'Dancing' to Perfection

We'll get to Carrie Anne's very annoying crank monster act in a few minutes (Tom Bergeron referred to her as the night's "school marm," also very appropriate, but crank monster seemed to be the favored term in this household.)

Helio -- not perfect, but still a standout.(Carol Kaelson/ABC)

What about Sabrina Bryan? A perfect score in only Week 4 of the "Dancing With the Stars" competition -- the earliest anyone had managed to drum up three 10s in earlier seasons was Week 6. Is there any question now that she's established herself as the dancer to beat? It also raises the issue, of course, of whether or not those who are professional singers with professional choreography experience (which would also include Spice Girl Mel B) have a distinct advantage. Let's face it, Sabrina has power and technique and such focus. She even got Carrie Anne to cough up the 10 tonight.

So, back to Carrie Anne. Yes, yes, yes. I know that perfectionists and rules-followers will back her up for getting on some dancers' backs tonight for having feet that left the floor in the Viennese Waltz or an illegal lift in the Paso Doble (though pretty much all off them argued back). But she was just so annoying. I was all up with Len's mood -- as in, let's just have a "lift-free zone" for the evening (esp. since it was borderline in some cases) and enjoy how high the level of dancing has been this season. Even when Carrie Anne wanted to truly laud Helio Castroneves (who continues to be a standout among the men), she still had to back into it with another snarky comment about "toes on the ground." Enough already.

No surprises in the world of the bottom-dwelling: Floyd Mayweather and Mark Cuban continue to reside in the basement, despite both making more improvements. Floyd beat Mark out by a point, but he has to be the odds-on favorite to go home tomorrow night given how the voters have shown a penchant for saving Cuban (as a poster pointed out last week; Cuban's personal blog and the traffic it drives could be a factor). Also, Mayweather could not have won himself audience points for his little-boy scoring meltdown last week. Not attractive.

Breakout performance of the week: Cameron Mathison. Yowser. So after being described by Bruno a few weeks back as being Superman sometimes and Clark Kent the rest, Cameron ends up dancing his Paso Doble to... Superman music. Not the easiest to choreograph, but Oh. Did. He. Work. It. He came on this show hoping to mine the whole soap-opera-dreamboat thing for votes. Ahem. I think we'll see that this week. Talk about safe.

As for the rest, with fellow Beverly Hills 90210 alum and former "Dancer" Ian Ziering in the crowd, Jennie Garth continued her upswing, and had a genuine jaw-drop when Len gave her a "10" as well for the night. (Cranky Carrie Anne gave her an 8, Bruno a 9, and Jennie wound up in a three-way tie for second with a 27). And Marie Osmond and Jane Seymour just keep on showing up with such elegant fabulousness that I swear I shall ban mentioning their ages from here on out. They make age meaningless.

On to the Scoreboard:
Sabrina Bryan - 30
Cameron Mathison - 27
Jennie Garth - 27
Helio Castroneves - 27
Jane Seymour - 26
Marie Osmond - 26
Mel B -26
Floyd Mayweather - 23
Mark Cuban - 22

By Jennifer Frey |  October 16, 2007; 7:49 AM ET Dancing With the Stars
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