Witney Carson
Dancing with the Stars performances
Table:
Season

Partner

Place

Average Score

18

Cody Simpson

9th

23.8

19

Alfonso Ribeiro

1st

27.7*

20

Chris Soules

5th

21.9*

21

Carlos PenaVega

4th

26.6

22

Von Miller

7th

22.9

23

Vanilla Ice

10th

19.6*

24

Chris Kattan

12th

14.7*

25

Frankie Muniz

3rd

26.0

26

Chris Mazdzer

4th

23.5

27

Milo Manheim

2nd

27.5

28

Kel Mitchell

2nd

25.5

Using the following table along with the relevant paragraphs listed at the end.

Give the answer to the question: Who defeated Kel Mitchell to finish first in the 28th season of Dancing With The Stars ? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}. Avoid adding external knowledge.

Season eighteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 17 , 2014 . Len Goodman , Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges ; Tom Bergeron returned as host while Erin Andrews replaced Brooke Burke-Charvet as co-host . Bandleader Ray Chew replaced the Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers . In addition , the skybox made a return to the show and the judges table returned to the left side of the ballroom . This season was also first to feature a new twist called The Switch Up , which gave viewers the opportunity to vote and change up celebrity/professional pairings for a week during the season . Each celebrity was required to leave his or her assigned partner and perform with a new pro for one week . This season is notable for being the first in which a dance that has been featured in every season , the paso doble , was only performed once ( by Charlie White and Sharna Burgess ) . On May 20 , 2014 , Meryl Davis and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were crowned the champions , marking the first time that Chmerkovskiy has won . Amy Purdy and Derek Hough were the runners-up , and Candace Cameron Bure and Mark Ballas finished in third place .
Cody Simpson ( born 11 January 1997 ) is an Australian musician , singer , songwriter , dancer , actor and model . He is signed with the talent agency ICM Partners . He had portrayed the lead role of Dmitry in the Broadway musical Anastasia from November 2018 through April 2019 . The same year he won the first season of The Masked Singer ( Australia ) .
Season nineteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 15 , 2014 . On November 25 , 2014 , Alfonso Ribeiro and his partner Witney Carson were crowned champions . The runners-up were Sadie Robertson and Mark Ballas , and Janel Parrish and Valentin Chmerkovskiy came in third . Ribeiro was the first male celebrity to win since Donald Driver in season 14 , and it was Carson 's first win - she is the first former So You Think You Can Dance contestant turned Dancing with the Stars professional to win . Cheryl Burke , who was featured on every season of the show except the first , decided to leave when her contract expired at the end of the nineteenth season . She returned in season 23 .
Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro Sr. ( born September 21 , 1971 ) is an American actor , comedian , dancer , singer , director , game show host , and television personality . He played Alfonso Spears on the sitcom Silver Spoons , Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , and Maxwell Stanton on In the House . He is the host of ABC 's America 's Funniest Home Videos , replacing host Tom Bergeron , who left after 15 years . Ribeiro hosted the GSN game show Catch 21 , the ABC Family show Spell-Mageddon , and the television show Dance 360 . He also starred in the title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid and took part in the 13th season of the British reality show I 'm a Celebrity.Get Me Out of Here ! Ribeiro won Season 19 of Dancing with the Stars with professional partner Witney Carson .
Season twenty of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 16 , 2015 , and concluded on May 19 , 2015 . This season marked the ten-year anniversary of the show . In honor of the anniversary , the winners , Rumer Willis and Valentin Chmerkovskiy ( in his first win as a professional ) , received a special 10th Anniversary golden Mirrorball Trophy . The runners-up were Riker Lynch and Allison Holker , while Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess came in third .
Christopher Douglas Soules is an American reality television personality and farmer who starred in the nineteenth season of ABC 's The Bachelor . He earned his role as the Bachelor by becoming a fan favorite during his time on the tenth season of The Bachelorette with Andi Dorfman , where he placed third . He has also appeared in Dancing with the Stars .
