Dancing with the Stars week three performance by Chuck and Julianne. Their dance earned them a score of 23.
3/23/09
Country singer Chuck Wicks and his girlfriend-partner Julianne Hough, addressing the camera, tried to disabuse viewers of the notion that Chuck has an advantage in the competition because they’re involved, pointing out that he grew up on a potato farm. (Constant “Dancing With the Stars” viewers know that the only thing that really gives dancers a competitive advantage is growing up in either Utah or a former Warsaw Pact country.) “From now on,” Chuck said in rehearsal, “it’s all businass.” Which is potato-farmer slang for…?
In their foxtrot, Chuck led Julianne better than he had last week, but the couple, who were in formal wear, weren’t helped by the incongruous backing music, Sugarland’s “All I Want to Do.” One might blame the producers for that, but Chuck announced that the song was “for our country fans out there.” Bruno waxed enthusiastic if a little incoherent, saying, “I’m happy to say that I’m glad to see you on the driving seat finally¬—hand on the stick shift.” Making the point that he could understand how hard it is to teach one’s partner, judge Len Goodman continued the automotive theme, oversharing that when he had tried to teach his wife to drive, she failed the test and divorced him six months later. Carrie Ann, who apparently thought Chuck said that he grew up on a vineyard rather than a potato farm, told him to work on his “grapevine.” The judges gave them a total of 23 votes.
