The four remaining contestants on "Dancing With The Stars" will dance for the last time this week, and we will finally find out which three pairs will be one step closer to taking home that Mirrorball Trophy. With Bindi Irwin, Nick Carter, Carlos PenaVega and Alek Skarlatos battling it out on the dance floor for those final three spots, it's bound to be an intense and exciting night as they approach the end of their dancing journey.
On Monday night's episode, the finalists will compete in two rounds of dance. For the first round, each of the judges have been assigned a team that they will help choose a creative element for each of their dances, which will be a redo to a new song, according to ABC. Carrie Ann Inaba will be working with Irwin and her partner Derek Hough as well as Skarlatos and his partner Lindsay Arnold; Julianne Hough will be working with Carter and his partner Sharna Burgess; and Bruno Tonioli will be working with PenaVega and his partner Witney Carson. For the second round, the dancers will take on a freestyle dance which will be extra special routines as they will have additional dancers, special effects and unexpected surprises. The couple with the lowest combined viewer and judge votes from the previous two weeks will then be eliminated.
On Tuesday night, the final three contestants will take part in a repeat dance from the season and then a new routine, which is part of a "24-Hour Fusion Challenge." This consists of two contrasting dance styles that they have already performed this season fused together for one epic result, and the twist is, they have less than 24 hours to prepare. The judges will then score them on these challenging routines, and the winner will be announced at the end of the night.
During the special two-hour season finale event, many of the previous contestants from this season like Andy Grammer, Chaka Khan and Kim Zolciak will return to the dance floor to perform, and there will also be encore performances from the eliminated celebrities. The night will kick off with a reunion dance where all 13 of this season's couples will perform a high-energy routine.
Irwin has stayed at the top of the leaderboard this entire season, so based on judges' votes, she pretty much has it in the bag, but it's up to her fans to help her go all the way. "I think it's going to be a very, very close run," judge Inaba told TV Guide. "I hear Bindi's name come up a lot when people are talking about who they think is going to win. And yes, she's got this incredible personality and she's done consistently well. But...not to bring her down at all, because she's absolutely incredible, but when you're that good every time, the level of expectation is very, very high. And I think she's shown us so many incredible sides of herself, I wonder what she's going to show us for the finale. Because you could be great all season, but if you don't win that night, you don't win."
