ET caught up with the “Dancing with the Stars” champions, Shawn Johnson and partner Mark Ballas, at “Live! with Regis and Kelly” to get their morning-after reaction to the big win!

“It’s truly an honor. I’m blown away,” Mark said of the victory.

Shawn, 17, is the youngest-ever competitor on “DWTS” to win the coveted mirror ball trophy.

“It’s been the best time of my life. Every second of it was so much fun,” Shawn says of the experience.

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After the judges’ scores were combined with viewer votes to determine the winner Tuesday night, host Tom Bergeron declared the event “our closest-ever finale” — with less than one percent difference separating champion Shawn from second-place finisher Gilles Marini.

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