Is 'Dancing' Cursed?

Next up... someone gets arrested? I only say that because I can remember all the times "American Idol" castoffs wound up on the wrong side of the law! I'm pretty sure that won't be next. An injury perhaps? -- More likely.

There is no question it's strange. There is also no question that it's making for a great season. Normally, by this time we have reached our tipping point of actually caring about the show. Instead, it's front "Web" page news. So, I say, "Let's keep those incidents coming!"

On to Sabrina, who was eliminated last night. I, like everyone at the studio, was shocked to see her voted out. The more I thought about it though, the more I think it's actually not that shocking. My theory is that because of all the older celebrities participating, the audience doesn't skew as young as it once did. Somehow I just don't see "Cheetah Girl" fans being all that interested in a ballroom dancing competition. Sabrina is popular in the tweeny bopper set but that is all she had. She doesn't have the same crossover appeal as say… Billy Ray Cyrus did.

Sabrina is one tough cookie. I never once saw her shed a single tear afterwards. Producers, judges, friends, family and all the other dancers kept coming up to her and trying to comfort her but she held it together the entire time. At one point, a young girl (who I'm assuming was a close friend) came up to her bawling and gave her a hug. Sabrina yelled at her, "stop, stop, stop, stop." Melanie Brown offered to take her out on the town and Marie jokingly told her, "Don't feel bad, your fans are really young and they don't know how to dial your number."

Her dance partner [and I'm assuming her new beau based on how they kept calling each other "baby" during my interview], Mark Ballas, was the one with the tears. Why the tears? He said it was from his deep disappointment, "I've loved every minute of dancing with Sabrina and I just wanted to try my best to take her all the way but maybe I didn't do enough."