"Dancing With The Stars" Finale

Donny Osmond interviews "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castroneves and his professional partner Julianne Hough after the couple captured the show's fifth mirror ball trophy, Nov. 27, 2007, in Los Angeles. "It will look so good between my two Indy 500 trophies," Castroneves said. Osmond's sister, Marie, was the first finalist to be eliminated Tuesday night.

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Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves, right, and his professional partner Julianne Hough, were crowned champions on the fifth season of "Dancing with the Stars," during the two-part finale on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007.

Season five contestants and their professional partners congratulate winners Helio Castroneves and his professional partner Julianne Hough after the couple were voted winners of "Dancing With The Stars" Nov. 27, 2007, in Los Angeles. The two-time Indy 500 champ edged out Spice Girl Melanie Brown for the title and became the fourth consecutive man to win the contest. Hough won for the second straight year.

Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves, right, and his professional partner Julianne Hough, receive the "Dancing With The Stars" trophy from host Tom Bergeron after winning the fifth season of the TV dance competition Nov. 27, 2007, in Los Angeles. Later Castroneves admitted he was "shocked" by the victory: "I was not expecting it. Mel, she's an incredible dancer," he said of finalist Melanie Brown.

Dancing partners Mel. B. and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, left, and Julianne Hough and Helio Castroneves, right, anxiously wait to hear who will win the coveted mirrorball trophy. Both couples received perfect scores of 30 from the judges in their final dances Tuesday. At center are are "Dancing With The Stars" hosts Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris.

The final three. From left, contestants Marie Osmond and Jonathan Roberts, host Samantha Harris, contestants Melanie Brown, Maxsim Chmerkovskiy, Helio Castroneves and Julianne Hough. Castroneves, the two-time Indy 500 winner, later took home the trophy.

Tuesday's two-hour finale began with the 3rd-place couple being announced. Marie Osmond and Jonathan Roberts danced their favorite routine of the season as their final performance.

Spice Girl Melanie Brown dances with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy on the season finale of "Dancing With The Stars," Nov. 27, 2007. Easily the most polished finalist, consistently wowing the judges with her versatility and flair, Mel B. and her partner were the highest-scoring couple throughout the hit show's fifth season. But viewers snubbed Brown and gave the mirror ball trophy to race-car driver Helio Castroneves.

Season five contestants and their professional partners watch the finale from the audience after a final performance Nov. 26, 2007. The nixed contestants included actresses Josie Maran, Sabrina Bryan, Jennie Garth and Jane Seymour, billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, entertainer Wayne Newton, boxer Floyd Mayweather, actor Cameron Mathison (who took off his shirt after his last dance Tuesday) and model Albert Reed.

Actress Jane Seymour and her professional partner Tony Dovolani perform during the fifth season finale of ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" Nov. 27, 2008.

Actress Jenny Garth and her professional partner Derek Hough perform during the fifth season finale of "Dancing With the Stars," Nov. 27, 2007. The duo danced their way to the semifinals of the popular dance contest before being voted off. Hough's sister, Julianne, and her celebrity partner Helio Castroneves won the competition.

Shirtless soap star Cameron Mathison, standing right, eggs on billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban to do the same following the former contestants' final performances during the "Dancing With The Stars" season finale, Nov. 27, 2007.

It was the final round on the most dramatic season yet of "Dancing with the Stars," as the last three couples each performed three dances with their professional partners... but only one received the coveted mirror ball trophy. Here the final two couples get silly backstage.

"Dancing With The Stars" judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli watch a performance during the show's fifth season finale Nov. 27, 2007. The judges' cumulative scores for the dances were combined with viewers' votes and judges' scores from the previous night to determine the winner.