Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 13)

Season thirteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 19, 2011. Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli returned as the judges, and Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet returned as hosts. Twelve couples competed in this season. Starting this season, Alan Dedicoat, the announcer, introduces Harold Wheeler and his band after the introduction of the remaining competitors.

Actor J.R. Martinez won the competition with over 9 million votes. Rob Kardashian and Ricki Lake who took second and third places, respectively.

Couples

The 12 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:

Overview

Nine professional partners—Derek Hough, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani, Mark Ballas, Lacey Schwimmer, Karina Smirnoff, Anna Trebunskaya, and Kym Johnson—returned this season. Maksim's brother, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, made his debut competing as a professional. Peta Murgatroyd and Tristan MacManus, part of season 12's troupe of dancers, also became professional partners for the first time.^[1] Louis van Amstel did not compete as a professional, but participated in a new segment called "Ballroom Battles",^[2] which would be canceled on November 7.^[3] The troupe also returns with three returning troupe members, Teddy Volynets, Kiki Nyemchek, and Oksana Dmytrenko, and 3 new members Sasha Farber, Sharna Burgess, and Dasha Chesnokova. This is also the first season where none of the original pros from season one competed.

The celebrity cast was revealed during an episode of Bachelor Pad on August 28, 2011.^[4] The twelve professionals were revealed on August 31, 2011 during Good Morning America. Ryan O'Neal was planning on competing as a celebrity, but did not feel he was up to it after a recent knee surgery and so Carson Kressley stepped in to replace him. O'Neal hopes to compete in a future season.^[5][6]

From the start, controversy erupted over the inclusion of Chaz Bono, the child of famous parents Sonny and Cher. His appearance resulted in backlash from the conservative supporters of the show, who even threatened to boycott due to his transgender status.^[7][8] Despite the criticism, Bono has received strong support from the LGBT community. It was stated in LGBT Weekly that "Bono has become the transgender community's living symbol of hope, strength and defiance against vitriolic hate. When ABC Television announced that Bono would appear on DWTS, he faced vile slurs and death threats from a group of trans-phobic women and men".^[9] The controversy did lead producers to hire extra security protection for his time on the show.^[10]

Scoring chart

Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week.

     indicates the couple eliminated that week.

     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

     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.

Average score chart

This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale (the scores for the cha-cha-cha Relay dance are not included).

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:

The celebrities to not land on the list are, Elisabetta Canalis, Kristin Cavallari, and Carson Kressley.

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

According to the traditional 30-point scale:

Weekly scores and songs

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

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Week 2

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Week 3: Most Memorable Year Week

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Week 4: Movie Week

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Week 5: 80s Week

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Week 6: Broadway Week

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Week 7: Halloween Week

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Week 8: Instant Choreography Week

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Week 9 Semifinals

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Week 10: Finale

Running order (night 1)

Running order (night 2)

Dance chart

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:

• Week 1: Cha-cha-cha or Viennese Waltz
• Week 2: Jive or Quickstep
• Week 3: Rumba or One Unlearned Dance (Personal Story/Most Memorable Year)
• Week 4: Paso Doble or One Unlearned Ballroom Dance (Movie Score Week)
• Week 5: One Unlearned Dance ('80s Week)
• Week 6: Quickstep or One Unlearned Dance and Group Dance (Broadway Week)
• Week 7: One Unlearned Dance and Team Dance (Halloween Week)
• Week 8: One Unlearned Ballroom Dance and Instant Jive (Instant Choreography Week)
• Week 9: One Unlearned Latin Dance (Paso Doble or Samba), Argentine Tango and Cha-cha-cha Relay (Triple Dances)
• Week 10 (Night 1): Last Unlearned Dance and Freestyle
• Week 10 (Night 2): Favorite Dance of the Season and Instant Samba

     Highest scoring dance

     Lowest scoring dance

     Danced, but not scored

Guest performances

Dance troupe

The dance troupe consists of six dancers, plus the first eliminated male and female pros, who this season were Val Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd. They are also sometimes joined by pros from other seasons (such as Louis Van Amstel, who danced with the troupe on the Week 4 competition show).

• Sharna Burgess
• Dasha Chesnokova
• Oksana Dmytrenko
• Sasha Farber
• Kiki Nyemchek
• Ted Volynets

• The dance during the October 4 results show was accompanied by additional pros Val Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Broadcast

Season 13 premiered September 19, 2011 on ABC airing on Monday at 8:00 PM. The performance show was two hours each Monday from 8:00–10:00. The results show was each Tuesday from 9:00–10:00. The season finale aired Tuesday November 22, 2011.

References

External links

• Official website