Season twenty-one of the American television competition series Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 14 , 2015 . On November 24 , 2015 , Bindi Irwin and her partner Derek Hough were crowned champions . Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess finished second , Alek Skarlatos and Lindsay Arnold placed third . This season set records for the total number of perfect scores awarded ( 23 ) and the number of stars to receive at least one perfect score with 7 ( Bindi Irwin , Nick Carter , Alek Skarlatos , Carlos PenaVega , Tamar Braxton , Alexa PenaVega , and Andy Grammer ) . Irwin also set a record with 8 perfect scores ( a record broken in season 25 by Jordan Fisher ) and became the second youngest winner of the show at 17 years old ( after season 8 winner Shawn Johnson , who was 3 days younger at the time of her win , and later slipped to third behind season 23 winner Laurie Hernandez , who was 16 years old at the time of her win ) . This also marked Hough 's sixth competitive win , extending his own record for the most wins for a professional dancer on the series .
Carlos Roberto PenaVega ( né Pena Jr. ; born August 15 , 1989 ) is an American actor and singer . He starred on the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush as Carlos García , and was a member of the band Big Time Rush . He was also the host of the network 's game show Webheads .
Season twenty-two of Dancing with the Stars premiered March 21 , 2016 , on the ABC network . Hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews returned , as did judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli . Len Goodman returned as head judge , after being absent for the previous season ; while Julianne Hough did not return as judge . On May 24 , 2016 , Nyle DiMarco and his partner Peta Murgatroyd were crowned champions ; this was Murgatroyd 's second win on the show , as she also won season 14 with Donald Driver . DiMarco is also the first deaf contestant to win the show . Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas finished second , while Ginger Zee and Valentin Chmerkovskiy placed third .
Von B'Vsean Miller Jr. ( born March 26 , 1989 ) is an American football outside linebacker for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Miller played college football at Texas A & M , where he earned consensus All-American honors and was awarded the Butkus Award as the most outstanding college linebacker in the nation . He was drafted by the Broncos second overall in the 2011 NFL Draft . Considered among the best defenders in the league , he is an eight-time Pro Bowl selection , receiving first-team All-Pro honors as a rookie . At the conclusion of the 2015 NFL season , Miller was named Super Bowl MVP after the Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 . Following his Super Bowl victory , he appeared on season 22 of Dancing with the Stars .
Season twenty-three of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 12 , 2016 , on the ABC network . On November 23 , 2016 , Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez and Valentin Chmerkovskiy were announced the winner ; IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe and Sharna Burgess placed second , and retired NFL player Calvin Johnson Jr. and Lindsay Arnold placed third . Having won at age 16 , Hernandez is currently the youngest winner of the show , surpassing Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson ( season 8 ) .
Robert Matthew Van Winkle ( born October 31 , 1967 ) , known professionally as Vanilla Ice , is an American rapper , actor , and television host . Born in South Dallas , and raised in Texas and South Florida , Ice released his debut album , Hooked , in 1989 on Ichiban Records , before signing a contract with SBK Records , a record label of the EMI Group , which released a reformatted version of the album in 1990 under the title To the Extreme , which contained Ice 's best-known hits : Ice Ice Baby and a cover of Play That Funky Music . Ice Ice Baby was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts . Although he was successful , Ice later regretted his business arrangements with SBK , which had paid him to adopt a more commercial appearance to appeal to a mass audience and published fabricated biographical information without his knowledge . After surviving a suicide attempt , Ice changed his musical style and lifestyle . While his later , less mainstream albums failed to chart or receive much radio airplay , Ice has had an underground following . In 2009 , Ice began hosting The Vanilla Ice Project on DIY Network . His latest album , WTF - Wisdom , Tenacity & Focus , was released in August 2011 . After that , Ice signed to Psychopathic Records .
Season twenty-four of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 20 , 2017 , on the ABC network . On May 23 , 2017 , NFL runningback Rashad Jennings and Emma Slater , were declared the winners , marking Slater 's first win . Former MLB catcher David Ross and Lindsay Arnold finished second , while Fifth Harmony singer Normani Kordei and Val Chmerkovskiy finished third .
