Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 11)

Dancing with the Stars (Season 11)
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Country	United States
Network	ABC
Original run	September 20, 2010 – November 23, 2010
No. of episodes	20
Celebrity winner	Jennifer Grey
Professional winner	Derek Hough
Previous season	10
Next season	12

Dancing with the Stars returned for an 11th season on September 20, 2010. The cast was announced during the August 30 episode of Bachelor Pad during a live press conference that included a Q&A session with host Tom Bergeron and co-host Brooke Burke and the new cast. There are twelve celebrity cast members this season. The pairs were announced on September 1 (however, Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas were announced as being a couple the day before by way of a Good Morning America interview).

Corky Ballas returned to the show for the first time since Season 7. This is the first season to feature no new professional dancers, as each of the 12 pros has appeared on at least one previous season. Edyta Śliwińska, the only pro to have appeared throughout the entire run of the series, did not return this season.

Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba continue as the judges this season.

Several changes were introduced this season including an "Acoustic Week," in which couples performed either the Rumba or the Argentine Tango, while the audience was brought closer to the dance floor, which was elevated and made circular, a "TV Theme Week" and a "Rock n' Roll Week", in which couples performed the Paso Doble or the Tango and danced in a Rock n' Roll marathon. Fan favorites from previous seasons also came back to judge the couples, who re-created their most memorable routines on the 200th episode; these guest judges were Hélio Castroneves, Kelly Osbourne, Emmitt Smith, Drew Lachey, Gilles Marini, and Mel B. Kristi Yamaguchi and Apolo Ohno also served as team captains for the team dances. Yamaguchi's team consisted of Rick & Cheryl, Kyle & Lacey and Bristol & Mark, while Brandy & Maksim, Jennifer & Derek and Kurt & Anna were on Ohno's team. Also scheduled was a week dubbed "Instant Choreography" in which the couples practiced their routines for a week and received the music for their Latin dances only 45 minutes before their live routines.

Actress Jennifer Grey won the competition over actor Kyle Massey and Bristol Palin, making her partner Derek Hough the first professional to win the competition three times.

Couples

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Hasselhoff, DavidDavid Hasselhoff	Actor & Singer	Johnson, KymKym Johnson	Eliminated 1st on September 21, 2010
Bolton, MichaelMichael Bolton	Music Legend	Hightower, ChelsieChelsie Hightower	Eliminated 2nd on September 28, 2010
Cho, MargaretMargaret Cho	Comedienne & Actress	Van Amstel, LouisLouis Van Amstel	Eliminated 3rd on October 5, 2010
Sorrentino, MikeMike Sorrentino (The Situation)	Jersey Shore Star	Smirnoff, KarinaKarina Smirnoff	Eliminated 4th on October 12, 2010
Henderson, FlorenceFlorence Henderson	Actress & Singer	Ballas, CorkyCorky Ballas	Eliminated 5th on October 19, 2010
Patridge, AudrinaAudrina Patridge	The Hills Star	Dovolani, TonyTony Dovolani	Eliminated 6th on October 26, 2010
Fox, RickRick Fox	Retired NBA Small Forward	Burke, CherylCheryl Burke	Eliminated 7th on November 2, 2010
Warner, KurtKurt Warner	Former NFL Quarterback	Trebunskaya, AnnaAnna Trebunskaya	Eliminated 8th on November 9, 2010
Brandy, Brandy	Grammy Award Winning Singer	Chmerkovskiy, MaksimMaksim Chmerkovskiy	Eliminated 9th on November 16, 2010
Palin, BristolBristol Palin	Activist	Ballas, MarkMark Ballas	Third Place on November 23, 2010
Massey, KyleKyle Massey	Disney Channel Star	Schwimmer, LaceyLacey Schwimmer	Runner-Ups on November 23, 2010
Grey, JenniferJennifer Grey	Movie Star	Hough, DerekDerek Hough	Winners on November 23, 2010

Weekly overview

Scores

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4			Week 5	Week 6			Week 7			Week 8			Week 9			Week 10 /
				Tech.	Perf.	Tot.		1	2	Tot.	1	2	Tot.	1	2	Tot.	1	2	Tot.	1	2	3	4	Tot.
Jennifer & Derek	24	24	24	27	29	56	25	20	9	29	27	37	64	27	30	57	30	30	60	30	30	30	28	118
Kyle & Lacey	23	22	23	18	22	40	20	23	7	30	24	35	59	27	29	56	29	29	58	27	29	26	28	110
Bristol & Mark	18	22	19	18	14	32	18	23	5	28	24	33	57	24	23	47	27	26	53	27	25	25	27	104
Brandy & Maksim	23	21	24	22	26	48	27	26	10	36	27	37	64	29	28	57	27	30	57
Kurt & Anna	19	21	23	15	19	34	24	18	4	22	27	34	61	24	24	48
Rick & Cheryl	22	21	24	19	20	39	24	24	6	30	24	37	61
Audrina & Tony	19	23	26	24	22	46	23	24	8	32
Florence & Corky	18	19	20	17	18	35	21
The Situation & Karina	15	18	20	12	16	28
Margaret & Louis	15	18	18
Michael & Chelsie	16	12
David & Kym	15

