Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 2)

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Dancing with the Stars (season 2)
Country of origin United States
Network ABC
Original run January 5, 2006 – February 26, 2006
No. of episodes 15
Celebrity winner Drew Lachey
Professional winner Cheryl Burke
Previous series 1
Next season 3

The second season of the American edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on the American Broadcasting Company network on January 5, 2006 and ended February 26, 2006. This season expanded to ten couples from six in the previous season.

The second season expanded each program from an hour to ninety minutes, and added an hour-long results show the following night (in the first season no couples were eliminated in the first week; the first couple was eliminated at the end of the second episode, the second couple at the end of the third episode, and so on). Two couples were declared safe in an earlier portion of the show, the remaining couples were then named off until only the bottom two were left (the last two couples had the lowest amount of votes, with the exception of week seven, where the show explicitly stated that the order of all but the eliminated couple was random).

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[edit] Couples

The 10 celebrities and professional dance partners were:

Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Status
Kenny Mayne ESPN sports anchorman Andrea Hale Eliminated 1st
on January 6th, 2006
Tatum O'Neal Academy Award winning actress Nick Kosovich Eliminated 2nd
on January 13th, 2006
Giselle Fernandez TV journalist Jonathan Roberts Eliminated 3rd
on January 20th, 2006
Master P Rapper and Entrepreneur Ashly DelGrosso Eliminated 4th
on January 27th, 2006
Tia Carrere Actress and Model Maksim Chmerkovskiy Eliminated 5th
on February 3rd, 2006
George Hamilton Actor Edyta Sliwinska Eliminated 6th
on February 10th, 2006
Lisa Rinna Actress and TV host Louis van Amstel Eliminated 7
on February 24th, 2006
Stacy Keibler Former WWE Diva and Actress Tony Dovolani Third Place
on February 24th, 2006
Jerry Rice Retired NFL wide receiver Anna Trebunskaya Second Place
on February 24th, 2006
Drew Lachey 98 Degrees member Cheryl Burke Winners
on February 24th, 2006

The second series cast was similarly assembled to that of the first season: Both had a retired athlete (Holyfield/Rice), an ex-boy band member (McIntyre/Lachey), a model (Hunter/Carerre), a soap star (Monaco/Rinna), and an older man (O'Hurley/Hamilton).

[edit] Season summary

In the second season, Drew Lachey and Stacy Keibler broke out as the early frontrunners, as both had solid early performances, and some prior dance experience: Lachey's stage performances with 98 Degrees were extensively choreographed, and Keibler had childhood dance training as well as being a professional cheerleader. Although both Keibler and Lachey were assumed to have some form of a fan base, there was no way of knowing whether 98 Degrees fans or WWE fans were responsible for their success—Drew credited the people of Cincinnati, Ohio for helping him stay in the competition. Lachey was lauded for his passion and willingness to take risks, and Keibler for her long legs and technical perfection. In regard to the judges' scoring, in nearly every week, Lachey and Keibler held the top two spots in the scoring (either first-second or tied for first). In addition, Lachey and Keibler were the only dancers in season 2 to receive a perfect score (Keibler four, Lachey three), and have three of the four "encore" performances (Lachey twice, Keibler once). In week seven, Stacy and Tony became the first couple in series history to receive two 30s (maximum judges' score) in a row. Drew and Cheryl were always among the top two highest scores and along with Jerry Rice and Anna Trebunskaya, were the only couple never chosen for the bottom two. The judges repeatedly told Keibler and Lachey that they were the best or among the best dancers in any of the international versions of the series.

Musical guests such as the Pussycat Dolls, Jesse McCartney, Natasha Bedingfield, Michael Bublé, Bill Medley, Burt Bacharach, Mary J. Blige and Barry Manilow performed while the professional dancers demonstrated various routines. In week four the results show introduced an encore of what the judges considered the previous night's best routine—twice going to Drew Lachey (the paso doble in week four and the Rumba (dance) in week seven), once to Stacy Keibler (the Samba (ballroom) in week five) and once to Rinna (the quickstep in week six).

[edit] Controversies over fan voting

Once again, fans accounted for half the vote total. This was partly responsible for the extended presence of Master P, who had the worst average of any dancer ever (as of late 2007, he remains the only dancer to receive a score under 10) and refused to wear dance shoes. In spite of harsh criticism from some of the judges, he stayed for several weeks. It was also revealed that by the fourth week of competition, Master P had logged only 20 hours of dance training (other stars had logged 100 hours by week 4). His continued presence was attributed to his strong fan base, as well as fans who saw him as the underdog or who wanted to "vote for the worst". After the surprise departure of Giselle Fernández and low scores (a total of just 8 points for his final dance, the lowest score in the history of the series) from the judges, he was finally eliminated.

