Haven’t we seen this before? Once again, an Osmond has shamelessly been propped up and given another lease on life at the expense of someone more deserving.  Last night, despite being easily outclassed by his competitors, despite ranking dead last by quite a margin in the judges’ card, Donny Osmond was rescued by the audience and awarded with a spot in the finals.  By any objective measure, that is a travesty on a scale just as great as that of his sister’s, whom viewers also rescued two seasons ago, time and again at the expense of others.

Frankly, why bother having judges?

The victim of this latest atrocious event is model Joanna Krupa, who scored an impressive 81 out of a possible 90.  Krupa was genuinely beautiful that night, was perfect in practically all technical aspects and was truly the better dancer, second only to the coy but smug Mya.  Judge Bruno Tonioli compared her to a “butterfly gently gliding over a pine meadow.”

In contrast, Donny was a stiff rock who managed to destroy his partner’s gown.  He has no grace, was technically flawed in every respect, arrogantly relies on his smile and charm as well as some not-so-funny moments like when he blamed his performance on the fact that he saw his sister in the audience.  Yes, that same woman who also made a mockery of the system when she advanced way beyond her time and incompetently tried to compete against dancers light years ahead of her skill, if you could call what she demonstrated skill.  Arrogance also manifests itself when Donny interrupts the judges, speaks over them, thinking somewhat that the show was beholden unto him and that he was the master showman who pauses for no one.

Facts are facts.  Yes, Maya led all contestants, averaging 26.3 points in 13 dances to date, but Joanna Krupa is practically in a dead heat with her, averaging 25.5 over the same amount of dances.  She and her partner have also come in first place, four times this season.  Regretfully, she doesn’t have the same legion of maniacal, stuck-in-the-70s fan base living in trailer homes that the Osmonds do.

How can someone who is dead last displace another who has been solidly as close to first as you can get, all season long? So once again I ask, why bother having judges?  The whole show is becoming a joke once again. But hey, who cares about what’s right and what’s wrong so long as ABC is making a buck, right?