David Rodan wins Dancing with the Stars, thus breaking Home and Away's stranglehold on Australian culture.

Second up was Lynne McGranger, described by host Dan MacPherson as having "inspirational energy": in other words, she's heaps old. Lynne was asked to do a jazz number, in tribute to what was the most popular style of music at the time she first appeared on Home and Away. This was accompanied, for some reason, by a classic blues song. Lynne scored 36 points, one for every decade of her acting career. Lynne's second dance was a graceful and elegiac reflection on the fleeting nature of existence. Then it went all disco and Lynne and Carmelo started waving their arms around like muppets to a song from the Jerry Springer musical, symbolising Lynne's love of paternity tests. The number really showcased the veteran actress' peerless ability to open her eyes so wide you're absolutely sure she's going to kill you. Sonia noted that Carmelo was like the Italian dancing son Lynne never had, which was a cruel insult to her actual Italian dancing sons.

Ricki-Lee started with a paso doble. Less wacky than the other routines, there was no doubt in anyone's mind that Ricki-Lee and Jarryd were, technically, dancing. Following the routine, Ricki-Lee dropped a bombshell by revealing that unlike her first paso doble, this time she wasn't wearing zombie makeup. Ricki-Lee's freestyle dance was preceded by her heartfelt confession that she enjoys challenges. The dance itself was on a western theme, and featured Ricki-Lee singing, which is, let's not pussyfoot around it, cheating. It also seemed to only last about fifteen seconds, at the end of which Ricki-Lee revealed that she "blurs her eyes" so she can't see. Make of that what you will.

Of course, the stars of Dancing with the Stars aren't the only stars: there are also the judges. Each DWTS judge played their own special role in the finale: Adam Garcia provided truth bombs, as demonstrated by his revelation that during a paso doble, "you can't have weak feet". Helen Richey supplied the technical expertise, such as her advice to Ricki-Lee to "believe in yourself". Kym Johnson, of course, was there mainly to threaten to poke people's eyes out with her terrifying pointed shoulders. And Todd McKenney was there for his wit and all-round joie de vivre. "Break a hip!" he chirped happily at Lynne. "What I really admire about you is your work ethic," he beamed at Ricki-Lee, looking so cheerful you barely noticed how insulting that was.

After round two, there were only six points separating the three finalists, which meant it came down to the votes of the viewers who hadn't seen any of the dances. And those viewers decided: Ricki-Lee had to go.