The Dancing With the Stars 2012 results show for the finals is here and we will finally learn who will be walking away as the DWTS 2012 winner: Latin heart-throb William Levy, sexy soprano Katherine Jenkins or NFL athlete Donald Driver. Who won Dancing With the Stars 2012 in one of the toughest seasons ever? Read on in our DWTS 2012 results show recap to find out and watch the final performances!
WARNING: DANCING WITH THE STARS 2012 SPOILERS AHEAD!
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All three of the remaining Dancing With the Stars 2012 cast celebrities certainly deserved their spots in the finals. William Levy, Katherine Jenkins and Donald Driver have been scoring high throughout the DWTS 14 season both with the judges and the voters. No matter who ends up as the Dancing With the Stars 2012 winner, they will have earned it through extremely hard work and dedication.
Although my personal fabulous remaining couple is Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas, I would not be dissapointed no matter who won Dancing With the Stars season 14. I do think it is most likely to be either Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas, or William Levy and Cheryl Burke, who end up taking home the top prize. Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd are also terrific, but Donald has been consistently just a bit weaker than both of the other top three. Of course, the DWTS 2012 results may just surprise me in the end!
The time for speculation, however, is now over! First we will get to watch the final performances from all three contestants for their “24 hour challenge” dance and then it’s on to the Dancing With the Stars 2012 results for the winner!
And here we go!
To launch the Dancing With the Star 2012 finale show, we have a very smoking hot little review to get us in the mood for a very long evening of DWTS 2012 madness before we finally learn the results. All the contestants come out and do a little twirl on the dance floor.
For the encore performance for the night, Len Goodman says the judges want to see Donad Driver and Peta Murgatroyd do their Freestyle performance from last night. Why do I feel this is the kiss of death and Donald Driver will not be winning tonight?
Len is loving on the freestyle and thinks Donald Driver is great. The judges move on to talk about how great William Levy is, but Len notes that it takes him a long time to recover when he messes up. The judges think Katherine Jenkins really has more technical ability than any contestant on the show ever, but wonder if she doesn’t put enough passion and emotion into her dances. Len thinks Donald Driver is really driven to win, but that sometimes maybe he tries too hard and loses the natural feeling.
Next up we have a performance from eliminated contestant Sherri Shepherd, dancing a Cha Cha to “It’s Raining Men” with Maxim Chmerkovskiy and Val Chmerkovskiy. Saucy Sherri sandwich!
Now we have Martina Navratilova and Tony Dovolani on the dance floor looking stiff and not so great. They are followed by Jack Wagner and Anna Trebunskaya and they aren’t so great either.
Then we have Gavin DeGraw and Karina Smirnoff giving a spin in the ballroom, they still are blah. Wow, you can really see how good the top 3 are in comparison when you see how these former contestants stumble around the dance floor.
Oh, finally, some real information! For their “24 hour challenge” dance, Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas have chosen to do a Jive and we get a bit of a preview on that. And then we have to watch Tristan MacManus and Gladys Knightwith their Jive from earlier in the season. Tristan is going to perform in the Las Vegas Dancing With the Stars show. Yeah, yeah, get on with it already!
Jaleel White and Kym Johnson perform a Paso Doble to Shaft next. Jaleel still looks pretty good and I still think he was one of the better eliminated celebrities. Donald and Peta reveal they will be doing the Cha Cha for their “24 hour challenge” dance tonight and we have a preview of that.
And yet another previous contestant takes the dance floor as Melissa Gilbert dances with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and his brother Val. Melissa is still a terrible dancer but Maks and Val rock. Lastly we have Roshon Fegan and Chelsie Hightower doing a freestyle. Not bad actually.
Now we take a break as former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson takes the stage to perform her new single “Dark Side”.
Finally we have the top 3 coming out to do their “24 hour challenge” dances! First up is William Levy and Cheryl Burke. He is smoking up the room and the crowd loves it!
Judges: Len Goodman says if Salsa was an Olympic sport, William would get the gold medal. Bruno Tonioli says the hips don’t lie when it comes to a hot and sexy Salsa and nobody does it better than William. Carrie Ann Inaba says William has real star quality and he always raises the temperature in the ballroom!
Scores: Perfect 10s from all the judges.
Katherine and Mark are now doing a Jive for their “24 hour challenge” dance. This is a very fun one and it looks like they are enjoying it.
Judges: Bruno says Katherine is versatile blond bombshell with great technique. She is a stunning dancer and one of the best contestants on the show. Carrie Ann says Katherine is an artist and she set the bar high early in the season. Len thinks Katherine is the total package.
Scores: Perfect 10s from all the judges.
Last we have Donald Driver and Pet Murgatroyd dancing the Cha Cha and Donald is showing off his shirtless bod, which has the audience all crazed.
Judges: Carrie Ann says Donald is a fierce contestant who really shows his love for the show and he is determine to win. Len says there are no losers tonight, all of them are total winners. Donald is the best football player they’ve had. Burno says ‘Donald the Magnificent’ had another huge hit and he just kept improving every week.
Scores: Perfect 10s from all the judges.
Former eliminated contestant Gladys Knight takes to the stage for a final performance while we wait for the results to find out who is the Dancing With the Stars 2012 winner.
Finally we have the results coming in now and wow I am totally surprised by who ended up where! Ready to find out the ranking for the final three? Here we go!
In 3rd place we have William Levy and Cheryl Burke!
In 2nd place we have Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas!
That means your new Dancing With the Stars 2012 champions are Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd!
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The 2012 finale was the worst I have ever watched.
The winner (the football player) should have never won this award since he was the worst dancer
of all.
He should never have been in the finals.
The other two dancers were spectacular and lost out.
I may never watch this series again.
I blame the judges for this.
Donald worked very hard for his perfect score and many times his opponents received a perfect score, but it did not stop him from continuing to receive Len’s comments and he kept improving. The free style dance was outrageous and I could not believe how he moved Peta around so smoothly and effortlessly. He earned the title that is for sure! Congrats for the determination to not give up and keep going Donald! You did a great job and we all learned to never give up especially since the tortoise was last and hare was faster but the winner in the end was…given to steadfast consistent tortoise! I say this with respect and it helped me to remember what it takes to be the best and win! KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE BALL NOT THE PEOPLE