Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 3)

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Dancing with the Stars (season 3)
Country of origin United States
Network ABC
Original run September 12, 2006 – November 15, 2006
No. of episodes 20
Celebrity winner Emmitt Smith
Professional winner Cheryl Burke
Previous season 2
Next season 4

The third season of Dancing with the Stars (US TV series) premiered on September 12, 2006 and ended November 15, 2006. The number of couples expanded from ten the previous season to eleven.

For this season, the scoring system was changed. Fan vote still accounted for half of the total score, but scoring was now translated directly from percentages rather than into ordinals. The judges scores were added up, and each performer was given points based on the percentage of the total points distributed among all performers. (For example, a team received a score of 25. A total of 207 points were awarded to all nine performers. The team received 12.08% of that total, so that team earned 12.08 points.) The fan vote was handled the same way, with the points based on how much of the total fan vote the star received. (So, in the same example, if the team earned 15% of the total fan vote, their grand total is 27.08 points.)[1]

The results shows of this season featured the Slim Fast Dance Challenge, where Tysonia Sichinga and Christian Perry illustrated how exercise such as dancing could aid weight loss.

The season finale brought in 27.8 million viewers, making it the highest rated Dancing with the Stars season finale to date.

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[edit] Couples

The 11 celebrities and professional dancers that competed were:

Celebrity Occupation Professional Partner Status
Tucker Carlson Political Pundit/MSNBC News Anchor Elena Grinenko Eliminated 1st
on September 13th
Shanna Moakler Former Miss USA/Playboy Playmate/Reality Television Star Jesse DeSoto Eliminated 2nd
on September 20th
Harry Hamlin Actor Ashly DelGrosso Eliminated 3rd
on September 27th
Vivica A. Fox Actress Nick Kosovich Eliminated 4th
on October 4th
Willa Ford Pop Singer Maksim Chmerkovskiy Eliminated 5th
on October 11th
Sara Evans Country Singer Tony Dovolani Withdrew
on October 13th
Jerry Springer Talk Show Host and Former Politician Kym Johnson Eliminated 6th
on October 25th
Monique Coleman Actress Louis van Amstel Eliminated 7th
on November 1st
Joey Lawrence Actor Edyta Sliwinska Eliminated 8th
on November 8th
Mario Lopez Actor and TV Host Karina Smirnoff Second Place
on November 15th
Emmitt Smith Retired NFL running back Cheryl Burke Winners
on November 15th

[edit] Evans' withdrawal

On October 12, 2006, Sara Evans announced her withdrawal from the competition to be with her kids after filing for divorce from her husband, Craig Schelske.[2] In a "final appearance",[3] a pre-taped interview with Evans about her decision was shown on the October 17 episode.

Willa Ford stated on Headline News' Robin & Company that ABC had invited her to return to the competition, but she declined.[4] At the end of the October 18 results show, after showing the bottom two, it was revealed that there would be no elimination for the week due to Evans' departure.[5] The scores of Week 6 were combined with the scores of Week 7 for the October 25 elimination. Evans returned for the season finale.

[edit] Fan voting influence

On weeks four and five Ford and Fox were eliminated, despite Ford having tied in first place, and Fox tied in fourth. Ford was in the bottom two along with Springer, who was tied for the lowest score. Fox was in the bottom two along with Coleman, who both performed great the previous week and tied for fourth that week. Ford's elimination was booed by the audience, and so was Fox's. This extends the theme similar to last season where dancers with higher scores were often eliminated before ones that tended to get lower scores and also had more popularity with the fan vote. Both Evans and Springer benefited from the fan vote until Evans withdrew in week 6 and Springer was finally eliminated in week 7.

[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 couple that withdrew.
Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6+7 8 9 10
Emmitt & Cheryl 24 24 19 24 27 25 28+29=57 82 25+29=54 29+30=59 30+30+29=89
Mario & Karina 26 21 22 29 27 28 29+27=56 84 28+29=57 30+29=59 29+30+30=89
Joey & Edyta 21 29 22 27 25 24 29+28=57 81 28+26=54 29+30=59
Monique & Louis 19 26 27 24 27 23 27+27=54 77 24+29=53
Jerry & Kym 16 19 21 22 24 18 24+22=46 64
Sara & Tony 24 22 27 24 27
Willa & Maksim 22 23 22 28 27
Vivica & Nick 24 26 27 24
Harry & Ashly 17 21 22
Shanna & Jesse 23 25
Tucker & Elena 12

[edit] Average Chart

Rank Competitive rank Couple Total Number of Dances Average
1 2 Mario & Karina 414 15 27.6
2 1 Emmitt & Cheryl 402 15 26.8
3 3 Joey & Edyta 318 12 26.5
4 4 Monique & Louis 253 10 25.3
5 7 Willa & Maksim 122 5 24.4
6 8 Vivica & Nick 97 4 24.2
7 6 Sara & Tony 105 5 21.0
8 5 Jerry & Kym 166 8 20.7
9 9 Harry & Ashly 60 3 20.0
9 10 Shanna & Jesse 40 2 20.0
11 11 Tucker & Elena 12 1 12.0

[edit] Dance Chart

Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Emmitt & Cheryl Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Tango Paso Doble Samba Jive Waltz, Mambo Foxtrot, Rumba Waltz, Cha-Cha-Cha Samba, Mambo, Freestyle
Mario & Karina Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Tango Paso Doble Rumba Mambo Foxtrot, Jive Waltz, Samba Tango, Cha-Cha-Cha Samba, Paso Doble, Freestyle
Joey & Edyta Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Waltz Samba Rumba Foxtrot, Mambo Tango, Paso Doble Quickstep, Rumba
Monique & Louis Foxtrot Mambo Jive Waltz Rumba Samba Quickstep, Paso Doble Tango, Cha-Cha-Cha
Jerry & Kym Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Tango Waltz Samba Paso Doble Foxtrot, Mambo
Sara & Tony Foxtrot Mambo Jive Paso Doble Samba
Willa & Maksim Foxtrot Mambo Jive Waltz Rumba
Vivica & Nick Foxtrot Mambo Tango Paso Doble
Harry & Ashly Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Tango
Shanna & Jesse Foxtrot Mambo
Tucker & Elena Cha-Cha-Cha

[edit] Tour

On the October 25, 2006, results show, the first Dancing with the Stars – The Tour event was announced. Produced by ABC and Anschutz Entertainment Group, the live-action tour featured celebrities and professional dancers from U.S. seasons 1-3. The tour through 38 arena venues started in San Diego, California on December 19, 2006, and ended in Atlantic City, New Jersey on February 11, 2007. The pairs performing in the tour were:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Scoring and elimination procedure for Dancing with the Stars, Season 3
  2. ^ http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061013/ENTERTAINMENT06/61013002
  3. ^ http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1545889,00.html
  4. ^ Willa Ford declines to fill Sara Evans' 'Dancing with the Stars' shoes - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs
  5. ^ http://abcmedianet.com/shared/ams/assets/both/2006/010/16/101606_19.html
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Dancing with the Stars (US season 2)		 Dancing with the Stars (US TV series) (US version)
Season 3		 Succeeded by
Dancing with the Stars (US season 4)
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