Bristol Credit’s Her Palin ‘Thick Skin’ For ‘Dancing’ Longevity (WOW)

This is something that’s supposed to be uplifting and just something positive and I don’t want those people out there to turn it into something else,” the 20-year-old, who scored a grand total of 52 out of 60 on Monday, continued. “People are going to say whatever they want to say and we’re used to it. Bristol explained to Shaun that if she were to win, she believes it would be fair. “I feel that everyone has worked their butts off in this competition and were out at the studio for hours on end, we’re all working hard for this and we’re all enjoying ourselves and I think whoever wins we’re all going to support them,” she explained. “A little bit of baby powder. “If ever there was a season that’s hard to predict I think it’s this one,” Inaba said, acknowledging that it isn’t the first one in which fan votes are influencing who advances in the competition. “I wish the judges’ scores carried more weight. PEOPLE: Kyle Massey loses 8 inches off his waistline Now that the judges’ scores have been tallied, the contestants’ fates are in the hands of the American voting public. “Everyone is on high alert,” a source told gossip reporter Rob Shuter. “I think it’s bad juju,” she said after earning a perfect 60 points on Monday’s episode. Palin’s mother, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, gave equal praise – in the form of raucous applause and cheering – to all of the evening’s dancers. “It’s like a scene from ‘The Bodyguard,’ with Bristol playing the leading lady.” Monday night’s episode went off without any reported security incidents. When people ask me if the right person has won, I always say yes, because the concept of the show is not, who is the best dancer? See the full article on PEOPLE.com © 2010 People and Time Inc.

Play our celebrity hair game now! “It’ll be crazy if we win,” Massey said. “It can be scary because there are people whose sense of reality is not the same as everyone else. Though she said on Monday’s episode “there’s lots of haters out there that are waiting for me to fail,” the 20-year-old single mom said after the show that she’s shrugged off her detractors and feels she deserves to win. “We’ve been working our butts off,” she said. “It added confidence to my jive.” And it was the jive, for which Palin and Ballas earned their best score, that she performed as her redemption dance. The supporters were out in full force for the other contestants, too. On Tuesday night, each pair will perform two more dances – each “Star” will get to choose their personal favorite routine from the season and give it another go, as well as an “Instant Dance,” in which they will have to master the Cha Cha Cha to music they’ve been given for the first time immediately after the show’s broadcast has begun. The final two dances will close out the judges’ scores, with viewer votes based on Monday’s performances accounting for half of each team’s final total.