'Skating With the Stars' Finale Week, Part 2 - A Champion Is Crowned

Added December 27, 2010:
Bates: Another season of "SWTS" please
Moseley was robbed; Budig deserved top honors (By Evan Bates, special to icenetwork.com)

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'Skating With the Stars' Finale Week, Part One - Recap and Standings

The opening number on the final night of 'Skating With the Stars' literally left me speechless and breathless.  It was barely two minutes long and skated on that tiny, tiny ice surface, but it was amazing in my eyes!  I can only hope we may see this program again sometime, with additional time and choreography as well as on a larger ice surface.  If this stunning program is in any way an example of what we can expect to see when Johnny finally does his own Skating Spectacular, I now have even more reason to look forward to that day!  He has said he wants something different, something spectacular, something with a limited number of skaters, along with elements like Cirque de Soleil, Elton John, Lady Gaga...

The program was choreographed by judge Laurieann Gibson, and skated by Johnny Weir, Denis Petukhov, Keauna McLaughlin and Jennifer Wester.  The musical piece used for the program was 'Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart' by Alicia Keys. 

The program began with Johnny in a cage. He skated as a bird who escaped his cage and Denis, Keauna and Jennifer tried to force him back into the cage.  However he won't be re-confined, and we are treated to a stunning visual interpretation of his struggle to not be caged any longer.  Due to the small ice surface moves such as Johnny's trademark knee slide 'zamboni' had to be shortened, as did Denis Petukhov's similar move.  Johnny's beautiful 'cannonball' spin was centered and blurred; an example for aspiring skaters to aspire to!  The four skaters received a spontaneous, well deserved standing ovation!  If only this wonderful program could have lasted longer!

Without further input from Laurieann Gibson and Johnny Weir I can not speak to what their caged bird is a metaphor for.  However, I can speak to my own interpretation of what it all meant.  I saw the bird in the cage as a metaphor for how the United States Figure Skating Association and the International Skating Union have tried to put Johnny Weir in a box and force him to conform.  However, he escaped from the box/cage and is now free to give us stunning visual artistic endeavours such as this performance.  Even if he chooses to return to eligible competition he will never be forced into the box/cage as he once was.  Johnny Weir is skating, he is creating, he is amazing, he is passionate, he is athletic, he is artistic, he is free, he is as my friend Judith says 'Nureyev on ice', and we are so lucky to have had him come into our lives!    

SWTS Finale: Scorching. Wicked. Totally. Speechless.  (My friend Misfit Mimes' Blog, includes video of Johnny, Denis, Jennifer and Keauna's performance)

Week Five - The Finals, Night One (My Blog covering night one of Week Five)

Week Five - Night Two - The Finale

Less than three months ago, six stars met their pro partners for the first time. Since then, we've seen our share of tension, drama, pain, and fear, including three trips to the emergency room. Judges scores, online and phone viewer votes, and even illness all pared down the battlefield to the two celebrities in the spotlight tonight. "The underdog" — Bethenny Frankel, and "The natural" — Rebecca Budig.


Tonight they were each required to re-skate a performance from earlier in the season, with the chance to step it up a notch and wow the judges with their improvement.

The night started off with a sensational performance from judge Johnny Weir, along with pros Denis Petukhov, Jennifer Wester, and Keauna McLaughlin.

The previously eliminated pairs returned to the ice once more, giving us an encore of their best performances. Great to see Sean & Denis and Vince & Jennifer skating together again, and it seemed that Jonny & Brooke seriously stepped up their repeat of their week 3 love story performance (although Jonny did stumble during a difficult lift... scary stuff for a moment).

Unfortunately, Brandon Mychal Smith still wasn't well enough to skate — but he was there in the audience to enthusiastically cheering on the pairs.

Bethenny and Rebecca both skated better than they have all season. Bethenny's 28 for Artistic Impression included her first 10 of the season. But the judges couldn't have been more impressed with Rebecca, giving her perfect 30s (three 10s) for both the Technical and Artistic scores for her reprise of their performance to "Hot & Cold" from week 3.

Bethenny really proved tonight that she had the dedication to make it to the finals, and the judges and audience were proud. But when the Golden Skates trophy was awarded to the team with the highest combined judges' scores and viewer votes, Rebecca Budig & Fred Palascak were named the champions of Season One of Skating with the Stars!

