Dancing with the Stars has a new champion and owner of the Mirror Ball trophy. Olympian Shawn Johnson narrowly defeated actor Gilles Marini to win Season 8.

Former "Bachelor" contestant Melissa Rycroft came in third place.

"This is, in eight seasons, our closest ever finale," said host Tom Bergeron before revealing Johnson as the winner on the two hour results show. "There was less than 1 percent difference between the couple who came in first and second."