Sorry if this is a spoiler, but a woman finally wins Dancing with the Stars after a 5 year drought. And truthfully, I don’t think Kelly Monaco deserved to win the first one.

Anyway, I think we all knew the Kristy Yamaguchi would be the best celeb dancer on the show, but the question was, would America love her enough to keep her on? Sabrina Bryan was a favorite last year and was ousted weeks before the finals, so Kristy’s win wasn’t a given. But she persevered, and she got the coveted ugly mirror ball trophy, and it was well deserved. Her jive was awesomeness, probably the best dance I’ve ever seen on DWTS (with Apolo Ohno’s paso doble coming close).

This has been a great year for DWTS. First, Marlee Matlin was inspiring. When she got out there and did her first dance, I got all misty. It really gives some perspective when I think there are things I can’t do. Something I WON’T do, though, is inject crap into my lips. Priscilla Presley used to be a gorgeous woman, I have no idea why she felt the need to change herself. But even with her unrecognizable face, she still wowed us with her moves (the splits!) and elegance. Then, all of the hospital stays - Derek Hough, then Christian’s elbow. Men dancing the tango together for the encore performance. Adam Corola, who usually made irritatingly funny comments, left the show with the sweetest one - “I may have lost 20 lbs, but I gained 105 lbs of angel”. The show-mance between Shannon and Derek was intriguing, though even more intriguing was the bro-mance between Jason and Christian. Also, I was surprised that Jason was so good. Sure, there were times that he was a little awkward and he’d watch Edyta too much for cues, but you can’t deny his smooth elegance. Even if Kristi didn’t win, I would have been happy that Edyta, “the hottest body on the show” according to Dave, would have finally ended her 5 year losing streak.

But Kristi won, and I’m happy with that!

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