Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Season fifteen of Dancing with the Stars, called Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars, premiered on September 24, 2012. Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet returned as hosts. The Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers provided music throughout the season. The returning members of the dance troupe for this season were Oksana Dmyrenko, Emma Slater, Sharna Burgess, Henry Byalikov, and Sasha Farber. Sonny Fredie Pedersen replaced Kiki Nyemchek.

Season 15 was the first to feature an "all-star" cast, in which previous celebrities who have competed on the show have another chance to win the competition. Six of the returning finalists, however, had already won the title in prior seasons (Kelly Monaco, Drew Lachey, Emmitt Smith, Apolo Anton Ohno, Helio Castroneves, and Shawn Johnson). Season eight saw the most returning contestants, with 3 out of the 13 contestants coming from that season (Gilles Marini, Shawn Johnson, and Melissa Rycroft). In addition, it was the only season to date to offer fractional (0.5) scores. Five contestants reunited with their original partners, while the other eight danced with new ones.

Season eight finalist Melissa Rycroft defeated season eight champion Shawn Johnson and season one champion Kelly Monaco to win the trophy. This also marked the first win for professional Tony Dovolani. Tony was also the third professional (after Kym Johnson and Peta Murgatroyd) to win after being eliminated first the previous season.

This was the first season to feature an all-female final three in the American series, which was seen again in season 18, and the only series to feature an all-female finale. Rycroft was the only celebrity to place higher than her original season (3rd to 1st) while everyone else ranked lower. Also, this is the first season where a couple performed a style of dance that no other couple performed: the waltz, danced only by Sabrina Bryan and Louis van Amstel.

Couples

The names of twelve returning celebrities were revealed on July 27, 2012. All 12 professionals from season 14 returned. A thirteenth contestant was chosen by the public, from either Sabrina Bryan, Kyle Massey, or Carson Kressley. Bryan was announced the winner on August 27, 2012 over Kressley and Massey. Louis van Amstel was partnered with Bryan, while the professional partners for the first twelve celebrities were revealed on August 13. Mark Ballas and Cheryl Burke were the professionals with the most returning partners (3) and each reunited with one.

Celebrity	Notability (known for)	Previous finish	Professional partner	Status
Pamela Anderson	Film & television actress	Season 10 competitor	Tristan MacManus	Eliminated 1st
Joey Fatone	NSYNC singer & actor	Season 4 runner-up	Kym Johnson	Eliminated 2nd
Drew Lachey	Singer & actor	Season 2 champion	Anna Trebunskaya	Eliminated 3rd
Hlio Castroneves	Indy 500 driver	Season 5 champion	Chelsie Hightower	Eliminated 4th
Bristol Palin	Activist & author	Season 11 finalist	Mark Ballas	Eliminated 5th
Sabrina Bryan	Singer & actress	Season 5 competitor	Louis van Amstel	Eliminated 6th
Kirstie Alley	Film & television actress	Season 12 runner-up	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Eliminated 7th
Gilles Marini	Film & television actor	Season 8 runner-up	Peta Murgatroyd	Eliminated 8th
Apolo Anton Ohno	Olympic short track speed skater	Season 4 champion	Karina Smirnoff	Eliminated 9th
Emmitt Smith	Retired NFL player	Season 3 champion	Cheryl Burke	Eliminated 10th
Kelly Monaco	Model & actress	Season 1 champion	Valentin Chmerkovskiy	Third place
Shawn Johnson	Retired Olympic gymnast	Season 8 champion	Derek Hough	Runner-up
Melissa Rycroft	Television presenter	Season 8 finalist	Tony Dovolani	Winner

Previous seasons

Celebrity	Season	Partner	Average	Place
Kelly Monaco	1	Alec Mazo	22.3	1st
Drew Lachey	2	Cheryl Burke	27.7
Emmitt Smith	3		26.8
Apolo Anton Ohno	4	Julianne Hough	27.5
Joey Fatone		Kym Johnson	27.5	2nd
Hlio Castroneves	5	Julianne Hough	27.1	1st
Sabrina Bryan		Mark Ballas	27.0	7th
Shawn Johnson	8		26.9	1st
Gilles Marini		Cheryl Burke	28.1	2nd
Melissa Rycroft		Tony Dovolani	26.8	3rd
Pamela Anderson	10	Damian Whitewood	22.8	6th
Bristol Palin	11	Mark Ballas	22.6	3rd
Kirstie Alley	12	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	24.7	2nd

Mark Ballas and Cheryl Burke have the most returning partners this season with 3 each.

