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Season 1 Kelly Monaco win and rematch dance-off
2005 · Season 1
Kelly Monaco & Alec Mazo won Season 1 over consistently higher-scoring John O'Hurley & Charlotte Jørgensen. Fan backlash led ABC to air a rematch dance-off (audience-only vote) that O'Hurley won by ~1%; Monaco retained the official Mirrorball title.
People: Jake Pavelka; Alfonso Ribeiro
Sources
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