Season 12

Season twelve of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 21, 2011. Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Len Goodman returned to the show as judges, while Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke returned as hosts.[1]
Professional football player Hines Ward was the winner of the competition with his partner Kym Johnson. Actress Kirstie Alley and Disney star Chelsea Kane came in second and third, respectively.
==Overview[edit]==
On the official website, a page gave people the chance to recommend celebrities they wanted to see on season 12 of the show through comments.[2] Pro-dancer Derek Hough, who was the incumbent champion, did not return for season 12 in order to film an upcoming movie but returned for season 13.[3]
The cast was revealed on February 28, 2011, during The Bachelor,[1] and the professional partners were revealed on March 2, 2011.[4] Hip hop artist Romeo, injured before the beginning of broadcasts of season two, and replaced during that season by his father, Master P, was one of the competitors in season 12.[5]
==Couples[edit]==
The 11 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:
Celebrity 	Occupation / known for 	Professional partner	Result
Mike Catherwood 	Radio personality 	Lacey Schwimmer 	Eliminated 1st
on March 29, 2011
Wendy Williams 	Talk show
hostess & author	Tony Dovolani 	Eliminated 2nd
on April 5, 2011
Sugar Ray Leonard	Boxer 	Anna Trebunskaya 	Eliminated 3rd
on April 12, 2011
Petra Němcová 	Supermodel 	Dmitry Chaplin 	Eliminated 4th
on April 19, 2011
Chris Jericho 	WWE Champion & musician	Cheryl Burke 	Eliminated 5th
on April 26, 2011
Kendra Wilkinson 	Model & reality TV star	Louis Van Amstel 	Eliminated 6th
on May 3, 2011
Romeo Miller 	Rapper & actor 	Chelsie Hightower 	Eliminated 7th
on May 10, 2011
Ralph Macchio 	Actor 	Karina Smirnoff 	Eliminated 8th
on May 17, 2011
Chelsea Kane 	Actress & singer 	Mark Ballas 	Third place
on May 24, 2011
Kirstie Alley 	Actress 	Maksim Chmerkovskiy 	Runner-up
on May 24, 2011
Hines Ward 	NFL
football player 	Kym Johnson 	Winner
on May 24, 2011
==Scoring chart[edit]==
Couple 	Place	1 	2 	1+2	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10
Hines & Kym 	1 	21	23	44 	25	25	27	27	23+27=50	28+26=54	30+30=60 	29+30+30=89
Kirstie & Maks 	2 	23	20	43 	21	22	23	26	23+21=44	28+25=53	27+27=54 	27+27+30=84
Chelsea & Mark 	3 	21	18	39 	23	26	26	28	22+26=48	29+26=55	28+30+15=73	29+30+30=89
Ralph & Karina 	4 	24	21	45 	21	25	22	24	22+26=48	25+21=46	25+23=48 	
Romeo & Chelsie 	5 	19	23	42 	20	23	26	28	22+23=45	27+25=52	 	
Kendra & Louis 	6 	18	19	37 	23	18	22	25	23+23=46	 	 	
Chris & Cheryl 	7 	19	23	42 	21	23	26	22	 	 	 	
Petra & Dmitry 	8 	18	18	36 	25	23	22	 	 	 	 	
Sugar Ray & Anna	9 	17	17	34 	20	21	 	 	 	 	 	
Wendy & Tony 	10 	14	17	31 	15	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mike & Lacey 	11 	13	17	30 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
:Red numbers indicates the lowest score for each week.
:Green numbers indicates the highest score for each week.
:     indicates the couple eliminated that week.
:     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.
===Averages[edit]===
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale (the scores for the Winner Takes All Cha-cha-cha from week nine and scores from Donnie Burns in week 7 are not included).