The Scores:

Bethenny & Ethan

Technical score: 23 points (8/7/8)
Artistic Impression: 28 points (10/9/9)
Total: 51 points

Rebecca & Fred
Technical score: 30 (10/10/10)
Artistic Impression: 30 (10/10/10)
Tonight's Total: 60 points

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The Teams:

Bethenny Frankel & Ethan Burgess
Brandon Mychal Smith & Keauna McLaughlin
Jonny Moseley & Brooke Castile
Rebecca Budig & Fred Palascak
Sean Young & Denis Petukhov
Vince Neil & Jennifer Wester

The Judges:

Laurieann Gibson

Johnny Weir
Dick Button

The Hosts:

Vernon Kay

Tanith Belbin

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'Skating With the Stars' Official Video

'Skating With the Stars' Official Photos


Articles and Blogs:

'Skating With the Stars' Week 5: Bethenny Frankel skates past Jonny Moseley to finale

'Skating With the Stars': A Surprising Semi-Finals

Skating With the Stars: A shocking elimination (spoiler alert)

"Skating With The Stars" Final Part 1 Recap: Call the cops, Jonny's been robbed! (Reality Zen With Jenn Blog)

Prayers Answered: Skating With The Stars is Over and Bethenny Lost! (Ilana Angel's 'Keeping the Faith' Blog)

OMGWTFBBQSWTS (Misfit Mimes Blog about Episode Five and other things)

Johnny Weir performs on 'Skating with the Stars' in a beautiful display (Video) (Article by Jodi Jill - National Celebrity Headlines Examiner)

"Skating With The Stars" Final Recap: Greenlee Takes All! (Reality Zen With Jenn Blog about the finale)


'Skating With The Stars - Week Four Recap and Standings (contains links to my previous weeks Blogs)

Week Five Finale - Video from ABC.Com

Week Five Finale - Video from secondary source

'Skating With the Stars' Finale Week, Part One - Recap and Standings

I will be covering the finale in a separate Blog 'Skating With the Stars' Finale Week, Part 2 - A Champion Is Crowned !

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Week Five - The Finals, Night One

Week 5 - The Finals (from ABC.Com recap)

Three teams enter, two teams leave. And tomorrow night, the winner is crowned.

It's the finals, and tonight weeks of hard-core rehearsing came to a head. The pairs, who at the beginning of the season could barely skate backwards, are now performing lifts and jumps and death spirals — things have gotten good.

For tonight, there were no required elements. Instead, the challenge was two-fold. First: the pairs performed in a group skate to Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" — a spectacular display of each team's ice dancing skills, choreographed by Cindy Stuart and Douglas Webster. The judges conferred to give each team one score, and no score could be repeated. Rebecca & Fred earned a 9, Jonny & Brooke an 8, and Bethenny & Ethan a "very close" 7.

Next, each pair performed the "Free Skate" — with no rules to follow — and the celebrities chose the music.

Tanith's analysis:

Rebecca performed one of the most impressive lifts that she has done in the entire competition, and incredible "attention to detail, with the free leg turned out and her posture remaining absolutely perfect." Rebecca also performed some beautiful assisted jumps, using Fred only for balance.

Bethenny went head-to-head with Rebecca performing the same difficult lift from Rebecca's routine. Although Bethenny showed confidence, her imperfect posture and free leg may have cost her points. Bethenny did show tremendous improvement in her basic moves, which the judges have been calling out throughout the competition.

Jonny lifted Brooke into a difficult lift using good knee bend, but his timing was off. His "Olympic muscle" was able to lift her, however, and she struck a beautiful position above his head. Then, performing the first back outside death spiral we've seen in the competition, "he took on the full level of difficulty by performing a proper pivot."

It was really an impressive night of skating. And even though Jonny had solid judges' scores over these two weeks of voting, when all the viewer votes were combined with the judges' scores, Jonny Moseley was eliminated in third place.

Tomorrow night, the finale!

