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ABC faces backlash as 'DWTS' season 32 winner Xochitl Gomez's celebration cut off in just 3 seconds

Jason Mraz is the runner-up of 'DWTS' Season 32

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy are the winners of 'Dancing With The Stars' Season 32!

While fans didn't have any complaints about ABC's announcement of the winner, many felt that the victorious contestant was unfairly deprived of delivering their winning speech.

The 3-hour finale episode abruptly revealed the winner in just 3 seconds. As the announcement was made, ABC's show quickly rolled the credits, leaving no time for Xochitl to celebrate.

Seeing this, a fan commented, "A 3-hour show and 2 seconds spent on the winner announcement." Another claimed, "I’m sad they cut off her celebration! The pacing was TERRIBLE."

A fan slammed the network, "Happy for Xochitl but oh my god your finale is 3 hours long and you STILL had to rush announcing the winners??"

A fan wrote on X, "#Dancingwiththestars #dwts32 #dwts #DWTSFinale omg CONGRATULATIONS @iamValC and #Xochitl wow.. They pushed this way too close to the end. They should have given them an extra moment."

"Hold on lol. That’s (sic) was a three hour show. Then they finally announced the winner and it’s over in 2 seconds omg lol. Like the credits were rolling before the winner was announced lol. Talk about poorly planned," tweeted another.

Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy's Freestyle bagged 10/10 in 'DWTS' Season 32 Finale

Towards the conclusion of the 'DWTS' Season 32 Finale episode, Xochitl and Val were seen performing a freestyle dance to the song 'Que Calor.'

Bruno Tonioli lauded the performance as "outstanding," with the audience continuing to cheer for Xochitl. Carrie Ann Inaba praised Xochitl's dance as "brave and different."

Moreover, the judge remarked that she witnessed a "courageous" side of Xochitl that had never been showcased on stage before. On the other hand, Derek Hough praised the connection between Xochitl and Val.

The judges indeed gave a perfect score to the winner, 30/30.

Who is the runner-up of 'DWTS' Season 32?

Xochitl was declared the winner, with Jason Mraz as the runner-up for 'DWTS' Season 32. Nevertheless, fans expressed the belief that Jason was unjustly denied the victory.

Many claimed Jason had the potential and charm to win the season.

A fan wrote, "I was sad to see him place second, but so happy for Xochitl!!" Another claimed, "Argh. Jason should have won."

"Rigged. Jason was amazing. I’m kind of disappointed," a fan wrote.

'DWTS' Season 32 can be watched on ABC and Disney+.