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After the five remaining celebrities performed live with their partners for the Len Goodman Mirrorball trophy, “The Bachelor” star Joey Graziadei and pro partner Jenna Johnson emerged as the winners of Season 33 on the Nov. 26 finale. The pair defeated Olympian Ilona Maher and second-place finisher Alan Bersten.
“Jenna deserves this award and I think this is everything for her,” Graziadei said while accepting the coveted award, named after late judge Len Goodman. “It means everything. This whole experience was incredible. Ilona, you were amazing this season, I love you.”
Season 32 champions Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy reunited to present the trophy. This means, as the co-hosts noted, Mirrorball will be staying in the same house as Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy. Khmerkovski Johnson previously won with Donny Osmond in 2009 and with Hines Ward in 2011.
This year, NFL greats also appeared in the 2024 finale. Danny Amendola and Witney Carson took fifth place, Olympians Steven Nedorochyk and Riley Arnold came in fourth, and actors Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong came in third.
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For the second year in a row, none of the five remaining couples were eliminated. During the semifinalsThis means that viewer votes and judges’ scores were carried over to the finals. Derek HuffCarrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli. In the final episode, Kinney and Armstrong faced off against Graziadei and Johnson, with each couple earning 58 points.
During the broadcast, the finalists who had been eliminated throughout the season returned to the ballroom and gave amazing performances. rumored love interest Jenn Tran and her partner Sasha Farber.
Model Brooks Nader and dance pro Gleb Savchenko On and Off Romance — also joined his fellow competitors on the dance floor after Savchenko. teased their reunion earlier this month.
“We’re dancing together for the finale,” he told E! News November 18. “All of the couples from this season are back and dancing, so we had creative meetings discussing costumes, music and choreography.”
picture: Dancing with the Stars Season 33 Cast