Helio and dancing partner Julianne Hough were still energetic as they performed there then on "The View."
"This has been an amazing experience," Helio said on "GMA."It was a big challenge for me...In the race car, you do not move your hips and your feet."

Said Julianne: "I have said from the beginning it's not about me winning. It's about my partners winning. [Helio has] come so far and I'm so proud of him. We've said from day one all we're going to do is have fun and just do the best he can do and it got him the trophy."

Helio, a two-time Indy 500 champion, later told entertainment news show "Extra" that he has split from his fiancée, Aliette Vazquez saying "it was time to let go."

There's speculation about a budding romance between Helio and Julianne who also danced to the championship last season with Olympian Anton Apolo Ohno. If so, it would be the second time a dancer and celeb got togeher this season. Sabrina Bryan and dance partner Mark Ballas were eliminated earlier than expected but their romance has endured.

Helio and Julianne edged Spice Girl Melanie Brown and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy in what is considered to be the most dramatic finale ever for the show. Fan favorite Marie Osmond was the first to be eliminated in the finals which resulted in the final showdown between the two highest-scoring couples.

Melanie and Maksim appeared on "GMA" via satillite from L.A. and the Spice Girl said: "I'm so amazed that America embraced us so much and voted for us. I am honored to be on this show for this long, truly."

Then she quipped: "We were robbed."

Maksim, who had dissed Marie prior to the finals saying she had played-up some of her personal travails to get votes, said he wouldn't trade the experience but also said he wouldn't be returning next season. He made it to the finals with partner Laila Ali last season.

"I wouldn't trade the two friendships for any trophy," he said. "Helio can keep this one."