Season 2

Season two of the Dancing with the Stars (U.S. edition) premiered on the ABC network on January 5, 2006, and ended February 24, 2006. This season expanded to ten couples from six in the previous season. All the professionals dancers from season one, with the exception of Alec Mazo and Charlotte Jørgensen, were a part of season two.
Season two expanded each program from an hour to 90 minutes, and added an hour-long results show the following night (in the first season no couples were eliminated in the first week; the first couple was eliminated at the end of the second episode, the second couple at the end of the third episode, and so on). Two couples were declared safe in an earlier portion of the show, the remaining couples were then named off until only the bottom two were left (the last two couples had the lowest amount of votes, with the exception of week seven, where the show explicitly stated that the order of all but the eliminated couple was random).
==Couples==
Romeo Miller was scheduled to appear in this season, but suffered an injury before the first show and was replaced by his father, Master P. Romeo participated in season 12 and was partnered with Chelsie Hightower.
The ten celebrities and professional dance partners were:
Celebrity 	Ocupation(s) 	Professional partner	Result
Kenny Mayne 	Comedian / Sports Journalist 	Andrea Hale 	Eliminated 1ston January 6, 2006
Tatum O'Neal 	Actress / Author 	Nick Kosovich 	Eliminated 2ndon January 13, 2006
Giselle Fernandez	Journalist / Broadcaster 	Jonathan Roberts 	Eliminated 3rdon January 20, 2006
P. Miller 	Rapper & Actor 	Ashly DelGrosso 	Eliminated 4thon January 27, 2006
Tia Carrere 	Singer & Actress 	Maksim Chmerkovskiy 	Eliminated 5th
on February 3, 2006
George Hamilton 	Actor / Film Producer 	Edyta Śliwińska 	Eliminated 6th
on February 10, 2006
Lisa Rinna 	 Soap Actress  	Louis Van Amstel 	Eliminated 7th
on February 17, 2006
Stacy Keibler 	Retired WWE Wrestler & Actress	Tony Dovolani 	Third place
on February 24, 2006
Jerry Rice 	Retired NFL Player  	Anna Trebunskaya 	Runner-up
on February 24, 2006
Drew Lachey 	Singer & Actor  	Cheryl Burke 	Winner
on February 24, 2006
==Summary[edit]==
In season two, Drew Lachey and Stacy Keibler broke out as the early frontrunners, as both had solid early performances, and some prior dance experience: Lachey's stage performances with 98 Degrees were extensively choreographed, and Keibler had childhood dance training as well as being a professional cheerleader. Although both Keibler and Lachey were assumed to have some form of a fan base, there was no way of knowing whether 98 Degrees fans or WWE fans were responsible for their success—Drew credited the people of Cincinnati, Ohio for helping him stay in the competition. Lachey was lauded for his passion and willingness to take risks, and Keibler for her long legs and technical perfection. In regard to the judges' scoring, in nearly every week, Lachey and Keibler held the top two spots in the scoring (either first-second or tied for first). In addition, Lachey and Keibler were the only dancers in the season to receive a perfect score (Keibler four, Lachey three), and have three of the four "encore" performances (Lachey twice, Keibler once). In week six, Stacy and Tony became the first couple in series history to receive two 30s (maximum judges' score) in a row. Drew and Cheryl were always among the top two highest scores and along with Jerry Rice and Anna Trebunskaya, were the only couple never chosen for the bottom two. The judges repeatedly told Keibler and Lachey that they were the best or among the best dancers in any of the international versions of the series. Also, Master P and his partner Ashly DelGrosso scored the lowest score in the history of the show, an 8 (4,2,2) out of 30. Despite making it to the finals, the three Finalists had one unlearned dance that they did not perform. Drew & Jerry had not learned the Waltz, and Stacy had not learned the Paso doble. Also, none of the male stars performed the Waltz.
Musical guests such as the Pussycat Dolls, Jesse McCartney, Natasha Bedingfield, Michael Bublé, Bill Medley, Burt Bacharach, Mary J. Blige, Scissor Sisters and Barry Manilowperformed while the professional dancers demonstrated various routines. In week four the results show introduced an encore of what the judges considered the previous night's best routine—twice going to Drew Lachey (the paso doble in week four and the Rumba (dance) in week seven), once to Stacy Keibler (the Samba (ballroom) in week five) and once to Rinna (the quickstep in week six).
