Originally appeared on E! Online
Like sister, like brother.
Ten years after Bindi Irwin claimed her own “Dancing with the Stars” mirrorball trophy alongside partner Derek Hough, she watched her younger brother Robert Irwin and partner Witney Carson do the same — and she couldn’t be happier.
“I love you so much,” she wrote in the caption of a Nov. 25 Instagram post. “Words can’t describe how proud I am of you. You EARNED this.”
In the accompanying video, Bindi holds her brother in a tight hug, the latter growing emotional as he holds his trophy in one hand.
In a separate post, Bindi wrote, “TWO MIRRORBALLS NOW CALL AUSTRALIA ZOO HOME!!!! Congratulations and all the love in the world to @robertirwinphotography and @witneycarson. What. A. Night.”
And in an especially sweet video, Bindi’s husband Chandler Powell shared a clip of the moment he, Bindi and her mom Terri Irwin found out Robert was the winner: Bindi throws her hands over her face while Terri jumps for joy, Powell clapping with a huge smile on his face.
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Meanwhile, for his part, Robert is dancing in the air. As he wrote in his own post following the show, “Dreams do come true.”
During the “Dancing with the Stars” Season 34 finale, Robert and Carson competed against fellow finalists Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy, Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten, Jordan Chiles and Ezra Soza, as well as Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach.
Earle and Chmerkovskiy — who placed second — finished the evening with a perfect score of 90 across their three dances, while Robert and Carson followed close behind with 89 points. The final two pairs, hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough announced, each set a record for the series with the highest number of votes of all time, as well as the closest vote margin ever.
The win marks Carson’s second, coming 11 years after she won alongside Ribeiro.
“Every high, every low, every tough loss, every season that stretched and refined me, it all led me here,” Carson wrote on social media following her win. “Getting to share this win with someone like Robert means more than I could ever express.”
She added, “To the fans who voted… thank you from the bottom of my heart. No one deserves this more than Robert. His joy, his light, his resilience, and his heart have touched every person who watched him this season. I’ll truly cherish this moment forever.”
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