Season 13

Season thirteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 19, 2011. Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Toniolireturned as the judges, and Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet returned as hosts. Twelve couples competed in this season. Starting this season, Alan Dedicoat, the announcer, introduces Harold Wheeler and his band after the introduction of the remaining competitors.
Actor J.R. Martinez won the competition with over 9 million votes. A first time in Dancing with the Stars history were the winner was millions ahead in votes by the runner up. J.R. Martinez won over reality TV star Rob Kardashian and actress Ricki Lake who took 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.
==Overview[edit]==
Nine professional partners—Derek Hough, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani, Mark Ballas, Lacey Schwimmer, Karina Smirnoff, Anna Trebunskaya, and Kym Johnson—returned this season. Maksim's brother, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, made his debut competing as a professional. Peta Murgatroyd and Tristan MacManus, part of season 12's troupe of dancers, also became professional partners for the first time.[1] Louis van Amstel did not compete as a professional, but participated in a new segment called "Ballroom Battles",[2] which would be canceled on November 7.[3] The troupe also returns with three returning troupe members, Teddy Volynets, Kiki Nyemchek, and Oksana Dmytrenko, and 3 new members, Sasha Farber, Sharna Burgess, and Dasha Chesnokova. This is also the first season where none of the original pros from season one competed.
The celebrity cast was revealed during an episode of Bachelor Pad on August 28, 2011.[4] The twelve professionals were revealed on August 31, 2011 during Good Morning America. Ryan O'Neal was planning on competing as a celebrity, but did not feel he was up to it after a recent knee surgery and so Carson Kressley stepped in to replace him. O'Neal hopes to compete in a future season.[5][6]
From the start, controversy erupted over the inclusion of Chaz Bono, the child of famous parents Sonny and Cher. His appearance resulted in backlash from the conservative supporters of the show, who even threatened to boycott due to his transgender status.[7][8] Despite the criticism, Bono has received strong support from the LGBT community. It was stated in LGBT Weekly that "Bono has become the transgender community’s living symbol of hope, strength and defiance against vitriolic hate. When ABC Television announced that Bono would appear on DWTS, he faced vile slurs and death threats from a group of trans-phobic women and men".[9] The controversy did lead producers to hire extra security protection for his time on the show.[10]
==Couples[edit]==
The 12 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:
Celebrity 	Occupation / known for 	Professional partner 	Result
Metta World Peace 	Basketball Player 	Peta Murgatroyd 	Eliminated 1st
on September 20, 2011
Elisabetta Canalis	Model & actress 	Valentin Chmerkovskiy	Eliminated 2nd
on September 27, 2011
Kristin Cavallari 	Reality television star 	Mark Ballas 	Eliminated 3rd
on October 4, 2011
Chynna Phillips 	Singer 	Tony Dovolani 	Eliminated 4th
on October 11, 2011
Carson Kressley 	Fashion expert & TV host 	Anna Trebunskaya 	Eliminated 5th
on October 18, 2011
Chaz Bono 	Transgender activist & author 	Lacey Schwimmer 	Eliminated 6th
on October 25, 2011
David Arquette 	Movie actor & producer 	Kym Johnson 	Eliminated 7th
on November 1, 2011
Nancy Grace 	HLNhostess & former prosecutor 	Tristan MacManus 	Eliminated 8th
on November 8, 2011
Hope Solo 	U.S. Women's Soccer Team member	Maksim Chmerkovskiy 	Eliminated 9th
on November 15, 2011
Ricki Lake 	Actress & talk show hostess 	Derek Hough 	Third place
on November 22, 2011
Rob Kardashian 	Reality TV personality 	Cheryl Burke 	Runner-up
on November 22, 2011
J.R. Martinez 	Actor & Army veteran 	Karina Smirnoff 	Winner
on November 22, 2011
Hope would've performed the Waltz on week 10, had she not been eliminated.