==Scoring chart==
Couple 	Place	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8
Drew & Cheryl 	1 	24	27	27	28	27	30	26+29=55	30+30+27=87
Jerry & Anna 	2 	21	23	19	24	23	23	20+21=41	26+27+27=80
Stacy & Tony 	3 	22	29	27	26	30	30	27+28=55	30+26+30=86
Lisa & Louis 	4 	19	20	25	26	25	27	26+27=53	
George & Edyta 	5 	18	22	22	21	24	23	 	
Tia & Maksim 	6 	20	22	26	25	22	 	 	
P Miller & Ashly 	7 	12	16	14	8 	 	 	 	
Giselle & Jonathan	8 	23	24	22	 	 	 	 	
Tatum & Nick 	9 	23	17	 	 	 	 	 	
Kenny & Andrea 	10 	13	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring Chart Key
:Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week
:Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week
Color	Meaning
 	The couple eliminated that week
 	The returning couple finishing in the bottom two (or three)
 	The returning couple that was the last to be called safe
 	This couple withdrew from the competition
===Average chart===
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-point scale.
Rank by average	Place	Couple 	Total points	Number of dances	Average
1 	1 	Drew & Cheryl 	305 	11 	27.7
1 	3 	Stacy & Tony 	305 	11 	27.7
3 	4 	Lisa & Louis 	195 	8 	24.4
4 	2 	Jerry & Anna 	254 	11 	23.1
5 	6 	Tia & Maksim 	115 	5 	23.0
5 	8 	Giselle & Jonathan	69 	3 	23.0
7 	5 	George & Edyta 	130 	6 	21.7
8 	9 	Tatum & Nick 	40 	2 	20.0
9 	10 	Kenny & Andrea 	13 	1 	13.0
10 	7 	P Miller & Ashly 	50 	4 	12.5
==Highest and lowest scoring performances==
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:
Dance 	Best dancer(s)	Highest score	Worst dancer(s)	Lowest score
Cha-cha-cha	Stacy Keibler 	28 	P. Miller 	12
Waltz 	Giselle Fernandez
Tatum O'Neal	23 	Lisa Rinna 	19
Rumba 	Stacy Keibler
Drew Lachey	29 	Tatum O'Neal 	17
Quickstep 	Drew Lachey
Lisa Rinna
Stacy Keibler	27 	P. Miller 	16
Jive 	Stacy Keibler 	30 	P. Miller 	14
Tango 	Drew Lachey 	30 	Jerry Rice 	20
Samba 	Stacy Keibler 	30 	Tia Carrere 	22
Paso doble 	Drew Lachey 	30 	P. Miller 	8
Foxtrot 	Stacy Keibler
Lisa Rinna
Drew Lachey
Jerry Rice	26 	Jerry Rice 	24
Freestyle 	Drew Lachey 	30 	Stacy Keibler 	26
Kenny Mayne & George Hamilton are the only ones that did not land on this list.
==Couples' highest and lowest scoring performances[edit]==
According to the traditional 30-point scale.
Couples 	Highest scoring dances 	Lowest scoring dances
Drew & Cheryl 	Tango, Paso doble, Freestyle (30)	Cha-cha-cha (24)
Jerry & Anna 	Freestyle & Cha-cha-cha (27) 	Jive (19)
Stacy & Tony 	Samba (twice)& Jive (twice)(30) 	Waltz (22)
Lisa & Louis 	Quickstep & Cha-cha-cha (27) 	Waltz (19)
George & Edyta 	Samba (24) 	Cha-cha-cha (18)
Tia & Maks 	Tango (26) 	Waltz (20)
P Miller & Ashly 	Quickstep (16) 	Paso doble (8)
Giselle & Jonathan	Rumba (24) 	Tango (22)
Tatum & Nick 	Waltz (23) 	Rumba (17)
Kenny & Andrea 	Cha-cha-cha (13) 	Cha-cha-cha (13)
==Weekly scores and songs[edit]==
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores 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
Couples 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
George & Edyta 	18 (7, 5, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Oye Como Va"—Santana 	Safe
Lisa & Louis 	19 (5, 7, 7)	Waltz 	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"—Aretha Franklin	Safe
Kenny & Andrea 	13 (4, 5, 4)	Cha-cha-cha	"Hot Stuff"—Donna Summer 	Eliminated
Stacy & Tony 	22 (8, 6, 8)	Waltz 	"I Wonder Why"—Curtis Stigers 	Safe
Drew & Cheryl 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"She Bangs"—Ricky Martin 	Safe
Tia & Maksim 	20 (6, 7, 7)	Waltz 	"What a Wonderful World"—Louis Armstrong 	Bottom two
P Miller & Ashly 	12 (4, 4, 4)	Cha-cha-cha	"I Want You Back"—The Jackson 5 	Safe
Giselle & Jonathan	23 (7, 8, 8)	Waltz 	"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Loved You)"—Roxette 	Safe
Jerry & Anna 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"I Like It"—The Blackout All-Stars 	Safe
Tatum & Nick 	23 (7, 8, 8)	Waltz 	"What the World Needs Now Is Love"—Jackie DeShannon 	Safe
===Week 2[edit]===
;Running order
