I know a lot of us have been hoping to a woman to win this year, but our votes went all to Helio last night. He is a guy who did no dancing or stage entertainment prior to this show and just look how far he has come - amazing!

Mel is a great dancer, although neither my husband nor I particularly enjoyed her free dance last night. The lifts were fantastic but the rest of it fell short for us. The fact that she is a singer and dancer (of a different type) to begin with just has never seemed to be fair competition against the others.

I so agree with you, Leslie, about Marie's "doll dance". It could have been OK if they had used those costumes and the beginning with the "key" but she should have really come to life and danced following that instead of staying in rag doll form. What was she thinking?