Dancing With the Stars 2012 Live Blog: Results and Winner Revealed
10:56 - Winner is Donald Driver and Peta!!!
10:51 - Another commercial now. Winner will be announced soon.
10:48 - having combined the judges score, third place is William and Cheryl
10:45 - Gladys Knight sings "The Way We Were"
10:36 - Donald Driver and Peta dance the Cha Cha Cha. Donald's looking sexy dancing with his top OFF!
Carrie: You are the one to beat!
Len: No one's a loser tonight. All three are absolute winners. And may i say we've had some great footballers on the show over the years but I feel that you're the best we've had.
Bruno: Another massive hit for Donald the magnificent. You've been so smart. You really have the strategy of the champion. You improve week after week.
Another perfect score 10, 10, 10!
10:25 - Katherine Jenkins and Mark perform a jazz dance.
Bruno: The girl that has it all. Versatility. Great technique... performance range...A truly stunning stunning dancer!
Carrie Ann: You are a brilliant artist. I want to thank you for setting the bar so high. Its because of what you guys started!
Len: You are the complete package.
Perfect score again: 10, 10, 10!
10:17 - William and Cheryl dance the Salsa
Len: If salsa and rhythm were in the Olympics you'd win the gold.
Bruno: When it comes down to hot, saucy, sexy, spicy salsa, nobody does it better than William!
Carrie Ann: You have heated up this ballroom with your passion and performances. What you have is true star quality.
Perfect score of 10, 10, 10 !
10:10 - Maria Menounos and Derek Hough perform.
10:03 - Kelly Clarkson returns to the ballroom and performs her new single "Dark Side", dressed in a sparkly silver dress.
9:58 - Roshon and Chelsie perform a freestyle.
9:55 - Melissa Gilbert is dancing a trio with Maksim and his brother.
9:49 - Jaleel and Kim dance. Jaleel messed it up. He can't lift Kim for the last move. They are laughing.
9:46 - Gladys Knight dances with partner Tristan
9:45 - more recaps of past performances from the finalists.
9:38 - Gavin and Karina dance
9:30 - The three finalists are getting ready backstage for the final dance of the season. They had less than a day to put the dance together. Martina Navratilova, performs a dance with her partner Tony. Next is Jack and Anna.
9:24 Sherri Shepherd performs a dance to "Hallelujah It's Raining Men".
Emily Maynard from "The Bachelorette" is in the audience.
9:17 - William and Cheryl, Katherine and Mark, Donald and Peta....
One more dance to prove themselves. Who will become the champion? They will get ready to perform for the LAST time.
Another look at tonight's final match up: "This season is the best. the level and quality is unsurpassing. The final three are all incredible in their own ways. "William is a phenomenon," says Carrie. "He taps into the woman's fantasies. Every move is telling you something."
"Katherine is one of the most technically advanced dancers we've ever had on DWTS," says Len.
"She knows how to present it in the best," says Carrie.
"Donald is very passionate and very driven to succeed," says Len.
9:12 - Len says one freestyle was the best last night: "It was Donald and Peta's freestyle that was the best." So the pair performs last night's freestyle to the cowboy theme which the judges raved about.
9:05 - Show starts by showing the best moments of William Levy & Cheryl Burke, Katherine Jenkins & Mark Ballas, Donald Driver & Peta Murgatroyd
9:01 - Show starts with all former contestants dancing together.
The Dancing With the Stars 2012 winner will be crowned Tuesday night, with the final three cast members vying for the coveted spot.
Donald Driver, Katherine Jenkins, and William Levy performed spectacularly on Monday evening and are now anxiously anticipating America's votes which will select the mirrorball trophy winner.
DWTS season 14 has been one of the most competitive seasons ever. Nearly 17 million people watched Monday's show that saw the judges give some amazing scores, many of them a perfect 10.
Levy and Cheryl Burke were the first on the dance floor Monday night, dancing the Cha Cha Cha, which earned them a perfect score of three tens from the judges, totally a perfect 30 overall.
Next classical singer Jenkins performed a paso doble with partner Mark Ballas. The British singer received a standing ovation and also earned a perfect score of 30.
Driver and partner Peta Murgatroyd then performed the Argentine tango, but missed out on a perfect score, obtaining 29 points.
Freestyle performances were next, with each of the contestants desperate to again impress the judges and TV fans.
Levy and Burke offered a high-energy performance earning 29 from the judges' table, leaving them with a near perfect score of 59 points for the night.
Jenkins and Ballas obtained a perfect score for their freestyle performance, bringing their overall night's score to 60.
Driver and Murgatroyd stepped up to wow the judges, earning the pair a perfect score of 30, making their overall score 59 for the night.
The Dancing With the Stars final will air on ABC Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST. Keep refreshing for a live recap of the show HERE.
