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VIDEO: 'DWTS' Winners and Finalists Dish on Season 23 Excitement

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Laurie Hernandez and the final four DANCING WITH THE STARS finalists joined "GMA" live in Times Square this morning to discuss the exciting 23rd season of the show. Watch the appearance below!

Last night's DWTS' finale kicked off with a high-energy opening number, featuring a reunion of all 13 of this season's couples, at The Grove, Caruso's award-winning retail, dining and lifestyle destination. The season finale was filled with performances from Vanilla Ice, who performed "Ice Ice Baby," featuring Rick Perry and Witney Carson; a special guest performance by Andy Grammer of his global smash hit single, "Fresh Eyes," 11-time Grammy-winner Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds performed "Winter Wonderland" from his Christmas album, featuring pro dancers Artem Chigvintsev, Cheryl Burke and Allison Holker; and an all-male number to Bruno Mars' "24K," featured the men from this season, including Ryan Lochte, Calvin Johnson, James Hinchcliffe, Maks Chmerkovskiy and Val Chmerkovskiy, among others.

At the end of the night at The Grove, Laurie and Val were crowned Season 23 champions and presented with the coveted Mirrorball trophy.

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