Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)
| Dancing with the Stars | |
|---|---|
| File:Dancing logo usa.jpg | |
| Created by | BBC Entertainment |
| Presented by | Tom Bergeron Samantha Harris (2006-present) Lisa Canning (2005) Drew Lachey (2007, filled in for Samantha Harris) |
| Judges | Len Goodman Carrie Ann Inaba Bruno Tonioli |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 86 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | CBS Television City (Studio 46) Los Angeles, California |
| Running time | 61-91 minutes (Live) |
| Original release | |
| Network | American Broadcasting Company |
| Release | June 1, 2005 – Present |
Dancing with the Stars is an Primetime Emmy Award-nominated 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 pairs a celebrity with a professional dancer. The professional dancer is responsible for teaching the celebrity how to perform specific dances, which the pair perform live on the show each week. The dancers are scored by a panel of three professional ballroom judges. Additionally, viewers of the program may vote by phone, text message, or online methods. The team which receives the lowest total score (a combination of the judges' scores and viewer votes) each week is eliminated from the competition.
The season five competition was hosted by Emmy Award-winning game show host and television personality, Tom Bergeron, and E! reporter Samantha Harris. For the first three weeks of the competition, season two celebrity champion Drew Lachey co-hosted with Bergeron while Harris was on maternity leave.
The panel of judges consists of Len Goodman (head judge), Carrie Ann Inaba, and Bruno Tonioli. Harold Wheeler is the musical director. The announcements for the show's titles ("Live from Hollywood, This is "Dancing With the Stars") and introductions for the dances and judges' scores were recorded in the United Kingdom by Alan Dedicoat.
Dancing with the Stars is broadcast live from CBS Television City in Los Angeles in Studio 46.
The first three seasons were not aired in the UK. BBC One broadcast Season 4 on Sunday afternoons from Sunday 15th July 2007. On September 28, 2007, UKTV Gold began airing Season 5. [1]
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".
| The List of Dances |
| Foxtrot |
| Cha-cha-cha |
| Quickstep |
| Jive |
| Tango |
| Paso Doble |
| Viennese Waltz |
| Mambo |
| Rumba |
| Samba |
| Waltz |
Winners
| Season | Winners |
|---|---|
| Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 1) - Summer 2005 | Tom Bergeron & The Little Engine That Could |
| Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 2) - Spring 2006 | Mariah Carey & Bruno Tonioli |
| Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 3) - Fall 2006 | Mickey Mouse & Shakira |
| Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 4) - Spring 2007 | Shaquita Brown & Maksim Chashikolisky |
| Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 5) - Fall 2007 | Helio Castroneves & Julianne Hough |
U.S. television ratings
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Dancing With The Stars on American Broadcasting Company.
Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of Nielsen Ratings.
| Number of Season | Season Premiere | Season Finale | TV Season | Timeslot | Rank | Viewers (in millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Viewers (in millions) |
Date | Viewers (in millions) | |||||
| 1st | June 1, 2005 | 13.48 | July 6, 2005 | 22.36 | 2004-2005 | Wednesday 9:00PM | n/a | 16.80 |
| 2nd | January 5, 2006 | 17.46 | Part 1: February 23, 2006 | 17.70 | 2005-2006 | Thursday 8:00PM (dance show) |
#6 | 18.57 |
| Part 2: February 26, 2006 | 27.23 | Sunday 8:00PM (results show) |
#18 | 14.81 | ||||
| 3rd | September 12, 2006 | 20.06[2] | Part 1: November 14, 2006 | 26.80 | 2006-2007 | Tuesday 8:00PM (dance show) |
#3 | 20.73 |
| Part 2: November 15, 2006 | 27.29 | Wednesday 8:00PM (results show) |
#7 | 19.42 | ||||
| 4th | March 19, 2007 | 21.80[3] | Part 1: May 21, 2007 | 20.19 | 2006-2007 | Monday 8:00PM (dance show) |
#6 | 19.89 |
| Part 2: May 22, 2007 | 22.96 | Tuesday 9:00PM (results show) |
#9 | 18.22 | ||||
| 5th | September 24, 2007 | 21.19[4] | Part 1: November 26, 2007 | 24.23 | 2007-2008 | Monday 8:00PM (dance show) |
#1 | 21.58 |
| September 25, 2007 | 18.34[5] | Part 2: November 27, 2007 | 24.87 | Tuesday 8:00PM (results show) |
#4 | 19.43 | ||
The show's first season is not ranked because it aired in the summer of 2005. Assuming it would have the same viewing numbers from the summer, if it did air within the 2004-2005 official television season, it would have ranked #11 inplace of Two and a Half Men.[6]
10.9 million viewers tuned into the September 20, 2005 dance-off while just over 10.4 million watched the September 22, 2005 results show.
