Helio Castroneves!

Edging out favorite Mel B, race-car driver Helio Castroneves took home the disco ball trophy. Do women ever win this contest anymore?!

He and partner Julianne Hough came into the finals in second place, just one point behind the Spice Girl and his hotness Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Both couples received perfect scores of 30 from the judges in their final dance Tuesday.

As expected, Marie Osmond was eliminated first after her robot doll-inspired routine. QVC called, they'd like you back, Miss Osmond.

Looks like Hough is the lucky charm, having also won last year with speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno.

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91. Very well deserved..Remember he had no dance expierance.

Posted at 11:31AM on Nov 29th 2007 by JaYmes

92. The idea of this show is to take people who don't dance and see who becomes the best dancer. Mel B is a perfomer. Has been for years. She's a Spice Girl and I'm sure danced while in concert all the time. Helip is a racecar driver. He doesn't dance and never danced before and for him to go from no experience to where he ended up? He totally deserved the win. He had a much steeper hill to climb than Mel.

Posted at 9:16PM on Nov 28th 2007 by Amy

93. What a Crock... He's not even a good dancer... It should have been Mel B's victory. The women have do to way harder tricks and dance moves then the men do...

Posted at 4:45PM on Nov 28th 2007 by Jose

94. I hope this means I never have to see Donny and/or Marie on ET ever again.
I'm sooooo sick of their drama!
Pooooor Marie got a divorce, oh, so sad, however did she dance? And she is not the only one to have a parent die, or for that matter, lose a spouse, during Dancing...
What's the big f'in deal? blah, blah, blah, blah.

Can you say 'OVEREXPOSURE?' - please make it stop!

Posted at 1:24PM on Nov 28th 2007 by Susan

95. Helio is a racer in the IndyCarSeries - not F1 - and he is not going to NASCAR. He's has won the Indy 500 twice - a tough accomplishment. He's a racer, not a dancer, and never performed in public without a helmet on! He deserved to win - they got it right!!

Posted at 1:17PM on Nov 28th 2007 by hoopsadaisy

96. I am so happy for Helio, he had been my second choice over Marie Osmond, but tallent wise, both are equal, it's just, no offense, Helio was physically able to do more than she. Now about Mel B. She made no secret that she knew she wasn't good enough to win the dance contest, and the dance couple of M/Mb made no secret that they were going for the fewer costume is better strategy, but Americans aren't fooled by nudity when it comes to talent. Please give us more credit than that, it wasn't about flashing your flesh, it was about flashing your talent. Congratulations to Helio and his wonderful partner, Julianne.

Posted at 1:12PM on Nov 28th 2007 by Elaine Kendall

97. MEL B was so far in the lead , she was definitely the BEST dancer on this years show...and last years show as well...Hands Down!!! The judges need to have more to say about who wins by at least 60 percent...cause people just don't get it...nothing new with that...I will watch next season, but hope there is more fairness...Helio was good, Mel was outstanding and in a league all her own...Its like comparing Barry Bonds with Babe Ruth...not even close.

Posted at 1:58PM on Nov 28th 2007 by bonnie

98. i am so glad that helio won.......he was great......im glad mel b didnt win..,,,her attitude was not professional

Posted at 9:39AM on Nov 29th 2007 by bnlchristman

99. Mel should have won and those posters saying that Helio did good from the beginning...so did Mel...that would explain why her and Maks had the highest overall score for the entire season. The bottom line is that this competition is part popularity so if Helio grabbed the hearts of all of the middle aged women who watch the show with his goofy...and not at all attractive...grin then good for him. Its not like he was that much worse than Mel anyway but Julianne is so good that it is hard to even notice that he is not as good as she makes him look.

Posted at 2:30PM on Nov 28th 2007 by ummm...ok

100. MEL B WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!!!! She should have won and everybody knows it. She was the best dancer on the show and was so from the beginning. Out of 15 dances she had 15 good dances. Helio had maybe 3 good dances....At Best! He was a freakin trainwreck in the beginning. Granted he did improve from week 1 to week 10 but not enough to win. Good from him for making it to the finals but he shouldn't have won. If you ask me he should have never made it to the finals and neither should Marie have. Especially since Sabrina got voted off during week 6. That whole show is a joke. Melanie was robbed and it was all part of this conspiracy to have yet another male win. I tried voting on Monday and I couldn't get through. The line was hella busy. And when I finally did get through it was too late and I only had time to vote once. I voted for Mel online every Monday and I voted by calling in from 4 different phone and the line was never busy. Now all of a sudden during the finals the lines are busy?? IT WAS A CONSPIRACY!! There's no way a person who sold out a concert in 38 seconds could lose to a freakin' race car driver. Nobody even knows who he is. Nobody was voting for him anyway.....they were all voting for Julianne. Melanie was the best dancer and she was robbed. That show is a joke.

Posted at 8:09PM on Nov 28th 2007 by Tiffany

101. Congrats to Helio & Julianne and the rest of you get over it. The point of the competition is about who entertains the best. Mel B may have dance great but Helio danced and was entertaining and fun to watch. You have to like the entire package not just one part. Helio & Julianne were fun to watch, they had adorable interaction and their dancing was entertaining. They were the clear winners!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 9:03PM on Nov 28th 2007 by Lori Jackman

102. I picked Helio to win early on, although I would have been just as happy had Mel won. On the other hand, Sabrina's dance last night was far and away the best performance and I wish her talent had been rewarded by the audience. Perhaps they should have a "Judges Award" also. It doesn't seem right that the best dancer gets voted off, perhaps because she is little known by the core audience. Helio is terrific though and I'll definitely tune in next season.

Posted at 11:21PM on Nov 28th 2007 by NIca54

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Posted at 12:05AM on Nov 29th 2007 by DeeT

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Posted at 5:27PM on Nov 29th 2007 by Sick Of Idiocy

105. Helio and his dancing blonde were wonderful. I loved every minute of the whole show, all season.

Posted at 3:13AM on Dec 2nd 2007 by DA

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