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"We made it! We made it to the DWTS semi-finals with my predicted final four duking it out for a spot in next week&amp;#x27;s final dance-off! In case you haven&amp;#x27;t been following my recaps from week to week, your semi-finalists are: Donald Driver with Peta Murgatroyd, Maria Menounos with Derek Hough, Katherine Jenkins with Mark Ballas and William Levy with Cheryl Burke. I&amp;#x27;m nervous and excited. Each couple is dancing TWO full dances and they have zero room for slip ups. They mess up tonight, chances are they&amp;#x27;re going home tomorrow. I dreaded the day my four favorites would have to battle it out Hunger Games style in the ballroom. I&amp;#x27;d love to see a four-way tie because I honestly have no idea who will win. There really is no sure thing. Oh, and since we&amp;#x27;re nearing the end, can I give a special shout out to these guys? I friggin love the way they sing those &amp;quot;buh buh buhs&amp;quot; during the opening of each show. Next career, I want to be a DWTS &amp;quot;buh buh buh&amp;quot; singer! Okay so lets get down to business . . . William and Cheryl Dance 1: Tango William was SO nervous in rehearsal. His dancing looked impeccable to me--it was just that his face looked like he suddenly remembered he was due for a root canal. I need to give a shout out to those sparkly tuxedo pants. William is the ONLY man in the world that can make them look damn sexy! Best Line from the Judges: &amp;quot;No doubt who was on top of that--you were like the dictator of the tango!&amp;quot; -- Bruno Score: 28 (one ten from who else--Bruno!) Dance 2: Samba We learn about how very poor William was growing up in Cuba--with his family sharing stories about how he was always determined to make a better life for himself in America. Well, look how much better he made life in America for us when he signed with the Next Modeling Agency! And how much better he just made my Monday night by shaking this! Best Line from the Judges: &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;ve never looked at man&amp;#x27;s bum for so long in my life!&amp;quot; -- Len Score: 30!!!! Katherine and Mark Dance 1: Quick Step Last week was Katherine&amp;#x27;s most disappointing week to date so she has to bring that Welsh Wiggle tonight or she could go down in DWTS history as the contestant that peaked way too soon! I take that back . . . I&amp;#x27;m pretty sure they floated off the dance floor. I also had to check my TV to make sure I didn&amp;#x27;t accidentally flip my channel to an old-timey movie on AMC! Best Line from the Judges: &amp;quot;In order to make it to the finals, you need to bring your A game . . . and I don&amp;#x27;t think you did that.&amp;quot; [Awkward, horrible silence and a few boos.] &amp;quot;You brought your A PLUS game!&amp;quot; [Crowd goes wild]. --Carrie Ann Score: 29!? Is Len going to withhold 10s the entire semi-finals? Dance 2: Salsa We learn that Katherine was perfect since childhood (pictured with her sister Laura). And that she just broke things off with her fiance Gethin Jones in December. I couldn&amp;#x27;t put my finger on it until now but this explains why she&amp;#x27;s seemed a bit fragile and wounded--like a bird--all season long. But wow, it makes it all the more inspiring now when you watch her pull out this inner confidence and strength when she gets on the dance floor! And why I started crying when she stumbled and fell backwards during the last seconds of her otherwise perfect dance--and burst into tears. She couldn&amp;#x27;t stop apologizing to Marc--I&amp;#x27;m still tearing up thinking about it! Best Line from the Judges: &amp;quot;It was like you hung out with Beyonce over the weekend and just let loose . . . so sorry about the end!&amp;quot; --Carrie Ann Score: 27 (Three 9s that I&amp;#x27;m positive would have been 10s if she didn&amp;#x27;t fall in the end) Donald and Peta Dance: Waltz Donald is just so HAPPY to be on DWTS that it&amp;#x27;s hard not to feel your stress melt away watching him dance. This was just beautiful to watch--like a scene straight out of a Disney princess movie! Best Line from the Judges: &amp;quot;You&amp;#x27;re like a big, rough, tough cream puff!&amp;quot; --Len Score: 28 Dance 2: Samba Wow, Donald had a rough start growing up in a tough neighborhood in Texas. He was one of five siblings, their dad was in jail and they lived in a U-Haul under a bridge. Donald and his brother Marvin went to live with their grandparents--and found themselves doing drugs, selling drugs and stealing cars. He had that sweet face and endearing smile even when he was a &amp;quot;bad boy.&amp;quot; Donald says his life turned around when he met his wife (Fun fact? Their first date was at McDonalds!) And she helped him find his calling in the NFL (any Green Bay Packers fans out there?) BTW--did you know Donald&amp;#x27;s nickname has always been Quickie? Explains how he just glides across the dance floor like he&amp;#x27;s wearing ice skates, doesn&amp;#x27;t it? Best Line from the Judges: &amp;quot;That was A plus game!&amp;quot; --Carrie Ann Score: 29 (seriously, will he EVER get a 10 from Len?!?) Maria and Derek Dance: Argentine Tango Pressure is on--last week Derek took a risk and choreographed a &amp;quot;Bollywood&amp;quot; dance that did not impress Len and cost them points. It&amp;#x27;s sweet to see Derek freak out over needing to create the perfect dance so Maria can shine this week--while Maria freaks out over Derek being under so much stress. You know how I predicted the final four? I&amp;#x27;m also using my new found psychic abilities to predict that Derek and Maria are the next hot couple! I mean, how can they even think about being with anyone else when they look like that? Best Line from the Judges: &amp;quot;Every step had a meaning and purpose like a series of caresses!&amp;quot; -- Bruno Score: 30--ladies, our first PERFECT score of the night! If you can&amp;#x27;t tell, this is Maria losing her mind in the sky box as the news sets in! Dance 2: Jive We heard Maria tell the story of how her parent&amp;#x27;s were immigrants from Greece during the night everyone danced in honor of the most meaningful year of their lives. Tonight we got to learn more about how hard her parents worked to make ends meet for their children. I just loved this photo of baby Maria with her dad. Her dad taught her, &amp;quot;If you work hard, you can do whatever you put you mind too!&amp;quot; It was so heart warming to hear her dad talk about how Maria took that advice to heart. Did you know she started out on Channel One News? Did you have that in your classroom? I find it pretty funny that Maria&amp;#x27;s Extra producers were concerned when she told them she wanted to do DWTS--but not because she might miss work. They thought she was too klutzy! Well, I think she proved them wrong, no? Best Line from the Judges: &amp;quot;You are a winner tonight!&amp;quot; --Carrie Ann Score: 29 UPDATE: Katherine may have actually hurt her lower back and is getting it checked by a doctor! We hope she&amp;#x27;s okay! SOO . . . injuries none withstanding, who was your favorite dancer tonight? Who&amp;#x27;s going home and who&amp;#x27;s going all the way? My psychic powers (that only come out for DWTS, by the way) are telling me that Maria may have a Mirror Ball sitting on her mantle next week! What do you think? Late to the DWTS craze? Catch up here! * DWTS: Zorro, Bollywood, Cute Grandmas and a Surprise Kiss for Carrie Ann * DWTS: Lots of Skin, Lots of Drama and a Hunger Games-esque Finale! * I&amp;#x27;m No Psychic But I&amp;#x27;m Pretty Sure We Saw a Glimpse of Who Will Be Competing for the Mirror Ball Trophy on Tonight&amp;#x27;s DWTS Photos: ABC "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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