APOLO ANTON OHNO - DANCING DRAWS BIGGER RATINGS THAN DOL

DANCING DRAWS BIGGER RATINGS THAN DOL

Two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner Apolo Anton Ohno iced the championship on ABC's Dancing With the Stars Tuesday night. The speed skater, along with partner Julianne Hough, beat out two other couples who scored high marks themselves on the dancing talent contest. In fact, Ohno wound up just two points ahead of former 'NSync member Joey Fatone and partner Kym Johnson and just three points ahead of Laila Ali (the daughter of Mohammad Ali) and partner Maksim Chmerkovsky. However, the vote by viewers went overwhelmingly to Ohno. Surprisingly, the show drew a slightly larger audience than the final performance installment of American Idol, which aired an hour earlier. Dancing's 16.5 rating and 25 share between 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. made it the highest-rated show of the night. (Idol averaged a 16.3/25.) It peaked in the 10:00-10:30 p.m. half hour with a 17.2/26.

23/05/2007