'Dancing With The Stars' 2013 Winner Kellie Pickler, Country Singer Wins Season 16 [VIDEO Winning Moment & Last Performance]
The Season 16 winner of Dancing With the Stars is Kellie Pickler following her final instant dance performance of the jive.
On the final night of competition for season 16 of Dancing With the Stars the remaining competitors engage in a final dance to determine the winner. The dancers are given one hour to create a routine for a new song. Their judges' scores create one half of their final score, the rest is determined by fan votes.
The pairings that made it to the last two nights of the show included Zendaya Coleman and Val Chmerkovskiy, Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough, Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff, and Aly Raisman and Mark Ballas. Going into the first night, Kellie and Derek were leading the pack with an average score of 26.9. Meanwhile Jacoby and Karina were railing in last place with an average score of 25.3.
On Monday the contestants competed in three dances, the combined scores of which determined the pairs standing as they moved on to Tuesday night. After Monday the standings were as follows-
Zendaya Coleman and Val Chmerkovskiy: 65 points
Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough: 64 points
Aly Raisman and Mark Ballas: 61 points
Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff: 56 points
As the second night began, fan voting was tallied from the day before and the team with the lowest combined performance and voting score was removed from the competition. Although Jacoby and Karina had the lowest total of judge's score, Aly and Mark were eliminated due to poor fan voting scores.
Zendaya Coleman
Zendaya plays a dancer in the Disney channel series Shake It Up. She has performed well all season and last night was no exception. The judges have praised her for bother her clean lines and her sass.
Kellie Pickler
American Idol competitor and country singer, Kellie wowed the judges with her freestyle performance on Monday, soliciting a standing ovation from the judges.
Aly Raisman
An Olympic gymnast, Aly had never tried dancing since she had spent so much time focusing on her craft. Although she had some difficulty counting music at the beginning, Aly also was praised for her exotic and risky freestyle with vertical poles.
Jacoby Jones
The Baltimore Ravens player has been consistently lower in the scores than the other three competitors. However, judges have constantly praised him for his energy, particularly in last night's freestyle. In homage to his New Orleans roots, Jacoby created a loud, exciting, and energetic freestyle performance.
