Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is a television series that premiered in 2005 on ABC. Hosts have included Tom Bergeron, Tyra Banks, Samantha Harris, and Alfonso Ribeiro. It is based on Strictly Come Dancing in the UK where Bruce Forsyth served as host.
==Appearances==
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 	October 2, 2007
Count von Count (voiced by Jerry Nelson) appeared briefly in "The Counting Room" on Jimmy Kimmel's insert, which was supposed to give viewers some insight on how the audience's votes were counted. He's forced to reset the counting, when Kimmel tells him that Mel B. and Scary Spice are the same person.
 	September 28, 2009
Animal appeared before Aaron Carter's and Karina Smirnoff's dance playing the drum intro to "The Muppet Show Theme." Gonzo blew the trumpet at the judges' table at the end of the number, into judge Bruno Tonioli's ear. In the interview before the scores, Samantha Harris and Karina make a passing reference to Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy. (The same routine was performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.)
center	November 24, 2009
Several Muppets appear on the Season 9 finale. Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff reprised their dance to the "Muppet Show Theme" from earlier in the season. Animal once again appeared before the start of the dance, but this time attired in a tux in honor of the occasion. Statler and Waldorf appeared in the audience to heckle Len Goodman, (Statler: I like this show. Waldorf: Why? Statler: Because of that judge in the middle! He's older than me!) And Miss Piggy interviewed past contestants Cloris Leachman, Jerry Springer, Steve Wozniak and Joanna Krupa backstage, and appeared with Maksim Chmerkovskiy backstage.
 	November 14, 2011
A few seconds of Kermit and Piggy's backstage rehearsal for their upcoming appearance is shown.
 	November 15, 2011
The Muppets (Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Walter, Scooter, Fozzie, Rowlf, Sam the Eagle, the Swedish Chef, Beaker, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Pepe) appear to perform "Life's a Happy Song." Gonzo aids Tom in introducing the number. Afterward, Statler and Waldorf judge. Tom remarked that it was like having "Len times 2".
 	September 28, 2015
The Muppets (Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie and Scooter) appear to promote The Muppets. The show's "hot guys" do a brief sexy dance before commercial, and afterwards, Miss Piggy runs up to Derek Hough and kisses him on the chest. Hough is taken aback, but then appreciates the attention. A publicity photo shows Piggy and Hough in a romantic pose.
 	October 17, 2017
Kermit makes appearances throughout the show on Disney Night. Drew Scott and Emma Slater dance a Viennese waltz to "Rainbow Connection." The song was sung, offstage, by Felicia Barton, a former American Idol contestant. During the outro, Kermit can be heard singing along to the theme music of The Mickey Mouse Club. Tim Lagasse assisted Matt Vogel in performing Kermit for this appearance.@TimothyLagasse on Twitter, October 16, 2017
 	October 12, 2021
Gonzo and Pepe appear to promote Muppets Haunted Mansion during "Disney Week: Villains Night." The two also dole out their own scores for the various dancers (all 10s).
 	October 10, 2022
Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Animal make prerecorded appearances introducing Selma Blair and Sasha Farber's quickstep to a new recording of "The Muppet Show Theme" (which repurposes footage of the Muppets in the arches originally produced for The Muppets Take the Bowl). Fozzie appears in the rehearsal footage. Host Tyra Banks also promoted The Muppets Mayhem.
==Muppet Mentions==
* October 15, 2012 - Tom Bergeron commented on Sabrina Bryan's dance costume, saying "How many Cookie Monsters can we make out of this?"
* April 11, 2016 - Football player Doug Flutie and Karina Smirnoff danced to "Rainbow Connection" in honor of Flutie's parents, who both died on the same day. It was sung by Andra Day.
* September 19, 2016 - Ryan Lochte and Cheryl Burke danced to "The Muppet Show Theme."
==References==
thumb|300px|The parody versions of Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.
* Sesame Street spoofed the format as "Dancing with Triangles" in a 2007 episode, with Chris, Gordon, Maria, Horatio the Elephant, and Telly Monster as contestants, and parody versions of judges Bruno Tonioli, Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and host Tom Bergeron (Tom Twinkletoes).
* One of the Xbox Achievements for the game Once Upon a Monster is called "Advancing with the Stars."
