Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess, Riker Lynch and Allison Holker, and Rumer Willis and Valentin Chmerkovskiy danced to win the Mirror Ball trophy on Monday, May 18. Season 20 Week 10 Final Results Show aired on Tuesday, May 19 at 8|7c on ABC. On Week 10, each team danced freestyle routines, a repeated dance, and partook in a 24-hour Fushion challenge. Willis and Valentin were announced as winners of Season 20. Lynch and Holker are the runner-ups, while Galloway and Burgess placed third in the televised reality dance competition between different pairs of celebrities and professional dancers.
"Thank you to everyone who has been w/ #TeamValenRue from day 1 and has got us this far no matter what happens I will be forever grateful...I know we would never have gotten this far without you guys. Your support, art, defending us. I have never felt so loved. Thank you. X Rue," tweeted 26-year-old Willis on Tuesday, May 19.
On Night 1, the stars and dancers competed by dancing one freestyle routine and a repeated dance. Galloway and Burgess received 32 points for dancing the Argentine tango to "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne. They got a perfect score from the judges for dancing a freestyle routine to "Titanium" by David Guetta featuring Sia and "Fix You" by Coldplay. Lynch and Holker got a perfect score for dancing the paso doble to "He's A Pirate" by Klaus Badelt. They received another perfect score from the judges for dancing a freestyle routine to "I Won't Dance" by Fred Astaire. Willis and Chmerkovskiy received a perfect 40 out of 40 points for dancing the foxtrot to "Take Me To Church" by Hozier and another perfect score for dancing a freestyle routine to "Toxic" by Britney Spears.
On Night 2, couples competed in a 24-Hour Fusion challenge in which the dancers had to prepare a routine in the course of one day. Galloway and Burgess placed third again after dancing the Argentine tango and the cha-cha-cha to "Surrender" by Cash Cash featuring Julia Michaels. Lynch and Holder received a perfect score for their salsa and quickstep combination routine to "Classic" by MKTO. Willis and Chmerkovskiy won the season after receiving another perfect score for their foxtrot and paso doble to "Big Jet Plane" by Angus and Julia Stone.
Each week's choreographed dance routines are judged and scored by, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Julianne Hough. Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews co-host the show. BBC Worldwide Productions is the producer of "DWTS.'