"Dancing with the Stars" winner - Helio Castroneves

Who won Dancing with the Stars? The always-favorite race-car driver Helio Castroneves is the winner.

"Dancing with the Stars" winner - Helio Castroneves The long awaited finale of "Dancing with the Stars" was last night and if you missed it - the winner is Helio Castroneves. The Indy 500 driver edged out Melanie Brown to win the popular dancing competition, thanks to the votes of the audience. At the beginning of the show, first to be eliminated was Marie Osmond and Helio Castroneves with pro partner Julianne Hough faced off Mel B with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy - two of the best couples overall through the entire show. For the "Dancing with the Stars" finale, Mel B and Chmerkovsky reprised their sizzling mambo, earning a perfect score of 30, but Castroneves and Hough brought back their quick step, also earning a perfect score, and it was all down to who the voters will choose. After the numbers were in - Helio Castroneves and Julianne Hough became the "Dancing with the Stars" season five champions.

There were no surprises for the bookmakers this time around. At the online odds maker Bodog Sports, Helio Castroneves was the ultimate favorite to win "Dancing with the Stars" in the past few weeks with last odds 10/11, followed by Melanie Brown with odds 3/2 and Marie Osmond was underdog with odds to be the winner at 2/1.

Published on 11/28/2007