michael henderson author of no enemy to conquer, unforgiveness in a forgiving world is a testament to survival against all odds. please join me in woking our speaker. >> good evening, and thanks a lot for coming. i am so happy at just this moment, one that came out here and he was to present to you and he have a bad experience like me. i know live in a very nice place, and first i ask you and i apologize for my bad epg lish for a -- english because for a long time of lived in exile, and i lost a lot of practice in my english. i live in exile and wrote about my experience in my homeland of iran. i carved letter -- it's called letters to my torturer. i was there from 1983 to 1989 and forced to live in iran until 2004. the subject of my book is very painful. it's painful especially for the young people who have never been in prison. it is about what goes on behind prison walls in iran, but it's also about what goes on iran in general. it's my personal account, but my experience viewing this six years, i have spent behind bars is not very different from the thousand of others treated in i

michael henderson, author of "no enemy to conquer: forgiveness in an unforgiving world," has called the book a testament to survival against all odds. so won't you please join me in welcoming houshang asadi. [applause] >> good evening and thanks a lot for coming. i am so happy for just this moment, one of most iranian directer. he was in prison too. and have a bad experience like me. my name is houshang asadi, and i now live in exile in paris. and first i ask you accept my apologize for my bad english because it's for a long time i live in exile, in paris, i have to live in paris, and i've lost a lot of practice my english. i live in exile in paris where i wrote a book about my experience in my homeland, iran. called "letters to my torturer." i was in prison in iran from 1983 to 1989 and was forced to leave iran in 2004. the summit of my book -- subject of my book is very painful. is very painful especially for the young people who have never been in prison. it is about what goes on behind prison walls in iran, but it's also about what goes on in be iran in general. it's my perm account

rick foxx, florence henderson, david hasselhoff, audrina partridge, and michael bolton.surprise the at any of them, jennifer? going off, i mean. >> every week i've been surprised by who's sent home. every week it's like we never know. i'm always a little shocked. >> larry: how about you, brandy? >> me, too, i was very shocked. >> larry: anyone? >> rick foxx and audrina. they were doing great. and they did some of their best dances, and they were voted off. i didn't understand that. i was really disturbed by that because they were so good. >> larry: bristol, were you surprised at some of the people cut? >> i think we're all surprised every week. just because you can have such high scores and be voted off. >> larry: how competitive is it to you? >> i'm extremely competitive. just in general. of course i want to win. but i think for me, i've been lowest scorer since the beginning of the show. for me, it's just going against myself, and working my hardest and just improving for myself. >> larry: do you think the public likes you more than the judges? >> yeah, obviously. >> l