My fav was Katherine so I am a little disappointed. But I am so happy for Donald, he was my second fav. He was consistent, put everything in his dance and always had a smile. He was a joy o watch (just like Katherine). Good job Donald.

I must say, football fans are totally dedicated. All those green bay fans came through or him.

who is Donald Driver?

Karina I beg to differ, Katherine was the best dancer and she didn’t win.

This is Murgatoyd’s first win, and only her second year on the show.

Have you ever watched the show??? Google past winners and see how many are famous athletes. They tend to win, despite not being the best dancers, because of their fan base.

It’s not really shocking. Donal Driver was a good dancer and worked his butt off to stay. Yeah, he also came in with his Packer fan base but that’s not the only reason he won. He worked for it. Every other person had a fan base. William Levy had every female who thought he was gorgeous but he still made third. So Donald obviously deserved it over him. I think Katherine did a good job dancing but she also had a more experienced partner. I’m glad Donald and Peta won.

you have to vote, you get five votes, they really count.

What?????? The football player always wins. Have you ever seen the show?? Donald Driver was NOT the best dancer by any stretch of the imagination. William was the total package the show would have been a dud without him….

Catherine didn’t have a fan base at all….that’s why she lost….she was the BEST for sure.

I’m glad you said “tend to win,” because they don’t all win. The winners have worked hard and been magnificent dancers. The dancers who did not deserve to win but who won only because of fan base were people like Donnie Osmond who NEVER deserved to win over Mya– who consistently outdanced him and others all season long. Donald Driver was the best overall dancer this year-JerryRice was a more well-known and more popular football player, but he did not win Dancing With the Stars because he was not the best dancer. Donald Driver was the best this year.

William was flat-footed. Professional ballroom dancers watched the show and graded the dancers online. Most were surprised at many of William’s 10′s. They specifically made mention of his flat-footedness. Some of those same ballroom experts gave Donald 10′s instead. Even Len had to admit that he had underscored at least one of Donald’s dances and apologized! William obviously worked hard, too — and gave some good performances. But Donald Driver was the best dancer overall!

A Superbowl winning football player– and a magnificent dancer. He worked hard, executed, and deservedly won the mirror-ball trophy. Donald is so brilliant at everything he tries, that he actually choreographed much of his amazingly popular free-style country/western dance himself! Fantastic! Peta Murgatroyd, Donald’s partner, was wonderful, too.

?! How long have you been watching the show? Cheryl, another great pro, won with both an entertainer, whose last name is Lawrence and with football player Emmit Smith when she and the show were both very young — and new. Donald Driver was a magnificent, consistent dancer on the show — and even professional ballroom dancers who were grading the dances at home, got on the internet to say they thought he’d been underscored sometimes. Donald Driver deserved this win — plain and simple!

Actually, Katherine got a big fan base pretty quickly– which is why she stayed in the competition after faltering at the end of a dance with an alleged back spasm — which just looked like a big timing mistake at first. Katherine also had a very noticeable wardrobe malfunction which the judges did not take off for — but which voters at home probably found it hard to ignore. She’d danced with a pants leg wrapped around her foot for much of one dance. Donald Driver never had any of those and danced magnificently. It was pretty clear Katherine had had ballet and other dance training. Sometimes trained dancers have won over athletes and sometimes athletes’ self-discipline and competitiveness make them such amazing dancers that they win. This time Donald Driver outshone everyone else — and he deserved to win!Even professional ballroom dancers went online to grad the dancers and say that Donald deserved 10′s when he didn’t get them. And they also noted that William was flatfooted!

?! Olga, Jerry Rice was a more popular football player than Donald Driver – who was considerably less well known than Jerry. But Jerry Rice did not win Dancing With the Stars, because Jerry Rice was not the dancer that Donald Driver is. Or that Emmit Smith or Hines Ward were/are! Len was right Donald Driver is the best football player dancer that has ever danced on Dancing with the Stars. Donald Driver is better than most star dancers on the show — period. Donald danced better than William. Even professional ballroom dancers watched the show and graded the performances. They couldn’t understand all of Williams’ 10′s. They said that William danced flat-footed. And that they would have given Donald 10′s instead. Even Len, one of the show’s judges, had to admit that he’d underscored Donald! Donald Driver’s skill and self-discipline made him a magnificent dancer. And he deserved to win — even though William and Katherine worked hard and turned in good, entertaining performances as well.

I suppose I succumbed to the “popularity contest” the way others do Kaitlyn. I don’t have the expertise to decide who is the better dancer because I’m not a dancer myself. I’m happy for Donald though, and he’s a nice man. I read about how he is so devoted to his family, a good father (by outside observation) and his family sacrificed a lot for him to compete so long since they didn’t see him very often. Plus, the voting is week to week, not an accumulation of all of the weeks, and the popular vote only counts for half, so that it is more fair. It is so easy to pick who you want to win and root for them, which is what I did.