Dancing with the Stars: Episode #11.14

Read recap of the previous night's performances That's it for the Jolly Green Giant. Big night of music stars, big night of performance, and a surprise elimination make for a perfect 200th episode! Dancing the encore dance were the three couple of Team Apolo, who scored three 9's last night for their Cha Cha: Kurt & Anna, Brandy & Maks, and Jennifer & Derek. Superstar of Country Music Taylor Swift sang two songs tonight: "Mine" and "White Horse." She can do no wrong. Be sure to check out her special perfomance on the CMA Music Awards on Wednesday, November 10th. And legendary singer Rod Stewart performed a beautiful rendition of "I Get A Kick Out Of You" accompanied by Damian and Petra on the dancefloor. The evening was puncutated with looks back over the past 10 seasons, with the show giving out awards for: Most Dramatic Moment: Marie Osmond fainting Best Worst Dancer: Kenny Mayne Biggest Dancer Transformation: Louis Van Amstel And in an impressive performance including a flying nanny, Macy's Stars of Dance presented the Broadway cast of Mary Poppins. No one at the show could guess who was going to be eliminated, and neither could we. The scores last night were tight, and the stars have been on their A-game. Tonight we saw behind-the-scenes videos of the stress that the cast is going through at this point, and it's clear they're near the breaking point. "Competitors deal with stress. Champions conquer stress. And that's what it's going to take to win this competition." - Kyle Massey Brandy, Jennifer, and Kurt were announced as safe, bringing some relaxation to half the cast. But the other three teams were nervous, and rightfully so. It's been a lot of work getting to this point, and no one wants to go home now. (Well, Jennifer Grey feels like her body might give out, and Bristol Palin is stressed and misses home, but nobody really wants to be eliminated.) Bristol's emotions brightened up considerably when it was announced that Team Ballin' was safe, leaving Kyle & Lacey and Rick & Cheryl hanging. And though Kyle and Lacey got slightly lower judges scores last night, the viewers decided and it was Team Fox-C getting the axe. Still in his giant green suit, Rick, ever the gentleman, danced a final dance with Cheryl to "Don't Stop Believin'". And then the pair headed out to talk with Jimmy Kimmel. Design a Dance – The Concept Vote Your final task for creating the viewer-designed dance is voting on the best creative dance concept. Out of the many submissions, the producers chose five finalists. Check out their visions for the Design a Dance now and vote for your favorite. Then watch on November 16th when the winning dance is performed live!   Comments from Maria and Jim, live-blogging at He Said/She Said "I have to admit, I've been too tough on Jennifer this season. The woman has been through a lot. Methinks she'll snag some votes from me next week." -- Maria "Hey, I know someone has to go. But this one stings almost as much as Audrina's unexpected exit." -- Jim, on Rick's elimination Read more and join the conversation at He Said/She Said