Shawn Johnson: Dancing With The Stars 2009 Winner

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Shawn Johnson (Olympian) and her partner Mark Ballas have won the “Dancing with the Stars” competition on May 19, 2009, Tuesday while beating their competitors Gilles Marini with Cheryl Burke and Melissa Rycroft with Tony Dovolani in the finale.

Shawn has already set the record for being the youngest ever competitor in the “Dancing with the Stars” was seemingly looked excited after being declared as a winner and said,This has been the best experience ever”. Also this was the closest finale ever as there was a difference of just 1% votes between the winners and the runnerups Gilles Marini with Cheryl Burke.

There were three finalists who performed for one last time and all the three duos scored a perfect 30 from the judges. Shawn and Mark shook performed cha cha cha while Melissa and Tony enthralled the audience with sizzling samba and Gilles and Cheryl made it memorable with the Argentine tango.

Gilles was equally humble in defeat too and said,”I’m so happy for Shawn and Mark. [Cheryl and I] love them so much.” Melissa said, “Never in a million years could I imagine I would be here dancing with an Olympian and someone who was in a blockbuster movie. My life—the past 11 weeks—has completely changed. I thank all the viewers and voters for keeping us here this long.”

I thoroughly enjoyed the show and this time around the competition was much closer indeed.