Steve-O

She’s been a contender from the beginning but Melissa Rycroft is the most recent competitor on Dancing with the Stars to be felled by the Dancing Curse.

This season it’s taken out Jewel, Nancy O’Dell and had its way with Steve-O.

Now, after topping the leader board last week with her Argentine tango, Melissa had to sit out of Monday’s performance show because of an injury.

This week the judges invited Li’l Kim and Derek to encore their Jailhouse Rock Jive, the dance that took them to the top of the leader board for the first time this season.

The first filler performance of the night was the cast of West Side Story performing “America” and doing a little something called being a triple threat before the first safe couples were announced.

Li’l Kim and Derek are the first safe couple followed by Lawrence and Edyta.

Dancing with the Stars reached the halfway point last night and the couples were confronted with the Rumba and the Jive. That meant it was all about bringing it hot and fast.

This week on Dancing with the Stars, it was time to tackle the Paso Doble and the Viennese Waltz.

Last night on Dancing with the Stars, the judges invited back their first couple of the season for an encore and, of course, they chose Gilles and Cheryl, the first couple to receive a perfect score, and very early in the season.

Since two couples were going home this week, there was no dance off, just the pressure of the bottom three, instead of two.

The first safe couple, “no surprise here” said Tom Bergeron, “Gilles and Cheryl.” Joining them, Lawrence and Edtya.

The first couple in the bottom also wasn’t a surprise, Holly and Dmitry.

Facing this week’s double elimination, everyone pushed extra hard with two new dances, the Lindy Hop and the Argentine Tango.

David and Kym were first to perform the Lindy Hop, a perfect dance for David and all his ADD energy. He even threw in a cartwheel. “It had fun, it had energy, occasionally you lost the rhythm,” Len conceded. “The footwork…is something you could work on,” Bruno agreed. “I loved it, I thought it was great,” Carrie Ann countered. The judges give them 22 points.

Last night, Dancing with the Stars had the best group dance to the best performance we’ve ever seen on the show.

Hall and Oates (yeah, Hall and Oates) took the stage to perform their megahit “Maneater” (that’s our jam!) while Karina, Dmitry, Tony and Maks did an 80s inspired, Flashdance-esque group dance that was brillz.

Karina and her Ogilvy home perm were killing it and at the end of the dance, she and Maks came in for an almost kiss that was both very sexy and totally sweet. We audibly awww-ed.

But now for who stays and who goes.

Dancing with the Stars Recap: Week Three

Denise and Maks started the show with a Samba that was just sad. Denise looked graceless, confused and lost. Len felt they needed "more Latin kick." "That was so flat and full of holes" Bruno chided. "We're going backwards." "I'm gonna have to go with Bruno" Carrie Ann agreed. Two fives and a six give them 16 points.

After performances by Big Bad VooDoo Daddy and Jewel, which Chelsie and Dmitry did a beautiful ballroom-meets-modern dance to, the bottom two couples were announced and, for the first time, they had to dance for their survival.

The bottom two couples were Steve Wozniak and Karina, no surprise, and Belinda Carlisle and Jonathan.

That’s right, Steve-O avoided the bottom two and elimination.

Last night’s episode of Dancing with the Stars began with a lot of questions. Who’s the French guy again? Why the hell is Lacey Schwimmer walking down the stairs by herself? And did the makeup people really need to go so crazy with Melissa’s spray tan? It’s very George Hamilton.