Jerry Rice also benefited from the fan vote. In the closing weeks of the competition, the judges became increasingly critical of Rice (Len Goodman, at one point said, "Jerry Rice? It's more like geriatric!"), and although they acknowledged that he continued to put great effort in his performances, they felt he no longer deserved to be there. Rice and his outspoken partner Trebunskaya rebutted those criticisms, and the fan vote sided with them, ensuring Rice never placed in the bottom two (until the final three). In week seven, in a matter of some controversy, Rice advanced to the finals, and Lisa Rinna (whom the judges and some viewers felt was superior to Rice) was eliminated. However, in the final three dances, the judges began to admire Rice's effort and his scores improved, though he still lagged behind both Lachey and Keibler. Two of the judges, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman, and some viewers were also disappointed with Stacy Kiebler finishing in third place instead of Rice. At the finale, Kenny Mayne even said, "We just eliminated a girl with a perfect score." Much of this can be attributed to the fact that lines for voting were open at the beginning of the show and Rice danced first in many of the episodes.

[edit] 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.
     indicates the couple that was chosen to perform the encore performance.
     indicates the couples eliminated that week.
     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
     indicates the last couple(s) to be told they would remain in the competition (according to Bergeron, they may or may not have been in the bottom two).
     indicates the winning couple.
     indicates the runner-up couple.
     indicates the runner-up couple.
Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Drew & Cheryl
24
27
27
28
27
30
26+29=55
30+30+27=87
Jerry & Anna
21
23
19
24
23
23
20+21=41
26+27+27=80
Stacy & Tony
22
29
27
26
30
30
 27+28=55
30+26+30=86
Lisa & Louis
19
20
25
26
25
27
26+27=53
George & Edyta
18
22
22
21
24
23
Tia & Maksim
20
22
26
25
22
P & Ashly
12
16
14
8
Giselle & Jonathan
23
24
22
Tatum & Nick
23
17
Kenny & Andrea
13

[edit] Average Chart

This chart is based on the dancers' averages and not their place in the competition.

Rank Competitive
rank		 Couple Total Number of Dances Average
1 1 Drew & Cheryl 305 11 27.7
1 3 Stacy & Tony 305 11 27.7
3 4 Lisa & Louis 195 8 24.5
4 2 Jerry & Anna 254 11 23.0
4 6 Tia & Maksim 115 5 23.0
4 8 Giselle & Jonathan 69 3 23.0
7 5 George & Edyta 130 6 21.6
8 9 Tatum & Nick 40 2 20.0
9 10 Kenny & Andrea 13 1 13.0
10 7 P & Ashly 50 4 12.5

[edit] Perfect Tens

Team Total No. of Tens Week Judge(s) who gave a ten Dance Performed Score
Stacy/Tony 15
2 Len Goodman & Bruno Tonioli Rumba 29
5 Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli Samba 30
6 Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli Jive 30
7 Bruno Tonioli Cha-Cha-Cha 28
8 Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli Jive 30
Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli Samba 30
Drew/Cheryl 12
4 Bruno Tonioli Paso Doble 28
6 Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli Tango 30
7 Carrie Ann Inaba & Bruno Tonioli Rumba 29
8 Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli Paso Doble 30
Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli Freestyle 30

[edit] Dance Chart

Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 & Finals
Drew & Cheryl Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Paso Doble Samba Tango Foxtrot, Rumba Paso Doble, Freestyle, Jive
Jerry & Anna Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Paso Doble Tango, Rumba Foxtrot, Freestyle, Cha-Cha-Cha
Stacy & Tony Waltz Rumba Tango Foxtrot Samba Jive Quickstep, Cha-Cha-Cha Jive, Freestyle, Samba
Lisa & Louis Waltz Rumba Jive Paso Doble Samba Quickstep Foxtrot, Cha-Cha-Cha
George & Edyta Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Tango Paso Doble Samba Rumba
Tia & Maksim Waltz Rumba Tango Foxtrot Samba
Master P & Ashly Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Paso Doble
Giselle & Jonathan Waltz Rumba Tango
Tatum & Nick Waltz Rumba
Kenny & Andrea Cha-Cha-Cha

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Preceded by
Dancing with the Stars (US season 1)		 Dancing with the Stars (US TV series) (US version)
Season 2		 Succeeded by
Dancing with the Stars (US season 3)
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