Message boards ranted, screaming injustice and biased voting, and celebrity gossip site T-M-Z-dot-com reported fraud on the dance floor for Marie Osmond and partner Jonathan Roberts, but the pair were the picture of grace as the first couple eliminated on last night's Dancing With the Stars: The Finale.Before finalists Mel B and Helio Castroneves faced their final numbers, all of the season's couples returned to perform their favorite dance -- or their only dance, as it was for model Josie Maran, a week-one casualty. And proving once more that their time came too soon -- Sabrina Bryan and professional partner Mark Ballas performed their cha-cha-cha, again bringing down the house.
Recap clip after recap clip, and a dazzling pair of performances from Celine Dion led up to the dance-off involving Mel B and her professional partner Maksim Chmerkovsky repeating their high energy mambo, and Helio and lovely Julianne Hough revising their punctuated quick step. After both pairings received their obligatory perfect scores, all of the numbers from both judges and viewers were combined revealing Helio and Julianne as the season's champions.
This marks win number-two for professional dancer Julianne Hough after taking home last season's mirrorball with Olympic speed skater Apolo Anton Ono. She joins professional Cheryl Burke, who also had back-to-back wins with Drew Lachey and Emmit Smith.-- Tammy Ragusa
