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J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff took home the title on last night’s “Dancing with the Stars” season finale, besting their tough contenders, Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke. With the three finalists still being required to dance as much as twice more, the couple dancers, Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke reprised their foxtrot. T the final show, little Rob wears a black hat with a green band. On the other hand, J.R. Martinez took the risk of doing the jive with being energized by his freestyle of the previous night. Ricki Lake and Derek Hough who went for their tango, came in third after what was a very evenly matched final round. Continue

Actor J. R. Martinez scored a come-from-behind victory over Rob Kardashian Tuesday to win the 13th edition of ABC’s hit competition “Dancing with the Stars.” The dancing show draws 18 million viewers a week who got a firsthand look at the Iraq war veteran with the infectious positive attitude. Martinez came into Tuesday’s episode tied with Lake for second place. He reprised his jive routine from week two, and though he made a few mistakes, judge Len Goodman said, “You’ve got such a sparkling personality, you just light up this room.” After winning “Dancing with the Stars” and flying through the night with his trophy, Army veteran J.R. Martinez got a hero’s welcome from fans outside “Good Morning America” in NYC this morning. Continue

“Dancing with the Stars” is a reality show which is aired on ABC in the United States and Canada’s CTV. The dance show is the U.S version of the British BBC television series “Strictly Come Dancing”. Every week on the Dancing With the Stars results show, one of the week’s lowest scorers will get the boot, or voters will pull a shocker and eliminate someone on the dancing contest. Rob Kardashian, Metta World Peace and Nancy Grace posted three of the bottom four scores on Monday’s season premiere, and in turn, comprised the bottom three “in jeopardy” on Tuesday. It meant the higher-scoring competitors for the week, such as Chaz Bono, were all secure last night.

Finally, one of the three, the eccentric NBA star, Ron Artest, who recently changed his name to Metta World Peace, was eliminated. World Peace earned the lowest score of the week with 14 points after his cha cha with partner Peta Murgatroyd. Thus, he became the first contestant who was voted off. World Peace seemingly was not shocked by the eliminating vote. He even smiled and asked the crowd, “Who’s coming with me?.” Moreover, he said gladly that he had a great time at the show and gave praise to his partner, Peta Murgatroyd for the awesome performance.