==Connections==
Several competitors who were featured on the show have worked on various Muppet productions:
*Buzz Aldrin appeared in season 10.
*Kirstie Alley appeared in season 12 and 15.
*David Arquette appeared in season 13.
*Jake T. Austin appeared in season 23
*Mel B appeared in season 5.
*Lance Bass appeared in season 7.
*Patti LaBelle appeared in season 20
*Michael Bolton appeared in season 11.
*Chaz Bono appeared in season 13.
*Wayne Brady appeared in season 31.
*Brandy appeared in season 11.
*Sabrina Bryan appeared in season 5 and 15.
*Candace Cameron Bure appeared in season 18
*Gary Busey appeared in season 21
*Aaron Carter appeared in season 9.
*Nick Carter appeared in season 21
*Charo appeared in season 24
*Margaret Cho appeared in season 11.
*Zendaya Coleman appeared in season 16.
*Billy Ray Cyrus appeared in season 4.
*Paula Deen appeared in season 21
*Joey Fatone appeared in season 4 and 15.
*Kim Fields appeared in season 22
*Cristián de la Fuente appeared in season 6.
*Jennie Garth appeared in season 5.
*Kate Gosselin appeared in season 10.
*David Alan Grier appeared in season 8.
*George Hamilton appeared in season 2.
*Harry Hamlin appeared in season 3.
*Valerie Harper appeared in season 17
*Melissa Joan Hart appeared in season 9.
*David Hasselhoff appeared in season 11.
*Florence Henderson appeared in season 11.
*Laurie Hernandez appeared in, and won season 23.
*John O'Hurley appeared in season 1.
*Kathy Ireland appeared in season 9.
*Bindi Irwin appeared in season 21.
*Skai Jackson appeared in season 30.
*Penn Jilette appeared in season 6.
*Chaka Khan appeared in season 21
*Gladys Knight appeared in season 14.
*Joanna Krupa appeared in season 9.
*Nick Lachey appeared in season 25
*Ricki Lake appeared in season 13.
*Cloris Leachman appeared in season 7.
*William Levy appeared in season 14.
*Mario Lopez appeared in season 3.
*Susan Lucci appeared in season 7.
*Gilles Marini appeared in season 8 and 15.
*J.R. Martinez appeared in, and won season 13.
*Marlee Matlin appeared in season 6.
*Debi Mazar appeared in season 9.
*Maria Menounos appeared in season 14.
*Shanna Moakler appeared in season 3.
*Martina Navratilova appeared in season 14.
*Petra Nemcova appeared in season 12.
*Bill Nye appeared in season 17
*Nancy O'Dell was announced for season 8, but withdrew with an injury before the season premiere.
*Kelly Osbourne appeared in season 9.
*Donny Osmond appeared in, and won season 9.
*Alfonso Ribeiro appeared in, and won season 19
*Denise Richards appeared in season 8.
*Lisa Rinna appeared in season 2.
*Adam Rippon appeared in, and won season 26.
*Jeff Ross appeared in season 7.
*Antonio Sabàto, Jr. appeared in season 19
*Drew Scott appeared in season 25
*Emma Slater appeared in seasons 17 through 25 as a professional dancer.
*Jordin Sparks appeared in season 31.
*Jerry Springer appeared in season 3.
*Lindsey Stirling appeared in season 25
*Mr. T appeared in season 24
*Jason Taylor appeared in season 6.
*Lea Thompson appeared in season 19
*Vanilla Ice appeared in season 23
*Wendy Williams appeared in season 12.
*Billy Dee Williams appeared in season 18
*Steve Wozniak appeared in season 8.
*Kristi Yamaguchi appeared in, and won season 6.
Also...
*Paula Abdul judged for one week in season 15.
*Basim appeared in season 6 of Vild med dans (Denmark)
*Erik Estrada appeared in season 2 of Mira Quien Baila (USA)
*Savion Glover performed in season 5 on a results show, 26 September 2007.
*Wolke Hegenbarth appeared in season 1 of Let's Dance (Germany)
*Cecilie Hother appeared in season 7 of Vild med dans (Denmark)
*Baz Luhrmann replaced Len Goodman for one week in Season 9.
==Sources==
==External links==
* Gawker.com - Miss Piggy's odd moment on Dancing with the Stars
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