Sam Champion is looking back on his Dancing with the Stars journey and his friendship with partner Cheryl Burke after their elimination Monday night during Disney+ Week.
The pair made it to week four of season 31 and wowed audiences with their paso doble to The Greatest Show from 2017's The Greatest Showman, but were eliminated after receiving the lowest score of the night, a 25 out of 40.
Champion, when reflecting on the support he received throughout his time on the Disney+ show, spoke about how his husband, Rubem Robierb, had his back the entire time.
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I love him more than anything in my entire life. Cheryl got a chance to get to know him, and there is no getting through anything if you don't have love and support like that, he said of Robierb, whom he married in 2012. His love and support is unconditional and it is just -- it's the joy and the blessing of my life to have him anywhere near me.
The WABC and Good Morning America weather anchor gave props to Burke and the other pro dancers who give it their all on DWTS, explaining how he saw -- and experienced to some degree -- what they put their bodies through each season.
After 25 seasons, Burke is a two-time Mirrorball trophy winner who has danced with everyone from actors to singers and even NFL alums.
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It's like training for the Olympics, she said of the experience. I would maybe compare that to exactly like the exercise and the physical ability that we need to be able to get through a season.
My pains have pains right now, my toes are completely squeezed together -- I don't think they'll ever come apart from being in those tiny dancing shoes -- and I have sequins in places that there should not be sequins, he joked.
As for how the two developed their friendship into a partnership for DWTS, Burke said they passed the honeymoon phase and went straight in, dove right in.
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There was no walking on eggshells -- especially coming from me, she said. I went from friend to dance mom pretty quick.
Champion said he's looking forward to spending some downtime with Burke now that their DWTS journey is over, calling her the best there's ever been on the show.
People need to know how amazing this young woman is, he said. I can't wait to just hang out with her now and not have to balance at the same time.The duo were announced as the newest Mirror Ball Trophy champions on Monday's season 30 finale, beating fellow celebrities JoJo Siwa, Cody Rigsby and Amanda Kloots, who were paired with pro partners Jenna Johnson, Cheryl Burke and Alan Bersten, respectively.
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Shumpert's victory is historic, as he is now the first NBA player to ever compete in the DWTS finals and ultimately win it all. Karagach is also a first-time winner, having joined the series just last season.
The athlete told Good Morning America on Tuesday that he feels accomplished to have won, adding, I felt like the whole season I was like telling Daniella, 'Man, you just are great at what you do, ' and everybody was saying she didn't have a Mirror Ball yet, so I'm really happy she got one now.
Iman Shumpert is the first NBA player to compete in the DWTS finals and ultimately win it all, and his dancing partner also scored her first Mirrorball Trophy.
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Karagach praised Shumpert's tremendous improvement over the season, noting that he was one of the few competitors who never danced a day in [his] life and but worked hard to defy all expectations by making it to the finale.
Shumpert said being this season's underdog fueled his desire to come out on top, which saw him perform never-before-seen stunts on the ballroom floor with perfect execution.
Aside from a glittering new trophy -- which he told GMA will ultimately live in his parents' home -- Shumpert ended his DWTS journey with two perfect scores: one for a foxtrot/cha-cha fusion, which saw judge Bruno Tonioli declare him the king of the ballroom, and one for a Chicago-themed freestyle that was deemed one of the best in show's history.
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Even Missy Elliott, whose song they performed to, was a fan, tweeting at him, They Worked dat ... & Congratulations @imanshumpert You SNAPPED hard on dat FootWork see I told yall music make you 'Lose Control.'
Siwa, who also made history by becoming the first contestant to compete with a same-sex partner, came in second. Rigsby ended the season in third and Kloots took fourth place.
Getting to do this for myself, but for so many little kids and adults who are part of the LGBTQ community to just see that dancing with the same sex as you -- just as loving the same sex as you -- isn't weird. It's not unaccepted. It's celebrated and it's accepted and it's so awesome, she continued. I feel like this just got to show that in such a bright, smiley, happy way, and every week was better than the last.
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Siwa also said she was tempted to sign up for private ballroom lessons at studios near her house, calling performing so fun and addicting.
Pro Cheryl Burke told GMA that Rigsby was her COVID buddy, as the two were both diagnosed with breakthrough cases this season and were forced to perform from quarantine. Burke called it challenging to have just met and then have to continue their relationship -- and teach dance -- via Zoom, but they overcame that and made it to the end.
Kloots said she learned so many things about herself during DWTS alongside pro Alan Bersten because it gave her a new friend and someone she could trust and rely on every day.
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Her husband, Nick Cordero, died in 2020 from COVID. The two had met working on Broadway together and married in 2017, welcoming a son named Elvis into the world in 2019.
Kloots also said it was nice to be on the show and dance because it gave her something to do for herself every day.
It sounds a little selfish, but as a mom -- as a single mom -- and I work like five jobs, just to be able to go dance every day for three hours for myself, it brought so much joy back into my life, she told GMA.
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The finale also saw a small change at the judges' table. After Derek Hough tested positive with a breakthrough case of COVID-19 last week, sister and a former DWTS pro dancer Julianne Hough rose to the occasion to fill in for her big brother.
The two-time Mirror Ball champion enjoyed doling out advice and praise to the competitors because, as she said, I'm so excited to be here in person, so I don't have to yell at the TV anymore!
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That wasn't the only welcome return to the ballroom. Spice Girls' Melanie C belted out an emotional rendition of the girl group's pop ballad 2 Become 1 as the show revisited some of the season's most memorable and tearjerking moments.
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While another season of Dancing With the Stars complete, fans can relive the magic of season 30 when the cast hits the road on a nationwide tour, which kicks off Jan. 7, 2022 in Richmond, Virginia. Allen, Kloots and last year's champion, Bachelorette star Kaitlyn Bristowe, will also be part of the fun.Being the daughter of a ballerina and growing up with dance most of her life, she has wanted to compete on DWTS for years, finally getting the chance to do so and walking away with the Mirrorball trophy with pro partner Artem Chigvintsev.
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If you want a dream to come true, you have to be willing to work for it and go through all of the challenges and appreciate all the hard times to really feel the success, Bristowe told Good Morning America Tuesday after their big win.
The Bachelorette star certainly faced ups and downs, with one of the highest moments being an Argentine tango set to Britney Spears' Toxic and one of the lowest moments being an ankle injury that threatened her spot on the show.
Bristowe, now 35, told GMA she recently found a photo of herself when she was about 5 years old sitting cross-legged in a dance studio wearing ballet slippers.
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I would tell her to never give up on her dreams, as cheesy as that is, the reality star replied when asked what she would tell her younger self.
While Bristowe is thinking about her own childhood, Chigvintsev's son Matteo is at the top of his mind. He credits the little guy, whom he welcomed with fiancée Nikki Bella on July 31, for helping him win his first-ever
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