Dancing with the Stars 3 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Season three of Dancing With the Stars premiered on September 12, 2006 and ended November 15, 2006. The number of couples competing expanded to eleven from the ten in the previous season.

For this season, the scoring system was changed. Fan vote only counted for 25% of the total score and scoring was now translated directly from percentages rather than into ordinals. The judges scores were added up, and each performer was given points based on the percentage of the total points distributed among all performers. (For example, a team received a score of 25. A total of 207 points were awarded to all nine performers. The team received 12.08% of that total, so that team earned 12.08 points. The couple happens to be Sara & Tony.) The fan vote was handled the same way, with the points based on how much of the total fan vote the star received. (So, in the same example, if the team earned 15% of the total fan vote, their grand total is 27.08 points.)

The results shows of this season featured the Slim Fast Dance Challenge, where Tysonia Sichinga and Christian Perry illustrated how exercise such as dancing could aid weight loss. Unfortunately, Tysonia wound up gaining five pounds from what she said, "too much Slim Fast".

The season finale brought in 27.8 million viewers, making it the highest rated Dancing with the Stars season finale to date. Emmitt Smith was the celebrity winner from this season.

Couples

The 11 celebrities and professional dancers that competed were:

Celebrity	Notability (known for)	Professional partner	Result
Tucker Carlson	News anchor & commentator	Elena Grinenko	Eliminated 1st on September 13, 2006
Shanna Moakler	Miss USA 1995 & reality television star	Jesse DeSoto	Eliminated 2nd on September 20, 2006
Harry Hamlin	Film & television actor	Ashly DelGrosso	Eliminated 3rd on September 27, 2006
Vivica A. Fox	Movie actress & producer	Nick Kosovich	Eliminated 4th on October 4, 2006
Willa Ford	Pop singer & actress	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Eliminated 5th on October 11, 2006
Sara Evans	Country music singer	Tony Dovolani	Withdrew on October 13, 2006
Jerry Springer	Talk show host	Kym Johnson	Eliminated 6th on October 25, 2006
Monique Coleman	High School Musical actress	Louis Van Amstel	Eliminated 7th on November 1, 2006
Joey Lawrence	Television actor	Edyta ?liwi?ska	Third place on November 8, 2006
Mario Lopez	Actor & television host	Karina Smirnoff	Runner-up on November 15, 2006
Emmitt Smith	Former NFL running back	Cheryl Burke	Winner on November 15, 2006

"?Emmitt Smith returned for the All-Stars season, where he was again paired with Cheryl Burke. They finished 4th.

Sara Evans' withdrawal

On October 12, 2006, Sara Evans announced her withdrawal from the competition to be with her kids after filing for divorce from her husband, Craig Schelske. In a "final appearance", a pre-taped interview with Evans about her decision was shown on the October 17 episode.

Willa Ford stated on Headline News' Robin & Company that ABC had invited her to return to the competition, but she declined. At the end of the October 18 results show, after showing the bottom two, it was revealed that there would be no elimination for the week due to Evans' departure. The scores of week six were combined with the scores of week seven for the October 25 elimination. Evans returned for the season finale.

Judges' scoring summary

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.

Bold numbers indicate that the entire score board was tied.

indicates the couples eliminated that week.

indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

indicates the returning couple that was last to be called safe.

indicates the winning couple.

indicates the runner-up couple.

indicates the couple withdrew from the competition.

indicates the third-place couple.

indicates the couple that would have been eliminated had an elimination taken place.

Couple	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	6+7	8	9	10
Emmitt & Cheryl	1	24	24	19	24	27	25	28+29=57	82	25+29=54	29+30=59	30+30+29=89
Mario & Karina	2	26	21	22	29	27	28	29+27=56	84	28+29=57	30+29=59	29+30+30=89
Joey & Edyta	3	21	29	22	27	25	24	29+28=57	81	28+26=54	29+30=59
Monique & Louis	4	19	26	27	24	27	23	27+27=54	77	24+29=53
Jerry & Kym	5	16	19	21	22	24	18	24+22=46	64
Sara & Tony	6	15	21	25	20	24
Willa & Maksim	7	22	23	22	28	27
Vivica & Nick	8	22	24	27	24
Harry & Ashly	9	17	21	22
Shanna & Jesse	10	18	22
Tucker & Elena	11	12

