ABC/KELSEY MCNEALWith two celebrity heads on the chopping block Tuesday, there wasn't much wiggle room for the stars who didn't cut it last night.
A familiar set of names failed to impress the judges for the fourth week in a row, but, as we know from seasons past, voters tend not to give a squat what the judges think!
His most impressive move to date had been the way he'd dodged elimination so far, but tonight the plug was finally pulled on Steve Wozniak's two left feet, one of which has been in need of a cast while the other supported a torn hamstring.
Joining the Apple Computer cofounder on the outskirts of Dancing With the Stars was Holly Madison, who had the body but somehow not the bounce required to groove with the best of 'em.
"This is a great show, a great process, a great system," gushed the effervescent Steve-Dub, who said performing on the show made him feel "like the luckiest person in the world." (But that may have just been the money talking.)
Holly's exit also marked the end of former So You Think You Can Dance finalist Dmitry Chaplin's debut DWTS season.
"It was a lot physically harder than I thought it was going to be, but it was so much fun and I'm so glad l got a chance to do it," the Girls Next Door star, a last-minute replacement for Jewel, said. "And I still love the costumes—that's still my favorite part," she added.
"You wear them well," Tom Bergeron nodded approvingly.
But the stars who managed to up their games Monday get a shot at learning either the paso doble or the Viennese waltz for next week, not having been sacrificed to the gods of rabid fan bases and busy phone lines.
It isn't an elimination show without a hefty sigh of relief coming from the sidelines—and sure enough, there was the oft-injured Steve-O rounding out the bottom three after last night's Lindy Hop disaster.
But was that a look of resignation the Jackass stuntmeister gave Lacey Schwimmer when they were ushered into next week?
Meanwhile, further proving that Americans love their football, Lawrence Taylor and partner Edyta Sliwinska joined the steamy twosome that is Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke in the "immediately safe" category. Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas, despite a two-point dip last night, weren't far behind, although first they had to sit through a paso doble demonstration to the tune of Kevin Rudolf's "Let It Rock."
Then a pass was handed to real-life couple Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough, while Lil' Kim and Derek Hough—who really should be raking in the votes here—were eventually ferried to safety following a Boyz II Men medley.
Also deserving of many more weeks in the spotlight are Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani, Ty Murray and Chelsie Hightower, and David Alan Grier and Kym Johnson.