Scoring charts

Couple	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	5+6	7	8	7+8	9	10
Melissa & Tony	1	21.0	23.5	27.0	37.0	27.0+29.5=56.5	29.5	86.0	29.0+10=39.0	30.0+30.0=60.0	99.0	27.5+30.0=57.5	30.0+30.0+28.5=88.5
Shawn & Derek	2	22.0	25.0	26.5	39.5	27.0+29.5=56.5	28.0	84.5	30.0+8=38.0	29.5+26.0=55.5	93.5	30.0+29.0=59.0	27.0+30.0+30.0=87.0
Kelly & Val	3	21.5	22.0	27.0	37.5	24.5+27.0=51.5	27.0	78.5	27.0+9=36.0	28.0+28.5=56.5	92.5	25.5+28.5=54.0	29.5+29.5+28.5=87.5
Emmitt & Cheryl	4	24.5	22.5	25.0	36.0	29.0+27.0=56.0	26.5	82.5	27.5+7=34.5	28.0+30.0=58.0	92.5	27.0+27.0=54.0
Apolo & Karina	5	22.0	24.5	25.5	34.5	27.0+29.5=56.5	30.0	86.5	27.0+6=33.0	29.5+29.0=58.5	91.5	27.0+30.0=57.0
Gilles & Peta	6	24.0	25.5	25.5	39.5	29.5+27.0=56.5	27.5	84.0	28.5+5=33.5	29.5+29.0=58.5	92.0
Kirstie & Maks	7	19.0	21.0	24.0	30.0	25.5+27.0=52.5	27.5+2=29.5	82.0	24.0+4=28.0	27.0+24.0=51.0	79.0
Sabrina & Louis	8	22.5	26.0	25.5	35.5	29.0+29.5=58.5	30.0	88.5
Bristol & Mark	9	19.5	18.0	22.5	32.0
Hlio & Chelsie	10	21.5	23.0	25.5
Drew & Anna	11	21.5	22.5	24.0
Joey & Kym	12	20.5	22.5
Pamela & Tristan	13	17.0

Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week

Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week

the couple eliminated that week

the returning couple finishing in the bottom two (or three)

the returning couple that was the last to be called safe

the winning couple

the runner-up couple

the third-place couple

Average score chart

This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale (guest judge Paula Abdul's scores from Week 4, Kirstie Alley's extra 2 points from the Country-Western group dance from Week 6 and the Swing Marathon dance scores from Week 7 have been removed).

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total points	Number of dances	Average
1	1	Melissa & Tony	420	15	28.0
2	2	Shawn & Derek	419		27.9
3	6	Gilles & Peta	275.5	10	27.6
4	5	Apolo & Karina	327	12	27.3
5	8	Sabrina & Louis	189.5	7	27.1
6	3	Kelly & Val	402	15	26.8
	4	Emmitt & Cheryl	321	12
8	7	Kirstie & Maks	241.5	10	24.2
9	10	Hlio & Chelsie	70	3	23.3
10	11	Drew & Anna	68		22.7
11	12	Joey & Kym	43	2	21.5
12	9	Bristol & Mark	84	4	21.0
13	13	Pamela & Tristan	17	1	17.0

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:

Dance	Highest scored dancer(s)	Highest score	Lowest scored dancer(s)	Lowest score
Cha-cha-cha	Shawn Johnson	30	Pamela Anderson	17
Foxtrot	Emmitt Smith	26.5	Kirstie Alley	19
Jive	Apolo Anton Ohno	29	Kirstie Alley	21
Quickstep	Melissa Rycroft	30	Bristol Palin	18
Tango	Apolo Anton Ohno	29.5	Gilles Marini	25.5
Samba	Melissa Rycroft	30	Kelly Monaco	24.5
Paso doble	Melissa Rycroft	30	Bristol Palin	22.5
Uncommon dances	Gilles Marini Shawn Johnson	29.5	Kirstie Alley	22.5
Rumba	Sabrina Bryan Apolo Anton Ohno	30	Shawn Johnson	27
Waltz	Sabrina Bryan	29	"?	"?
Viennese Waltz	Apolo Anton Ohno	30	Kirstie Alley	27
Fusion dance	Shawn Johnson	30	Kirstie Alley	24
Salsa	Emmitt Smith	30	Gilles Marini	29
Theme dances	Shawn Johnson	30	Kelly Monaco	25.5
Argentine tango	Melissa Rycroft	30	Shawn Johnson	29
Freestyle	Melissa Rycroft Shawn Johnson	30	Kelly Monaco	29.5

