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Dancing With The Stars Week Nine Semi-Finals Recap & Scores 5/16/11

We’re liveblogging the semi-finals of the show — and wondering who’s going to be eliminated on tomorrow night’s show. Any guesses??? An injured Kym Johnson will also be dancing, even though she was spotted in Los Angeles earlier this week, wearing a neck brace.

Round One

Dancing first are Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff, but first he said that it was the fans that got him through last week’s elimination. Poor guy, he said that his knee is still sore. He said now “it’s win or go home” and he doesn’t want to go home without the trophy.

Up first, they’re doing the Argentine Tango. He seems to have recovered nicely from his injury. He has such excellent posture and this is a very difficult dance. They did very nicely! Len said that he liked the setup and the dance was sharp and precise. Bruno said he was stern and slightly detached. He didn’t seem to like the dance, and the audience boo’ed. Carrie Ann said she wants to see it all connected. Score: 25

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Dancing next are Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, doing the Viennese Waltz. Kirstie is doing a lot better with her dancing skills. She is showing a lot of improvement (could it be her partner?) She did a great job. Bruno said that she “set sail beautifully” and said “well done”. Carrie Ann said she was impressed and she felt brought into the whole performance. Len said it was a gruelling dance, but she had beautiful posture and good rotation. Score: 27

Up next are Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas doing the Argentine Tango. She is dancing so professionally, you can tell that she definitely deserves to be in the Finals. Very well done! Standing ovation from the audience. Carrie Ann said the dance wasn’t up to par and she didn’t feel Chelsea finished her moves. Len said her legs lacked authority, but it was clean and precise. Bruno said she played it well and she was on it. He gave her a very enthusiastic “well done!” Score: 28

Hines Ward and Kym Johnson are up next, and they’re showing footage of how she fell during rehearsal. They are doing the Argentine Tango and she’s dancing like she wasn’t injured at all. Good for her for bouncing back! Hines is doing well in this dance and he looks good. Hines is crying. You can tell that he was really worried about her. Len said he was there in the club, watching the story unfold. He said, “Now that is a Tango!” Bruno said it was like good sex, you never want it to end. Carrie Ann said she’s happy that Kym is okay and she’s so impressed with the routine. She said it was beyond anything they could’ve asked for in a dance routine. Score: 30!

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