Rank by average	Place	Couple 	Total points	Number of dances	Average
1 	1 	Hines & Kym 	401 	15 	26.7
2 	3 	Chelsea & Mark 	392 	15 	26.1
3 	2 	Kirstie & Maks 	370 	15 	24.7
4 	5 	Romeo & Chelsie 	236 	10 	23.6
5 	4 	Ralph & Karina 	279 	12 	23.3
6 	7 	Chris & Cheryl 	134 	6 	22.3
7 	6 	Kendra & Louis 	171 	8 	21.4
8 	8 	Petra & Dmitry 	106 	5 	21.2
9 	9 	Sugar Ray & Anna	75 	4 	18.8
10 	10 	Wendy & Tony 	46 	3 	15.3
11 	11 	Mike & Lacey 	30 	2 	15.0
==Highest and lowest scoring performances[edit]==
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:
Dance 	Best dancer(s)	Best score	Worst dancer(s) 	Worst score
Foxtrot 	Hines Ward 	28 	Mike Catherwood 	13
Cha-cha-cha 	Kirstie Alley 	30 	Wendy Williams 	14
Jive 	Hines Ward 	26 	Mike Catherwood
Sugar Ray Leonard	17
Quickstep 	Hines Ward 	29 	Wendy Williams 	17
Rumba 	Chelsea Kane 	30 	Romeo 	20
Samba 	Hines Ward 	30 	Ralph Macchio 	22
Waltz 	Chelsea Kane 	29 	Kirstie Alley 	22
Paso doble 	Kirstie Alley 	27 	Sugar Ray Leonard	20
Viennese Waltz 	Chelsea Kane 	30 	Kendra Wilkinson 	18
Tango 	Hines Ward
Romeo	27 	Chris Jericho 	22
Argentine tango	Hines Ward 	30 	Ralph Macchio 	25
Salsa 	Hines Ward 	30 	Ralph Macchio 	23
Freestyle 	Hines Ward
Chelsea Kane	30 	Kirstie Alley 	27
Petra Němcová is the only star to not land on this list.
==Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances[edit]==
According to the traditional 30-point scale:
Couples 	Highest scoring dance(s) 	Lowest scoring dance(s)
Hines & Kym 	Argentine tango, Salsa, Freestyle, & Samba (30)	Cha-cha-cha (21)
Kirstie & Maks 	Cha-cha-cha (30) 	Quickstep (20)
Chelsea & Mark 	Rumba, Freestyle, & Viennese Waltz (30) 	Jive (18)
Ralph & Karina 	Quickstep (26) 	Jive, Rumba, & Cha-cha-cha (21)
Romeo & Chelsie 	Waltz (28) 	Cha-cha-cha (19)
Kendra & Louis 	Samba (25) 	Cha-cha-cha & Viennese Waltz (18)
Chris & Cheryl 	Viennese Waltz (26) 	Cha-cha-cha (19)
Petra & Dmitry 	Waltz (25) 	Foxtrot & Jive (18)
Sugar Ray & Anna	Viennese Waltz (21) 	Foxtrot & Jive (17)
Wendy & Tony 	Quickstep (17) 	Cha-cha-cha (14)
Mike & Lacey 	Jive (17) 	Foxtrot (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
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music
Chelsea & Mark 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Foxtrot 	"King of Anything" – Sara Bareilles
Wendy & Tony 	14 (5, 4, 5)	Cha-cha-cha	"I'm Every Woman" – Chaka Khan
Hines & Kym 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"Club Can't Handle Me" – Flo Rida & David Guetta
Petra & Dmitry 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Foxtrot 	"Don't Know Why" – Norah Jones
Romeo & Chelsie 	19 (7, 6, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Romeo" – Basement Jaxx
Sugar Ray & Anna	17 (6, 5, 6)	Foxtrot 	"The Power of Love" – Huey Lewis & the News
Kendra & Louis 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"When Love Takes Over" – David Guetta & Kelly Rowland
Ralph & Karina 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Foxtrot 	"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" – Dean Martin
Chris & Cheryl 	19 (7, 6, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Should I Stay or Should I Go" – The Clash
Mike & Lacey 	13 (5, 4, 4)	Foxtrot 	"Cooler Than Me" – Mike Posner
