While I am surprised Donny beat Mya, I still say the season's biggest winner is Kelly Osbourne.

Sometimes, the fact that the fans get the ultimate say doesn't feel right on this show. Of course, that's probably what kept Kelly there this season and I appreciated that, but I would have felt all wrong if she had actually won, kinda like I feel about Donny beating Mya.

Right you are, Maria. Kelly won no matter how she ranked in the final three, as was clear from the response she got in last night's show. It will be interesting to see what she does with this going forward.

Kellylark, I understand completely. It helps to keep in mind that Mya's freestyle scored three points behind Donny's, and her performance last night also came behind his. That hurt her ultimately, and it might have been closer had she nailed perfect scores both nights. The freestyle seems to be fairly determinative in past seasons. No doubt Osmond fans put Donny over the top, but it would have been harder to do if Mya had received perfect scores both nights. Gilles Marini had the same problem with his freestyle, might have won the competition otherwise.

I don't follow the show, and the only thing possibly worse than an Osmond is a BeeGee. But thanks for the update... HTG.

I do a RECAP for a bunch of people...friends of my wife, mostly. For what it is worth, here is the comment I sent out this morning:

I cannot tell you all how happy I am that this dreadful season of DWTS is finally over. If it hadn’t been for the commitment to write those corny RECAP’S…I probably would have stopped watching it back about the third show.

Although I went to bed in a rage last night, I woke this morning feeling that I am happy with the way it ended. With a very few minor exceptions, the season stunk to high Heaven; it was appropriate that it finished on a particularly rancid note.

There is absolutely no way those judges should have scored Donny higher than Mya on Monday night…and even less reason for them to have scored that supposed dance he didn’t do last night higher than the dances either Mya or Kelly did.

Donny should have come in third in the last dance category…not first. He did absolutely nothing during his dance except have Kym dance around him. He was just standing there! Kelly did a much better dance than he…and Mya out-danced Kelly by a mile.

Look…when Adam Lambert lost to that other guy on Idol (can’t remember the name, but I think it was Chris)…no big deal. I think everyone figured that Adam would make it big no matter that he came in second. But in DWTS…the contestants are already made people. They are, by definition, STARS already. The trophy is important.

Mya earned that trophy; she was BY FAR the best dancer of the season…the most entertaining…the most consistent.

Perhaps it was, as Suelle mentioned in her comments yesterday, a bit unfair to have Mya as a contestant considering her background. But she was a contestant! As with Kristi Yamaguchi, with whom Holly had a problem, she was INVITED to participate…and the judging should have been fair.

The judges showed themselves to be whores to whatever pressures were brought to bear on them to have Donny win. Without their high judging scores…I doubt the results would have been the same.

The show should begin a downward spiral into television history immediately.

It is not worth watching!

How did he get the baby to go to sleep on cue? Those Osmonds have show business in their genes, don't they?

oh, kathy, i love that you post about this show. it's so corny and soap-opera-y and wacky and it gets people so riled up. like american politics sometimes!!??

that kelly osbourne could learn to dance that well in 10 weeks? amazing. mya whoever she is (i'm not up on singers -- was she a singer? -- in whatever genre she does/did occupy) was a great dancer but her personality was like a piece of cardboard with an attitude. and donnie osmond winning? he's old! i'm old! he dances like a kid. ya gotta love it.

I'm not surprised. On a side note, a former patient of mine was [is?] a Donny Osmond stalker. Frank if you watched and voted, leave it alone... leave Donny alone. ~R~

Well I made a decision not to watch it this season. But you did lure me into the finals. I'm a pretty experienced DWTS watcher, and I don't mind it when the popular dancer beats out the one with natural ability/obvious training. I was happy when Mario Lopez lost out to Emmett Smith. And I usually find myself a little dis satisfied when the obvious athlete/performer/front runner wins, no matter how much I like them (yes I'm talking to you Kristi Yamaguchi). Let's be honest here, Mya is hardly a has-been trying to make a comeback. She's a young entertainer fresh from a career dancing in videos. What was she even doing in this show? So I'm with the fans on this call, obvious Utahn voting block notwithstanding.

The Bee Gees did perform a few weeks ago and it was priceless to see Ozzie Osborne in the audience having to listen.

I haven't decided whether the results were because: 1) Donny's fan base would've overwhelmed Mya no matter what she scored, or 2) Dmitry's blah choice of music and choreography for the freestyle dropped Mya's score just enough for her to lose.

I think Donny Osmond is adorable. I've never watched the show, so I don't know anything about this Mya--I guess you all think she was better. But I thought Donny looked great in those videos you posted.

Better get a bucket -- CAUSE I'M GONNA HURL!!!!!!

