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After 10 weeks, dozens of performances and countless awkward chats in the Skybox, Dancing With the Stars‘ first season on Disney+ has come to a close.
In a way, Monday’s reveal of the Season 31 winner almost felt like a footnote during the finale, which also packed in emotional farewells to head judge Len Goodman and longtime dance pro Cheryl Burke, both departing the series after joining Dancing in its earliest days.
But after all those tears were wiped, the show still had a Mirrorball trophy to award, and the four remaining finalists — Wayne Brady, Charli D’Amelio, Shangela and Gabby Windey — still had two new routines to perform for judges’ scores and viewers’ votes. First, each couple revisited a dance style they’d previously struggled with earlier in the season, then the duos unveiled their long-awaited freestyle performances. Here’s how Monday’s final scores shook out:
Wayne Brady and Witney Carson
* Redemption Quickstep: 36 out of 40
* Freestyle: 40 out of 40
TOTAL: 76 out of 80
Charli D’Amelio and Mark Ballas
* Redemption Jive: 40 out of 40
* Freestyle: 40 out of 40 (and man, that freestyle)
TOTAL: 80 out of 80
Shangela and Gleb Savchenko
* Redemption Quickstep: 36 out of 40
* Freestyle: 40 out of 40 (and man — that freestyle! Gleb in drag!)
TOTAL: 76 out of 80
Gabby Windey and Val Chmerkovskiy
* Redemption Cha-Cha: 40 out of 40
* Freestyle: 40 out of 40
TOTAL: 80 out of 80
Then, after two jam-packed hours, it was at last time for the results. The Season 31 champions are… Charli and Mark! Gabby and Val are this year’s runners-up, while Wayne and Witney nabbed third place and Shangela and Gleb finished in fourth place.
With that, I hand it over to you! Do you agree with Monday’s outcome? Grade Season 31 in our poll below, then drop a comment with your full finale reactions!
I loved Charli & Mark! They were always fantastic. But that’s just it, they were always fantastic from day 1. Bring people on the show who have little to no dance experience. Please!!! That’s what the show should be about. But again, Charli & Mark were awesome! Really enjoyed Wayne & Witney & Gabby & Val, too. Gabby was a great dancer! But again, one who has experience. But oh well…been a fun season to watch & thank goodness for Alfonso!!!
The dancing was incredible. All the contestants took the competition seriously and gave their best effort.
Now that it’s on Disney+, I wonder if they could do another season in the spring. However, the tour goes through early March so realistically the earliest they could do it is early April. Probably not though.
Hard to comment as I do not get Disney + and I sure have missed watching the show.
Dancers who have been trained as dancers should not be considered amateurs and equals with those who really are. Yes, Charlie was good because she is trained as a dancer. Gabby or Wayne should have won. So many great performances from the untrained dancers kept me watching. Hosting needs some serious rethinking, too.
Wayne has dance experience too. He has done multiple Broadway shows.
Wayne has far more performance experience than dance experience. Being in Broadway shows doesn’t put him anywhere near Charli’s league and someone with her dance experience shouldn’t be allowed on DWTS.
Wayne did not have a lot of experience with partnering or ballroom. Broadway and the styles he is used too are waaaaaaayyyy different.
It is a leg up to have performing experience, he probably knows how to amp up for a performance, how to train, things like that. That is definitely a big help compared to someone who has none of that. But still Charli had a huge advantage over him in terms of actual relevant dance training from the get-go. I think.
Happy for Charli and Mark, but I also liked Gabby and Val.
I’m praying that next season has 100% less Tyra and Alfonso.
Also, I was disappointed that they couldn’t at least let Tom Bergeron or Erin Andrews say goodbye to Len.
So predictable DWTS!!!! After all she was this years judges darling who could do no wrong! Young and with dance competition experience!!
Carrie Ann plays such favorites. There were a few “celebs” this season who were torn apart for every performance and that made it so obvious.
Let’s replace Tyra with Shangela as host for next season
I agree!
Shangela is READY. Can’t wait to see her in her new spot on the show, Hell, she could replace tyra b.
Yes! Tyra is hideous and horrible.
Yes..Tyra needs to go..I can’t stand looking at her or listening to her talk..she’s not a good host…boring
Brilliant
It’s not dancing with the amateurs. It’s called dancing with the stars, normally stars are versed with dancing to some extent.
I don’t get Disney+ for monetary reasons. This was the first season I didn’t see. Surprisingly enough, the only thing I missed about it was seeing Mark dance.
I think if you had actually seen it, you would think differently. It was truly a good season and I have watched forever. I was very impressed. I wasn’t planning on being impressed at all!
It was a great season and Charli and Mark winning was not a surprise. They worked hard all season.
Please though, replace Tyra. Please.
You could feel all of the air and excitement leave the room (through the tv/computer/iPad screen) once Shangela and Wayne were announced 4th and 3rd place. This season was Charli’s to lose and the judges made no secret about it from the very beginning. That she’s trained with the Houghs and danced in Derek’s ABC/Disney spectacular special back in March of this year should have rendered her unqualified as a contestant. But here we are. Add that she has nearly 50 million follower on social media and no one else stood a chance.
