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"After an exciting and nerve-wracking season, it&amp;#039;s down to the wire on Dancing with the Stars. With only three contestants left, it&amp;#039;s up to judges Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba to decide who&amp;#039;s improved and who tears up the dance floor in tonight&amp;#039;s finale.  With each contestant performing three separate routines this evening, will it be Ricki Lake, JR Martinez or Rob Kardashian who steals the show and picks up the grand prize tomorrow night? Stay with Digital Spy live from 8/7c to find out! 20.59: It looks like that third dance will be performed tomorrow night, after all! In the meantime, the leaderboard is as follows:  Rob and Cheryl: 57 out of 60 Ricki and Derek: 54 out of 60 JR and Karina: 54 out of 60 20.53: JR and Karina decide on a salsa-inspired routine to honour JR&amp;#039;s Latino heritage. However, JR is uncomfortable with several of the moves that Karina suggests as he believes that her past injuries may be aggravated by the routine. Karina also gets nervous during rehearsals and is unable to perform several of the lifts, but hopes they can get it together in time.  Once they hit the dancefloor, the routine is high energy, modern and pretty sexy. The move which Karina struggled with is performed with only the slightest hiccup and while it&amp;#039;s not technically the strongest work JR has ever performed, you can certainly tell that he&amp;#039;s having fun.  Carrie Ann gets up and dances in response, saying that he performed the &amp;quot;sickest lifts&amp;quot; and congratulating Karina for confronting her fear. Len thinks that two things were revealed tonight: Karina&amp;#039;s body and JR&amp;#039;s talent. Bruno calls it &amp;quot;wild, exuberant with animal technicality&amp;quot; and applauds him for having made such a great comeback. They earn 30 out of 30. 20.43: Rob and Cheryl hope to wow the judges with their chemistry as well as all the lifts they&amp;#039;re incorporating into their freestyle. Rob wants to &amp;quot;shock the world&amp;quot; and promises to do whatever it takes to beat his fellow finalists.  Their routine is a flapper-themed affair, one that&amp;#039;s... a bit weird, to be honest. I would have expected something much more contemporary and fun but this just seems a bit out of place and not as exciting as they may have been aiming for.  Bruno thinks it had brilliant performance and execution and praises him for his perfect timing. Carrie Ann was &amp;quot;blown away&amp;quot;, claiming that it&amp;#039;s all she needed to give him a perfect ten. Len applauds him for giving it his all, telling Rob that both he and his family should be proud for what he has accomplished this season. They&amp;#039;re given 30 out of 30. 20.32: As they prepare for the freestyle, Derek wants to try more adventurous moves which Ricki is nervous about. He wants to try some lifts and difficult elements and while the pair argue when they struggle to meet eye to eye, Ricki says that she will trust Derek since he has made her look so good all season.  The routine is a lot of fun - say what you will about Derek, he&amp;#039;s a great choreographer capable of putting together some really fun routines. It includes his proposed lifts and spins and is just great to watch - from Ricki&amp;#039;s cheers after, it seems she&amp;#039;s pleased too.  Len thinks that it was fun and entertaining and applauds them. Bruno calls it an &amp;quot;explosive coming out&amp;quot;, admitting that it was one of the most demanding routines as they were able to jump from quickstep to salsa with ease. Carrie Ann agrees, calling it &amp;quot;effortless&amp;quot; and saying that she came out of everything beautifully despite her reservations. They earn 27 out of 30.  20.20: JR gets an x-ray for his ankle in order to make sure that he&amp;#039;ll be able to compete this week and gets the all clear from the doctor. Len comes to give a helping hand, saying that it boils down to who wants to win most and telling him to push himself to do his very best with his cha cha.  Their performance is high energy, with Karina and JR working together effortlessly - I think anyone can see they have great chemistry. JR also seems to be having a lot of fun and is not as concerned about being perfect, which I always think makes for a better performance.  Carrie Ann thinks that he&amp;#039;s magical and that everyone falls in love with his spirit but takes issue with his musicality tonight as well as advising him to be more aware of his arms. Len calls it &amp;quot;brave&amp;quot; that he did much of the dance solo, but agrees with Carrie that there were a lot of mistakes and the timing was off. &amp;quot;I think your enthusiasm got the better of you,&amp;quot; he adds. Bruno really liked the mood set and the character despite the small mistakes. They&amp;#039;re awarded 24 out of 30.  20.12: Bruno is there to guide Rob as he and Cheryl prepare for their performance. Bruno thinks that he has the &amp;quot;element of surprise&amp;quot; and could sweep the competition because of it. He advises Rob to listen to what Cheryl says as they learn their waltz.  The dance itself is okay - slightly boring, but that owes more to the genre than their performance. Rob has really grown through this competition. The movements are fluid and you can tell that he has worked hard on making it seem as natural as possible.  Bruno thinks that he was &amp;quot;flowing and glowing&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;so full of expression&amp;quot;, loving the continuity of the lines but pinpointing his footwork as a weak area. Carrie Ann thinks that he&amp;#039;s the &amp;quot;male version of Cinderella&amp;quot; who made it to the ball and applauds him for making it to the finals as he has improved immensely. Len thinks that it got a bit heavy at times and cost him his posture, but still dubs it &amp;quot;simple and beautiful&amp;quot;. They get 27 out of 30.  20.04: During rehearsals, Ricki gets guidance from Carrie Ann. She admits that she feels really nervous about her final cha cha, as she&amp;#039;s still not comfortable being &amp;quot;sexy&amp;quot; since she was a bigger girl for much of her life. However, Carrie Ann tells her to let go and to win the audience over by being confident and having fun.  The dance itself is great - Ricki is my favourite to win, personally, and I think she&amp;#039;s a fantastic dancer who&amp;#039;s really given 110% every week. She definitely seems nervous tonight and maybe a little too stiff with her moves because of it, but technically it seems pretty great to me. I&amp;#039;m unsure why Derek needs to have his shirt open, but whatever. Len calls it an &amp;quot;action-packed performance&amp;quot; and loved the timing, rhythm and hip movement. He thinks that it could have been more fluid, but definitely a final-worthy performance. Bruno thinks that&amp;#039; she&amp;#039;s never been hotter and sexier and loves that she let herself go, dubbing it &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot;. Carrie Ann applauds Ricki for &amp;quot;living&amp;quot; the dance instead of just performing it. She notices a few small technical setbacks but says that it was &amp;quot;confidence at its best&amp;quot;. They earn 27 out of 30 points. 20.00: And we&amp;#039;re off! There are three opportunities for the contestants to impress tonight, including the dreaded freestyle. Who do you want to see win? Be sure to sound off in the comments below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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