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The Situation can't dance.
He was one of the lowest-ranking celebs on the Dancing With the Stars premiere Monday night.
The Jersey Shore star (real name: Mike Sorrentino) had only five days of training because he had to finish shooting his hit MTV show. He said his first day of rehearsal was "painful ... I am most worried about not being prepared for my first dance."
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And he wasn't.
Of his cha cha, judge Len Goodman said, "I think you've got potential ... you're just under-rehearsed. It lacked polish. You've got the guns, but not the ammunition. Better luck next week." Bruno Tonioli told him, "You're gonna look like a jackass if you carry on like that ... You've got to apply yourself ... This wasn't very good. You have to take this seriously." Carrie Ann Inaba's critique: "You've got to work on the 80s style of dancing."
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He and parter Karina Smirnoff walked away with 15 out of 30, tying Margaret Cho and David Hasselhoff for the lowest score of the night.
"I tried my hardest out there," he said, adding that his confidence has been dashed. "I'd like to improve."
The night's other anticipated performer, Bristol Palin, didn't do as bad.
To dance the cha cha, she chose the classic tune "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)," saying that it summed up her relationship with ex-fiance Levi Johnston (father of her baby son). "Mama told me not to do it, but I did it anyway!" she said, referring to her mother, former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin (who was a no-show at the DWTS broadcast).
When Bristol and partner Mark Ballas hit the dance floor, she quickly tore off her conservative attire to show a sexy red dress that revealed plenty of leg. Judge Goodman told her it was a "very acceptable performance for week one." He said she had "good hip action," but she needs to "loosen up." Tonioli said if she focuses more, she will "get better and better," while Inaba praised her for her "fantastic legs."
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She walked away with 16 out of 30 -- tying Brady Bunch mom Florence Henderson and Michael Bolton.
The Hills' Audrina Patridge scored in the middle with 19 out of 30.
The show's early frontrunner: Dirty Dancing alum Jennifer Grey, who moved Inaba to tears (she scored the highest - 24 out of 30).
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26Hey Situation, please stay home, you cannot dance. You did not make one dance step. Your partner did all the dancing. Whew, what a disaster.
he did okay...only had five days...will step up
Bristol danced like a hoe.
Some of you are such Haters, the Situation did awesome considering he only had 5 days and not to mention with his busy schedule and stuff, I know he will do much better with more practice.
He needs a chance!
More practice wouldn't have helped much, you have a sense of rhythm or you don't and he don't
His upper body was stiff but he wasn't as bad as the judges said he was. I think they wanted to give him a hard time. I've seen worse!
the story didn't even mention Kurt Warner! What's up with that!
It was hideous! Katrina did all the dancing and he just clomped around flat footed. He is incredibly pigeon toed and you can't fix that with rehearsals! He is going to be gone fast. He's way too cocky. He sucked!
Yeah it wasn`t that bad, compared to the Hoff, M Cho or some others...
It didn't suck that bad...
SITCH Killed IT
He did well for the amount of time he had. Margaret Cho was so much worse. She didn't even try. At least Mike tried.
Of course my favorite to win before this started was Jennifer. Loved watching her dance. I agree with most of the other comments about The Situation. For only having 5 days of rehearsal I thought he did really well. Bristol has the moves she just needs to relax and enjoy. She can move better than I think we expected!!
Let's see how he does when he has as much practice as the others. Bristol did well for having no celebrity background. Linda Gray doesn't seem appropriate candidate given her background but I guess they set her up to win from day one, given who they partnered her with and given that they show and showcase the connection to Patrick.
US weekly-You suck! He did awesome for only 5 days of practice. His fans will keep him. I voted 12 times for him last night. He did great, actually alot better than those who had 12 days of practice. We will see tonight won't we fans?
He did AWESOME for the first time. LOVED the Travolta Saturday Night Fever moves! Hes only slightly cocky, but he definitely has some class the way he took things last night! LOVE YA MIKE!
I think they put him in his place and his cockiness wasn't as heavy as before. If you watch Jersey shore you can see how cocky he is and he looked scared on the show
I thought he did okay for having almost NO rehearsal!
I thought he did pretty good.He's cocky but that shouldn't be held against him when it comes to judging his dancing! I agree with the other poster, they need people without a background in dance--that's what makes it interesting.