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Dancing with the Stars

 
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Dancing with the Stars
Dancing logo usa.jpg
Format Dance competition
Created by BBC Worldwide
Presented by Tom Bergeron
(current host)
Samantha Harris
(current co-host)
(2006-present)
Lisa Canning
(2005)
Drew Lachey
(2007, filled in for Samantha Harris) six episodes
Judges Len Goodman
Carrie Ann Inaba
Bruno Tonioli
Michael Flatley
(fill in for Goodman, Season 7 - Week 6)
Baz Luhrmann
(fill in for Goodman, Season 9 - Week 2)
Country of origin  United States
No. of seasons 9
No. of episodes 146
Production
Location(s) CBS Television City (Studio 46)
Los Angeles, California
Running time 1–2 hours (Live)
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Picture format 480i (SDTV),
720p (HDTV)
Original run June 1, 2005 – present
Status Returning Series
External links
Official website

Dancing with the Stars is a reality show airing on ABC in the United States. The show is based on the United Kingdom BBC Television series Strictly Come Dancing and is part of BBC Worldwide's international Dancing with the Stars franchise.

The show is currently hosted by Emmy Award-winning game show host and television personality, Tom Bergeron alongside Lisa Canning for the first season, before former E! reporter, Samantha Harris took over the role as co-hostess in 2006. The show debuted in a short run from June to July 2005, then returned the following January and February. Beginning in the fall of 2006, ABC has scheduled the show to air two seasons per year, one running from September to November and the other from March to May. The show's ninth season premiered on September 21, 2009 at 8 pm.[1][2]

Some ABC affiliates have their own local versions of Dancing with the Stars. WEWS-TV in Cleveland, for example, did its own Cleveland version of the show using Cleveland-based celebrities.

Contents

Seasons

Season # of
Celebrities
Season Premiere Date Season Finale Date
1 - Summer 2005 6 June 1, 2005
July 12, 2005 (Dance-Off)
July 6, 2005
July 13, 2005 (Dance-Off)
2 - Winter 2005 10 January 5, 2006 February 26, 2006
3 - Fall 2006 11 September 12, 2006 November 15, 2006
4 - Spring 2007 11 March 19, 2007 May 22, 2007
5 - Fall 2007 12 September 24, 2007 November 27, 2007
6 - Spring 2008 12 March 17, 2008 May 20, 2008
7 - Fall 2008 13 September 22, 2008 November 25, 2008
8 - Spring 2009 13 March 9, 2009 May 19, 2009
9 - Fall 2009 16 September 21, 2009 November 24, 2009
10 - Spring 2010

Dances

The following are the dances performed by couples on Dancing with the Stars. In addition, each couple in the final round performs a dance of any style or combination of styles of their choosing, called "freestyle".

Dance Seasons Used Best Dancers Score Worst Dancers Score
Argentine Tango Season 8-present Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas
Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke
Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson
30 Steve Wozniak & Karina Smirnoff 12
Bolero Season 9-present Natalie Coughlin & Alec Mazo 24 Michael Irvin & Anna Demidova 16
Cha-Cha-Cha All Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke
Laila Ali & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Helio Castroneves & Julianne Hough
Jennie Garth & Derek Hough
Kristi Yamaguchi & Mark Ballas
Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas
30 Master P & Ashly DelGrosso
Tucker Carlson & Elena Grinenko
Jeffrey Ross & Edyta Sliwinska
12
Charleston Season 9-present Melissa Joan Hart & Mark Ballas 28 Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel 23
Country Two-Step Season 9-present Mark Dacascos & Lacey Schwimmer 22 Louie Vito & Chelsie Hightower 16
Foxtrot All Joey Fatone & Kym Johnson
Helio Castroneves & Julianne Hough
Brooke Burke & Derek Hough
30 Rocco DiSpirito & Karina Smirnoff 14
Freestyle All Kelly Monaco & Alec Mazo
Drew Lachey & Cheryl Burke
Mario Lopez & Karina Smirnoff
Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough
Joey Fatone & Kym Johnson
Kristi Yamaguchi & Mark Ballas
Brooke Burke & Derek Hough
Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas
Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson
30 Marie Osmond & Jonathan Roberts 22
Hustle Season 7 Warren Sapp & Kym Johnson 27 Susan Lucci & Tony Dovolani 22
Jitterbug Season 7, 9-present Brooke Burke & Derek Hough
Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer
29 Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel 20
Jive All Stacy Kiebler & Tony Dovolani
Joey Fatone & Kym Johnson
Ian Ziering & Cheryl Burke
Kristi Yamaguchi & Mark Ballas
30 Evander Holyfield & Edyta Sliwinska 13
Lambada Season 9-present Mýa & Dmitry Chaplin 28 Aaron Carter & Karina Smirnoff 18
Lindy Hop Season 8 Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani 29 Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer 15
Mambo Season 3-present Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke
Laila Ali & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Mel B & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
30 Monica Seles & Jonathan Roberts 15
Paso Doble All Drew Lachey & Cheryl Burke
Mario Lopez & Karina Smirnoff
Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough
Sabrina Bryan & Mark Ballas
Mel B & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke
Mýa & Dmitry Chaplin
30 Master P & Ashly DelGrosso 8
Quickstep All Laila Ali & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough
Helio Castroneves & Julianne Hough
Jason Taylor & Edyta Sliwinska
30 Evander Holyfield & Edyta Sliwinska 14
Rumba All Joey Lawrence & Edyta Sliwinska
Mel B & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
30 Clyde Drexler & Elena Grinenko 13
Salsa Season 7-present Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke
Mýa & Dmitry Chaplin
30 Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer 14
Samba All Stacy Keibler & Tony Dovolani
Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke
Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough
Laila Ali & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani
Mýa & Dmitry Chaplin
30 Steve Wozniak & Karina Smirnoff 10
Tango All Drew Lachey & Cheryl Burke
Mario Lopez & Karina Smirnoff
Joey Fatone & Kym Johnson
30 Wayne Newton & Cheryl Burke
Tom DeLay & Cheryl Burke
18
Viennese Waltz Season 5-present Mel B & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Brooke Burke & Derek Hough
30 Macy Gray & Jonathan Roberts 15
Waltz Season 1-4, 8-present John O'Hurley & Charlotte Jorgensen
Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke
30 Kelly Monaco & Alec Mazo 13
West Coast Swing Season 7 Toni Braxton & Alec Mazo 22 Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer 21

