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'Dancing with the Stars' Finale Guide

From Katie Lee, for About.com

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'Dancing With the Stars' Finalist Brooke Burke

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Claim to Fame – Model and former host of E!’s Wild On

Professional Partner – Derek Hough

Strengths – Strong technique, can perform complicated choreography

Weaknesses – Doesn’t connect with audience as strongly as Lance and Warren, often dances with legs slightly bent

Best Dance – Foxtrot, which earned her a 30, making her the only celebrity to ever get a perfect mark this season.

Worst Dance – Her disastrous Jive in the semifinals, which earned her a season low 21.

Average Judges’ Score – 26.5

Best Dance Style – Ballroom

Key to Victory – While history does not seem to be on Brooke’s side, since only two female celebrities have won this competition in the show’s previous six seasons, like last year’s champ, Kristy Yamaguchi, Brooke has the strong technique that allows her to dominate by earning high judges’ scores. As Len Goodman advised her in the semifinals, she needs to focus on her technique and get a reign on her nerves, which made her unravel early in the semifinals.

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