{"id":154334,"date":"2025-11-26T08:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T08:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/154334\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T08:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T08:25:08","slug":"robert-irwin-dancing-with-the-stars-crowned-a-new-winner-no-ones-surprised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/154334\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Irwin: \u2018Dancing with the Stars\u2019 crowned a new winner. No one\u2019s surprised"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d has capped off its renaissance season <\/a>with a winner whose abdominal muscles have had more TikTok-scrolling eyeballs on them than some Renaissance paintings hanging in the Met.\n <\/p>\n

\n Congratulations, Robert Irwin, a sweet-seeming boy who Samba-ed on the heartstrings of millions this season, culminating in a victory that will send him home to Australia with one of the US\u2019 most prized possessions \u2013 a Mirrorball trophy.\n <\/p>\n

\n To those who have watched the show long before it was cool to do so, his destiny was clear from the start. Son of the late \u201ccrocodile hunter\u201d Steve Irwin<\/a>, the 21-year-old\u2019s kind demeanor, humble banter and affection for animals and his mother was a recipe for \u201cDWTS\u201d popularity. His sole task was to keep the momentum \u2013 and that he did, with guidance, of course, from his partner Witney Carson.\n <\/p>\n

\"Witney<\/p>\n

\n Other finalists this season included Alix Earle (paired with Val Chmerkovskiy), Dylan Efron (with Daniella Karagach), Jordan Chiles (with Ezra Sosa) and Elaine Hendrix (with Alan Bersten).\n <\/p>\n

\n In the end, none were a match for Irwin\u2019s skills on the dance floor \u2013 which included two perfect scores \u2013 and his beloved status outside of the studio. (The winner was chosen using a combination of live viewer votes and judge scores.)\n <\/p>\n

\n Irwin is the second person from his family to win \u201cDWTS.\u201d His older sister Bindi Irwin<\/a>, who was in the audience along with their mother on Tuesday night, won in 2015. Crikey! That\u2019s adorable.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d has capped off its renaissance season with a winner whose abdominal muscles have had…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-154334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}