It has been an exciting season of Fox's reality show "So You Think You Can Dance," full of memorable routines and surprising favorites. But [spoiler alert] the winner of the title "America's Favorite Dancer" for season 11 was, in the end, perpetual frontrunner... Ricky Ubeda.

18-year-old Ubeda wowed the fans and judges from his very first audition. The Miami native never failed to earn glowing remarks from the judging panel throughout the season. In the end, he beat out his partner Valerie, a tapper who placed second, contemporary dancer Jessica who placed third, and tapper Zack who finished in fourth place.

"No words can do this moment justice. I only have two: THANK YOU... from the deepest place in my heart."

"He has never not been number on in America's vote," SYTYCD host Nigel Lithgow told Fox 11 News after the finale.

Indeed, Ubeda has been a favorite from the start.

The evening featured a selection of favorite dancers from throughout the season, as well as two new group routines, one of which was a heart-warming collaboration between SYTYCD choreographers Christopher Scott and Sonya Tayeh based around the concept of people connecting and helping each other through difficult moments in life.

And like that dance, there were plenty of members of the So You Think You Can Dance family on hand to help the final four contestants through to the end.

Adam Shankman, Debbie Allen, Tara Lipinski, and Jenna Dewan-Tatum joined Lithgow and Mary Murphy on the judging panel to celebrate the season's dancers and review its highlights.

The finale began with a group routine, which featured the entire top 20 set of dancers. Ricky was given a lead role in the piece entitled "Doctor Jazz," which involved him playing an invisible trumpet in the center of the group.

Later in the evening, the finale also featured the music stylings of Enrique Iglesias, accompanied by Pittbull , as well as a performance by the winner of So You Think You Can Dance: Australia, Michael Dameski.

A Bollywood dance crew also took the stage as part of an initiative taken by Fox to partner up with Justin Bieber to find new talent. The Biebs, however, was not in attendance.

Ricky proved America right with several expertly executed routines throughout the finale, including a dueling hip-hop number with fellow finalist Zack.

As Ricky took the crown, the eternally bubbly winner found himself at a loss for words.

Shortly after his name was announced, He told Fox 11 News, "It still hasn't sunk in yet and it's so overwhelming. And I just don't know what to do with myself," Ricky told Fox 11 News.

Congratulations to Ricky! Now, on to season 12!