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EXCLUSIVE: Bristol Palin's Dance Partner's Dad: 'Comparing Her To Jennifer Grey Was Like A Volkswagen To Rolls Royce'


Posted on Nov 27, 2010 @ 07:00AM - 29 comments

Single mom Bristol Palin may have landed Dancing With The Stars' third place, behind ultimate winner Jennifer Grey, but it didn't come as much of a surprise to one astute judge -- the famous father of the single mom's dance partner Mark.

Single mom Bristol Palin may have landed Dancing With The Stars' third place, behind ultimate winner Jennifer Grey, but it didn't come as much of a surprise to one astute judge -- the famous father of the single mom's dance partner Mark.

Corky Ballas, a retired professional ballroom dancer who has one a host of awards, told RadarOnline.com: "Comparing her (Bristol) to Jennifer Grey was like a Volkswagen to Rolls Royce."

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"Everyone expected Jennifer to win," he added, "Nobody puts baby in the corner; come on! She danced in Dirty Dancing. It would have been a joke if she didn't win."

Corky has trained many of Dancing with the Stars' professionals including Karina Smirnoff, Julianne Hough, Derek Hough and Tony Dovolan.

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This season, he partnered with Florence Henderson until she was eliminated in week five of the competition.

"No one was mad that Bristol lost," Corky told RadarOnline.com. "At the end of the day, this is a TV show. People just had way too much invested in the show."

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While Corky took the dance floor on the season finale, he also found time to speak with Bristol's mom, the former Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, during a backstage catch-up.

"I spoke with Sara and congratulated her on how well Bristol did," Corky said.

"I told Sara that Bristol put on a brave face throughout this entire ordeal. Not only does the show kick your butt -- with the dancing and training -- Bristol had to deal with a lot of other stuff."

"People called her names, saying she's fat and calling her mother stupid.

"For that young woman to go out there like that and perform her butt off, that takes tenacity and thick skin. I tip my hat to Bristol."

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Posted on Nov 24, 2010 @ 06:44AM - 15 comments

Nobody keeps 'Baby' in the corner - or  from the mirror-ball.

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VIDEO: Bristol Palin Hoped To 'Give A Big Middle Finger' To Her Critics


Posted on Nov 24, 2010 @ 05:07AM - 11 comments

Oh no she didn't!

After whispers of conservative conspiracies, a loud shotgun blast to one man's TV set, and a fake white powder scare at the CBS studios where Dancing With The Stars is taped, Bristol Palin fired back at her critics on Tuesday's season finale of DWTS, saying that "going out there and winning would be like a big middle finger to all the people out there that hate my mom and hate me."

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VIDEO: Bristol Palin -- No More Monkey Business


Posted on Nov 23, 2010 @ 05:00AM - 2 comments

After a week of controversy, Bristol Palin scored 52 out of 60 points on Monday’s finals week edition of Dancing With The Stars, atoning for her monkey suit tomfoolery from earlier this season in the process.

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Monday's agenda consisted of two dances: a freestyle number and a redemption dance, in which contestants were to re-do a low-scoring number from earlier in the season.

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Posted on Nov 23, 2010 @ 02:37AM - 5 comments

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VIDEO: Stunned Brandy Voted Off DWTS; Bristol Palin Makes Final 3!


Posted on Nov 17, 2010 @ 04:45AM - 51 comments

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In a jaw-dropping stunner, Bristol Palin has made the final three on Dancing With The Stars, after the clearly superior dancer Brandy was voted off the show Tuesday night.

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Posted on Nov 17, 2010 @ 04:00AM - 1 comment

Following her shocking elimination from Dancing With The Stars Tuesday, Brandy and pro partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to discuss her surprising loss to Bristol Palin.

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Posted on Nov 09, 2010 @ 05:30AM - 8 comments

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