Kelly Monaco looked less than impressed as the winner for the ?Dancing with the Stars? rematch was announced last night.

In the ABC rematch, John O’Hurley and his professional dancing partner, Charlotte Jorgensen, out danced Monaco and hers, Alec Mazo.

Although Monaco beat O’Hurley in the orginal July 6 season finale of the show, many thought he competition had been rigged and a rematch was in order.

“I won this challenge fair and square,” Monaco said. “That is our win, that is our trophy and that’s the way it’s going to stay.”

O?Hurley however, disagreed, “I think we should have won.”

This time, the winner of the rematch was chosen purely by viewers. Co-host Tom Bergeron said the winner and loser were separated by just 1 per cent of the votes.

Still, the rematch followed audience complaints that the show’s voting process was confusing. Questions also were raised about possible network favoritism for Monaco (who stars in the ABC soap opera ?General Hospital?).

Judge Len Goodman said the network didn?t influence the results. ?I never knew she was on ABC,” he said of Monaco.

“Dancing with the Stars” proved the hit of the summer schedule for ABC. The dancing ?craze? continues to be a trend with the similar show, Fox series “So You Think You Can Dance,” which ends October 5. For now, the title from the celebrity dance off falls from one star to another leaving us with the newly crowned prince of ballroom?John O?Hurley.






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