Dancing with the Stars (American season 17)
Couples
Table:
Celebrity

Notability (known for)

Professional partner

Status

Keyshawn Johnson

NFL wide receiver

Sharna Burgess

Eliminated 1st
on September 23, 2013

Bill Nye

Science education host

Tyne Stecklein

Eliminated 2nd
on September 30, 2013

Valerie Harper

Veteran television actress

Tristan MacManus

Eliminated 3rd
on October 7, 2013

Christina Milian

Singer & actress

Mark Ballas

Eliminated 4th
on October 14, 2013

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi

Jersey Shore star

Sasha Farber

Eliminated 5th
on October 28, 2013

Brant Daugherty

Pretty Little Liars actor

Peta Murgatroyd

Eliminated 6th
on November 4, 2013

Elizabeth Berkley Lauren

Film & television actress

Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Eliminated 7th
on November 11, 2013

Leah Remini

Sitcom actress

Tony Dovolani

Eliminated 8th
on November 18, 2013

Bill Engvall

Stand-up comedian & actor

Emma Slater

Eliminated 9th
on November 25, 2013

Jack Osbourne

Reality television star

Cheryl Burke

Third place
on November 26, 2013

Corbin Bleu

High School Musical actor

Karina Smirnoff

Runner-up
on November 26, 2013

Amber Riley

Glee actress

Derek Hough

Winner
on November 26, 2013

With reference to the table and the supporting text listed below.

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Joseph Keyshawn Johnson ( born July 22 , 1972 ) is a former American football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League ( NFL ) for eleven seasons . He played college football for the University of Southern California , and earned All-American honors . The first pick in the 1996 NFL Draft , he played professionally for the New York Jets , Tampa Bay Buccaneers , Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers . He retired from football following the 2006 season , and spent seven years as a television broadcaster for the sports channel ESPN . Keyshawn Johnson was a contestant on the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars , in which he was the first contestant eliminated .
The National Football League ( NFL ) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams , divided equally between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) . The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America and the highest professional level of American football in the world . The NFL 's 17-week regular season runs from early September to late December , with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week . Following the conclusion of the regular season , six teams from each conference ( four division winners and two wild card teams ) advance to the playoffs , a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl , which is usually held on the first Sunday in February and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC . The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season . After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings , a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the NFL Championship Game until 1966 . Following an agreement to merge the NFL with the American Football League ( AFL ) , the Super Bowl was first held in 1967 to determine a champion between the best teams from the two leagues and has remained as the final game of each NFL season since the merger was completed in 1970 . Today , the NFL has the highest average attendance ( 67,591 ) of any professional sports league in the world and is the most popular sports league in the United States . The Super Bowl is also among the biggest club sporting events in the world , with the individual games accounting for many of the most watched television programs in American history and all occupying the Nielsen 's Top 5 tally of the all-time most watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015 . The Green Bay Packers hold the most combined NFL championships with 13 , winning nine titles before the Super Bowl era and four Super Bowls afterwards . Since the creation of the Super Bowl , the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots both have the most championship titles at six .
Sharna May Burgess ( born 21 June 1985 ) is an Australian ballroom dancer who is best known for being a professional partner and troupe member on the ABC series Dancing with the Stars . She is the winner of season 27 of American television show Dancing with the Stars with her celebrity partner Bobby Bones , where she has also been a runner-up in several other seasons . She has also been a judge on the Australian version of the show since 2019 , along with Craig Revel Horwood and Tristan MacManus .
William Sanford Nye ( born November 27 , 1955 ) , popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy , is an American science communicator , television presenter , and mechanical engineer . He is best known as the host of the PBS and syndicated children 's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy ( 1993-1998 ) , the Netflix show Bill Nye Saves the World ( 2017-2018 ) , and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator . Nye began his career as a mechanical engineer for Boeing Corporation in Seattle , where he invented a hydraulic resonance suppressor tube used on 747 airplanes . In 1986 , Nye left Boeing to pursue comedy , writing and performing jokes and bits for the local sketch television show Almost Live ! , where he regularly conducted wacky science experiments . Nye aspired to become the next Mr. Wizard , and with the help of several producers , successfully pitched the children 's television program Bill Nye the Science Guy to KCTS-TV , Seattle 's public television station . The show - which proudly proclaimed in its theme song that science rules ! - ran from 1993 to 1998 in national TV syndication . Known for its high-energy presentation and MTV-paced segments , the program became a hit among kids and adults , was critically acclaimed and was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards , winning 19 . Following the success of his show , Nye continued to advocate for science , becoming the CEO of the Planetary Society and helping develop sundials for the Mars Exploration Rover missions . He has written two bestselling science books on science books : Undeniable : Evolution and the Science of Creation ( 2014 ) and Unstoppable : Harnessing Science to Change the World ( 2015 ) . He has appeared frequently on other TV shows , including Dancing with the Stars , The Big Bang Theory , and Inside Amy Schumer . He starred in a documentary about his life and science advocacy , Bill Nye : Science Guy , which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2017 ; and , in October 2017 , was named a NYT Critic 's Pick .
Season seventeen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 16 , 2013 and ended on November 26 , 2013 . Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet returned as hosts and Carrie Ann Inaba , Len Goodman , and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges . The Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers also returned to provide the music throughout the season ( which turned out to be their last ) . This was also Brooke Burke-Charvet 's last season as co-host . The cast was announced on September 4 , 2013 , during Good Morning America . This is the first season since season one to not have a results show . Another change was the elimination of the sky-box area where host Brooke Burke-Charvet interviewed dancers after their performances . Instead , the couples were accommodated in a new seating area near the judges ' table which had been shifted to the opposite side of the ballroom . A make-up room and rehearsal room were added where Charvet could chat with the couples before and after their performances . This season also introduced a new format of voting . Each week the couples will perform , and the judges will give each couple a score based on several factors , including technical execution . Since there is no results show , those scores will be added to the public votes from the previous week , and the couple with the lowest combined score from judges and viewer votes will be eliminated from the competition toward the end of that week 's episode .
Valerie Kathryn Harper ( August 22 , 1939 - August 30 , 2019 ) was an American actress . She began her career as a dancer on Broadway , making her debut in the musical Take Me Along in 1959 . Harper is best remembered for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1970-1977 ) and its spin-off Rhoda ( 1974-1978 ) . For her work on Mary Tyler Moore , she thrice received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series , and later received the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Rhoda . From 1986 to 1987 , Harper appeared as Valerie Hogan on the sitcom Valerie . Her film appearances include roles in Freebie and the Bean ( 1974 ) and Chapter Two ( 1979 ) , both of which garnered her Golden Globe Award nominations . Harper returned to stage work in her later career , appearing in several Broadway productions . In 2010 , she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Tallulah Bankhead in the play Looped .
Tristan MacManus ( born 23 July 1982 ) is an Irish dancer , best known for his professional appearances on Dancing with the Stars , Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars Australia . In 2017 , he went on tour with Mrs Brown 's Boys for the Good Mourning Mrs Brown Live 2017 playing Elder Peach . Since 2019 , he has been a judge on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars , along with Craig Revel Horwood and Sharna Burgess .
Christine Flores ( born September 26 , 1981 ) , better known as Christina Milian ( /ˌmɪliˈɑːn/ ) , is an American actress , singer and songwriter of Cuban origin . Born in Jersey City , New Jersey , and raised in Maryland , Milian signed a contract with Def Jam at the age of 19 . In 2001 , Milian released her self-titled debut album , which featured the singles AM to PM and When You Look at Me ; AM to PM charted within the Top 40 of the U.S . Billboard Hot 100 and both peaked in the top three on the UK Singles Chart . In 2004 , Milian released her second studio album It 's About Time , which provided her first major U.S. hit , Dip It Low , which reached number five on the U.S . Billboard chart . Whatever U Want was released as the album 's second single . Both singles charted within the Top 10 of the UK chart . In 2006 , Milian released her third studio album So Amazin ' . The album produced one single , Say I , which peaked in the Top 30 of the US Billboard chart . A month after the release of So Amazin ' , Milian 's representative confirmed that she had left Island Records due to creative differences . Milian signed with Interscope Records in 2009 .
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Peta Jane Murgatroyd ( born 14 July 1986 ) is a New Zealand-born American professional Latin dancer . She performed in the international tour of the dance production Burn the Floor , including its Broadway run . She is best known for her appearances on the American edition of Dancing with the Stars , which she and her partners have won twice .
Elizabeth Berkley ( born July 28 , 1972 ) [ a ] is an American actress and reality show personality . Berkley 's most notable roles were as Jessie Spano in the television series Saved by the Bell , and as Nomi Malone in the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls .
Valentin Aleksandrovich Val Chmerkovskiy ( Ukrainian : Валентин Олекса́ндрович Чмерковський ; born March 24 , 1986 ) is a Ukrainian-American professional dancer , best known for his appearances on the U.S. version of Dancing with the Stars , which he won twice . Chmerkovskiy is a two-time World Latin Dance Champion ( Junior and Youth ) and a 14-time U.S. National Latin Dance champion .
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Driton Tony Dovolani ( born July 17 , 1973 ) is an Albanian-American professional ballroom dancer , instructor and judge . He is known for his involvement in the American version of Dancing with the Stars on ABC . Dovolani also portrayed Slick Willy in the hit film Shall We Dance ? and spent time coaching actress Jennifer Lopez .
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Jack Joseph Osbourne ( born 8 November 1985 ) is an English media personality with dual American and British citizenship . As the son of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne , he starred on MTV 's reality series The Osbournes ( 2002-05 ) , along with his father , mother Sharon , and sister Kelly . Osbourne has since pursued a career as a fitness and travel reporter , presenting shows such as Jack Osbourne : Adrenaline Junkie ( 2005-09 ) and BBC 's Saving Planet Earth ( 2007 ) . He was diagnosed with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis in 2012 . In 2016 , he and his father Ozzy travelled the world in the History Channel reality series Ozzy & Jack 's World Detour .
Cheryl Stephanie Burke ( born May 3 , 1984 ) is an American dancer , model and TV host . She is best known for being one of the professional dancers on ABC 's Dancing with the Stars , where she was the first female professional to win the show and the first professional to win twice and consecutively . She has participated in 21 seasons thus far . She came in second on the NBC series I Can Do That . She replaced Abby Lee Miller on Dance Moms in 2017 .
Corbin Bleu Reivers ( /bluː/ ; born February 21 , 1989 ) , known professionally as Corbin Bleu , is an American actor , model , dancer , film producer and singer-songwriter . He performed in the High School Musical film series ( 2006-2008 ) . Songs from the films also charted worldwide , with the song I Do n't Dance peaking inside the Top 70 of the Billboard Hot 100 . During this time , he also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Jump In ! ( 2007 ) . His first lead role was in the film Catch That Kid ( 2004 ) . He has since appeared in the Discovery Kids drama series Flight 29 Down ( 2005-2007 ) , as well as the film To Write Love on Her Arms ( 2015 ) . He competed in the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars , partnered with professional dancer Karina Smirnoff . He has also pursued a music career , and released his debut album Another Side on May 1 , 2007 , which included the single Push It to the Limit . The album debuted at number thirty-six on the U.S . Billboard 200 , selling 18,000 copies in its first week . Bleu released his second album , Speed of Light , on March 10 , 2009 .
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