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Backstage at DWTS: Is the Dancing Winner Heading to Glee?!

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By Megan Masters Nov 24, 2010 6:45 AMTags
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Holy wow! Dancing With the Stars came to a (not so) dramatic end tonight, and we were backstage for all the fun.

Who won it all? What do the runners-up really think of the champ? And, wait, is this season's winner up for a guest spot on Glee?!

Here's what you've gotta know:

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Spoiler Alert! Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough walked away with that coveted mirror-ball trophy tonight, and the majority of the ballroom couldn't have been happier for the twosome.

But first thing's first—we chatted up the champs post-win and got straight to the good stuff. Like, what's next for Baby and her newly revived love of performing? A Glee guest spot perhaps?

"I don't know, you tell me," she laughed. "I'm excited though. Just bring it!"

So maybe plans for the Dirty Dancing darling to stop by the Fox hit are a bit premature (and totally fabricated by our wild imaginations). If the mega-amount of support Jennifer received from her fellow DWTS contestants is any indication, some awesome new gig isn't too far off.

"From day one when I first saw her, I said, 'I don't have a chance!'" David Hasselhoff gushed.

Added Rick Fox: ""I think the best dancer won. I'm so happy for her and her hard work. It was not an easy three months for everyone and her body took a beating, but that's because she worked the hardest and took herself to task."

"Jennifer was amazing," runner-up pro Lacey Schwimmer told us. "She deserved it as much as anybody else. And we are so happy to be right under Jennifer and Derek."

But Jennifer's No. 1 fan (and partner) Derek was the most enthusiastic of all. And rightfully so!

"I'm so proud of Jennifer and to get to walk away with the trophy," he said, trophy in hand. "I'm very happy and so excited!"

Elsewhere in the ballroom, second runner-up Bristol Palin was just happy to have made it as far as she did.

"I've learned a lot, a lot about myself," she told us. "[There's] definitely a newfound confidence in myself. I just figured I've got nothing to lose tonight."

And as for what's next, that's up to someone else. Explained Bristol, "I'm just going to see what God has in store for Tripp and I. Tripp's going to be a little ballroom dancer, too!"

What do you think of tonight's outcome? Did the right woman win? Give us your final thoughts on tonight's finale below.

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