Don’t you just love this picture? ABC totally janked the Bachelor headshot from the Pier One Bureau, photoshopped Nancy out and replaced Melissa in front of Tony.
And no…I’m not writing a recap on Dancing with the Stars. I simply don’t have enough time. The Offshore Technology Conference is coming up and you know how I get CRAZY when that time of year rolls around.
But I just HAD to post about Tony DOVOLANI and Melissa. I said it last week and I’ll say it again…home boy is PUMPED that he is scoring so big with ABC’s reality reject darling. He practically foxtrotted Melissa right out of her Beverage Distributions office in Dallas, flashing his clean shaven chest to her numerous cube mates.
On a side note: Do these people get paid to do this show? Will Beverage Distributions (which I think is code for Miller Lite) give Mel her job back when her 15 minutes of fame are up? Is there a possibility that I can become sort of famous, land a gig on the show and have Maks samba roll me out of my office as I wave dreamily to my co-workers? It’s definitely something to look in to. Someone get Our Host Hare on the phone for me…
So Melissa’s lower back tat rhinestones were in full sparkle. She glided across the floor. Len and Bruno love her. Carrie Ann calls her out and says, “This comes easy for you. Challenge yourself.” I high five myself. Melissa pretends that this is hard, but it’s time she OWNS IT like Kristi Yamaguchi did two seasons ago.
Regardless…Tony danced a jig when they received three nines. He’s cleaning off a shelf for his disco ball trophy. Mark my words.
Speaking of Mark. ADORABLE. I heart him. And Shawn Johnson. And Shawn Johnson’s cute parents. Just one comment though…stop telling us that you are only 17. That doesn’t work when you have a gold medal around your neck. But I still heart you.
I also love Lil’ Kim. Since she dedicated her first dance to the women’s penitentiary, she won me over. She just needs to get rid of the stank face while gyrating her booty. You know what I’m talking about.
I was reading on yahoo.news a few days ago and the artical stated that all contestants get $200,000 regardless of when they get kicked off..I think it mentioned a bonus for the top three. The artical was about reality tv being cheeper then a regular mini series….I am thinking that $200,000 may be a little more then she made at the “distrubution place”..just a guess though!
You can definitely tell that Tony is on FIRE this season and so excited to have a chance to actually win! GO TEAM MELISSA & TONY!
Wow! $200,000???? That’s awesome. Go Melissa!
I heard from a very reliable source that she worked for Glazer’s Beverage Distribution. A co-worker said she got offered $100,000 for the first episode and $50,000 for each one she remains on!
Oh yes they get paid! Some serious change: http://www.theinsider.com/news/1880413_They_Get_Paid_WHAT_Shocking_Dancing_With_The_Stars_Salaries
Ch-Ching! Go Melissa and Tony!!!
WOW! $200K?!?!?!?! I can dance better than Steve W., where can I sign up? I mean I was on TV… A few times… In some commercials…In the 80’s…Shown only in Alabama… With big hair. Does that count?
Seems as if this season is the “Season of Redemption/Recovery.” Lil Kim = ex-con, Stev-o = recovering drug addict, Denise = recovering husband-of-best-friend thief, Melissa = recovering from broken heart on national TV. It just seems almost everyone has some sort of story going into this, like they are vying for sympathy votes vs. votes for best dancing. Which I might add obviously does not count. Belinda Carlisle got more points from the judges than Steve W. and yet she was sent home. While Denise is a detestable human being, she could at least dance better than Mr. Wozniak. He must have some sort of animal magnetism with the voters. I dunno know??????
I am so happy she is doing so well on here!
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Liking DWTS this season….BUT, Holly TUB (the unmovable boobs) needs to go…the girl has absolutely no rhythm and cannot stay on beat to save her life….Lovin’ Shawn Johnson, Julianne’s squeeze, and Melissa….adorin’ Mr. Murray, too!
