Las Vegas Weekly

October 15, 2008 · 12:01 PM

Ne-Yo makes surprise appearance as Rocco given to-go order

By Robin Leach

Photo: ABC TV

Toni and Alec, quite the couple.

Photo: ABC TV

Lance and Lacey stride into the next round of DWTS.

Vegas hometown hero, R&B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo was the surprise superstar guest on last night’s Dancing with the Stars elimination show. He performed “Closer” from his new, third album release Year of the Gentlemen. Exactly as Luxe Life predicted, 82-year-old actress Cloris Leachman and celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito wound up at the bottom.

Our other hometown headliner, singer Toni Braxton, was declared “safe,” along with Sir Dance-a-lot, Lance Bass -– and they go onto the fifth round, where they face four new dances. The tallied votes from the judges and the viewers over two weeks of shows brought the frying pan down on Rocco -– and it may fall on Cloris next week unless she can “kick up her heels higher.”

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