Kirstie & Maks 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Forget You" – Cee Lo Green
===Week 2[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Sugar Ray & Anna	17 (6, 5, 6)	Jive 	"Sweet Soul Music" – Arthur Conley 	Last to be Called Safe
Kendra & Louis 	19 (7, 6, 6)	Quickstep	"Gotta Work" – Amerie 	Safe
Chelsea & Mark 	18 (6, 5, 7)	Jive 	"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" – Panic at the Disco 	Safe
Chris & Cheryl 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Quickstep	"I Got Rhythm" – Judy Garland 	Safe
Petra & Dmitry 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Jive 	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" – Queen 	Safe
Kirstie & Maks 	20 (7, 6, 7)	Quickstep	"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" – KT Tunstall 	Safe
Mike & Lacey 	17 (6, 5, 6)	Jive 	"The Boys Are Back in Town" – Thin Lizzy 	Eliminated
Romeo & Chelsie 	23 (7, 8, 8)	Quickstep	"You're the One That I Want" – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	Safe
Wendy & Tony 	17 (6, 5, 6)	Quickstep	"Do Your Thing" – Basement Jaxx 	Safe
Ralph & Karina 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Jive 	"Nobody But Me" – The Human Beinz 	Safe
Hines & Kym 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Quickstep	"Part-Time Lover" – Stevie Wonder 	Safe
===Week 3: Personal Story Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Wendy & Tony 	15 (5, 5, 5)	Foxtrot 	"Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" – Indeep	Eliminated
Chelsea & Mark 	23 (7, 8, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Chelsea" – The Summer Set 	Safe
Chris & Cheryl 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Rumba 	"Let It Be" – The Beatles 	Last to be Called Safe
Kendra & Louis 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Rumba 	"You and Me" – Musiq Soulchild 	Safe
Romeo & Chelsie 	20 (7, 6, 7)	Rumba 	"I'll Be There" – The Jackson 5 	Safe
Hines & Kym 	25 (9, 8, 8)	Samba 	"Fantasy" – Earth, Wind and Fire 	Safe
Petra & Dmitry 	25 (8, 9, 8)	Waltz 	"You Raise Me Up" – Josh Groban 	Safe
Sugar Ray & Anna	20 (7, 6, 7)	Paso doble 	"My Prerogative" – Bobby Brown 	Safe
Kirstie & Maks 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Rumba 	"Over the Rainbow" – Israel Kamakawiwo'ole	Safe
Ralph & Karina 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Rumba 	"Stay Gold" – Stevie Wonder 	Safe
===Week 4: Classical Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Romeo & Chelsie 	23 (7, 8, 8)	Paso doble 	"Palladio, First Movement" – Karl Jenkins 	Safe
Kendra & Louis 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Viennese Waltz	"Con te partirò" – Andrea Bocelli (performed by Katherine Jenkins) 	Safe
Sugar Ray & Anna	21 (7, 7, 7)	Viennese Waltz	"Waltz of the Flowers" – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 	Eliminated
Petra & Dmitry 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Paso doble 	"March of the Toreadors" – Georges Bizet 	Safe
Ralph & Karina 	25 (8, 8, 9)	Waltz 	"Romeo and Juliet" – Nino Rota 	Safe
Hines & Kym 	25 (9, 8, 8)	Paso doble 	"Explosive / Adagio for Strings" – Bond 	Safe
Chelsea & Mark 	26 (9, 8, 9)	Viennese Waltz	"Hedwig's Theme" – John Williams 	Last to be Called Safe
Chris & Cheryl 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Paso doble 	"I Dovregubbens Hall" – Edvard Grieg 	Safe
