"Dancing With the Stars": Now We Have Ourselves a Competition...

I didn’t watch all of “Dancing With the Stars” last night, but I watched enough of it to know that now we have ourselves a competition.

I’m just not sure whether Billy Ray Cyrus will get to stick around long enough to see it…

Billy Ray took the criticism of the judges pretty hard last night after they scored his and Karina’s rumba with a 17. After plugging his album (which I’m sure Disney appreciated), Billy Ray said the judges’ reaction was depressing and he shouldn’t say anymore.

So what went wrong? It was clear from the tape of them rehearsing, that Billy Ray was a little afraid to get as up close and personal with Karina as he needed to. Plus, it was clear that he didn’t have a whole lot of time to rehearse as Karina even had to go to the “Hannah Montana” set to rehearse with him—although I’m sure Disney appreciated that too.

Clyde and Elena actually got the lowest score last night with a 13, but since Clyde seems to have a Sanjaya-sized fan club, Billy Ray could be a little vulnerable tonight…

Someone else who was a little vulnerable were the favorites, Joey and Kym, who appeared to be dancing away with the whole thing. I thought they were pretty good, but Len and Carrie took off points for Joey “overperforming” and coming off a little “feminine,” so they only received a 25—which on most nights would have been the best.

But the early favorites, Laila and Maks, made a huge comeback by scoring a 28, and Apolo and Julianne scored the first perfect 30 of the season with a scintillating samba.

The unending stallfest—I mean, the results show—airs tonight at 9 on ABC…