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Is there any drama remaining on season seven of Dancing with the Stars?

Brooke Burke and Derek Hough have been atop the leaderboard following every performance, and that status was only exacerbated last night when the couple Foxtrotted itself to the first 30-point routine of the season. Yes, that's three perfect 10s from the judges.

As if it even matters, here's a complete rundown of the most recent dances/scores on the show:

• Brooke Burke and Derek Hough (Foxtrot): 30
• Warren Sapp & Kym Johnson (Foxtrot): 21
• Susan Lucci & Tony Dovolani (Paso Doble) : 24
• Maurice Greene & Cheryl Burke (Cha Cha): 25
• Cody Linley & Edyta Silwinska (Viennese Waltz): 22
• Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer (Rumba): 25

With Derek Hough and Brooke Burke dominating Dancing with the Stars, a lack of suspense has been a problem on season seven of the show.

Julianne Hough has an ovarian cyst and a malfunctioning appendix.

Still, the gorgeous dancer teamed up last night with Cody Linley to perform a very sexy Samba.

Unfortunately, the judges didn't think it was an impressive routine, saddling the tandem with a score of 23. Did they deserve better? Watch the performance below and let us know:

Favorite Brooke Burke continued to impress the judges, while Warren Sapp cemented his status as the season's top entertainer and Lance Bass rebounded strongly after an off-week - with a little help from two of his former *NSync-mates.

Meanwhile, Cloris Leachman was dreadful in what may (hopefully) be her last week on the show, and Julianne Hough (with Cody Linley, below) announced that she is having surgery Tuesday but hopes to be back in the DWTS lineup next week.

Wow. Give Jules props for dedication to her craft. And for her beauty.

Here's a rundown of last night's Dancing with the Stars performances ...

• Maurice Greene & Cheryl Burke (Viennese Waltz): 21 (7,7,7)
• Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer (Jive): 27 (9,9,9)
• Susan Lucci & Tony Dovolani (Mambo): 23 (8,8,7)
• Brooke Burke & Derek Hough (Rumba): 26 (8,10,8)
• Cloris Leachman & Corky Ballas (Cha Cha): 15 (5,5,5)
• Cody Linley & Julianne Hough (Samba): 23 (8,8,7)
• Warren Sapp & Kym Johnson (Rumba): 25 (8,9,8)

Is Season Seven of Dancing with the Stars plagued by some kind of curse?

According to new reports, the amazing Julianne Hough will announce tomorrow that the ailment that landed her to the emergency room last week was more than a stomach ache, as was initially stated - it's an ovarian cyst.

The blonde stunner is going to have surgery to remove the cyst and she will have her appendix taken out at the same time (for reasons unrelated to the cyst).

No word on when the surgery will take place or if Julianne Hough will return to Dancing with the Stars - the cast members of which are dropping like flies.

HOUGH ENOUGH: Already one of the world's best dancers, the 20-year-old Utah native has already won two DWTS titles and is seeking a third with Cody Linley (above).

Here's wishing her a speedy recovery, in any case. We heart you, Jules!

Dancing With the Stars' Cheryl Burke is a fine-looking woman.

She's also an athletic woman - making her living as a dancer. So you can imagine her reaction to recent critics who claim she's gotten fat.

"I was like, maybe I should just starve myself for four weeks just so people would shut up," she said on Friday's Ellen DeGeneres Show.

"But at the end of the day ... I'm an athlete. I like to eat, I like to work out, and I like to feel healthy, and I feel healthy."

Cheryl Burke is hot. But Earlier this week, Dancing with the Stars Season Six contestant Louis Van Amstel - and dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy - both spoke out, negatively, about her weight gain as well as that of newcomer Lacey Schwimmer.

"Criticizing a woman's weight ... is just a wrong statement to make ... for women, and it's dangerous," Cheryl Burke said.

"You don't have to be a size zero to be beautiful," she added. "In the world that I live in right now, you don't have to be skin and bones. You can be healthy and beautiful, and you need to accept that about yourself and feel secure about it."