Highest and lowest scoring performances

Dance	Highest scored dancer(s)	Highest score	Lowest scored dancer(s)	Lowest score
Cha-cha-cha	Emmitt Smith	30	Tucker Carlson	12
Foxtrot	Mario Lopez Joey Lawrence	29	Sara Evans	15
Mambo	Emmitt Smith	30	Sara Evans	21
Quickstep	Joey Lawrence	29	Jerry Springer	19
Jive	Monique Coleman Mario Lopez	27	Joey Lawrence Willa Ford	22
Tango	Mario Lopez	30	Emmitt Smith	19
Waltz	Emmitt Smith	29	Jerry Springer	22
Rumba	Joey Lawrence	30	Joey Lawrence	24
Paso doble	Mario Lopez	30	Jerry Springer	18
Samba	Emmitt Smith	30	Monique Coleman	23
Freestyle	Mario Lopez	30	Emmitt Smith	29

Shanna Moakler, Harry Hamlin & Vivica A. Fox are the only celebrities to not land on this list.

Average

This table only shows for dances scored with a traditional 30-point scale.

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	2	Mario & Karina	414	15	27.6
2	1	Emmitt & Cheryl	402		26.8
3	3	Joey & Edyta	318	12	26.5
4	4	Monique & Louis	253	10	25.3
5	7	Willa & Maks	122	5	24.4
6	8	Vivica & Nick	97	4	24.3
7	6	Sara & Tony	105	5	21.0
8	5	Jerry & Kym	166	8	20.8
9	9	Harry & Ashly	60	3	20.0
	10	Shanna & Jesse	40	2
11	11	Tucker & Elena	12	1	12.0

Couples' highest and lowest scoring performances

According to the traditional 30-point scale.

Couples	Highest Scoring Dances	Lowest Scoring Dances
Emmitt & Cheryl	Cha-cha, Samba & Mambo (30)	Tango (19)
Mario & Karina	Tango, Paso doble & Freestyle (30)	Quickstep (21)
Joey & Edyta	Rumba (30)	Cha-cha (21)
Monique & Louis	Cha-cha (29)	Foxtrot (19)
Jerry & Kym	Samba & Foxtrot (24)	Cha-cha (16)
Sara & Tony	Jive (25)	Foxtrot (15)
Willa & Maks	Waltz (28)	Foxtrot & Jive (22)
Vivica & Nick	Tango (27)	Foxtrot (22)
Harry & Ashly	Tango (22)	Cha-cha (17)
Shanna & Jesse	Mambo (22)	Foxtrot (18)
Tucker & Elena	Cha-cha (12)	Cha-cha (12)

Weekly scores and songs

The following is a list of the dances and songs played. The song titles are followed by the artist who recorded the song.

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.

Week 1

Running Order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Joey & Edyta	21 (7, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"I Like The Way (You Move)""?Body Rockers
Sara & Tony	15 (5, 5, 5)	Foxtrot	"Mandy""?Barry Manilow
Tucker & Elena	12 (5, 4, 3)	Cha-cha-cha	"Dancing In The Street""?David Bowie & Mick Jagger
Monique & Louis	19 (6, 6, 7)	Foxtrot	"Baby Love""?The Supremes
Emmitt & Cheryl	24 (8, 8, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Son of a Preacher Man""?Dusty Springfield
Willa & Maksim	22 (7, 7, 8)	Foxtrot	"True""?Spandau Ballet
Mario & Karina	26 (9, 8, 9)	Cha-cha-cha	"Walkin' on the Sun""?Smash Mouth
Shanna & Jesse	18 (7, 5, 6)	Foxtrot	"Saving All My Love For You""?Whitney Houston
Harry & Ashly	17 (5, 6, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Disco Inferno""?The Trammps
Vivica & Nick	22 (6, 8, 8)	Foxtrot	"I Just Wanna Make Love to You""?Etta James
Jerry & Kym	16 (5, 5, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Hey Daddy""?Della Reese

Week 2

Running Order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Willa & Maksim	23 (7, 8, 8)	Mambo	"Get Busy""?Sean Paul
Harry & Ashly	21 (7, 7, 7)	Quickstep	"Lust for Life""?Iggy Pop
Monique & Louis	26 (9, 8, 9)	Mambo	"Bop to the Top""?Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel
Mario & Karina	21 (7, 6, 8)	Quickstep	"Do Your Thing""?Basement Jaxx
Shanna & Jesse	22 (8, 7, 7)	Mambo	"Jump""?Kris Kross
Jerry & Kym	19 (7, 6, 6)	Quickstep	"Sing, Sing, Sing""?The Andrews Sisters
Vivica & Nick	24 (8, 8, 8)	Mambo	"Betece""?Africando All Stars
Joey & Edyta	29 (10, 9, 10)	Quickstep	"I Got Rhythm""?Ella Fitzgerald
Sara & Tony	21 (7, 7, 7)	Mambo	"Papa Loves Mambo""?Perry Como
Emmitt & Cheryl	24 (8, 8, 8)	Quickstep	"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree""?KT Tunstall