Note: Season 3 was the only season in which the person with the highest scoring freestyle did not win the competition.

Final Five

Season Winner Runner-Up 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place
1 Kelly Monaco & Alec Mazo John O'Hurley & Charlotte Jorgensen Joey McIntyre & Ashly DelGrosso Rachel Hunter & Jonathan Roberts Evander Holyfield & Edyta Sliwinska
2 Drew Lachey & Cheryl Burke Jerry Rice & Anna Trebunskaya Stacy Kiebler & Tony Dovolani Lisa Rinna & Louis van Amstel George Hamilton & Edyta Sliwinska
3 Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke Mario Lopez & Karina Smirnoff Joey Lawrence & Edyta Sliwinska Monique Coleman & Louis van Amstel Jerry Springer & Kym Johnson
4 Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough Joey Fatone & Kym Johnson Laila Ali & Maksim Chmerkovskiy Ian Ziering & Cheryl Burke Billy Ray Cyrus & Karina Smirnoff
5 Helio Castroneves & Julianne Hough Mel B & Maksim Chmerkovskiy Marie Osmond & Jonathan Roberts Jennie Garth & Derek Hough Cameron Mathison & Edyta Sliwinska
6 Kristi Yamaguchi & Mark Ballas Jason Taylor & Edyta Sliwinska Cristian de la Fuente & Cheryl Burke Marissa Jaret Winokur & Tony Dovolani Mario & Karina Smirnoff
7 Brooke Burke & Derek Hough Warren Sapp & Kym Johnson Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer Cody Linley & Julianne Hough Maurice Greene & Cheryl Burke
8 Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani Ty Murray & Chelsie Hightower Lil Kim & Derek Hough
9 Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson Mýa & Dmitry Chaplin Kelly Osbourne & Louis van Amstel Joanna Krupa & Derek Hough Aaron Carter & Karina Smirnoff

Note: Donny Osmond is the oldest DWTS celebrity champion so far (at age 51), while Shawn Johnson is the youngest (at age 17).

Perfect scores

Perfect thirties

Judges have awarded perfect 30 out of 30 to couples on the following occasions:

