What a joke that Joanna is out.  The judges should be the only votes that count during the

semi-finals.  Let the viewers vote but only count only 1% of there votes.  That way we will

get the best dancers in the finals.  What do the three judges think of the results?

Why have a contest if the best do not winJoe

The only dance in which I really found  Joanna fascinating is the dance of the future.  This is due mostly to Derek's genius as a choreographer and his ability to read his partner.  They were synchronized, separate, aware yet detached; a perfect commentary on  her involvement with the dance. The sulk on her face with which she approached her partner preliminary to their partnering in the Viennese waltz was coarse.  Admittedly she was graceful, admittedly the drapery fluttered in the breeze but I experienced the dance as an exercise not as a waltz. For a dance where communication of the greatest passion is carried on by the slightest pressure of the hand, this waltz was slick. The Viennese waltz performed by the next contestant was infinitely more beautiful.  Her elimination removed the one gaudy presence in the show, hallelujah.  Having Derek and Joanna repeat the waltz was a very real insult to Kelly.  It seemed a deliberate attempt to diminish her achievement.  She did make a few missteps in her first dance but otherwise she was pretty terrific.  The finals would have been too too boring without her.