Cameron Mathison eliminated from Dancing With the Stars

It wasn’t kryptonite that did in “Superman” Cameron Mathison on Dancing With the Stars. Apparently it was Marie Osmond’s soaring popularity that kept this week’s lowest scorer from elimination and resulted in Mathison’s exit.

I fully expected Mathison to be in the semi-finals. He had improved each week, and he had just finished an appearance at Super Soap Weekend at Disney World that I thought would have generated him thousands of fan votes.

I didn’t love Cameron’s dances this week; they seemed too choppy and had too many of the same poses he and Edyta have done before. That said, Cam’s hips in the cha-cha-cha were “hip-notizing.” His moves were smooth, but in between cha-chas, he just seemed to stop dancing and go into a hold pose. However, I think he and Edyta would have pulled it together in the end to finally get the 10s he wanted so badly.

I can’t help but take slight issue with some of Cameron’s choreography. (Sorry Edyta!) I’m going to sound a little like Len here, but they always seemed to start their routine ”flitting about” without getting down to the dancing.

Plenty of you are fighting mad that Cam got the boot, if my overflowing e-mail box is any indication. I feel your pain, Tubers. I think it’s time we all come to terms with the fact that despite the judges’ continued pronouncements that this is a dance competition, I disagree. I think it’s become a popularity contest. And if the judges don’t start judging those who don’t dance as well more harshly - I’m talking about scoring them sevens instead of eights - then I don’t see how the best dancers are ever going to win this thing.

If Marie wins it will be a real travesty. Yes, she’s adorable and a fantastic entertainer, but she’s not the best dancer. In fact, she’s the weakest dancer of the group, yet her popularity keeps her in the competition. I sympathize with her, too. She fainted on national TV and lost her father last week. But, honestly, the sympathy vote should not keep her in this competition.

I was rooting for Mathison, so now I’m not sure who to give my Tube Talk endorsement to, perhaps Mel and Maks or Helio and Julianne. Mel and Maks are so hot when they step on the floor that I can’t take my eyes off of them, but Helio and Julianne are the couple I look most forward to watching. They’re so much fun that I usually can’t stop smiling when they dance, and Julianne’s choreography seems to be at a different level than the other pros.

I’m so surprised that Jennie Garth has never been in the bottom two. She’s a good dancer, but seems so nervous that she doesn’t seem to have much fun out there, except on results nights when she seems so relaxed. Her jive was “limp” this week, and even Len said he didn’t think she deserved to be in the semi-finals. I was sure she or Marie would get the boot this week and not my Cam. But, I was wrong. Never underestimate the power of Beverly Hills 90210 fans.

Next week, voters, I’m begging, send Marie home. It’s already a joke that two of the best dancers won’t be in the finals, (Sabrina and Cameron.) Stop the madness!