Celebrity Professional Season Week Dance
Kelly Monaco Alec Mazo 1 6 Freestyle
John O'Hurley Charlotte Jorgensen 1 Dance-Off Waltz
Stacy Keibler Tony Dovolani 2 5, 8 Samba
Drew Lachey Cheryl Burke 2 6 Tango
Stacy Keibler Tony Dovolani 2 6, 8 Jive
Drew Lachey Cheryl Burke 2 8 Paso Doble
Drew Lachey Cheryl Burke 2 8 Freestyle
Emmitt Smith Cheryl Burke 3 9 Cha-Cha-Cha
Joey Lawrence Edyta Sliwinska 3 9 Rumba
Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 9 Tango
Emmitt Smith Cheryl Burke 3 10 Samba
Emmitt Smith Cheryl Burke 3 10 Mambo
Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 10 Paso Doble
Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 10 Freestyle
Apolo Anton Ohno Julianne Hough 4 5 Samba
Laila Ali Maksim Chmerkovskiy 4 7 Samba
Joey Fatone Kym Johnson 4 7, 9 Jive
Apolo Anton Ohno Julianne Hough 4 8, 10 Paso Doble
Joey Fatone Kym Johnson 4 9 Foxtrot
Laila Ali Maksim Chmerkovskiy 4 9 Quickstep
Laila Ali Maksim Chmerkovskiy 4 9 Cha-Cha-Cha
Ian Ziering Cheryl Burke 4 9 Jive
Apolo Anton Ohno Julianne Hough 4 9 Quickstep
Apolo Anton Ohno Julianne Hough 4 10 Freestyle
Joey Fatone Kym Johnson 4 10 Freestyle
Joey Fatone Kym Johnson 4 10 Tango
Laila Ali Maksim Chmerkovskiy 4 10 Mambo
Sabrina Bryan Mark Ballas 5 4 Paso Doble
Mel B Maksim Chmerkovskiy 5 6 Rumba
Mel B Maksim Chmerkovskiy 5 7, 9 Paso Doble
Hélio Castroneves Julianne Hough 5 8, 10 Quickstep
Mel B Maksim Chmerkovskiy 5 9 Viennese Waltz
Hélio Castroneves Julianne Hough 5 9 Foxtrot
Hélio Castroneves Julianne Hough 5 9 Cha-Cha-Cha
Jennie Garth Derek Hough 5 9 Cha-Cha-Cha
Mel B Maksim Chmerkovskiy 5 10 Mambo
Kristi Yamaguchi Mark Ballas 6 6, 10 Jive
Kristi Yamaguchi Mark Ballas 6 10 Cha-Cha Face-off
Kristi Yamaguchi Mark Ballas 6 10 Freestyle
Jason Taylor Edyta Sliwinska 6 10 Quickstep
Brooke Burke Derek Hough 7 7 Foxtrot
Brooke Burke Derek Hough 7 10 Freestyle
Brooke Burke Derek Hough 7 10 Viennese Waltz
Gilles Marini Cheryl Burke 8 4, 11 Argentine Tango
Melissa Rycroft Tony Dovolani 8 9, 11 Samba
Gilles Marini Cheryl Burke 8 10 Waltz
Shawn Johnson Mark Ballas 8 10 Argentine Tango
Gilles Marini Cheryl Burke 8 10 Salsa
Gilles Marini Cheryl Burke 8 11 Paso Doble Face-off
Shawn Johnson Mark Ballas 8 11 Freestyle
Shawn Johnson Mark Ballas 8 11 Cha-Cha-Cha
Mýa Dmitry Chaplin 9 8 '70s Samba
Mýa Dmitry Chaplin 9 9 Salsa
Mýa Dmitry Chaplin 9 10 Paso Doble
Mýa Dmitry Chaplin 9 10 Megamix
Donny Osmond Kym Johnson 9 10 Freestyle
Donny Osmond Kym Johnson 9 10 Argentine Tango

Perfect tens

Judges have awarded perfect 10 out of 10 to couples on the following occasions:

