Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 2)

Dancing with the Stars (season 2)
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Country	United States
Network	ABC
Original run	January 5, 2006 – February 26, 2006
No. of episodes	15
Celebrity winner	Drew Lachey
Professional winner	Cheryl Burke
Previous series	1
Next season	3

The second season of the American edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on the ABC network on January 5, 2006, and ended February 26, 2006. This season expanded to ten couples from six in the previous season.

The second season expanded each program from an hour to ninety minutes, and added an hour-long results show the following night (in the first season no couples were eliminated in the first week; the first couple was eliminated at the end of the second episode, the second couple at the end of the third episode, and so on). 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 (the last two couples had the lowest amount of votes, with the exception of week seven, where the show explicitly stated that the order of all but the eliminated couple was random).

1 Couples
2 Season summary
3 Controversies over fan voting
4 Judges' Scoring summary
5 Highest and lowest scoring performances
6 Couples' Highest and lowest scoring performances
7 Call-Out Order
8 Dance Chart
9 References

Couples

The 10 celebrities and professional dance partners were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Kenny Mayne	ESPN Anchorman	Andrea Hale	Eliminated 1st on January 6, 2006
Tatum O'Neal	Academy Award Winning Actress	Nick Kosovich	Eliminated 2nd on January 13, 2006
Giselle Fernandez	Television Journalist	Jonathan Roberts	Eliminated 3rd on January 20, 2006
Master P	Rapper & Entrepreneur	Ashly DelGrosso	Eliminated 4th on January 27, 2006
Tia Carrere	Actress & Model	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Eliminated 5th on February 3, 2006
George Hamilton	Actor	Edyta Śliwińska	Eliminated 6th on February 10, 2006
Lisa Rinna	Television Hostess & Actress	Louis Van Amstel	Eliminated 7th on February 17, 2006
Stacy Keibler	Former WWE Diva	Tony Dovolani	Third Place on February 24, 2006
Jerry Rice	Retired NFL Wide Receiver	Anna Trebunskaya	Runner-Up on February 24, 2006
Drew Lachey	98 Degrees Band Member	Cheryl Burke	Winners on February 24, 2006

Romeo Miller scheduled to appear in this season, but suffered an injury before the first show and was replaced by his father, Master P.^[1] Romeo participated in the the 12th season and was partnered with Chelsie Hightower.

Season summary

In the second season, Drew Lachey and Stacy Keibler broke out as the early frontrunners, as both had solid early performances, and some prior dance experience: Lachey's stage performances with 98 Degrees were extensively choreographed, and Keibler had childhood dance training as well as being a professional cheerleader. Although both Keibler and Lachey were assumed to have some form of a fan base, there was no way of knowing whether 98 Degrees fans or WWE fans were responsible for their success—Drew credited the people of Cincinnati, Ohio for helping him stay in the competition. Lachey was lauded for his passion and willingness to take risks, and Keibler for her long legs and technical perfection. In regard to the judges' scoring, in nearly every week, Lachey and Keibler held the top two spots in the scoring (either first-second or tied for first). In addition, Lachey and Keibler were the only dancers in season 2 to receive a perfect score (Keibler four, Lachey three), and have three of the four "encore" performances (Lachey twice, Keibler once). In week six, Stacey and Tony became the first couple in series history to receive two 30s (maximum judges' score) in a row. Drew and Cheryl were always among the top two highest scores and along with Jerry Rice and Anna Trebunskaya, were the only couple never chosen for the bottom two. The judges repeatedly told Keibler and Lachey that they were the best or among the best dancers in any of the international versions of the series.

Musical guests such as the Pussycat Dolls, Jesse McCartney, Natasha Bedingfield, Michael Bublé, Bill Medley, Burt Bacharach, Mary J. Blige, Scissor Sisters and Barry Manilow performed while the professional dancers demonstrated various routines. In week four the results show introduced an encore of what the judges considered the previous night's best routine—twice going to Drew Lachey (the paso doble in week four and the Rumba (dance) in week seven), once to Stacy Keibler (the Samba (ballroom) in week five) and once to Rinna (the quickstep in week six).