When Burke admitted that she is a "size four in a dress," DeGeneres praised her: "That is a normal body and that's what most people - if they're lucky - look like. I think most people would probably trade you for that body."

Both Cheryl Burke and Lacey Schwimmer are still alive on this season of Dancing with the Stars.

Still, former co-star and professional dancer Louis van Amstel says the two women are too fat for the competition. Seriously!

"If you want to gain weight, it's your prerogative," van Amstel says in the newest issue of TV Guide. "[People] look at this show to be inspired and think, 'If I just work hard enough, I can look like that...' If they watch someone who's dancing her butt off and she's still heavy, they can be discouraged. You have to take responsibility."

Wow. How do you really feel, Louis?

Maksim Chmerkovskiy is equally critical of Burke and Schwimmer.

"When I first saw these women this season, I said, 'Guys, you know the camera adds 10 pounds,'" he said. "'You have to do something about this."

Do you think Cheryl Burke and Lacey Schwimmer are overweight?

Toni Braxton and Alec Mazo were eliminated last night on Dancing with the Stars. But that wasn't the biggest news of the evening.

Less than an hour after the results episode aired, Julianne Hough was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

The beauty "was experiencing slight stomach pains all day that increased and the doctors thought it was best to have them checked out," said her representative, Cindy Guagenti.

Hough - seen above in costume, during her Jitterbug with partner Cody Linley Monday night - showed no signs of pain during the broadcast; her and Linley performed an encore of the routine above, which earned them 28 points the previous evening.

We wish Julianne a speedy recovery. If she needs her stomach, or any other body part, rubbed, she has our number.

We've been highlighting them all season.

There was something about Cody Linley and Julianne Hough that made out staff take notice of this tandem as soon as it was announced as a pairing on Dancing with the Stars. The young, beautiful couple finally danced to its potential last night, earning its first perfect score of the competition.

But favorite Brooke Burke also continued to impress. Here's a rundown of the evening's scores/dances...

• Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer (West Coast Swing): 21
• Toni Braxton & Alec Mazo (West Coash Swing): 21
• Susan Lucci & Tony Dovolani (The Hustle): 22
• Warren Sapp & Kym Johnson (The Hustle): 25
• Cloris Leachman & Corky Ballas (Salsa): 21
• Maurice Greene & Cheryl Burke (Salsa): 27
• Brooke Burke & Derek Hough (The Jitterbug): 29
• Cody Linley & Julianne Hough (pictured, The Jitterbug): 28

It was time to Tango on Dancing with the Stars last night for our favorite couple, Cody Linley and Julianne Hough.

As usual, the performance landed this duo in the middle of the pack; they earned a combined score from the judges of 23.

Cody and Julianne will need to step it up if they wish to compete with this season's favorites, Brooke Burke and Derek Hough.

Watch Linley and Hough's version of the Tango now and judge it for yourself:

We doubt Brooke Burke and Derek Hough actually encourage smoking. It's been proven to cause cancer.

But the front-runners on this season of Dancing with the Stars this season performed such a sexy Samba that they caused judge Bruno Tonioli to exclaim:

“This was raunchy with a capital Rrrr. I need a smoke!”

Lance Bass and Lacey Schimmer were equally impressive, however, as each wore eyeliner during a bold version of the Tango. Here's a full look at last night's scores:

• Maurice Green & Cheryl Burke (Samba): 20
• Cody Linley & Julianne Hough (Tango): 23 
• Toni Braxton & Alec Mazo (Samba): 22
• Cloris Leachman & Corky Ballas (Tango): 22
• Rocco DiSpirito & Karina Smirnoff (Samba): 18
• Susan Lucci & Tony Dovolani (Tango): 24
• Brooke Burke & Derek hough (Samba): 26
• Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer (Tango): 26
• Warren Sapp & Kym Johnson (Samba): 22

Derek Hough and Brooke Burke sizzle on Dancing with the Stars.