Celebrity Professional Season Week Dance Score Judges who gave 10s
Stacy Keibler Tony Dovolani 2 2 Rumba 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Drew Lachey Cheryl Burke 2 4 Paso Doble 28 Bruno Tonioli
Drew Lachey Cheryl Burke 2 7 Rumba 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Stacy Keibler Tony Dovolani 2 7 Cha-Cha-Cha 28 Bruno Tonioli
Joey Lawrence Edyta Sliwinska 3 2 Quickstep 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 4 Paso Doble 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Willa Ford Maksim Chmerkovskiy 3 4 Waltz 28 Bruno Tonioli
Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 6 Mambo 28 Bruno Tonioli
Emmitt Smith Cheryl Burke 3 7 Waltz 28 Carrie Ann Inaba
Emmitt Smith Cheryl Burke 3 7 Mambo 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman
Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 7 Foxtrot 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Joey Lawrence Edyta Sliwinska 3 7 Foxtrot 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 8 Waltz 28 Bruno Tonioli
Joey Lawrence Edyta Sliwinska 3 8 Tango 28 Len Goodman
Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 8 Samba 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Emmitt Smith Cheryl Burke 3 8 Rumba 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Monique Coleman Louis van Amstel 3 8 Cha-Cha-Cha 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Emmitt Smith Cheryl Burke 3 9 Waltz 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Joey Lawrence Edyta Sliwinska 3 9 Quickstep 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 9 Cha-Cha-Cha 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 10 Samba 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Emmitt Smith Cheryl Burke 3 10 Freestyle 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman
Joey Fatone Kym Johnson 4 4 Paso Doble 28 Carrie Ann Inaba
Laila Ali Maksim Chmerkovskiy 4 5 Rumba 28 Len Goodman
Apolo Anton Ohno Julianne Hough 4 6 Rumba 28 Bruno Tonioli
Laila Ali Maksim Chmerkovskiy 4 6 Cha-Cha-Cha 28 Bruno Tonioli
Apolo Anton Ohno Julianne Hough 4 7 Mambo 28 Bruno Tonioli
Laila Ali Maksim Chmerkovskiy 4 7 Quickstep 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Joey Fatone Kym Johnson 4 7 Foxtrot 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Apolo Anton Ohno Julianne Hough 4 8 Tango 28 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Joey Fatone Kym Johnson 4 8 Mambo 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Ian Ziering Cheryl Burke 4 9 Tango 28 Len Goodman
Apolo Anton Ohno Julianne Hough 4 9 Cha-Cha-Cha 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Laila Ali Maksim Chmerkovskiy 4 10 Paso Doble 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Apolo Anton Ohno Julianne Hough 4 10 Rumba 28 Bruno Tonioli
Jennie Garth Derek Hough 5 4 Paso Doble 27 Len Goodman
Mel B Maksim Chmerkovskiy 5 5 Samba 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Sabrina Bryan Mark Ballas 5 5 Rumba 28 Bruno Tonioli
Helio Castroneves Julianne Hough 5 6 Cha-Cha-Cha 28 Len Goodman
Marie Osmond Jonathan Roberts 5 7 Quickstep 28 Carrie Ann Inaba
Jennie Garth Derek Hough 5 7 Rumba 28 Bruno Tonioli
Mel B Maksim Chmerkovskiy 5 8 Mambo 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Jennie Garth Derek Hough 5 9 Tango 28 Len Goodman
Marie Osmond Jonathan Roberts 5 9 Quickstep 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman
Mel B Maksim Chmerkovskiy 5 10 Cha-Cha-Cha 28 Bruno Tonioli
Helio Castroneves Julianne Hough 5 10 Freestyle 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Kristi Yamaguchi Mark Ballas 6 4 Paso Doble 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Jason Taylor Edyta Sliwinska 6 4 Viennese Waltz 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Shannon Elizabeth Derek Hough 6 4 Viennese Waltz 28 Len Goodman
Kristi Yamaguchi Mark Ballas 6 5 Rumba 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Mario Karina Smirnoff 6 6 Rumba 28 Bruno Tonioli
Kristi Yamaguchi Mark Ballas 6 7 Cha-Cha-Cha 28 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Jason Taylor Edyta Sliwinska 6 7 Quickstep 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Kristi Yamaguchi Mark Ballas 6 8 Quickstep 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Cristián de la Fuente Cheryl Burke 6 8 Tango 28 Carrie Ann Inaba
Jason Taylor Edyta Sliwinska 6 8 Tango 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Cristián de la Fuente Cheryl Burke 6 8 Mambo 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Jason Taylor Edyta Sliwinska 6 9 Foxtrot 28 Len Goodman
Cristián de la Fuente Cheryl Burke 6 9 Samba 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Kristi Yamaguchi Mark Ballas 6 9 Tango 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Kristi Yamaguchi Mark Ballas 6 9 Jive 28 Bruno Tonioli
Brooke Burke Derek Hough 7 3 Viennese Waltz 28 Len Goodman
Brooke Burke Derek Hough 7 5 Jitterbug 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Cody Linley Julianne Hough 7 5 Jitterbug 28 Carrie Ann Inaba
Brooke Burke Derek Hough 7 6 Rumba 26 Michael Flatley
Brooke Burke Derek Hough 7 7 Team Paso Doble 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Warren Sapp Kym Johnson 7 7 Team Paso Doble 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Maurice Greene Cheryl Burke 7 7 Team Paso Doble 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Brooke Burke Derek Hough 7 8 Tango 28 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Warren Sapp Kym Johnson 7 8 Tango 28 Carrie Ann Inaba
Lance Bass Lacey Schwimmer 7 9 Mambo 28 Carrie Ann Inaba
Lance Bass Lacey Schwimmer 7 9 Jitterbug 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Brooke Burke Derek Hough 7 9 Salsa 28 Len Goodman
Brooke Burke Derek Hough 7 10 Samba Smackdown 28 Bruno Tonioli
Warren Sapp Kym Johnson 7 10 Freestyle 28 Len Goodman
Lance Bass Lacey Schwimmer 7 10 Jitterbug 28 Bruno Tonioli
Lil' Kim Derek Hough 8 4 Argentine Tango 27 Bruno Tonioli
Melissa Rycroft Tony Dovolani 8 4 Lindy Hop 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Gilles Marini Cheryl Burke 8 5 Paso Doble 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Lil' Kim Derek Hough 8 6 Jive 28 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Melissa Rycroft Tony Dovolani 8 7 Argentine Tango 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Shawn Johnson Mark Ballas 8 7 Cha-Cha-Cha 28 Bruno Tonioli
Lil' Kim Derek Hough 8 8 Paso Doble 28 Bruno Tonioli
Shawn Johnson Mark Ballas 8 8 Samba 27 Carrie Ann Inaba
Lil' Kim Derek Hough 8 8 Team Tango 28 Bruno Tonioli
Gilles Marini Cheryl Burke 8 8 Team Tango 28 Bruno Tonioli
Ty Murray Chelsie Hightower 8 8 Team Tango 28 Bruno Tonioli
Gilles Marini Cheryl Burke 8 9 Foxtrot 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Shawn Johnson Mark Ballas 8 9 Paso Doble 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Melissa Rycroft Tony Dovolani 8 10 Quickstep 28 Len Goodman
Shawn Johnson Mark Ballas 8 11 Paso Doble Face-Off 28 Bruno Tonioli
Melissa Rycroft Tony Dovolani 8 11 Paso Doble Face-Off 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Gilles Marini Cheryl Burke 8 11 Freestyle 28 Len Goodman
Mýa Dmitry Chaplin 9 3 Rumba 27 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Melissa Joan Hart Mark Ballas 9 4 Charleston 28 Bruno Tonioli
Mýa Dmitry Chaplin 9 4 Lambada 28 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Donny Osmond Kym Johnson 9 5 Argentine Tango 29 Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Aaron Carter Karina Smirnoff 9 7 Jive 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Joanna Krupa Derek Hough 9 7 Team Tango 28 Bruno Tonioli
Kelly Osbourne Louis van Amstel 9 7 Team Tango 28 Bruno Tonioli
Donny Osmond Kym Johnson 9 7 Team Tango 28 Bruno Tonioli
Mýa Dmitry Chaplin 9 8 Quickstep 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Joanna Krupa Derek Hough 9 8 Futuristic Paso Doble 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli
Mýa Dmitry Chaplin 9 9 Waltz 28 Bruno Tonioli
Mýa Dmitry Chaplin 9 9 Cha-Cha-Cha 29 Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli

Perfect Sixties

Judges have awarded perfect 60 out of 60 to couples on the following occasions:

Celebrity Professional Season Week Dances
Laila Ali Maksim Chmerkovskiy 4 9 Quickstep
Cha-Cha-Cha
Joey Fatone Kym Johnson 4 9 Foxtrot
Jive
Mel B Maksim Chmerkovskiy 5 9 Viennese Waltz
Paso Doble
Hélio Castroneves Julianne Hough 5 9 Foxtrot
Cha-Cha-Cha
Gilles Marini Cheryl Burke 8 10 Waltz
Salsa

|Note: All Perfect 60 out of 60 were rewarded in the Semi-finals.

Perfect Nineties

Judges have awarded perfect 90 out of 90 to couples on the following occasions:

Kristi Yamaguchi - Thus far, is the only star dancer to receive 90/90. This occurred during the finals of Season 6, with her professional partner Mark Ballas. The dances they performed were the Cha-Cha-Cha face off, Freestyle and Jive.

Scoring and voting procedure

In seasons 1 and 2, only the overall ranking between competitors by the judges and the public was relevant. In season 3 and all subsequent seasons, the scoring system has made the exact scores relevant as well.

The scoring begins with the judges' marks. Each judge gives a 1 to 10 score, for a total score of 3 to 30 (the lowest individual score, however, was a 2 for Master P's Paso Doble in season 2, and the lowest total score for a dance was an 8). When multiple performances are scored, only the cumulative total counts. The contestants' "judges' shares" are calculated as the percentage of the total number of points awarded to all contestants that evening. (For example, if a team earned 20 points on a night when the judges awarded 200 points, their judges' share would be 20/200 = 10%.) This percentage is then added to the percentage of North American votes received by each contestant. The bottom two couples are identified in the results show, and the couple with the lowest combined total is eliminated.[3] Season 8 added an occasional "dance-off," in which contestants could re-do one of their dances, in an effort to improve their judges' score. This might be discontinued due to the eliminated couple always scoring higher than or equivalent to the couple that was saved.

Public voting is conducted via a toll-free number, the ABC web site, and, most recently, text messages; contestants can vote during and immediately after each performance show. The maximum number of votes per voter per medium is equal to the number of couples performing that night, or five votes, whichever is larger.

General information

Payment

In an article titled 'What Season 7's "DWTS" Stars Made' [4] TheWrap provided payments for 4 stars "Based on estimates of a top TV agent." These were the top three and the first eliminated celebrities. All received a base of $200,000. The winner got an additional $100,000. Second and third received additional payments of $50,000 and $25,000 respectively.

Withdrawals

Season 2

Lil' Romeo and Master P

Lil' Romeo was the first person to withdraw, in Season 2. His father, Master P took his place in the competition, being partnered with Ashly DelGrosso.

Season 3

Sara Evans

Sara Evans in the third season was the second celebrity to withdraw from the competition, while in progress. She cited her divorce as the reason for leaving the competition. As a result, her professional partner, Tony Dovolani also became the first professional dancer to withdraw from the competition.

