Dancing with the Stars winner Bobby Bones is just as shocked as America he won the mirrorball trophy with his pro partner Sharna Burgess, but deep in his heart, he knows they deserved it.
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According to Michael Strahan, oddmakers initially predicted Bobby and Sharna's chances of winning Dancing with the Stars' 27th season were slim to none. Bobby and Sharna were apparently selected as the least-likely couple to be crowned champions.
But Bobby, who is from a small town in Arkansas, didn't let that stop him from chasing the mirrorball trophy, much like his dream to become a famous broadcaster.
"It was every day for us. It wasn't that we were looking at weeks [ahead] or even to the finale, it was practice by practice," Bobby explained of his Dancing with the Stars strategy.
"And every single practice, when we finished practice, we said, 'Okay, today is done.' One day at a time, one climb at a time. That was our work ethic."
Bobby admitted on GMA, "I've never danced before and I was surrounded by every single person who's a better dancer than me... Every person here [was better]."
In the finals, Bobby and Sharna were up against model Alexis Ren and her pro partner Alan Bersten, Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch and her partner Keo Motsepe, and actor Milo Manheim and his partner Witney Carson.
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"I had the best coach and the best teammate who figured out how to teach me, and I think that's a testament to her, because I was Gumby!" Bobby joked.
"I didn't know what I was doing at all. But [Sharna] taught me and we are here because of that, and I'm very grateful. Thank you to everyone."
Sharna, however, refused to take all the credit for Bobby's success on the ABC reality dancing competition.
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"I don't know if I cracked any code, honestly. I just think it was a winning combination of Bobby and I being together and it being about something else this season for us. It wasn't about trying to be the best dancer out there; it was about trying to be the best us," Sharna explained.
"We knew we were in our own competition, and like Bobby said, it was week to week and practice to practice -- are we getting better and what more can we do? I really love that Bobby lives up to that 'fail until you don't.' That was really our message the whole season. And then, we did not fail!"
Also during his appearance on GMA, Bobby made it known he'd love to become The Bachelor star one day. But until then, he's going to serve as a season-long advisor and mentor on the upcoming 2019 season of American Idol.
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"All at once would be a little much, but I'm in," the country music radio personality noted.
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