A dancing shocker: Sabrina sent home
Natalie Finn

LOS ANGELES—The only thing the Cheetah Girl couldn’t pull off was the foxtrot. Sabrina Bryan, the most promising horse out of the gate, was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars Tuesday, a shocker for all on a night—and a season—that had already played host to its share of weirdness.
Joining her in the bottom two was Cameron Mathison, who may have missed the mark with his tribal samba but was considered both the season’s most improved contestant and the next-likeliest to take his shirt off.
“It’s total madness!” exclaimed Bruno Tonioli after learning that those two, who each received a 25 on Monday, were facing the firing squad. “Sabrina, the most consistent. Cameron, the most improved. You have got to vote, nobody’s safe!”
“There’s been some bizarre things happen, but this takes the biscuit,” Len Goodman agreed, while Carrie Ann Inaba sat there with tears in her eyes.
Goodman was of course referring to the string of mishaps that have befallen the show this season, including the ongoing lift controversy, Marie Osmond’s fainting spell (which, because she was okay, turned into the joke of the week), the passing of Jane Seymour’s mother, Mathison’s hip injury, Jennie Garth’s mid-performance slip-up, and the family emergencies that caused Gloria Estefan and Jennifer Lopez to miss their scheduled performances.
To top if all off, knock wood, Seymour was absent from the ballroom again tonight due to a bout of food poisoning, according to host Tom Bergeron.
And now it’s the at-home voters who have apparently been stricken with some sort of mental ailment.
Bryan, who scored a 30 two weeks ago on her paso doble with partner Mark Ballas Jr., was one of the early favourites to make the finals this season and was only criticized so harshly last night because the judges expect nothing but the best from her.
“This is the most vocal our audience has been in five seasons. We are all shocked here tonight,” said the usually impartial Bergeron, who also told Bryan that he had her “so pegged for the finale.”
This was “an amazing opportunity and an incredible cast,” the obviously surprised 23-year-old said after hearing the bad news. “I have grown as a performer so much out on this stage. Thank you so much.”
“Thank you so much, baby,” Bryan told Ballas, who responded by telling her how proud he was, followed by, “I love you.”