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Oh?  How so?

Likelihood of missing the finale: John - John Holiday's a beast, but his tone is polarizing (especially in the highest parts of his register), Tamara's likable but has control issues and flirts with "screamer" territory, Bailey's not bad but is too inexperienced, and Chloe's got a good underdog arc but is facing an uphill battle as a steal. Kelly - I wanted to put Blake here but he's only missed a finale once, and while Kelly's in that same boat she's also yet to have multiple artists represent her team in the finale (which Blake has done repeatedly). Also, I think her team's post-playoffs lineup is the one that depends most on the 4-way KO results. Gwen - She's missed the finale before, has yet to place someone higher than fourth, and is hit-or-miss with Minivan. However, she's got two different flavors of Minivan bait in her back pocket + a more unique act that's been very consistent, so I think she can pull it off. Blake - Minivan loves him, and he's only missed one finale over 18 seasons (so far). I'd be surprised to see him miss it again, but I don't know who on his team will make the finale (unlike Gwen, whose likeliest finale contender I'm more sure of).

Which song was it again? 

It wasn’t the greatest, but her most loyal fans on social media thought it was awesome. Actually, the studio is pretty damn good. She has the pipes for it, but chose too aggressive an arrangement to pull off live, IMO. A mellowed out version, staying at the piano would have been enough. 

1   Foxtrot - "All of Me": 6 Quickstep - "Be Our Guest": 36 Rumba - "Let's Stay Together": 14 Cha-Cha - "Celebration": 4   + Quickstep - Cha-Cha