Season 17 of Dancing With The Stars has ended with a new winner being crowned.
With the Mirrorball Trophy tantalizingly close to their grips, Amber Riley and Corbin Blue entered the finale as co-favorites, with the inspiring, surprising Jack Osbourne taking the dark horse role. And fittingly, the ballroom crackled with an “anything can happen” atmosphere.
With just one remaining dance each (a challenging “fusion” round) for our trio of celebs, Tuesday night’s two-hour show was packed with more filler than Joan Rivers’ face (oh hush, I love Joan, too!), which included performances by Enrique Iglesias; Norwegian duo Ylvis (featuring a welcome reprise of the season-highlight team dance – including, ahem, all three of tonight’s finalists — to their infectious hit “What Does the Fox Say?”); requisite highlight clips from the last few months; and the happy ballroom return of all the celebs.
But now for the moment of truth, tonight’s results. And the Mirrorball trophy goes to:
3rd PLACE
Jack Osbourne & Cheryl Burke
FINAL TWO COUPLES IN CONTENTION FOR THE MIRRORBALL
Amber Riley & Derek Hough
Corbin Bleu & Karina Smirnoff
SEASON 17 MIRRORBALL CHAMPIONS
Amber Riley & Derek Hough
“I did this competition because I didn’t know if I could do it, and anything that scares me I want to do,” said an ecstatic Riley, who saved her best for the very last. “I want to let women of all sizes out there know, you can do whatever you put your mind to. It doesn’t matter what size you are, what color you are, you can do whatever, whatever, whatever, whatever you put your mind to!”
