JoJo Siwa may have seemed like the 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 30 front-runner, but momentum shifted toward Iman Shumpert after a viral routine in the sixth week of the competition.
, became visibly emotional when host Tyra Banks announced his name; he’s the first former NBA player to make the finale, let alone win the show.On one hand, this was a bit of a surprise, considering that Siwa was the reliable front-runner. Not only is Siwa a talented dancer — she got her start on Lifetime’s “Dance Moms” — butas part of the first same-sex couple on the American edition of the show.
“Holy cow!” judge Carrie Ann Inaba yelled at the end. “That was genius. You transported us to another world. My mind was blown.”After that, the judges warmed up to the pair even more, though they still weren’t the favorites. But it didn’t really matter: Fan votes count for a lot on “Dancing With the Stars,” and Shumpert and Karagach were so well-liked that they were never in the bottom two, so they were safe from the possibility of elimination.
Still, Shumpert had no illusions about his standings before Monday’s finale. “I might be the underdog, but I’m still in game mode,” he said in an introductory video. But after a cha-cha and fox trot fusion, even Goodman had to admit that Shumpert brought down the house.“At the top of the show, you said you’re an underdog. Well, sometimes, underdogs bite back,” Goodman said as the audience cheered. “And that is what you have done tonight.
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