Dancing With the Stars has crowned its newest cha-cha-champions.
After a fierce competition, Bachelor star Joey Graziadei and pro partner Jenna Johnson were named the winners of season 33 during the Nov. 26 finale.
The pair triumphed over Olympian Ilona Maher and Alan Bersten, who took second place.
“I feel like Jenna deserves this fully and this is all for her,” Joey said while accepting the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.
“It means everything. This whole experience has been unbelievable. Ilona, you have been amazing this season, I love you.”
In a special moment, season 32 champions Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy returned to pass the trophy to Joey and Jenna, marking the first time the Mirrorball will stay in the same household, as Jenna and Val are married.
Jenna, a two-time champion from previous seasons (2009 with Donny Osmond and 2011 with Hines Ward), added another win to her remarkable DWTS career.
The finale also featured NFL alum Danny Amendola and Witney Carson in fifth, Olympian Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold in fourth, and actress Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong in third.
For the second consecutive year, no couples were eliminated during the semifinals, meaning the viewers’ votes were carried over to the finale, alongside the judges’ scores from Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Bruno Tonioli.
Going into the final episode, Chandler and Brandon were tied with Joey and Jenna, each having earned 58 points.
The finale also saw the return of eliminated finalists, including rumored couple Jenn Tran and Sasha Farber, along with model Brooks Nader and Gleb Savchenko, who fueled romance rumors with their on-and-off relationship.
The couples took to the dance floor for a thrilling group performance, bringing the season to an exciting close.
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