Season Eight: Shawn Johnson and Pro Partner Mark Ballas
The exciting news about season eight winner Shawn Johnson is that the 18-year-old is back in the gym training for the 2012 Olympics -- and was selected by the BBC as the athlete to watch in the upcoming summer games. The gymnast was also selected by Wii to be its national ambassador for the first Wii Games: Summer 2010, she has launched a new cheerleading line with GK Elite Sportswear, served as a celebrity judge for the 2010 Miss America Pageant and celebrated her 18th birthday in January by carrying the Olympic torch in Calgary for the Winter Games.