Couples 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Lisa & Louis 	20 (6, 7, 7) 	Rumba 	"Your Song"—Elton John 	Safe
Drew & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Quickstep	"Neutron Dance"—The Pointer Sisters 	Safe
Tia & Maksim 	22 (7, 8, 7) 	Rumba 	"Emotion"—Destiny's Child 	Safe
George & Edyta 	22 (8, 7, 7) 	Quickstep	"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"—Fred Astaire 	Safe
Tatum & Nick 	17 (5, 6, 6) 	Rumba 	"Careless Whisper"—Wham! 	Eliminated
Jerry & Anna 	23 (7, 8, 8) 	Quickstep	"If My Friends Could See Me Now"—Sweet Charity	Safe
Stacy & Tony 	29 (9, 10, 10)	Rumba 	"I'm Like a Bird"—Nelly Furtado 	Safe
P Miller & Ashly 	16 (6, 5, 5) 	Quickstep	"Zoot Suit Riot"—Cherry Poppin' Daddies 	Bottom two
Giselle & Jonathan	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Rumba 	"Take My Breath Away"—Berlin 	Safe
===Week 3[edit]===
;Running order
Couples 	Score 	Style	Music 	Result
Jerry & Anna 	19 (7, 6, 6)	Jive 	"Do You Love Me"—The Contours 	Safe
Giselle & Jonathan	22 (7, 8, 7)	Tango	"Hernando's Hideaway"—Victor Silvester 	Eliminated
Drew & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9)	Jive 	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"—Queen 	Safe
George & Edyta 	22 (7, 7, 8)	Tango	"La Cumparsita"—Danny Malando 	Bottom Two
Lisa & Louis 	25 (8, 9, 8)	Jive 	"Jailhouse Rock"—Elvis Presley 	Safe
Stacy & Tony 	27 (9, 9, 9)	Tango	"Cell Block Tango"—from Chicago 	Safe
P Miller & Ashly 	14 (6, 4, 4)	Jive 	"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"—Elton John	Safe
Tia & Maksim 	26 (9, 8, 9)	Tango	"Por una Cabeza"—The Tango Project 	Safe
===Week 4[edit]===
;Running order
Couples 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
George & Edyta 	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Paso doble	"Matador Paso"—Andy Fortuna 	Safe
Tia & Maksim 	25 (9, 8, 8) 	Foxtrot 	"Dream a Little Dream of Me"—Mama Cass 	Bottom Two
P Miller & Ashly	8 (4, 2, 2) 	Paso doble	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"—The Animals	Eliminated
Stacy & Tony 	26 (8, 9, 9) 	Foxtrot 	"Cold, Cold Heart"—Norah Jones 	Safe
Drew & Cheryl 	28 (9, 9, 10)	Paso doble	"Thriller"—Michael Jackson 	Safe
Jerry & Anna 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Foxtrot 	"Why Don't You Do Right"—Julie London 	Safe
Lisa & Louis 	26 (9, 9, 8) 	Paso doble	"The Final Countdown"—Europe 	Safe
===Week 5[edit]===
;Running order
Couples 	Score 	Style	Music 	Result
Stacy & Tony 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Samba	"Bootylicious"—Destiny's Child 	Safe
George & Edyta	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Samba	"Conga"—Miami Sound Machine 	Bottom Two
Lisa & Louis 	25 (7, 9, 9) 	Samba	"Le Freak"—Chic 	Safe
Tia & Maksim 	22 (7, 7, 8) 	Samba	"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"—Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer	Eliminated
Jerry & Anna 	23 (7, 8, 8) 	Samba	"For Once in My Life"—Stevie Wonder 	Safe
Drew & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Samba	"Dirrty"—Christina Aguilera 	Safe
Stacy & Tony
Tia & Maksim
Lisa & Louis
George & Edyta
Jerry & Anna
Drew & Cheryl	N/A 	Salsa	"Rhythm is Gonna Get You"—Gloria Estefan 	
===Week 6[edit]===
;Running order
Couples 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Jerry & Anna 	23 (8, 7, 8) 	Paso doble 	"España Cañí"—Erich Kunzel 	Safe
Drew & Cheryl 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Tango 	"Shut Up"—The Black Eyed Peas 	Safe
George & Edyta	23 (8, 7, 8) 	Rumba 	"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"—Doris Day	Eliminated
Lisa & Louis 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Quickstep 	"9 to 5"—Dolly Parton 	Bottom Two
Stacy & Tony 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Jive 	"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"—Wham! 	Safe
Drew & Cheryl
Stacy & Tony
George & Edyta
Lisa & Louis
Jerry & Anna	N/A 	Viennese Waltz	"Fallin'"—Alicia Keys 	
===Week 7[edit]===
;Running order