Week 3

Running Order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Emmitt & Cheryl	19 (7, 6, 6)	Tango	"Simply Irresistible""?Robert Palmer
Monique & Louis	27 (9, 9, 9)	Jive	"The Heat Is On""?Glenn Frey
Harry & Ashly	22 (7, 8, 7)	Tango	"Santa Maria""?Gotan Project
Willa & Maksim	22 (7, 7, 8)	Jive	"SOS""?Rihanna
Jerry & Kym	21 (7, 7, 7)	Tango	"Hernando's Hideaway""?Ella Fitzgerald
Sara & Tony	25 (8, 9, 8)	Jive	"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'""?Nancy Sinatra
Mario & Karina	22 (8, 6, 8)	Tango	"What You Waiting For""?Gwen Stefani
Vivica & Nick	27 (9, 9, 9)	Tango	"Hey Sexy Lady""?Shaggy
Joey & Edyta	22 (8, 6, 8)	Jive	"Blue Suede Shoes""?Elvis Presley

Week 4

Running Order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Monique & Louis	24 (8, 8, 8)	Waltz	"If I Were A Painting""?Kenny Rogers
Emmitt & Cheryl	24 (8, 8, 8)	Paso doble	"Espaa ca""?Erich Kunzel
Willa & Maksim	28 (9, 9, 10)	Waltz	"You Light Up My Life""?Debby Boone
Sara & Tony	20 (6, 7, 7)	Paso doble	"The Phantom of the Opera""?from The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack
Jerry & Kym	22 (7, 7, 8)	Waltz	"Tennessee Waltz""?Patti Page
Vivica & Nick	24 (8, 8, 8)	Paso doble	"It's My Life""?Bon Jovi
Joey & Edyta	27 (9, 9, 9)	Waltz	"Take It to the Limit""?The Eagles
Mario & Karina	29 (10, 9, 10)	Paso doble	"Cancion Del Mariachi""?Desperado Los Lobos & A Banderas

Week 5

Running Order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Joey & Edyta	25 (8, 8, 9)	Samba	"Freedom! '90""?George Michael
Willa & Maksim	27 (9, 9, 9)	Rumba	"Every Breath You Take""?The Police
Sara & Tony	24 (8, 8, 8)	Samba	"I Wish""?Stevie Wonder
Mario & Karina	27 (9, 9, 9)	Rumba	"The Way You Look Tonight""?Michael Bubl
Jerry & Kym	24 (8, 8, 8)	Samba	"Eso Beso""?Paul Anka
Monique & Louis	27 (9, 9, 9)	Rumba	"So Nice""?Bebel Gilberto
Emmitt & Cheryl	27 (9, 9, 9)	Samba	"Cha Cha""?Chelo

Week 6

Running Order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Mario & Karina	28 (9, 9, 10)	Mambo	"Ran Kan Kan""?Tito Puente
Monique & Louis	23 (9, 7, 7)	Samba	"ABC""?The Jackson 5
Joey & Edyta	24 (8, 8, 8)	Rumba	"Father Figure""?George Michael
Emmitt & Cheryl	25 (8, 8, 9)	Jive	"Lewis Boogie Blues""?T-Bone Burnett
Jerry & Kym	18 (7, 6, 5)	Paso doble	"Habaera""?Charlotte Church
Emmitt & Cheryl Monique & Louis Jerry & Kym Joey & Edyta Mario & Karina	N/A	Group Disco	"Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough""?Michael Jackson

Week 7

Running Order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Jerry & Kym	24 (8, 8, 8)	Foxtrot	"My Way""?Frank Sinatra
	22 (7, 8, 7)	Mambo	"Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy""?Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Monique & Louis	27 (9, 9, 9)	Quickstep	"Luck Be a Lady""?Frank Sinatra
	27 (9, 9, 9)	Paso doble	"The Reflex""?Duran Duran
Emmitt & Cheryl	28 (10, 9, 9)	Waltz	"Hushabye Mountain""?from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
	29 (10, 10, 9)	Mambo	"Que Bueno Baila Usted""?Oscar d'Leon
Mario & Karina	29 (10, 9, 10)	Foxtrot	"I Wanna Be Loved By You""?Marilyn Monroe
	27 (9, 9, 9)	Jive	"Shake a Tail Feather""?Ray Charles and The Blues Brothers
Joey & Edyta	29 (10, 9, 10)	Foxtrot	"Singin' in the Rain""?Gene Kelly
	28 (9, 9, 10)	Mambo	"Mambo No. 5""?Lou Bega

