Dancing With The Stars – *Marlee Matlin*

Last night Marlee Matlin danced in Dancing With The Stars show and did well. Her total score from the judges were 22 points and she is in the 3rd place standing among the women. The top scores are 28 points (Kristi Yamaguchi) and 24 points (Priscilla Presley).

I encourage you all to vote for Marlee Matlin…show them that Deaf can dance!! The scoring is divided evenly between the judges and the viewers at home, ensuring unpredictable outcomes at the end of every show. Meaning that we, the viewers, can affect the outcome of the vote..imagine if the whole deaf community vote for Marlee Matlin and she would win it easily with our votes!

Go to Dancing With The Stars website to see how you can vote. *Phone lines, text votes (AT&T customers only) and online polls will open at the top of each Monday night performance show so that viewers can vote for their favorites. Phone and text lines will stay open for 30 minutes after the end of the show. Online voting will remain open until noon (Eastern Time) on the day of the results show. Viewers can vote via phone, text message or online for their favorites ONLY on the night they perform.

Transcript:

EXCERPT (beginning at 3:31 on YouTube video above):

TOM BERGERON: Welcome back to Dancing with the Stars. (Applause) The second night of our two-night premier event continues with our final couple.

(Audience member in background:) Wooo!

(Applause and also sounds of enthusiastic cheers of young people)

ANNOUNCER (British accent, off camera): Dancing the cha cha cha…(applause continues throughout)…Marlee Matlin and her partner Fabian Sanchez.

(Upbeat, simple guitar intro with rhythm provided by high-hat symbols from drummer, plus bongos giving a slightly exotic sound. Music starts in a somewhat simple in order to set up a slow build-up of intensity.)

(Moderate cheers from audience, in expectation of dance just starting)

(Voice of popular singer Gloria Estefan on tape:)

(Singing:) You say I know it’s a waste of time
There’s no use tryin’

(Audience member in background:) Wooo!

(Moderate cheers)

So scared that life’s gonna pass you by
Your spirit’s dyin’
Not long ago
I could feel your strength and your devotion
What was so clear, is now overcast

(Cheers building in intensity)

With mixed emotions–(echo:) emotions, emotions

(Electronic drum sounds)

Deep in your heart is the answer
Find it, I know will pull you through

(Music makes uplifting transition)

(Gloria on tape and back-up singers:) Get on your feet

(Cheers)

Get up and make it happen
Oh, get on your feet
Stand up and take some action

Get on your feet

(Music coalesces into a driving beat. Some audience members clapping in sync.)

Get up and make it happen
Get on your feet
Stand up and take some action

(Music ends with slightly truncated feeling, which is understandable or expected due to the format of the television show)

(Extended and enthusiastic cheers and applause, and whistling from audience.)

TOM BERGERON: This is Jack. (pleasant laughter)

(Cheers continues, subsiding in expectation of panelists’ comments)

TOM BERGERON: Alrighty…Carrie Ann.

CARRIE ANN INABA: Ah, you know that was almost unbelievable, and I wouldn’t have believed it unless I’d seen it. What you did out there was *so* inspiring.

(Loud cheers and applause)

CARRIE ANN: That being said, so that everybody knows, we will be judging you based on what we see on the dance floor, because that is what’s fair. And I thought that was fantastic. You are so fluid. You move with such ease–(Applause drowns out Carrie’s words)–that I think you’ve got a great (indistinct) that will take you far in the competition.

TOM: Len.

LEN GOODMAN (British accent): Well, I’ve gotta say, I agree. You know, you–it was an amazing performance. You came out. You had great choreography. I think she did a very good job, Fabian. There were steps and holds, steps apart, the lovely mix.

(Applause)

LEN GOODMAN: You’ve gotta (indistinct)–just fling your arms sometimes. Just try to control your arms when you dance, but I thought you did a great job. It was very, very good. (Sincere, non-patronizing tone of voice.)

(Applause)

TOM BERGERON: Bruno.

BRUNO (thick French accent): Well. I–I sing from the same tune. It’s unbelievable and so life-affirming what I see. You may not see it, but the music is (emphatic tone of voice:) running through your blood.

(Applause)

BRUNO: I counted all the way through, and you hardly missed a beat. I counted all the song (sic). Very, very well done. I can’t believe it.

(Applause and cheers)

TOM BERGERON: Congratulations, Hun.

(Extended applause and cheers….”Woo”….”Yeah”…)

TOM BERGERON: Very good.

TOM BERGERON (reads from teleprompter): We have got some extraordinary, special guests lined up for our results show. Next Tuesday night, the hottest-selling concert act on the planet, The Jonas Brothers will perform–(applause)–Plus, the first two couples in season six will be, unfortunately….eliminated. Samantha?

SAMANTHA HARRIS: Great job out there, and Jack, nice to have you here. Marlee’s interpreter, of course.

FABIAN SANCHEZ: You can’t get rid of him.

SAMANTHA HARRIS: (laughing) You can’t get rid of him. It’s crazy.

SAMANTHA: Well, ev’rybody’s dying to know how–as you described yourself: “a profoundly deaf person”–you went out there and did what you just did?!

MARLEE MATLIN (voice of interpreter): Well, you know. I just followed the beat of my own heart. I just followed my heartbeat and I had Fabian help me listen to my heart. And you know it takes a good teacher to be able to do, and I guess I must be a good student. So there you go. But thank you so much to Fabian… I’m just having a good time!
SAMANTHA HARRIS: Well–And you know what? You look like you’re having a good time. Everybody has their reason for taking part in this show. What’s yours?

MARLEE MATLIN: Well, for me–You know, as a mother of four, I’m doing it for my kids. I–why not. Just why not? Life is short! Life is short.

(Applause)

SAMANTHA HARRIS: Alright, and Fabian welcome to the show. Your first season here. Let’s get your scores.

ANNOUNCER (British accent): The judges have their scores.

(Sound effects providing tension.)

ANNOUNCER: Carrie Ann Inaba!

CARRIE ANN: Seven!

(Tympani drums)

ANNOUNCER: Len Goodman!

LEN: Seven! (Tone of voice similar to a military person in the field at a marching review, as in a British sense of camaraderie.)

(Tympani drums)

ANNOUNCER: Bruno Tonioli

BRUNO: Eight!! (Shouts enthusiastically)

(Cheers and applause)

SAMANTHA: Alright, a twenty-two out of thirty for Marlee and Fabian. (Begins reading from teleprompter:) If you want our Oscar winner to take home another “prestigious award” (half-laugh), then you need to vote for them. Of course, numbers are on the screen. You can go do ABC dot com and vote that way. Everybody, you know they’re dancing next week, (but) still need your votes tonight. Tom?

TOM BERGERON: Thanks, Samantha.

(End excerpt.)