Season 4

Vincent Pastore and John Ratzenberger

Another withdrawal occurred during the run-up to Season 4, on February 28 when Vincent Pastore withdrew from the competition after only one week of training. Pastore said he did not realize how much work was needed during a ten-week period, and that he was not up to the physical demands of the show. He was replaced on March 2 by actor John Ratzenberger who was partnered with Edyta Sliwinska.[5]

Season 7

Misty May-Treanor

Misty May-Treanor was forced to withdraw from Season 7 after tearing her Achilles tendon during rehearsals. The injury required surgery. Her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy became the second professional to withdraw from the competition.

Season 8

Season 8 was over before it even began for singer Jewel and Access Hollywood host Nancy O'Dell. Both were forced to pull out of competition prior to the premiere due to injury.

Jewel and Holly Madison

Jewel suffered from a fractured tibia in both legs. She was replaced with former The Girls Next Door star, and ex-girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison.

Nancy O'Dell and Melissa Rycroft

O'Dell suffered from a torn meniscus that required surgery. She was replaced with The Bachelor finalist Melissa Rycroft.

Season 9

Tom DeLay

Tom DeLay withdrew in the third week of competition, due to a full stress fracture that had developed in both feet, from an earlier pre-stress fracture in one foot. This made Cheryl Burke the third professional to withdraw from competition. He was declared safe before he announced his withdrawal during the Oct. 6, 2009 results show, and another celebrity, Debi Mazar, was still eliminated that night despite DeLay's departure.

Celebrity injuries

Season 2

Stacy Keibler fell during rehearsals and hurt her foot. This did not affect her performances.

Season 5

Marie Osmond

On Season 5, Marie Osmond fainted on Week 5 after her performance. The show immediately went to commercial break. She received a 21/30.

Jane Seymour

On Week 6, Jane Seymour was also absent on the results show due to food poisoning.

Season 6

Kristi Yamaguchi

On Season 6, Kristi Yamaguchi injured her ankle on Week 4. This did not affect her performance or attendance.

Cristián de la Fuente

On Monday April 28, 2008 (Week 7), Cristián de la Fuente suffered a ruptured tendon in his left biceps muscle during his performance. The judges critiqued him according to his performance up to the injury. He was sent to the hospital immediately and missed the end of the show.

Season 7

Kim Kardashian

On August 24, 2008 (the day before she was named as a celebrity contestant), Kim Kardashian fell on a piece of a broken mirror in her hotel room. Doctors told her she could still dance in season 7. She and Mark Ballas were eliminated in 11th place.

Jeffrey Ross

On September 22, 2008, while rehearsing for that night's performance, Jeffrey Ross suffered a scratched cornea in his left eye. He wore a rhinestone-studded eye patch in jest of the injury.[6]

Misty May-Treanor

On October 4, 2008, Misty May-Treanor had ruptured her Achilles tendon during rehearsal and was forced to withdraw from the competition, requiring surgery for her injury.

Susan Lucci

In October 2008, Susan Lucci had sprained her ankle while rehearsing for that night's performance. She explained that she slides underneath partner Tony Dovolani's legs in the routine, and she "didn't put her butt down in time" and rolled her ankle, thus spraining it. She still performed that night, her ankle wrapped. It was later announced that she had actually fractured two bones in her right foot.

Brooke Burke

On October 19, 2008, Brooke Burke was taken to the hospital after injuring her foot. She was performing the jitterbug with partner Derek Hough for camera blocking when she landed hard on her right foot while performing a front flip.

Group Routines
Cha-Cha-Cha

Lance Bass fractured his toe.

Paso Doble

Maurice Greene hyper-extended his leg.

Season 8

Jewel, Nancy O'Dell, Holly Madison and Melissa Rycroft

Jewel and Nancy O'Dell were forced to withdraw from competing on Season 8, as Jewel fractured both her tibias and O'Dell tore her meniscus and required surgery. Holly Madison performed with Dmitry Chaplin in place of Jewel and Melissa Rycroft performed with Tony Dovolani in place of O'Dell.

Steve-O

Steve-O was injured during his dress rehearsal so he and his partner, Lacey Schwimmer, were unable to perform live. He landed on his back, driving his mic pack into his back. Instead, the judges critiqued his pre-recorded dress rehearsal performance. He received a 14/30.

Steve Wozniak

Steve Wozniak suffered a crush injury in his right ankle due to his weight; his doctor told him that he could continue in the competition, as long as his foot was either braced, or wrapped. He also suffered a pulled hamstring while rehearsing for his Samba.

Gilles Marini

Gilles Marini performed with a separated shoulder. While he needed surgery to repair the injury, he was able to continue to compete with the aid of cortisone injections and massage therapy, and had surgery after the season ended.[7][8]

Ty Murray

Ty Murray hurt his eye in the 60s Group Dance Rehearsal. While flipping his partner Chelsie Hightower in the air, her microphone pack jabbed his eye. This did not affect any of their performances or attendances.

