Dancing With The Stars 2009 (DWTS) Winner is Shawn Johnson

Tonight is the night, the Dancing With The Stars mirror ball trophy winner will be crowned. After 10 weeks of entertaining drama, surprises and dazzling performances, your votes have been calculated and added to the judges votes to choose the winner! Who took home the crown tonight on Dancing With The Stars? Maybe it was your favorite!Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Lady Gaga or should I say Gag Gag came out and sang her chart topping No. 1 single, Just Dance for the crowd! She is currently wrapping up her first concert tour entitled The Fame Ball Tour for her debut album, The Fame. Lady Gaga has released three singles and been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales in excess of one million copies in the United States. She looked like a hideous female clown with her black eyeliner and fake blonde wig!

Throughout the two-hour finale, the previously eliminated couples returned to perform their final dances of the season and many of them proved exactly why they were eliminated, although Holly Madison must have been practicing for weeks as she really looked like she was able to dance tonight! I was so excited to see my season favorite Steve-O come out and rock the house tonight. He looked adorable!Past season competitors came out and weighed in on the finalists this season and had their views of who they thought should be the winner. It was interesting to see how many women were pulling for Gilles and Melissa equally tonight!

The three finalists had their last opportunity to impress the judges as they performed their third and final dance; one of their favorite past routines from the season. The judges’ scores for tonight’s dances were then combined with the judges’ scores and viewers’ votes from Monday’s performances to determine the victor of the coveted Dancing With The Stars mirror ball trophy.

First up was Shawn and Mark dancing a Cha Cha Cha to Pretty Young Thing. So Cute…the both of them.Len said that Shawn came out and perfromed it wonderfully. Bruno said that she came from cute to saucy and sexy. Carrie Ann said that they all underestimated her and she deserves to be right were she is. They received a score of 10, 10 and 10 a perfect 30! Shawn should be so proud of herself!

Melissa and Tony were up next dancing a Salsa to Oh Lay Oh Lay. Melissa didn’t look as confident tonight as usual?Bruno said Melissa was appetizing. Carrie Ann said that Melissa had the muse of dance and had come so far. Len said that Melissa has a great presence on the floor. Their scores were 10, 10 and 10 another perfect 30!

Gilles and Cheryl were up last and they danced the Argentine Tango. Way to pick a dance style for the finals…it was so sensual and sexy! They are the winners to me 100%!Carrie Ann said that Gilles is a very special performer. Len said that more than any other couple this season, he has brought me more pleasure to watch! Bruno said it was an Argentine triumph and a star is born! Their score was a perfect 30 too!

Lady Gaga transformed the Dancing With The Stars stage with her second performance of her third single, LoveGame, from her debut album, The Fame, taking the stage by storm with her own dancers. The girl can sing, but she has major issues with her style! She is in desperate need of a fashion designer and make-up artist, but I must admit she looked better than in her first performance! The disco stick she carried kind of freaked me out though as it looked like a toilet bowl cleaner and I couldn’t imagine what in the world she had planned for the thing…although I knew by the words to the song what she had intended for it.

All the excitement and frenzy led up to the moment we’d all been waiting for…who among the three finalists reigned as champion of Dancing With The Stars and took home the coveted mirror ball trophy? The third place finalist was Melissa and Tony, in second place was Gilles and Cheryl and the the winner was none other than Shawn and Mark with less than 1% difference between the couple in first and second! Unbelievable!!!!

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Jillian Bachelorette :'The Bachelorette' 2009 Season Premiere

Last season, Bachelor Jason was kind-of a big jerk, but now Jillian Harris is back to find her special someone on "The Bachlorette." Bachelorettes have been busy little bees lately. Melissa Rycroft is dancing her little heart out over on "Dancing with the Stars" and Jen Schefft just got married. Now we have a brand-new Bachelorette in Jillian Harris, the pint-sized Canadian cutie from last season. I was a big of Jillian's, so hopefully the show found her some winners.

