Warren Sapp lands in ‘Dancing’ top two

The dances went from blah to bad as the night wore on, starting with Maurice Greene, who talked a lot about hip action during rumba practice, but barely moved his middle on the dance floor. Pro partner Cheryl Burke derserves her share of the blame this time. The choreography was boring and demanded little flexibility of the world-class sprinter. 

As Bruno put it, Maurice “should be Mr. Smooth and Slinky, but (he’s) all robotic.”

Maintaining her reputation for dance-floor flops, Kim Kardashian just couldn’t loosen up next to her pro partner Mark Ballas. There was no chemistry between the pair despite Mark’s endless and distracting neck nuzzles, and for such a curvy woman, Kim still stands stiff and straight.

Carried Ann told the “Keeping up with the Kardashians” star she felt like she’s “seen the same dance three times.” At least Kim’s mixing it up a little. After all, she scored one less point with each passing dance — this time, earning only a 17.

Chef Rocco DiSpirito may be wearing an apron and sprinkling gold “spices" on the stage, but he’s not cooking. His lazy and poorly timed rumba, which looked like it left Karina Smirnoff snoozing, just proved his past efforts weren’t flukes. The man can’t dance — he can’t even catch up with Kim.

Landing in last place, yet again, was Cloris Leachman. Unfortunately, this time the living legend lacked the madcap moxie to make up for a barely passable paso. It seems Corky Ballas convinced Cloris to work on the dance and drop the shtick this week. One problem, Corky: it’s the shtick that got her this far.

Viewer votes team up with the judges' scores Tuesday night to determine whose “Dancing” days are over. But after the clumsy clunkers the celebs offered up Monday, there’s just no telling who’s out of the ballroom blitz. Based on performances alone, Rocco or Kim should get ready to take a bow, but Cloris’ all-work-and-no-play paso could put her in the red light of doom.

Ree Hines is a regular contributor to msnbc.com.

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