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<\/p>\nFans of\u00a0\u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d\u00a0generally don\u2019t know how close votes are when determining a season winner. In at least one case, however, the final votes were incredibly close.\u00a0Gilles Marini\u00a0and\u00a0Cheryl Burke\u00a0came in second place during season 8, losing to\u00a0Shawn Johnson\u00a0and\u00a0Mark Ballas.<\/p>\n
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Burke and Marini recently revealed a juicy tidbit about how close those season 8 final votes were.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what you need to know:<\/p>\n
Marini joined Burke for the April 14 episode of her podcast,\u00a0\u201cSex, Lies, and Spray Tans.\u201d\u00a0They covered a lot of ground during the episode and shared some interesting information about the season 8 finale.<\/p>\n
When former \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d host\u00a0Tom Bergeron announced\u00a0the season 8 winner, he hinted at how close the votes had been. \u201cThis is, in eight seasons, our closest-ever finale.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bergeron revealed, \u201cWhen we combined the judges\u2019 scores with your votes, there was less than one percent difference\u201d between the totals of the final two couples.<\/p>\n
During the podcast episode with Marini, Burke recalled their \u201camazing track record\u201d with their scores. She said Marini was \u201csolid\u201d and \u201cobviously, people were putting their money on you\u201d to win.<\/p>\n
Burke shared that after the season wrapped, she \u201cwas so depressed.\u201d Not long after the finale, she received a call from former showrunner Conrad Green. She recalled he told her \u201cIt was so close, Cheryl. Like it was so\u2026 Like by hundreds of votes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The retired \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d pro added, \u201cThat is a quote,\u201d of what Green said about the close vote. Burke noted, \u201cAnd you were talking season eight. This was the height of the show\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n
She continued, \u201cLike, we\u2019re talking 20 million [votes] just on a regular night. Finale must have been like 24, 25 million. And to lose by just hundreds of votes\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Marini reflected on that moment he lost to Johnson. \u201cThe moment she wins, exploding happiness,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n
The two-time \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d veteran explained he was happy she won. \u201cWhy? She\u2019s a minor\u2026 If I win against a 17-year-old, the world will have forgotten me. Oh, he\u2019s the best. Of course, we want him to win.\u201d Marini continued, \u201cNever made a mistake\u2026 And next thing you know, he loses by 500 points. Great.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cI want her to win\u2026She\u2019s like you say, American sweetheart. Olympic. What am I? I little Frenchy guy that just somehow knows how to dance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marini admitted he doesn\u2019t think the show would have \u201cmade me win.\u201d He also told Burke, \u201cEven if they made me win, definitely I will not have the career I have today. Because everybody wanted to see me after that, Cheryl. Everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Executives behind both television shows and movies wanted to work with Marini, he said. He explained, \u201cYou know, these people were upset I didn\u2019t win, so they want to give me something. And that was different. Now nobody sees that.\u201d<\/p>\n
If Marini and Burke had won, he said he \u201cWould have been so, so so happy and proud for you.\u201d However, he insisted, \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t care [about losing]\u2026 I was at peace before.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite coming in second on season 8 of \u201cDancing with the Stars,\u201d Marini insists he was satisfied with the outcome.<\/p>\n
He told Burke, \u201cWe went to the final and we showed everyone. I can ask everybody. Who did well? I can ask the judge. They gave me all the tens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marini continued, \u201cSo I know I\u2019m proud of what we did. That the result is not what it should be. It\u2019s not my problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marini also said that when he lost to Johnson, \u201cMy whole perspective changed on the show. I knew right then and there, it didn\u2019t matter if the dancing was great. It mattered more about the storyline.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d veteran admitted if he could have done something differently, he perhaps would have tried not to be as competitive. Marini shared he felt he may have \u201crubbed people the wrong way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some fans shared their takes on Marini\u2019s comments in the \u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d subreddit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI appreciate that Gilles felt that he should have won his original season,\u201d\u00a0one Redditor noted. That fan continued, \u201cGilles probably thought he had a lock on the demographic but he didn\u2019t do enough to beat Shawn.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe seemed a bit dismissive about Shawn\u2019s win\u2026Kind of sounded like \u2018I\u2019m glad she got the confidence boost, but we were better,\u201d\u00a0another Redditor suggested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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