Dancing with the Stars 10 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Dancing with the Stars returned for a tenth season on March 22, 2010. There was not an elimination the first week of competition. The first elimination took place on March 30.
Season ten had 11 contestants. Damian Whitewood, from the Broadway dance revue Burn the Floor, joined the list of professionals this season. Ashly DelGrosso Costa, whose last season as a pro was season three, returned. Also, Edyta ?liwi?ska continued as the longest tenured professional on the show, having appeared on the first ten seasons.
This season, the Results Show was moved to 8 pm on Tuesdays instead of the usual 9 pm slot. This season also features other changes such as the "red room" being inside of the ballroom, enclosed by glass walls (affectionately referred to as "The Celebriquarium" by Bergeron), a balcony with a railing where the cast can stand and watch the performances live rather than on a monitor, and theme nights. Pussycat Dolls lead singer, Nicole Scherzinger won the competition over Olympic Gold Medalist Evan Lysacek and ESPN Sportscaster Erin Andrews who took second and third, respectively.
Couples
The 11 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:
Celebrity
Occupation
Professional partner
Result
Actress
Eliminated 1st on March 30, 2010
Apollo 11 astronaut
Eliminated 2nd on April 6, 2010
Soap opera actor
Eliminated 3rd on April 13, 2010
Reality television star
Eliminated 4th on April 20, 2010
The Bachelor star
Eliminated 5th on April 27, 2010
Former Playboy model & actress
Eliminated 6th on May 4, 2010
Comedienne & TV hostess
Eliminated 7th on May 11, 2010
NFL wide receiver
Eliminated 8th on May 18, 2010
ESPN sportscaster
Third place on May 25, 2010
Olympic gold medal figure skater
Second place on May 25, 2010
Singer
Winner on May 25, 2010
Scoring chart
Couple
Place
1
2
1+2
3
4P
4T
4T+P
5
6
7
8
9
10A
Top 2
Nicole & Derek
1
25
28
53
23
25
25
50
29
26 + 10 = 36
27+ 27 = 54
29 + 30 = 59
30 +29= 59
28+ 27 + 30 = 85
+ 30 = 115
Evan & Anna
2
23
24
47
26
26
26
52
27
21+6=27
30 +24= 54
27+26=53
29+ 30 = 59
28+24+28=80
+28=108
Erin & Maksim
3
21
23
44
23
18
21
39
22
25+9=34
27+24=51
28+25=53
27+29=56
29 +26+26=81
Chad & Cheryl
4
18
16
34
20
21
23
44
18
24+7=31
25+ 27 =52
21+24=45
27+25=52
Niecy & Louis
5
18
21
39
21
18
18
36
18
21+5=26
25+24=49
23+20=43
6
21
22
43
21
23
24
47
21
22+8=30
24+ 27 =51
Jake & Chelsie
7
20
20
40
21
19
19
38
23
21+4=25
Kate & Tony
8
16
15
31
15
14
18
32
15
Aiden & Edyta
9
15
19
34
20
15
18
33
Buzz & Ashly
10
14
12
26
13
Shannen & Mark
11
18
20
38
Red numbers indicates the lowest score for each week.
Green numbers indicates the highest score for each week.
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Averages
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale (the scores for the Swing Marathon from week 6 are not included). The double scoring from week four counts as two dances.
Rank by average
Place
Couple
Total points
Number of dances
Average
1
1
Nicole & Derek
468
17
27.5
2
2
Evan & Anna
447
17
26.3
3
3
Erin & Maks
394
16
24.6
4
6
Pamela & Damian
205
9
22.8
5
4
Chad & Cheryl
289
13
22.2
6
5
Niecy & Louis
227
11
20.6
7
7
Jake & Chelsie
143
7
20.4
8
11
Shannen & Mark
38
2
19.0
9
9
Aiden & Edyta
87
5
17.4
10
8
Kate & Tony
93
6
15.5
11
10
Buzz & Ashly
39
3
13.0
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:
Pamela Anderson & Shannen Doherty are the only couples not to land on this list.
Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances
According to the traditional 30-point scale:
Couples
Highest scoring dance(s)
Lowest scoring dance(s)
Nicole & Derek
Paso Doble, Argentine Tango & Jive (30)
Quickstep (23)
Evan & Anna
Argentine Tango & Paso Doble (30)
Samba (21)
Erin & Maksim
Paso Doble & Samba (29)
Tango (18)
Chad & Cheryl
Waltz (27)
Foxtrot (16)
Niecy & Louis
Quickstep (25)
Cha-cha-cha, Jive & Rumba (18)
Pamela & Damian
Team Cha-cha-cha (27)
Cha-cha-cha, Paso Doble & Quickstep (21)
Jake & Chelsie
Cha-cha-cha (23)
Tango (19)
Kate & Tony
Tango (18)
Tango (14)
Aiden & Edyta
Quickstep (20)
Cha-cha-cha & Rumba (15)
Buzz & Ashly
Cha-cha-cha (14)
Foxtrot (12)
Shannen & Mark
Jive (20)
Viennese Waltz (18)
Week 1
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.
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.
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.
Running order
Couple
Score
Dance
Music
Result
Evan & Anna
26 (9,8,9)
Quickstep
"Hot Honey Rag"" from Chicago
Safe
Buzz & Ashly
13 (5,4,4)
Waltz
"What a Wonderful World""Louis Armstrong
Eliminated
Jake & Chelsie
21 (7,7,7)
Quickstep
"Walk Like an Egyptian""The Bangles
Last to be Called Safe
Niecy & Louis
21 (7,7,7)
Waltz
"With You I'm Born Again""Billy Preston ft. Syreeta Wright
Safe
Chad & Cheryl
20 (7,6,7)
Paso Doble
"Cancion Del Mariachi""Los Lobos ft. Antonio Banderas
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.
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.
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing""Aerosmith from Armageddon
Safe
Week 6
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.
Jake & Chelsie Niecy & Louis Evan & Anna Chad & Cheryl Pamela & Damian Erin & Maksim Nicole & Derek
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Swing Marathon
"In the Mood""Ernie Fields
Week 7
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.
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.
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.
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.
In addition to recapping the week's earlier performances by the competitors, each results show features one or more guest musical performers/acts who perform at least one song. During each song, the Dancing with the Stars dance troupe or guest dancers perform a choreographed dance. Unless otherwise noted, the Dancing with the Stars dance troupe performed during the musical number.
Sade sang "Babyfather" while Chelsie Hightower and Damian Whitewood danced, and also sang "The Sweetest Taboo" (featuring her own dancers).
The Macy's Stars of Dance segment featured Nuttin' But Stringz and Tiler Peck with other dancers.
April 20, 2010
Maxwell performed "Fistful of Tears" while Teddy Forance and Tyne Stecklein danced. Debi Nova performed "Drummer Boy", featuring dancing by Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani, Derek Hough and Damian Whitewood.
The Macy's Stars of Dance segment featured Iconic Movies dance by Marguerite Derricks with Debbie Allen.
The Macy's Stars of Dance segment featured Viva Elvis by Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil.
May 11, 2010
Gipsy Kings performed two songs: "You've Got A Friend In Me" (featuring dancing by Cheryl Burke, Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani and Kym Johnson), and "Bamboleo", which featured DJ Guthrie, Tyne Stecklein and two other guest professional dancers.
For the May 18th "Design a Dance" performance, viewers had voted in the weeks beforehand about what former female celebrity they wanted to do the dance (Melissa Rycroft), what former male celebrity they wanted to do the dance (Joey Fatone), and what song they wanted the couple's Tango to be to ("Rock and Roll All Nite" by Kiss). Also, Dancing with the Stars held an online contest where viewers could submit their drawings for outfits for the performance. The viewers then also voted for a set of costumes picked by the show's designers. The winner was Emilio Oh. His designs were turned into the costumes for Fatone and Rycroft, and he won a trip to the show.
College dance championship
Four colleges were featured in a tournament-style competition. Three individual episodes featured two colleges competing against each other in a one-dance showdown. The judges provided individual scores following each performance.
On May 11, 2010, UC San Diego (dancing the Samba) competed against Purdue (dancing the Mambo). Purdue advanced to the finals, with viewer votes offsetting their 24 to 22 deficit in judges' scores. The May 18 episode featured Rutgers and Utah Valley. Both teams danced the Cha-cha-cha, and Utah Valley won the dance-off with their score of 29 over Rutgers' 21. In the finals (on May 25), Utah Valley (dancing the Samba) topped Purdue (who danced the Cha-cha-cha) for the championship.