Broken trophy: Centuries of bad luck?

When the dancing partners opened their respective mirrorball trophies after a cross-country trip, each was broken.

Ballas says the trophies broke during a flight from New York.

ABC says the mirrorballs are being repaired. Johnson, 17, and Ballas were crowned winners of the hit show's eighth season last month.

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