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TBO.com
Tampa Bay Online

The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 25, 2009

Donny Osmond is the champion of "Dancing with Stars."

Osmond took home the show's mirror ball trophy Tuesday in the season finale of the ABC contest reality program. Osmond, the former teen pop star of the singing Osmond family, says the show has been a highlight in his career.

He bested the singer Mýa, who some expected to win. She had the highest scores going into the finale.

Three celebrities remained heading into the finale of the show's ninth season. Kelly Osbourne, the daughter of Ozzy Osbourne, was the first eliminated.

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New York Times
By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: November 25, 2009

Not even a victory by the ever-wholesome Donny Osmond, above, on “Dancing With the Stars” on Tuesday was enough to propel that ABC show past CBS’s powerhouse lineup of “NCIS” shows. According to Nielsen’s estimates, the two-hour “Dancing” finale on ABC drew 19.2 million viewers, but CBS won the night overall with “NCIS” (20.3 million), “NCIS: Los Angeles” (17.2 million) and “The Good Wife” (12.5 million). NBC ranked third with “The Biggest Loser” (8.9 million), followed by “The Jay Leno Show” (4.9 million). Fox was fourth with “So You Think You Can Dance” (5.4 million).
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Reuters
Wed November 25th 2009

LOS ANGELES, Nov 25 (Reuters) - "Dancing With The Stars" champion Donny Osmond on Wednesday ranked his win on the television show at the top of his career achievements, saying his entire body hurts after weeks of grueling rehearsals.

Osmond, who turns 52 next month, became the oldest winner of TV's ballroom dancing contest, despite having tangoed, jitterbugged and cha cha cha'd on a broken toe for weeks.

The ninth season finale of the ABC show pulled in a season high audience of 19.2 million viewers Tuesday night, according to preliminary Nielsen ratings. But the audience was also the lowest-rated conclusion in the four-year history of "Dancing", although it remains one of the top shows on U.S. television.

Osmond, a 1970s teen idol and former member of The Osmond Brothers singing group told Entertainment Weekly he had been dancing on a broken toe since week three of the 10-week competition.

But he added; "I don't think I've worked harder for any accolade than I have this one. When you record an album and it goes platinum ... yeah, you're in the studio and you work hard for months, but it's not like your whole body hurts.

"Maybe you get a little hoarse and tired. But on 'Dancing With the Stars', everything hurts," Osmond said.

Osmond, who beat Grammy award-winning singer Mya and Kelly Osbourne, daughter of rocker Ozzy Osbourne, danced an Argentine Tango for his final night freestyle with professional partner Kym Johnson.

But he almost didn't get there. "It was Sunday night. I thought I couldn't do this. I was lying down and saying I don't think I can do this. Kym was so determined. She said, 'We have to do it one more time,'" Osmond recalled.

Osmond beat his younger sister Marie Osmond, who finished third on the show two years ago, after a famous fainting fit halfway through the season.

"We are all so proud of you," Marie told "Good Morning America". "You won! Let's never talk about this again." (Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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Las Vegas Sun
November 26th 2009

By John Katsilometes · November 25, 2009 · 7:05 PM

He unfolded from the black limo at the Flamingo porte-cochere, and the crowd shrieked.

He lifted the mirrored trophy high above his head, and the crowd shrieked some more.

It was sort of a disco inferno, and for a time the star seemed more Tony Manero than Donny Osmond. Whichever, today he’s the most celebrated song-and-dance man in Vegas since, oh, maybe Sammy Davis Jr. (Feel free to debate that one.)

And all for a victory in a televised dance contest. Donny Osmond is champion of “Dancing With the Stars.” He turns 52 on Dec. 9, so he’s the show’s oldest champ, too. Amazing, but hey, it’s deserved. The Flamingo headliner is sore all over but still seems to move with his customarily comfortable gait, the type of show-must-go-on resiliency that separates him from, say, politicians from Texas.

Having been flown across the country and back in less than 24 hours, Osmond seemed almost magically refreshed as he was welcomed by probably a hundred or so employees of Flamingo and other nearby Harrah’s properties, along with comic George Wallace, afternoon comic magician Nathan Burton and the shapely inhabitants of “X Burlesque.” Chip Lightman, a man who has seen it all in 2009, was there for a hug, as was Harrah’s exec Thomas Jenkin. Osmond seemed to hug anyone who happened up, actually, even journalists (though not this one) and the odd camera-wielding fan. His sister, Marie, was not on hand for the welcome party -- allowing Donny his moment -- but the two will be performing together tonight at the Flamingo Showroom in Donny’s triumphant first show as “DWTS” champ.

Osmond says he’s still in shock from the whirlwind victory, and this is a man not readily shock-able who has been internationally famous almost since he was in Pampers. The show took a physical toll, certainly -- every contestant bemoans the wear-and-tear the body suffers during the “DWTS” competition. “You name it, it hurts,” he said.

Having been hustled through the bowels of the Flamingo to the showroom stage, Osmond was greeted by cast members and the production crew of his stage show. There, Osmond repeated that he was thrilled to win the contest for partner Kym Johnson, who had not yet won the disco hardware, and said he’d worked harder for this achievement than anything he’d accomplished in his long, legendary entertainment career. Then he was spun away to share cupcakes and more hugs, and to recite more quoted matter for an “Entertainment Tonight” video crew (tentatively, Donny is to appear on the show Thanksgiving evening).

It was a decidedly uplifting, Osmond-esque celebration (he energetically chomped at a cupcake now that he doesn’t need to train for the show). But the night was missing something -- Big D! Don Marrandino, the former Flamingo president who brought Donny & Marie to Vegas and who relocated a couple of months ago to run Harrah’s East Coast operations. But what the heck, I shot him a text and asked if he had any words for his good buddy Donny.

“One of my favorite people of all time,” he responded.

Yep, Donny Osmond is certainly the man of the hour tonight, especially on the Strip. It almost makes you want to fire up the old jukebox and dance the night away …

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