Charli D'Amelio and Mark Ballas are "elated." Page Six spoke with the dance duo after Monday's Season 31 finale.
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D'Amelio, 18, said with her trophy in hand, "It's been crazy, amazing." "I don't know how to feel because everything happened so fast."
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TikTok star and Ballas, 36, kept set pieces minimal for their final dance number, a freestyle to "Us Again" by Pinar Toprak.
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Gabby Windey and Val Chmerkovskiy, Wayne Brady and Witney Carson, and Shangela and Gleb Savchenko lost to them.
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"Funny, I have a music file I'd love to create too. Ballas was handed back as a pro this year for the first time till Season 25.
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"It's from "Us Again" If I return to the show, I'll use this song. So I listened to it again and could see it all."
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Ballas told Page Six that he and D'Amelio have "become like family" in recent months. "I had fun. D'Amelio said she'd learned something new every week from doing the show.
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From dance moves to performing and rehearsing. I needed help to pick just one or a few things we worked on. D'Amelio had plenty of live ballroom support in addition to Monday's votes.
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Landon Barker sat in the front row with the dancer's sister, Dixie D'Amelio, and father, Marc D'Amelio, while mom Heidi D'Amelio returned to dance for the finale.
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"She's amazing. Dixie, 21, told Page Six after Charli's win, "I miss her so much." "She was incredible. I'm so proud of her hard work.
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Marc said he was "so happy" to see his youngest daughter dancing again.
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Growing up, she danced. She lives and breathes it. Charli admitted she fell out of love with the hobby after TikTok fame. "It's incredible for her to return to this stage and win."