The Pasa Doble face-off was up first for the Dancing with the Stars final, after a quick video recap of the judges visit to rehearsal this week. On a side note, it was pretty hilarious to watch Len Goodman dance with Gilles Marini).

While it was entertaining to hear the house band sing Pink‘s “So What“, the dancing was solid (except for Melissa’s little snafoo at the end of her solo). Gilles stood out by leaps and bounds, as usual.

Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas: 9,9,10=28

Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani: 10,9,10= 29

Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke: 10,10,10= 30

Then it was onto the freestyle dance- the most exciting dance of the season!

Olympian & DWTS season four winner Apolo Anton Ohno visited Shawn at rehearsal to give her an Olympic boost (and remind her no Olympian in the finale of the show has ever lost- no pressure). Did it pay off?

Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas (I didn’t like it, but judges loved it): 10,10,10= 30

Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani (judges didn’t love it, but I did): 9,9,9= 27

Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke (it was mixed emotions from the judges, but I loved it):9,10,9= 28

Wow… Shawn won the freestyle. I would have totally never called that! I don’t think it’s fair the the judges punished Melissa so severely for Tony’s choreography, when he was overdoing it all because of regrets from his last finale several years ago. How is that her fault?

The contestants will have one more dance tomorrow night to be judged, but tonight’s our only opportunity to vote. Here are the final standings:

Gilles & Shawn with a total of 58, then Melissa with a total of 56.

Vote for your favorite tonight and tune in tomorrow for the huge finale!!!

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