Ok, JMOs:
Before last night's final competitive show, I was ok with any of the four winning. However, I really was disappointed with my Courtney. I thought she was a bit off in a couple of her routines and just didn't give it an all-out push to be the winner. It definitely made me wish Chelsie had been in the final 4 instead.
I have really liked Joshua all along, but, though not as lacking in pizazz as Courtney, he also seemed to have a bit less sparkle last night -- though he clearly loved performing the Trepak. Still, I wished WILL were in the top 4 instead, and I didn't think I'd end up saying that. I do wish they'd looked into whether Will's phone line being messed up during the voting for the night he was eliminated affected the results. Was that investigated, does anyone know?
WILL really did shine in the Pas de Deux in tonight's show!! Loved seeing the judges' picks of the season!
I voted for Twitch and wish he'd won! Could've lived with Katee, and prior to last night would've been happy with Josh or Courtney. But, as I said, those two didn't "bring it home" for me in the final.
Of course, over all the season, I've enjoyed all of the 4 finalists a lot. Twitch and Chelsie were ultimately the winners in my book, with a strong runnerup in Will.
All in all, it was a FANTASTIC season and I started pitching the live show to DH tonight while watching the results show. The Norfolk venue is only a few hours away from us.
ETA: I was glad that the judges weren't simply shouting over everything and gushing last night. Mary was I think universally complimentary, and that's fine, but Nigel and the guest judge, whose name I can't remember right now, did make some minor comments. Nigel told Joshua and Courtney their jive could've been better, and ya know, I think Kristi was sharper with better basic jive steps and sharp positions in both her jive routines on DWTS! And the guest judge told Katee she could improve her feet and knees. So the judges weren't just turning off all constructive criticism because it was finals night, and I appreciate that. Kudos!