VIDEO: Did Bristol Palin Just Establish Herself as Winner Material on Dancing with the Stars?

Dancing with the Stars is the dowdy, overwatched Lawrence Welk Show of our generation, and it's not worth getting upset over when the show doesn't go the way you want. But seriously, hateful world? Bristol Palin just outdanced Jennifer Grey on last night's show and now the competition is different, I'm different, and it looks like Kurt Warner may face elimination before the waltzin' Wasillan. Let's look at the video evidence.

Bristol Palin conjured the spirit of season nine's second runner-up Kelly Osbourne in her tango here, capturing her stiff, but nonetheless impressive, posture. It burns in my throat and lungs when I say it, but: Lovely.

Also, this is supposed to be "rock week." Orianthi's "According to You" is about as rock 'n roll as a middle-school diary entry written in purple gel pen.

See? Not bad. And she pulled it together on a night where Jennifer Grey choked.

Swayze disapproves from the great beyond. Luckily Jennifer wasn't the lowest scorer of the night; that honor went to the preternaturally unpolished Kurt Warner.

The point is, even if Brandy earned the night's highest score for the second week in a row (Go, Maksim! Erin Andrews will have a lot to say to us tomorrow about this, I'm sure.), Bristol scored a 23-point triumph just in time for a rebound at season's end. Her comeback occurs right at that pivotal midpoint where voters can rally and decide to herald you. It's a Lee DeWyze scenario. And in retrospect, who didn't hate Lee DeWyze? Secret: I always hated Lee DeWyze.

Anyway, here's Brandy and Maks tangoing to "rock icon" Bonnie Tyler's sonic brilliance.