Controversies over fan voting

Similar to the first season, fan votes accounted for half the total vote. It was also revealed that by the fourth week of competition, Master P had logged only 20 hours of dance training (other stars had logged 100 hours by week 4). His continued presence was attributed to his strong fan base, as well as fans who saw him as the underdog or viewers who were trying to derail the show and vote for the worst contestant to say. After the departure of Giselle Fernández and record low scores from the judges, he was ultimately eliminated.

Another contestant who benefited by fan voting was Jerry Rice. In the closing weeks of the competition, the judges became increasingly critical of Rice (Len Goodman, at one point said, "Jerry Rice? It's more like geriatric!") and although they acknowledged that he continued to put great effort in his performances, they felt he no longer deserved to be there. Rice and his outspoken partner Trebunskaya rebutted those criticisms, as well as the fans who voted for him, ensuring that Rice never placed in the bottom two (until the final three). In week seven, in a matter of some controversy, Rice advanced to the finals, and Lisa Rinna (whom the judges and many viewers felt was superior to Rice) was eliminated. However, in the final three dances, the judges began to admire Rice's effort and his scores improved, though he still lagged behind both Lachey and Keibler.

In the season finale, Rice once again avoided elimination when Stacy Keibler was given third place. Two of the judges, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman, were disappointed with Kiebler finishing in third place instead of Rice because Keibler's scores were far better than Rice's. At the finale, Kenny Mayne even said, "We just eliminated a girl with a perfect score". Much of this can be attributed to the fact that lines for voting were open at the beginning of the show and Rice danced first in many of the episodes. In addition, in this and the show's first season, actual scores did not count, but rather the contestants' rankings on the leaderboard, which were added with contestants' rankings in the popular vote, with Rice's and P's larger fan bases mattering much more than their low scores.

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 eliminated that week.

indicates the couple who was called last to be safe.

indicates the winning couple.

indicates the runner-up couple.

indicates the couple had the encore for the week.

indicates the couple was in the bottom two and had the encore for the week.

indicates the couple who finished as a semi-finalist.

Couple	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Drew & Cheryl	1	24	27	27	28	27	30	26+29=55	30+30+27=87
Jerry & Anna	2	21	23	19	24	23	23	20+21=41	26+27+27=80
Stacy & Tony	3	22	29	27	26	30	30	27+28=55	30+26+30=86
Lisa & Louis	4	19	20	25	26	25	27	26+27=53
George & Edyta	5	18	22	22	21	24	23
Tia & Maksim	6	20	22	26	25	22
Master P & Ashly	7	12	16	14	8
Giselle & Jonathan	8	23	24	22
Tatum & Nick	9	23	17
Kenny & Andrea	10	13

Highest and lowest scoring performances

Dance	Best Dancer	Best Score	Worst Dancer	Worst Score
Cha-Cha-Cha	Stacy Keibler	28	P. Miller	12
Waltz	Giselle Fernandez Tatum O'Neal	23	Lisa Rinna	19
Rumba	Stacy Keibler Drew Lachey	29	Tatum O'Neal	17
Quickstep	Drew Lachey Lisa Rinna Stacy Keibler	27	P. Miller	16
Jive	Stacy Keibler	30	P. Miller	14
Tango	Drew Lachey	30	Jerry Rice	20
Samba	Stacy Keibler	30	Tia Carrere	22
Paso Doble	Drew Lachey	30	P. Miller	8
Foxtrot	Stacy Keibler Lisa Rinna Drew Lachey Jerry Rice	26	Jerry Rice	24
Freestyle	Drew Lachey	30	Stacy Keibler	26

Couples' Highest and lowest scoring performances

According to the traditional 30-point scale.

