'Dancing With the Stars' Recap: Paso Double-Take

It’s rock week. What does that mean? The "DWTS" house band had to learn a bunch of new songs, like usual, and the costumes had lots of sequins -- like usual. It was also dance marathon night, which meant that each star got two scores.

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If she’s not at the top, Jennifer Grey is at least top two. But tonight? She fell almost to the bottom of the leaderboard, leaving Brandy to take the top spot for the second week running. The pop star dominated in both the individual and marathon rounds.

The rest of our stars are almost tied up. Very few points separate the bottom five contenders from each other, so anyone could go home this week.

Here’s how our stars rocked out:

Audrina Patridge

Her crisp and precise paso doble just didn’t have the passion or the craziness you need with a larger-than-life Queen song. Carrie Ann praised Audrina for her progress throughout the season, but was clearly looking for a little more spirit behind the moves, as were Len and Bruno.

Paso doble: 24/30

Marathon: 8

Total: 32/40

Kyle Massey

Kyle can’t seem to catch a break. Both this week’s tango and last week’s "Charlie’s Angels"-inspired foxtrot were huge hits with the audience and got nitpicked by the judges. Carrie Ann pointed out some difficulty Kyle and Lacey had coming out of a spin and Len told Kyle that he needs to work on his technique. Their scores could put our Disney prince in real danger.

Tango: 23/30

Marathon: 7

Total: 30/40

Jennifer Grey

At the promising start of her paso doble I thought the only thing I’d have to criticize tonight would be Jennifer’s terrible hair extensions. Unfortunately, she and Derek really flubbed this one: their timing was a little off, Jennifer had a serious stumble coming out of a spin and the whole routine was frenzied. Bruno called her a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown and then waved his arms around. Ouch.

Paso doble: 20/30

Marathon: 9

Total: 29/30

Rick Fox

A tango to Van Halen? Why not! I’m starting to believe that Rick and Cheryl can pull off just about anything. He was a little stiff at the beginning, but Rick turned in a fantastic performance. His control throughout the routine was amazing: he didn’t sacrifice any passion for the precision of his movements. I think this was Rick’s best performance to date.

Tango: 24/30

Marathon: 6

Total: 30/40

Bristol Palin

The tango is the undoing of many a star, but Miss Palin is bucking the trend. Her footwork was excellent, but she broke hold toward the end of the routine. The judges were pretty forgiving with their paddles, however, and called the performance Bristol’s best to date.

Tango: 23/30

Marathon: 5

Total: 28/40

Kurt Warner

Kyle might get all the attention for his over-the-top performance skills, but Kurt is waiting in the wings. What his tango lacked in polish it made up for in sheer theatricality.  For the second time in the broadcast Bruno stood up and waved his arms around, this time to demonstrate bad form. The audience seemed to love the routine, however, so maybe the voters will too.

Tango: 18/30

Marathon: 4

Total: 22/40

Brandy

Every Latin round has a hot tango, and this was it. Len called Brandy and Maks’ fierce routine the dance of the night. Brandy’s intensity was to be envied, even though she slipped up a few times toward the end.

Tango: 26/30

Marathon: 10/10

Total: 36/40

Who won over the judges? Brandy and Audrina

Who won over the crowd? Kyle, Rick and Kurt
Who needs to step it up? Kurt, Bristol and Jennifer