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

Scores are based upon a potential 30-point maximum

Couples	Highest scoring dance(s)	Lowest scoring dance(s)
Melissa & Tony	Quickstep, Paso doble, Argentine tango, Samba, & Freestyle (30)	Foxtrot (21)
Shawn & Derek	Tango/Paso doble fusion, Bhangra, Freestyle, & Cha-cha-cha (30)	Foxtrot (22)
Kelly & Val	Paso doble & Freestyle (29.5)	Cha-cha-cha (21.5)
Emmitt & Cheryl	Salsa (30)	Quickstep (22.5)
Apolo & Karina	Viennese Waltz & Rumba (30)	Cha-cha-cha (22)
Gilles & Peta	Bollywood, Quickstep & Rumba (29.5)	Foxtrot (24)
Kirstie & Maks	Rumba (27.5)	Foxtrot (19)
Sabrina & Louis	Rumba (30)	Cha-cha-cha (22.5)
Bristol & Mark	Rock n' Roll (24)	Quickstep (18)
Hlio & Chelsie	Quickstep (25.5)	Foxtrot (21.5)
Drew & Anna	Cha-cha-cha (24)	Foxtrot (21.5)
Joey & Kym	Quickstep (22.5)	Cha-cha-cha (20.5)
Pamela & Tristan	Cha-cha-cha (17)	Cha-cha-cha (17)

Weekly scores

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the 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	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Joey & Kym	20.5 (6.5, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)""?Michael Jackson	Safe
Shawn & Derek	22 (8, 6.5, 7.5)	Foxtrot	"Good Time""?Owl City feat. Carly Rae Jepsen	Safe
Sabrina & Louis	22.5 (7.5, 7.5, 7.5)	Cha-cha-cha	"What Makes You Beautiful""?One Direction	Safe
Hlio & Chelsie	21.5 (7, 7.5, 7)	Foxtrot	"Pride and Joy""?Marvin Gaye	Safe
Pamela & Tristan	17 (5.5, 5.5, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"You Know I'm No Good""?Amy Winehouse	Eliminated
Melissa & Tony	21 (7, 7, 7)	Foxtrot	"Big Spender""?from Sweet Charity	Safe
Apolo & Karina	22 (7.5, 7, 7.5)	Cha-cha-cha	"Party Rock Anthem""?LMFAO	Safe
Gilles & Peta	24 (8, 8, 8)	Foxtrot	"Call Me Irresponsible""?Bobby Darin	Safe
Bristol & Mark	19.5 (6.5, 6.5, 6.5)	Cha-cha-cha	"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)""?Pink	Safe
Drew & Anna	21.5 (7, 7, 7.5)	Foxtrot	"Love Song""?Sara Bareilles	Bottom two
Kelly & Val	21.5 (7, 7, 7.5)	Cha-cha-cha	"Bang Bang""?David Sanborn	Safe
Kirstie & Maks	19 (6.5, 6, 6.5)	Foxtrot	"Set Fire to the Rain""?Adele	Safe
Emmitt & Cheryl	24.5 (8, 8.5, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Chain of Fools""?Aretha Franklin	Safe

Week 2

Running order

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Melissa & Tony	23.5 (8, 8, 7.5)	Jive	"Shout""?The Isley Brothers	Safe
Bristol & Mark	18 (6, 6, 6)	Quickstep	"Redneck Woman""?Gretchen Wilson	Safe
Hlio & Chelsie	23 (8, 7.5, 7.5)	Jive	"Everybody Talks""?Neon Trees	Bottom two
Apolo & Karina	24.5 (8.5, 8, 8)	Quickstep	"Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days""?Louis Prima	Safe
Sabrina & Louis	26 (9, 8.5, 8.5)	Quickstep	"Black Betty""?Ram Jam	Safe
Kirstie & Maks	21 (7, 7, 7)	Jive	"Non Non Rien N'a Chang""?Les Poppys	Safe
Emmitt & Cheryl	22.5 (7.5, 7.5, 7.5)	Quickstep	"A Cool Cat In Town""?Tape Five	Safe
Drew & Anna	22.5 (7.5, 7.5, 7.5)	Jive	"Dance, Dance""?Fall Out Boy	Safe
Joey & Kym	22.5 (7.5, 7.5, 7.5)	Quickstep	"Creep""?Radiohead	Eliminated
Shawn & Derek	25 (8.5, 8, 8.5)	Jive	"The Nicest Kids in Town""?from Hairspray	Safe
Kelly & Val	22 (7.5, 7, 7.5)	Quickstep	"Who Says""?Selena Gomez & The Scene	Safe
Gilles & Peta	25.5 (8.5, 8.5, 8.5)	Jive	"Don't Stop Me Now""?Queen	Safe

Week 3: Iconic Dances Week

Celebrities must choose an iconic routine from the previous fourteen seasons and perform it but try to make it as "iconic" as it was previously. There was also a double-elimination. Two couples were "in jeopardy" halfway through the hour, two more at the end, with one couple of each pair eliminated.

