Dancing with the Stars: Hough Tough

There shouldn't be much of a contest on DWTS for the trophy this season; combining Derek Hough's choreography with Nicole Scherzinger's considerable wow factors, and that's a winning combination. Evan Lysacek will probably be runner-up.

Last night I was somewhat amazed with what Hough came up with; recapping, he was required to choreograph a particular dance -- in this case, the dramatic Latin pasa doble -- in the style of a particular time period, in this case, the 50s. Even he seemed stumped. What he came up with was pretty astonishing; he went with a Danny Zuko (Grease) look, whilst Nicole was more like something out of "West Side Story" -- very 50s Latina. The halter top was also quite appealing. The choreography was mostly pasa doble with some 50s riffs; Hough even hit a couple of quite balletic positions. Scherzinger matched him perfectly. They deserved the perfect scores.

It was amazing on a lot of levels.

Dancing with the Stars: Nicole Scherzinger scores full marks (includes video of pasa doble)