Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 3)

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Dancing with the Stars (season 3)
Country of origin	United States
Network	ABC
Original run	September 12, 2006 – November 15, 2006
No. of episodes	20
Celebrity winner	Emmitt Smith
Professional winner	Cheryl Burke
Previous season	2
Next season	4

The third season of Dancing with the Stars (US TV series) premiered on September 12, 2006 and ended November 15, 2006. The number of couples expanded from ten the previous season to eleven.

For this season, the scoring system was changed. Fan vote still accounted for half of the total score, but scoring was now translated directly from percentages rather than into ordinals. The judges scores were added up, and each performer was given points based on the percentage of the total points distributed among all performers. (For example, a team received a score of 25. A total of 207 points were awarded to all nine performers. The team received 12.08% of that total, so that team earned 12.08 points.) The fan vote was handled the same way, with the points based on how much of the total fan vote the star received. (So, in the same example, if the team earned 15% of the total fan vote, their grand total is 27.08 points.)^[1]

The results shows of this season featured the Slim Fast Dance Challenge, where Tysonia Sichinga and Christian Perry illustrated how exercise such as dancing could aid weight loss.

The season finale brought in 27.8 million viewers, making it the highest rated Dancing with the Stars season finale to date.

Contents 1 Couples 2 Evans' withdrawal 3 Fan voting influence 4 Judges' scoring summary 5 Average Chart 6 Dance Chart 7 Tour 8 References

[edit] Couples

The 11 celebrities and professional dancers that competed were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional Partner	Status
Tucker Carlson	Political Pundit/MSNBC News Anchor	Elena Grinenko	Eliminated 1st on September 13th
Shanna Moakler	Former Miss USA/Playboy Playmate/Reality Television Star	Jesse DeSoto	Eliminated 2nd on September 20th
Harry Hamlin	Actor	Ashly DelGrosso	Eliminated 3rd on September 27th
Vivica A. Fox	Actress	Nick Kosovich	Eliminated 4th on October 4th
Willa Ford	Pop Singer	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Eliminated 5th on October 11th
Sara Evans	Country Singer	Tony Dovolani	Withdrew on October 13th
Jerry Springer	Talk Show Host and Former Politician	Kym Johnson	Eliminated 6th on October 25th
Monique Coleman	Actress	Louis van Amstel	Eliminated 7th on November 1st
Joey Lawrence	Actor	Edyta Sliwinska	Eliminated 8th on November 8th
Mario Lopez	Actor and TV Host	Karina Smirnoff	Second Place on November 15th
Emmitt Smith	Retired NFL running back	Cheryl Burke	Winners on November 15th

[edit] Evans' withdrawal

On October 12, 2006, Sara Evans announced her withdrawal from the competition to be with her kids after filing for divorce from her husband, Craig Schelske.^[2] In a "final appearance",^[3] a pre-taped interview with Evans about her decision was shown on the October 17 episode.

Willa Ford stated on Headline News' Robin & Company that ABC had invited her to return to the competition, but she declined.^[4] At the end of the October 18 results show, after showing the bottom two, it was revealed that there would be no elimination for the week due to Evans' departure.^[5] The scores of Week 6 were combined with the scores of Week 7 for the October 25 elimination. Evans returned for the season finale.

[edit] Fan voting influence

On weeks four and five Ford and Fox were eliminated, despite Ford having tied in first place, and Fox tied in fourth. Ford was in the bottom two along with Springer, who was tied for the lowest score. Fox was in the bottom two along with Coleman, who both performed great the previous week and tied for fourth that week. Ford's elimination was booed by the audience, and so was Fox's. This extends the theme similar to last season where dancers with higher scores were often eliminated before ones that tended to get lower scores and also had more popularity with the fan vote. Both Evans and Springer benefited from the fan vote until Evans withdrew in week 6 and Springer was finally eliminated in week 7.

[edit] Judges' scoring summary

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.

     indicates the couple that was chosen to perform the encore performance.

     indicates the couples eliminated that week.

     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

     indicates the last couple(s) to be told they would remain in the competition (according to Bergeron, they may or may not have been in the bottom two).

     indicates the winning couple.

     indicates the runner-up couple.

     indicates the couple that withdrew.

