Dancing with the Stars

Hello!

I am a regular viewer of this fabulous dance show on Channel 7 here. It is called “Dancing with the Stars” and it is a competition. Couples dance to different types of music and do different classes of dances in each round to prove their proficiency in all forms of dancing be it the Waltz or the Tango or the Salsa. One thing is certain, it is a treat to one’s eyes.

I have been avidly following the fortunes of many of the good performers (and I am not exaggerating when I say all couples in the competition have shown amazing skills) and like anyone would, have grown to have a soft corner for some couples. Well, they melted that corner with their stunning dancing to make it soft!

Tonight’s show, the equivalent of what could be called a quarter-final, with four lovely couples proved an exhilarating experience. It also left me a little unhappy. I will tell you why.

Given that all four couples in tonight’s “test” have consistently pushed the bar of excellence a notch skywards in the past weeks, one does always discern a little, if only miniscule, more icing on some cakes than some others. You know what I mean.

So let it be recorded that I feel for the charming Jason and the lovely Luda having to exit the competition. Mark and Holly have always been the professional dancers who have it in them to enthral any audience. They are the best dancers I have ever seen in a competition like this one. Tom and Kym have improved on their weaknesses by working hard and have grown in stature as a couple immensely and have impressed a lot of people. Ian and Natalie have always tried very hard but Ian is not the greatest dancer around. They did perform quite well certainly, but they still did need a miracle to not get eliminated at such an advanced stage of the competition. That is exactly what they did get! Half the points that the participants score are given out by the judges (professional dancers themselves) while the other half is accounted for by the number of votes each couple polls from the viewing public. To be fair to them, Ian was totally stunned to be told to be back next week for the “semi-final”.

Two things for us to take away from this tale:

1. Never to give up even when you are down. Down is never out. Fortune smiles on you when you least expect it but you should not have lacked in trying. As the famous song goes, “Zindagi ek safar hai suhana… Yahan kal kya ho, kisne jaana?”

2. Life can be sometimes a blossom and at other times a prickly thorn. Jason and Luda showed me how to laugh and sing through the spring and to smile through the autumn.

As a closing note I would like to commend Jason and Luda for the fantastic attitude they have brought to the fore throughout this competition apart from their fabulous dancing. You may not be in the competition any more, but to me you are still deserving winners and when I look up at the sky I will see you dancing with the stars!