Buzz Aldrin 1, Shannen Doherty 0: America’s Favorite Grandpa Keeps on Truckin’

Results are in for week 2 of Dancing With the Stars, and it looks like octogenarian moon walker Buzz Aldrin will live to tango another day.

Despite rather harsh reviews from the judges, one of whom thought Buzz was dancing in his moon boots, the 80-year-old Aldrin and his dancing partner Ashly Costa are safe for another week. Results are determined in part through viewer voting, so the Apollo 11 astronaut may be a sentimental favorite. He’s so ubiquitous these days with the dancing, the rapping and everything else, he’s sort of become America’s favorite grandfather. And who wants to send Grandpa Moon Guy packing?

So instead, the axe fell on former Beverly Hills: 90210 and Charmed bad girl Shannen Doherty and partner Mark Ballas. Apparently, Ballas was going home anyway given that he injured his knee yesterday. Shannen — who has made a career of sorts out of being axed from TV shows — put the whole thing down to “fate” because she didn’t want to dance without Ballas.

Well, whatever.

For those who are interested, it seems that former Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson and partner Damian Whitewood are in the bottom 2, which is to say close to being sent packing.

It’s difficult to believe that any of the couples will beat Pussy Cat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger and Derek Hough. Dancing is basically Scherzinger’s full-time job. Nobody really follows the Dolls for their singing, do they?