Dancing with the Stars

On last night's Dancing With The Stars, the final three couples gave it everything they had and left it all on the dance floor.  Competing for the title are Melanie Brown and Maxsim Chmerkovskiy, Helio Castroneves and Julianne Hough, and Marie Osmond and Jonathan Roberts.  Marie is still in the competition, which is surprising to many BuddyTV readers.  Once again, she received the lowest scores out of all the pairs and it seems her fate, once again, lies in the hands of the fans.  With tonight's 2-hour finale just hours away, everybody has an opinion on who should go home and who should win the whole thing!

It seems the BuddyTV readers are on Helio's side.  79% of readers polled felt that he and Julianne had the best freestyle of the evening.  Mel and Maks received 13% of the votes and Marie and Jonathan only received 8%.  "I've loved Mel all season, but she kinda disappointed me," said leleana, a BuddyTV reader.  Judge Carrie Ann Inaba said repeatedly throughout the night that she expected more from Mel and the dances didn't really show off what she could do.

Overall, the readers didn't seem to be impressed with anybody.  It seemed Helio was the lesser of three evils.  Perhaps BuddyTV reader hv14247 said it best: "Was everybody on drugs?  From Mel's wacky robotic freestyle to Marie's cracked out doll costume.... it was just BAD!!"  Fairlady chimed in, calling last night's final performance a "big disappointment".

After weeks of lackluster performances, one has to wonder how Marie Osmond is still in the competition.  Quickstepstar is calling for her elimination tonight.  "Marie needs to go home NOW!!! There was no dancing AT ALL in her freestyle routine! It was terrible! I cannot believe she got this far," she vented in the BuddyTV forums.  If the readers are right, then Marie will come in third, Mel in second, and Helio will win it all tonight!


- Gina Scarpa, BuddyTV Staff Writer(Image courtesy of ABC)