With the Dancing with the Stars finale fast approaching, TV Guide Magazine visited the private rehearsal studios to take a closer look at the explosive chemistry fueling the final four.
Here are some of the quotes the finalists gave about their partners and competitors:

Cheryl Burke on Giles Marini, the ‘best performer’ she has ever danced with:

“Our chemistry is that he gets it….in the live show the audience feeds him even more energy…his adrenaline is off the charts.”

Giles Marini on Cheryl Burke:

“Dancing with Cheryl on Monday nights, I become her man, whatever she needs me to be….[I say to her] You are one in a billion.”

Shawn Johnson on her panic over the salsa:

“That dance scared the crap out of me….I seriously had doubts about whether I would be able to continue to do the competition….I went home and was kind of silent all night.”

Mark Ballas on motivating Shawn: [I told her],

“This isn’t the Olympics… and if she didn’t do it I would kill her…slowly.”

Tony Dovolani on feeling fear in the first time in his career:

“Those lifts were ridiculously dangerous.”

Tony Dovolani on his protective feelings for partner Melissa Rycroft:

“I thought, you are not going to have another bad experience on national TV.”

Chelsie Hightower on how she communicates with TY in ‘his language’: [I say]

“When you spin me it’s like you’re spinning a rope.”

TY Murray on dancing:

“This is the first thing I’ve ever have had to work hard at that I didn’t have a burning passion for. I told Chelsie she has the distinction of being my first and last dance partner.”

And not to be outdone Lil' Kim had a few things to say about her departure:

On what went wrong:

“I’m still trying to figure that out. It seemed like my fans and my votes were increasing every week….I really loved being on the show and wanted to make it to the finals.”

Click on the continue reading link below to read who Kim thinks would be an amazing lover. And no... it's not Giles.

On how the show has changed her:

“I’m not going to lie, I had a huge problem with being late….the show made me responsible.”

On Derek Hough:

“Derek is gorgeous, and our chemistry is wonderful. He’s very protective and caring. There was a lot of touch love. We would make the best lovers.”