Couples	Highest Scoring Dances	Lowest Scoring Dances
Drew & Cheryl	Tango, Paso Doble, Freestyle (30)	Cha-Cha-Cha (24)
Jerry & Anna	Freestyle & Cha-Cha-Cha (27)	Jive (19)
Stacy & Tony	Samba & Jive (30)	Waltz (22)
Lisa & Louis	Quickstep & Cha-Cha-Cha (27)	Waltz (19)
George & Edyta	Samba (24)	Cha-Cha-Cha (18)
Tia & Maks	Tango (26)	Waltz (20)
Percy & Ashly	Quickstep (16)	Paso Doble (8)
Giselle & Johnathan	Rumba (24)	Tango (22)
Tatum & Nick	Waltz (23)	Rumba (17)
Kenny & Andrea	Cha-Cha-Cha (13)	Cha-Cha-Cha (13)

Call-Out Order

Contestant call-out order
Order	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Jerry & Anna	George & Edyta	Jerry & Anna	Lisa & Louis	Drew & Cheryl	Drew & Cheryl	Drew & Cheryl	Drew & Cheryl
2	Drew & Cheryl	Giselle & Jonathan	Stacy & Tony	Drew & Cheryl	Stacy & Tony	Stacy & Tony	Jerry & Anna	Jerry & Anna
3	Stacy & Tony	Drew & Cheryl	Drew & Cheryl	Stacy & Tony	Lisa & Louis	Jerry & Anna	Stacy & Tony	Stacy & Tony
4	Giselle & Jonathan	Jerry & Anna	Lisa & Louis	George & Edyta	Jerry & Anna	Lisa & Louis	Lisa & Louis
5	George & Edyta	Stacy & Tony	Tia & Maksim	Jerry & Anna	George & Edyta	George & Edyta
6	Tatum & Nick	Lisa & Louis	Master P & Ashly	Tia & Maksim	Tia & Maksim
7	Lisa & Louis	Tia & Maksim	George & Edyta	Master P & Ashly
8	Master P & Ashly	Master P & Ashly	Giselle & Jonathan
9	Tia & Maksim	Tatum & Nick
10	Kenny & Andrea

This couple had the encore for the week.

This couple came in first place with the judges.

This couple came in first place with the judges and had the encore for the week.

This couple came in first place with the judges and was eliminated.

This couple came in last place with the judges.

This couple came in last place with the judges and was eliminated.

This couple was eliminated.

The couple withdrew from the competition

This couple won the competition.

This couple came in second in the competition.

This couple came in first place with the judges and came in third in the competition.

This couple came in fourth in the competition.

Dance Chart

Week 1: Cha-Cha or Waltz

Week 2: Rumba or Quickstep

Week 3: Jive or Tango

Week 4: Paso Doble or Foxtrot

Week 5: Samba & Group Salsa

Week 6: Unlearned Dance & Group Viennese Waltz

Week 7: Unlearned Ballroom & Latin Dance

Finals: Favorite Dance, Freestyle, & Randomly Chosen Dance

Couple	1	2	3	4	5		6		7		8
Drew & Cheryl	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Paso Doble	Samba	Salsa	Tango	Viennese Waltz	Foxtrot	Rumba	Paso Doble	Freestyle	Jive
Jerry & Anna	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Salsa	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz	Tango	Rumba	Foxtrot	Freestyle	Cha-Cha-Cha
Stacy & Tony	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Foxtrot	Samba	Salsa	Jive	Viennese Waltz	Quickstep	Cha-Cha-Cha	Jive	Freestyle	Samba
Lisa & Louis	Waltz	Rumba	Jive*	Paso Doble	Samba	Salsa	Quickstep	Viennese Waltz	Foxtrot	Cha-Cha-Cha
George & Edyta	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep*	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Salsa	Rumba	Viennese Waltz
Tia & Maksim	Waltz	Rumba	Tango*	Foxtrot	Samba	Salsa
Percy & Ashly	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive*	Paso Doble
Giselle & Jonathan	Waltz	Rumba*	Tango
Tatum & Nick	Waltz*	Rumba
Kenny & Andrea	Cha-Cha-Cha*

* The couple performed this dance at the finale

Highest Scoring Dance
Lowest Scoring Dance