Oh my word! I didn’t realize that picture is photoshopped until right now!! That is totally the Pier One shot, as you said. Thanks for the giggle.
Thank you for sharing a few thoughts on DWTS, and even if it is not a full recap, I love hearing your thoughts! You’re the best!
The Woz has friends and fans with skills for hacking into the DWTS voting system. He’ll be there till the end. Mark my words.
Woz will stay on for a few more rounds, even though he is a terrible dancer because so many people, including me, heart him for the fact that he has NO aptitude for this at all, yet he’s putting himself out there and having fun and trying hard. So I’ll keep voting for him until that vote starts really eating into my votes for people I really want to win, and then I’ll stop. Since I loathe Denise Richardson, I’m delighted that Woz beat her out. He should beat out Holly too, but they’re eliminating 2 next week so that may be his last dance….him and Holly.
Go Melissa! I really like Chuck and Julianne too. And Gilles???!!!???? be still my swooning heart.
I agree, thanks for sharing your thoughts, Lincee !! IHGB readers, why is Denise Richardson detestable? the husband of the best friend thing, or more?? (not that that’s not enough.) Just curious. Have never seen her reality show.
I am glad to see I am not the only one who cringes when she hears the name Denise Richardson uttered, she is about as classy as Lil’ Kim!
I just typed this comment and lost it in Cyperspace.
So, to be brief, Melissa is a shining star for a minute — she could buy a condo in Hollywood Hills for the half million she’ll probably make on the show – with the fall in housing prices.
And, I have my doubts that she’s in a new relationship. My guess is that he’s a friend posing as a beau – just to be a stand-in until she can stand alone again. Bet he’ll disappear if a Hollywood career opens up – maybe a reporter for Access since she has an “in” with Nancy O.
Love the hottie Frenchie – such a nice guy as well.
And, could do with a little less of Julianne – although her boyfriend is just the nicest guy. She’s just a bit to over-the-top in love with herself. Cringe everytime the camera passes her way – she loves the camera!! Her claims to be such a virtuous good Mormon girl – all the while she’s teasing him – I guess – jumping on his lap half dressed, grabbing his rear end when they’re walking. Typical good Mormon girl behavior – I lived in Utah for a looong time.
It will a close run with the top three – go Melissa!!
Typo – it’s Cyberspace (not Cyperspace).
junoesq,
I like Woz for the exact same reasons you do, but I’m not voting for him. He can’t dance. But I do like him so much for genuinely trying. I also agree with your assessment of Gilles….holy cow, he is soooo hot! He’s up there with Maks in my opinion….and now Maks is gone and I can’t drool over him, Gilles it is. And yes, what a seemingly great guy (loves his wife & kids, mother, etc.). I’m having so much fun with DWTS this season. Melissa brought me back! She is awesome and I hope she does find a new career path. She has such a great personality and adorable smile. I hope she makes it far in this competition and in life. Go Melissa & Tony!
Yeah – nice to have a place to chat about DWTS. I want Woz gone – because he is annoying and a bad dancer. I like Holly – she is at least trying and I can always watch Dmitri with his shirt off. I wanted Denise to stay just for Maks – hello! And, who doesn’t think LT is pretty adorable – i can’t believe a major tough football player is that smooth on the dance floor. Also, I crack up at David Alan Grier – he is hilarious! I think Melissa is a great dancer but glad she is getting called out – on this being kinda easy for her. Gilles is great – nice to see Cheryl back on top. And, Mark and Shawn are cute – maybe too cute…And, besides that snarl Lil Kim had going on – did anyone else think she hadn’t shaved her arms? And, is that a fake mole? She dances great but is hard to look at. And, surprisingly, I like Steve O – even though I hated Jackass. And, Ty is sweet but stiff as a board. And, give it up to Hall and Oates and that hot dance number! Hello! karina and maks – hot! And, then we got Adele and Edyta and her hubby – HOT! I really wish I could dance and look like those girls!
