Battle of the Blades III Review: Tessa and David crowned champion

It took three seasons for Battle of the Blades to feature its first female hockey player. It took substantially less time to crown one champion, as Tessa Bonhomme and her partner, David Pelletier, took home the BotB trophy as the big winners of Season three. Bryan Berard and Marie-France Dubreil were the runners up, while Tanith Belbin and Boyd Devereaux finished third. Tessa and David -- Olympic gold medallists, the both of them -- took home the other prize, too: $100,000 towards their charities, the CIBC Run for the Cure and Ronald McDonald House. And that's what Battle of the Blades was really all about, a fact that the show made absolutely clear during tonight's finale. The results themselves only took up the final five minutes of the program; the rest of the telecast featured a closer look at the causes, motivations, and persons each of the show's contestants skated for. It was difficult not to admire and be inspired by the work the contestants put in throughout thi...