Donny Osmond Wins The 2009 ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Championship
Last night, the voting public and judges of the the ABC show Dancing with the Stars decided to name Donny Osmond as the new Dancing with the Stars champion … much to my complete horror and chagrin. Now granted I didn’t watch one second of the competition this season so I’m prolly not in the best position to speak so forcefully but I cannot, for the life of me, imagine that Donny Osmond gave a more successful performance over the amazing Mya (who was also in competition on DWTS this season) … but alas, ’tis so … Osmond ended up winning the championship in the end:
Donny Osmond was declared the new champion of “Dancing With Stars” on Tuesday night, taking home the show’s mirror ball trophy in the season finale of the ABC contest reality program. Osmond, the former teen pop star of the singing Osmond family, said the show has been a highlight in a career of ups and downs. “I did it!” Osmond exclaimed. He promptly rushed to the audience and plucked out his wife, Debbie, whom he carried across the stage. Helping push Osmond over the top was the tango he performed Tuesday with his professional dancing partner, Kym Johnson. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba hailed it as “artistry in motion.” It earned the top score of the final performances. Three celebrities made it to the finale of the show’s ninth season — Osmond, Mya and Kelly Osbourne, the daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. The show picks a winner with a combination of judges’ scores and viewer votes. Mya entered as the favorite, having won the highest scores on Monday’s show. Dancing with Dmitry Chaplin, she performed a jive. “I’m just so happy to have made it to the finals,” Mya said after the loss. The 30-year-old singer is most famous for collaborating on the Grammy-winning hit “Lady Marmalade” from the soundtrack of 2001’s “Moulin Rouge!” Osbourne was the first of the three eliminated. With her famous family — Ozzy, Sharon and Jack — looking on, Osbourne and professional partner Louis Van Amstel danced to a cover of Ray LaMontagne’s “Trouble.” The 25-year-old was clearly moved and began crying after her last dance. She thanked the audience and said she had “grown so much” during the show. Co-host Samantha Harris said Osbourne had become “a swan.” The finale culminated a season of good ratings for “Dancing With the Stars,” which consistently ranked as one of the most-watched shows of the fall.
HMMM … isn’t that interesting … Mya, who I understand performed consistently and almost perfectly thruout the entire competition, scored the highest score on Monday night for the last judged performance and she still lost to Donny Osmond — who, I might add, was on Entertainment Tonight (an entertainment “news” program) on a semi-nightly basis whipping up support from viewers. I suspect Osmond, who is a staunch Mormon, prolly received a lot of support from the more conservative voters as well. To be honest, I’m not at all surprised … the show is a joke. After Melanie Brown lost on the show when she should’ve won and after Lance Bass also lost when he should’ve won, I no longer have any confidence in this crappy show as an actual determiner of dancing skill. But, I digress. After the jump, check out photos of the three finalists — Mya, Osbourne and Osmond — on ABC’s Good Morning America earlier today …
Meh. The whole thing is a farce. Ya know, I’m not sure why I care so much but when I heard that Mya lost to Donny freakin’ Osmond I just kinda lost it. I’m gonna go on the record and call this season’s result a pile of horse poop. Mya got robbed, that’s all there is to say.
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WHATEVER! You’re entitled to your opinion, just as the voting audience of DWTS. Everyone sees beauty in a different way and I guess the audience found Donny’s performances more entertaining and enjoyable! If this was truly based entirely on technique, it would be judge solely by experts in that profession.
The same holds true for rest of the seasons that you write about. The audience has spoken. And for someone who didn’t watch the show, you certainly didn’t give Donny a fair shake!
In other words, take football for example. Two teams head to the Super Bowl. Team 1, performed flawlessly for the entire season and in your eyes, and those of the odd makers, should win the game handily. Wrong! If Team 2 performs beyond expectations during the Super Bowl and Team 1, sucked….well, Team 2 wins! Do you claim fowl in that case? Think not. Team 2 deserved and worked hard for that win.
DWTS, like AI, enjoy them for what they really are…ENTERTAINMENT!