Here’s my thing about Maks – I agree he’s very hot, but he’s not as good a partner as he could be to the “star” he is assigned to, because he “overdances” everything. By that, I mean that the biggest job the pro has in this contest is to make his or her partner look good, and it doesn’t help that goal to dance 50 times better than your partner. For example, I think that Kym Johnson should have gotten some special prize last season for the way she partnered Warren Sapp – he was likeable and moved okay, but she showcased him in a way that got the most advantage out of every last drop of talent he had – without that, he would have been gone midseason. Cheryl’s doing the same thing with Gilles this season, and Julianne has always been VERY good at that. As much as I am rooting for Melissa, I’m with Carrie Ann – it remains to be seen whether Tony will give her the choreography she needs to really stand out from the other 3-4 contenders.
I’ll watch Maks dance with Karina anytime though…hot hot hot!!!
Okay, I know this isn’t DWTS-related, but I didn’t know where else to go… Just got the latest People Magazine in the mail with an article on Jason and Molly. Doesn’t sound like there is any plan for her to move to Seattle any time soon.
But I really think the editor who selected the photos for the piece must be a big Melissa fan. The photos of Molly are rather unflattering…
Shopgirl, maybe Moly isn’t that photogenic or the photographer was just ok (unless they are just snap snots provided by J&M). Just a more logical thought being as I do photography and all… I’d put that first beyond anything else. JMO.
I think moving to another city and all would take some time and should not be done lightly..no matter how much in love you feel you are.
This may be half way off the subject, but I’m hoping someone can clear this up for me…..DWTS is an ABC production, right? The news about the Shawn Johnson stalker said that they caught the guy on a CBS lot. The story I read is from TMZ.com. Can anyone clear this up?
What else did the article say, Shopgirl? Are they together? I am curious.
Is it just me or does anyone else feel really strongly that Melissa should get to dance to Beyonce’s Single Ladies? Take that, Jason.
Is that Melissa’s parents in the audience with Tye?
#23-ADH – The People mag article is basic fluff. The only thing interesting is that Mol has not been out to Seattle (or seen Ty) since AFTR2 – claims to have used all of her vacation days already. You can read most of it at people.com (right below the article on Robert Pattinson’s body odor due to his poor hygiene habits – Eeeewwww.).
Thanks,#26!
ADH:
They are together, but taking it slowly with the long distance thing. It makes a lot of sense to me, but the impression I had when they were doing all the interviews after the show ended was that she was planning to head to Seattle pretty quickly. Maybe she’s trying to find a job prior to heading west.
They also were surprised by the backlash against them after the show and their plan is to avoid trying to go too fast and ending up meeting the same fate as most other couples (it specifically mentioned Jesse and Deanna).
#22 – To answer your question, it is an ABC show but they tape it on the CBS lot. Production companies use lots (sounds stages, production studios, etc) belonging to other studios all the time to accomodate their needs. Same goes for Americal Idol.
Hope Melissa and Shawn are the final two!
Samba roll you right out of there…classic Lincee…made me and BBG chuckle!
access hollywood broke it down for us last night. they said the contestants get paid something like 130k to do the show, then 20k for each additional episode that they stay on. they can get paid up to 300k by the end.
I am not a Denise Richards fan at all, but I think there might have been a conspiracy behind her departure. I think Karina threatened to walk if they weren’t kicked off because Max is doing the horizontal mambo with Denise! I’m just sayin’ …
Fox is developing a dating-competition series that casts “average-looking” people.
The series, titled “More to Love,” is billed as the first “dating show for the rest of us,” throwing open its doors to overweight contestants.
“For six years it’s been skinny-minis and good-looking bachelors, and that’s not what the dating world looks like,” Fox president of alternative Mike Darnell said. “Why don’t real women — the women who watch these shows, for the most part — have a chance to find love too?”
Fox is developing the project with Mike Fleiss, the producer of ABC’s “The Bachelor.” Indeed, the project has a similar format to “Bachelor,” where a group of woman compete for one man (producers describe him as a “Kevin James-type”).
It marks the first time Darnell and Fleiss have teamed for a series in about nine years. The duo’s previous dating show was the controversial, groundbreaking 2000 special “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?” which set the format template for “Bachelor” and a legion of imitators.
“More to Love” was inspired by the recent ratings success of “Bachelor” and the popularity of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” which Darnell credits with shattering an industry assumption that TV viewers only wanted to watch highly attractive people.
“This show is going to get a lot of people talking,” Darnell said. “It may be a little controversial, but I think it will mostly be positive. This is so simple and so obvious, yet it has never been done.”
Broadcast reality-dating shows such as the CW’s “Beauty and the Geek” and NBC’s “Average Joe” have featured less-than-handsome men but paired them with model-esque women.
“Most of the country isn’t a Size 2,” Fleiss said. “It’s the dating show for the rest of us.”
Contestants will do the sort of activities seen on “Bachelor,” but producers suspect Jacuzzi or massage dates will take on a different perspective. “More to Love” will have makeover aspects — when contestants wear ballroom gowns, for instance — but Fleiss said the focus will not be on physical improvement.
“We want to send the message that you can be the size you are and still be lovable,” he said. “We aren’t going to thin these girls down so they can find love — that’s a backwards message.”
But Fleiss has left open the possibility of twists. “More to Love” is casting, and no airdate has been set. For Fox, it marks a return to the relationship genre years after the network aired such shows as “Multi-Millionaire,” “My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance” and “The Littlest Groom.”
Missing Meeps: All I can say is “pineapple!” Not that I think “the rest of us” don’t deserve to find love, but I usually find reality shows on the Fox network to be even more cheesy than on other networks – and that’s maybe too much cheese factor for me.
I was at the grocery store this afternoon and saw the new People magazine cover, which has a huge face shot of Melissa on it. The caption says something like “Sweet Revenge” (I think — the main thing I remember was the “revenge” and something about it being an “exclusive interview”). Sadly for Mel, this is *not* her best photo. All I could think was “What in the world have they done with her eyebrows?!” They are like pencil lines, poor thing. Didn’t read the article, so don’t know the details, but they’re definitely working on stretching out her 15 minutes….
Have you guys heard this????
Looks like getting dumped was the best thing ever to happen to Melissa Rycroft.
Riding the wave of her newfound popularity, the jilted “Bachelor” fiancée is currently dancing up a storm on “Dancing with the Stars,” where she is easily considered one of the favorites.
And the ultimate playboy has taken notice.
Hugh Hefner has allegedly offered the former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader $500,000 to pose in Playboy magazine, according to Star.
They are doing casting calls at various Lane Bryant stores around the country – the schedule is posted on their website. So it’s going to be ridiculous if they end up having size 10 girls on the show, which is I’m sure going to happen.
PINEAPPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Pop star dressed as pineapple robbed
Three men in Sweden beat up Japanese singer who was filming video
The Associated Press
updated 3:11 p.m. CT, Sun., April. 5, 2009
STOCKHOLM – Police say a Japanese pop star dressed up as a pineapple has been robbed while shooting a music video in southern Sweden.
Police spokesman Bo Paulsson says three young men beat up 41-year-old Hideki Kaji and robbed him of camera equipment worth around 20,000 kronor ($2,500) late Saturday.
Paulsson says the pineapple-clad artist had been left alone with the equipment while the camera crew went for a break. He was left with a cut lip and lost a dental implant.
Police said they had no suspects for the crime Sunday.
Kaji has released more than 10 solo albums since splitting from the band Bridge in the 1990’s. He is also famous for recording a duet with Saint Etienne singer Sarah Cracknell.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30057314/?GT1=43001“
Okay, so I decided to pop over here and see what you do in The Bachelor “off season”, and you are still just so talentedly (is that a word?) entertaining. Hope you don’t mind the visit. Have a wonderful EASTER weekend!
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