CNN —

"Dancing with the Stars" has capped off its renaissance season with a winner whose abdominal muscles have had more TikTok-scrolling eyeballs on them than some Renaissance paintings hanging in the Met.

Congratulations, Robert Irwin, a sweet-seeming boy who Samba-ed on the heartstrings of millions this season, culminating in a victory that will send him home to Australia with one of the U.S.'s most prized possessions – a Mirrorball trophy.

To those who have watched the show long before it was cool to do so, his destiny was clear from the start. Son of the late "crocodile hunter" Steve Irwin , the 21-year-old's kind demeanor, humble banter and affection for animals and his mother was a recipe for "DWTS" popularity. His sole task was to keep the momentum – and that he did, with gu

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