Running order

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Original couple	Result
Drew & Anna	24 (8, 8, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Crazy in Love""?Beyonc feat. Jay-Z	Joey & Ashly (season 1)	Eliminated
Gilles & Peta	25.5 (8.5, 8.5, 8.5)	Tango	"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)""?Eurythmics	Erin & Maks (season 10)	Safe
Melissa & Tony	27 (9, 9, 9)	Samba	"Conga""?Gloria Estefan	JR & Karina (season 13)	Safe
Apolo & Karina	25.5 (9, 8, 8.5)	Foxtrot	"Fever""?Michael Bubl	Gilles & Cheryl (season 8)	Safe
Kelly & Val	27 (9, 9, 9)	Paso doble	"Espaa ca""?Erich Kunzel	Laila & Maks (season 4)	Safe
Kirstie & Maks	24 (8, 8, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Moves like Jagger""?Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera	Carson & Anna (season 13)	Safe
Sabrina & Louis	25.5 (8.5, 8.5, 8.5)	Paso doble	"Free Your Mind""?En Vogue	Mel B & Maks (season 5)	Bottom three
Emmitt & Cheryl	25 (8.5, 8, 8.5)	Paso doble	"Cancin Del Mariachi""?Los Lobos feat. Antonio Banderas	Mario & Karina (season 3)	Safe
Hlio & Chelsie	25.5 (8.5, 8.5, 8.5)	Quickstep	"Mr. Pinstripe Suit""?Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	Apolo & Julianne (season 4)	Eliminated
Bristol & Mark	22.5 (7.5, 7.5, 7.5)	Paso doble	"Living on Video""?Trans-X	Joanna & Derek (season 9)	Safe
Shawn & Derek	26.5 (9, 8, 9.5)	Quickstep	"Hey Pachuco""?Royal Crown Revue	Hlio & Julianne (season 5)	Safe

Week 4: Opponents' Choice Week

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

All of the celebrities chose a dance style for one of their opponents, as well as getting their style of dance chosen by a fellow competitor. Paula Abdul served as guest judge. Hlio & Chelsie would have danced Broadway, chosen by Shawn & Derek, had they not been eliminated.

Running order

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Dance chosen by	Result
Kirstie & Maks	30 (7.5, 7.5, 7.5, 7.5)	Charleston	"Forty-Second Street""?from 42nd Street	Sabrina & Louis	Bottom two
Bristol & Mark	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Rock n' Roll	"At the Hop""?Danny and the Juniors	Gilles & Peta (Last Style)	Eliminated
Sabrina & Louis	35.5 (9, 9, 8.5, 9)	Disco	"You Should Be Dancing""?Bee Gees	Kirstie & Maks	Safe
Emmitt & Cheryl	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Bolero	"Better in Time""?Leona Lewis	Kelly & Val	Safe
Gilles & Peta	39.5 (10, 9.5, 10, 10)	Bollywood	"Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)""?Pussycat Dolls feat. A. R. Rahman	Bristol & Mark	Safe
Melissa & Tony	37 (9, 9, 9.5, 9.5)	Jitterbug	"This Cat's on a Hot Tin Roof""?Brian Setzer Orchestra	Apolo & Karina	Safe
Shawn & Derek	39.5 (10, 9.5, 10, 10)	Mambo	"Para Los Rumberos""?Santana	Hlio & Chelsie	Safe
Apolo & Karina	34.5 (8.5, 9, 8.5, 8.5)	Hip-Hop	"Poison""?Bell Biv DeVoe	Melissa & Tony	Safe
Kelly & Val	37.5 (9, 9.5, 9.5, 9.5)	Contemporary	"Fix You""?Coldplay	Emmitt & Cheryl	Safe

Week 5: Guilty Pleasures Week

The two couples with the highest total cumulative points/average became "team captains" and chose teams to join them in the Team Freestyle; these captains were Gilles & Peta and Shawn & Derek. Gilles & Peta's team consists of Kelly & Val, Emmitt & Cheryl, and Kirstie & Maks. Shawn & Derek's team consists of Sabrina & Louis, Melissa & Tony, and Apolo & Karina. Bristol & Mark would have joined the team who lost a member, had they not been eliminated. Due to a presidential debate on October 22, this week of competition consisted of two performance shows - October 22 and 23. There was no elimination, so all the couples returned to dance during Week Six.

