Macy Gray Bleeped and Booted on 'DWTS'

By PopEater / Wire Services Posted Sep 24th 2009 06:45AM

Singer Macy Gray had a short and frustrating career on ABC's 'Dancing With the Stars.' First, her post-dance comments were bleeped by the network - the 'I Try' singer ran afoul of the censors for saying: "I was just glad to get the first dance out of the way... I just feel like I popped my cherry."

Unfortunately, Gray won't have a chance to dance back into their good graces. She and actor Ashley Hamilton were the first contestants to be eliminated on the ninth season of the dance-off.

Hamilton, 34, had hoped to follow the footsteps of his father, George Hamilton, a previous competitor on the program. But the younger Hamilton and his professional partner, Edyta Sliwinska, failed to make it past the first foxtrot. They came into Wednesday's results show tied for last place with just 19 points out of 40.

Judge Bruno Tonioli said Hamilton's performance suffered from a "total lack of showmanship."

Hamilton said he was happy just to have had a chance to dance. "It's been a blast," he said. "I've had a great partner and it was a great experience."

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Gray also scored 19 points for her two dances Tuesday. Judges admired her unique take on the Viennese waltz - "It was beautiful in its own bizarre way," judge Carrie Ann Inaba said - but Gray and professional partner Jonathan Roberts still landed in last place.

Viewer votes are combined with judges' scores to determine which contestants are eliminated each week.

The 42-year-old Grammy winner said she "had a good time" on the show. "Ballroom isn't my calling exactly, but I learned a little bit," she said.

Wednesday's episode also featured performances by reggae star Sean Kingston and the cast of "The Lion King" and a tribute to Patrick Swayze.

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Thursday 24 September

By Kurt

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how did Chuck Lidel do?

By Kat

Macy Gray reminded me of a black Anna Nicole Smith in some weird way...something about that little-girl voice, maybe. But even though she was not a great dancer, I can't believe she could be high and stay on her feet during the dances. Must just be her normal personality...

By oopsie

I laugh. That Cheryl woman probably had a near tantrum when they told her that her partner was Tom Delay! LOL....funny, just too funny. There isn't enough practice or patience on this earth to help that man or her for that matter. I've never liked her attitude. She gets mad when she's criticized or doesn't win.

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