==Scoring chart==
Couple 	Place	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	10 										
Couple 	Place	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	Top 3 	Top 2 										
J.R. & Karina 	1 	22	22	26	26	28	29	25+23=48	30+30=60	23+27+6=56 	24+30+28=82	+30=112										
Rob & Cheryl 	2 	16	21	24	24	25	22	25+26=51	27+24=51	28+27+10=65	27+30+26=83	+30=113										
Ricki & Derek 	3 	20	23	27	29	24	29	27+26=53	28+24=52	30+29+8=67 	27+27+30=84	 										
Hope & Maks 	4 	21	19	24	24	24	20	24+26=50	27+25=52	21+24+4=49 	 	 										
Nancy & Tristan 	5 	16	21	21	21	22	24	21+23=44	24+20=44	 	 	 										
David & Kym 	6 	18	18	24	23	25	23	24+23=47	 	 	 	 										
Chaz & Lacey 	7 	17	17	18	21	21	19	 	 	 	 	 										
Carson & Anna 	8 	17	18	23	20	19	 	 	 	 	 	 										
Chynna & Tony 	9 	22	21	26	21	 	 	 	 	 	 	 										
Kristin & Mark 	10 	19	22	24	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 										
Elisabetta & Val	11 	15	21	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 										
Metta & Peta 	12 	14	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 										
:Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week.
:Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week.
:     indicates the couple eliminated that week.
:     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
:     indicates the returning couple that was the last to be called safe.
:     indicates the winning couple.
:     indicates the runner-up couple.
:     indicates the third-place couple.
===Average score chart[edit]===
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale (the scores for the cha-cha-cha Relay dance are not included).
Rank by average	Place	Couple 	Total points	Number of dances	Average
1 	3 	Ricki & Derek 	400 	15 	26.7
2 	1 	J.R. & Karina 	423 	16 	26.4
3 	2 	Rob & Cheryl 	402 	16 	25.1
4 	4 	Hope & Maksim 	279 	12 	23.3
5 	9 	Chynna & Tony 	90 	4 	22.5
6 	6 	David & Kym 	178 	8 	22.3
7 	10 	Kristin & Mark 	65 	3 	21.7
8 	5 	Nancy & Tristan 	213 	10 	21.3
9 	8 	Carson & Anna 	97 	5 	19.4
10 	7 	Chaz & Lacey 	113 	6 	18.8
11 	11 	Elisabetta & Val	36 	2 	18
12 	12 	Metta & Peta 	14 	1 	14
==Highest and lowest scoring performances[edit]==
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
Argentine Tango	Ricki Lake 	29 	Hope Solo 	24
Cha-cha-cha 	Ricki Lake 	27 	Metta World Peace	14
Foxtrot 	J.R. Martinez
Rob Kardashian	26 	Rob Kardashian
Nancy Grace
Ricki Lake
Hope Solo	24
Freestyle 	Rob Kardashian
J.R. Martinez	30 	Ricki Lake 	27
Jive
Instant 	J.R. Martinez
J.R. Martinez	28
30 	David Arquette
Nancy Grace	18
20
Paso Doble 	Ricki Lake 	27 	Chaz Bono
Nancy Grace
Hope Solo	21
Quickstep 	Ricki Lake
J.R. Martinez	29 	Chaz Bono 	17
Rumba 	Ricki Lake 	27 	Chaz Bono 	18
Samba 	Ricki Lake
J.R. Martinez
Rob Kardashian	30 	Chaz Bono 	21
Tango 	Ricki Lake 	30 	Chaz Bono 	19
Viennese Waltz 	Chynna Phillips
J.R. Martinez	22 	Rob Kardashian 	16
Waltz 	J.R. Martinez 	30 	Nancy Grace 	21
The celebrities to not land on the list are, Elisabetta Canalis, Kristin Cavallari, and Carson Kressley.
==Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances[edit]==
According to the traditional 30-point scale:
Couples 	Highest scoring dances 	Lowest scoring dances
J.R. & Karina 	Waltz, Instant Jive, Freestyle & Instant Samba (30)	Viennese Waltz & Jive (22)
Rob & Cheryl 	Freestyle & Instant Samba (30) 	Viennese Waltz (16)
Ricki & Derek 	Samba & Tango (30) 	Viennese Waltz (20)
Hope & Maks 	Quickstep (27) 	Jive (19)
Nancy & Tristan 	Foxtrot & Tango (24) 	Cha-cha-cha (16)
David & Kym 	Tango (25) 	Viennese Waltz & Jive (18)
Chaz & Lacey 	Paso Doble & Samba (21) 	Cha-cha-cha & Quickstep (17)
Carson & Anna 	Tango (23) 	Cha-cha-cha (17)
Chynna & Tony 	Rumba (26) 	Jive & Tango (21)
Kristin & Mark 	Samba (24) 	Cha-cha-cha (19)
Elisabetta & Val	Quickstep (21) 	Cha-cha-cha (15)
Metta & Peta 	Cha-cha-cha (14) 	Cha-cha-cha (14)
==Weekly scores and songs[edit]==
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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
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Metta & Peta 	14 (5, 4, 5)	Cha-cha-cha 	"Krazy"—Pitbull feat. Lil Jon 	Eliminated
Rob & Cheryl 	16 (6, 5, 5)	Viennese Waltz	"Lake Michigan"—Rogue Wave 	Safe
Kristin & Mark 	19 (7, 6, 6)	Cha-cha-cha 	"Dynamite"—Taio Cruz 	Safe
Chynna & Tony 	22 (8, 7, 7)	Viennese Waltz	"If I Ain't Got You"—Alicia Keys 	Safe
Nancy & Tristan 	16 (5, 5, 6)	Cha-cha-cha 	"Cry Baby"—Cee Lo Green 	Last to be called safe
David & Kym 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Viennese Waltz	"Somebody to Love"—Queen 	Safe
Elisabetta & Val	15 (5, 5, 5)	Cha-cha-cha 	"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"—Katy Perry 	Safe
Hope & Maks 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Viennese Waltz	"Satellite"—Dave Matthews Band 	Safe
Carson & Anna 	17 (6, 5, 6)	Cha-cha-cha 	"Moves Like Jagger"—Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera	Safe
J.R. & Karina 	22 (8, 7, 7)	Viennese Waltz	"Breakaway"—Kelly Clarkson 	Safe
Ricki & Derek 	20 (7, 6, 7)	Viennese Waltz	"This Year's Love"—David Gray 	Safe
Chaz & Lacey 	17 (6, 5, 6)	Cha-cha-cha 	"Dancing in the Street"—Martha & the Vandellas 	Safe
===Week 2[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Hope & Maks 	19 (6, 7, 6)	Jive 	"Girlfriend"—Avril Lavigne 	Safe
Kristin & Mark 	22 (8, 7, 7)	Quickstep	"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"—Marilyn Monroe 	Safe
David & Kym 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Jive 	"Runaway Baby"—Bruno Mars 	Bottom two
Elisabetta & Val	21 (7, 7, 7)	Quickstep	"Don't Get Me Wrong"—The Pretenders 	Eliminated
Rob & Cheryl 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Jive 	"Surfin' Safari"—The Beach Boys 	Safe
Carson & Anna 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Quickstep	"Walkin' Back to Happiness"—Helen Shapiro 	Safe
Ricki & Derek 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Jive 	"Hey Ya!"—OutKast 	Safe
Chaz & Lacey 	17 (6, 5, 6)	Quickstep	"Love Is All Around"—Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 	Safe
Chynna & Tony 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Jive 	"The Boy Does Nothing"—Alesha Dixon 	Safe
Nancy & Tristan 	21 (6, 8, 7)	Quickstep	"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"—Duke Ellington	Safe
J.R. & Karina 	22 (7, 7, 8)	Jive 	"Jump, Jive, an' Wail"—The Brian Setzer Orchestra 	Safe
===Week 3: Most Memorable Year Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Rob & Cheryl 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Foxtrot 	"Fly Me to the Moon"—Frank Sinatra 	Safe
Chynna & Tony 	26 (8, 9, 9)	Rumba 	"Hold On"—Wilson Phillips 	Safe
