Dmitry Chaplin and Mya performing the lambada.
Tonight, the three remaining celebrities and their professional dancing partners will face off for the final time. Mya and Dmitry Chaplin should turn in the best scores, but Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel as well as Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson have a fan base and can turn in good scores as well.
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Each couple will perform three more dances. They will each perform a ballroom or Latin dance, a freestyle dance and the megamix challenge. Mya and Chaplin will be performing a paso doble, something they did as part of team paso doble during week 7 of competition to Joan Jett's "I Hate Myself for Loving You" for a score of 24. Osbourne and Van Amstel and Osmond and Johnson competed on the winning Team Tango.
Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel will be dancing the Argentine tango. Mya and Chaplin and Osmond and Johnson performed the Argentine tango during week five with Osmond and Johnson getting a 29 and Mya and Chaplin earning a 27.
Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson will face the cha cha cha. Mya and Chaplin earned a 29 last week with her cha cha cha and Osbourne and Van Amstel earned a 27 (also last week).
The megamix is a group dance number where all three couples will perform at the same time and the mix part is that the dance styles will be the Viennese waltz, the samba and the jive. If you need a refresher, here's how the couples scored during their individual dances for these:
Viennese waltz
Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson: 26 week 8
Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel: 23 week 2
Mya and Dmitry Chaplin: 21 (week 1 night 2)
Samba
Mya and Dmitry Chaplin: 30 week 8
Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson: 26 week 9
Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel: 20 week 3
Jive
Mya and Dmitry Chaplin: 27 week 2
Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel: 26 week 8
Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson: 25 week 2
The couples will be ranked by the judges for their performances during the megamix and to make things fairer, the professional dancers will not be choreographing the piece. The piece will be choreographed by Nick Kosovich.
Kosovich was one of the professional dancers during season 2 when he was matched with Tatum O'Neal, and again during season 3, when his partner was Vivica A. Fox. O'Neal and Kosovich were eliminated during week 2 and Fox and Kosovich were eliminated during week 4.
Then, of course, there are the freestyle dances where the style, music and moves are up to the couple. Carrie Ann Inaba, the lift monitor, won't we taking points off for feet leaving the floor.
Anything can happen. Certainly, Mya has the moves and is probably the best all-around dancer, but the best dancer doesn't always win and the best both couples (Osmond and Johnson and Osbourne and Van Amstel) have outscored Mya, mostly as a matter of the judges taste for the choreographic choices. That, of course if half the story, because good dancers have been eliminated such as Aaron Carter and Joanna Krupa, so the audience votes will also count.
Tuesday, besides Whitney Houston performing, season 2 competitor Jerry Rice will take on Michael Irvin and martial artist Mark Dacascos will face off UFC champ Chuck Liddell. The Muppets will also make another appearance, having appeared during week 2 to help with Carter and Karina Smirnoff's quickstep.
Remember: Viewers can cast their votes by phone during (but not before) and up to 30 minutes after the performance show ends. AT&T subscribers can text their votes by texting the word "vote" and entering the number for their favorite team. Viewers can vote online until noon East Coast time on Tuesday.
Comments
Mya does NOT deserve to win - she's a performer already
What are the judges thinkin' ???
Kelly deserves it BIG TIME - she's come a loong way
Donny desreves second
why can't I vote for Kelly, everytime I dial 18008683416 I get a miss dial message
At this time, the show has not aired yet at least on the West Coast. For that reason, voting has not yet opened.
It's so obvious the judges want Mya to win. In the megamix, she made several mistakes, but yet the judges gave her 30. Her freestyle was lack luster but yet they gave her 27. Talk about trying to put the fix in so Mya wins no matter what the fans vote.
I have never voted before, but im all in for kelly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Based on tonight's performances, Donny was the best all around. Mya was good but she keeps harping on "how hard she worked" and "how much of her personal life she's given up" that it is annoying. Everyone worked hard and sacrificed to compete. Kelly learned so much, it was great to see her improve each week. Donny kept up his Vegas schedule AND trained for DWTS. His polish really showed this evening.
YAY!!!!! KEllll !!!!!!
It dosen't matter whether or not the judges want Mya to win she won't because the number that they gave her is not working. Just like Lalya Ali' and Lil Kim's numbers didn't. The show is rigged and they already know who they want to win before the show is over. I think Mya deserves to win because all of her performances were flawless. I think her partner threw her under the bus with that wack a_ _ dance routine. However, Kelly ROCKS!!!!
why are you all hating on mya she deserves it cause shes the best out of all the the whole season. even tho i thought tonight performances wasnt all that but it still was good. donnie been in show business forever dancing and singing just like mya but add 20 to the years he's been performing. kelly has come a long way and im proud of her but fair is fair.