Couples 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Stacy & Tony 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Quickstep 	"You Can't Hurry Love"—Phil Collins 	
Stacy & Tony 	28 (9, 9, 10) 	Cha-cha-cha	"Since U Been Gone"—Kelly Clarkson 	Last to be called safe
Jerry & Anna 	20 (7, 7, 6) 	Tango 	"One Way or Another"—Blondie 	
Jerry & Anna 	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Rumba 	"Un-Break My Heart"—Toni Braxton 	Safe
Lisa & Louis 	26 (8, 9, 9) 	Foxtrot 	"Fever"—Peggy Lee 	
Lisa & Louis 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Cha-cha-cha	"Material Girl"—Madonna 	Eliminated
Drew & Cheryl	26 (9, 9, 8) 	Foxtrot 	"It Had to Be You"—Harry Connick, Jr 	
Drew & Cheryl	29 (10, 9, 10)	Rumba 	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"—Bonnie Tyler	Safe
===Week 8[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Jerry & Anna 	26 (9, 9, 8) 	Foxtrot 	"Why Don't You Do Right"—Julie London 	
Jerry & Anna 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Freestyle 	"Celebration"—Kool & The Gang 	Runner-up
Jerry & Anna 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Cha-cha-cha	"Think"—Aretha Franklin 	
Stacy & Tony 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Jive 	"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"—Wham! 	
Stacy & Tony 	26 (8, 9, 9) 	Freestyle 	"Stayin' Alive"—Bee Gees 	Third place
Stacy & Tony 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Samba 	"Livin' la Vida Loca"—Ricky Martin 	
Drew & Cheryl	30 (10, 10, 10)	Paso doble 	"Thriller"—Michael Jackson 	
Drew & Cheryl	30 (10, 10, 10)	Freestyle 	"Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"—Big & Rich	Winner
Drew & Cheryl	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Jive 	"Hound Dog"—Elvis Presley 	
==Dance Chart[edit]==
Week 1: Cha-cha-cha or Waltz Week 2: Rumba or Quickstep Week 3: Jive or Tango Week 4: Paso doble or Foxtrot Week 5: Samba & group Salsa Week 6: One unlearned dance & group Viennese Waltz Week 7: One unlearned ballroom & Latin dance Finals: Favorite dance, freestyle, & randomly chosen dance
Couple 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	5 	6 	6 	7 	7 	8 	8 	8
Drew & Cheryl 	Cha-cha-cha 	Quickstep 	Jive 	Paso doble	Samba	Salsa	Tango 	Viennese Waltz	Foxtrot 	Rumba 	Paso doble	Freestyle	Jive
Jerry & Anna 	Cha-cha-cha 	Quickstep 	Jive 	Foxtrot 	Samba	Salsa	Paso doble	Viennese Waltz	Tango 	Rumba 	Foxtrot 	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha
Stacy & Tony 	Waltz 	Rumba 	Tango 	Foxtrot 	Samba	Salsa	Jive 	Viennese Waltz	Quickstep	Cha-cha-cha	Jive 	Freestyle	Samba
Lisa & Louis 	Waltz 	Rumba 	Jive* 	Paso doble	Samba	Salsa	Quickstep 	Viennese Waltz	Foxtrot 	Cha-cha-cha	 	 	
George & Edyta 	Cha-cha-cha 	Quickstep*	Tango 	Paso doble	Samba	Salsa	Rumba 	Viennese Waltz	 	 	 	 	
Tia & Maksim 	Waltz 	Rumba 	Tango*	Foxtrot 	Samba	Salsa	 	 	 	 	 	 	
P Miller & Ashly 	Cha-cha-cha 	Quickstep 	Jive* 	Paso doble	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Giselle & Jonathan	Waltz 	Rumba* 	Tango 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tatum & Nick 	Waltz* 	Rumba 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kenny & Andrea 	Cha-cha-cha*	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
* The couple performed this dance at the finale
*     Highest Scoring Dance
*     Lowest Scoring Dance
==Controversy[edit]==
===Fan voting influence[edit]===
The fan voting for P Miller. and Jerry Rice received some controversy during this season. P Miller. received very low points from the judges during his time on the show and the fans and judges were disappointed that he outlasted Tatum O'Neil and Giselle Fernandez. Towards the end of the competition, Jerry Rice received negative feedback from the judges and scores that were much lower than his competitors,[2] but he advanced to the finals. Even though Rice improved during the finals, some viewers and critics were disappointed with Rice getting into the finals over Lisa Rinna and 2nd place over Stacy Kiebler.[3][4]