Last Tuesday night on ABC, "Dancing With The Stars" aired its final episode for season 19. That night, two dancing couples went head-to-head to get the coveted prize. In the end, Alfonso Riberio, together with his partner Witney Carson, was declared the winner and was awarded the beautiful Mirror Ball Trophy.
Sadie Robertson, along with partner pro dancer Mark Ballas, was the runner-up, but although the pair didn't get the top spot, the "Duck Dynasty" star couldn't be happier about their achievement. When the announcement of the winner was made, Sadie raised all her accomplishments to God. She kept her faith and also said that Alfonso deserves the win.
"It's just been an amazing experience," she said during the show. "I just want to say I'm so thankful to God who has brought me this far in this competition. I feel like I really accomplished what I wanted to accomplish on this show and I'm so glad it was Alfonso. He deserves it."
Back in episode 2, Sadie revealed the reason why she joined the competition, saying, "The reason I'm here is because I want to share my faith and show that Christians can have fun, too."
She certainly showed everyone how much fun she had with Mark doing the rehearsals and performances. Even early in the competition, the pair already became a huge favorite, considering that Sadie wasn't allowed to dance at her conservative school and she had no prior experience in dancing. Nevertheless, she regularly amazed the judges and the audience with how she performed the routines that Mark choreographed for them. For the final performance, the pair performed a Samba/Quickstep routine, which the reality TV star learned within a span of 24 hours.
But other than her natural dancing skills, the teenager has also been admired for her other characteristics. The judges and fans were quick to praise Sadie for being a good role model for the youth.
"Sadie, I think you're an excellent role model and representation of what youths should be today. You're clean, you're elegant, and you have the light," said judge Carrie Ann Inaba.
Elsewhere, Sadie had been regularly posting updates on her social media accounts.
One message she posted via Instagram says, "Wow what a journey?!? Just want to say thank you for everything. Y'all got us all the way to the end, and I am more than thankful for that. It's been so cool to be able to share this experience with everything. All glory to God for this crazy experience".