Kirstie & Maks 	22 (7, 7, 8)	Waltz 	"The Flower Duet" – Léo Delibes (performed by Katherine Jenkins and Beverley Staunton)	Safe
===Week 5: American Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Ralph & Karina 	22 (8, 7, 7)	Samba 	"Sweet Home Alabama" – Lynyrd Skynyrd 	Safe
Chris & Cheryl 	26 (9, 8, 9)	Viennese Waltz	"America the Beautiful" – Whitney Houston	Last to be Called Safe
Petra & Dmitry 	22 (7, 7, 8)	Quickstep 	"Viva Las Vegas" – Elvis Presley 	Eliminated
Romeo & Chelsie	26 (9, 8, 9)	Foxtrot 	"New York, New York" – Frank Sinatra 	Safe
Hines & Kym 	27 (9, 9, 9)	Rumba 	"God Bless The USA" – Lee Greenwood 	Safe
Kirstie & Maks 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Foxtrot 	"American Woman" – The Guess Who 	Safe
Kendra & Louis 	22 (8, 7, 7)	Foxtrot 	"Yankee Doodle Dandy" – James Cagney 	Safe
Chelsea & Mark 	26 (9, 8, 9)	Samba 	"Party in the U.S.A." – Miley Cyrus 	Safe
===Week 6: Guilty Pleasure Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Kirstie & Maks 	26 (8, 9, 9) 	Samba 	"Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears 	Safe
Chris & Cheryl 	22 (7, 8, 7) 	Tango 	"Don't Stop Believin'" – Journey 	Eliminated
Romeo & Chelsie	28 (10, 9, 9)	Waltz 	"My Heart Will Go On" – Celine Dion 	Safe
Chelsea & Mark 	28 (10, 9, 9)	Quickstep 	"Walkin' on Sunshine" – Katrina and the Waves 	Safe
Kendra & Louis 	25 (8, 8, 9) 	Samba 	"Livin' la Vida Loca" – Ricky Martin 	Safe
Hines & Kym 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Viennese Waltz	"End of the Road" – Boyz II Men 	Safe
Ralph & Karina 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Paso doble 	"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" – C+C Music Factory	Last to be Called Safe
===Week 7: Ballroom Greats Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Chelsea & Mark
Ralph & Karina
Romeo & Chelsie	30 (8, 8, 7, 7) 	Cha-cha-cha	"Born This Way" – Lady Gaga 	"Born This Way" – Lady Gaga
Hines & Kym
Kirstie & Maks
Kendra & Louis	30 (7, 7, 8, 8) 	Cha-cha-cha	"We R Who We R" – Ke$ha 	"We R Who We R" – Ke$ha
Chelsea & Mark 	34 (8, 9, 8, 9) 	Paso doble 	"Ghosts 'N Stuff" – Deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire 	Last to be Called Safe
Kendra & Louis 	31 (8, 8, 7, 8) 	Tango 	"Jealousy" – Billy Fury 	Eliminated
Kirstie & Maks 	30 (9, 7, 6, 8) 	Jive 	"La Bamba" – Ritchie Valens 	Safe
Ralph & Karina 	36 (10, 9, 8, 9)	Quickstep 	"Pencil Full Of Lead" – Paolo Nutini 	Safe
Hines & Kym 	36 (9, 9, 8, 10)	Tango 	"Tango Misterioso" – Pedro Gomez 	Safe
Romeo & Chelsie	30 (7, 8, 7, 8) 	Samba 	"Say Hey (I Love You)" – Michael Franti & Spearhead	Safe
===Week 8: Instant Choreography Week[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Chelsea & Mark 	29 (10, 9, 10)	Waltz 	"My Love" – Sia 	Safe
Chelsea & Mark 	26 (8, 9, 9) 	Instant Salsa 	"Get Busy" – Sean Paul 	Safe
Hines & Kym 	28 (9, 9, 10) 	Foxtrot 	"This Will Be" – Natalie Cole 	Safe
Hines & Kym 	26 (9, 9, 8) 	Instant Jive 	"Chantilly Lace" – Jerry Lee Lewis 	Safe
Romeo & Chelsie	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Tango 	"Hold It Against Me" – Britney Spears 	Eliminated
Romeo & Chelsie	25 (8, 9, 8) 	Instant Salsa 	"Tequila" – Xavier Cugat 	Eliminated
