Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson's fierce footwork paid off on "Dancing with the Stars."
The 29-year-old "Bachelor" alum and 30-year-old choreographer took home the Len Goodman Mirrorball trophy during the ABC reality competition's Season 33 finale Tuesday night.
The two went up against Super Bowl champion Danny Amendola and pro Witney Carson; actress Chandler Kinney and pro Brandon Armstrong; Olympian rugby player Ilona Maher and pro Alan Bersten; and Olympian gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik and pro Rylee Arnold.
Graziadei's win caps a stunning few years for members of Bachelor Nation, who have recently been crowned winners of the competition show. Hannah Brown won in 2019, and Kaitlyn Bristowe took home the prize the following year.
Leading up to their win, Graziadei and Johnson did a tennis-inspired freestyle to "Canned Heat" by District 78 featuring Jake Simpson, which was an ode to Graziadei's pre-"Bachelor" profession as a tennis instructor. For their redemption dance, the two did a cha-cha to Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling!," which earned them a perfect score.
Amendola and Carson took fifth place; Nedoroscik and Arnold were in fourth place; Kinney and Armstrong took third and Maher and Bersten were the runners-up.
The jam-packed finale included a redemption round and a freestyle round, as well as eye-popping numbers set to pop hits by Madonna and Troye Sivan.
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For his redemption dance, Amendola performed a Tango routine set to Post Malone and Morgan Wallen's country banger "I Had Some Help."
"Out of all the men, you have made the biggest transformation," judge Carrie Ann Inaba told Amendola.
He and Carson channeled Barbie and Ken for their freestyle performance, which was set to the tune of Lizzo's "Pink" and the Oscar-nominated "I'm Just Ken."
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'DWTS' winner Joey Graziadei goes for a cha-cha do-over
Graziadei revived his Week 1 performance with a sleek cha-cha performance to "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake.
Judge Bruno Tonioli gushed that the number was "polished to perfection," while Derek Hough remarked that the dance served as a "punctuation mark" for Graziadei's "DWTS" stint.
His freestyle to "Canned Heat" incorporated glow-in-the-dark tennis rackets and earned a 29/30 score.
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