Former NFL Great, Emmitt Smith wins DWTS Season 3

Posted By: admin On: November 16, 2006 Comments: ( 0 )

Emmitt Smith beat out former Saved by the Bell star, Mario Lopez to go on to win Season 3 of Dancing with the Stars with professional partner, Cheryl Burke. Cheryl Burke is a two time winner winning Season 2 with Drew Lachey.

Smith and Lopez received identital scores by the judges on the last competition night. It came down to the fan vote that pulled out the victory for Emmitt.

Former contestant, Jerry Springer said, “They both had identical scores so it was who had the more compelling story and Emmitt’s was the great American story. You saw his growth throughout the process and that’s the great American story. That’s the magic of this show.” (quote from People Magazine)

Lopez’s partner, Karina Smirnoff was visibly upset by the loss. She cried and Lopez tried to console her. When asked about the loss, Lopez responded with “”Apparently world-class dancing wasn’t enough. That wasn’t the criteria it was based on,” a dejected Lopez told PEOPLE. “I don’t really care about the trophy. I just wanted to win for Karina. She is honestly the best dancer in the world. No disrespect to the other girls on this show, but they don’t hold a candle to her.” (quote from People Magazine)

Aside from the fact that Emmitt Smith won, other highlights of the night were seeing the entire Season 3 cast come back and dance.  Some fan favorites were Jerry Springer partnered with Kym Johnson and Sara Evans partnered with Tony Dovolani.