     Judges' highest scoring dance

     Judges' lowest scoring dance

• Week Four: The judges provided two scores: one for technique, the other for performance.
• Week Six: After each couples' individual dance, all seven couples competed in a group dance marathon. The judges eliminated teams one-by-one. The first team eliminated received four points, the next team eliminated received five points, and so on, with ten points awarded to the winner of the group dance.
• Week Seven: The remaining couples were split into two teams. The first team consisted of Rick & Cheryl, Bristol & Mark, and Kyle & Lacey, who were led by season six champion Kristi Yamaguchi. The second team, lead by season four champion Apolo Anton Ohno consisted of Kurt & Anna, Brandy & Maks, and Jennifer & Derek. Both groups performed a team cha-cha-cha for their first dance. Each couple then individually performed a dance for which they received a second score. Also, guest judge Emmitt Smith, Gilles Marini, Kelly Osbourne, Drew Lachey, Helio Castroneves and Mel B all provided a fourth score for the individual dances.
• Week Eight: Having already known which specific dance they were assigned, each couple was only provided the musical selection for their second dance after performing their first dance, reducing the rehearsal time available to choreograph to only 30 minutes.
• Week Nine: Each team performed two dances, one Latin and one Ballroom. In their Latin dance, the celebrity was required to perform a solo.
• Week Ten: In the final week, the three remaining couples performed four dances each over two nights.

Dance chart

Week	Jennifer & Derek	Kyle & Lacey	Bristol & Mark	Brandy & Maks	Kurt & Anna	Rick & Cheryl	Audrina & Tony	Florence & Corky	The Situation & Karina	Margaret & Louis	Michael & Chelsie	David & Kym
1	Viennese Waltz	Cha-Cha-Cha	Cha-Cha-Cha	Viennese Waltz	Viennese Waltz	Viennese Waltz	Cha-Cha-Cha	Cha-Cha-Cha	Cha-Cha-Cha	Viennese Waltz	Viennese Waltz	Cha-Cha-Cha
2	Jive	Quickstep	Quickstep	Jive	Jive	Jive	Quickstep	Quickstep	Quickstep	Jive	Jive
3	Samba	Waltz	Foxtrot	Samba	Foxtrot	Samba	Waltz	Waltz	Foxtrot	Samba
4	Argentine Tango	Rumba	Rumba	Rumba	Rumba	Argentine Tango	Argentine Tango	Rumba	Argentine Tango
5	Foxtrot	Foxtrot	Jive	Quickstep	Quickstep	Rumba	Rumba	Tango
6	Paso Doble	Tango	Tango	Tango	Paso Doble	Tango	Paso Doble
	Rock n' Roll	Rock n' Roll	Rock n' Roll	Rock n' Roll	Rock n' Roll	Rock n' Roll	Rock n' Roll
7	Team Cha-Cha-Cha	Team Cha-Cha-Cha	Team Cha-Cha-Cha	Team Cha-Cha-Cha	Team Cha-Cha-Cha	Team Cha-Cha-Cha
	Tango	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz	Foxtrot	Tango	Quickstep
8	Quickstep	Viennese Waltz	Argentine Tango	Waltz	Waltz
	Rumba	Jive	Samba	Cha-Cha-Cha	Cha-Cha-Cha
9	Cha-Cha-Cha	Samba	Paso Doble	Paso Doble
	Waltz	Argentine Tango	Waltz	Argentine Tango
10	Paso Doble	Foxtrot	Jive
	Freestyle	Freestyle	Freestyle
	Viennese Waltz	Tango	Tango
	Cha-Cha-Cha	Cha-Cha-Cha	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Paso Doble	Paso Doble		Samba	Cha-Cha-Cha	Samba		Cha-Cha-Cha

     Judges' highest scoring dance

     Judges' lowest scoring dance

     Dance was not scored

Guest performances on results episodes

In addition to recapping the week's earlier performances by the competitors, each results show features one or more guest musical performers/acts who perform at least one song. During each song, guest dancers perform a choreographed dance.

