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Here we go - another week of Pierre DuLaine's picks.

Two people go tonight...who will they be?

Pierre's picks...Holly and Steve-O.

Quickie memory refresher: Pierre DuLaine is one of New York's great dance teachers - a former world ballroom dance champ and founder of the famed Dancing Classrooms - which has taught dancing to hundreds, thousands, of New York City school kids, and has programs throughout the five boroughs and on Long Island...

He has graciously agreed to give TV Zone his "DWTS" analysis each week. He knows what he's talking about, and I usually don't. So awaaaaaay we go! Here are Pierre's observations...

Lil Kim: Very clean, not as passionate and she was a bit too busy. Not as sensual as I'd like. An 8.

Melissa: Very in character with her choreography...a ten.

Gilles: My favorite. He did an incredible job. In character, passionate and sensuous. He was present - it's like doing a part [in a play]. You are engaged in his story...you believed it...a ten.

David: Good energy. an 8.

Chuck: I was disappointed. Not very Lindy-like [they did the Lindy Hop.] Too much slow work too. A 7.

Shawn: What horrible costumes. Oh please. No body wears shorts - and their midriffs showing! But...their choreography was good. I gave them a nine.

Holly: Oh my God, what is she doing t here? Very stiff. No character or passion for a tango. A 5. She'll be out.

Lawrence: Not his dance [the Argentinian Tango]. He was never in charge, no passion, no seduction whatsoever...a six.

Ty: He was very good at partnering and very much in character. I gave him a ten.

Steve-O: Very stiff and mostly uncoordinated. Not enough partnering and unmusical. A five.

Steve: He had the worst marks [and] it was not a tango. But I believe [his fans, the Woz Posse] want him to stay...so a five.

(Pix: Kelsey McNeal / ABC. Is Holly gone?)

Banderas as Dulaine...

What the heck do I know about ballroom dancing?

Really - what do I know about dancing? Next to nothing...and yet, there I am, week after week babbling about "Dancing With the Stars."

Enough, I say. Enough. Time to hand the reins over to a real expert - someone who can REALLY tell an arabesque from an alegrias...who doesn't (as I do) believe an Argentinean tango is a type of orange...Who doesn't think (as I do) that "'Pirouette," "Plie, "Port de Bras" or "Par Terre" are cities in the south of France...

You get the idea - someone who knows what they're talking about.

And so, I give you...Pierre Dulaine. (Right.)

Pierre's an amazing guy: He's a former world ballroom dance champ and founder of the famed Dancing Classrooms - which has taught dancing to hundreds, thousands, of New York City school kids, and has programs throughout the five boroughs and on Long Island...

Pierre was also portrayed by Antonio Banderas in the 2006 movie "Take the Lead" (also starring Ray Liotta and Alfre Woodard). He's one of New York's great ballroom dance teachers and he has graciously consented to give you, the faithful reader of 'Zone, his own insights into "DWTS" each and every week.

So let's take it away...His prediction for tonight's dance-off? Holly versus the Woz. And, he says, Holly probably goes.

Head on south to the jump for Pierre's scoring/ assessment of last night's show...

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