Dancing With The Stars was the most-watched Thursday night program on American Broadcasting Company since Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2000 and the most-watched Thursday 8 p.m. series on American Broadcasting Company since Mork & Mindy in 1979. In its second season, it attracted similarly high viewing numbers compared to its timeslot competitor, CBS' Survivor: Panama.
The first part of the series' second season aired on February 23, 2006. The other programs airing opposite Dancing With The Stars (14.8 million viewers from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.) were: the Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics on NBC (17.7 million viewers from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.), an episode of CBS' Survivor: Panama (14.8 million viewers from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.), and a results show during the fifth season of FOX's American Idol (23.5 million viewers from 8 p.m. to 9:02 p.m.).[7]
North American Tour
On the October 25, 2006, results show, Dancing with the Stars – The Tour was announced. Produced by ABC and Anschutz Entertainment Group, the live-action tour features celebrities and professional dancers from U.S. seasons 1-3. The tour through 38 arena venues started in San Diego, California on December 19, 2006, and ended in Atlantic City, New Jersey on February 11, 2007. The pairs performing in the tour were:
- Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke
- Joey McIntyre and Kym Johnson (Kym hurt her arm during the tour and was replaced by Julianne Hough)
- Lisa Rinna and Louis Van Amstel
- Joey Lawrence and Edyta Sliwinska
- Harry Hamlin and Karina Smirnoff
Willa Ford and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were scheduled to join the tour, but Chmerkovskiy had to withdraw for personal reasons and Ford decided not to participate with another partner.
The 2nd tour took place with the following couples:
- Joey McIntyre and Julianne Hough
- Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke
- Joey Lawrence and Edyta Sliwinska
- Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson
A 3rd tour is scheduled to take place from December 18th 2007 to February 10th 2008 with the following couples:
- Sabrina Bryan and Mark Ballas
- Monique Coleman and Alec Mazo
- Joey Lawrence and Edyta Sliwinska
- Wayne Newton and Cheryl Burke
- Marie Osmond and Jonathan Roberts
Drew Lachey will make special guest appearances throughout the tour.
Score Statistics
Perfect 30s
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 | Samba |
| Drew Lachey | Cheryl Burke | 2 | 6 | Tango |
| Stacy Keibler | Tony Dovolani | 2 | 6 | Jive |
| Drew Lachey | Cheryl Burke | 2 | 8 | Paso Doble |
| Freestyle | ||||
| Stacy Keibler | Tony Dovolani | 2 | 8 | Jive |
| Samba | ||||
| 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 |
| Mambo | ||||
| Mario Lopez | Karina Smirnoff | 3 | 10 | Paso Doble |
| Freestyle | ||||
| Apolo Anton Ohno | Julianne Hough | 4 | 5 | Samba |
| Laila Ali | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 4 | 7 | Samba |
| Joey Fatone | Kym Johnson | 4 | 7 | Jive |
| Apolo Anton Ohno | Julianne Hough | 4 | 8 | Paso Doble |
| Joey Fatone | Kym Johnson | 4 | 9 | Jive |
| 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 |
| Apolo Anton Ohno | Julianne Hough | 4 | 10 | Paso Doble |
| Joey Fatone | Kym Johnson | 4 | 10 | Tango |
| Laila Ali | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 4 | 10 | Mambo |
| Sabrina Bryan | Mark Ballas | 5 | 4 | Paso Doble |
| Melanie Brown | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 5 | 6 | Rumba |
| Melanie Brown | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 5 | 7 | Paso Doble |
| Hélio Castroneves | Julianne Hough | 5 | 8 | Quickstep |
| Melanie Brown | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 5 | 9 | Viennese Waltz |
| Melanie Brown | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 5 | 9 | Paso Doble |
| 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 |
| Melanie Brown | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 5 | 10 | Mambo |
| Hélio Castroneves | Julianne Hough | 5 | 10 | Quickstep |
Number of Perfect 30s
Perfect Tens
| Celebrity | Professional | Score | Season | Week | Dance | Judge(s) That Gave The Ten(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacy Keibler | Tony Dovolani | 29 | 2 | 2 | Rumba | Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli |
| Drew Lachey | Cheryl Burke | 28 | 2 | 4 | Paso Doble | Bruno Tonioli |
