"Dancing" producers said Tuesday that "a record amount of activity" overloaded its online and telephone voting systems after Monday's episode.

"Some viewers reported experiencing difficulties registering their votes for the Dancing with the Stars finale, which affected each finalist equally," show producers said in a statement. "The issue was promptly addressed" and voting times were not extended.

If people couldn't get through, how could ABC know who those votes would have gone to, and say it affected all three contestants equally?

Even though only the judges vote on tonight's performance, their votes will be combined with their scores from last night and only account for 50% of the total vote. So viewer votes from last night still count for 50% of the total.

Sarah Palin will be attending. (Did you think she'd miss an opportunity to be viewed by 23 million people? Ratings for her TV show tanked this week.) According to TMZ, the staff is "preparing for her arrival." Why does she get special treatment over the other contestants' family members? Why are any preparations necessary for her arrival? She's not even an elected official. [Correction: TMZ was wrong. Sarah Palin jumped ship and went to Phoenix for a book signing.]

Last question: If Bristol wins the trophy tonight, will she have the decency to turn it down?(Of course not, but hopefully she will be humiliated and embarrassed by accepting an award she clearly knows she doesn't deserve.)

And no, Bristol didn't show the most improvement over the season. Kyle did. And he has more talent and musicality in his tush than Ms. Broom to Mop has in her whole body. Her only movable parts are her shoulders, and her one move, the shoulder shimmy, got old in week three.

I'll be back with a live thread for the finale.