Ricki Lake Dancing with the Stars

It all came down to one last Dancing With the Stars results show.

After 10 weeks of competiton, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez and Rob Kardashian headed into the DWTS season finale Tuesday with one last chance to win it all.

Rob took a slight lead Monday night, with Ricki and J.R. steady but not perfect and in a tie for second. Clearly, all three deserved their spots in the finals.

Who hoisted the Mirror Ball, Rob, Ricki or J.R.?

While J.R. and Ricki traded the top spot much of the season, Rob came on strong late.

A dark horse underdog for weeks, he rose to the occasion and proved he belonged with some outstanding performances this week. But would they be enough?

Follow the jump to see who prevailed on the Dancing With the Stars season finale ...

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Ricki Lake was very good Monday night on Dancing With the Stars.

The question is, will very good be enough against the two men she's competing against? Ricki and Derek Hough earned all 9s for their cha cha and all 9s for their freestyle, for a combined total of 54. "We're very, very happy," she said. "I'm thrilled!"

Fan favorite J.R. Martinez has 54 as well, though, and upstart Rob Kardashian garnered 57. So it'll take quite the popular vote victory to propel Ricki to the Mirror Ball. Will it happen? Check out her routines below and vote on who you think will win:

Ricki Lake on Dancing With the Stars (Finals - Cha Cha)

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The 13th season of Dancing With the Stars has come down to one night.

Ricki Lake. Rob Kardashian. J.R. Martinez. All worthy parquet performers, as we know, but there can be only one Mirror Ball holder at the end of this. Who will it be?

Apparently no one told Rob that J.R. and Ricki were the consensus picks all season long, or that he was a 4-1 underdog headed into the final Monday of the season.

Because he's in sole possession of the lead right now!

His lead is only three points over both competitors, so this is going down to the wire. But who thought Rob Kardashian would be here now, let alone in first place?

Seriously, if you've watched this season at all, you knew he was good, maybe even a dark horse contender. But few saw him ever sitting on top of the world.

Rob and Cheryl Burke earned a perfect 30, their first of the fall, with a retro, Charleston-utilizing freestyle. When he said it was his time to peak, he meant it!

"This competition is often won or lost in the freestyle round and to get a 10 you have to blow us away. Consider me blown!" raved DWTS judge Carrie Ann Inaba.

J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff earned a 30 of their own with an '80s hip-hop / samba mash-up that made you wanna get down. But their first dance hurt them.

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Performing last in each portion Monday night, Ricki and Derek did their best to quash the competition on Dancing With the Stars. Each time, they were successful.

Their samba was fun and fabulous, with Bruno calling it "sizzling hot, bright and brilliant from beginning to end." The others agreed. Three perfect 10s for 30.

Then it was on to the Argentine tango, a smooth, graceful effort that seamlessly meshed footwork with emotion and landed them just a point shy of perfection.

Are we looking at the next Mirror Ball holder? You tell us:

Ricki Lake on Dancing With the Stars (Week 9 - Samba)

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Thanks to Nancy Grace, Ricki Lake should advance to next week on Dancing With the Stars without a problem. Still, her confidence took a bit of a hit Monday night.

The front-runner didn't fare too well during her instant jive, earning her lowest score from the judges in weeks. Backstage afterward, she was clearly discouraged.

"Right now, my ego," she said when asked what hurt most.

Ricki Lake on Dancing With the Stars (Week 8 - Jive)

"I'm just covered in bruises, same old, same old. I don't want to complain," she said, adding "[J.R. Martinez] was amazing. My vote would be with him tonight."

Hard to argue with the talk show host there, given that he scored a perfect 60 out of 60, topping Ricki's tied-for-second 52 by quite a considerable margin.

Lake can take solace in the fact that J.R. had an off week last Monday while she shined, though. As long as she survives tonight's results show, it's a new game.

Watch her waltz from earlier in the night after the jump:

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Each of the six contestants performed two routines on Dancing With the Stars Monday: One with their professional partners, and a team dance with two other couples.