The Scores:
Rebecca & Fred

Technical score: 28 (9/10/9)
Artistic Impression: 29 (10/9/10)
Bonus score from group skate: 9 points
Tonight's Total: 66 points

Two week total: 119 points

Bethenny & Ethan

Technical score: 21 points (7/7/7)
Artistic Impression: 22 points (8/7/7)
Bonus score from group skate: 7 points
Total: 50 points

Two week total: 88 points

Jonny & Brooke

Technical score: 26 (9/9/8)
Artistic Impression: 26 (9/8/9)
Bonus score from group skate: 8 points
Total: 60 points

Two week total: 114 points

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The Teams:

Bethenny Frankel & Ethan Burgess

Brandon Mychal Smith & Keauna McLaughlin

Jonny Moseley & Brooke Castile

Rebecca Budig & Fred Palascak

Sean Young & Denis Petukhov

Vince Neil & Jennifer Wester

The Judges:

Laurieann Gibson

Johnny Weir

Dick Button

The Hosts:

Vernon Kay

Tanith Belbin

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'Skating With the Stars' Official Video

'Skating With the Stars' Official Photos


Articles and Blogs:
 
'Skating With the Stars' Week 5: Bethenny Frankel skates past Jonny Moseley to finale

'Skating With the Stars': A Surprising Semi-Finals

Skating With the Stars: A shocking elimination (spoiler alert)

"Skating With The Stars" Final Part 1 Recap: Call the cops, Jonny's been robbed! (Reality Zen With Jenn Blog)

Skating With The Stars: Bethenny Fake Cries Her Way to the Finale (Ilana Angel 'Keeping the Faith' Blog)

OMGWTFBBQSWTS (Misfit Mimes Blog about Episode Five and other things)

'Skating With The Stars - Week Four Recap and Standings (contains links to my previous weeks Blogs)

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Week Five Full Episode from ABC.com

Week Five Full Episode from secondary source

Skating With the Stars, Week Four Recap and Standings

Added Thursday December 16, 2010:

This Week in Reality TV: EXCLUSIVE: Skating With the Stars Interviews

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Added Wednesday December 15, 2010:
"Skating With The Stars" News: Bethenny Frankel Calls for End To Gay Slurs on Johnny Weir

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I'll See Your "I Don't Care" & I'll Raise You a #CuttabitchOnNationalTelevisionFTW  (Misfit Mimes' Blog on Week Four of 'Skating With the Stars')

The show recap below is partly my own, and partly information from the ABC.com 'Skating With the Stars' website.  I felt they glossed over the Bethenny Frankel situation more than they should have, so I posted the response directly below on the website:

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My Response:

It's too bad Brandon had to leave like that; but if he is too ill to continue, there isn't much that can be done about it. We'll miss him!

I think Johnny Weir was right to call Bethenny Frankel out the way he did. A lot of fans don't know about all her behavior. Not only did she say 'F+uck Johnny Weir' during her Week 2 segment, she also said flat out in an interview he wanted to be a woman (this from a woman who hosted a GLAAD event which Weir attended), and last week she verbally abused him backstage after the show. There were witnesses. She has not taken any criticism or suggestions from the judges seriously at all, and when she was called on it her reaction was to say she doesn't care what the judges think, and to suggest she would put a skate blade up the judges' butts, and she would like to slap Laurieann aside the face, and so on. And a segment of her fandom has been even worse; hurling gay slurs at Weir, attacking him verbally, calling him names, attacking his fans and so on. They've been mean to Laurieann and Dick as well, but nothing like the attacks on Weir; though this week I saw some very mean things said about Dick Button on Facebook.  Given Bethenny's deplorable attitude she is lucky she isn't being graded on that attitude, because if she were, every score would be a minus ten. Based on what he has endured from her and her fans, Weir is restraining himself.

And I despise how ABC is milking this. They mention what Weir said, and gloss over what Bethenny has said, and complete forget to mention her slurs against him. Shame on ABC for allowing this to continue the way they have. She is lucky she didn't get booted off last week for confronting Weir, which is against the show's rules!

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Former United States pairs champion and world medalist (with Kyoko Ina) and U.S. bronze medalist (with Stephanie Stiegler) John Zimmerman appeared in this episode to assist the skaters and celebrities with learning their pairs moves.  In 2006 John appeared on the hit FOX show 'Skating with Celebrities', partnering television host Jillian Barberie to a second-place finish.  Zimmerman also joined the cast of Russia's version of Skating With the Stars.

ABC Recap:
Week 4 - Thrill Week

You thought last week was thrilling, with multiple trips to the hospital and blood on the ice? Now get ready for "Thrill Week!" This week our stars had to further temp fate by performing some difficult and dangerous moves: lifts, throws, and the morbidly-named "death spiral."

