Dancing with the Stars: It's Anyone's Game

People Magazine ^ | Tuesday November 23, 2010 07:00 AM EST | By Monica Rizzo

[STONEWALLS]

In the weeks, days and hours leading up to the season 11 finale, the big debate among Dancing with the Stars fans was how did Bristol Palin outlast contestants like Brandy and Audrina Patridge, whose ballroom skills were superior? But in the minutes that followed Monday night's performance show, it was clear inside the ballroom that Palin was just as deserving as Jennifer Grey and Kyle Massey of a shot at the mirror ball trophy.

So who will win? It's anybody's guess, judge Carrie Ann Inaba told PEOPLE backstage after the broadcast.

"If ever there was a season that's hard to predict I think it's this one," Inaba said, acknowledging that it isn't the first one in which fan votes are influencing who advances in the competition. "I wish the judges' scores carried more weight. But America always gets it right."

[Frapster]

yeah - i tire of the suspicious conspiracy theories found in virtually every post on FR - but alas I keep coming back. Palin’s staying on because she’s getting the votes.

[chaosagent]

Even my dog got a vote in this twice (10 votes), so she too could make a liberal head spin.

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If your dog voted from the same computer in the same house, it probably didn’t count. There was an article here on FR in the several days quoting the show producer on how they track IP addresses, not only email addresses.

Depending on how you’re set up, even a different computer in the same house will have the same IP address to the outside world.

[Tennessean4Bush]

LOL!

[USNBandit]

I was bummed that I couldn't find a picture of that scene.

The video is a bit jerky, but here is that clip on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Sw6by7pig