Season 1

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The first season of Dancing with the Stars debuted on ABC on June 1, 2005. Six celebrities were paired with six professional ballroom dancers. Tom Bergeron and Lisa Canning were the hosts for this season.
The premiere drew over 13 million viewers, the biggest summer debut ever for an American reality series. The second week climbed to 15 million viewers, and the show climbed to No. 1 in the summer 2005 TV season ratings, where it remained for the remainder of the season. The season finale aired July 6, 2005.
==Couples==
The six professionals and celebrities that competed were:
Celebrity 	Occupation / Known for 	Professional partner	Status
Trista Sutter 	The Bachelorette star 	Louis Van Amstel 	Eliminated 1ston June 8, 2005
Evander Holyfield	Retired professional boxer 	Edyta Śliwińska 	Eliminated 2ndon June 15, 2005
Rachel Hunter 	Supermodel 	Jonathan Roberts 	Eliminated 3rdon June 22, 2005
Joey McIntyre 	New Kids on the Block singer 	Ashly DelGrosso 	Third placeon June 29, 2005
John O'Hurley 	Sitcom actor & television host	Charlotte Jørgensen 	Runner-upon July 6, 2005
Kelly Monaco 	General Hospital actress 	Alec Mazo 	Winner on July 6, 2005
==Scoring chart==
Couple 	Place	Wk 1	Wk 2	Tot.(1+2)	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5 	Wk 6
Kelly & Alec 	1 	13 	17 	30 	21 	26 	22+25=47	25+30=55
John & Charlotte 	2 	20 	26 	46 	24 	21 	27+27=54	27+27=54
Joey & Ashly 	3 	20 	21 	41 	22 	20 	20+25=45	
Rachel & Jonathan	4 	20 	24 	44 	26 	25 	 	
Evander & Edyta 	5 	18 	14 	32 	13 	 	 	
Trista & Louis 	6 	18 	19 	37 	 	 	 	
: indicates the eliminated couple that week
: indicates the returning couple that was last to be called safe
: indicates the winning couple
: indicates the runner-up couple
: indicates the third place couple
: Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
: Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
=== Average chart ===
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-point scale.
Place	Coupl	Tota 	Numbe
 ofdances	Average	
 	2 	 	 	 	
1 	2 	John & Charlotte 	199	8 	24.9
2 	4 	Rachel & Jonathan	95 	4 	23.8
3 	1 	Kelly & Alec 	179	8 	22.4
4 	3 	Joey & Ashly 	128	6 	21.3
5 	6 	Trista & Louis 	37 	2 	18.5
6 	5 	Evander & Edyta 	45 	3 	15.0
==Highest and lowest scoring performances==
Dance 	Celebrity 	Highest score	Celebrity 	Lowest score
Cha-cha-cha	John O'HurleyJoey McIntyre	20 	Evander Holyfield 	18
Waltz 	Rachel Hunter 	20 	Kelly Monaco 	13
Rumba 	Rachel Hunter 	24 	Kelly Monaco 	17
Quickstep 	John O'Hurley 	27 	Evander Holyfield 	14
Jive 	Joey McIntyre 	22 	Evander Holyfield 	13
Tango 	Rachel Hunter 	26 	John O'Hurley 	24
Samba 	Kelly Monaco 	26 	Joey McIntyre 	20
Paso Doble 	John O'Hurley 	27 	Kelly MonacoJoey McIntyre	25
Foxtrot 	John O'Hurley 	27 	Joey McIntyre 	20
Freestyle 	Kelly Monaco 	30 	John O'Hurley 	27
==Couples' highest and lowest scoring performances==
According to the traditional 30-point scale.
Couples 	Highest Scoring Dances 	Lowest Scoring Dances
Kelly & Alec 	Freestyle (30) 	Waltz (13)
John & Charlotte 	Foxtrot, Paso Doble, Quickstep & Freestyle (27)	Cha-cha-cha (20)
Joey & Ashly 	Paso Doble (25) 	Cha-cha-cha, Samba and Foxtrot (20)
Rachel & Jonathan	Tango (26) 	Waltz (20)
Evander & Edyta 	Cha-cha-cha (18) 	Jive (13)
Trista & Louis 	Rumba (19) 	Waltz (18)
==Weekly scores and songs==
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores given in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman,
Bruno Tonioli.