Melissa Rycroft

Melissa Rycroft's rib cage was injured during rehearsal and she went to the doctor. It was said to be a hairline fracture and she was absent for the week. Just like Steve-O's injury, she was judged by the pre-recorded dress rehearsal and received a 21/30. Prior to her Group Mambo, professional Lacey Schwimmer filled in for her dancing with Tony Dovolani.

Season 9

Tom DeLay

One week before the premiere, DeLay had a possible stress fracture in his foot. This later developed into a full stress fracture in both feet, which led him to withdraw during the third week of competition.

Mýa

Mýa was rushed to the hospital five days before the premiere because she shattered a glass in her hand and had to receive stitches.

Debi Mazar

Mazar was rushed to the hospital after she got a torn muscle in her neck and chest.

Kelly Osbourne

Osbourne injured her foot during her Paso Doble however was well enough to dance in the Group Hustle.

Professional partner injuries

Season 3

Kym Johnson

Jerry Springer's partner, Kym Johnson hyperextended one of her legs but kept on performing.

Season 5

Mark Ballas

Mark Ballas dislocated his shoulder on the Season Finale during his and Sabrina Bryan's encore dance. He was immediately sent to the hospital for the rest of the night.

Season 6

Karina Smirnoff

Karina Smirnoff had to get surgery for a neck injury she had suffered before the start of season 6. She was well enough to perform the rest of the season with partner Mario.

Derek Hough
Dance Routine

On April 1, 2008 (Week 3), Derek Hough injured his neck when practicing for a routine he and his sister, Julianne Hough, and their friend Mark Ballas were to perform to a live performance on that night's results show by Kylie Minogue of her hit song Can't Get You Out Of My Head. Derek appeared on the results show but Mark and Julianne danced the routine without him.

Food Poisoning

In Week 5, Derek Hough contracted food poisoning from a protein shake that he drank earlier on performance day.

Season 7

Karina Smirnoff

Karina Smirnoff sprained her left ankle during rehearsals the morning of performance, September 22.[9] She performed that night, ankle fully wrapped, with celebrity partner, Rocco DiSpirito.

Derek Hough

Derek Hough blacked out after tripping and hitting his head on October 4, 2008.[10] He was rushed to a hospital, and was cleared to continue with the competition.

Julianne Hough and Cody Linley

Julianne Hough was rushed to the hospital after the October 21, 2008 results show with increasingly severe stomach pains. She was released the same night after it was determined that it was "just a bad stomach ache".[11] However, she was ordered to sit out the group hip-hop dance rehearsals the next day as a precaution.[12]

However, on the October 27 performance show, Hough announced that she had been diagnosed with Endometriosis and would be having surgery on October 28 to have her appendix removed.[13] Hough's dance partner Cody Linley would remain in the competition, and be teamed with Edyta Sliwinska, who had been paired with comedian Jeffrey Ross. Sliwinska and Ross had been eliminated in the season's first elimination. It was announced that this pairing was indefinite, and would last as long as Hough needed to recover.[14] It was announced on the November 11, 2008 results show that Julianne was returning the next week and returned to dance on that show with Derek in the fan-created "Stars of Dance".

Season 8

Tony Dovolani

Tony Dovolani suffered a jabbed eye when partner Melissa Rycroft's hand jabbed his eye resulting in him needing ice. Melissa quoted "You break my rib, I break your eyes." resulting of what happened in terms of her hairline fracture absence.

Season 9

The Flu

Two professionals suffered the flu in Week 5. One professional suffered the flu in Week 7. One professional suffered the flu in Week 8.

Derek Hough

Derek Hough was absent Week 5 from suffering the flu. His partner Joanna Krupa danced with Maksim Chmerkovskiy that week. He did make it to see them perform and performed in the Group Hustle and tribute to Michael Jackson.

Mark Ballas

Mark Ballas suffered the flu in Week 5. He was well enough to dance with partner Melissa Joan Hart.

Lacey Schwimmer

Lacey Schwimmer was absent Week 7 from suffering the flu. Her partner Mark Dacascos danced with Anna Trebunskaya that week.

Karina Smirnoff

Smirnoff and partner Aaron Carter suffered from the flu in Week 8 but both were able to compete that week.

