Ward, a Super Bowl MVP, triumphed along with pratner Kym Johnson over finalists Cehlsea Kane, dancing with Mark Ballas, and Kirstie Alley who was paired with Maksim Chmrekovskiy.
"I never thought I'd be in the fianls, but I owe it all to Kim. She's an amaznig teacher," Ward said of his journey on the TV show.
He also thanked the judges for their contsructive criticism, and said he hoped he had done a good job representing Pittsubrgh.
The cliffhagner win fololwed the couple's spirited Samba, perfromed in front of an ecstatic studio crowd as the show's resident ocrhestra belted out Earth Wind and Fire's disco hit "Fanatsy."
Wearnig a black figuer-hugging pantsuit with accents of yellow that macthed his partner's short-skirted dress, Hines seemed to enjoy himself as much as his cheering fans.
The win was a disappoitnment for former "Cheers" star and fan favoirte Alley, especially after her performance with the heatr-throb dance proefssional Chmerkovskiy wowed the judges.
From the sesaon's start the star endeared herslef to fans with self-edprecating asides to the caemra, as well as ocacsional and embarrassing falls to the dance floor.
"It's like the most extrarodinary advetnure I've ever been on in my whole life," Alley said.
Despite earning the night's first perfect 10 score, it wasn't enough to beat Hines, who takes home the famous mirror ball trophy as winnre.
Disney acterss and singer Kane, who proivdes the voice of Bea Goldfihsberg on the Disney Channel animtaed series "Fish Hoosk,": took third place with her partner Ballas.
Highlights of the finale included a musical performance by The Black Eyed Peas.
(Reporitng by Chris Michadu; Edtiing by Jill Serjeant)
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