Week 8: Halloween Week

Running Order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Joey & Edyta	28 (10, 9, 9)	Tango	"The Addams Family Theme""?from The Addams Family
	26 (9, 8, 9)	Paso doble	"Sympathy for the Devil""?The Rolling Stones
Mario & Karina	28 (9, 9, 10)	Waltz	"Dark Waltz""?Hayley Westenra
	29 (10, 9, 10)	Samba	"Superstition""?Stevie Wonder
Monique & Louis	24 (8, 8, 8)	Tango	"Somebody's Watching Me""?Rockwell
	29 (9, 10, 10)	Cha-cha-cha	"Ghostbusters Theme""?Ray Parker Jr.
Emmitt & Cheryl	25 (8, 8, 9)	Foxtrot	"Witchcraft""?Frank Sinatra
	29 (9, 10, 10)	Rumba	"Spooky""?Dusty Springfield

Week 9

Running Order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Mario & Karina	30 (10, 10, 10)	Tango	"Whatever Lola Wants""?Gwen Verdon
	29 (10, 9, 10)	Cha-cha-cha	"Bad""?Michael Jackson
Emmitt & Cheryl	29 (9, 10, 10)	Waltz	"At This Moment""?Billy Vera & The Beaters
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Cha-cha-cha	"Dance to the Music""?Sly & The Family Stone
Joey & Edyta	29 (9, 10, 10)	Quickstep	"42nd Street""?Lee Roy Reams
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Rumba	"Eternal Flame""?The Bangles

Week 10

Running Order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Emmitt & Cheryl	30 (10, 10, 10)	Samba	"Sir Duke""?Stevie Wonder
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Mambo	"Que Bueno Baila Usted""?Oscar d'Leon
	29 (10, 10, 9)	Freestyle	"U Can't Touch This""?MC Hammer
Mario & Karina	29 (10, 9, 10)	Samba	"Sir Duke""?Stevie Wonder
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Paso doble	"Cancion Del Mariachi""?Desperado Los Lobos & A Banderas
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"It Takes Two""?Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock

Dance chart

Couple	1	2	3	4	5	6		7		8		9		10
Emmitt	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Tango	Paso doble	Samba	Jive	Disco	Waltz	Mambo	Foxtrot	Rumba	Waltz	Cha-cha-cha	Samba	Mambo	Freestyle
Mario & Karina	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Tango	Paso doble	Rumba	Mambo	Disco	Foxtrot	Jive	Waltz	Samba	Tango	Cha-cha-cha	Samba	Paso doble	Freestyle
Joey & Edyta	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Jive	Waltz	Samba	Rumba	Disco	Foxtrot	Mambo	Tango	Paso doble	Quickstep	Rumba			Foxtrot
Monique & Louis	Foxtrot	Mambo	Jive	Waltz	Rumba	Samba	Disco	Quickstep	Paso doble	Tango	Cha-cha-cha					Jive
Jerry & Kym	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Tango	Waltz	Samba	Paso doble	Disco	Foxtrot	Mambo							Samba
Sara & Tony	Foxtrot	Mambo	Jive	Paso doble	Samba	Withdrew										Jive
Willa & Maksim	Foxtrot	Mambo	Jive	Waltz	Rumba											Rumba
Vivica & Nick	Foxtrot	Mambo	Tango	Paso doble												Paso doble
Harry & Ashly	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Tango													Quickstep
Shanna & Jesse	Foxtrot	Mambo														Mambo
Tucker & Elena	Cha-cha-cha															Cha-cha-cha

Highest scoring dance

Lowest scoring dance

Performed but not scored

Indicates the couple withdrew from the competition

This was the only season in which the runner-up got the highest Freestyle score and did not win the season.

Willa & Maksim is the only couple who was at the top of the leader board (with couples scoring less than them) and was eliminated. (This would be seen again in season 14 with Maria & Derek, season 15 with Sabrina & Louis, season 17 with Christina & Mark, and season 24 with Heather & Maks.)

Tour

On the October 25, 2006, results show, the first Dancing with the Stars - The Tour event was announced. Produced by ABC and Anschutz Entertainment Group, the live-action tour featured 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 & Cheryl Burke
• Joey McIntyre & Kym Johnson
• Lisa Rinna & Louis Van Amstel
• Joey Lawrence & Edyta ?liwi?ska
• Harry Hamlin & Karina Smirnoff
• Willa Ford & Maksim Chmerkovskiy

At the last minute Willa & Maksim pulled out due to other commitments.

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