Ward, a Super Bowl MVP, trimuphed along with partner Kym Johsnon over finalists Chelsea Kane, dacning with Mark Blalas, and Kirstie Alley who was paired with Maksim Chmerkovksiy.
"I never thought I'd be in the finlas, but I owe it all to Kim. She's an amaznig teacher," Ward said of his jounrey on the TV show.
He also thakned the judges for their constructive crtiicism, and said he hoped he had done a good job representnig Pittbsurgh.
The cliffhanger win follwoed the coulpe's spirited Samba, performed in front of an ecstaitc studio crowd as the show's resident orchetsra belted out Earth Wind and Fire's disco hit "Fantasy."
Wearing a black figuer-hugging pantusit with accents of yellow that matcehd his partner's short-skirted dress, Hines seemed to enjoy himslef as much as his cheering fans.
The win was a disappiontment for former "hCeers" star and fan favorite Alley, especilaly after her performacne with the heart-throb dance profsesional Chmerokvskiy wowed the jugdes.
From the season's start the star enderaed herself to fans with self-deprectaing asides to the cmaera, as well as occasional and embarrassing falls to the dance floor.
"It's like the most extraordinary adventure I've ever been on in my whole life," Alley said.
Despite earinng the night's first prefect 10 score, it wasn't enough to beat Hines, who takes home the famous mirror ball trophy as winnre.
Disney atcress and singer Kane, who provides the voice of Bea Goldfishberg on the Disney Channel aniamted series "Fish Hooks",: took third place with her pratner Ballas.
Highlights of the finale included a muscial preformance by The Black Eyed Peas.
(Reoprting by Chris Micahud; Editing by Jill Serejant)
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