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Dancing with the Stars

  • TV-PG
  • 2005–
  • 35 seasons
  • Reality, Family
  • 6.2

Dance like everyone's watching.

The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers. Enjoy sizzling salsas, sambas and spray-tans as they vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.

Episodes

The second season of the U.S. edition of Dancing with the Stars 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. Season two expanded each program from an hour to 90 minutes, and added an hour-long results show the following night. 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.

16 episodes
  1. 1Episode 201

    Jan 5, 2006

    Meet the new celebrity dance contestants and their professional dance partners. The women perform the Waltz and the men perform the Cha Cha.

  2. 2Episode 201A

    Jan 6, 2006

    Kenny Mayne & dance partner Andrea Hale are voted of the show. Burt Bacharach performs.

  3. 3Episode 202

    Jan 12, 2006

    With one couple out of the game , the other nine couples perform the Quickstep and Rumba.

  4. 4Episode 202A

    Jan 13, 2006

    Tatum O'Neal was the next star voted out. Jesse McCartney performs.

  5. 5Episode 203

    Jan 19, 2006

    The eight remaining celebrities must dance the Jive and the Tango in order not to be the next ones sent home.

  6. 6Episode 203A

    Jan 20, 2006

    Giselle Fernandez and Jonathan Roberts are voted off the show. The Style Elements Crew performs.

  7. 7Episode 204

    Jan 26, 2006

    Tonight's featured dances were the Foxtrot and the Paso Doble. According to judge Len Goodman, the Foxtrot should be an elegant dance filled with gentle rises and falls. The Paso Doble is the most theatrical dance in ballroom, best known thanks to the fantastic film, Strictly Ballroom. In the Paso Doble, the man must portray the arrogant, macho matador and the woman acts as his cape.

  8. 8Episode 204A

    Jan 27, 2006

    Master P and Ashly Delgrosso are voted off the show finally. The Pussycat Dolls strutted their stuff singing their hit single, "Don't Cha." They treated viewers to a performance of their single "Sway," as professional dancers Jonathan Roberts and Anna Trebunskaya danced the Cha Cha.

  9. 9Episode 205

    Feb 2, 2006

    With P. Miller out of the game the real competion begins. Each team must perform two dances each - individual couple Sambas and then a Group Salsa.

  10. 10Episode 205A

    Feb 3, 2006

    The dancing couple of Tia Carrere & Maksim Chmerkovskiy are voted out of the competion. Barry Manilow performed three songs. The 2005 World Mambo champions perform.

  11. 11Episode 206

    Feb 9, 2006

    With Tia out now, the five remaining stars must again learn two dance routines in order to maintain their shot at the trophy. They perform the Jive, Tango, Paso Doble, Quickstep, and the Rumba.

  12. 12Episode 206A

    Feb 10, 2006

    Former Righteous Brother Bill Medley will be performing his Oscar-winning hit "(I've Had) The Time of Life" from the movie "Dirty Dancing," Medley will be joined by his daughter, McKenna Medley, as professional dancers Cheryl Burke and Tony Dovolani recreate Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's memorable routine. In addition, backed by a choir, New Zealand born Natasha Bedingfield will dazzle us with a performance of her latest single, "Unwritten." And though he may be out of the competition, Maksim Chmerkovskiy's dance teachings live on in a performance by his students - Sergey Onik, Michelle Glazarov, Valeria Kazherinova, Nicole Volynets, Valentin Chmerkivskiy and Boris Leokumovich -- who will be dancing the Jive to "Mambo #5."

  13. 13Episode 207

    Feb 16, 2006

    George Hamilton has left the floor. The final four couples must battle it out in the semifinals with two dances they've never done before. Who will make it to the finals?

  14. 14Episode 207A

    Feb 17, 2006

    Lisa Rinna & Louis van Amstel are voted off the show. Michael Bublé performs "For Once in My Life" and "The Way You Look Tonight." This week he serenades audiences on the "Dancing with the Stars" stage with his rendition of "Save the Last Dance for Me" from his latest album, "It's Time," as professional dancers Alec Mazo and Edyta Sliwinska dance the cha cha. He also accompanies professional dancers Nick Kosovich and Andrea Hale who dance the foxtrot as he sings "Moondance" off his highly successful sophomore album, "Come Fly with Me." Host Tom Bergeron will join Master P's former partner, Ashly Delgrosso, in a heroic attempt at the quickstep.

  15. 15Episode 208

    Feb 23, 2006

    With Lisa Rinna out, the other three stars are left to battle it out in the finals. Each couple must dance two dances, which will include a freestyle dance. Also Samantha Harris Makes her Ballroom Dancing Debut.

  16. 16Episode 208A

    Feb 26, 2006

    Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke are crowned Dancing with the stars champion. Also Mary J. Blige perfroms two of her hit singles and all the celebrity dancers are back to perform one last time.

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Series cast

Carrie Ann InabaSelf - Judge523 episodes
Bruno TonioliSelf - Judge523 episodes
Len GoodmanSelf - Judge453 episodes
Tom BergeronSelf - Host446 episodes
Julianne HoughSelf - Partner: Apolo Anton Ohno194 episodes
Derek HoughSelf - Partner: Shawn Johnson175 episodes
Brooke BurkeSelf - Host169 episodes
Samantha HarrisSelf - Audience Member161 episodes
Erin AndrewsSelf - Host148 episodes
Cheryl BurkeSelf - Partner: Ryan Lochte148 episodes
Driton 'Tony' DovolaniSelf - Partner: Susan Lucci123 episodes
Mark BallasSelf - Partner: Chelsea Kane120 episodes
Kym JohnsonSelf - Partner: Donny Osmond107 episodes
Karina SmirnoffSelf - Partner: Randy Couture107 episodes
Edyta ŚliwińskaSelf - Partner: Jeffrey Ross107 episodes
Maksim ChmerkovskiySelf - Partner: Laila Ali94 episodes
Alfonso RibeiroSelf - Guest Host73 episodes
Louis Van AmstelSelf - Partner: Kelly Osbourne70 episodes

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