Performers Announced, Three Dances Outlined, And More In New ABC Press Release For Dancing With The Stars Finale
Who better to perform for the Finale shows than Dancing With The Stars Season 14 contestant and legendary singer, Gladys Knight? The amazing Kelly Clarkson (love her!) is also on tap to perform!! Also, note how the three dances will take place …one being a “24 Hour Challenge” dance on Tuesday!
“Episode 1410 & 1410A” — After 10 weeks of highly entertaining performances and phenomenal dancing, Donald Driver & Peta Murgatroyd, Katherine Jenkins & Mark Ballas and William Levy & Cheryl Burke have proven they deserve to be in the finals. But only one couple will be crowned champions of “Dancing with the Stars.” The three finalists will have their last opportunity to impress the judges and viewers on two final nights of competition, MONDAY, MAY 21 (8:00-9:01 p.m., ET), and concluding on the Season Finale, TUESDAY, MAY 22 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
In the final one-hour performance show on MONDAY, MAY 21 (8:00-9:01 p.m., ET), each of the couples will compete in two dances. All three couples will have the chance to show their improvement over the course of the season, performing a dance chosen by the judges that they have previously performed, but will be able to incorporate new music and new choreography. Each couple will also perform the unpredictable and always entertaining no rules Freestyle dance to music they have chosen themselves.
In the two-hour Season Finale on TUESDAY, MAY 22 (9:00-11:00 p.m., ET), the excitement will continue with a stunning opening number with the entire cast and the Troupe. Tuesday night, all of this season’s eliminated couples will return to the ballroom to perform some of the most memorable routines, as well as a few new surprises, including a special musical performance from Grammy® Award-winning Gladys Knight, who will accompany a dance performance. Grammy® Award-winning superstar Kelly Clarkson will also light up the ballroom singing a medley of her hit songs “Dark Side” and “Stronger,” accompanied by Kym Johnson, Tony Dovolani, Anna Trebunskaya, Tristan MacManus and the Troupe. And in the final element of the competition on Tuesday, the three finalists perform a new routine in our “24 Hour Challenge” – in which they will have had 24 hours to pair their dance style of choice to music given to them after Monday night’s show. This routine will be scored out of 30 and will round out the judges’ scores across both nights.
Wow, they are making this harder than ever for the contestants this season and does this mean the judges have the final word? No way….not if we all vote like mad. 
You can read more in detail at ABC Media Net.
N-N-No Favorite Dance of the Season? D;
And darn. I was hoping to see Donald dance Salsa, but Judge’s pick is just as good.
Yay! Kelly Clarkson! I just got 1000000 times more excited!
Can’t wait to see Gladys and Tristan. Still hoping a number with Tristan , Gkadys and the remaining Pips together.
So, the judges (or just Len lol) might know how the votes went and then they are to fairly judge a newly titled dance duel?
Donald’s gonna need to be flawless!
I could be wrong, but I don’t think TPTB cares at all about who *wins*. Just who makes it *to* the finale. So, I think all of the storyboarding ended this past Monday. I’ve kinda felt for a while now that “the Univision crowd” was watching DWTS… it makes sense to me that the presence of Univision viewers (for lack of a better term) was the reason for all of the Free Willy pimpage. But do they vote? Again, the overt pimpage suggests to me that they don’t – at least not in significant numbers. Now, maybe I’m wrong, but that gives me hope for Donald and Peta. I think they’ve done such an outstanding job this season, and I love watching them dance. So I’m hoping that we all become “Packer backers”, at least for Monday night and Tuesday morning, and VOTE LIKE CRAZY FOR QUICKIE!
Well, sure the TPTB are making it really difficult for the last three couples! Tuesday is going to be like an ‘instant’ dance…interesting! They saved this for the finale!
Can’t wait to see all the couples performing again on the dance floor! I am sure is going to be an amazing show! And Gladys is also going to sing!! That’s perfect!!! I really can’t wait!!!
Good luck to all the couples and be the best (?) one wins!
Donald tweeted the Judge’s Pick for he and Peta is the Argentine Tango! And rightfully so after he got lowballed by Len.
https://twitter.com/#!/Donald_Driver80/status/203984325434281987
@Tony – That is a great choice. That dance was so sexy and the music was unforgettable. I have a gooood feeling about this one!
I hope Maria and Derek bring back the Bollywood salsa – and Henry – for their dance…
And I guess they couldn’t do redemption dances this time around, as the judges have been over scoring all season – nothing to redeem.
SueB – You gave me an idea about a redemption “routine” for this season…. Why not give all the cast and pros those Nerf Bats, and let ‘em wail on the judges for a couple of minutes as “redemption”???
I think I’d pay good money to see that!!!! 
[...] for the finals this week, we get three dances over two nights. According to the press release that Vogue found, on Monday night they dance the judges choice dance and then the freestyle. After the show they are [...]
LOL, Sally….Great idea. Tom should get a bat ,too,for all the situation neutralizing he has to do.
I don’t think anything less than a cattle prod would get the judges’ attention…
Hmmmm…. a cattle prod works for me! And to get into the audience, everyone could bring fresh batteries!