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| Will 'girl Power' Prevail on 'Dancing'?Tue, 20 May 2008 13:07:16 -0700 by AssociatedPressEntertainment ExtraWill 'girl Power' Prevail on 'Dancing'?Will 'girl Power' Prevail on 'Dancing'?The Associated PressKristi Yamaguchi is clearly the most talented contestant on "Dancing With the Stars." But the question still looms heading into Tuesday's finale: Can a woman win the celebrity dance-off?[Notes:ANC HOR VOICE] Who will win that coveted mirrored ball?We find out Tuesday night on the season finale of 'Dancing with the Stars." SOT: Kristi Yamaguchi, Athlete and contestant: "This week has been all about girl power. It's four seasons since a girl has taken home the mirror ball trophy. We have our sights set on it we are going to do all we can do just go for it."Kristi Yamaguchi goes into the finals after getting perfect 60 score for her two dances Monday:SOT: Yamaguchi: "We got our little Michael Jackson socks going our ode to Michael Jackson and our sparkles everywhere. (Reporter: helpful to not have to wear heels for this dance?) This whole week dancing and practicing in these have been heaven the swelling in my feet have gone down."But the competition is putting everything they can into it - including - in Jason Taylor's case - the shirt off his back:SOT:Jason Taylor, Athlete and contestant: "Oh it (taking off shirt) was fine I mean she (Edyta Sliwinska) was trying to get me to do a little more all season long. Why not wait until the finals so we can do it. I am glad that we made it here so we can do it."And how will Cristian de la Fuente's injury affect the outcome?SOT: Cheryl Burke/Professional dancer partner of Cristian de la Fuente: "I don't hold back when I am on the floor but during practice I do. We do as much as we can do you know he only has one arm left. His arm is starting to hurt his good arm so I am really trying to be careful. But tonight I went all out during rehearsals I tone it down but tonight he wouldn't want anything less." [Notes:Sound up, Cristian in Spanish]The Chilean-born actor urged his fans to keep up their support.Marissa Jaret Winokur - the last contestant voted off - knows where her loyalties lie:SOT: Marissa Jaret Winokur, Actor and former contestant: "I think everyone was good but I am on the girl power ride and I wanted a girl to win this season. I think it has to be Kristi at this point right? It has to be she is so good. What people don't know that don't see the rehearsal process is that she is rehearsing twice as much as anybody else is rehearsing." 'Dancing with the Stars' airs on ABC. ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: Lauri Neff---------------- ---------VIDEO PRODUCER: Neff---------------- --------------VIDEO SOURCE: AP, BBC WORLDWIDE/ABC------- -------------------V IDEO APPROVAL: J.C.---------------- --------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: DWTS Show Footage: RESTRICTIONS MANDATORY ONSCREEN CREDIT TO BBC WORLDWIDE/ABC. SHOW CLIPS WILL BE USED SOLELY FOR ENTERTAINMENT-NEWS PROGRAMMES. CLIPS ARE FOR USE FOR NETWORK- TELEVISION AND BASIC-CABLE EXHIBITION (TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PROGRAMME IS SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTED VIA SUCH ( MEDIA), MAY BE EXHIBITED UNLIMITED RUNS WITHIN FOURTEEN (14) DAYS OF THE INITIAL EXHIBITION (19 MAY 2008) OF SUCH EPISODE. THE SELECTED CLIP(S) MAY ALSO BE EXHIBITED, VIA INTERNET STREAMING VIDEO AND SHALL NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD, EMBEDDING, FILE SHARING OR ANY OTHER MEANS OR METHODS WHEREBY VIEWERS CAN SHARE OR PERMANENTLY STORE ANY COPY OF THE CLIP(S) OR POST THEM ON ANY OTHER WEBSITE++----------- -------------------- --- Related: dwts 'girl power' prevail on 'dancing'? |
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