Unfortunately, Brandon Mychal Smith didn't perform tonight. His illness, a debilitating stomach virus that has kept him very weak, has made it impossible for Brandon to rehears and perform, and because of this he has been eliminated from competition.

Brandon appeared on the show tonight to share his regrets, and it's clear that he and his partner Keauna McLaughlin are heartbroken about not being able to move forward in the competition.

Because of this unexpected twist, no teams were eliminated tonight. The vote opened as usual, however, and the viewer votes from last week and tonight will be combined with the judges' votes from tonight and next week to determine who gets eliminated next week and makes it to the finals.

Required Elements:

Each week, there will be precise figure skating rules the Stars must follow. Throughout the competition, they'll need to perform specific "Required Elements" in their routine. This week, stars had to perform two of the following three stunts — some of the most thrilling moves in figure skating:

Required Element: The death spiral. The female is spun around by her partner using only one arm, her head barely inches from the ice. It's a feat of precision, tension, and balance for both partners.

Required Element: The throw. The man must lift and propel his partner while speeding along the ice, and she has only one razor-sharp blade to rely on for a safe landing.

Required Element: The overhead lift. A breathtaking show of strength by both partners. For the woman, it's all about core strength, poise and balance. For the man, explosive lifting power and stability on the ice.


Tonight's performances were exemplary. Jonny & Brooke held onto first place in the judges' scores with a solid performance earning all 9s in technique and artistry. Brooke was particularly worried about the lift in this routine — Jonny had dropped her in rehearsal, shaking her nerves for what could be a very dangerous move. But they nailed it.

Rebecca Budig continued to demonstrate grace and skill on the ice with partner Fred Palascak. The judges wanted to see more individual presence from her out there, and Dick Button almost gave her extra points for her butt. (Do they score that way in the Olympics, Dick?)

But the drama on the ice tonight was between Bethenny Frankel and judge Johnny Weir. Last week, Bethenny was fed up with the judges' criticism and critiques and suggestions, and said she doesn't care what the judges think. (She just cares about what the fans and viewers think!) And that hit a nerve with Johnny: "To me it's very clear, you don't care what we think, and I don't really care to watch you actually perform anymore because you aren't listening to our critiques."

In the end, Bethenny thinks the whole thing is about having a good time:

"This is so much fun!  I man, I'm wearing a sequined costume!  It's supposed to be fun - it's ice skating!  We're having the best time, it's all kind of idiotic, isn't it?  ... I rocked out.  I feel it, I know it, I give it all."

At the end of the show, Keauna McLaughlin was joined by Denis Petukhov to perform the routine she would have done with Brandon tonight.

The Scores:

Bethenny & Ethan's routine included a forward inside death spiral and a Detroiter lift

Technique: 18 points (6/6/6)
Artistic Impression: 20 points (7/6/7)
Total: 38 points

Jonny & Brooke's routine included a platter lift and a throw double salchow

Technique: 27 (9/9/9)
Artistic Impression: 27 (9/9/9)
Total: 54 points

Rebecca & Fred's routine included some impressive overhead lifts and a death spiral

Technique: 26 points (9/8/9)
Artistic Impression: 27 (9/9/9)
Total: 53 points
Music for Week Four

Pair                           Song                           Artist

Pro Opening Number         Baby It's Cold Outside   Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews
Bethenny & Ethan       Superstition                  Stevie Wonder
Jonny & Brooke         Take On Me                  A-Ha
Rebecca & Fred          December '63 (Oh What A Night)    The Four Seasons
Keauna & Denis          Stronger                      Kanye West

The Standings (Week Four):

 
Jonny Moseley & Brooke Castile  54 Points
Rebecca Budig & Fred Palascak  53 Points
Bethenny Frankel & Ethan Burgess

The Judges:

Laurieann Gibson
Dick Button
Johnny Weir
 

The Hosts:

Vernon Kay
Tanith Belbin

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Going the distance on 'Skating with the Stars': 'Dancing on Ice' champion offers some words of wisdom (IceNetwork.com article with a British champion's take on 'SWTS')

Skating With The Stars is More Painful than a Root Canal Without Drugs (Not as bad as the title makes it sound, the author is very fond of Johnny Weir.)

