Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas (26/30) – They topped the leaderboard last week, and then Chelsea says “ass”. Hey, keep it clean, lady! No kidding around, their “America Week” song is Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA”. (Which I actually thought was a Modern Lovers cover for the longest time, until I heard the song. Recently.) She wants to break the rules this week, but America’s playing it straight. Conflict!
Their dance is a Samba, and there’s an old-timey gas pump on stage. Those two facts are unrelated. But Mark is wearing a sleeveless denim jacket with a rhinestone flag on the back. The visual and auditory assault aside, this is quite a good dance. It’s flashy and a little bit goofy, and there’s really good technique. I like it a lot!
