Chuck “Iceman” Liddell was finally chucked out of “Dancing with the Stars” along with professional dance partner Anna Trebunskaya.

Mixed martial artist Chuck Liddell appeared to be comfortable dancing the two-step in his jeans and leather vest. In fact Liddell’s performance this week was by far his best but though he (as usual) got praise from the judges for his hard work and ability to even dance at all, the low scores they gave combined with low viewer votes meant that he had to go home.

As judge Len Goodman said, “There’s a novelty value about you because you don’t expect you to be able to dance and so that’s good. But eventually you’ve got to come down to the fact that this is a dance competition and your quality of dancing isn’t there.”

Despite being booted off the show, Liddell’s partner remains proud of him saying that Liddell made her proud each week and that she loved working with her “bear and hippo”.

Other highlights of the last DWTS episode includes Mya and Melissa Joan Hart’s great scores, which I think they really deserved. Of course any Shakira performance is a treat so her appearance (she performed “ Hips Don’t Lie” and “Did it Again” )is another highlight for me.

Next week we’ll be seeing the last 10 pairs dance the Argentine tango and the paso doble. They will also be performing the hustle as a group.

Right after Paula Abdul sent out the tweet announcing that she won’t be back on American Idol next season the whole world was in an uproar. So much so that according to Kevin Reilly, Fox Entertainment’s President, Lance Armstrong was tweeting about the whole thing during the Tour de France. Apparently though while the whole world was stunned as they contemplated Idol without Paula, Reilly and the rest of Fox was not that rattled even coming out just 36 hours after with a guest judge (Victoria Beckham…so cool!) for the upcoming Idol auditions making Paula look like she’s really getting the short end of the stick in the deal (or no deal).

Anyway Paula is back with a vengeance (or might be back with a vengeance) with TV execs, the most prominent of which is ABC Entertainment’s President Stephen McPherson, courting her. According to McPherson, “We’d love to have her on ‘Dancing,’ whether as a contestant or participant of some sort, judge. I think she’s a huge talent. There’s a lot made about who she is. I think there is a sensitivity and emotion there that balances out ‘Idol.’ We’d love to get a piece of that.” With their romantic history it isn’t surprising that McPherson knows just how huge a talent Paula really has. But history notwithstanding the point is that Paula is surely going to be worth a lot now that she’s in the market and the demand is much more than the supply.

As for her future endeavors since we found out the Idol news through the the tweet that sealed the deal (quoted at the end of this post) I’m sure we’ll just have to keep on following Paula on Twitter to see what other announcements she might make.

“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent,but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day1become an international phenomenon.”

Dancing with the Stars has gone the “America’s Best Dance Crew” way when it comes to eliminating the bottom two teams: via dance-off. The major difference though is that instead of seeing two excellent routines that make it very hard for the judges to decide who to cut we have to watch two abysmal numbers again.

This week it was Belinda Carlisle (with Jonathan Roberts) and Steve Wozniak (with Karina Smirnoff) who had the great misfortune of having to show of their dancing skills, or lack of it, again. Belinda Carlisle had to go-go home when she got an even lower score for her salsa. Woz fared better than Belinda, though not more than he did the first time around, and kept his old score.

I can see the sense behind the new elimination format since the bottom two dancers at least get a chance to redeem themselves. However, it doesn’t make much sense when they don’t. Maybe they should wait till half of the dancers are eliminated and the week’s bottom two contestants are capable of actually challenging each other with a great dance-off. I’m pretty sure that with people responding to the first (possibly last?) dance-off the show’s producers will be taking notice. If the next dance-off doesn’t improve they’ll have to think of something really fast to make that segment seem more entertaining than a waste of time. Until then we can only cross our fingers and hope for a better dance-off next week.

Helio Castroneves isn’t going to let a tax evasion charge slow him down. The Dancing with the Stars star just completed a race. Unfortunately, will he be able to run fast enough to escape the IRS?

Meet the new cast of Dancing with the Stars! You’ll find singers Toni Braxton and Lance Bass, and reality TV personality Kim Kardashian, as well as a handful of athletes and even a celebrity chef.

Casting for Dancing With The Stars’ new season is currently underway and most of the speculation is revolving around erstwhile N’Sync outer Lance Bass. The talk is whether he will be paired with another man if ever he is included in the cast.

Opinions are mixed about the possibility of man-on-man action on TV. DWTS’ Cheryl Burke thinks it may not happen. She says America may not yet be ready to see two men dancing. But DWTS first season winner Kelly Monaco says she’s all for the idea.

Personally, I’d love to see DWTS really push the envelope with Bass in case he does agree. It’s just dancing, for chrissakes!

Kristi Yamaguchi takes the crown! She’s the first female winner of Dancing with the Stars in several seasons — and the very first contestant to get perfect 10s in all 3 dances!

“It’s great to know after having two kids and not competing for 16 years that I can still push myself,” says Kristi.

In mere hours, Dancing with the Stars will begin its two-part season finale (watch for it on ABC, Monday at 8 p.m., EST and Tuesday at 9 p.m., EST).

Who are you placing bets on? Will Olympic skater Kristi Yamaguchi add this gold medal to her collection of trophies, or will NFL star Jason Taylor make the winning kick (…and swing…and swirl…) Others are rooting for Cristian de la Fuente, who made a comeback after injuring his left bicep several weeks ago.

Reports say the couples practice ten or more hours a day. Hopefully, it’s worth it. (Tip: no doll costumes, please!)

Everyone thought that Marissa Jaret Winokur and Tony Dovolani would be eliminated from Dancing With the Stars, but it turned out that Mario and partner Karina Smirnoff were sent home. He took it gracefully, though.

“I’ve had a great time, a great partner and great competition,” Mario said: “Len, thank you for all the comments you made. Ultimately, you helped me become a better ballroom dancer. The comment about me being an inspiration to young people, I want to say that the real great ones are the young men and women fighting for our country…I had a ball. Thank you guys.”

A dramatic injury on Dancing with the Stars has fans debating whether or not Cristian de la Fuente is a cry baby or a hero.

What do you thinK? Can “severe muscle cramp” merit a trip to a hospital or is he just trying to save a mediocre dance by throwing in theatrics?