by Gina Scarpa

 

On the live season finale of Dancing With The Stars, things kick off with a performance by the pros, who are then joined by the eliminated celebs.

 

The Black Eyed Peas take the stage next to perform their hit, "Don't Stop The Party". No need for professional dancers. They got the dance floor covered!

 

It's good to know Mike Catherwhood, who was eliminated first this season, has a good sense of humor about himself. A video sketch is shown of him performing an absolutely ridiculous routine for an "audition". Afterwards, her and Lacey perform to "Unbelievable" - throwback!

 

Then, Petra and Dmitry perform a waltz that was so beautiful and Josh Groban surprised her and sang "You Raise Me Up" live. After, Kendra and Louis hit the dance floor with Tony, Tristan, Dmitry, and Teddy to perform to "Livin' La Vida Loca". Now that she's not competing for scores or feedback, she seems so much relaxed and the dance was a ton of fun!

 

Sugar Ray Leonard and Chris Jericho have a lot of fun squaring off in a ballroom battle to "My Perrogative" along with their partners Anna Trebunskaya and Cheryl Burke. The best part, though, was the conversation afterwards, where Chris did a dead on, hilarious impression of Bruno. After that, a ridiculous video is shown of Wendy interviewing herself and Tony.

 

For the Macy's Design A Dance contest, the viewers chosen Max, Lacey, Cheryl, and Chelsie to perform to "We Got The Beat" while The Go-Gos performed live.

 

All season long, Romeo reminded everyone that he was dancing for "all the kids" and on the finale, he and Chelsie took to the dance floor to perform (appropriately) to "Greatest Love Of All" while a chorus of children sang along. Sing it with me now... I believe the children are our future...

 

Fan favorite Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff are reunited for an adorable 1920s-style performance.

 

The remaining three couples in the competition choose their favorite performance of the season as their final one on the floor. Chelsea and Mark go with the wizard waltz, earning a perfect score. Kirstie and Maks revisit their first dance of the season, the cha-cha, also earning a perfect score - their first of the season! Hines and Kym choose their samba for their final performance and, no surprise, it's 10s across the board.

 

Former DWTS contestant and country singer Sara Evans takes the stage and performs her latest single, "Stronger".

 

At long last, it's time for some results. The couple ending the competition in third place is: Chelsea and Mark. WOW!!!! Are you as shocked as I am?

 

And the winner of Dancing With The Stars is... Hines and Kym! Well deserved!!

 

Did the right couple win? Let us know your thoughts.

 

(Image courtesy of ABC)

 

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