Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Dancing With The Stars, Ep. 17.12: Finale

Freestyle Encore
The public tweeted, and they wanted to see Amber & Derek's freestyle again. This could be very telling...people love freestyles, and the freestyle "winner" usually wins it all. So...does this mean Amber will be the winner?

What Does The Fox Say?
We get to see another performance by the group that brought us this awesome group dance...sung by the artist live. Still an awesome dance! They pointed out that the 3 finalists were all in this group dance. I knew this group was stacked heavily in their favor...the other team didn't stand a chance.

24-Hour Fusion Dances
Last night the pairs chose 2 dances for each other. The 2 dances have to be fused into one dance to one track of music....with only 1 day to prepare.

Corbin & Karina--ChaCha/Foxtrot
These  2 dances couldn't be more different, but they flowed seamlessly from the Foxtrot right into the fun and hip-gyrating ChaCha and right back into the Foxtrot. The dances looked like they belonged together, what an accomplishment! Great choreography from Karina.
Score: 27 (89 2-night total)

Jack & Cheryl--Paso Doble/Salsa
Wow, I was just so in awe, that I forgot I was supposed to be watching for the 2 dances! Luckily, I did snap out of it to recognize them both. He did very well at the Salsa for not ever dancing it before. His Paso was good of course, as well. Well done, and good luck Jack!
Score: 27 (84 2-night total)

Amber & Derek--Samba/Quickstep
These are both very quick dances, so it was pretty easy to put them together. I think at the end of this season, she's just tired. She was fast, but not like she has shown in the past. She didn't seem to be moving quite as quickly as Derek was. It was still really good though. Derek's choreography was just amazing...again. He did a great job of putting the 2 dances together to make 1 dance.
Score: 30 (94 2-night total)

I don't think there has ever been that much of a spread in the finale. The scores are usually very close, within a point or 2. There's 10 points separating first and last place, and Amber is ahead of Corbin by 5 points. Wow.

The Results
3rd Place: Jack & Cheryl (he tied his sister Kelly, who also took 3rd place back in Season 9)
2nd Place: Corbin & Karina
WINNER: AMBER & DEREK (Derek is now an unprecedented 5-time winner!!! And, it's his 2nd back-to-back win...that's just crazy!)

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