| Hosts | |
| Tom Bergeron (2005-2019) Tyra Banks (2020-2022) Alfonso Ribeiro (2023-present) | |
| Sub Host | |
| Alfonso Ribeiro | |
| Co-Hostesses | |
| Lisa Canning (Season 1) Samantha Harris (Seasons 2-9) Brooke Burke (Seasons 10-18) Erin Andrews (Seasons 19-28) Julianne Hough (Seasons 32-present) | |
| Sub Co-Hosts | |
| Drew Lachey Leah Remini | |
| Judges | |
| Len Goodman Bruno Tonioli Carrie Ann Inaba Derek Hough | |
| Sub-Judges | |
| Michael Flatley Baz Luhrmann | |
| Guest Judges | |
| Paula Abdul Robin Roberts Julianne Hough Donny Osmond Kenny Ortega Kevin Hart Jessie J Alfonso Ribeiro Maksim Chmerkovskiy Olivia Newton-John | |
| Announcer | |
| Alan Dedicoat | |
| Broadcast | |
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| Packager | |
| BBC Worldwide America | |
Dancing with the Stars is a reality competition show where celebrities from many fields dance with professional dancers for bragging rights & a mirror ball trophy. This was an American adaptation of the British reality competition series Strictly Come Dancing.
Format[]
Celebrities are paired with professional dancers. 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.
Scoring and voting procedure[]
In the first two seasons, only the overall ranking between competitors by the judges and the public was relevant. From Season 3 onward, the scoring system has made the exact scores relevant as well.
The scoring begins with the judges' marks. Each judge gives a numeric score from 1 to 10, for a total score of 3 to 30. The scoring was altered for the "all-star" season 15, during which judges could give scores at ½-point intervals from 0.5 to 10, for a total score of 1.5 to 30. When multiple performances are scored, only the cumulative total counts. The contestants' judges' shares are calculated as the percentage of the total number of points awarded to all contestants that evening (for example: if a team earned 20 points on a night when the judges awarded 200 points, their judges' share would be 20/200 = 10%.) This percentage is then added to the percentage of North American votes received by each contestant. The lowest-scoring two couples are identified at the end of the show, and the couple with the lowest combined total gets eliminated. Season 8 added an occasional 'dance-off', in which contestants could re-perform one of their dances, to improve their judges' score. This was later discontinued.
Public voting is conducted in a variety of ways including, a toll-free number, the ABC website, and, most recently, text messages and Facebook; people can vote during and immediately after each performance show. The maximum number of votes per voter per medium is equal to the number of couples performing that night, or five votes, whichever is larger. In April 2010, it was revealed that former contestant Kate Gosselin had e-mailed friends and family asking them to vote as many as 10 times each. In November 2010, The Washington Post reported that online voting appeared instead of requiring a valid email address, and accordingly that numerous votes apparently could be cast by one person.
In several cases where ESPN coverage of Monday Night Football airs instead on an ABC affiliate in an NFL team's home market, the program is delayed to air immediately after that station's local news, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Nightline, and a voting window confined only to the area codes of the pre-empted market is opened up to allow affected viewers to still put their votes in for the competition, though this is on a market-by-market basis (in several markets, an alternate sister station or digital subchannel carries the program live as scheduled).
Seasons 1 and 3 featured only two couples in the final week instead of three. Starting with season 16, four couples made it into the final week, although the top three finalists proceeded to dance one more time for the judges after the fourth-place couple was announced. In seasons 20, 22, 24, and 26 there were three couples in the final week, but in seasons 21, 23, 25, 27, and 28 there were four. In season 33, there were five couples.
Winners[]
- Season 1 - Kelly Monaco & Alec Mazo
- Season 2 - Drew Lachey & Cheryl Burke
- Season 3 - Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke
- Season 4 - Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough
- Season 5 - Hélio Castroneves & Julianne Hough
- Season 6 - Kristi Yamaguchi & Mark Ballas
- Season 7 - Brooke Burke & Derek Hough
- Season 8 - Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas
- Season 9 - Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson
- Season 10 - Nicole Scherzinger & Derek Hough
- Season 11 - Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough
- Season 12 - Hines Ward & Kym Johnson
- Season 13 - J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff
- Season 14 - Donald Driver & Peta Murgatroyd
- Season 15 - Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani
- Season 16 - Kellie Pickler & Derek Hough
- Season 17 - Amber Riley & Derek Hough
- Season 18 - Meryl Davis & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
- Season 19 - Alfonso Ribeiro & Witney Carson
- Season 20 - Rumer Willis & Valentin Chmerkovskiy
- Season 21 - Bindi Irwin & Derek Hough
- Season 22 - Nyle DiMarco & Peta Murgatroyd
- Season 23 - Laurie Hernandez & Valentin Chmerkovskiy
- Season 24 - Rashad Jennings & Emma Slater
- Season 25 - Jordan Fisher & Lindsay Arnold
- Season 26 - Adam Rippon & Jenna Johnson
- Season 27 - Bobby Bones & Sharna Burgess
- Season 28 - Hannah Brown & Alan Bersten
- Season 29 - Kaitlyn Bristowe & Artem Chigvintsev
- Season 30 - Iman Shumpert & Daniella Karagach
- Season 31 - Charli D'Amelio & Mark Ballas
- Season 32 - Xochitl Gomez & Valentin Chmerkovskiy
- Season 33 - Joey Graziadei & Jenna Johnson
International Versions[]
Countries that have done their versions of Dancing with the Stars include:
- Albania and Kosovo
- America
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Chile
- China
- Columbia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Mexico
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Panama
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom (the country that originated the program as Strictly Come Dancing)
- Vietnam
Rating[]
Merchandise[]
Card Game[]
In 2008, University Games released a card game version of this popular reality dance show in which the players serve as the judges and attempts to correctly match up the dancer card with a specific dance. The player who scores the most dance cards at the end of ten rounds wins the game.
Video Games[]
In October 2007, Activision released a video game version of Dancing with the Stars for the PC, Sony Playstation 2, Nintendo Wii and mobile devices. A 2nd Edition, titled Dancing with the Stars: We Dance!, was released in October 2008 for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS.
Mobile Games[]
A new version of the game, titled Dancing with the Stars: On the Move was released for the Apple iPhone and iPad devices in August 2013; while another version, titled Dancing with the Stars: The Official Game, was released in September 2015 for the Google Android and the Apple iPhones and iPad devices.
Music[]
Harold Wheeler (2005-2013)
Ray Chew (2014-present)
Singers[]
Carmen Carter
Antonio Sol
Beverley Staunton
Darryl Phinnessee
Studio[]
CBS Television City, Hollywood, California
Spin-Offs[]
Mira Quien Baila - A Spanish-language version that aired on Las Estrellas
Skating with the Stars - Same as Dancing, except that the couples skate.
Dancing with the Stars Juniors - A kid's version of the show.
Additional Page[]
Dancing with the Stars/Participants
Links[]
Wikis[]
Dancing with the Stars Wiki (1)
Dancing with the Stars Wiki (2)