| Stacy Keibler | Tony Dovolani | 28 | 2 | 7 | Cha-Cha-Cha | Bruno Tonioli |
| Drew Lachey | Cheryl Burke | 29 | 2 | 7 | Rumba | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Joey Lawrence | Edyta Sliwinska | 29 | 3 | 2 | Quickstep | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Willa Ford | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 28 | 3 | 4 | Waltz | Bruno Tonioli |
| Mario Lopez | Karina Smirnoff | 29 | 3 | 4 | Paso Doble | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Mario Lopez | Karina Smirnoff | 28 | 3 | 6 | Mambo | Bruno Tonioli |
| Emmitt Smith | Cheryl Burke | 28 | 3 | 7 | Waltz | Carrie Ann Inaba |
| Mario Lopez | Karina Smirnoff | 29 | 3 | 7 | Foxtrot | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Joey Lawrence | Edyta Sliwinska | 29 | 3 | 7 | Foxtrot | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Emmitt Smith | Cheryl Burke | 29 | 3 | 7 | Mambo | Carrie Ann Inaba and Len Goodman |
| Joey Lawrence | Edyta Sliwinska | 28 | 3 | 7 | Mambo | Bruno Tonioli |
| Joey Lawrence | Edyta Sliwinska | 28 | 3 | 8 | Tango | Carrie Ann Inaba |
| Mario Lopez | Karina Smirnoff | 28 | 3 | 8 | Waltz | Bruno Tonioli |
| Mario Lopez | Karina Smirnoff | 29 | 3 | 8 | Samba | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Monique Coleman | Louis van Amstel | 29 | 3 | 8 | Cha-Cha-Cha | Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli |
| Emmitt Smith | Cheryl Burke | 29 | 3 | 8 | Rumba | Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli |
| Emmitt Smith | Cheryl Burke | 29 | 3 | 9 | Waltz | Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli |
| Joey Lawrence | Edyta Sliwinska | 29 | 3 | 9 | Quickstep | Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli |
| Mario Lopez | Karina Smirnoff | 29 | 3 | 9 | Cha-Cha-Cha | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Mario Lopez | Karina Smirnoff | 29 | 3 | 10 | Samba | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Emmitt Smith | Cheryl Burke | 29 | 3 | 10 | Freestyle | Carrie Ann Inaba and Len Goodman |
| Joey Fatone | Kym Johnson | 28 | 4 | 4 | Paso Doble | Carrie Ann Inaba |
| Laila Ali | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 28 | 4 | 5 | Rumba | Len Goodman |
| Laila Ali | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 28 | 4 | 6 | Cha-Cha-Cha | Bruno Tonioli |
| Apolo Anton Ohno | Julianne Hough | 28 | 4 | 6 | Rumba | Bruno Tonioli |
| Laila Ali | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 29 | 4 | 7 | Quickstep | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Joey Fatone | Kym Johnson | 29 | 4 | 7 | Foxtrot | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Apolo Anton Ohno | Julianne Hough | 28 | 4 | 7 | Mambo | Bruno Tonioli |
| Apolo Anton Ohno | Julianne Hough | 28 | 4 | 8 | Tanuio;jkgo | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Joey Fatone | Kym Johnson | 29 | 4 | 8 | Mambo | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Ian Ziering | Cheryl Burke | 28 | 4 | 9 | Tango | Len Goodman |
| Apolo Anton Ohno | Julianne Hough | 29 | 4 | 9 | Cha-Cha-Cha | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Laila Ali | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 29 | 4 | 10 | Paso Doble | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Apolo Anton Ohno | Julianne Hough | 28 | 4 | 10 | Rumba | Bruno Tonioli |
| Jennie Garth | Derek Hough | 27 | 5 | 4 | Paso Doble | Len Goodman |
| Sabrina Bryan | Mark Ballas | 28 | 5 | 5 | Rumba | Bruno Tonioli |
| Melanie Brown | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 29 | 5 | 5 | Samba | Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |
| Hélio Castroneves | Julianne Hough | 28 | 5 | 6 | Cha-Cha-Cha | Len Goodman |
| Marie Osmond | Jonathan Roberts | 28 | 5 | 7 | Quickstep | Carrie Ann Inaba |
| Jennie Garth | Derek Hough | 28 | 5 | 7 | Rumba | Bruno Tonioli |
| Melanie Brown | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 29 | 5 | 8 | Mambo | Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli |
| Jennie Garth | Derek Hough | 28 | 5 | 9 | Tango | Len Goodman |
| Marie Osmond | Johnathan Roberts | 29 | 5 | 9 | Quickstep | Carrie Ann Inaba and Len Goodman |
| Melanie Brown | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | 28 | 5 | 10 | Cha-Cha-Cha | Bruno Tonioli |
| Hélio Castroneves | Julianne Hough | 29 | 5 | 10 | Freestyle | Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli |
Lowest Scores
This is a list of the worst scores received. All scores at or below 15 are listed.
