Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
Dancing with the Stars is a dance competition show airing on ABC in the United States, and CTV in Canada in 2011. The show is the American version of the British television series Strictly Come Dancing. Tom Bergeron is the Emmy-winning host, with co-hosts Lisa Canning (season 1), Samantha Harris (seasons 2–9), and Brooke Burke Charvet (seasons 10 onwards).[2]
The contestant pairs consist of a celebrity paired with a professional dancer. Past celebrity contestants include professional and Olympic athletes, supermodels, actors, singers, astronauts, and teen-heartthrobs. Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges' points and audience votes is eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains.
In 2012, GSN picked up rerun rights to seasons four to thirteen, but due to low ratings the network stopped airing the show after airing for three months from January 2012 to April 2012 in two different seasons aired mostly on weekends. However, the network still has rights to the show.
During a conference call with media, ABC president Paul Lee announced that season 15 of the series, set to air fall 2012, "will mix up the usual format by bringing back celebrity all-stars [and fan favorites] to compete against each other for the mirror ball trophy....
List of professional partners
Bold denotes in the current season.
- Corky Ballas
- Mark Ballas
- Inna Brayer
- Cheryl Burke
- Dmitry Chaplin
- Maksim Chmerkovskiy
- Valentin Chmerkovskiy
- Ashly DelGrosso-Costa
- Anna Demidova
- Jesse DeSoto
- Tony Dovolani
- Brian Fortuna
- Elena Grinenko
- Andrea Hale
- Chelsie Hightower
- Derek Hough
- Julianne Hough
- Kym Johnson
- Charlotte Jørgensen
- Nick Kosovich
- Tristan MacManus
- Alec Mazo
- Peta Murgatroyd
- Jonathan Roberts
- Fabian Sanchez
- Lacey
- Schwimmer
- Edyta Sliwinska
- Karina Smirnoff
- Anna Trebunskaya
- Louis van Amstel
- Damian Whitewood
Withdrawals
The first person to withdraw from competition was Romeo in the season two. His father, Master P, took his place in the competition, being partnered with Ashly DelGrosso. However, Romeo later competed in season and finished in 5th place. Romeo was partnered with Chelsie Hightower.
On week six season three, Sara Evans cited her divorce as the reason for leaving the competition. No one was eliminated that week.
Another withdrawal occurred during the run-up to season four 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 Pixar voice actor John Ratzenberger who was partnered with Edyta Sliwinska.
In season seven, Misty May-Treanor withdrew from the competition in week three, after rupturing her Achilles tendon when rehearsing her Jive with her partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy. She did not perform the routine at all nor was she scored for it; no one else was eliminated that week.
In season eight, Jewel and Nancy O'Dell were injured before the season even began and could not compete. Jewel was diagnosed with fractured tibias in both legs; she came back later in the season to perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on a results show. O'Dell suffered from a torn knee cartilage. They were replaced by Holly Madison and Melissa Rycroft who would be dancing with their partners for the rest of the season (Dmitry Chaplin and Tony Dovolani).
Tom DeLay, in season nine, withdrew in week three of competition due to a full stress fracture that had developed in both feet from an earlier pre-stress fracture in one foot. Delay was declared safe before he announced his withdrawal during the October 6, 2009 results show. Debi Mazar was still eliminated that night despite DeLay's departure.
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