"Skating With the Stars" Week 4 Recap: Vanilla Thrilla (Reality Zen With Jenn Blog)

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Previous 'Skating With the Stars' Blogs:

Welcome Home, Johnny! We Now Return to Our Regularly Scheduled Judging-Conspiracy BS Already in Progress  (Misfit Mimes Blog on Week 3)

SWTS Haiku: Because I'm Still So Appalled That 17 Syllables Is All I Can Manage at the Moment  (Misfit Mimes Blog on Week 3)

Bethenny Frankel Fans Hurl Insults and Slurs at Johnny Weir, Round Two (Dec 3rd)

Skating With the Stars Week Two Recap and Standings

Skating With the Stars Week One Recap and Standings

Johnny Weir on Week One of 'Skating With the Stars'

How to File A Complaint With GLAAD

Special to the Blog: Interview With Denis Petukhov! (And Right Back Atcha, Bethenny...)

SWTS, Episode 2: Attack of the Bitch Slap! Because 9.36 Million of My Closest Friends Can't Be Wrong!

SWTS: Spectacular! Weirvelous! Totally Sparkly! So Want To See (More)!

OMG IT'S TONIGHT!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

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Click here for information on how to vote on 'Skating With the Stars'!

Official 'Skating With the Stars' Photos from ABC.com
Official Week Four Photos from ABC.com

Week Four Full Episode from ABC.com

Week Four Full Episode from Secondary Source



'Skating With the Stars' Week Three Recap and Standings

Added December 22, 2010:
EXCLUSIVE: Inside Bethenny’s Blowup To Skating Judge Johnny Weir

Bethenny Vs. Johnny!

Added December 9, 2010:

Skating With the Stars Episode 3! Slicing and Puking! (by OlympianUncut)


PUKE AND BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Skating with the Stars Recap (by peron75)
With Michael Buckley and Olympians Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov!


Added December 8, 2010:

SWTS Haiku II: This Time It's Personal (Misfit Mimes Blog with an update of the Bethenny Frankel saga along with other things)

Here is a People.com article that makes the off stage drama seem a little more benign that it actually was (according to another source who described it as Bethenny 'verbally abusing' Johnny Weir): Bethenny Frankel Confronts Skating Judge Johnny Weir

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There was, once again, a lot of off stage drama associated with Week Three of 'Skating With the Stars'.  I decided prior to the show I would not dignify the haters with more attention for their hate Tweets and posts to Johnny Weir.  When I heard about and read a few things being said Sunday afternoon I was tempted to change my mind; however I held fast to my determination to not give these less then exemplary examples of human beings any more of a forum than they already had.  My disappointment was heightened when Bethenny's partner Ethan Burgess retweeted a Tweet regarding Bethenny's feelings about the judging. I felt, and still feel, he should know better, just as he should know what it is about her skating that is drawing the scores she is getting from the judges.

My determination was sorely tested again Monday evening when we heard even more, not only from a segment of Bethenny Frankel's fandom, but from Bethenny herself, and from others who had observed less than stellar behavior from her backstage at the show.  I have a friend (and links to her Blogs are provided below) who handles this sort of thing much better than I do, because she does it with a sense of humor I do not always show when I am irritated about something.  I will leave the subject here with this wonderful Tweet sent by Johnny Weir at around 11:25 pm EST Tuesday, December 7, 2010:

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Week Three Recap:

Skating turned serious this week with some nailbiting injuries.

The pairs this week each had to perform a particular love story for their Artistic Impression score.

Each week, there will be precise figure skating rules the Stars must follow. Throughout the competition, they'll need to perform specific "Required Elements" in their routine. This week there was a tough one:

Required Element: The jump. The stars are required to leap off the ice and land on one foot. The judges looked for height, distance, and level of difficulty.

We knew things weren't good from the beginning of the episode, when Keauna McLaughlin skated onto the ice by herself during the opening introductions. Her partner, Brandon Mychal Smith, had taken ill earlier in the day. In fact, when Keauna showed up at the studio, she saw Brandon on a stretcher being put into an ambulance by paramedics. A shaken Keauna, along with the rest of us, hoped that Brandon would be better and could return to compete in tonight's show, but that didn't happen. We all hope that Brandon gets well soon.

According to the rules, Brandon & Keauna were scored based on video of their last complete rehearsal, which was taken on Sunday.

