Dancing with the Stars

Shawn Johnson's Dancing Victory: How She Did It

Take a look back at how the little gymnast that could upset front-runners Gilles Marini and Melissa Rycroft. By Julia Wang

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THE CHA CHA CHA

While Marini, Kim and Melissa Rycroft jockeyed for first place from the start, Johnson began hitting her ballroom stride in week 7 with the cha cha cha, a dance she and partner Mark Ballas again performed on Tuesday's Dancing finale. She received her first 10 of the season – and high praise from judge Carrie Ann Inaba, who said the Olympian "came alive" in the routine.
ABC: We'd Love to Have Paula Abdul on Dancing

ABC: We'd Love to Have Paula Abdul on Dancing

"I think she's a huge talent," says ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson

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