‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 21: Fan favourite Bindi Irwin strong contender for Mirrorball trophy [WATCH VIDEO]
“Dancing With The Stars” Season 21 has almost come to the end. The four best couples have moved on to the finale. The Season finals will be spread over two days Monday and Tuesday. Bindi Irwin is the celebrity contestant who has great chances to win in the finals.
The finale will be taped live at the Grove in Los Angeles on Tuesday. The public has been invited on a first-come, first-serve basis. The attendees should be seated by 5:15 p.m. The event will begin with a pre-show at 5:30 p.m. followed by the finale from 6 to 8 p.m. It will take place near the fountain at 189, The Grove Drive.
The evening will include performances by Andy Grammer and Chaka Kahn. Hosted by Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews, the show is set to air on ABC at 9 p.m. the same evening. Bindi Irwin is a strong contender for the Mirrorball Trophy as she is the fan favourite, according to Entertainment Weekly.
The 17-year-old daughter of the late Steve Irwin has proven herself to be a natural born performer through the current Season of DWTS . She and her pro partner Derek Hough have essentially become the couple to beat with Bindi excelling in the ballroom.
After her performance on Monday, she told reporters backstage that she was trying to make the most of each day and honour her father. “Every single day is a chance to be able to make him proud and follow in his footsteps and every day we get in life is such a gift and we have to use it to do great things,” she said. Bindi added that it was an old saying that “you have to do things today because you never know what’s happening tomorrow so you have to live each day as if it's your last.”
Irwin posted a beautiful message on her Instagram on Steve Irwin Day on Nov. 15. The teen told reporters that she wanted to go back home and interact with nature, sit on a tree. She added in a lighter vein that she also wanted to hug all the animals she has not seen all these months, Fox News reports.
Former Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, actor-cum-singer Carlos PenaVega and U.S. army national guardsman Alek Skarlatos have also had a great Season on DWTS and have moved on to the finals, LA Times reports. Everyone is waiting to see who wins the Mirrorball trophy at the end of this Season. Surprisingly, Alek won the top score for his individual routine in the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, Derek Hough reflected upon his most amazing moment with Bindi. It was when the pair channelled Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey doing a routine from “Dirty Dancing.”
“One in particular was the Dirty Dancing lift. I was a little nervous but I was so happy when we did it!” he told Ferrvor magazine. Hough is hoping to claim his sixth Mirrorball trophy next week, People reports.
“She is the only female finalist and she’s representing well! What I love about Bindi is that she’s a fighter. She’s strong and fierce — but with a delightful smile radiating out at all times,” Carrie Ann Inaba, DWTS judge wrote in her blog in Parade on Tuesday, talking about Bindi.
The four pairs got a chance to practice ahead of the finals, and “Good Morning America” went behind the scenes as part of the “GMA” 40-hour broadcast marathon.
“Dancing With The Stars” Season 21 finale airs at 8 pm on ABC on Monday and 6 pm to 8 pm on Tuesday.
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