Chaz & Lacey 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Rumba 	"Laugh at Me"—Sonny Bono 	Safe
Kristin & Mark 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Samba 	"Crazy in Love"—Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z 	Eliminated
Carson & Anna 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Tango 	"It's My Life"—No Doubt 	Safe
J.R. & Karina 	26 (9, 8, 9)	Rumba 	"If You're Reading This"—Tim McGraw 	Safe
Nancy & Tristan	21 (7, 7, 7)	Waltz 	"Moon River"—Andy Williams 	Safe
Ricki & Derek 	27 (9, 9, 9)	Rumba 	"Gravity"—Sara Bareilles 	Safe
Hope & Maks 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"—Enrique Iglesias	Last to be called safe
David & Kym 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Rumba 	"O-o-h Child"—Five Stairsteps 	Safe
===Week 4: Movie Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Movie 	Result
Chynna & Tony 	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Tango 	"Theme from Mission: Impossible"	Mission: Impossible 	Eliminated
David & Kym 	23 (8, 7, 8) 	Paso Doble 	"The Raiders March" 	Raiders of the Lost Ark 	Safe
Carson & Anna 	20 (7, 6, 7) 	Viennese Waltz	"The Black Pearl" 	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Safe
Nancy & Tristan	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Paso Doble 	"Flash's Theme" 	Flash Gordon 	Safe
Hope & Maks 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Foxtrot 	"You've Got a Friend in Me" 	Toy Story 	Safe
Rob & Cheryl 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Paso Doble 	"Theme from Superman" 	Superman 	Last to be called safe
Ricki & Derek 	29 (10, 9, 10)	Tango 	"The Murder" 	Psycho 	Safe
Chaz & Lacey 	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Paso Doble 	"Gonna Fly Now" 	Rocky 	Safe
J.R. & Karina 	26 (8, 9, 9) 	Foxtrot 	"The Pink Panther Theme" 	The Pink Panther 	Safe
===Week 5: 80s Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Hope & Maks 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Tango 	"Livin' on a Prayer"—Bon Jovi 	Last to be called safe
Carson & Anna 	19 (6, 6, 7) 	Jive 	"Wake Me Up Before You Go Go"—Wham! 	Eliminated
Nancy & Tristan	22 (7, 7, 8) 	Rumba 	"True"—Spandau Ballet 	Safe
J.R. & Karina 	28 (9, 9, 10)	Samba 	"Conga"—Gloria Estefan 	Safe
Rob & Cheryl 	25 (9, 8, 8) 	Rumba 	"Hello"—Lionel Richie 	Safe
Chaz & Lacey 	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Samba 	"Get Down on It"—Kool & the Gang 	Safe
David & Kym 	25 (8, 9, 8) 	Tango 	"Tainted Love"—Soft Cell 	Safe
Ricki & Derek 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Foxtrot	"Easy Lover"—Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins	Safe
===Week 6: Broadway Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Broadway Show 	Result
Rob & Cheryl 	22 (8, 7, 7) 	Cha-cha-cha	"Walk Like a Man" 	Jersey Boys 	Safe
Nancy & Tristan	24 (9, 7, 8) 	Foxtrot 	"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"	Monty Python's Spamalot 	Safe
David & Kym 	23 (8, 7, 8) 	Quickstep 	"We Go Together" 	Grease 	Safe
Ricki & Derek 	29 (10, 9, 10)	Quickstep 	"Luck Be a Lady" 	Guys and Dolls 	Safe
Chaz & Lacey 	19 (7, 6, 6) 	Tango 	"The Phantom of the Opera" 	The Phantom of the Opera	Eliminated
Hope & Maks 	20 (7, 6, 7) 	Rumba 	"Seasons of Love" 	Rent 	Last to be called safe
J.R. & Karina 	29 (10, 9, 10)	Quickstep 	"Hot Honey Rag" 	Chicago 	Safe
J.R. & Karina
David & Kym
Hope & Maks
Chaz & Lacey
Ricki & Derek
Rob & Cheryl
Nancy & Tristan	N/A 	Broadway 	"Big Spender" / "Money Money" 	Sweet Charity / Cabaret 	Sweet Charity / Cabaret
===Week 7: Halloween Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
