"Really unexpected": Lisa McCune opens up on Dancing With The Stars win
Lisa McCune has opened up about her journey on Dancing With The Stars following her "unexpected" win.
Monday night's finale of the show saw Lisa McCune and her dancing partner Ian Waite took home the mirrorball trophy against finalists Ant Middleton, James Stewart, Nikki Osborne, and Samantha Jade.
After the win, McCune told 7News that she was as shocked by the win as viewers were.
“It really was unexpected,” McCune said.
The actress added that she was extra thrilled for her dancing partner Ian Waite who has now taken out the Mirrorball Trophy for the first time.
The win comes weeks after the gruelling DWTS process, which she admitted was more involved than she originally thought.
“My agent said to me that somebody else had told them how difficult it was. And I thought, ‘Well, I probably needed a bit of a kick up the bum to do a bit more exercise’,” she says.
“So I thought, ‘Well, it’d be good for me’. I started and I pretty quickly realised that the techniques involved and the different disciplines is pretty intense."
“I think you underestimate how aerobically fit you actually need to be. But I gave it a red-hot go, and we had a really good time.”
While McCune knew she did well through the competition, she said "Watching it back, I couldn’t recall any of the scores that we got because when you’re in the moment your adrenaline is kind of heightened, and (it’s like) watching it fresh.”
As part of being crowned the Dancing With The Stars champion, Lisa was awarded $20,000 for her chosen charities: the RCD Foundation and the Harrison Riedel Foundation.
“Both the charities I have a personal connection to in my local area, based on Victoria, both of them headed up by two amazing mums. These initiatives are spectacular.”
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