkson Album Sales: 10,600,000 Track Sales: 15,900,000 Radio Plays: 4,260,000

[Yaelle]

Mary Murphy is hilarious. She is an acquired taste. I couldn’t stand her the first season I watched. I hit the mute when she’d scream. But she is a great judge, and I’ve met her in person — she loves the show’s fans. She is a very nice person. She’s been through a lot in life. She knows a lot about dance and is a character you grow to love on the show.

There was a brilliant boy on there and another judge, at the auditions, actually told him, “There is something about you I HATE.” Mary was so angry she was ready to literally walk off the set. This guy danced so beautifully that Mary was in tears.

You don’t think you will love a dance show, but what these kids do, how they perform something like breast cancer, is moving. I had no idea how much I would laugh — and CRY — watching a dance show.