Dance War News

It was a busy night of reality TV. So let's get right to a trio of of episode guides!

The Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious: Instead of seeing a lengthy audition process, we're treated to the top 15 finalists who are broken into 5 groups of three. Natalie strikes us as being particularly cut-throat the way she sizes up Charlotte, who she sees as her main competition. -- Zap2It

Dance War: It's the season finale. Earlier in the week, Bruno took his team to a resort to relax. Unfortunately, the fun comes to an end and it's back to practice. He tells the group it will be performing "These Boots Were Made for Walking" and everyone talks about how critical tonight's performances are. You think?!? -- Reality News Online

Flavor of Love: The girls get their first challenge, which is to dress up like nurses and cure what's ailing Flavor Flav. Rayna goes crazy looking for her black tube of perfume. At the emergency room, the girls will privately treat their man in the Flavor Flav General Hospital. -- Buddy TV

As Dance War counted down to its final nine contestants last night, Flavor of Love just got started on a new, exciting, skanky season. Let's not waste any more time before delving into the details of each show's latest episode...

Dance War: Carrie Ann gave her team a day off from rehearsing this week as a reward for winning two weeks in a row, and treated them to a day at the spa. Bradley was in his element, and Elizabeth teased him for his divatude... -- Buddy TV

Flavor of Love: As Flavor Flav explained, love is like a baseball game. His first strike was with Brigitte Nielsen in Strange Love, his second strike was with Hoopz in Flavor Of Love 1, and his third strike was with Deelishis in Flavor Of Love 2. "If I get any more strikes, I'm out," the non-baseball fan said... -- Reality TV Magazine

Last night's reality TV featured dancers vying for the attention of judges, and women vying for the attention of a washed up rapper. Let's see what went down on Dance War and the casting special for Flavor of Love 3...

Dance War: Still reeling from the loss of Charity on last week's episode of Dance War, Bruno is hoping that tonight's country theme will be a gimmee for Team Bruno... -- Reality TV Magazine

Flavor of Love 3: What kind of woman could possibly find Flavor Flav attractive? Last night's Flavor of Love 3 casting special promised to answer that question... -- Buddy TV

Today's round-up of reality TV shows include D-list celebrities falling off the wagon and hopeful dancers going to battle. Here's a look at last night's Celebrity Rehab and Dance War:

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew: Jeff Conaway finally made it out of the hospital and came back to rehab, only to continue to suffer from the shakes, pain, thoughts of suicide and convulsions. -- VH1 Reality World

Dance War: It was Motown/R&B night tonight on Dance War. As usual, the two competing teams on Dance War, Team Bruno and Team Carrie Ann, open the hour with a big group dance. -- Buddy TV

Zack Wilson is not your typical contestant on Dance War.

Granted, the member of Bruno Tonioli's team hopes to earn a living in the world of dancing, just like anyone else on the program. But Wilson also possesses a background unlike other hopeful on the reality competition.

Like Julianne Hough and Derek Hough - of Dancing with the Stars fame - Wilson trained at the Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem, Utah. Moreover, he's the former fiance of Julianne!

Word spread last year that Hough called off her wedding, but the name of her main man at the time was never revealed. Until now. It's unknown if she and Wilson are still a couple.

Meanwhile, Zack does appear to have a bright future on the dance floor. Carrie Ann Inaba has said he has "All-American appeal," while Bruno's assessment is also positive:

"He's got a different feeling, like a gentleman…so strong, a real leading man." With Zack leading his team, Bruno thinks his group of performers is "a slick, lean, song-and-dance machine."

Last night's reality TV consisted of two kinds of wars: dancing and jousting.

Take a look at what went down on Dance War and American Gladiators:

Dance War: Team Bruno performed to a classic Elvin tune, "A Little Less Conversation." And Zack's voice came across as quite natural, surprisingly. The girls didn't do much other than sing backup vocals.

Bruno told his team the performance was strong, while Carrie Ann even seemed impressed with the team. -- Reality News Online

American Gladiators: Last night's was the first time one of the four previous winners could be knocked out of the final eight. The men were first into the fray facing off against Titan, Mayhem, Toa, and Justice in Gauntlet. Dressed in red, Evan fought his way past Titan, Mayhem, and Toa with relative ease. -- Realiy TV Magazine

Carrie Ann Inaba has high hopes for her new show. Just look at which program she recently compared it to:

"It's a little bit more like American Idol," said the Dancing with the Stars judge. "This is really about kids pursuing their dreams. That mentoring aspect is important."

Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, which will follow the two Dancing with the Stars judges as they lead their respective teams of singers and dancers against one another for home viewer votes, premieres on Monday, January on ABC.

"I'm excited - but I'm not going to lie - it scares me," Inaba added.

Don't tell us you're sick of celebrities dancing! Drew Lachey certainly hopes this isn't the case, as his new reality show now has a premiere date.

Dance War will kick off Monday, January 7 at 8 p.m, occupying the time slot currently held by Dancing with the Stars.

After its final performance show on November 26, the network will fill the hour during December with various holiday specials.

Scheduled to run for six weeks (likely until the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars is ready to go), Dance War will pit judges Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba against each other as they lead dance teams into combat with one another.

Sounds like a winner to us. Count us in.