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Brooke Burke became the third female ever to win
Dancing With the Stars on Tuesday.
"Unbelievable!" she exclaimed after being crowned champ. "Physically, mentally, emotionally!"
She and partner
Derek Hough got a perfect 30 for their final dance, the Viennese waltz. (They earned a combined score of 58 out of 60 for their freestyle and samba routines on Monday's show.) Those scores were combined with viewers' votes to determine the winner.
"You are a star. You proved today what you are doing with your soul," judge
Carrie Ann Inaba told a glowing Burke. "You guys deserve the trophy more than anyone else."
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"You may not be the judges' champion ... but you are the public's champion," judge Len Goodman remarked.
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Lance Bass and his partner Lacey Schwimmer came in third. For their final dance, they performed the jitterbug, earning a score of 28 out of 30. (They earned a combined total of 53 on Monday's show.)
"No doubt about it, you have become a great showman!" judge Bruno Tonioli told Bass.
Though Inaba said Bass struggled with his lift, "you so deserve to be here. You never took the safe road once."
After he was eliminated, Bass said the experience has "so been worth it." Schwimmer told Bass she couldn't be more proud of her partner.
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