Ralph & Karina 	25 (8, 8, 9) 	Viennese Waltz 	"Maybe I, Maybe You" – Scorpions 	Last to be Called Safe
Ralph & Karina 	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Instant Cha-cha-cha	"Stuck in the Middle With You" – Stealers Wheel	Last to be Called Safe
Kirstie & Maks 	28 (9, 9, 10) 	Argentine tango 	"Cite Tango" – Ástor Piazzolla 	Safe
Kirstie & Maks 	25 (8, 9, 8) 	Instant Salsa 	"Cobrastyle" – Teddybears ft. Mad Cobra 	Safe
===Week 9: Semifinals[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Ralph & Karina	25 (8, 9, 8) 	Argentine tango	"Violentango" – Astor Piazzola 	Eliminated
Ralph & Karina	23 (8, 7, 8) 	Salsa 	"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" – Pitbull	Eliminated
Kirstie & Maks	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Viennese Waltz 	"One and Only" – Adele 	Last to be called safe
Kirstie & Maks	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Paso doble 	"White Room" – Cream 	Last to be called safe
Chelsea & Mark	28 (9, 9, 10) 	Argentine tango	"Assassin's Tango" – John Powell 	Safe
Chelsea & Mark	30 (10, 10, 10)	Rumba 	"Eyes on Fire" – Blue Foundation 	Safe
Hines & Kym 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Argentine tango	"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" – Doris Day 	Safe
Hines & Kym 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Salsa 	"Hello" – The Cat Empire 	Safe
Winner Takes All Cha-cha-cha
Couples	Results 	Music
Hines & Kym
&
Ralph & Karina	Hines & Kym 	"Boogie Shoes" – KC and the Sunshine Band
"Mustang Sally" – Wilson Pickett
Chelsea & Mark
&
Kirstie & Maks	Chelsea & Mark	"Makes Me Wonder" – Maroon 5
"Walkin' On The Sun" – Smash Mouth
Hines & Kym
&
Chelsea & Mark	Chelsea & Mark	"Just Dance" – Lady Gaga ft. Colby O'Donis
===Week 10: Finale[edit]===
;Running order (Night 1)
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Assistant judge
Chelsea & Mark	29 (10, 9, 10) 	Samba 	"Hip Hip Chin Chin" – Club Des Belugas 	Carrie Ann Inaba
Chelsea & Mark	30 (10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"Latinos" – Proyecto Uno 	Carrie Ann Inaba
Kirstie & Maks	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Samba 	"Magalenha" – Sérgio Mendes 	Bruno Tonioli
Kirstie & Maks	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Freestyle	"Perfect" – Pink 	Bruno Tonioli
Hines & Kym 	29 (10, 9, 10) 	Quickstep	"Puttin' On The Ritz" – Irving Berlin 	Len Goodman
Hines & Kym 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"Dancing Machine" & "I Want You Back" – The Jackson 5	Len Goodman
;Running order (night 2)
Couple 	Score 	Dance 	Music 	Result
Chelsea & Mark	30 (10, 10, 10)	Viennese Waltz	"Hedwig's Theme" – John Williams 	Third place
Kirstie & Maks	30 (10, 10, 10)	Cha-cha-cha 	"Forget You" – Cee Lo Green 	Runner-up
Hines & Kym 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Samba 	"Fantasy" – Earth, Wind, and Fire	Winner
==Dance chart[edit]==
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:
*Week 1: Cha-cha-cha or foxtrot
*Week 2: Jive or quickstep
*Week 3: Rumba or one unlearned dance (Personal Story/Most Memorable Year)
*Week 4: Paso doble, Viennese waltz, or waltz (Classical Week)
*Week 5: One unlearned dance (American Week)
*Week 6: One unlearned dance (Guilty Pleasure Week)
*Week 7: One unlearned dance and Team Dance (Ballroom Greats Week)
