| RoccOut of 'Dancing with Stars' |
| Wednesday, 15 October 2008 08:36 | |||
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The chef who never got cooking on the dance floor stage got eliminated from "Dancing with the Stars" Tuesday. Rocco DiSpirito, the chef behind the reality show "The Restaurant" will now take his own rest from ballroom dancing after his samba was found lacking Monday both by judges and apparently by home viewers too. It couldn't have been a surprise, as he was informed he was last last week and was told he would have been out then had it not been a non-elimination week because of Misty May-Treanor withdrawing because of an injury. But it couldn't have felt good for the athletic looking 41 year old to be leaving while an elderly actress literally twice his age, Cloris Leachman, who ended up tying him for lowest score this week, got to stay another week. But if he felt bad, he didn't show it. "I have nothing but grateful feeling to the entire cast and crew," he said in the closing minutes of the show. "This is a once in a lifetime experience." To his professional dance partner, Karina Smirnoff, he said: "I know teaching me how to dance must feel like pushing a stone uphill sometimes but thank you so much. I owe you for the gift of dance, I really appreciate it." Desipirito even had good words for his judges, such as Carrie Ann Inaba and Len Goodman, who gave scores that tied him for last this week, and made him second to last a week ago. "Carrie Ann, for always having something gracious and positive to say, and Len, absolutely you're a class act." As a last request, he wanted Bruno Tonioli to show him how to make his hips move properly. Ever the ham, Tonioli did. Next week, the remaining eight celebrities and their partners will dance from one of four dances new to the show: The hustle, jitterbug, salsa and West Coast Swing, described by judge Len Goodman as "first cousins" of the Latin ballroom dancing that predominate on the show. Source
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