Dancing With The Stars: Samuel Johnson crowned 2019 winner

No one was more shocked than Samuel Johnson when this season’s DWTS winner was announced during last night’s grand finale.

The first season of the rebooted Dancing With The Stars has wrapped up with a shock victory on Monday night.

Courtney Act entered the finale as the bookies’ favourite to win but was beaten by actor Samuel Johnson in a decision that even left him speechless.

The former Secret Life of Us star was gobsmacked.

“I just want to say, Courtney is the better dancer!” he announced after the results were revealed.

The 2017 Gold Logie winner told news.com.au that he celebrated his win with a late night dip.

“I drove straight to the beach and dunked myself in the ocean which I’ve done every day through this 99 day dancing quest,” he said this morning.

“I have a mentor who suggested that I perhaps wouldn’t survive the experience unless I did that, so I stuck with it and it worked.”

A massive CONGRATULATIONS to Sam & Jorja, our #DWTSau winners! pic.twitter.com/3bMAecyJ3S

— Dancing With The Stars Australia (@DancingOn10) April 22, 2019

During the finale, Johnson and his dance partner Jorja Freeman performed an encore of their Mr Bojangles jazz routine from week six. Their second dance was a freestyle number, which proved a major hit.

Showtime for the last time, and boy did Sam bring it. #DWTSau pic.twitter.com/52RyygfYcQ

— Dancing With The Stars Australia (@DancingOn10) April 22, 2019

While the judges rated the pair slightly behind Act and her partner, Joshua Keefe — who managed to earn a perfect score for their last dance — Johnson landed the top spot when viewers’ votes were added to the mix.

Controversial blogger Constance Hall and her dance partner Gustavo Viglio came in third.

Johnson, 41, won $50,000 for Love Your Sister, the charity he co-founded in 2012 with his late sister, Connie, in a bid to raise money for breast cancer research.

Originally published as Dancing With The Stars: Samuel Johnson crowned 2019 winner