With the judges, suddenly tough on everyone after weeks of soft-pedaling it, there were no perfect scores and no clear winner at the Dancing with the Stars finals on Monday night.
Melanie Brown (Scary Spice) and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy lead with a total 55 out of 60 for their fun, disco cha cha cha (28) and her uneven freestyle (27). The Spice Girls were on hand to cheer Mel B on. They were pretty vocal when the judges critiqued Mel and Max as they jeered loudly.
Meanwhile, the charismatic, two-time Indy 500 winner, Helio Castroneves and his partner, Julianne Hough had a total of 54 — a technically sloppy jive (25) but the best freestyle of the night (29) with loads of difficult, dynamic and daring lifts. Mel-B though has emerged from tonight’s ballroom battle with the highest score, leading by one point over Helio in the judges scoring. Poll position for sure but one last dance and the fans vote will decide who claims the mirror-ball trophy during Tuesday’s 2-hour season finale.
And that’s where Marie Osmond comes into play. I am not going to couch my words regarding Marie. She shouldn’t have been in the final and she was justifiably scored much lower by the judges then Helio and Mel-B. The fact that she wasn’t very gracious when the judges delicately critiqued her poor technique added to the embarrasement. Let’s hope her fans are a little more realistic.
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