Dancing with the Stars 4

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The fourth season of Dancing with the Stars (U.S.) premiered on March 19, 2007 and aired until May 22, 2007.

To avoid direct competition with Fox's American Idol, Dancing with the Stars changed time slots from the previous season. In this season, the performance show aired on Mondays, and the results show aired on Tuesdays. No elimination was scheduled for the first week, in order to allow viewers two weeks to see all of the couples perform both Latin and Standard ballroom dances.

This season was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom on Sunday afternoons from Sunday, July 15, 2007. Captions appeared on screen throughout the show to remind viewers that this was recorded earlier in the year and that they could not vote on the outcome. None of the first three seasons was screened in the UK.

Couples

The 11 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Result
Paulina Porizkova	Supermodel	Alec Mazo	Eliminated 1st on March 26, 2007
Shandi Finnessey	Miss USA 2004	Brian Fortuna	Eliminated 2nd on April 3, 2007
Leeza Gibbons	Talk show hostess	Tony Dovolani	Eliminated 3rd on April 10, 2007
Clyde Drexler	Retired NBA shooting guard	Elena Grinenko	Eliminated 4th on April 17, 2007
Heather Mills	Activist & charity campaigner	Jonathan Roberts	Eliminated 5th on April 24, 2007
John Ratzenberger	Actor	Edyta ?liwi"?ska	Eliminated 6th on May 1, 2007
Billy Ray Cyrus	Actor & singer	Karina Smirnoff	Eliminated 7th on May 8, 2007
Ian Ziering	Actor	Cheryl Burke	Eliminated 8th on May 15, 2007
Laila Ali	Professional boxer	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Third Place on May 22, 2007
Joey Fatone	*NSYNC member	Kym Johnson	Runner-up on May 22, 2007
Apolo Anton Ohno	Olympic gold medal speedskater	Julianne Hough	Winner on May 22, 2007

Changes

Some major changes were made before the start of the season:

Actor Vincent Pastore was originally announced as partnering with Edyta ?liwi"?ska, but pulled out after one week of rehearsals. In a statement, Pastore cited his inability to commit to the physical demands of the program. Actor John Ratzenberger then replaced him. However, ESPN host Mike Greenberg had actively campaigned for Pastore's spot on the show.
Comedian Tammy Pescatelli was elected to be on the show, however, the producers chose a different direction and Heather Mills was chosen instead.
Ashly DelGrosso-Costa, one of the regular dancers, announced that she will not appear this season due to pregnancy. Ashly was married to one of the show's field producers, Mike Costa, on October 21, 2006; their child was due in July 2007.
Louis van Amstel wrote on his blog that he would not compete this season because all of the female celebrities were taller than him. But, he noted, he would be active on the show as a professional dancer at results shows and as a choreographer for the show.

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.

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Couple	Place	1	2	1+2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Apolo & Julianne	1	21	26	47	23	26	30	28	26+28=54	28 + 30 = 58	30 +29=59	28+ 30 + 30= 88
Joey & Kym	2	24	24	48	24	28	25	27	29 + 30 = 59	26+29=55	30 + 30 = 60	26+ 30 + 30=86
Laila & Maksim	3	23	27	50	21	21	28	28	29 + 30 = 59	27+26=53	30 + 30 = 60	29 +26+ 30=85
Ian & Cheryl	4	21	22	43	24	24	24	24	27+27=54	22+25=47	28+ 30 =58
Billy Ray & Karina	5	13	21	34	21	21	17	21	17+21=38	18+20=38
John & Edyta	6	17	21	38	20	16	18	19	23+22=45
Heather & Jonathan	7	18	24	42	24	23	21	23
Clyde & Elena	8	16	18	34	16	15	13
Leeza & Tony	9	15	21	36	24	16
Shandi & Brian	10	19	20	39	21
Paulina & Alec	11	19	21	40

Best and worst dances

Couples	Best dances	Worst dances
Apolo & Julianne	Samba, Paso Doble, Quickstep, & Freestyle (30)	Cha-cha-cha (21)
Joey & Kym	Jive, Foxtrot, Freestyle, & Tango (30)	Cha-cha-cha, Quickstep & Tango (24)
Laila & Maksim	Samba, Quickstep, Cha-cha-cha, & Mambo (30)	Tango & Paso Doble (21)
Ian & Cheryl	Jive (30)	Cha-cha-cha (21)
Billy Ray & Karina	Quickstep, Tango, Paso Doble, Jive, & Samba (21)	Cha-cha-cha (13)
John & Edyta	Foxtrot (23)	Paso Doble (16)
Heather & Jonathan	Mambo & Jive (24)	Foxtrot (18)
Clyde & Elena	Quickstep (18)	Rumba (13)
Leeza & Tony	Tango (24)	Foxtrot (15)
Shandi & Brian	Jive (21)	Foxtrot (19)
Paulina & Alec	Mambo (21)	Foxtrot (19)

Averages

According to the 30 point scale.

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total points	Number of dances	Average
1	1	Apolo & Julianne	413	15	27.5
2	2	Joey & Kym	412	15	27.5
3	3	Laila & Maksim	405	15	27.0
4	4	Ian & Cheryl	298	12	24.83
5	7	Heather & Jonathan	133	6	22.16
6	10	Shandi & Brian	60	3	20.0
6	11	Paulina & Alec	40	2	20.0
8	6	John & Edyta	156	8	19.5
9	5	Billy Ray & Karina	190	10	19.0
9	9	Leeza & Tony	76	4	19.0
11	8	Clyde & Elena	78	5	15.6

Highest and lowest scoring performances

Dance	Best Dancer	Best Score	Worst Dancer	Worst Score
Cha-cha-cha	Laila Ali	30	Billy Ray Cyrus	13
Foxtrot	Joey Fatone	30	Leeza Gibbons	15
Mambo	Laila Ali	30	John Ratzenberger	19
Quickstep	Apolo Anton Ohno Laila Ali	30	Clyde Drexler	18
Jive	Joey Fatone Ian Ziering	30	Clyde Drexler	16
Tango	Joey Fatone	30	John Ratzenberger	20
Waltz	Laila Ali	27	Clyde Drexler	15
Rumba	Laila Ali Apolo Anton Ohno	28	Clyde Drexler	13
Paso Doble	Apolo Anton Ohno	30	John Ratzenberger Leeza Gibbons	16
Samba	Apolo Anton Ohno Laila Ali	30	John Ratzenberger	18
Freestyle	Apolo Anton Ohno Joey Fatone	30	Laila Ali	26

Paulina Porizkova, Shandi Finnessey & Heather Mills are the only celebrities to not land on this list.