Running order (Night 1)

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music
Kelly & Val	24.5 (8, 8, 8.5)	Samba	"Want U Back""?Cher Lloyd
Gilles & Peta	29.5 (10, 9.5, 10)	Rumba	"I Will Always Love You""?Whitney Houston
Kirstie & Maks	25.5 (8.5, 8.5, 8.5)	Quickstep	"Mrs. Robinson""?Simon and Garfunkel
Emmitt & Cheryl	29 (9.5, 9.5, 10)	Samba	"Copacabana""?Barry Manilow
Sabrina & Louis Shawn & Derek Melissa & Tony Apolo & Karina	29.5 (9.5, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"Call Me Maybe""?Carly Rae Jepsen

Running order (Night 2)

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music
Melissa & Tony	27 (9, 9, 9)	Tango	"Toxic""?Britney Spears
Shawn & Derek	27 (9, 8, 10)	Rumba	"My Heart Will Go On""?Celine Dion
Apolo & Karina	27 (8.5, 9.5, 9)	Samba	"Give It to Me Baby""?Rick James
Sabrina & Louis	29 (10, 9.5, 9.5)	Waltz	"So This Is Love""?from Cinderella
Kirstie & Maks Emmitt & Cheryl Kelly & Val Gilles & Peta	27 (9, 9, 9)	Freestyle	"Gangnam Style""?Psy

Week 6: Country Night

Each contestant and their partner danced to a country song, hence the name "Country Night." Each individual routine included a solo portion by the celebrity member of the pair. After all individual routines were performed, all of the couples did a group dance. The couple that impressed the judges the most received 2 bonus points; that was Kirstie & Maks. Sabrina Bryan was eliminated again in week six, with nearly the same average. This is the third time in Dancing with the Stars history (after Willa Ford in season 3 & Maria Menounos in season 14) that the star with highest judges' score was eliminated the week they came in first place. Bryan also had, at the time of her elimination, the highest accumulative average. Bryan was eliminated on exactly the same day that she was eliminated when she competed in season 5 five years prior (October 30, 2007).

Running order

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Gilles & Peta	27.5 (9, 9, 9.5)	Cha-cha-cha	"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!""?Shania Twain	Safe
Sabrina & Louis	30 (10, 10, 10)	Rumba	"Wanted""?Hunter Hayes	Eliminated
Kelly & Val	27 (9, 9, 9)	Tango	"Good Girl""?Carrie Underwood	Safe
Melissa & Tony	29.5 (9.5, 10, 10)	Viennese Waltz	"Why Ya Wanna""?Jana Kramer	Safe
Shawn & Derek	28 (9.5, 8.5, 10)	Cha-cha-cha	"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy""?Kenny Chesney	Safe
Kirstie & Maks	27.5 (9.5, 8.5, 9.5)	Rumba	"Home""?Blake Shelton	Safe
Apolo & Karina	30 (10, 10, 10)	Viennese Waltz	"Skin (Sarabeth)""?Rascal Flatts	Last to be called safe
Emmitt & Cheryl	26.5 (8.5, 8.5, 9.5)	Foxtrot	"Islands in the Stream""?Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers	Safe
Emmitt & Cheryl Sabrina & Louis Gilles & Peta Kirstie & Maks Shawn & Derek Melissa & Tony Kelly & Val Apolo & Karina	N/A	Group Country-western (freestyle)	"Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy""?Big & Rich "I Play Chicken with a Train""?Cowboy Troy

Week 7: Dance Fusion Week

On the Week 6 Results Show, dance styles were chosen by the couples for each other, as was done for Opponent's Choice Week. For this week, however, a pair of dance styles was chosen that were to be "fused" together. Due to the presidential election and effects of Hurricane Sandy for East Coast viewers, no elimination took place, so all remaining couples advanced to Week 8. There was also a Swing dance marathon. Mark Ballas danced with Shawn Johnson in place of Derek this week due to Derek having an injury in his neck. Sabrina & Louis would have danced a Tango/Foxtrot fusion, chosen by Emmitt & Cheryl, if they had not been eliminated.

