Dancing with the Stars

2022 - 5 - 29

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Dancing with the Stars 2022: Jazz Thornton takes home the gold (Stuff.co.nz)

The spray tan was applied; the glitter was slathered on – here's what happened in the Dancing with the Stars finale!

Brodie chooses the Pasodoble. It’s tight and fierce and even better than the first time she performed it. And it’s tens across the board! Jazz returns to repeat the quickstep. It’s as we have come to expect from Jazz: Slick and fun. Elektra thanks the Dancing with the Stars costume department and all I can say is AGREED. It’s a ten for me, but a nine from Elektra and Karen. Lance gives an eight which I am not happy about. She looks gorgeous and the dance is stunning. Tens across the board baby. The judges are beside themselves. She really looks like a professional dancer and it’s beautiful. This is the kind of TV I need at the end of the week. He praises the experience so far and says he’s blessed. Dave Letele is just so loved; he really is the people’s champ.

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DWTS finale: A sexy kiss and a new champion is crowned (New Zealand Herald)

As our grand finale is finally upon us, it feels a bit like Vitamin C's "Graduation" should be playing as our final celebrities get ready to tackle the ...

And this season of DWTS came into our lives at a time we needed a bit of escapism most and it delivered that in bucketloads. That meant it was down to Thornton and Kane to battle it out with one final epic performance and both gave it their all. Which meant Jazz Thornton and Brad Coleman were the winners of DWTS 2022. The dance was powerful, the judges and audience were thirsty and Coleman was proud as punch. Kane and a sexy smooch with partner Johns stole the show and the judges gave it three perfect 10s - but there was no guarantee Thornton's 1.8 million TikTok fans would agree. Our final show dance was Kane and Johns and the broadcaster finally got her Proud Mary moment. In fourth place, despite working tirelessly, bouncing back from all of the dance-offs and surviving saying someone other than me was his favourite, Vaz was eliminated. Then came the moment when we would learn who made our final two, and who would be sent home. And in third place Letele did himself, his community and his family so proud. Vaz and Brittany Coleman are up next and the theme was ... bondage? Letele's up first revealing he initially didn't feel he fit in on the DWTS stage, despite having the love of the public and partner Kristie Williams. Sporting a bedazzled Butter Bean Motivation top, Letele owned the stage and personified joy. Tonight, head judge Camilla Sacre-Dallerup was struck down and replaced by the very likeable Strictly Come Dancing champ, Karen Hardy.

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Jazz Thornton wins Dancing With the Stars NZ 2022 (Newshub)

She and dance partner Brad Coleman were crowned the winners on Sunday night.

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Dancing with the Stars finale: And the winner is… (The Spinoff)

4. Alex Vaz (and Brittany Coleman) · 26 ; 3. Dave Letele (and Kristie Williams) · 26. ; RUNNER-UP Brodie Kane (and Enrique Johns) · 59. ; WINNER: Jazz Thornton (and ...

It took a few weeks for Brodie to click into that confidence, but one she did, she became one of the best things about the season – and a much-needed burst of energy in these past few weeks. After a beautiful dance, reminiscent of Manu Vatuvei’s emotional winning show dance in 2019, Jazz cinches a win that seemed to be coming since the very start. From about the second week on, Jazz’s win was about as close to a foregone conclusion as I’ve seen. He was never the best in the competition, and seemed to be on the verge of going home since the very start. To make it to the finale is impressive. To make it to the finale after nine knee surgeries is hero behaviour.

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