There was no surprise when Olympic figure skating gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi and her professional partner Mark Ballas won the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars. Many have predicted the landslide in terms of judges' scores, yet little did everyone know that the golden pair also had some major fan base. Early on, in fact, as the tandem constantly crushed the competition week after week, some Dancing with the Stars viewers have predicted that they're being too good will bore people and eventually boot them out. Well, it was a good thing Kristi and Mark showed some flexibility and emotion midway into the season (and even drifted to second place, definite shockers, on one or two occasions) and people apparently never got tired of them.



Viewers have also commented that this bunch is so far arguably the most talented on Dancing with the Stars. And the viewers did get a great season, with lots of great performances, not to mention some scandals, intrigues, and even a few injuries.

For starters, Kristi and Mark danced a total of four perfect 30's, the last three in the finale. Yet bypassing the scores, with Kristi's wondrous technique and fluid movements, alongside Mark's clever choreography, the pair could have easily filled the five best performances of the season. There are, of course, exceptions. For instance, football star Jason Taylor danced a mean Viennese Waltz on the fourth week. While Mario danced a sultry foxtrot on week 7 was very fluid and perfect. Shannon Elizabeth also had a dazzling Viennese Waltz performance on week 4. It was very romantic, which, looking back, is now hard to tell whether it was for real or just for show.

Rounding up the five best performances are two Kristi Yamaguchi dances. Dancing the rumba in the fifth week, it was the first time she seemed to let her guard down and just let the emotion of the dance take her. And during one of the final performances, dancing the freestyle, Kristi and Mark really pulled all the stops.