Running order

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Dances chosen by
Apolo & Karina	27 (9, 9, 9)	Cha-cha-cha Paso doble	"Scream""?Usher	Gilles & Peta (last style)
Emmitt & Cheryl	27.5 (8.5, 9.5, 9.5)	Rumba Samba	"Fine By Me""?Andy Grammer	Shawn & Derek
Kirstie & Maks	24 (8, 8, 8)	Quickstep Samba	"Sir Duke""?Stevie Wonder	Apolo & Karina
Kelly & Val	27 (9, 9, 9)	Foxtrot Cha-cha-cha	"Don't Stop""?Gin Wigmore	Sabrina & Louis
Melissa & Tony	29 (10, 9.5, 9.5)	Tango Cha-cha-cha	"Die Young""?Ke$ha	Kirstie & Maks
Shawn & Mark	30 (10, 10, 10)	Tango Paso doble	"Livin' On A Prayer""?Bon Jovi	Melissa & Tony
Gilles & Peta	28.5 (9.5, 9.5, 9.5)	Argentine tango Samba	"When I Get You Alone""?Robin Thicke	Kelly & Val
Kirstie & Maks Gilles & Peta Apolo & Karina Emmitt & Cheryl Shawn & Mark Kelly & Val Melissa & Tony	4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Swing Marathon	"Do Your Thing""?Basement Jaxx

Week 8: Veterans Day/Trio Challenge Week

All seven couples chose one professional that was either previously eliminated or participates in the dance troupe, to perform with them in their Latin routine in an event known as the "Trio Challenge". There was also a double elimination. In honor of Veterans Day, the first round featured performances to songs that pay homage to servicemen and women.

Running order

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Shawn & Derek	29.5 (10, 9.5, 10)	Viennese Waltz	"Angel""?Sarah McLachlan	Safe
	26 (10, 7, 9)	Samba	"Jungle Jazz""?Les Tambours du Bronx
Apolo & Karina	29.5 (10, 9.5, 10)	Tango	"Holding Out for a Hero""?Bonnie Tyler	Last to be called safe
	29 (9.5, 9.5, 10)	Jive	"Greased Lightnin'""?from Grease
Kirstie & Maks	27 (9, 9, 9)	Viennese Waltz	"Hallelujah""?Leonard Cohen	Eliminated
	24 (8, 8, 8)	Paso doble	"Bring Me to Life""?Evanescence
Kelly & Val	28 (9.5, 9, 9.5)	Viennese Waltz	"I'll Be""?Edwin McCain	Safe
	28.5 (9.5, 9.5, 9.5)	Jive	"Animal""?Neon Trees
Gilles & Peta	29.5 (9.5, 10, 10)	Quickstep	"Danger Zone""?Kenny Loggins	Eliminated
	29 (9.5, 10, 9.5)	Salsa	"Rebelin""?Joe Arroyo
Emmitt & Cheryl	28 (9, 9.5, 9.5)	Viennese Waltz	"Love Letters""?Ketty Lester	Safe
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Salsa	"Mr. Saxobeat""?Alexandra Stan
Melissa & Tony	30 (10, 10, 10)	Quickstep	"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy""?The Andrew Sisters	Safe
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Paso doble	"Rumour Has It""?Adele

Week 9: Semifinals/Themed Dances/Bad Tribute Week

The couples performed one unlearned dance to a song from Michael Jackson's album Bad and one dance chosen by the other couples. The theme of the last dance was also chosen by the other couples. Kelly and Val chose the "Caveman" Hustle for Melissa and Tony, Emmitt and Cheryl chose the "Knight Rider" Bhangra for Shawn and Derek, Gilles and Peta chose the "Big Top" Jazz for Apolo and Karina and Shawn and Derek chose the "Espionage" Lindy Hop for Emmitt and Cheryl. This left the "Surfer" Flamenco for Kelly and Val. Gilles and Peta would have danced the "Mad Monk" Merengue, chosen by Apolo and Karina, had they not been eliminated.

There is also another double elimination this week, due to the Finals.

Running order

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Dance/theme chosen by	Result
Melissa & Tony	27.5 (9, 9.5, 9)	"Caveman" Hustle	"Walk the Dinosaur""?Was (Not Was)	Kelly & Val	Safe
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Argentine tango	"Dirty Diana""?Michael Jackson
Shawn & Derek	30 (10, 10, 10)	"Knight Rider" Bhangra	"Mundian to Bach Ke""?Panjabi MC	Emmitt & Cheryl	Safe
	29 (9, 10, 10)	Argentine tango	"Bad""?Michael Jackson
Apolo & Karina	27 (8.5, 9, 9.5)	"Big Top" Jazz	"What You Waiting For?""?Gwen Stefani	Gilles & Peta	Eliminated
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Rumba	"Man in the Mirror""?Michael Jackson
Emmitt & Cheryl	27 (9, 9, 9)	"Espionage" Lindy Hop	"Secret Agent Man""?Johnny Rivers	Shawn & Derek	Eliminated
	27 (9, 9, 9)	Tango	"Leave Me Alone""?Michael Jackson
Kelly & Val	25.5 (8, 9, 8.5)	"Surfer" Flamenco	"Malaguea""?Brian Setzer	Melissa & Tony (last style left)	Last to be called safe
	28.5 (9.5, 9.5, 9.5)	Rumba	"I Just Can't Stop Loving You""?Michael Jackson

Week 10: Finals

Emmitt & Cheryl as well as Apolo & Karina were eliminated in week nine, leaving Kelly Monaco, Shawn Johnson, and Melissa Rycroft to compete in the finals, the first time the finals have had three female celebrities. Each couple will perform their favorite dance of the season, along with a super-sized freestyle on night one, and an instant dance on night two in which they had to choose their dance style as well as their music the night of the competition. Each couple was allowed to bring in extra performers for their freestyle only.

