Fan favorite Kelly Osbourne is going to the finals on “Dancing with the Stars.” The famous daughter of Ozzy Osbourne battled some extreme nerves and stage fright during the show, which was obvious to everyone. However instead of working against her it ultimately worked in Kelly’s favor. Although she didn’t come up in the top three by the judges’ scores, she did with the fans, which is what ultimately counts. Everyone loves an underdog.

She’s battled crippling nerves, a painful foot injury, and the death of her pet dog to compete in Dancing With The Stars, but it seems that the hard work has paid off for Kelly Osbourne. The 25-year-old won a place in the final of the U.S. reality show last night, after proving a favourite with viewers. Her place had seemed doubtful after she finished third in judges points on the leader board following Monday’s performance.

But viewers votes gave her an unexpected entry into the final. Len Goodman said: ‘Kelly for me has taken dancing into her heart and in doing so has entered all of our hearts – she has been wonderful.’ Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne congratulated their daughter as did British singer Leona Lewis, who performed her hit single Happy on the results night. RnB singer Mya and her partner Dmitry Chaplin were the first of three couples to make it into the last week of the competition.

When Donny Osmond and partner Kym Johnson became the second pairing to make it through Kelly looked visibly dejected. But in a shock elimination viewers chose to send Derek Hough and Joanna Krupa home – despite the couple having much higher scores than Kelly and dance partner Louis van Amstel. ‘What Louis and I have achieved in this show is the impossible really,’ Kelly said. ‘Last night was the most fun I’ve ever had on the dance floor.’

[From the Daily Mail]

Good for Kelly. I don’t know why, but she’s one of those celebrities I’m always rooting for. Not just in competition, but in life in general. She can be annoying and spoiled, but it seems like she’s honest about everything and I find that really refreshing. Unfortunately, as a result of all her hard work on Dancing with the Stars, Kelly’s going to have to get foot surgery. Turns out she has flat feet and bunions, and while she’s always refused surgery for them in the past, all that dancing made her feet a lot worse and now it’s unavoidable. It sounds like she’s in a great deal of discomfort, with shooting pains up and down her legs. It’s pretty impressive that she’s done so well despite all the obstacles – and I’m guessing she’ll win.

Here’s Kelly out with mom Sharon in Los Angeles on Monday night. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .