Maks: 'I'll have to think about' returning to 'DWTS'

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By Anna Chan

It?s another season of ?Dancing With the Stars? without a mirror ball trophy for ballroom bad boy Maksim Chmerkovskiy. The pro and celeb partner Melissa Gilbert were eliminated just shy of the semifinals on Tuesday despite finally earning some very positive comments from the judges this week.

Even worse, the cut came on the actress?s 48th ^birthday.

?You know what? Every day above ground is a good day, so I?m OK,? she told reporters after the show.

Though Maks wasn?t too excited to get eliminated yet again, he found a positive way to look at things too. ?The competitor in me will never be OK with a loss,? he told reporters, ?but the dancer in me did not want to see Katherine (Jenkins) go.?... It (would have) sucked to see Katherine go on a hiccup.?

Nevertheless, another trophy-less season and the stress of the competition seem to have the pro questioning his future on the show. He admitted that though it?s not up to the dancers whether they?ll be invited back the next season, he may have some thinking to do during the off-season.

?It?s gonna come down to what I need for me,? he said. ?I think for me, I?ve made enough friends. With (Melissa), I?d be upset if I didn?t come back this season because I would?ve missed out on Melissa. So I?ll think about it.?

One thing that might be taken into the consideration is the show?s apparent fondness for showing Maks at his worst in rehearsal clips, including Monday night?s curse-filled rant.

?You guys don?t really get a chance to see and understand what really happens, and therefore you pass judgment -- rightfully so -- based on the limited information that you get from rehearsal footages,? he told reporters. ?I actually thought about it today. We don?t get to speak. We don?t get to say anything. We get (put in) the montage, and that kind of sucks.?... I wish that there was something that could be done about this, but again, it?s not my show.?

And as hard as the season was for him and Melissa, it wasn't all bad.

"It?s a tough show, but there?s always something positive you get out of it," Maks said.

So his prize this season? His "Little House on the Prairie" partner: "That?s the person I got to know, and that?s the person I got to love."

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