Mya does not desever to win as she has done dancing in the movies
i think joanna still should have been there in kelly or donnie spot. she didn't deserve to go
The calls aren't going through for Mya I've tried half the night to do so to no avail.
Donnie shouldn't even be there. He should have been eliminated weeks ago. Go Mya.
you cannot register your votes, not by text not online and not by phone they have made a big mess up for the finale, what a disappointment. first time ever they have messed up the voting system.
tried to vote all different ways for all of them, none of them working, what a mess up!!!!!
I love this show, but if Donnie wins I am boycotting because I think it is biased. I feel this show has been promoting Donnie and all of the Osmonds unfairly. If I have to see one more Osmond I am throwing up. I can't believe this show has been fair. It is Osmond mania. Everyone I talk to feels the same. We are sick of the Osmonds.
You Rock Kelly ! ! ! ! Way to go ! ! !
Finally got my texts to go through for Kelly, could not get the phone votes to go through all night. ABC.com did work though! Hope Kelly takes it!
I believe that Donny deserves to win. Mya should come in 2nd and Kelly 3rd. Kelly has shown a lot of improvement, but I'm sorry, but she is boring. Mya is fun to watch in her latin dances, but for someone in his early 50's Donny has shown that he
deserves to win. His dancing can put a performer half his age to
shame.
I've been a fan of the show from the start but I think my gut feeling that the results are fixed are now confirmed. I just watched the final show with the last 3 couples. Tom Bergeron may as well have come out with an announcement that Louis and Dimitry were both instructed not to be too flashy in the freestyle because we "don't want to upstage Donny". It's been all about Donny winning from the start and it's all been carefully planned. I live in Canada and can't even vote which makes it even more frustrating. Judging by other comments, it wouldn't matter. There is no way either Dimitry or Louis would have choreographed such boring freestyle dances, with next to no lifts, unless they had been instructed not to.
I was able to place all my votes for Mya tonight without technical difficulties. Keep trying!
Mya is a great dancer!!!! She should win!!! It is such a pleasure to watch her dancing!!!!!She is the best!!!
Wow Ruth S hating on the Osmonds. Donnie for sure had the best freestyle. Ruth check yourself. Donnie has played fair he's been a good sport, and his last dance proves he's a winner. Is it the Osmonds you dislike or there good clean livin you hate?
they all deserve to win
The free style belongs to Donnie
If Kelly nailed her 3rd number... she would have a better chance to win. Her performance was more difficult than Mya's. I think Donny is going to win. Popularity vote is in his court. I was kind of hoping for the underdog Kelly to win... but with her mess ups.. probably not. Mya can dance but I love the growth Kelly has shown.
I cant believe that anyone would think the show is fixed. Do you really think Mya and Kelly and Donnie would work this hard if the show was rigged. Dont think so!!!!!
Donnie was dancing like the pros.m I want Donnie to win not Mya.
I agree - Mya shouldn't win - her free dance was awful. Kelly really pushed herself & is the only one who doesn't have any dance experience. Donny rocked his free dance & I'm glad they finally got perfect scores.
I live in Canada and yes we CAN VOTE...go to abc.com, register for free and then vote...yeah! So Ang, quite belly aching and get voting! By the way you are so off base saying everything is rigged. NOT! What a fun night to watch. All three couples were great.
Ruth, lighten up on the Osmonds...Donny tried his best and why shouldn't he get some praise. Good grief give the guy a break. They all deserve praise!!! By the way Ruth, your comments against the Osmonds, pretty dang shabby!!
Yes, it is a setup all season long they have been promoting the Osmonds. It doesn't matter if Mya has experience in dancing, so did Brooke and she won. Dmtry should be fired, I can't believe he was too lazy to come up with a routine, at least he could have changed some of the routine. If Mya doesn't win I will not watch anymore. The show uses blacks popular especially African American women and ensure that the never wine.
This is hilarious because Donny's fans feel the show has promoted Mya throughout. I'm just so glad Donny got to the finals considering he is working in two states. I hope Kelly comes 3rd since she has cried and pouted her way to the finals. She improved so much she didn't have to do that.
The voting last night was a disaster with the webpage not working right and I know people who phoned and were told that they had used all their votes up on their first call!
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