Krupa and Hough voted off Dancing with the Stars one week before finals

November 17, 10:22 PMDancing with the Stars ExaminerEvelyn McCormack

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Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough

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Dancing with the Stars headed into the finals Tuesday night, with the surprise elimination of model Joanna Krupa and her partner, the adorable Derek Hough.

“It’s been such an amazing experience,” said Krupa when the couple’s elimination was announced. “Thank you for giving me the opportunity.” In a departure from the show’s usual lame last dance, the couple actually performed their full Viennese Waltz from Monday’s performance show, ending on a high note.

Krupa’s elimination means that three couples will enter next week’s finals – My and Dmitry Chaplin, Kelly Osbourne and Louis Van Amstel and Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson. Both Osbourne and Osmond have scored lower than Krupa in most of Season 9’s performance shows, but Tuesday night reminded us all that judges’ scores and viewer votes can be two very different things. Yet equally important on DWTS.

To keep us all mystified or on the edge of our seats, co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris first brought the two highest scoring couples from Monday night, Mya and Chaplin, and Krupa and Hough, into the spotlight. Of those two, only Mya and Dmitry were declared safe.

Then, after a long stretch of guest performances and canned background videos, the two lowest scoring couples from Monday – Osbourne and Van Amstel and Osmond and Johnson – were trotted onstage. And – surprise! – Osmond and Johnson were declared safe, leaving Osbourne and Krupa hanging on for dear life. Osbourne, maybe. But Krupa, whose performances topped the leaderboard three times this season? Seriously? Beat out by Donny?

When Krupa/Hough and Osbourne/Van Amstel were trotted out again, the news was announced that Krupa/Hough were the couple with the lowest combined total, having to leave the show just one week shy of the finals.

The Results Show also featured a performance of “You Should Be Dancing” by the two remaining Bee Gee brothers, accompanied by pro dancers and Season 8’s third runner-up, a barefoot Melissa Rycroft.

And there was a Fosse-like dance performance from the star-studded film, “Nine,” which will be in theaters on Christmas Day. The number made me want to buy a ticket today.

Gorgeous crooner Alicia Keyes also performed her new single, “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart,” and British singer Leona Lewis performed her breakout hit, “Happy.”

See you at the finals. I’ll be in Europe next week, but I hope to be able to weigh in and catch the show somewhere!

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