[maine-iac7]

First, I have to admit I haven't watched DWTS over the years
and only watched a few this season...but help me understand something.
I thought ‘WITH the stars’ meant that an amateur contestant was partnered with a professional.

I think the main reason so many of the pubic were for Bristol may be because she was a total non-dancer - and the strides she made from week to week were remarkable. I think people could put themselves in her shoes and relate.

Jennifer Grey, daughter of a great dancer, has been dancing all her life - and was the star, with Patrick Swayze, in Dirty Dancing, a film famous for the great dancing. SHE is the professional.

‘Seems to me the deck was stacked from the get go.

That said, I think Bristol did herself up proud - and I think she's probably relieved that she didn't get the final win...She can now go home and be with her little boy. She's exhausted and home sick...She can go home with her head held high...and maybe not need the body guards against the death threats.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

I thought ‘WITH the stars’ meant that an amateur contestant was partnered with a professional.

I hear you, but the same thing happened last season when Nicole from the Pussycat Dolls group won. She was even better than Jennifer.