"Dancing With The Stars" The Final Three

Tonight we'll watch the top3 contestants vie for the coveted (or not so coveted) mirror ball trophy. The only man left standing is Donny. The two women left are Mya and Kelly. The personal favorite is Donny Osmond, but I'm from Utah and I grew up on Donny, so I'm prejudiced. The best dancer is clearly Mya. She was born to dance. I never thought Kelly would make it to the finals, and quite frankly I'm not sure why she's still here. The big surprise of the season was when she beat out Joanna last week. I've enjoyed watching Kelly grow throughout the season and I have nothing against her, but I don't understand why she is still in the competition.

First Round-Latin
Donny and Kym: Donny looked confident and like he was having the time of his life. He is a ham and he just can't help it. I think he did a great job and improved greatly on his posture issues throughout the season.
My score 9 Mom's score 10 Average Score 9.5
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 9,9,9 Average Score 9

Mya and Dmitry: Paso Doble-This was absolutely amazing. This was powerful choreography done to powerful music. Mya came out strong, and even though there were moments when her movement could have been bigger, overall she was phenomenal. She was so good, if you didn't know who the professional dancer was and who the star was, you would have a hard time deciding just by watching them dance.
My score 10 Mom's Score 9 Average Score 9.5
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 10,10,10 Average Score 10

Kelly and Louie: Argentine Tango-Kelly did a great job. She looked great in her sparkly outfit. She always looks like she's a little off balance and just half a beat behind Louie, but altogether she did a great job on this dance. She also lacks the self-confidence on the floor as she is performing. She does have a regal quality about her that is quite charming.
My score 8 Mom's score 9 Average Score 8.5
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 9,9,8 Average Score 8.6

2nd Round-Group Dance-The dancers all danced together doing the exact same routine. The judges placed them in the same order we did
Mya-1st place-30 points
Donny-2nd place-28 points
Kelly-3rd place - 26 points

3rd Round-Free Style
Donny and Kym: Jg.
My score 10 Mom's score 10 Average Score 10
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 10,10,10 Average Score 10

Mya and Dmitry: The only problem I have with Mya is that, if it's not Latin, she tends to dance down. She doesn't dance full out. Her musicality is very good. She is coordinated and flexible, but her energy and motion did not meet the standards of the music. The music was the finale in Hairspray-very energetic.
My score 8 Mom's Score 8 Average Score 8
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 9,9,9 Average Score 9

Kelly and Louie: Kelly started out pretty strong on this routine and then the mistakes began. She had a more confident approach to the dance even as the mistakes added up. She handled her stumbles really well! She looked absolutely adorable. Way to go Kelly!
My score 8 Mom's score 8 Average Score 8
Comparison with Show's Judges Score of 8,8,8 Average Score 8


Donny & Kym
1st Round-9.5 & 9
2nd Round-9.3 & 9.3
3rd Round -10 & 10
Total= 57.1

Mya & Dmitry
1st Round-9.5 & 10
2nd Round-10 & 10
3rd Round-8 & 9
Total=56.5

Joanna & Derek
1st Round-8.5 & 9
2nd Round-8.6 & 8.6
3rd Round-8 & 8
Total=50.7

Kelly & Louie
1st Round-8 & 8
2nd Round-8.5 & 9
3rd Round-9 & 9
Total=50.5

The Next Judge's "Top 3 Ranking" of the contestants from tonight's show:
1st Place Ranking: Donny
2nd Place Ranking: Mya
3rd Place Ranking: Kelly

I'll edit this post tomorrow night after the results show, but I believe 1st place will go to Mya or Donny and 3rd place will go to Kelly.

This is a surprise to me, but they're having each couple dance one more time to determine their final placement. I think that's stupid, but they didn't ask me. For one thing, we don't know where they're placed after America's vote, so it's kind of meaningless to us as an audience. I think it's just one more chance for America to get a good look at the top 3 one more time.

First of all they're dancing routines, they already danced earlier in the season. I think it's also just one more chance for the judges to really say nice things to each of the finalist also, because they're not even scoring them. In fact they're only commenting on their general transformations throughout the season. They're not commenting on the routine that was just performed at all.

Now that the judges have seen all three dances, they are conferring together to determine the final placement of each dancer. Their first place ranking will get 30 points, 2nd place 28 points, and 3rd place 26 points.
Kelly and Louie were placed in 3rd place
Mya and Dmitry were placed in 2nd place
Donny and Kym were placed in 1st place

The couple taking 3rd place for the Season 9 of "Dancing With The Stars" is Kelly and Louie

The couple taking 2nd place: Mya and Dmitry
The couple taking 1st place: Donny and Kym