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"&amp;#39;Twas the night before the finale, when all through the ballroom, six dancers were practicing, hoping not to mess up. Fan favorites were coming back, the Mirrorball was getting cleaned, and this writer was thinking, Who on earth will it be?\nPinterestFacebookOK, this is where I stop rhyming (or trying to at least). I&amp;#39;m going to attempt to lay out what I think will go down tonight on the Dancing With the Stars finale and who will be showcasing that Mirrorball turkey trophy on Good Morning America come Wednesday morning.\n1) Corbin Bleu and Karina Smirnoff\nPinterestFacebookThe rundown: Holy smokes. Corbin and Karina&amp;#39;s Michael Jackson freestyle dance to &amp;quot;Smooth Criminal&amp;quot; was ridiculous and on another planet (by the way, Corbin explains below how they pulled off that &amp;quot;lean&amp;quot; move). Corbin is a natural, and when you watch him with Karina, you forget which one is the pro. It&amp;#39;s a master class in dance each week watching these two.\nWhat&amp;#39;s against them: I struggled to find a suitable answer to this, but if Corbin doesn&amp;#39;t win, I&amp;#39;m going to guess it&amp;#39;s because of one of two factors: either the Glee fan base was too powerful or viewers felt more connected to Jack Osbourne&amp;#39;s story of perseverance.\nMy prediction: I&amp;#39;m just going to say it: I want these two to win. Not only is their dancing flawless and captivating, but Corbin is quite possibly the nicest, most genuine guy I have ever met. (Karina is a doll as well). Still, will they win? I hope I&amp;#39;m wrong, but I&amp;#39;m going to say no. Why? See below.\n2) Amber Riley and Derek Hough\nPinterestFacebookThe rundown: These two are brilliant, and their freestyle last night could have easily been an Emmy-winning production number on Glee. Still, I&amp;#39;m not as gung-ho on Team Roughley as I was Team Pickler-Hough last season. I can&amp;#39;t put my finger on it, other than to to say that Kellie and Derek blew my mind week in and week out, whereas I felt Derek and Amber weren&amp;#39;t quite as strong some weeks.\nWhat&amp;#39;s against them: If Derek and Amber win, this will be Derek&amp;#39;s fifth Mirrorball trophy and his second back-to-back win. Sure, this is about Amber, not Derek, but I can&amp;#39;t help but wonder if that might prompt some viewers not to vote for them (especially if they&amp;#39;re on the fence). Still, the bigger obstacle? Jack Osbourne, who has the emotional vote.\nMy prediction: Glee&amp;#39;s rabid fans power Team Roughley to the win. But...\n3) Jack Osbourne and Cheryl Burke\nPinterestFacebookThe rundown: Jack Osbourne&amp;#39;s physical and personal transformation over the last 10 years is nothing short of remarkable. I have so much respect for him as a person (not to mention I love his mom!), and viewers can&amp;#39;t get enough of his story of perseverance. Plus, Jack is what DWTS is about&amp;#8212;taking a celeb who has no dance experience and transforming him into a pro. Based on that alone (and how good Jack has proved to be), he deserves the Mirrorball trophy. Will he get it? I don&amp;#39;t know if that&amp;#39;s enough.\nWhat&amp;#39;s against them: Amber Riley and Glee fans.\nMy prediction: Though I&amp;#39;m still thinking Riley is going to go home with the win, I think Jack might split the votes for Corbin and Amber. Viewers can&amp;#39;t get enough of his story, but are those viewers the ones that utilize every opportunity to vote? I don&amp;#39;t think so.\nMore Backstage Scoop:\n*Bill Engvall, as proud as he was to make it as far as he did in the competition, admitted to me that &amp;quot;Amber, Corbin, and Jack&amp;#8212;that&amp;#39;s who&amp;#39;s supposed to be in the final. I just couldn&amp;#39;t have competed with them.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebook*How did Karina and Corbin master that crazy lean-in element in their performance?\nPinterestFacebookHere&amp;#39;s how it went down:\n\nCorbin: &amp;quot;There&amp;#39;s a bit in the bottom of the shoe and that slips into a nail and that holds you on the floor, as that nail is screwed onto the floor.&amp;quot;&amp;gt;\n\n\n\n\nKarina: &amp;quot;It doesn&amp;#39;t totally hold you, but it helps control your body.&amp;quot;&amp;gt;\n\n\n\nCorbin: &amp;quot;But once you get to the bottom, it&amp;#39;s all on you to lift yourself back up. Your Achilles is dead after that.&amp;quot;\nPinterestFacebook*Bill Engvall is the oldest male celebrity to make it to the finals. Kudos, Bill!\n*Cheryl admitted to me that she and Jack came to a peaceful moment as they were the last two standing with Emma Slater and Bill Engvall:\n\nCheryl: &amp;quot;We kinda came to a moment...like, &amp;#39;OK, this was fun, love ya, and I&amp;#39;ll see you tomorrow.&amp;quot;&amp;gt;\n\n\n\n\nJack: &amp;quot;We&amp;#39;ve always thought each week was going to be our last week, but especially tonight because I butchered the jive royally and basically put it through a meat grinder a couple times. But at least I finished it!&amp;quot;&amp;gt;\n\n\n\nCheryl: &amp;quot;And you ran up those stairs like Rocky Balboa.&amp;quot; &amp;gt;\n\n\n\nJack: &amp;quot;And as I was running up those stairs, I was going, &amp;#39;f--k, f--k!&amp;#39;&amp;quot;\n*Karina has a new job! Well, sort of\u2026she&amp;#39;s partnered with Foot Petals to create and design an exclusive patterned cushion for your sky-high heels this holiday season. &amp;quot;I wear a lot of high heels, and wearing Foot Petals really helps. I wear them inside the shoe when I&amp;#39;m on DWTS all the time.&amp;quot;\n*If you&amp;#39;re missing DWTS after tonight, don&amp;#39;t fret. Starting Wednesday night, Jack Osbourne&amp;#39;s new show, Haunted Highway, premieres on the the SyFy Network. And then he&amp;#39;ll be hosting Fuse News live from New York City come Monday.\nWho do you guys want to win tonight, and who should win? Tell me below!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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