September 21, 2010

Santana performed "Oye Como Va", while Corky Ballas, Cheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Tony Dovolani, Kym Johnson, and Anna Trebunskaya danced. Daughtry performed "September", featuring guest professional dancers. Santana performed two duets: one with India.Arie ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps") while Karina Smirnoff and Louis Van Amstel danced, and another with Chris Daughtry ("Photograph"), featuring Mark Ballas, Chelsie Hightower, Derek Hough, and Lacey Schwimmer dancing.

September 28, 2010

Janelle Monáe performed "Tightrope", which featured her own dancers. Seal performed "Weight of My Mistakes", with Cheryl Burke, Chelsie Hightower, Kym Johnson, and Lacey Schwimmer dancing.

This episode also featured a Macy's Stars of Dance performance choreographed by Rich and Tone.

October 5, 2010

Michael Bolton performed "Hallelujah" and dancing was performed by Anna Trebunskaya and Jonathan Roberts. Ne-Yo performed "One in a Million" featuring his own dancers, and Mark Ballas and Valentin Chmerkovskiy both sang and danced to "Toxic", and were accompanied by Lacey Schwimmer as a dancer.

October 12, 2010

The Goo Goo Dolls sang two songs: "Iris" and "Not Broken", while Chantel Aguirre, Dmitry Chaplin, Jason Glover, and Chelsie Hightower danced.

Florence and the Machine performed "Dog Days Are Over" and featured their own dancers in a choreographed number.

This episode also featured the Macy's Stars of Dance performing a number from Forever Tango, the longest running tango show in Broadway history.

October 19, 2010

Jason Derülo sang "In My Head" and "Georgia on My Mind".

The Mwano family performed "Beggin'", featuring the Mwano brothers, Chelsie Hightower, Kym Johnson, Lacey Schwimmer, Karina Smirnoff, and Anna Trebunskaya dancing.

Shakira featured her own dancers while she sang her hit song "Loca".

October 26, 2010

Heart sang "Barracuda". Chelsie Hightower, Derek Hough, Peta Murgatroyd, Karina Smirnoff, Louis Van Amstel, and Damian Whitewood danced to the number.

Kylie Minogue sang "Get Outta My Way" and featured her own dancers.

Macy's Stars of Dance presented a performance from the School of Rock band choreographed by Travis Wall.

November 2, 2010

Taylor Swift sang "Mine" and "White Horse". Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani, Chelsie Hightower, and Lacey Schwimmer danced during Swift's first number.

Rod Stewart sang "I Get a Kick out of You" while Peta Murgatroyd and Damian Whitewood danced.

Macy's Stars of Dance presented the cast of Mary Poppins, who performed "Step In Time".

November 9, 2010

Taio Cruz sang "Dynamite" while Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani, Chelsie Hightower, Kym Johnson, Peta Murgatroyd and Louis Van Amstel danced. John Legend and the Roots performed two numbers: "Wake Up Everybody" and "Ordinary People". The first featured Cheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Tony Dovolani, and Chelsie Hightower dancing, and the second showcased Mark Ballas and Jeanine Mason.

Emily Bear sang "Tutti Frutti" and was accompanied by Tyler Goldman, Sophia Latessa, Eric Linder, and Rickie Taylor.

November 16, 2010

Annie Lennox performed "Universal Child" with Brandon Bryant and Britt Stewart dancing, and also sang "Little Bird", showcasing Jaimie Goodwin, Jillian Meyers, Taja Riley and Ellenore Scott in a dance performance.

Enrique Iglesias performed "I Like It", which featured Cheryl Burke, Dmitry Chaplin, Kym Johnson, Peta Murgatroyd, Louis Van Amstel, and Damian Whitewood dancing.

Cheryl Burke and Derek Hough designed a dance for this episode in which viewers submitted votes in the weeks beforehand. Viewers submitted requests for the style of dance (Cha-Cha-Cha), song (Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"), and professionals to perform the dance (Cheryl Burke and Derek Hough). Also, Dancing with the Stars held an online contest in which viewers could submit concepts (costumes, story, etc.) for the dance and were eligible to win a free trip to the show. The viewers then voted on the finalists. Abby Stonewall Kapp from Charlotte, North Carolina, won with her idea of a '50s themed dance.

November 23, 2010

Christina Aguilera performed two songs: "Show Me How You Burlesque" (featuring the Burlesque dancers), and "Beautiful" (featuring her own dancers).

Ratings

Week	Viewers (in millions)
	Performance Show	Results Show
1	21	18.31
2	21.341	17.338
3	19.889	16.695
4	19.526	16.079
5	19.330	15.530
6	20.412	15.931
7	19.934	16.932
8	19.952	16.963
9	20.679	17.22
10	Finals (day 1)	Finals (day 2)
	23.702	24.19

References

Footnotes

Judges' scores

External links

• Official website of U.S Dancing with the Stars