Running order (Night 1)

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Guest performers in the freestyle
Kelly & Val	29.5 (9.5, 10, 10)	Paso doble	"Espaa ca""?Erich Kunzel	Troupe members & church choir
	29.5 (10, 9.5, 10)	Freestyle	"(I've Had) The Time of My Life""?Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
Melissa & Tony	30 (10, 10, 10)	Samba	"Conga""?Gloria Estefan	Trapeze artists
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"I Was Here""?Beyonc
Shawn & Derek	27 (9, 8.5, 9.5)	Quickstep	"Hey Pachuco""?Royal Crown Revue	Fierce Five (U.S Women's Olympic Gymnastics Team)
	30 (10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"Carnaval de Paris""?Dario G

Running order (Night 2)

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Kelly & Val	28.5 (9.5, 9.5, 9.5)	Instant Jive	"Cat and Mouse""?Nikki & Rich	Third place
Melissa & Tony	28.5 (9.5, 9.5, 9.5)	Instant Samba	"Life Is a Highway""?Rascal Flatts	Winner
Shawn & Derek	30 (10, 10, 10)	Instant Cha-cha-cha	"Respect""?Aretha Franklin	Runner-up

Dance chart

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:

• Week 1: Cha-cha-cha or foxtrot
• Week 2: Jive or quickstep
• Week 3: One unlearned dance (Iconic Dances Week)
• Week 4: One unlearned and uncommon dance (Opponents' Choice Week)
• Week 5: One unlearned dance & freestyle team dance (Guilty Pleasures Week)
• Week 6: One unlearned dance & group country-western (Country Week)
• Week 7: One dance of two combined styles & swing marathon (Dance Fusion Week)
• Week 8: One unlearned ballroom dance & one unlearned Latin trio dance (Veterans Day/Trio Challenge Week)
• Week 9: One unlearned Michael Jackson-themed dance & one unlearned and uncommon dance/theme (Semifinals/Themed Dances/Michael Jackson Week)
• Week 10: Favorite dance, super-sized freestyle & instant dance (Finals)

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5		Week 6		Week 7		Week 8		Week 9		Week 10
Melissa & Tony	Foxtrot	Jive	Samba	Jitterbug	Tango	Freestyle	Viennese Waltz	Country-Western	Tango Cha-cha-cha	Swing	Quickstep	Paso doble	Hustle	Argentine tango	Samba	Freestyle	Samba
Shawn & Derek	Foxtrot	Jive	Quickstep	Mambo	Rumba	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha	Country-Western	Tango Paso doble	Swing	Viennese Waltz	Samba	Bhangra	Argentine tango	Quickstep	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha
Kelly & Val	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Paso doble	Contemporary	Samba	Freestyle	Tango	Country-Western	Foxtrot Cha-cha-cha	Swing	Viennese Waltz	Jive	Flamenco	Rumba	Paso doble	Freestyle	Jive
Emmitt & Cheryl	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Paso doble	Bolero	Samba	Freestyle	Foxtrot	Country-Western	Rumba Samba	Swing	Viennese Waltz	Salsa	Lindy Hop	Tango			Cha-cha-cha
Apolo & Karina	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Foxtrot	Hip-Hop	Samba	Freestyle	Viennese Waltz	Country-Western	Cha-cha-cha Paso doble	Swing	Tango	Jive	Jazz	Rumba			Viennese Waltz
Gilles & Peta	Foxtrot	Jive	Tango	Bollywood	Rumba	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha	Country-Western	Argentine tango Samba	Swing	Quickstep	Salsa					Bollywood
Kirstie & Maks	Foxtrot	Jive	Cha-cha-cha	Charleston	Quickstep	Freestyle	Rumba	Country-Western	Quickstep Samba	Swing	Viennese Waltz	Paso doble					Cha-cha-cha
Sabrina & Louis	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Paso doble	Disco	Waltz	Freestyle	Rumba	Country-Western									Rumba
Bristol & Mark	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Paso doble	Rock 'n' Roll													Cha-cha-cha
Hlio & Chelsie	Foxtrot	Jive	Quickstep														Quickstep
Drew & Anna	Foxtrot	Jive	Cha-cha-cha														Cha-cha-cha
Joey & Kym	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep															Cha-cha-cha
Pamela & Tristan	Cha-cha-cha																Freestyle