Brooke Castile was at the hospital earlier today as well. During rehearsal, her partner Jonny Moseley accidentally tripped her, and inadvertently "bladed" her — cutting her finger with the tip of his blade. The cut was deep — to the bone, and, according to Jonny, it was quite bloody. Brooke received stitches and a finger splint at the hospital, and performed with her bandaged hand, still in pain. Jonny himself fell quite a few times during rehearsal throughout the week, some pretty painful, and in fact had never completed their performance without a fall at any time during rehearsal.

Over the weekend, Rebecca Budig went to the emergency room after a fall from a difficult lift with partner Fred Palascak. She landed hard on her wrist, which hurt and swelled. Luckily it turned out not to be broken.

And Vince Neil had a fall earlier in the week of rehearsal, injuring his back. He spent a few grueling days working through it.

Luckily, no one got hurt during tonight's competition, and there were some impressive performances and improvements throughout.

But after the judges' scores were combined with last week's viewers' votes, rocker Vince Neil was eliminated.

The Scores:

Rebecca & Fred skated a love story about "Tumultuous Love"

Technique: 25 points (9/8/8)
Artistic Impression: 25 points (9/8/8)
Total: 50 points

Bethenny & Ethan skated a love story about "Trust"

Technique: 17 points (6/6/5)
Artistic Impression: 19 points (7/6/6)
Total: 36 points

Vince & Jennifer skated a love story about "Romantic Love"

Technique: 16 (6/5/5)
Artistic Impression: 20 (7/6/7)
Total: 36 points

Jonny & Brooke skated a love story about "Star Crossed Lovers"

Technique: 24 (8/9/7)
Artistic Impression: 27 (9/9/9)
Total: 51 points

Brandon & Keauna skated a love story about "Healing Love"

Technique: 18 (8/5/5)
Artistic Impression: 21 (9/6/6)
Total: 39 points

The Standings (Week Three):

Jonny & Brooke - 51 Points
Rebecca & Fred - 50 Points
Brandon & Keauna - 39 Points
Bethenny & Ethan - 36 Points
Vince & Jennifer - 36 Points (eliminated)

The Judges:

Dick Button
Johnny Weir
Laurieann Gibson

The Hosts:

Vernon Kay
Tanith Belbin

As a special treat during this week's episode, host Tanith Belbin and her long-time ice dance partner Ben Agosto skated a beautiful new number to the song 'There's a Place for Us' from the new motion picture The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Official 'Skating With the Stars' Photo Gallery 
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Week Three 'Skating With the Stars' Full Episode

Week Three 'Skating With the Stars' Full Episode (Secondary Source):


Click here for information on how to vote on 'Skating With the Stars'!

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Articles on Week Three of 'Skating With the Stars':

'Skating With the Stars' Judge Johnny Weir: Sick Celebs Should 'Get Out There and Perform'

Injuries Mounting for 'Skating With the Stars'

Smith fully focused on "Skating with the Stars"  (Disney star making the most of time on the ice)

Blogs on Week Three of 'Skating With the Stars':

Welcome Home, Johnny! We Now Return to Our Regularly Scheduled Judging-Conspiracy BS Already in Progress  (Misfit Mimes Blog)

SWTS Haiku: Because I'm Still So Appalled That 17 Syllables Is All I Can Manage at the Moment  (Misfit Mimes Blog)

Bates blog: Sequins, skin and spills (Bates breaks down "Skating with the Stars")  (Ice Dancer Evan Bates Blog)

Illness and Injuries Plague 'Skating with the Stars'

Previous 'Skating With the Stars' Blogs:

Bethenny Frankel Fans Hurl Insults and Slurs at Johnny Weir, Round Two (Dec 3rd)
Skating With the Stars Week Two Recap and Standings
Skating With the Stars Week One Recap and Standings
Johnny Weir on Week One of 'Skating With the Stars'
How to File A Complaint With GLAAD

Special to the Blog: Interview With Denis Petukhov! (And Right Back Atcha, Bethenny...)
SWTS, Episode 2: Attack of the Bitch Slap! Because 9.36 Million of My Closest Friends Can't Be Wrong!
SWTS: Spectacular! Weirvelous! Totally Sparkly! So Want To See (More)!
OMG IT'S TONIGHT!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

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Johnny with @AvoYermagyan and @TraverRains at 'Skating With the Stars' Week Three.