David & Kym 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Abracadabra"—Steve Miller Band 	Eliminated
J.R. & Karina 	25 (9, 8, 8)	Tango 	"Theme from Ghostbusters"—Ray Parker Jr. 	Safe
Nancy & Tristan	21 (7, 7, 7)	Jive 	"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"—Charlie Daniels Band	Bottom 2
Rob & Cheryl 	25 (9, 8, 8)	Tango 	"Theme from The Addams Family"—Vic Mizzy 	Safe
Ricki & Derek 	27 (9, 9, 9)	Paso Doble 	"Sweet Dreams"—Beyoncé 	Safe
Hope & Maks 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Samba 	"Werewolves of London"—Warren Zevon 	Safe
David & Kym
Nancy & Tristan
J.R. & Karina	23 (8, 7, 8)	Tango 	"Disturbia"—Rihanna 	"Disturbia"—Rihanna
Rob & Cheryl
Ricki & Derek
Hope & Maks	26 (9, 8, 9)	Paso Doble 	"Bring Me to Life"—Evanescence 	"Bring Me to Life"—Evanescence
===Week 8: Instant Choreography Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Rob & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Quickstep 	"Take on Me"—A-ha 	Last to be called safe
Rob & Cheryl 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Instant Jive	"Maneater"—Hall & Oates 	Last to be called safe
Hope & Maks 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Quickstep 	"Valerie"—Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse 	Safe
Hope & Maks 	25 (8, 9, 8) 	Instant Jive	"The Best Damn Thing"—Avril Lavigne 	Safe
Ricki & Derek 	28 (9, 9, 10) 	Waltz 	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"—Aretha Franklin	Safe
Ricki & Derek 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Instant Jive	"Land of a Thousand Dances"—Wilson Pickett 	Safe
Nancy & Tristan	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Tango 	"The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane"—The Ames Brothers 	Eliminated
Nancy & Tristan	20 (7, 6, 7) 	Instant Jive	"Upside Down"—Paloma Faith 	Eliminated
J.R. & Karina 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Waltz 	"What the World Needs Now"—Burt Bacharach 	Safe
J.R. & Karina 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Instant Jive	"Tutti Frutti"—Little Richard 	Safe
===Week 9 Semifinals[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Hope & Maks 	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Paso Doble 	"Can't Be Tamed"—Miley Cyrus 	Eliminated
Hope & Maks 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Argentine Tango	"Whatever Lola Wants"—Gwen Verdon 	Eliminated
J.R. & Karina	23 (8, 7, 8) 	Paso Doble 	"Spanish Paso" from The Mask of Zorro—James Horner	Last to be called safe
J.R. & Karina	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Argentine Tango	"Bust Your Windows"—Jazmine Sullivan 	Last to be called safe
Rob & Cheryl 	28 (10, 9, 9) 	Samba 	"I Go to Rio"—Pablo Cruise 	Safe
Rob & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Argentine Tango	"Libertango"—Bond 	Safe
Ricki & Derek	30 (10, 10, 10)	Samba 	"Jump in the Line"—Harry Belafonte 	Safe
Ricki & Derek	29 (9, 10, 10) 	Argentine Tango	"Allerdings Otros Aires"—Otros Aires 	Safe
Hope & Maks
J.R. & Karina
Ricki & Derek
Rob & Cheryl	4
6
8
10 	Cha-cha-cha 	"I Like How It Feels"—Enrique Iglesias 	"I Like How It Feels"—Enrique Iglesias
===Week 10: Finale[edit]===
;Running order (night 1)
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Assistant judge
Ricki & Derek	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Cha-cha-cha	"Yeah 3x"—Chris Brown 	Carrie Ann Inaba
Ricki & Derek	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Freestyle 	"Can't Touch It"—Ricki-Lee Coulter 	Carrie Ann Inaba
Rob & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Waltz 	"It Is You (I Have Loved)"—Dana Glover	Bruno Tonioli