Mormons don't deserve prizes. They should get prison sentences for fraud!

" I woke this morning feeling that I am happy with the way it ended. With a very few minor exceptions, the season stunk to high Heaven; it was appropriate that it finished on a particularly rancid note."

I too was glad that he won, it confirms how ridiculous and utterly boring this show is. He is a marginally better dancer than Jerry Springer.

I have to assume that Dancing With the Stars is not on the History International Channel...

I look at the show upon occasion, and it's fun to watch. What I find more interesting is my mother's reaction. She's 83, and she thinks it's "... so wonderful that young people are doing real dancing again." It makes her so happy; she feels validated because things she loves are on the TV again.

Donny deserved to win. Kelly has great potential but not yet fully realized. Mya has a pretty, young body and can move well. Donny, though, is a genuine artist. He has soul; not just grace, flexibility and pizzazz. Take it from a former pro dancer who knew, from week one, that Donny had the right stuff. No gimmicks or fixes. He was, and is, the best!

Both my parents and myself watched every single episode of this past season's DANCING WITH THE STARS. The three of us, at the time of the finals, were divided as to the ones we supported and hoped to win the Mirrorball Trophy and the title: Mom was rooting for Donny, Dad was supporting Mya as deserving to prevail, and I was wholeheartedly hoping that Kelly would pull it off. In fact, my loyalty to Kelly was such that I had said that if Kelly did not make it to the finals, I truly did not wish to watch the broadcast of the finals.

Granted, there are many individuals out there who take DANCING WITH THE STARS far too seriously, forgetting that the show is first and foremost intended for entertainment value; and even the media reports the events of the show as if reporting serious journalism.

That being said, this is what I feel as to the outcome: Kelly truly put her heart and soul into virtually each and every performance; and truly shined in both the semi-finals and finals: She is a warm and loving individual with a great deal of heart and has mastered the art of perseverance and the ability to show grace and agility even under intense pressure (much of which may have arguably been self-imposed in her case). Yet, for reasons unknown, she did not garner favor with the judges as the all-around favorite. I don't think that the judging of her final dance Tuesday night was right at all: Kelly should have been placed in at least second place; and awarded at least 28 points for that Viennese Waltz of hers.

As far as Mya goes, I don't know what happened to or with her. While Mya has recently alluded to her prior ankle fracture and apparently related ankle sprain as playing a role in whatever limitations she may have been confronted with, for the most part I personally was unable to connect with this celebrity emotionally during many of her and her partner's performances; and that likely was experienced by many of the viewers as well, thus leading to her downfall, so to speak. I did enjoy Mya and Dimitri's jive on Tuesday night; and while that performance may not have been scored right, there is no doubt in my mind that when Mya's freestyle did not get any tens, she threw the door wide open for Donny to win (or even Kelly to prevail, for that matter).

I was not a fan of Kelly Osbourne's prior to DANCING WITH THE STARS. Kelly herself has acknowledged that she made mistakes in the finals; and that while she may not be the best dancer, she has still set as a goal being the best that she personally can be.

I did have a feeling that Donny Osmond might win, especially when he was awarded all tens in the freestyle performance; and I applaud Donny winning the competition in spite of his age, almost 52 years of, and often-demonstrated below-average stamina. I am happy for Donny Osmond and applaud his win. In all honesty, I might just be happier for Myna not winning than Donny winning. As for Kelly, I certainly hope that she will continue to dance, with her partner, Louis, or otherwise; and I think, if she chooses to participate in the same, will be absolutely fabulous in the upcoming exhibition tour of DANCING WITH THE STARS.

Thinking that I needed to score a few “brownie points” for my own nefarious purposes (i.e. the announcement of an upcoming golf weekend with the guys), I reluctantly 'consented to be coerced' into watching DWTS a couple of times this past month. Anyway, man, was I ever disappointed with the final outcome and I am reminded of the reason that I’d sworn the show off when it first came on, some years ago. There is NO WAY, at least IMHO, that Donne Osmond danced better than Mya Harrison. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that it’s the fans opinion that matters and all and he probably had the entire population of Utah to vote for him, but this just sucks. ‘Course I got what I deserved, probably shouldn’t have been watching anyway. It says right there on page 23 of the 'Male Testosterone Guide to Everythin'g that I should not have been watching unless I had a family member on the show. I’m never watching again unless they either change the rules so that all of the dancers have to wear flammable suits and the competition includes Dancing thru Hoops of Fire.

The clips are great. This is the perfect "Cliff Notes" for those of us who have never seen the show. Thanks. I feel updated (and uplifted).

@ Frank - I find it pretty amusing that you would use "dreadful", "dancing" and "wife " in the same post... Beard much, lately?