After a great Mary-Tyler-Moore-esque montage where Jillian works out, does cartwheels on the beach, and goes all Bikini Car Wash on a purple Barracuda, she is off to the mansion to meet her harem of men. I'm sad she didn't throw her hat in the air at the end! Here are some highlights from the first Guy Montage:

**There's a guy named "Kiptyn." Much like "Bethel," that borders on child abuse
**Michael is a "break dance instructor." Hmmm. I think he might be more interested in Kiptyn.
**Stephen is an early favorite of mine because he's adorable and funny
**Kyle looks like a 26 year-old Tom Green
**Sasha is their very own Roughneck. Take that, American Idol!
**A guy named Wes (who goes by "Rooster" in Mexico) is a country singer. Wonder why he wants to be on the show?
**A guy named Greg goes by "Bill Bro" and says he's a perfect 10. Bill Bro is extremely shiny and has upwards of 400 teeth. Maybe he and Michael can just run off together and spare us all the trouble.
**Jake is wholesome, an airline pilot and wants a best friend to settle down with. I'm not sure if I love him or if I feel a little nauseous.

At the mansion, Chris reminds us that Jillian's motto is, "You have to slay a few dragons to find the right prince." My boyfriend remarks, "Has she been dating Coach?"

Jillian heads out to the driveway to meet her men. She's a vision in a white dress, just for the record. Some highlights of the first impressions:

**Bryan, a high school football coach, sweeps her up in his arms. Way to respect someone's personal space, Bry.
**Brian, an IT consultant, greets her with, "Hot Tub Harris!" Wow, the Brians are batting 1.000 tonight.
**Jake the Pilot gives her a set of wings. Awww. This guy is too much.
**Dave, a trucking contractor, totally chokes and can barely say hello.
**John from Boise is like an excitable golden retriever
**Brad from Chicago might actually have a split personality, one named Brad and one named Cory
**Simon is British. I immediately think that that's cheating a little because of the accent, but then he opens his mouth and it's like Brad Pitt from Snatch. The show has to subtitle him. Oh dear.
**Julien, the lambourghini driver, creeps me out. My boyfriend remarks, "You are a sleazy *@&#-bag."
**Kyle, the Tom Green guy from earlier, shows up in a leather motorcycle jacket and is a big nerd, but not in a cute way.
**Adam from Long Beach calls dibs on her first 15 minutes once they go inside the mansion. It wreaks of desperation and insecurity. I disapprove.
**When Juan steps out of the limo, the music changes to Spanish Porn music. Bom-chicka-wah-wah. With castanets.
**Bill Bro tells her how he marries people (because he's ordained) and that two of them were Canadian. Well, that would seal the deal for me, Guy Smiley.

Jillian heads inside (man, that would be overwhelming) and handles the hyenas with aplomb. Jake borrows her for some alone time and all the other guys are like, "Wow. Game on." Jesse comes out to cockblock Jake and reveals, Superman-like, that his undershirt says "Aspiring Canadian." Snerk. These guys certainly are aggressive but I suppose on a night when she cuts 1/3 of them, they have to be.It's basically a revolving door of guys for awhile, very whirlwind. Once they all reconvene together, one of them asks, "What's going to separate us because you said all of us have these great qualities..." and Jillian responds, "Not all of you but as individuals..." It's hilarious and Jillian is very cutely embarrassed.

Chris breaks up the laugh-fest with the First Impression Rose. Everybody stares at it, cracking jokes and then one guy says, "Has anyone kissed her yet? Cause I'll punch you right in the face." Oh, I do love when a bunch of men get together. It's a whole different brand of crazy from when women get together in groups.

Brian, the "Hot Tub Harris" guy, calls her a "sassy little minx" then Kyle draws a mustache on her finger with a sharpie. Dude, she's wearing a white dress. Read a room. Kyle goes all artsy-fartsy, so Brian goes double-wide hick, so Kyle goes all I-have-Peruvian-heritage. The back-and-forth devolves into Brian giving a talking-head about putting a waffle iron... waffle iron? is that right?... to Kyle's face. My boyfriend says, "Is he talking about committing a hate crime? 'I hate Peruvians!'" Finally Mathue comes up and asks her he can steal her away and she practically leaves a Jillian-sized hole in the wall getting away from Brian and Kyle. Something tells me neither of them are receiving the First Impression Rose. If there was a Crazypants Rose, they might vie for that one.

Off with Mathue, Jillian is asked what she looks for and responds, "I think the biggest things are is someone who can communicate well." I appreciate the irony. Heh heh. Wes steals her away from Mathue to play her a song on his guitar. That's... too much, dude. Too much. One of the guys bellows, "How do you perform after that?" Umm... are you confused about how this show works?

