Dancing With the Stars Finals Results Live Blog

A two-hour season finale tonight where we will crown a new Dancing With the Stars champ.

Will it be Ricki, Rob or J.R.?  We will know very soon.

Here we go.

After an opening number with many of the current and past pros, we see all the former contestants parading around the stage.

Then a recap of last night's performances we get to see Lady Antebellum with their first performance of the night. 

Next some dancing.  In this round, the contestants get to redo a dance from one of the past weeks that they want to improve on.  Ricki and Derek are up first and they select their "Psycho" tango.  Another great performance.  Len called it a memorable dance and loved it.  

Rob and Cheryl are up next with their foxtrot.  This was the dance that Rob dedicated to his dad.  We'll get scores after everyone is completed.

Next up is the popular J.R. Martinez and Karina.  They decide to do a jive and make a few changes from when they did it the first time.  It was a little rough in spots, but lots of energy and fun was to be had. 

Here's the scoring.  Rob and Cheryl get 26 points, J.R. and Karina get 28, and Ricki and Derek pull in another 30 points.

We are about to see one couple get eliminated.  Factoring in audience votes with the judges totals we see that Ricki and Derek in a surprise are eliminated.

J.R. and Rob now will have to do one final dance, and it will be an instant dance.

We are down to two couples and one trophy is going to be awarded.  Both teams are going to do a samba to a Ricky Martin song.  J.R. will go first and Rob will go second.

Now, since we are about half-way through the show we look back at the eliminated contestants. 

While the couples are hard at work learning their instant dance, more eliminated contestants hit the dance floor.  That included Carson Kressley dancing with guys.  The fun continues with Chaz Bono coming up. 

Chaz was followed by a performance bt David Arquette and Kym Johnson.

Up next are the instant sambas.  J.R. first and as usual it was high energy.  Rob's was flashy, but not all that difficult.  The judges had some nice things to say and it's going to be a photo finish.

Here are the final set of scores for J.R. and Karina.  They get 30 out of 30.

Rob and Cheryl's scores are coming up.  Rob gets a 30 as well.

The mirror ball trophy is about to be awarded.  Three months of hardwork and lots of fan's votes results in J.R. and Karina being popular winners in Season 13.

Congrats to J.R. and Karina.

'Celebrity Apprentice' Finale Tonight

It's a fight to the finish tonight on the season finale of Celebrity Apprentice.

Country singer John Rich and Oscar winner Marlee Matlin successfully completed tasks, survived boardroom firings and dealt with unpredictable team members to become the finalists to face Donald Trump in the last boardroom. They’re also each other’s biggest fans.

“Let’s start with how smart Marlee is,” Rich said during a conference call with reporters. “She’s wickedly smart, she has a great sense of humor and she’s very charming.

Matlin discovered early in the season that Rich was not to be underestimated.

“There was an instant and immediate sense of respect,” the deaf actress said through an interpreter. “It was about eye contact. I’m good at reading people’s faces, and the moment I saw his face I knew he was a formidable competitor.”

In seasons past, viewers had such contestants as the venomous, yet ultimately successful Piers Morgan to root against. In this finale, there is no such villain. Even when the two finalists admitted to being frustrated with some of their fellow celebrity players, it always ended with a kiss.

Last week, in a great setup episode, the candidates were handed a task that actually sounds both fun and funky: design a campaign, complete with TV ad and packaging, for the return of 7Up Classic, the original Uncola, made with real, genuine, old-style sugar, and not that fake syrup drinks use nowadays.

Both potential apprentices have great ideas for their campaigns, we'll see which one can deliver what the 7Up executives and of course Donal Trump want.

Someone will be fired and someone will be the new Celebrity Apprentice.



The Amazing Race Season Finale 'Hi. I’m Sorry. I’m in a Race’

It's down to the final three teams for the final leg of this season's Amazing Race.  Two all-girl teams remain racing, so we could have the first all-girl winner crowned tonight.

All we know at this point is the teams will be in Southern California, competing in the final leg for a shot at the million-dollar prize.  We also have been tipped off that there will be a special appearance by a famous game show host.

It will air tonight after 60 Minutes.

Update on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 9:39PM by Rick C.Limpert

Nat and Kat win the $1 Million and The Amazing Race.