Dancing With The Stars champion crowned
The winner of Dancing With The Stars has been crowned after a fierce month of competition.
The semi-final saw Ben Cousins, Adam Dovile, and Shane Crawford sent home, so the five remaining stars Lisa McCune, Ant Middleton, James Stewart, Nikki Osborne, and Samantha Jade, battled it out for the final show down.
For the first set of performances, each pairing was tasked with doing a freestyle routine for the judges, with Lisa and Ian landing themselves at the top of the leaderboard with a perfect score of 40.
Samantha and Gustavo came in close with a score of 38, while Ant and Alex scored 34.
Nikki an Aric scored 31 while James an Jorja were awarded 30 which left both pairs at the bottom of the leaderboard.
Despite the audience votes being added, the scores didn't change, so the the top three pairs moved to the stage for one last chance to impress the judges.
They were all tasked to choose perform a dance from the season that they thought they excelled at.
Samantha and Gustavo opted to take on the foxtrot, landing a final score of 38.
Ant and Alex were up next with a contemporary routine with Judge Helen Richey complimenting them for a "fantastic" performance before the panel awarded them with a final score of 36.
Lisa and Ian were the last couple to hit the dancefloor and they performed the Viennese Waltz.
The judges said they loved the dance but weren't sure if it was as good as the first time they did it.
“But it was just gorgeous, it was absolutely stunning,” said Craig Revel-Horwood before the panel gave them a final score of 39.
After a tense wait as the audiences casted their votes, Ant and Alex placed third, Samantha and Gustavo placed second and Lisa and Ian were announced as the Dancing With The Stars 2024 champions.
“I’m so thrilled,” she said before praising her dance partner.
"This one is so beautiful,” she said of the trophy.
“Like he’s going back to the UK. What happens? Do I keep it here? It will keep my Logies company.”
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