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"J.R. Martinez sure is angling for a Dancing With the Stars victory!\r\nAs he goes into Tuesday&amp;apos;s finale against Rob Kardashian and Ricki Lake, the war vet and soap star tells Us he has his eyes on that mirror ball trophy -- and wants to bring it home for the sake of his pro partner, Karina Smirnoff.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Karina deserves to win!&amp;quot; he enthused to Us Weekly backstage at Monday&amp;apos;s performance show. &amp;quot;[Pros] Derek [Hough, Lake&amp;apos;s partner] and Cheryl [Burke, Kardashian&amp;apos;s partner] have won before and of course they want to win again, but I want Karina to win! She&amp;apos;s creative and risky and she really deserves that.&amp;quot;\r\nMartinez, 28, credits his pro, 33, with helping to give him a &amp;quot;second chance at life&amp;quot; through DWTS.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s amazing that this show and Karina have given me a chance to be who I am,&amp;quot; says All My Children&amp;apos;s Martinez, who sustained burns over 40 percent of his body during a 2003 deployment in Iraq. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m honored that I&amp;apos;ve had the opportunity on this show to add a different dimension to it. It&amp;apos;s a tremendous opportunity and whatever the hell happens [Tuesday], it&amp;apos;s been an amazing journey.&amp;quot;\r\nWhile Martinez admits he &amp;quot;zoned out&amp;quot; during Monday&amp;apos;s cha cha routine -- which earned him 24 points out of 30 -- he tells Us he&amp;apos;s going into Tuesday&amp;apos;s finale without regrets.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I haven&amp;apos;t slept for about three nights now, so I don&amp;apos;t think tonight will be different than the ones before!&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m up tossing and turning! If we win though, unbelievable. If we don&amp;apos;t, [it&amp;apos;s] still great.&amp;quot;\r\nAdds his pro Smirnoff: &amp;quot;[Monday night] was amazing, with or without the mirror ball&amp;#x2026;but we really want one!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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