*Week 8: One unlearned ballroom dance and instant dance (Instant Choreography Week)
*Week 9: Two unlearned dances and Winner-takes-all cha-cha-cha
*Week 10 (Night 1): Judges choice dance and freestyle
*Week 10 (Night 2): Favorite dance of the season
Couple 	Week 1 	Week 2 	Week 3 	Week 4 	Week 5 	Week 6 	Week 7 	Week 7 	Week 8 	Week 8 	Week 9 	Week 9 	Week 9 	Week 10 	Week 10 	Week 10
Hines & Kym 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Samba 	Paso doble 	Rumba 	Viennese Waltz	Cha-cha-cha	Tango 	Foxtrot 	Jive 	Argentine tango	Salsa 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Freestyle	Samba
Kirstie & Maks 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Rumba 	Waltz 	Foxtrot 	Samba 	Cha-cha-cha	Jive 	Argentine tango	Salsa 	Viennese Waltz 	Paso doble	Cha-cha-cha	Samba 	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha
Chelsea & Mark 	Foxtrot 	Jive 	Cha-cha-cha	Viennese Waltz	Samba 	Quickstep 	Cha-cha-cha	Paso doble	Waltz 	Salsa 	Argentine tango	Rumba 	Cha-cha-cha	Samba 	Freestyle	Viennese Waltz
Ralph & Karina 	Foxtrot 	Jive 	Rumba 	Waltz 	Samba 	Paso doble 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep 	Viennese Waltz 	Cha-cha-cha	Argentine tango	Salsa 	Cha-cha-cha	 	 	Quickstep
Romeo & Chelsie 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Rumba 	Paso doble 	Foxtrot 	Waltz 	Cha-cha-cha	Samba 	Tango 	Salsa 	 	 	 	 	 	Waltz
Kendra & Louis 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Rumba 	Viennese Waltz	Foxtrot 	Samba 	Cha-cha-cha	Tango 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Samba
Chris & Cheryl 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Rumba 	Paso doble 	Viennese Waltz	Tango 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Paso doble
Petra & Dmitry 	Foxtrot 	Jive 	Waltz 	Paso doble 	Quickstep 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Waltz
Sugar Ray & Anna	Foxtrot 	Jive 	Paso doble 	Viennese Waltz	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Paso doble
Wendy & Tony 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Foxtrot 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mike & Lacey 	Foxtrot 	Jive 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Cha-cha-cha
:     Highest scoring dance
:     Lowest scoring dance
:     Danced, but not scored
:     Gained bonus points for this dance.
==Guest performances on results episodes[edit]==
In addition to recapping the week's earlier performances by the competitors, each results show features one or more guest musical performers/acts who perform at least one song. During each song, the Dancing with the Stars dance troupe or guest dancers perform a choreographed dance. Unless otherwise noted, the Dancing with the Stars dance troupe performed during the musical number.
;March 29, 2011
Chris Brown performed "Yeah 3x" and a medley of "Forever"/"Beautiful People" while his own dancers performed. The dance troupe also performed to the song Dance to the Music.[6] Music was provided by the house band.
;April 5, 2011
OneRepublic performed "Good Life" while Dmitry Chaplin and Lacey Schwimmer danced, and "All the Right Moves". On the same episode, Selena Gomez and the Scene performed "Who Says" featuring Mark Ballas and Chelsie Hightower dancing.
