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This is a lonnnnnnng finale.

And Tom Bergeron has such a gift for finding a network-friendly way of saying what EVERYONE is thinking (regarding Pam Anderson's dance: "Normally to see something like that there's a two-drink minimum.")

Ok, the "time travel" number with the "mini-me"s... adorable.

*squee*

The right top two, too. I'm not sure what was more awkward, though, Derek's crying interview (really?), or Brooke trying to get Val and Kelly to talk about the relationship 'thing'--where is the gong from the Gong Show or the big hook when you need one? Brooke had been getting over her foot in mouth disease, but man did she relapse tonight...

Loved it! Shawn and Derek were pretty clearly the best, but I'm so so happy Tony won. I almost feel bad that Melissa kind of seemed to be getting overshadowed

I must say I'm pretty happy with the results tonight. I would have been perfectly fine with either of the final 2 winning. I was just so freakin happy when they announced Kelly in 3rd place. That made my night. The other 2 were both great. It's hard to argue that Shawn was not the best dancer. I think clearly she was. And as wrong as it may be, I was pulling for the sentimental favorites and am very please with final results!! Yay Tony and Melissa!

Exactly.

I have to say that I thought Shawn's instant cha cha was might fine.When I saw the rehearsal footage, I thought, "Oh good grief! This has disaster written all over it." But that final dance. Wow!

Shawn's instant cha cha was probably, weirdly enough, her best pure dancing of the whole season. (However I know Derek's lucky voting was over before his interview there aired as he lost a lot of sympathy/patience with some people with the crying and 'confidence' thing. That just felt incredibly fake.)

Amen to that, sister. Who in blazes wants a dance pro who needs to learn confidence from her/his students? I could not believe he said that.

*shameless ploy to gain the sympathy vote alert*

best line of the whole show!!!

Whatever they pay Tom, it's not enough.

Then you'll probably like this:

i havent been following this season so i dont know what happened during interviews or the emotional aspect of the show.... but i watched the last few dances of the season on the show's website and i can confidently say the wrong dancer won. Melissa looks just as sloppy and unpolished as she did the first season she danced and Shawn looks 10x stronger than her last season. As much as I like Tony, there is no question Shawn is the superior dancer in both technique and performance... and should have won.

AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeppers