There have been three African American women who competed on this show: Laila Ali, Mel B and Mya. While I believe America can be a nation that is fair and objective, I think the producers of DWTS cannot. Over the years I have seen them attempt to get viewers from diverse groups, especially the young, Latino and African American. They have failed in all attempts. When young people perform, the judges give them low scores and chastise them about being 'uncontrolled', immature' . .. and when African American women (especially) perform they receive high scores and in the cases of Mel B and Mya, the highest scores only to lose to someone else. Additionally and more specifically, last season Gilles Marini was clearly the more charismatic and adept performer, yet he lost to a young gymnast who was less charismatic or talented.

In order to prevent this, perhaps they shoulc bring in an extra professional judge and calibrate the votes of the audience in a more proficient manner. I am still bothered that no matter how talented , charismatic, technical or professional, you may not win, especially for the African American women. Granted Laila Ali was not as proficient as she could have been but she did well; however, Mel B and Mya were excellent and MEL B had a greater fan base that Helio. What's up with that? Mya has a fan base as well, though it is quite younger than Donny's. If you can't be fair, just skip the voting all together and call it a variety show. Don't even judge people; just let them perform and get on with it. Maybe let other professional dancers be the judges instead of the ones they have now. At the rate this show is going, next season will be its last.