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The first season of the United States version of Dancing with the Stars debuted on the American Broadcasting Company network during the summer of 2005. Six celebrities were paired with six professional ballroom dancers. Tom Bergeron and Lisa Canning were the hosts for this season.

The American ABC Network adaptation premiered on June 1, 2005, to over 13 million viewers, the biggest summer debut ever for an American reality series. The second week climbed to 15 million viewers, and the show climbed to #1 in the summer 2005 TV season ratings, where it remained for the remainder of the season. The season finale aired July 6, 2005.

Couples

The 6 professionals and celebrities that competed were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Trista Rehn Sutter	The Bachelor contestant and Bachelorette in Series One	Louis van Amstel	Eliminated 1^st on June 8th
Evander Holyfield	Heavyweight Boxer	Edyta Sliwinska	Eliminated 2^nd on June 13th
Rachel Hunter	Model	Jonathan Roberts	Eliminated 3^rd on June 22nd
Joey McIntyre	Singer and Actor	Ashly DelGrosso	Eliminated 4^th on June 29th
John O'Hurley	Actor and TV Host	Charlotte Jørgensen	Second Place on July 6th
Kelly Monaco	Actress	Alec Mazo	Winners on July 6th

Dance-off

Some viewers felt the outcome at the end of the season between John O'Hurley and Kelly Monaco was unfair. Based on judges' scores from previous dances, O'Hurley had ranked higher than Monaco in all rounds but one. On the final night of the competition, when Monaco and her partner Alec Mazo received a score of 10 (the maximum) from each of the judges on the last dance, it edged O'Hurley and his partner Charlotte Jørgensen by one point in the judges' tally (see Judges' Scoring summary below). As half of the winning points came from the judges' votes, instead of solely from the votes of viewers, those who protested the final standings perceived that Monaco and Mazo had won because of the judges' votes. But this view reflected a misunderstanding of the scoring system; in fact, because the scoring was based on ordinals and the audience vote was the tiebreaker, Monaco and Mazo must have received more audience votes.

In response to the criticism, ABC announced a 90-minute special, Dancing with the Stars: Dance-off, a rematch between Monaco and O'Hurley (with their respective partners), to air September 20, 2005, at the beginning of the Fall 2005 television season. The winner, determined solely by fan votes, was announced in a September 22 results show. This time, O'Hurley and Jørgensen emerged as the winners.

After the competition

Evander Holyfield and Rachel Hunter appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, the British version of Dancing with the Stars, in a special Christmas 2005 competition. Both were eliminated during the first two rounds.

The success of Dancing with the Stars quickly inspired a similar show from the Fox Broadcasting Company entitled Skating with Celebrities (based on another British show, Dancing on Ice, from ITV). (Another dance show, So You Think You Can Dance, an RTL Group contest featuring unknown aspiring dancers, was already set to air before Dancing with the Stars premiered.)

Judges' Scoring summary

Red numbers indicate the teams with the lowest score for each week

Green numbers indicate the teams with the highest score for each week

Gold backgrounds indicate the teams that were in the bottom two with the eliminated team

Turquoise backgrounds indicate the teams that were last and so eliminated

Yellow backgrounds indicates the winning team

Magenta backgrounds indicates the runner-up team.

Orange backgrounds indicate the dance-off winner.

Cornflowerblue backgrounds indicate the dance-off second place couple.

Couple	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	Dance Off
Kelly & Alec	1	13	17	21	26	22+25=47	25+30=55	25+24+25=74
John & Charlotte	2	20	26	24	21	27+27=54	27+27=54	22+30+25=77
Joey & Ashly	3	20	21	22	20	20+25=45	Eliminated
Rachel & Jonathan	4	20	24	26	25	Eliminated
Evander & Edyta	5	18	14	13	Eliminated
Trista & Louis	6	18	19	Eliminated

Perfect Tens

Team	Total No. of Tens	Week	Judge(s) who gave a ten	Dance Performed	Score
Kelly/Alec	3
Kelly/Alec	3	6	Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli	Freestyle	30
John/Charlotte	3
John/Charlotte	3	Dance-Off	Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli	Waltz	30

Dance Chart

This couple performed this dance at the finale of Dancing With the Stars.

Couple	1	2	3	4	5	6	Dance Off
Kelly & Alec	Waltz	Rumba	Jive	Samba	Foxtrot, Paso Doble	Samba, Freestyle	Cha-Cha-Cha, Quickstep, Freestyle
John & Charlotte	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Tango	Samba	Foxtrot, Paso Doble	Quickstep, Freestyle	Rumba, Waltz, Freestyle
Joey & Ashly	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Samba	Foxtrot, Paso Doble
Rachel & Jonathan	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Samba
Evander & Edyta	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive
Trista & Louis	Waltz	Rumba

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