'Dancing's' Final Curse

The final curse of DWTS (ok, I know you get mad when I call it a curse, so let's call it a coincidental freak accident) happened tonight. Cheetah Girl Sabrina Bryan's professional dance partner and rumoured new boyfriend was injured half way through their Cha Cha and taken to the hospital by ambulance.

Those with a keen eye (my mom and I included) noticed that a little over half way through their dance Mark abruptly stopped using his left arm. At one point you can see him say something to Sabrina. Later in the show, Mark was absent from the audience seat directly behind Sabrina where the pro dancers had been sitting behind the celebrities. As I mentioned last week the Celine Dion performance was pretaped. on November 19th. So, that's why he had no troubles during that dance earlier in the show.

Apparently, some of the folks who work here and were backstage didnt have keen eyes and missed the story. Had I been there of course (and not on vacation) I would have known something was wrong and gotten the story but instead I have to rely on ABC 7 here in LA who spoke to the dancers backstage after the show. It sounds like Mark was injured before the show even began and had been walking around backstage with a sling on his arm due to a shoulder injury. He chose to go out and perform anyway and obviously the pain was too much. MEN!

Speaking of pain...Was that not the most painful two hours of television to get to the winner? OMG. Seriously. That gave the word stretch new meaning. I guess I have to swallow my words and say I was wrong about Marie Osmond ultimately taking the mirror ball trophy due to her fan base. So, maybe its not a popularity contest after all!