And did you know that when you google her, the description that comes up underneath is “American Dancer”. She’s not an actress, singer, athlete… she’s a dancer.
But whatever. Every other contestant was far more entertaining.
Although the ending wasn’t a surprise to anyone, I am disappointed that Charli and Mark won. Don’t get me wrong; Charli is a beautiful dancer but “celebs” with that much experience should NEVER be allowed on DWTS. With a year of intense training, she could come back as a pro herself and, to me, that’s not what this show is about. I know it’s a popularity contest and, more often than not, the best dancer usually wins, but I truly wish the producers would get a group of “celebs” together who have never danced before. PERIOD. It makes it no fun to watch when the ending is a forgone conclusion from week 1 on. I honestly think the only one who might have given Charli a run for her money was Selma and we all know how that turned out. I had hoped that Gabby would pull it out because even though she had dance experience, it had a very long time since she had had lessons and/or training. Now, if something can be done about Tyra, I may watch again but she made it so painful. Thank goodness for the FF and Mute buttons on my remote.
Remember, a non-dancer won last season, and he was going up against Jo-Jo Siwa, who had danced most of her life and had a huge social media following.
I wonder if Iman Shumpert could have won this season. I think its unfair how people can vote BEFORE the dancing. This is just a popularity contest at this point, That’s why I don’t like Disney+
Agree with a lot of the other comments, Charli had too much experience for it to be fair. Gabby should have won! Agree with Tyra getting replaced too.
The other thing is that she could do nothing wrong in their eyes even when she did make mistakes so you could just tell it really wasn’t going to be fair right from the beginning. She was good but not perfect!
Actually, I agree with the winners and how the other three couples were ranked! I haven’t said that in a long time!! So good season, fun to watch, great dancing and the right couples made the finale and the right couple won. Although maybe next season make sure all the contestants really don’t have much dancing experience….or at the very least no dance training.
I stopped watching the show after several seasons of far right political hacks on the show, however I decided to watch this season. It has been superb in my opinion.
Any thoughts about wooing Cheryl Burke into taking Len’s seat?
Also extreme kudos to the hairstylist(s) who tame Mark’s hair all season. Unless I specifically looked for it, I couldn’t even see that he had the long thick dreads.
omg….Charlie dances like a very experienced pro, from the 1st episode. And then they announced all the hundreds of thousands Tik Tok followers she has. (Not a) surprise! She won. Even when they were rehearsing, it was obvious she was a dancing genius. Not one of the others stood a chance.
This season was very well produced, top notch. Tyra must be replaced. Sorry that Len is quitting. But it leaves an opening for Cheryl Burke to move into her new positon as judge,
Disney plus should be able to accommodate those watching. Most Xfinity streaming users attempting to watch live shows had buffering, freezing issues, and error codes after purchasing Disney plus apps. Both Xfinity and Disney plus blamed each other and the issues was never fixed! Therefor the shows could not be watched!
I’ve had a five year break from watching DwtS and decided to give it a chance. Yeah nothing has changed. No more seasons for me. It’s still a rigged show where if you’re straight professional dancer with massive social media following or female Bachelor contestant you will always win. That’s so freaking boring and predictable. No wonder actual celebrities don’t want to do DwtS. It’s so humiliating to lose to flavor of the month with social media following or reality star.
I agree that people who are trained dancers should be on the show. Wayne has been on Broadway but he’s not a trained dancer as Charli. Gabby or Wayne should have won. I just felt disappointed by who won.
I had a a TYPO! 😱 I was trying to say that people who are trained dancers like last season’s Jojo and this season’s Charli gives them an unfair advantage. I also don’t like when the judges are biased towards those dancers because they look like the Pros.
Keep the judging panel at 3 – Carrie Ann, Bruno and Derek. Drop Tyra completely. She is awful.
The show would have been excellent with better hosts. Tyra Banks needs a new gig.
I haven’t watched since they forced out Tom and Erin. With all of these Tyra complaints, I have to ask… does ANYONE like Tyra as host????
Charli is obviously an incredible dancer and her win is unsurprising, but a small part of me was hoping Gabby would have pulled out the win!
Overall, I think it was a great season!
I think I’ve heard they want to keep 3 judges for next season, but why not end Tyra’s contract, give Alfonso the lead host position, and have Cheryl in Alfonso’s current hosting role? The people on DWTS should have a true connection to the show!
To all of you calling for Tyra to be replaced…I get it, I can’t stand her either. But she is one of the executive producers of the show so she’s not going anywhere.
This is the irst season in years that i watched and I watched for Shangela and Cherlyl Ladd.
I thought it was a great season. Not sure why all the Tyra hate. I had no problem with her as host. I find Alfonso more annoying but not so much i am screaming for him to be replaced.
But to each their own.