;April 12, 2011
David Garrett performed "Walk This Way". Jennifer Hudson performed "Don't Look Down" while Louis Van Amstel and Karina Smirnoff danced, and followed up with "Feeling Good" featuring dancing by Ashleigh Di Lello, Ryan Di Lello, Snejana Petrova and Damian Whitewood.
;April 19, 2011
Toby Keith performed two songs: "Should've Been a Cowboy" (with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Lacey Schwimmer in addition to the dance troupe), and "American Soldier" (withJonathan Roberts and Anna Trebunskaya dancing).
The Macy's Stars of Dance segment was choreographed by Jamal Sims (choreographer for Step Up, Footloose and the American version of So You Think You Can Dance). Featured dancers included Jamal Sims, Kayla Radomski, Ashlee Nino, and Paula Van Oppen.[7]
;April 26, 2011
Hanson performed "MMMBop" during the opening of the episode which aired April 25, which featured Tony Dovolani, Lacey Schwimmer and the dance troupe. On the subsequent results show, Hanson performed "Give A Little" during the opening to the "Road to the Finals" special.
The April 26 episode also featured two duets between New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys, who performed "Don't Turn Out the Lights" accompanied by dancers Tony Dovolani and Lacey Schwimmer, and the dance troupe, and "I Want It That Way"/"Step by Step" with Peta Murgatroyd, Anna Trebunskaya, Joey McIntyre and Donnie Wahlbergdancing. On the same episode, Pia Toscano performed "I'll Stand By You" with Mark Ballas and Karina Smirnoff dancing.
;May 3, 2011
Nicki Minaj performed "Moment 4 Life" with Chelsie Hightower, Kiki Nyemchek, Sonny Pederson and Lacey Schwimmer dancing. Priscilla Ahn performed "Dream" while Patricia Zhou danced, and James Blunt performed "I'll Be Your Man", with Dasha Chesnokova and Val Chmerkovskiy dancing.
;May 10, 2011
Adele performed "Rolling in the Deep", which featured Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini, Jaimie Goodwin and Chantel Aguirre dancing. Delta Goodrem (replaced Adele and performed "Natural Woman" while Cheryl Burke and Louis Van Amstel danced. A duet by Michael Bolton and Delta Goodrem followed, with the pair singing "I'm Not Ready" while Dmitry Chaplin and Anna Trebunskaya danced.
;May 17, 2011
Stevie Nicks performed "Secret Love" and "Landslide". Her first song featured Dmitry Chaplin, Anna Trebunskaya, Peta Murgatroyd and Damian Whitewood dancing, and the second showcased Cheryl Burke and Tony Dovolani. On the same episode, Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo and Nayer) performed "Give Me Everything", which also featured his own dance troupe.
Brooke Burke (season 7 champion and current co-host), Apolo Anton Ohno (Season 4 champion), Donny Osmond (Season 9 champion), Warren Sapp (Season 7 finalist) also returned to provide color commentary on their memorable individual freestyle routines. In addition, the dance troupe and professional dancers performed two medleys. Season 2 winners Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke also returned and performed their fan favorite freestyle, "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy."
;May 24, 2011
The final results show featured performances by The Black Eyed Peas ("Don't Stop the Party"), The Go-Go's ("We Got the Beat") and Sara Evans ("A Little Bit Stronger"). The second song featured dances by Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Lacey Schwimmer, Cheryl Burke and Chelsie Hightower.
==Dance Troupe[edit]==
1st season with dance troupe. The dance troupe consists of six dancers: Oksana Dmyrenko, Tristan MacManus,[8] Peta Murgatroyd, Kiki Nyemchek, Nicole Volynets and Ted Volynets.[9]
==American television ratings[edit]==
Season 12 was one of the most watched seasons. Numerous episodes were the most watched show in the USA for the week. The show tied with Modern Family, a sitcom which also airs on ABC, for the season's No. 5 spot in the age 18-49 demographic of viewers, and placed at No. 3 on the rankings of the overall season.[10]