Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 4)

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Dancing with the Stars (season 4)
Country of origin United States
Network ABC
Original run March 19, 2007 – May 22, 2007
No. of episodes 20
Celebrity winner Apolo Anton Ohno
Professional winner Julianne Hough
Previous season 3
Next season 5

The fourth season of the American edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 19, 2007 and aired until May 22, 2007.

To avoid direct competition with Fox Broadcasting Company's American Idol, Dancing with the Stars changed time slots from the previous season. In the fourth season, the performance show aired on Mondays, and the results show aired on Tuesdays. No elimination was scheduled for the first week, in order to allow viewers two weeks to see all of the couples perform both Latin and Standard ballroom dances.

This season was broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom on Sunday afternoons from Sunday, July 15, 2007. Captions appeared on screen throughout the show to remind viewers that this was recorded earlier in the year and that they could vote on the outcome. None of the first three seasons were screened in the UK.

This season resulted in the most 10s (the maximum score a single judge can award) awarded in any season so far (64).

Contents

[edit] Couples

The 11 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:

Celebrity Occupation Professional Partner Status
Paulina Porizkova Supermodel Alec Mazo Eliminated 1st
on March 26th, 2007
Shandi Finnessey Game show host and former Miss USA Brian Fortuna Eliminated 2nd
on April 3rd, 2007
Leeza Gibbons Talk show host Tony Dovolani Eliminated 3rd
on April 10th, 2007
Clyde Drexler Retired NBA player Elena Grinenko Eliminated 4th
on April 17th, 2007
Heather Mills Charity Campaigner Jonathan Roberts Eliminated 5th
on April 24th, 2007
John Ratzenberger Actor Edyta Sliwinska Eliminated 6th
on May 1st, 2007
Billy Ray Cyrus Country Singer and Actor Karina Smirnoff Eliminated 7th
on May 8th, 2007
Ian Ziering Actor Cheryl Burke Eliminated 8th
on May 15th, 2007
Laila Ali Boxing World Champion Maksim Chmerkovskiy Third Place
on May 22nd, 2007
Joey Fatone *NSYNC Member Kym Johnson Second Place
on May 22nd, 2007
Apolo Anton Ohno Olympic Gold Medalist Short Track Speedskater Julianne Hough Winners
on May 22nd, 2007

[edit] Changes

Some major changes were made before the start of the season:

  • Actor Vincent Pastore was originally announced as partnering with Edyta Sliwinska, but pulled out after one week of rehearsals. In a statement, Pastore cited his inability to commit to the physical demands of the program. Actor John Ratzenberger then replaced him.[1] However, ESPN host Mike Greenberg had actively campaigned for Pastore's spot on the show.[2]
  • Ashly DelGrosso-Costa, one of the regular dancers, announced that she will not appear this season due to pregnancy. Ashly was married to one of the show's field producers, Mike Costa, on October 21, 2006; their child was due in July 2007.
  • Also, Louis van Amstel wrote on his blog that he would not compete this season because all of the female celebrities were taller than him. But, he noted, he would be active on the show as a professional dancer at results shows and as a choreographer for the show.[3]

[edit] Dance schedule

The following are the dances that were performed each week and notable dates of this season's competition:

  • Week 1: Cha-Cha-Cha, Foxtrot
  • Week 2: Quickstep, Mambo
  • Week 3: Jive, Tango
  • Week 4: Paso Doble, Waltz
  • Week 5: Samba, Rumba
  • Week 6: Mixed latin dances from weeks 1-5, Group Swing
  • Week 7: Mixed ballroom & latin dances from weeks 1-5
  • Week 8: Mixed ballroom & latin dances from weeks 1-5
  • Week 9: Favorite ballroom & latin dances from weeks 1-7
  • Week 10: Judges' choice, Freestyle, Favorite dance of season from weeks 1-8