Couple	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	6+7	8	9	10
Emmitt & Cheryl	24	24	19	24	27	25	28+29=57	82	25+29=54	29+30=59	30+30+29=89
Mario & Karina	26	21	22	29	27	28	29+27=56	84	28+29=57	30+29=59	29+30+30=89
Joey & Edyta	21	29	22	27	25	24	29+28=57	81	28+26=54	29+30=59
Monique & Louis	19	26	27	24	27	23	27+27=54	77	24+29=53
Jerry & Kym	16	19	21	22	24	18	24+22=46	64
Sara & Tony	24	22	27	24	27
Willa & Maksim	22	23	22	28	27
Vivica & Nick	24	26	27	24
Harry & Ashly	17	21	22
Shanna & Jesse	23	25
Tucker & Elena	12

[edit] Average Chart

Rank	Competitive rank	Couple	Total	Number of Dances	Average
1	2	Mario & Karina	414	15	27.6
2	1	Emmitt & Cheryl	402	15	26.8
3	3	Joey & Edyta	318	12	26.5
4	4	Monique & Louis	253	10	25.3
5	7	Willa & Maksim	122	5	24.4
6	8	Vivica & Nick	97	4	24.2
7	6	Sara & Tony	105	5	21.0
8	5	Jerry & Kym	166	8	20.7
9	9	Harry & Ashly	60	3	20.0
9	10	Shanna & Jesse	40	2	20.0
11	11	Tucker & Elena	12	1	12.0

[edit] Dance Chart

Couple	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Emmitt & Cheryl	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Jive	Waltz, Mambo	Foxtrot, Rumba	Waltz, Cha-Cha-Cha	Samba, Mambo, Freestyle
Mario & Karina	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Tango	Paso Doble	Rumba	Mambo	Foxtrot, Jive	Waltz, Samba	Tango, Cha-Cha-Cha	Samba, Paso Doble, Freestyle
Joey & Edyta	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Waltz	Samba	Rumba	Foxtrot, Mambo	Tango, Paso Doble	Quickstep, Rumba
Monique & Louis	Foxtrot	Mambo	Jive	Waltz	Rumba	Samba	Quickstep, Paso Doble	Tango, Cha-Cha-Cha
Jerry & Kym	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Tango	Waltz	Samba	Paso Doble	Foxtrot, Mambo
Sara & Tony	Foxtrot	Mambo	Jive	Paso Doble	Samba
Willa & Maksim	Foxtrot	Mambo	Jive	Waltz	Rumba
Vivica & Nick	Foxtrot	Mambo	Tango	Paso Doble
Harry & Ashly	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Tango
Shanna & Jesse	Foxtrot	Mambo
Tucker & Elena	Cha-Cha-Cha

[edit] Tour

On the October 25, 2006, results show, the first Dancing with the Stars – The Tour event was announced. Produced by ABC and Anschutz Entertainment Group, the live-action tour featured celebrities and professional dancers from U.S. seasons 1-3. The tour through 38 arena venues started in San Diego, California on December 19, 2006, and ended in Atlantic City, New Jersey on February 11, 2007. The pairs performing in the tour were:

• Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke
• Joey McIntyre and Kym Johnson
• Lisa Rinna and Louis Van Amstel
• Joey Lawrence and Edyta Sliwinska
• Harry Hamlin and Karina Smirnoff
• Willa Ford and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

[edit] References

Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (US season 2)

Dancing with the Stars (US TV series) (US version) Season 3

Succeeded by Dancing with the Stars (US season 4)

v • d • e Dancing with the Stars Seasons 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 Participants Complete List of Participants (Celebrities & Professionals) Current Hosts Tom Bergeron • Samantha Harris Former & Replacement Hosts Lisa Canning (Season 1) • Drew Lachey (Season 5 - temporary) Panel of Judges Len Goodman • Carrie Ann Inaba • Bruno Tonioli Celebrity champions Kelly Monaco • Drew Lachey • Emmitt Smith • Apolo Anton Ohno • Hélio Castroneves • Kristi Yamaguchi Professional champions Alec Mazo • Cheryl Burke (Seasons 2 & 3) • Julianne Hough (Seasons 4 & 5) • Mark Ballas Celebrity runners-up John O'Hurley • Jerry Rice • Mario Lopez • Joey Fatone • Melanie Brown • Jason Taylor Professional runners-up Charlotte Jørgensen • Anna Trebunskaya • Karina Smirnoff • Kym Johnson • Maksim Chmerkovskiy • Edyta Śliwińska Ballroom & Latin Dances Cha-Cha-Cha • Foxtrot • Mambo (Season 3-present) • Quickstep • Tango • Jive • Paso Doble • Viennese Waltz (Season 5-present) • Waltz (Seasons 1-4) • Samba • Rumba • Freestyle Alternate Versions Dancing with the Stars (International) • Strictly Come Dancing (United Kingdom) Video Games Dancing with the Stars (video game) Spin-Offs Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann