| Nothing stands a greater chance of invoking Len's derision and penchant for a catchy put-down than a gimmick in a routine, but sometimes they pay off. Which was your favorite ploy? |
| | Funnyman Adam Corolla scored some originality points for his Zorro-on-a-unicycle paso doble but he was promptly sent home the next night. Hey buddy, it isn't called Cycling With the Stars! |
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| | Mark Dacascos is a martial-arts whiz, but his kung-fu-inspired debut performance was panned by the judges, who wanted more cha cha cha and less chop-chop-chop! |
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| | Mark Ballas and Shawn Johnson donned geeky gym clothes for aJohnson's lively Lindy HopHop, with geeky thatgym includedclothes severaland gymnastic leaps from the Olympic medalist, was deemed, you guessed it, "too gimmicky." |
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| | We get it, Tom DeLay, you're a politician. You're patriotic! But we got stress fractures just watching this star-spangled routine! |
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| | "Too much choo choo," denounced Len Goodman of this cutesy train-inspired jitterbug from Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson. |
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