Nicole Scherzinger Wasn't "Bothered" by Dance Mishap
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Perfectionist Nicole Scherzinger was too upset she slipped during a complicated lift with partner Derek Hough during Monday night's freestyle dance on DWTS.
"There was one little mistake at the end of the freestyle but that goes to show you how far we've come -- in the past that would have bothered Nicole so much but it's at the point now where, after the dance, we were happy and celebrating," Hough, 25, told UsMagazine.com after receiving 55 out of 60 in the finale.
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Added Hough of the judges, "I saw their faces like 'Ohh!' because they wanted to give us 10s! But we started celebrating a little too early I think and lost those last couple of seconds. But it's alright! I think we did our absolute best, there were times in rehearsal when we didn't get through it!"
Scherzinger, 32, told Us she couldn't "be nervous" about the complicated routine: "This guy is fearless so I had to be fearless! I'd say I was scared and then we'd just do it! I listen to him!"
Hough says they "can't wait" for Tuesday night's finale, in which all the former competitors -- including Kate Gosselin and Jake Pavelka, who will waltz with Vienna Girardi -- will return.
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Erin Andrews, 32, who tied with Scherzinger, explained her and Maksim Chmerkovskiy's decision to do a sexy freestyle dance with a bed.
"We wanted to do something different, we wanted to use props, we wanted to make it memorable," she said. "We wanted to do dancing, jumping, all that."
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Added Chmerkovskiy, "Going into this final we thought there was no way we could compete with either of the other couples. We wanted to stand out. And then Derek and Nicole were amazing.... But we wanted something too that people would remember. It was cool."
In third place: Evan Lysacek and Anna Trebunskaya, with a 52 out of 60.
"The judges all season have been telling me to let go, have more energy, dive into the character -- and I wanted to give them 200 percent tonight and show them I was listening," Lycasek told Us.
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19To Peggy Smith - ITA!!!!!!!!!!! Erin's whiney nasaly voice and sour attitude are so hard to watch! Her dancing and her diva attitude are getting old. And talk about stiff on the dance floor! She and Kate were the two stiffest dancers. Do they not know how to move their hips?
Nicole better win this because she deserves it! Evan is alright, but not as good as Nicole. Erin and her gumby ass giraffe self have got to go. She is just as annoying as Kate Gosselin!
OMG. Derek's screwing of the last lift in the freestyle (he moved too quickly) and Carrie Ann's nonsense "lift" comment made Nicole underscored for this week. Evan and Erin were way too overscored because they were cheating (using Mandy and Bobby who don't know what a DWTS freestyle is all about). Well, what goes around comes around. Honesty is always the best policy, as practiced by Nicole and Derek.
I feel that Nicole and Derek will definitely take this win. Derek is a wonderful choreographer and Nicole -- OMG, Nicole, she totally rocked it!! They were awesome the entire season and I thoroughly enjoyed watching and voting for them, so I cannot wait until tonight for the results, the moment of truth! MAHALO NICOLE...GREAT WORK DEREK!!
Nicole's expressions offset her talent in my opinion...plus she is a dancer so where was the challenge?
Go Erin and Max! Nicole is a really good dancer, but like they said on the e chanel they should call the show Dancing with the Dancers!!!!
I don't think Nicole should win it, yes she is a great dancer but she already was before she came on the show! It's not like she has improved like the other two she is in the finals with. I think Evan should win it - he has improved from the beginning a lot. He has always been good because he has some creative background from skating but that is completly different than dancing. I think he would have been much better in his freestyle last night if Anna had gone with what he wanted to do but she wouldn't just do what he wanted. I think she should have made a dance from the style he wanted.
Erin has improved BUT Evan would've been the real challenger for Nicole but unfortunately he has a TERRIBLE pro partner who has held him back. She needs to be paired with contestants that have no real hope in winning & NOT someone who had so much talent. He needed someone strong and not who they paired him with. He & Nicole are INCREDIBLE!!! I really hope Erin doesn't win & I don't think she will. To all saying negative about Nicole as a person & contestant - GET OVER IT!!
So where is last years winner eh..!!Did he show up at all??>>No..And other than the mirror trophy what do they get ... Nada..Just like winning American Idol but they have a little different the RUNNER UP is the real winner..So who cares right.. as long as it is not Nicole..
@LoriA - you couldn't mold Kate into a dancer if she were a lump of playdoh.
Go Nicole!! You and Derek deserve this win! You were great the whole season!!
Nicole has got this!!! If not, Evan can win it. Just as long as that weirdo Erin doesn't. That Maks is sooooo effing HOT!!
I think Evin and Anna did better than Nicole and her partner. However I think the judges have their favorites.
Nicole = Nauseating. Along with her stupid expressions. Great dancer, yes. But shouldn't be on the show and does NOT deserve to win!
I still hope Evan and Anna win!
I thought this show was all about taking someone that has no prior dance experience, like Kate, and molding them into a dancer? Don't understand.
Let's hope ERIN or Evan win this thing as Wringers shouldn't be on this show. It's not called "Dancing with the Already Dance Performer with an annoying Pro Partner" "RE-DOING' their failed lift backstaged should have been grounds for points deduction, IMO. ERIN AND MAAAAAAX!!
Nicole is AWESOME!! SHE WILL WIN DWTS!!! YAY GO NICOLE!!
Good for her!