Christopher Lee Kattan ( /kəˈtæn/ ) is an American actor , comedian , and author . He is best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live , his role as Bob on the first four seasons of The Middle , for playing Doug Butabi in A Night at the Roxbury and Bunnicula in Bunnicula .
Season twenty-five of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 18 , 2017 , on the ABC network . On November 21 , 2017 , actor and singer Jordan Fisher and Lindsay Arnold were declared the winners , marking Arnold 's first win . Violinist and composer Lindsey Stirling and Mark Ballas finished second , while actor and race car driver Frankie Muniz and Witney Carson finished third . Having won at age 23 , Fisher is currently the youngest male winner of the show , surpassing short track speed skating competitor Apolo Anton Ohno ( season 4 ) . Fisher also currently holds the record for most perfect scores by a celebrity in a season ( 9 ) , surpassing Bindi Irwin ( season 21 ) and Laurie Hernandez ( season 23 ) .
Francisco Muniz IV ( born December 5 , 1985 ) is an American actor . He is best known for playing the title character in the Fox television family sitcom Malcolm in the Middle , which earned him an Emmy Award nomination and two Golden Globe Award nominations . At the height of his fame , he was considered as one of the most popular child actors and in 2003 , he was considered one of Hollywood 's most bankable teens . In 2008 , he put his acting career on hold to pursue an open-wheel racing career , and competed in the Atlantic Championship . From 2012 to 2014 , he was a drummer in the band Kingsfoil .
Season twenty-six of Dancing with the Stars , titled Dancing with the Stars : Athletes , premiered on April 30 , 2018 , on the ABC network . The four-week season , the shortest ever , features a cast of current and former athletes . This is the first season where more than one couple is eliminated each week . On May 21 , 2018 , Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon and Jenna Johnson were announced the winners , marking the first win for Johnson . Rippon is the first openly gay winner . NFL player Josh Norman , with Sharna Burgess , and former Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding , with Sasha Farber , were both announced as runners-up .
Christopher Chris Mazdzer ( /ˈmæzdər/ ; born June 26 , 1988 ) is an American luger who has been active internationally since 2001 . He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , finishing 13th on both occasions . At the 2018 Winter Olympics Mazdzer won the silver medal in the Men 's Single Luge , becoming the first U.S. men 's singles luge medalist and is the first and currently only non-European to win a medal in that event .
Season twenty-seven of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 24 , 2018 , on the ABC network . On November 19 , 2018 , Radio personality Bobby Bones and Sharna Burgess were announced the winners , marking the first win for Burgess . Disney Channel star Milo Manheim with Witney Carson , actress and activist Evanna Lynch with Keo Motsepe , and model and social media personality Alexis Ren with Alan Bersten were announced as runners-up during the live finale show , but the order of finish was not revealed on the program . ABC only revealed after the show was over that Milo and Witney placed second , Evanna and Keo placed third , while Alexis and Alan placed fourth .
Milo Manheim ( born March 6 , 2001 ) is an American actor . He is known for his starring role as Zed in the 2018 Disney Channel Original Movie , Zombies . He finished in second place on season 27 of Dancing with the Stars .
Season twenty-eight of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 16 , 2019 on the ABC network . On November 25 , 2019 , The Bachelorette star Hannah Brown and professional dancer Alan Bersten were announced winners , marking Berstens first win . Actor and comedian Kel Mitchell and Witney Carson finished second , while singers Ally Brooke and Sasha Farber and Lauren Alaina and Gleb Savchenko came in third and fourth place respectively .
Kel Johari Rice Mitchell ( born August 25 , 1978 ) is an American actor , stand-up comedian , musician , singer , and rapper . He is known for his work as a regular cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That , as the Invisible Boy in the 1999 Ben Stiller and Geoffrey Rush superhero satire film Mystery Men , his portrayal of Kel Kimble on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel , his role as Ed in the film and All That sketch Good Burger , as the voice of Dutch in the Disney XD cartoon Motorcity , and as Ray in the 2006 sequel to Like Mike , Like Mike 2 : Streetball . He also starred as Double G on the Nickelodeon series Game Shakers . Kel was on Dancing with the Stars on the 28th season and placed 2nd alongside his partner Witney Carson .