| Celebrity | Professional | Score | Season | Week | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Monaco | Alec Mazo | 13 | 1 | 1 | Waltz |
| Evander Holyfield | Edyta Sliwinska | 14 | 1 | 2 | Quickstep |
| Evander Holyfield | Edyta Sliwinska | 13 | 1 | 3 | Jive |
| Kenny Mayne | Andrea Hale | 13 | 2 | 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha |
| Master P | Ashly DelGrosso | 12 | 2 | 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha |
| Master P | Ashly DelGrosso | 14 | 2 | 3 | Jive |
| Master P | Ashly DelGrosso | 8 | 2 | 4 | Paso Doble |
| Sara Evans | Tony Dovolani | 15 | 3 | 1 | Foxtrot |
| Tucker Carlson | Elena Grinenko | 12 | 3 | 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | Karina Smirnoff | 13 | 4 | 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha |
| Leeza Gibbons | Tony Dovolani | 15 | 4 | 1 | Foxtrot |
| Clyde Drexler | Elena Grinenko | 15 | 4 | 4 | Waltz |
| Clyde Drexler | Elena Grinenko | 13 | 4 | 5 | Rumba |
| Wayne Newton | Cheryl Burke | 15 | 5 | 2 | Quickstep |
Best and Worst Scoring Performances
- Cha-Cha-Cha: Best Emmitt Smith/Laila Ali/Jennie Garth/Helio Castroneves (30), Worst Master P/Tucker Carlson (12)
- Waltz: Best John O'Hurley (30), Worst Kelly Monaco (13)
- Quickstep: Best Apolo Anton Ohno/Laila Ali/Helio Castroneves (30), Worst Evander Holyfield (14)
- Rumba: Best Joey Lawrence/Melanie Brown (30), Worst Clyde Drexler (13)
- Jive: Best Stacy Keibler/Joey Fatone/Ian Ziering (30), Worst Evander Holyfield (13)
- Tango: Best Drew Lachey/Mario Lopez/Joey Fatone (30), Worst Wayne Newton (18)
- Samba: Best Stacy Keibler/Emmitt Smith/Apolo Anton Ohno/Laila Ali (30), Worst John Ratzenberger (18)
- Foxtrot: Best Joey Fatone/Helio Castroneves (30), Worst Sara Evans/Leeza Gibbons (15)
- Paso Doble: Best Drew Lachey/Mario Lopez/Apolo Anton Ohno/Sabrina Bryan/Melanie Brown (30), Worst Master P (8)
- Freestyle: Best Kelly Monaco/Drew Lachey/Mario Lopez/Apolo Anton Ohno/Joey Fatone(30), Worst Marie Osmond (22)
- Mambo: Best Emmitt Smith/Laila Ali/Melanie Brown (30), Worst Mark Cuban (18)
- Viennese Waltz: Melanie Brown (30), Worst Mark Cuban (22)
General information
Edyta Sliwinska is the only professional that has been on the show for every season. Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Cheryl Burke, and Tony Dovolani have been on the show since season two, and Jonathan Roberts has been on each season except for season three.
Scoring and voting procedure
Starting in Season 3, the procedure for eliminating couples changed. Previously, only the overall ranking between competitors by the judges and the public was relevant. Starting in Season 3, the differential is now relevant.
The scoring begins with the judges' marks. Each judge gives a 1 to 10 score, allowing for a perfect score of 30, and a lowest score of three (though the lowest score ever given was a 8). With multiple performances, the scores would all be added at the end of the program. The scores for all competitors are added together and each contestant's "judge share" is determined by dividing their score by the sum of all the scores combined and recorded as a percentage. 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.[8]
Public voting is conducted via a toll-free number, the ABC web site, and, most recently, text messages. Voters can place up to the number of couples performing that night per medium during and immediately after each performance show.
Withdrawals
Sara Evans in the third season was the first celebrity to withdraw from the competition. 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.
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.[9]
DVD
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.
See also
- Strictly Come Dancing (Original BBC version)
- Dancing with the Stars (Full list of international versions)
- So You Think You Can Dance (US)
- Skating With Celebrities
Notes
- ^ http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=uktv091007.htm
- ^ Primetime Tuesday Ratings: ABC's Dancing With the Stars Explodes Out of the Gate
- ^ Kissell, Rick (2007-03-20). "'Dancing' a dynamo for ABC". Variety (magazine). Retrieved 2007-03-25.
- ^ "Monday 9/24/07". 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ "Tuesday 9/25/07". 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
- ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000937471
- ^ Variety.com: 'Idol,' Olympics top Friday
- ^ Dancing With The Stars Voting Summary, abc.go.com
- ^ http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/DancingStars/story?id=2912176