Melissa Rycroft wrote a book and in it she states that Deena Katz is her manager!! But no surprise she and the show are lying about that now. DWTS was totally rigged and fixed this season for Melissa and Tony-the show wanted that (fake) fairy tale storyline of giving it to the couple who never won before. Everyone knows that !!

i’m wondering how all the conspiracy theorist commenters think the show could be rigged? melissa and tony had the highest scores the last few weeks of the show, including the finale night. tony has been a fan favorite for years. the winners have a combination of fan votes and judges’ scores…how exactly were the fan votes rigged? melissa was the sentimental favorite to win since she had never won before, nor had tony. rarely has the “best” dancer on the show won the mirror ball, the dancer with the skills that impress the judges plus the journey that makes the fans fall in love wins every season. people please get a life. no one rigged the show. melissa and tony won because their scores were excellent and the fans loved them. move on.

Eh, five dollars says he threatened to quit the show if he didn’t win All Stars.

He is their go-to pro for the delicate ladies of a certain age who need the coddling that he is apparently so good at giving. I know more than a few celebs made getting Tony a condition of their appearing on the show- I know that Jane Seymour and Susan Lucci were two. There’s another I think was the same case but can’t be sure so won’t include.
He’s a patient, supportive instructor who seems to know how to handle divas.

SO… I can totally see them setting up an All Stars season to keep him.
Like Project Runway All Stars was contrived to give Mondo his win.

Looks like dwts just keeps feeding their viewers lie after lie. Melissa herself has said her agent is Deena Katz— and i would call this a HUGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Also judges kept giving Melissa perfect scores (as instructed by the the producers) and declaring her the marathon winner while giving better dancers lower scores. The two Olympians had huge fan bases plus both were GREAT dancers—yet Melissa somehow mysteriously won over them. I don’t think so.
Was the show riggedf for Melissa and Tony—sure looks like it.

I liked Melissa; I do think the fan vote counts for too much if it keeps duds like Kirstie and Bristol around.

Yes, fixed. I’ve been watching this show since season 1, being Kelly/Alex my first favorite couple n voting 4 them. 4 the first time, I’m really disappointed in ABC. Won’t b watching live anymore, no more voting, but will DVR DWTS where i can just fast forward the sponsored commercials.
U know Shawn/Derek should have won. Not only what people are saying about Denna Katz but Shawn/Derek would have had more votes if ABC’s voting site did not crash. Site crashed about 9:30p Monday n we tried all the way to the allotted time next day…still ABC’s site was down….supposedly a big show like this and no tech support to fix it! The Fab-5 also mentioned to their fans to vote for them n they have thousands of fans n u know they wouldn’t let them down. So don’t tell me Melissa/Tony won. The judges scores were close enough that that didn’t matter. ..remember, Kelly/Val never got a 10 n they were in the finals b/c of the strong public voting.

Shawn & Derek twitition > http://twitition.com/56bbu/

On Ryan Seacrest’s website there’s an interview with Melissa Rycroft where she directly refers to Deena Katz as “my wonderful friend and manager, Deena Katz.” According to some of the other commenters here, she also defines Katz as her manager in her book.
So with all respect, if you want to point the naughty finger for false allegations of a conflict of interest or a fix, try pointing it at Melissa Rycroft, not the people who believed her.

OF course it was rigged! Shawn and Derek deserved to win and should have won because of two reasons. 1) Shawn was the best dancer and she and Derek were the better couple. 2) Shawn and Derek alone have a massive fan base not even including the Fierce 5, Julianne etc.. The show is a sham and if ABC thought that the fans will buy into this ridiculous manipulating with the judge’s scores, pre-dance packages of showing Melissa and Tony never winning before, they are fooling themselves. Even Kelly and Val’s fans are shocked M&T won where they know they couldn’t compete with S&D fan’s base but no way where M&T’s fans bigger than theirs. So DWTS viewership will even be lower than where it was. Good going ABC!

No kidding… Derek’s’ and Shawn’s youtube views are about higher by 4 times.

Sorry, but the only reason Melissa & Tony had high scores because of the judge’s over scoring them and under scoring Shawn & Derek (except for QS b/c of the breaking of rules). Melissa made way more mistakes but still received high scores, whereas Ms. Perfection Shawn kept getting lower scores – it was truly ridiculous. But yet it should be a compliment because seems the judges were scoring her like a PRO. And btw, the scores were 1.5 points from each other so that’s a pretty moot point.

Yeah, Melissa & Tony were the sentimental couple, more like the PITY/SYMPATHY couple because they haven’t won before. This is ALL STARS – the best of the best, and you can’t be called that if you’ve never won before. And you shouldn’t just be handing out awards to people because you feel sorry for them but obviously this is what happened because the BEST dancer/couple did not win. SHAWN & DEREK are the Champ of Champs despite not winning the trophy!

Get over it..Shawn and Derek did’ny win because they blatantlyt defied all rules and her dances were all gymnastics not dancing. Melissa and Tony obeyed the rules, danced their hearts out and did a wonderful job! I voted for them every tome! Stop being a sore loser, even Shawn and Derek were happy for them

You are truly blind if you think or feel Shawn only did gymnastics. I can tell you how many times she did gymnastics in her 13 dances and it wasn’t even close to the amount of “lifts” Melissa did. You and many people are simply obsessed with the fact that Shawn is great at gymnastics and fail to see that she is a GREAT dancer and was the best out there. And I know because I am a dancer/gymnast and so are many of my friends and colleagues who feel the same which most great dancers do gymnastics like Derek and Mark who are the best pros. People wished their so called “star” can do gymnastics because if they can, they will be putting it in their routines. You have to get over the fact that Shawn CAN DO IT ALL!! Even Bruno asked what else can’t she do and commented on TV that she can do anything unlike the others. Yeah, Tony’s choreography may have been HIS best but Derek always has the best choreography. Tony’s best can only equal Derek’s day to day and everyone knows that including insiders and other dancer/choreographers in the BIZ! That’s why he has emmy nominations (Tony doesn’t) and he’s been praised numerous times by the industry.

Melissa had lines because she’s thin which Len mostly appreciated. She has 22 years dance experience, what else would you expect. But for someone who’s had that much experience, she should be much better than that. Shawn had 13 weeks and look what she can do. Even pros are saying she dances like a pro already. Give her 1 year, she’ll crush Melissa. And technique wise, you can’t touch Shawn as you seem to not also hear after each of her performances, the word PERFECTION! And this is ALL STARS! Regular dances don’t cut it – yes sure with the judges b/c that’s what they have to do. But there was so many backlash as why call it all stars if you’re not gonna push the boundaries. And if you actually think that Melissa and Tony have more fan base than Shawn and Derek, you’re delusional. Even Kelly and Val fans are shocked they won and they don’t even feel M&T have more fans than them, let alone Shawn and Derek.

Melissa and Tony’s agent/mgr are also affiliated with the show and is a conflict of interest.

Voters did vote and they couldn’t get through. And if the results were so great, why is everyone questioning it including news and media. Even the ballroom was shocked but sure happy for them because THEY NEVER WON. Everyone knew who the best were like Derek said, it’s the videos that will be viewed, not scores. Who got the most ovation and loudest applaud? Who did the best Instant Dance which is very difficult and will separate the good and the better/best? In which case, Shawn crushed it along with her other performances. And even now, M&T may have won but who’s videos are the most popular. Yes, thank you! Enough Said!