Rob & Cheryl 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Freestyle 	"Minnie the Moocher"—Cab Calloway 	Bruno Tonioli
J.R. & Karina	24 (8, 7, 9) 	Cha-cha-cha	"Let's Get Loud"—Jennifer Lopez 	Len Goodman
J.R. & Karina	30 (10, 10, 10)	Freestyle 	"Whine Up"—Kat DeLuna 	Len Goodman
;Running order (night 2)
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Ricki & Derek	30 	Tango 	"Theme from Psycho"—Bernard Hermann 	Third place
Rob & Cheryl 	26 	Foxtrot 	"Fly Me to the Moon"—Frank Sinatra 	Safe
J.R. & Karina	28 	Jive 	"Jump, Jive, an' Wail"—The Brian Setzer Orchestra	Safe
J.R. & Karina	30 (10,10,10)	Instant Samba	"Shake Your Bon-Bon"—Ricky Martin 	Winner
Rob & Cheryl 	30 (10,10,10)	Instant Samba	"Shake Your Bon-Bon"—Ricky Martin 	Runner-up
==Dance chart[edit]==
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:
*Week 1: Cha-cha-cha or Viennese Waltz
*Week 2: Jive or Quickstep
*Week 3: Rumba or One Unlearned Dance (Personal Story/Most Memorable Year)
*Week 4: Paso Doble or One Unlearned Ballroom Dance (Movie Score Week)
*Week 5: One Unlearned Dance ('80s Week)
*Week 6: Quickstep or One Unlearned Dance and Group Dance (Broadway Week)
*Week 7: One Unlearned Dance and Team Dance (Halloween Week)
*Week 8: One Unlearned Ballroom Dance and Instant Jive (Instant Choreography Week)
*Week 9: One Unlearned Latin Dance (Paso Doble or Samba), Argentine Tango and Cha-cha-cha Relay (Triple Dances)
*Week 10 (Night 1): Last Unlearned Dance and Freestyle
*Week 10 (Night 2): Favorite Dance of the Season and Instant Samba
Couple 	Wk 1 	Wk 2 	Wk 3 	Wk 4 	Wk 5 	Wk 6 	Wk 6 	Wk 7 	Wk 7 	Wk 8 	Wk 8	Wk 9 	Wk 9 	Wk 9 	Wk 10 	Wk 10 	Wk 10 	Wk 10
J.R. & Karina 	Viennese Waltz	Jive 	Rumba 	Foxtrot 	Samba 	Quickstep 	Broadway	Tango 	Team Tango 	Waltz 	Jive	Paso Doble	Argentine Tango	Cha-cha-cha	Cha-cha-cha	Freestyle	Jive 	Samba
Rob & Cheryl 	Viennese Waltz	Jive 	Foxtrot 	Paso Doble 	Rumba 	Cha-cha-cha	Broadway	Tango 	Team Paso Doble	Quickstep	Jive	Samba 	Argentine Tango	Cha-cha-cha	Waltz 	Freestyle	Foxtrot	Samba
Ricki & Derek 	Viennese Waltz	Jive 	Rumba 	Tango 	Foxtrot	Quickstep 	Broadway	Paso Doble 	Team Paso Doble	Waltz 	Jive	Samba 	Argentine Tango	Cha-cha-cha	Cha-cha-cha	Freestyle	Tango 	
Hope & Maks 	Viennese Waltz	Jive 	Cha-cha-cha	Foxtrot 	Tango 	Rumba 	Broadway	Samba 	Team Paso Doble	Quickstep	Jive	Paso Doble	Argentine Tango	Cha-cha-cha	 	 	 	Quickstep
Nancy & Tristan 	Cha-cha-cha 	Quickstep	Waltz 	Paso Doble 	Rumba 	Foxtrot 	Broadway	Jive 	Team Tango 	Tango 	Jive	 	 	 	 	 	 	Foxtrot
David & Kym 	Viennese Waltz	Jive 	Rumba 	Paso Doble 	Tango 	Quickstep 	Broadway	Cha-cha-cha	Team Tango 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Quickstep
Chaz & Lacey 	Cha-cha-cha 	Quickstep	Rumba 	Paso Doble 	Samba 	Tango 	Broadway	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Freestyle
Carson & Anna 	Cha-cha-cha 	Quickstep	Tango 	Viennese Waltz	Jive 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Cha-cha-cha
Chynna & Tony 	Viennese Waltz	Jive 	Rumba 	Tango 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Tango
Kristin & Mark 	Cha-cha-cha 	Quickstep	Samba 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Jive
Elisabetta & Val	Cha-cha-cha 	Quickstep	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Cha-cha-cha
Metta & Peta 	Cha-cha-cha 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Cha-cha-cha
:     Highest scoring dance
:     Lowest scoring dance
:     Danced, but not scored
==Guest performances[edit]==
Date 	Dance 	Artist(s) 	Song(s) 	Dancers
September 20, 2011	Foxtrot 	Harry Connick, Jr 	"On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" 	Tony Dovolani and Kym Johnson
September 20, 2011	Cha-cha-cha
Shuffle	LMFAO 	"Sexy and I Know It"
"Party Rock Anthem" 	Mark Ballas, Cheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Val Chmerkovskiy,Peta Murgatroyd and Lacey Schwimmer
September 27, 2011	Contemporary 	Demi Lovato 	"Skyscraper" 	Robert Roldan, Chaz Edward Buzan, Ryan Ramirez, Pam Chu[11]
September 27, 2011	Rumba 	The Script 	"For the First Time" 	Dmitry Chaplin and Chelsie Hightower
October 4, 2011 	Twist 	Chubby Checker feat.Estelle 	"Twist" 	Chubby & Estelle's dancers, with a cameo from Len Goodman
October 4, 2011 	Samba 	Mary J. Blige 	"Real Love" 	Val Chmerkovskiy & Dasha Chesnokova
October 11, 2011 	Rumba 	Susan Boyle 	"Unchained Melody" 	Val Chmerkovskiy & Peta Murgatroyd
October 11, 2011 	Rumba
Jive 	Blake Shelton 	"Holding Out for a Hero"
"Footloose" 	Julianne Hough & Kenny Wormald
October 18, 2011 	Rumba
Cha-cha-cha 	Kelly Clarkson 	"Mr. Know It All"
"Walk Away" 	Tristan MacManus, Kym Johnson, Mark Ballas, Sharna Burgess, Val Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd
October 18, 2011 	Rumba 	The Band Perry 	"If I Die Young" 	Louis Van Amstel and Karina Smirnoff
October 24, 2011 	Foxtrot 	Kristin Chenoweth 	"Maybe This Time"—from Cabaret 	Mark Ballas, Sharna Burgess, Dasha Chesnokova, Oksana Dmytrenko,Val Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Farber, Peta Murgatroyd, Kiki Nyemchek, Ted Volynets
October 24, 2011 	Quickstep 	Kristin Chenoweth 	"I Could Have Danced All Night"—from My Fair Lady	Mark Ballas, Sharna Burgess, Dasha Chesnokova, Oksana Dmytrenko,Val Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Farber, Peta Murgatroyd, Kiki Nyemchek, Ted Volynets
October 25, 2011 	Rumba 	Martina McBride 	"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" 	Val Chmerkovskiy and Chelsie Hightower
November 1, 2011 	Samba 	Justin Bieber 	"Never Say Never" 	Mark Ballas & Chelsie Hightower
November 1, 2011 	Contemporary Ballet	Christina Perri 	"Arms" 	Victoria-Rose Viren
November 8, 2011 	Foxtrot 	Andrea Bocelli & Chris Botti	"More" 	Dance Troupe Members
November 8, 2011 	Hip-Hop 	Flo Rida 	"Club Can't Handle Me"
"Good Feeling feat. Livvi Franc	Flo Rida's backup dancers
November 15, 2011 	Broadway 	The Muppets 	"Life's A Happy Song" 	The Muppets movie ensemble
November 15, 2011 	Contemporary 	Cobra Starship and Sabi 	"You Make Me Feel" 	Tristan MacManus, Kym Johnson, Sonny Pederson and Sharna Burgess
November 22, 2011 	Rumba 	Lady Antebellum 	"Dancin' Away With My Heart"
"Need You Now" 	Dmitry Chaplin, Kym Johnson, Val Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd, and Dance Troupe Members
==Dance troupe[edit]==
The dance troupe consists of six dancers, plus the first eliminated male and female pros, who this season were Val Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd. They are also sometimes joined by pros from other seasons (such as Louis Van Amstel, who danced with the troupe on the Week 4 competition show).
*Sharna Burgess
*Dasha Chesnokova
*Oksana Dmytrenko
*Sasha Farber
*Kiki Nyemchek
*Ted Volynets
Date 	Dance 	Song(s)
September 20, 2011	Jive 	"Watch Me Move"—Fefe Dobson
October 4, 2011 	Viennese Waltz	"Gone with the Wind" Theme
October 11, 2011 	Paso Doble
Foxtrot	"Cowboy/Star Wars" Theme
"Butch Cassidy" Theme
October 17, 2011 	Rumba
Samba
Cha-cha-cha	"Eternal Flame"
"Walk Like an Egyptian"
"Manic Monday"
October 18, 2011 	Cha-cha-cha 	"Like a Virgin" / "Like a Prayer"
November 8, 2011 	Foxtrot 	"More"—Andrea Bocelli
*The dance during the October 4 results show was accompanied by additional pros Val Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd