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Triumphant Mel B romps through to Dancing With The Stars final

Mel B has romped into the final of Dancing With The Stars the night after scoring two perfect marks for her racy routines.

Scary Spice and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy threw their arms around each other as viewers voted them through to the final dance off.

Mel B, who is the favourite to win the competition, will go up against alongside IndyCar champ Helio Castroneves, and singer Marie Osmond in next week's final.

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Thrilled: Mel B made it through to the final of Dancing With The Stars

Cracking: Mel B pulled out a whip during her paso doble, which also received a perfect score

Former Beverly Hills 90210 actress Jennie Garth was voted off last night's result show.

A night earlier, the Spice Girls made yet another surprise appearance on the show as Mel B mustered all her girl power to romp in perfect scores for both her routines.

Fresh from their return to the stage last week for the first time in a decade, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell and Melanie Chisholm were in high spirits as they rallied support for their bandmate.

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Perfect: Mel B scored a perfect 30 for her Viennese waltz

With a strong cheer squad in her corner, Scary Spice wowed the crowd - and the judges - with a Viennese waltz and the paso doble in the penultimate performance show last night.

After the first dance, judge Bruno Tonioli said: "It was a Viennese waltz driven to maximum impact."

Judge Carrie Ann Inaba added: "It gave me chills as soon as you came out here. You just constantly come back and keep surprising me."

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Cheer squad: Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell made a second appearance on the dance show

Girl power: Posh, Ginger and Baby rallied support for their fellow Spice Girl

But the real showstopper came as the pop star pulled out a whip for a truly cracking paso doble.

It had the right effect - she and dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy picked up their second perfect score.

"How do you top perfection?" judge Carrie Ann Inaba said.

She added: "Well, you just did. And I didn't know you could work a whip like that, Miss Thang!" Judge Len Goodman called the sexy performance the best of the season.

"I wanted to prove I can do it better than before," Mel said.

Favourite: Mel B is a front runner to win the competition

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