===Week 1[edit]===
;Running order[3]
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music
Joey & Ashly 	20 (7, 7, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Crazy in Love"—Beyoncé
Rachel & Jonathan	20 (7, 6, 7)	Waltz 	"Three Times A Lady"—Lionel Richie
Evander & Edyta 	18 (5, 7, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Respect"—Aretha Franklin
Kelly & Alec 	13 (5, 4, 4)	Waltz 	"I Have Nothing"—Whitney Houston
John & Charlotte 	20 (7, 7, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"September"—Earth, Wind & Fire
Trista & Louis 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Waltz 	"Come Away with Me"—Norah Jones
===Week 2===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Rachel & Jonathan	24 (8, 8, 8)	Rumba 	"I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"—Aerosmith from Armageddon 	
Joey & Ashly 	21 (8, 7, 6)	Quickstep	"You're The One That I Want"—John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	
Trista & Louis 	19 (6, 7, 6)	Rumba 	"Endless Love"—Diana Ross and Lionel Richie 	
John & Charlotte 	26 (8, 9, 9)	Quickstep	"Let's Face The Music and Dance"—Irving Berlin 	
Kelly & Alec 	17 (5, 6, 6)	Rumba 	"Hero"—Enrique Iglesias 	
Evander & Edyta 	14 (5, 4, 5)	Quickstep	"It Don't Mean a Thing"—Duke Ellington 	
===Week 3[edit]===
;Running order[5]
Couple 	Score 	Dance	Music 	Result
Evander & Edyta 	13 (5, 4, 4)	Jive 	"Reet Petite"—Jackie Wilson 	Eliminated
Rachel & Jonathan	26 (8, 9, 9)	Tango	"Toxic"—Britney Spears 	Safe
Kelly & Alec 	21 (6, 7, 8)	Jive 	"Footloose"—Kenny Loggins 	Safe
John & Charlotte 	24 (9, 8, 7)	Tango	"Dance with Me"—Debelah Morgan 	Safe
Joey & Ashly 	22 (7, 7, 8)	Jive 	"I'm Still Standing"—Elton John	Bottom two
===Week 4[edit]===
;Running order[6]
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Joey & Ashly 	20 (7, 6, 7)	Samba 	"Tequila"—The Champs 	Safe
Rachel & Jonathan	25 (7, 9, 9)	Samba 	"Soul Bossa Nova"—Quincy Jones 	Eliminated
John & Charlotte 	21 (7, 8, 6)	Samba 	"Just The Two of Us"—Grover Washington, Jr. and Bill Withers	Bottom two
Kelly & Alec 	26 (9, 9, 8)	Samba 	"Bailamos"—Enrique Iglesias 	Safe
John & Charlotte
Rachel & Jonathan
Kelly & Alec
Joey & Ashly	N/A 	Viennese Waltz	"I Got You Babe"—Sonny & Cher 	
===Week 5===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music
John & Charlotte	27 (9, 9, 9)	Foxtrot 	"Let There Be Love"—Nat King Cole
John & Charlotte	27 (9, 9, 9)	Paso Doble	"España Cañí"—Mexicana Aleque la-Band
Kelly & Alec 	22 (8, 7, 7)	Foxtrot 	"Don't Know Why"—Norah Jones
Kelly & Alec 	25 (9, 8, 8)	Paso Doble	"Bamboleo"—Gipsy Kings
Joey & Ashly 	20 (8, 6, 6)	Foxtrot 	"Big Spender"—Shirley Bassey from Sweet Charity
Joey & Ashly 	25 (9, 8, 8)	Paso Doble	"Eye of the Tiger"—Survivor
===Week 6: Finale===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music
John & Charlotte	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Quickstep	"Let's Face The Music and Dance"—Irving Berlin
John & Charlotte	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Freestyle	"I'm So Excited"—The Pointer Sisters
Kelly & Alec 	25 (7, 9, 9) 	Samba 	"Bailamos"—Enrique Iglesias
Kelly & Alec 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"Let's Get Loud"—Jennifer Lopez
===Dance off===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music
Kelly & Alec 	25 (7, 9, 9) 	Cha-cha-cha	"Lady Marmalade"—All Saints
Kelly & Alec 	24 (9,7, 8) 	Quickstep 	"Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend"—Marilyn Monroe
Kelly & Alec 	25 (8, 8, 9) 	Freestyle 	"Get The Party Started"—Pink
John & Charlotte	22 (7, 8, 7) 	Rumba 	"The Look of Love"—Anita Baker
John & Charlotte	30 (10, 10, 10)	Waltz 	"You Light Up My Life"—Whitney Houston
John & Charlotte	25 (8, 8, 9) 	Freestyle 	"I Am What I Am"—Gloria Gaynor