Dancing with the stars season 32 ended with a breathtaking finale on Tuesdayand after three hours of dancing and shows, Xochitl Gomez And Val Chmerkovsky have been named the new DWTS champions!
ET’s Denny Directo caught up with the exuberant duo after the show, and the Marvel star, 17, said they won the coveted Len Goodman Memorial Mirrorball Trophy “feel good!”
“Every week we had so much fun and every time we had a good dance and felt good, we had this great feeling,” Gomez explained. “And it’s the same feeling we get here, you know? It’s just the same thing – but times, like, 10!”
For Gomez and Chmerkovskiy, the two have been favorites throughout the season, and their partnership and friendship has been celebrated online and in the ballroom. The duo performed six routines that earned perfect scores, including their final four dances in a row.
“We’ve had so much love, from everyone, from the crew and the cast, and then people outside of the fans, you know? It’s so much love,” Gomez shared. “And that’s what made me really love this whole experience.”
“I think this far outweighs everything else,” Chmerkovskiy said. “You know, the trophy is cool, (but it’s) the love we received.”
As for the trophy itself, Gomez said she has yet to choose a location for the trophy.
“It’s so heavy! I don’t know where it’s going to go,” she shared. “I probably have it in my drawer, near my cat.”
For Chmerkovskiy, this is his third Dancing with the Star win, but the first time since the trophy was renamed in honor the late Len Goodman — the DWTS chief justice died in April, aged 78 – and that makes the victory even more special.
“It’s a huge honor,” Chmerkovskiy shared. “Len was a champion of ballroom dancing…he pushed ballroom dancing to the forefront of entertainment and therefore into millions of homes.”
“And so for me to hold this trophy in his honor, this season in particular, I was very motivated to pass on my ballroom education and my torch to this young, incredible talent,” he said. -he added, nodding to Gomez. “And I think Len would have been proud of that.”
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