100th episode celebration

The show celebrated its 100th episode on Tuesday, May 6, 2008.[15] More than 30 former cast members and pros returned, with interviews with Stacy Keibler, Lisa Rinna, Jerry Springer, Vivica A. Fox, Joey Fatone, Kenny Mayne, Sabrina Bryan, and former winners Kelly Monaco, Drew Lachey, and Apolo Anton Ohno. Other appearances, besides the Season 6 cast, included Jane Seymour, Ian Ziering, Mark Cuban, Wayne Newton, Leeza Gibbons, Harry Hamlin, Shandi Finnessey, Paula Abdul and Helio Castroneves. New routines were performed by Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough, Mel B. and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and by Mario Lopez with the cast of A Chorus Line, in which he was starring on Broadway. The musical guest was country group Rascal Flatts.[16]

Judges' Top 10 dances

The Judges also presented a countdown of their choices for the top 10 perfect-scoring dances of the first five seasons. Their choices were:

No. Celebrity Professional Season Week Dance Place
Came In
1 Mario Lopez Karina Smirnoff 3 9 Tango 2nd
2 Mel B Maksim Chmerkovskiy 5 7 Paso Doble 2nd
3 Stacy Keibler Tony Dovolani 2 8 Samba 3rd
4 Drew Lachey Cheryl Burke 2 8 Freestyle 1st
5 Helio Castroneves Julianne Hough 5 8 Quickstep 1st
6 Joey Fatone Kym Johnson 4 7 Jive 2nd
7 Apolo Anton Ohno Julianne Hough 4 9 Quickstep 1st
8 Emmitt Smith Cheryl Burke 3 9 Cha-Cha-Cha 1st
9 Sabrina Bryan Mark Ballas 5 4 Paso Doble 7th
10 Kelly Monaco Alec Mazo 1 6 Freestyle 1st

Cardio dance DVDs

A DVD titled Dancing With The Stars: Cardio Dance was released on April 3, 2007 featuring Kym Johnson, Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Ashly DelGrosso. The program contains cardiovascular workouts adapted from Cha-cha, paso doble, samba, and jive dance routines.

A second DVD Dancing with the Stars: Latin Cardio Dance was released on September 13, 2008 featuring Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Cheryl Burke. The program contains cardiovascular workouts adapted from Cha-cha, Merengue, Samba and Mambo dance routines.[17]

Companion book

A companion book written by Guy Phillips was released in the early fall of 2007 entitled, Dancing with the Stars: Jive, Samba and Tango Your Way Into The Best Shape Of Your Life . The book has behind the scenes photos and stories from the show as well as fitness routines modeled by Alec Mazo and Edyta Sliwinska. The book also features many promotional images from the first four seasons and the tour as well as original costume designs, lists of performed songs during a dance, and a complete list of every song and dance routine performed since the first season of the show.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Fall TV Scorecard: Which Shows Are Returning? Which Aren't?". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fall-TV-Schedule-1005618.aspx. Retrieved 2009-04-30. 
  2. ^ "ABC Announces Fall Premiere Dates for 19 Shows". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/FallTV-ABC-Premieres-1006734.aspx. Retrieved 2009-06-09. 
  3. ^ "Dancing With The Stars Voting Summary, abc.go.com". http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=vote*. 
  4. ^ What Season 7's "DWTS" Stars Made TheWrap, March 20, 2009
  5. ^ ABC News: John Ratzenberger Joins Cast of 'Dancing With the Stars'
  6. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26860421/
  7. ^ http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2009/04/dancing-with-the-stars-gilles-marini-tells-extra-hell-need-surgery-after-the-season-ends.html
  8. ^ http://twitter.com/gillesDWTS
  9. ^ http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=2&q=https://www.mahalo.com/Karina_Smirnoff_Injured&ei=4_jtSaO4I6KUtgO_4ZDmAQ&usg=AFQjCNGddirF8gkK_JomI0-fu7InqZhIYg
  10. ^ http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27050453/&ei=J_ntSf8ynPKzA6H_-PAB&usg=AFQjCNHwvMky-YpzdDTRFwj3kIwhOc6rRw
  11. ^ http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=7&q=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b65017_julianne_visits_hospital_tummy_troubles.html&ei=RvntSaSBAZ_utQPPpN3tAQ&usg=AFQjCNGZzSy_CnWRgPB7VGbIvsY6hVNInA
  12. ^ Julianne Houghs Hospital Drama
  13. ^ http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=3&q=http://www.popcrunch.com/julianne-hough-endometriosisappendix-surgery-two-week-dancing-with-the-stars-break/&ei=j_ntSf7MJ5_WswOXl8X1AQ&usg=AFQjCNG3YMErNZuzXGltlnkZA1bRjRv1wA
  14. ^ http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.dwts.org/page/Edyta%2BSliwinska&ei=6PntSZf_BKGctgPR-uDqAQ&usg=AFQjCNGITinak6eC0YHXuKfr3NudlFfYtg
  15. ^ Washington, Julie E. (2008-04-30). "'Dancing With the Stars' steps its way toward its 100th episode". cleveland.com. http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2008/04/_abcjulianne_hough_kicks_up.html. Retrieved 2008-07-21. 
  16. ^ "'Dancing With the Stars' eliminates another celeb Tuesday night". Dallas Morning News. 2008-05-07. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/050708fealivdancing.36759ab.html. Retrieved 2008-05-07. 
  17. ^ Dancing with the Stars: Latin Cardio Dance, Dancing with the Stars , ABC TV Store

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