KELLIE PICKLER and DEREK HOUGH are the winners! Last night, DANCING WITH THE STARS named its season 16 champions.
At the end of Monday night's episode, Zendaya and an injured Val Chmerkovskiy received perfect 30s for both of their full-length routines, and then tacked on an additional five points to their score for winning the cha cha relay.
But only one point below the highest scoring pair were Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough, who earned perfect 30s for their routines, which included a dramatic freestyle number that had viewers in tears. They came in second place during the cha cha relay, and scored four extra points.
Below them were Alexandra Raisman and partner Mark Ballas, followed by Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff
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As you may know, TOBY KEITH is a proud Oklahoman and he actually grew up in Moore, Oklahoma. He still has a house and family there.
In fact, he was in the area on Monday and flew out some three hours before the tornado touched down.
Toby said he believes the people of the area are "resilient" and will rebound . . . but he's also going to help. He's putting together a benefit concert for tornado victims and he's hoping to use the football stadium at the University of Oklahoma.
He said, quote, "I know as soon as I start sending out some feelers that I'll get a lot of people in there. Hopefully, we can use music to heal some of the money problems right away."
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JAKE OWEN had a serious wardrobe malfunction at his show last Friday in Charleston, South Carolina. He went airborne to do the splits while performing VAN HALEN'S "Jump" . . . and busted his pants wide open.
Jake picked a bad time to go commando because the audience got a clear look at his bare butt cheeks. Here's the video.
Jake left the stage and came back later wearing NO shirt . . . because he used it to cover up his exposed bits. Here's that video. Don't miss this one ladies.
After the show, Jake joked about it in a Tweet. He wrote, "Charleston will never be forgotten. My jeans ripped on stage tonight. Going commando = bad idea. Although, great breeze here. Coastal town."
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BRAD PAISLEY did one of those "five questions" segments on Broadway's Electric Barnyard in Hartford, Connecticut and he gave huge props to his CMA cohost CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
He was asked to name the best LOOKING country singer, and the best country singer ALIVE . . . and gave Carrie's name each time.
And check this out: When they asked what rapper he'd like to collaborate with, Brad said, quote, "I toyed with approaching KANYE (WEST) with something, but I don't know if our camp would go for that.
"Our format might still be mad at him. So, maybe JAY-Z."
Brad is obviously referring to when Kanye interrupted TAYLOR SWIFT'S acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. But I think people are over that. There are just TOO many other annoying things about Kanye West.
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BLAKE SHELTON had a tough job last night . . . to be on live TV while his home state of Oklahoma was dealing with the devastation from that deadly tornado.
Blake expressed his sadness on last night's episode of The Voice. He said, "They're going through hell there right now. When we went live here, I finally set my phone down. The bad news just keeps coming in . . . a lot of fatalities, a lot of children. It makes it hard to actually sit here and do this tonight. But I've got a job to do, the team's counting on me, so here I am."
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REBA McENTIRE is among the country stars who were raised in Oklahoma. Here are her thoughts on yesterday's deadly tornado in Moore, Oklahoma:
"What’s happening in Oklahoma is worldwide news. Last night, we were in Cape Town, South Africa watching CNN’s coverage of the devastation in Moore, Oklahoma, and the surrounding areas. My heart, my prayers and my thoughts are going out strong to my fellow Okies who are hurting today. Because when one Okie hurts, we all hurt.
After many texts, E-mails and phone calls, I found out that my family is safe. My niece, Garett Smith, told me that the first run of tornadoes were three miles away from her home near Castle, Oklahoma, and they could hear the them from their storm cellar. So many have lost their lives in this tornado. That so many children have been taken, all we can do is comfort their families and friends, and pray to God for a speedy healing for everyone. Okies are strong people. God stay with them."
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The party continues for WILLIE NELSON, who turned 80 a few weeks ago.
The Hard Rock Cafe his throwing him a birthday concert on June 6th at the New York City location, with the FAMILY NELSON and Willie performing. Proceeds will go to the Sustainable Bio-fuel Alliance and Animal Welfare Institute.
There will also be some related merchandise for available at the New York, New Orleans, Maui, San Antonio, Nashville and Houston restaurants.
