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DWTS Week 2 is kinder to Woz
You think a pulled hamstring, judges' scorn, and general lack of grace or terpsichorial skill are drawbacks? Fuggedabout it. You cannot stop the Woz, you can only hope to contain him: the second-week results from Dancing With The Stars were a surprise for Steve Wozniak and his partner Karina Smirnoff, as they avoided the bottom two slots and another dance-off.
For a while there it looked like Woz' injury might knock him out of the competition, but he stuck it out and delivered a performance that the panel hated but the Internet and phone voters cherished.
If the power of Apple fandom can keep Woz twirling and dipping long enough to, you know, actually learn to dance without hurting himself or others, perhaps we will see the King of All Geeks on the winner's podium by season's end. Perhaps.
[via CNN]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Timm said 10:22AM on 3-26-2009
The only thing redeeming about this article and about Woz on Dancing with the stars is that beautiful woman he is posing next to.
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Jon said 10:16AM on 3-26-2009
I wonder if Woz will fall on his sword like John Sargeant in the UK version. He was the "comedically mismatched" participant who was loved by the fans and hated by the judges, and he quit because he thought it was ludicrous if he were to actually win by popularity rather than skill.
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Ianm.martin said 10:22AM on 3-26-2009
Google tells me her name is KarINA Smirnoff...
...not that I just google image searched her or anything.
uh...
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Darren said 10:26AM on 3-26-2009
Woz deserves his own show.
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Luna Lovegood said 11:33AM on 3-26-2009
Nah, there's already plenty of overweight buffoons on TV.
Frank said 5:10PM on 3-26-2009
go woz! i think the judges are picking on him unfairly. he represents the whole concept of that show: take stars who don't know how to dance, and teach them to. to criticize him because he wasn't flawless is just ridiculous -- he is clearly a studio audience favorite because of his attitude. he keeps smiling, keeps trying and shrugs off the horrible things the judges say to his face.
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