TPTB at ABC probably needed Maria back at the job and, therefore, fixed her elimination. One of the foreigners will win so ABC can get the credit for bringing him/her to the USA audiences.

By the look on Derek's face he already knew the end result.

The way i feel is: Derek Hough has won a few x's, and people are sick of him...Maria complained a lot about her injuries, and granted she was a good dancer, but these are 2 of the reasons why i think she was eliminated....Katherine,,,,,OMG are you frigin kidding me....What happened to all her pain????? SHe finds out she's in the finals, and she's jumping up and down...Give me a break...she is as phony as the day is long...I pray she does not win...at this stage of the game, i want Driver to win, because if William Levy wins, that is because of his popularity with the woman votes...this guy is a good dancer, but based on his looks, this is the main reason why he's getting votes...After this season, i am totally done with this show...and the judges are another looooooong story...toooooo damn bias...they have their favorites every year...and it's getting all to predictable...DONE WITH THIS SHOW>>>>>SEE YA>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I agree with Marcia 100%. William Levy does have the best all-around dancing skills. Katherine is good but mostly in the more classical dances. She isn't as well rounded in her skill levels as is William. Donald is good and trying hard but he doesn't have the natural talent that William does. And I think his football player build works against him at times. I think it will be William, Katherine and Donald in that order. But again, the freestyle can bring surprising results.

Shame on the show's producers for letting Katherine get away with this "injury" game. If she had actually hurt her back she wouldn't be able to be jumping around like she was. Watch it again. She was only embarrassed about the mistake and when that happened and being last in points she knew she was in trouble. So instead of just accepting that she and Mark had a misstep, she acted all injured. From her history you know she is not used to losing and she knows how to charm an audience. When all else fails, fake an injury so you will get the sympathy vote. She is a beautiful, talented young woman, but she should learn she is not entitled to always be first.