MIchael the Break Dance Instructor gives Jillian a lesson on the living room rug. "Hey, Spaghetti Arms! This is my dance space, this is your dance space." It's actually pretty cute. Bill Bro wanders up (I told you they were perfect for each other) and throws down in a break dance contest. Josh the Lifeguard comments, "Bill Bro was really movin' for an older guy, but Mike was definitely the winner of the break dance contest. He did some stuff that I haven't seen since the 7th grade." I heart Josh.

Chris crashes the fun again and introduces the Final Five Cylons. Sorry, the Final Five Guys. Chris says the response to Jillian as the Bachelorette was so immense that there are now 30 guys in the running. Ooooh. Jillian meets Ed, Bryce, Reed, Mike and Tanner. Mike takes her champagne, makes her step back, throws a ball at her and says, "You are a great catch." I SO wish she would've dropped it. Also, Tanner might want to have a dance contest with Mike and Bill Bro, ifyouknowwhatImean.

Alone time with Ed seems to go well. He's a cutie, I think he, Jake the Pilot and Stephen are my two early favorites. Tanner steals Jillian away and lets his Freak Foot Flag fly. He says in a talking-head, "Hopefully I can see Jillian's feet." Dude, it's the first date! And only sort of! Rein it in, you creeper! He rattles off things he likes to do, "cookin', huntin', fishin.'" My boyfriend remarks, "Toe-suckin.'" Gross.

The guys are a little bitter that they've been there all night and haven't seen her much and now these new guys are getting face time. Dave remarks that the guy who pulled the "great catch" stunt needs to get kicked in the sack. I heartily agree.

First Impression Rose time. Speaking of Dave, Jillian picks it up in the living room and brings it in to David, the guy who flubbed his greeting with her on the driveway. She calls it his second shot at a first impression, which is cute of her.

Chris breaks it up, Jillian deliberates and then it's time to eliminate 10 guys. The roses go to: Jake the Pilot that I picked, Jesse the Winemaker, Wes the Country Singer, Mathue the Rescuer, Michael the Break Dancer, Robert the... Bruce? (I don't remember), Ed the Chicago Guy that I picked, Reed the New Guy She Barely Talked To, Simon the Brit, Kiptyn the Surfer, Mike the "Great Catch" guy, Brian the Waffle Iron/Hot Tub Harris guy (really, Jillian? Really?), Sasha the Roughneck, Julien the Skeazoid (nooooo!), Tanner P the Foot Fetish Guy (GROSS, JILLIAN!), Mark the Pizza Guy, Brad the Split Personality Guy, Tanner F the Second Guy I Don't Really Remember, and Juan the Spanish Porn Guy.

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Dancing With The Stars Melissa Rycroft Injury

Melissa Rycroft was sidelined during week eight of Dancing With the Stars due to an injury sustained last week during rehearsal.Rycroft went to the hospital on Monday after being bothered all week by a “blinding pain” shooting down her side that turned out to be a hairline rib fracture.“She received treatment today for her ribs, and there were complications,” according to a show rep. “She’s resting, and we expect her back here tomorrow.”Melissa and partner Tony Dovolani, the top scorers on last week’s show, were judged on a taped rehearsal earning 21 points for their jive.

"I felt a blinding pain shoot down my side," Melissa said.The show release a statement regarding this injury issue."She received treatment today for her ribs, and there were complications. She's resting, and we expect her back here tomorrow." The Melissa and Tony was judged on a rehearsal performance and earned 21 out of 30 points for their jive.See Dancing With The Stars Melissa Rycroft Injury Video Here.

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Melissa Rycroft, The Bachelor on Dancing With The Stars

Dumped by Jason Mesnick on the season finale of The Bachelor, Melissa Rycroft will rebound nicely — on Dancing With the Stars, PEOPLE has learned.Rycroft, 25, is to fill the slot vacated by Access Hollywood host Nancy O’Dell, who had to withdraw from the competition on March 5 due to a knee injury. According to a source close to the production, the Dallas beauty, who has had only days to rehearse, is expected to perform live on Dancing’s Monday premiere.

Girl Next Door Holly Madison is believed to be taking over for singer Jewel, who also withdrew due to injury. Both Jewel and O’Dell have expressed their desire to return to the ballroom in the future.

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