"Dancing With the Stars" 2008 Season Finale

"Kristi Yamaguchi takes lead going into 'Dancing with the Stars' finale"
Reality TV World (May 20, 2008)

"Olympic gold medalist figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi and her professional partner Mark Ballas cemented their standing as the couple to beat during last night's final Dancing with the Stars sixth-season performance episode on ABC.

"Kristi and Mark -- who have been atop the judges leaderboard throughout most of the competition and never found themselves in the bottom two -- received a perfect combined score of 60 out of 60 possible points for their two Monday night routines. Injured telenovela actor Cristian de la Fuente and his partner Cheryl Burke received a combined score of 52, and NFL star Jason Taylor and his partner Edyta Sliwinska received a 51. ..."

"Yamaguchi bests the boys in 'Dancing' finale"
CNN (May 20, 2008)

"LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kristi Yamaguchi couldn't have done any better at the "Dancing With the Stars" finals Monday. The figure-skating champ earned a perfect score of 60 for her two dances Monday, putting her far ahead of fellow finalists Cristian de la Fuente, who scored 52, and Jason Taylor, who finished with 51.

"Each performed a freestyle routine, and the three finalists shared the floor for a group dance dubbed "the cha-cha face-off." Yamaguchi came out on top both times."

My wife and one of our daughters have been following this season's "Dancing with the Stars:" and then missed last night's airing. Now, at least they'll be able to read what happened.

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Update May 21, 2008

Well, duh! I should have linked to ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" own page. Where they say you can see the final episode online.