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"Does Bristol Palin have congrats for Dancing with the Stars champ Jennifer Grey?\r\n&amp;quot;Oh of course!&amp;quot; Palin, 20, told UsMagazine.com after Tuesday&amp;apos;s finale. &amp;quot;Jennifer did awesome!&amp;quot;\r\nAlthough some predicted that the low-rated but buzzed-about Palin would sneak away with the mirrorball trophy, the young mom and political daughter placed third in the final tally of viewer votes and judges&amp;apos; scores. (Disney star Kyle Massey, 19, nabbed second place.)\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I feel like I accomplished a lot,&amp;quot; the inexperienced dancer told Us, crediting her pro partner Mark Ballas. &amp;quot;He started from scratch on this whole thing, and I&amp;apos;m thankful that he took on this challenge.&amp;quot;\r\nAdded the Alaskan: &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve just had the time of my life,&amp;quot; she said, unintentionally referencing the theme song to Dirty Dancing, Grey&amp;apos;s most famous film role.\r\nPalin&amp;apos;s most surprising part of the journey, she told Us: &amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t expect to be so consumed by this and so into learning dances... in a good way!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, the champ Grey, 50, told Us about her victory moment. &amp;quot;I was just blank!&amp;quot; Grey said of hearing her name called. &amp;quot;I was in a surrender moment...In the truest sense of the word, this journey was the gift.&amp;quot;\r\nThe actress and mother (to daughter Stella, 8, with husband Clark Gregg) endured several surgeries for thyroid cancer and a neck injury prior to DWTS -- and ruptured a disk after Monday&amp;apos;s show.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;My family stood by me and let me go away for three months and do this day in and day out,&amp;quot; Grey gushed. &amp;quot;[And] my doctors kept putting me together!&amp;quot;\r\nGrey loved being a part of the DWTS franchise. &amp;quot;There&amp;apos;s so much glamour and silliness,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s just a great gift to be a part of a show that brings people so much joy. That&amp;apos;s really what I think dancing does.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nShe also told Us where her trophy will go: &amp;quot;The kid&amp;apos;s room!&amp;quot; she said of her little girl Stella. &amp;quot;She deserves it. She earned it. She stood by me!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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