Highest scoring dance

Lowest scoring dance

Danced, but not scored

Gained bonus points for this dance

The results/guest performances

Date	Dance style	Artist(s)	Song(s)	Dancers
September 25, 2012	Bollywood	Pitbull	"Don't Stop The Party"	Pitbull's dancers
	Hip-Hop	Justin Bieber	"As Long as You Love Me"	Justin Bieber's dancers
October 2, 2012	Rumba	Katherine Jenkins & Plcido Domingo	"Come What May"	Val Chmerkovskiy and Anna Trebunskaya
	Hip-Hop	Cher Lloyd	"Want U Back"	Cher Lloyd's dancers
October 9, 2012	Cha-cha-cha	Karmin	"Brokenhearted / Hello"	Chelsie Hightower, Sharna Burgess, Sonny Pedersen and Jaymz Tuaileva
	Jive	Frankie Moreno	"Tangerine Honey"/"Real Wild Child"	Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer w/ Henry Byalikov, Oksana Dmytrenko, Sasha Farber and Emma Slater
October 16, 2012	Rumba	Donny Osmond & Susan Boyle	"This Is The Moment"	Kym Johnson and Tristan MacManus
	Cha-cha-cha	Tito Puente Jr.	"Oye Como Va"	Cheryl Burke, Michelle Hafle, Natalja Panina, Sergey Korshunov and Arkadiy Polezhaev
	Acrobatic Dancing	Christina Grimmie	"Titanium"	The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers
October 30, 2012	Paso Doble	Taylor Swift	"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	Troupe Members
	Contemporary	Jason Mraz	"I Won't Give Up"	Chelsie Hightower and Mark Ballas
November 13, 2012	Hip-Hop	Ne-Yo	"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)"	Ne-Yo's Dancers
	Cha-cha-cha	Kylie Minogue	"The Loco-Motion"	Kym Johnson, Tristan MacManus and Troupe members
November 20, 2012	Hip-Hop	The Wanted	"I Found You"/"Glad You Came"	The Wanted's Dancers
	Hip-Hop	Paula Abdul	"Dream Medley"	Mark Ballas, Chelsie Hightower, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Sonny Fredie Pederson, Henry Byalikov, Sharna Burgess, and Emma Slater
	Contemporary	Drehz	"Heart Cry"	Derek Hough, Allison Holker, Melanie Moore, Kathryn McCormick, Jessica Lee Keller

U.S. television ratings

Show	Episode	Air date	Viewers (millions)	Rating/share (adults 18-49)	Rating/share (household)	Note
1	"Performance Show: Week 1"	September 24, 2012	14.11	2.5/7	9.3/14
2	"Results Show: Week 1"	September 25, 2012	11.79	2.1/6	7.7/12
3	"Performance Show: Week 2"	October 1, 2012	12.38	2.1/5	9.3/12
4	"Results Show: Week 2"	October 2, 2012	12.03	2.1/5	7.9/12
5	"Performance Show: Week 3"	October 8, 2012	13.55	2.2/6	8.9/13
6	"Results Show: Week 3"	October 9, 2012	13.33	2.2/6	9.0/13
7	"Performance Show: Week 4"	October 15, 2012	13.64	2.1/5	9.1/13
8	"Results Show: Week 4"	October 16, 2012	12.92	2.0/6	8.6/13
9	"Performance Show 1: Week 5"	October 22, 2012	13.27	2.4/6	8.7/13
10	"Performance Show 2: Week 5"	October 23, 2012	12.90	2.3/7	8.3/13
11	"Performance Show: Week 6"	October 29, 2012	13.90	2.3/5	9.5/14
12	"Results Show: Week 6"	October 30, 2012	11.49	1.8/5	7.9/12
13	"Performance Show: Week 7"	November 5, 2012	13.48	2.1/5	9.0/13
14	"Performance Show: Week 8"	November 12, 2012	13.79	2.1/5	9.2/14
15	"Results Show: Week 8"	November 13, 2012	12.11	1.9/5	7.9/12
16	"Performance Show: Week 9"	November 19, 2012	14.28	2.4/6	9.2/14
17	"Results Show: Week 9"	November 20, 2012	13.01	2.0/6	8.5/13
18	"Performance Show: Week 10"	November 26, 2012	16.30	2.7/7	10.4/15
19	"Season Finale"	November 27, 2012	16.73	3.0/8	10.7/12

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