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Jerry Rice's freestyle dance was brilliant, he really showed that he could pull it off. The song "Celebration" and he and Anna wearing those wigs was, as Judge Bruno said, "Cheeky". He was awesome!

Drew Lachay's freestyle dance was out of this world. The song "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" was the perfect song for him and Cheryl. He was brilliant.

Stacy's freestyle, while good, was not eye-popping like Drew's and wasn't outstanding like Jerry's. A lot of people think that that's because Stacy can't dance, but this is simply not true. Stacy has shown that she is a wonderful dancer and a fierce competitor, but unfortunately, the choreography for the freestyle wasn't her choice...it was Tony, her dance partner. The song "Staying Alive" is a good dance song, and Stacy's lifts were breathtaking, but the dance seemed like it was going to explode into a outstandingly brilliant dance, but unfortunately it never exploded. Hopefully Stacy can bring it home on Sunday and win the coveted Mirrorball trophy.

It should be noted that during last week's competition, Stacy hurt her foot. The doctor popped the bone in her heel back into place, but during the week of vigorous training, the bone kept popping out again. Thus, during last night's show, one could see that Stacy had on an ACE bandage under her pantyhose. I seem to think that Tony knew that a high risk dance with lots of manuevers could have harmed Stacy's foot to the point where she might not have been able to dance on Sunday, so he decided to downplay the freestyle. Maybe he knew that she would come in second place and could still possibly win.

Each one deserves to win, so no matter who wins on Sunday, all three of them are winners.