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Annie Hewlett of Bountiful and her sister Aubrey Wentworth are the kind of twins who think each others thoughts, finish each other's sentences and feel each other's souls.

So the seemingly symbiotic sisters took their bond to the game show stage for tonight's episode of "Deal or Deal" in hopes it will help them win $1 million.

The two-hour episode airs at 7 p.m. on KSL Channel 5 and begins with a special "Women's Night" as firefighters take on the role of suitcase models as an all-female audience cheers them on.

Hewlett, 25, is a stay-at-home mom, and her sister is a dental assistant in Salt Lake City.

"When we sent in our [audition] video tape, we wanted to play together and said we should be in a twins episode, and they liked that idea," said Hewlett. "We didn't want to play any way but together."

The hit game show, which is part of NBC's new strategy to put more game shows and other low-cost programming at the 7 p.m. hour (including "Identity" and "1 vs. 100"), has contestants trying to pick one of 26 suitcases that might hold $1 million.

Contestants open the suitcases one by one and haggle with a shadowy figure above the stage known as "The Banker" for the price of the case they picked. So far, no one has won the $1 million.

It didn't bother the sisters to make decisions together in what is otherwise a one-person game.

"We went in saying that whatever happens, happens," Hewlett said. "If one of us knocked out a big number [dollar amount], we wouldn't blame each other."

Of course, she wouldn't say how well she and her sister did in that round (the episode was filmed Feb. 20), but she did say they had a great time.

"Nothing can affect our love," she said. "We just had so much fun. It was such a once-in-a-lifetime-thing."

Dancin' queen: Julianne Hough, 19, will carry on the fine tradition of Utah ballroom dancers appearing on "Dancing With the Stars."

The Salt Lake County professional dancer stars on ABC's reality-show hit, "Dancing With the Stars," when the fourth season debuts tonight on KTVX Channel 4 at 7 p.m. (fans of "Dancing" and "Deal or No Deal" will just have to power up their DVRs).

Orem dance instructor Kim DelGrosso, whose daughter Ashly is bowing out of this season of "Dancing" because she's having a baby, says Hough is a brilliant dancer who has trained in England and in Utah.

"She's like a daughter to us," DelGrosso said, adding that Hough has been around DelGrosso's studio for much of the young woman's life.

Hough is among a number of Utah professional dancers who have been on the show, including Louis van Amstel (who could not dance this season because he is too short for the female celebrities this year) and Draper dancer Andrea Hale (who danced with ESPN commentator Kenny Mayne last season).

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