[edit] Judges' scoring summary and elimination chart

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 third-place couple.
Couple Place 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Apolo & Julianne 1 21 26 47 23 26 30 28 26+28=54 28+30=58 30+29=59 28+30+30=88
Joey & Kym 2 24 24 48 24 28 25 27 29+30=59 26+29=55 30+30=60 26+30+30=86
Laila & Maksim 3 23 27 50 21 21 28 28 29+30=59 27+26=53 30+30=60 29+26+30=85
Ian & Cheryl 4 21 22 43 24 24 24 24 27+27=54 22+25=47 28+30=58
Billy Ray & Karina 5 13 21 34 21 21 17 21 17+21=38 18+20=38
John & Edyta 6 17 21 38 20 16 18 19 23+22=45
Heather & Jonathan 7 21 26 47 24 25 22 26
Clyde & Elena 8 16 18 34 16 15 13
Leeza & Tony 9 15 21 36 24 16
Shandi & Brian 10 19 20 39 21
Paulina & Alec 11 19 21 40

[edit] Average Chart

Rank Competitive
rank		 Couple Total Number of Dances Average
1 1 Apolo & Julianne 413 15 27.5
2 2 Joey & Kym 412 15 27.4
3 3 Laila & Maksim 405 15 27.0
4 4 Ian & Cheryl 298 12 24.8
5 7 Heather & Jonathan 133 6 22.1
6 10 Shandi & Brian 60 3 20.0
6 11 Paulina & Alec 40 2 20.0
8 6 John & Edyta 156 8 19.5
9 5 Billy Ray & Karina 190 10 19.0
9 9 Leeza & Tony 76 4 19.0
11 8 Clyde & Elena 78 5 15.6

[edit] Dance Chart

Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Apolo & Julianne Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Waltz Samba Rumba Foxtrot, Mambo Tango, Paso Doble Quickstep, Cha-Cha-Cha Rumba, Freestyle, Paso Doble
Joey & Kym Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Tango Paso Doble Rumba Samba Foxtrot, Jive Waltz, Mambo Foxtrot, Jive Cha-Cha-Cha, Freestyle, Tango
Laila & Maksim Foxtrot Mambo Tango Paso Doble Rumba Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep, Samba Waltz, Jive Quickstep, Cha-Cha-Cha Paso Doble, Freestyle, Mambo
Ian & Cheryl Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Waltz Samba Paso Doble Tango, Mambo Foxtrot, Rumba Tango, Jive
Billy Ray & Karina Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Tango Paso Doble Rumba Jive Waltz, Samba Foxtrot, Mambo
John & Edyta Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Tango Paso Doble Samba Mambo Foxtrot, Rumba
Heather & Jonathan Foxtrot Mambo Jive Waltz Samba Paso Doble
Clyde & Elena Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Waltz Rumba
Leeza & Tony Foxtrot Mambo Tango Paso Doble
Shandi & Brian Foxtrot Mambo Jive
Paulina & Alec Foxtrot Mambo

[edit] Tour

On May 7, 2007, the second Dancing with the Stars – The Tour for North America was announced. Produced by BBC Worldwide, Anschutz Entertainment Group, and Front Line Management Group, the live-action tour features celebrities and professional dancers from the each of the first four U.S. seasons. The 24-city tour was set to begin with a show in Austin, Texas on June 20, and end in Vancouver, British Columbia on July 24, 2007. The pairs announced[1] for the tour are:

[edit] References

  1. ^ ABC News: John Ratzenberger Joins Cast of 'Dancing With the Stars'
  2. ^ Mike Greenberg’s Fan Site » Blog Archive » Will Mike Greenberg Be Dancing With The Stars?
  3. ^ http://www.dancingwithlouis.com/blog.asp#2/22/2007

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Dancing with the Stars (US season 3)		 Dancing with the Stars (US TV series) (US version)
Season 4		 Succeeded by
Dancing with the Stars (US season 5)
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