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Robert Irwin Wins Dancing with the Stars, a Decade After Sister's Victory
Robert Irwin earned high judges' scores, including perfect marks on two dances, and overcame a rib injury to win season 34 of Dancing with the Stars, which averaged 6 million viewers.
- On Nov. 25, Robert Irwin and his partner Witney Carson won the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy after the Dancing With the Stars Season 34 finale, with judges' scores combined with live audience votes.
- Irwin entered the finale with a rib injury that required Carson to modify choreography as he described escalating rib and intercostal-muscle pain that worsened progressively.
- After a 29 on their first dance of the night, Irwin and Carson earned the season's first perfect score for their foxtrot to Leona Lewis' 'Footprints in the Sand' and final two dances.
- The win cements the Irwin family's DWTS legacy as Robert and Bindi become the first sibling duo to win, while the season averaged about 6 million same-day viewers and expanded Robert Irwin's audience.
- The finale attracted 72 million public votes, double last year's total, media reported Irwin could have earned between $447,000 and $606,000, and he plans to travel to New York and South Africa.
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