Anyone watch the DWTS Finale?

I think Paige was the best dancer too but I was a little put off several weeks ago when they said she had taken dance lessons when she was growing up. I thought they even said her mother was a dancer. I feel like this might have given her an unfair advantage.

I really did feel like this was one of the closest finales than previously. Any of them would have been a good champion. I am glad Nyle won -- the way he danced and kept in time with music he could not even hear was so amazing. And I thought that Peta really took on huge challenges for him to try -- like dancing blindfolded. I loved the routine they did where they turned off all the music for a few seconds so everyone else could experience what it is like for him. They were very worthy of that mirror ball!

I liked all three but I felt that Nyle got the sympathy vote. Same thing last season, Bindi won because she was nice. I wish the competition could be strictly dancing, not other factors as well. I am curious what his next career move is, he's like the new it guy of reality tv.

I was really surprised Paige went as far as she did, you have to have a huge fan base voting for you at home, didn't know she was that big. And didn't she say she was out of the boxing world? I was also surprised she didn't have a cauliflower ear like Ronda Rousey. Yes Paige's parents owned a dance studio and she grew up dancing, but I don't think that's cheating or anything. No different than having singers on the show who are used to chorographed dancing for their shows.

I couldn't believe how fit Ginger looked 6 weeks after having a baby! She seemed really irked being called a "weathergirl". lol I wondered if she flew back and forth with her newborn every week, must have been hard on the baby?

I thought Paige was good, but once I heard she was part of a dance studio, my feelings changed. I rooted for Nyle as how much more difficult it must have been for him to learn to dance and keep in time. While watching his free style I had goosebumps. I'm not usually a fan of contempory dance, but as I type this, the goosebumps are back...I don't goosebump easily.

Glad he ended up winning.

This is the way I felt too. I can't imagine being as good as Nyle is not being able to hear.

I don't think for a second that Nyle won because of sympathy. He was judged just as harshly as everyone else, he had very, very difficult choreography and he was amazing in what he accomplished. To be totally and utterly deaf, meaning he cannot feel even vibrations....it is AMAZING at how great he actually was. My cousin is completely deaf like Nyle and believe me, how Nyle was able to feel the music and keep time, was no easy feat..it took great skill.

I don't think Paige lost because Nyle beat her for sympathy. Nyle's freestyle was outstanding and so very well danced.

It was fitting that Ginger forgot her routine. I got tired of listening to the judges gush over her week after week when she made mistakes. She was overrated and only got as far as she did because she is an ABC employee.

I thought Jodi Sweetin and Wayne were miles better than Ginger and should have gone farther than she did.

I am thrilled for Nyle.

I've heard it called "Dancing With the Marginally Famous." 

Pretty much every single person on this show comes up with some sort of reason to get a "sympathy vote".  This season alone, remember Paige crying about being bullied at school, and Ginger talking about being anorexic?  At least they could have chosen not to talk about those things, if they wanted.  Nyle couldn't have hidden his deafness.  As far as dancing ability goes, yes, Paige's overall judges' scores for the season averaged out to be 2 tenths of a percent higher than Nyle's.  But Wanya's scores averaged out 2 tenths higher than Ginger's.  Did she advance farther in the competition than him due to her anorexia story getting her more sympathy votes than his "grew up poor" story?

At the end of the day, the format of the show combines judges' scores with viewer votes, and you have to have both to win, and they know that going in.

If you watched good morning America this morning, you would have seen Nyle trying to dance without having rehearsed or Peta guiding him. It was pretty obvious that dancing was not an easy thing for him and they really had to work at it.

I thought all three were great and any of them would have been justified as the winner.

This exactly! Very glad he won. I enjoyed Paige but the dance background was a game changer. Celebrities with dance background shouldn't be allowed imo, need a more level playing field

I agree with all points of views regarding the sympathy vote, or having previous dance background, etc....

BUT, I think we all need to remember that first and foremost it's a TV show and the network seeks ratings.

I loved all three. You have to keep in mind that it's not a competition for the "Best" dancer, it's a competition for the most popular dancer. I think people relate to stories of hardship. It make the contestants seem more like average people -- it would be boring if they didn't show the process. I thought all three of them made amazing progress through the season.

ETA: I totally relate to Ginger wanting to be called a meteorologist. That's what she is. "Weather girl" is totally dismissive of her science training.

Heard on the radio this morning Peta is pregnant!

The gymnasts and ice skaters and boy band boys totally have dance training. Nick Carter last year??? If they are working a career toward acting/ singing (rumer Willis) than they have had dance classes.
Also Alfonzo had been in musicals and had dance training as a child actor

Not to do the mom shaming thing, but I think ginger wanted to lose weight and get more famous and killed herself flying back and forth with baby.