Despite a rib injury, Ricki Lake wowed with both renditions.

She performed two paso dobles: One with partner Derek Hough and another with her team that included soccer champ Hope Solo and reality star Rob Kardashian.

Judge Bruno Tonioli described the group routine as "powerful, moving, and dramatic" and called Lake's dance with her partner "another incredible performance."

Watch her strut her way into first place right here:

Ricki Lake on Dancing With the Stars (Week 7)

The seventh week of Dancing With the Stars' 13th season saw the return of the group dance, along with some decidedly spooky performances on Halloween night.

Who sizzled? Who fizzled? Could anyone top J.R. Martinez and Ricki Lake? Was Maksim Chmerkovskiy heating up the dance floor instead of just getting heated?

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Ricki Lake, showing off the results of her recent weight loss, turned in her best dance, paso doble that showed no evidence of the nerve injury she's been fighting.

No 10s for her (or anyone), but she stole the show, as usual, posting the best solo score of the night (27) and helping her team earn a 3-point group dance win.

J.R. Martinez, thought of by many as her chief challenge for the Mirror Ball, didn't quite match Ricki Monday. Len Goodman called his performance "substandard."

DWTS also aired video of J.R. and Karina Smirnoff getting testy backstage, though they ended up working it out and hugging it out. We think he'll survive tonight.

As for the rest of the field? Rob Kardashian isn't going anywhere, either, turning in his best dance of the season on the same day Kim Kardashian filed for divorce.

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Add Ricki Lake to the list of celebrities who have participated in what has become America’s unofficial celebrity weight loss show: Dancing With the Stars.

She may not have lost the 100 pounds boasted by one recent finalist (check out these Kirstie Alley weight loss pics), but Lake has certainly slimmed down.

You can see difference from the pre-season promo pic to the present:

Ricki Lake has lost 20 pounds of weight on DWTS.

Lake is clearly enjoying her thinner frame, and looking healthy and wonderful while doing it. Ricki’s also maintaining a healthy attitude towards the process.

“I don’t know. I didn’t weigh myself at the beginning. I’m definitely a size six now. I’ll probably be a size four by the end of it," she told the Huffington Post.

"It’s come to the point where it doesn’t matter to me. I no longer wear Spanx. I don’t have lumps where I used to. I will weigh myself at the end."

"I really like where my body is going. My waist has never been smaller.”

Lake also claimed to not be a “natural dancer,” but she's just being modest. Aside from JR Martinez, it doesn't appear anyone can stop her this season.

Ricki Lake is not messing around.

The Dancing With the Stars standout says J.R. Martinez is the one to beat, but if Lake's quickstep last night was any indication, the Mirror Ball could be hers to lose.

She's gunning for that piece, too.

"I am more than a competitive person," the 43-year-old talk show host said in rehearsals for Monday's dance with Derek Hough. "When I sign up, I want to win."

The's fast-paced choreography to "Luck Be a Lady" from Guys and Dolls (it was Broadway week) earned well-deserved raves from the judges. Watch her below:

Ricki Lake on Dancing With the Stars (Week 6)

"Impeccable style, outstanding choreography," Bruno Tonioli gushed to Lake, who's become a celebrity weight loss poster child with a 20-pounds-lighter frame.

Added Carrie Ann Inaba: "It's beautiful to see poetry in motion. It was everything a Dancing With the Stars number should be." Do you agree? Can you not?

One point. That's all that separated Ricki Lake from perfection last night.

Taking over the top spot for the second straight week on Dancing With the Stars, Lake bested her nearest competitor, J.R. Martinez, by three whole points.

Say what you will about her Hairspray background, it takes quite a display to execute a near-flawless tango to the music from ... Psycho. Ricki did just that.

Clad in black along with partner Derek Hough, Lake showed some astounding body control, precise steps and the perfect level of emotion for the routine.

Watch her performance here and tell us if you think she'll win it all:

Ricki Lake on Dancing With the Stars (Week 4)