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2009 Dancing With The Stars week 2: Mark Dascascos charms (video)


ABC/Adam Larkey. Mark Dacascos and Lacey Schwimmer during week 1.

Mark Dacascos and Lacey Schwimmer can really bring personality and power to the dance floor. Dressed in a brown vest and pants and white shirt, Dacascos slipped but recovered. Schwimmer was dressed in a champagne-colored long flapper dress. They danced the quickstep to "King of Swing" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

I loved the ending and his facial expressions.
Bruno Tonioli said Dacascos was a great performer, but he needed to get his feet under control. Sometimes he was on the heel instead of the toe.

Baz Luhrmann commended him on the incredible comeback after first fall, and thought he could be a great ballroom dancer.

Carrie Anne Inaba loved how Dacascos is very tight, very clean, very explosive in his moves and told him to breath a little more. Of the couples performing quickstep, Mark Dacascos and Lacey Schwimmer didn't score as well as Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff who got the high score of the night, but they tied Natalie Coughlin and Alec Mazo.
Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff: 27

  • Natalie Coughlin and Alec Mazo: 21
  • Mark Dacascos and Lacey Schwimmer: 21
  • Kathy Ireland and Tony Dovolani: 18
  • Michael Irvin and Anna Demidova: 20

With this score added to last week's, they tied for fifth place with Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel with their total points.

 

 

 

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