Night quacka. I'm off to bed too.:yawn:

Go to bed you guys! I can't believe you stayed up until the wee hours of the morning. It's been nice getting everyone's perspective and dancing expertise this season.

Firstly a special THANK YOU TO GREG & KATHY for the fabulous use of their webcam, and for coming to our rescue. *waves back at you both*

You are both *stars* of the first order, and I award you a perfect 10!

Secondly, CONGRATS TO HELIO & JULIANNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm delighted for them, and for Julianne's second victory in succession with a novice Sportsman, Go Girl! She's a absolute STAR!

Helio deserves it as much as Mel, and I think the public appreciated his efforts as a great entertainer coming from scratch so to speak.

Mel & Maks - your great routines and superb dancing will live long in the memory.

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!!! See you back here for DWTS 6 - CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!

It was really FUN tonight! I LOVED it!

Oooh, cheers Olls.

Give him the Emmy now, say I.

I enjoyed it too quacka, thanks for your sterling work keeping us updated.

Thanks, La Rhumba! Greg and I were glad we could come through in a pinch with our makeshift webcam. And thanks to everyone who came to our chat from Digital Spy.

It's a shame that Mel & Maks didn't win. The trophy always goes to the winner of the freestyle round, and in some interviews after last night's show, Maks seemed to think Helio & Julianne were going to win.

If nothing else, Mel has made a lot of new fans in the States, myself included.

Many Thanks to you too Sari, and it's such fun, I'm planning already to do it all again come DWTS 6, looking forward to it!

BTW if this is Maks's last season, it's a shame he didn't win, but sorry to say it, a duff Freestyle 2 years in a row. I would've thought he'd have learnt with Laila, but no.

Julianne came up with the goods again. You have to credit her.

They tend not to even make the final 2 in recent years on SCD so the American's can be forgiven for a marginal decision after getting them there.

Good night everyone. Sleep tight!!

Thanks to everyone for their updates and reviews tonight and these past 10 weeks i've really enjoyed reading them
and thanks to My Ox Is Broken for your webcam tonight

Intro

Celine Dion and Pros and 1st finalist leaves

Past Dancers Dance

More past dancers dance

And more past dancers dancing!

Last lot of past dancers dance

(Well they had to fill a two hour show somehow!!!

Jennie & Derek followed by Celine Dion again

Mel & Maks

Helio & Julianne

And the Winner is...

With great thanks to Dance4Fun22 who managed to keep uploading the clips in spite of great difficulties and to My Ox Is Broken for the use of their web cam last night when Raphael's went down. Thanks to DS for letting us have our own sub-forum, and thanks to everyone who joined in.

See you next year and don't forget - Keeeeeeep Dancing

How brilliant were you all last night. Well done. It's been a fantastic read this morning, I was on the edge of my seat.

Not sure I agree with the result but Helio was a good performer so congrats to him.

Thanks again all.

I'm watching now, but I know the result Very much looking forward to the freestyle!! SCD just doesn't do it as well! And I loved Julianne's with Apolo last season. (Even though I wanted Joey & Kym to win!)

In 5 seasons only 3 pros have won!!! Makes me feel bad for the others, however fabulous Cheryl & Julianne are! I'm a motorsport fan, so I'm happy on that front too!

Maks' last season? Aww.

Edit: Eeee! Helio & Julianne's freestyle was amazing! I can't believe she's only 19. Wow!!

I'd just like to record my thanks to all those who have posted on this thread and particularly to La Rhumba for the terrific commentaries and all the links.

I have been addicted to DWTS (both this season and the previous one) and have been unable to wait till Friday to watch it on UKTV Gold. So I've watched most of the videos from Dance4Fun22 and read all the posts.

This morning I've read through this thread to see the result rather than just looking it up on Wikipedia - more tension that way!!

I've thought Helio and Julianne were a great partnership right from the start so I'm delighted he's won - another sportsman! I agree with the judges that he really did combine technical capability with great performance. Some of their dances were good enough to watch dozens of times and never get bored.

But Mel & Maks were also great and were so close in the end. Some of their performances were absolutely stunning - the jive, the samba the Paso.

Thanks again to everyone.

Disappointed with end result, but Mel is still the winner in my eyes. Fantastic to get to the finals in anycase. Well done Mel and congratulations.

What was Helio & Julianne's quickstep music? I loved it!!

Would also like to add my thanks to everyone who posted on this thread and kept us updated into the wee hours every time. Thanks La Rhumba for your brilliant reviews and comments posted after each week. Thanks to everyone else who posted links, etc. I have thoroughly enjoyed being in your company - albeit in a silent fashion!

Hey Pachuco - Royal Crown Revue

(I think!)

I've just re-watched Apolo and Julianne's second cha cha (to "Push It") - is that Jane Seymour in the audience? Right after they've danced, when they're hugging.

Cheers! Is there a list somewhere of all the music that was used in the series?

Not that I'm aware of, but if there's anything in particular you want to know I (or someone else here) might be able to help.

Raphael usually put the music they used with each video...

There are a dew missing ones though!

Raph's not been very accurate this year though, the previous years are correct but there's quite a few mistakes this time around.

Many Thanks to silbies, CoolTango, Cassie & Olls for all your kind comments.

It was an absolute pleasure, in spite of the banging head today. LOL!

I'm watching all of J&H's dances again.

Julianne in the first clip: "Anyone who thinks they're getting their hands on my trophy better think again."

Aw bless poor Raphael, he's put up an apology notice about the webcam going down last night.

http://journals.rpungin.fotki.com/dwts/

He's so sweet, but understandably he can't be home to tend to our needs all the time!

I've sent him a message of thanks for all his sterling work throughout the season.