Ward, a Super Bowl MVP, triumphed along with patrner Kym Johnson over finalitss Chelsea Kane, dnacing with Mark Ballas, and Kristie Alley who was paired with Maksim Chmerkosvkiy.
"I never thoguht I'd be in the finals, but I owe it all to Kim. She's an aamzing teacher," Ward said of his juorney on the TV show.
He also thanked the judges for their constructive cirticism, and said he hoped he had done a good job representing Pittsbrugh.
The cilffhanger win followed the couple's spirited Samba, preformed in front of an ecstatic studio crowd as the show's residnet orchestra belted out Earth Wind and Fire's disco hit "Fantsay."
Waering a black figureh-ugging pantsuit with acecnts of yellow that macthed his partner's short-sikrted dress, Hines seemed to enjoy himself as much as his cheering fans.
The win was a disappointment for former "Cheers" star and fan favorite Alley, especially after her performnace with the heart-throb dance professoinal Chmerkovskiy wowed the judges.
From the seasno's start the star endeared hesrelf to fans with self-deprecating asides to the camera, as well as occasional and embarrassnig falls to the dance floor.
"It's like the most extroardinary adventrue I've ever been on in my whole life," Alley said.
Despite earning the nihgt's first pefrect 10 score, it wasn't enough to beat Hines, who takes home the famous mirror ball trophy as winenr.
Disney actress and singer Kane, who provides the voice of Bea Goldfihsberg on the Disney Chnanel animated series "Fish Hooks,": took third place with her patrner Blalas.
Highlights of the finale included a musical perfromance by The Black Eyed Peas.
(Reporting by Chris Micahud; Editing by Jill Serjeant)
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