Dancing with the Stars 3 (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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.)

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.

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 1^st on September 13th
Shanna Moakler	Former Miss USA/Playboy Playmate/Reality Television Star	Jesse DeSoto	Eliminated 2^nd on September 20th
Harry Hamlin	Actor	Ashly DelGrosso	Eliminated 3^rd on September 27th
Vivica A. Fox	Actress	Nick Kosovich	Eliminated 4^th on October 4th
Willa Ford	Singer	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Eliminated 5^th on October 11th
Sara Evans	Singer	Tony Dovolani	Withdrew on October 13th
Jerry Springer	Talk Show Host and Former Politician	Kym Johnson	Eliminated 6^th on October 25th
Monique Coleman	Actress	Louis van Amstel	Eliminated 7^th on November 1st
Joey Lawrence	Actor	Edyta Sliwinska	Eliminated 8^th on November 8th
Mario Lopez	Actor and TV Host	Karina Smirnoff	Second Place on November 15th
Emmitt Smith	National Football League-running back	Cheryl Burke	Winners on November 15th

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. In a "final appearance", 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. 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. The scores of Week 6 were combined with the scores of Week 7 for the October 25 elimination. Evans returned for the season finale.

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.

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

Pink backgrounds indicate that the team had the appearance of being in the bottom two but is unknown whether or not they actually were.

Turquoise backgrounds indicate the teams that were last and eliminated

Yellow backgrounds indicates the winning team

Magenta backgrounds indicates the runner-up team

Couple	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	8	9	10
Emmitt & Cheryl	1	24	24	19	24	27	25	28+29=57	82	25+29=54	29+30=59	30+30+29=89
Mario & Karina	2	26	21	22	29	27	28	29+27=56	84	28+29=57	30+29=59	29+30+30=89
Joey & Edyta	3	21	29	22	27	25	24	29+28=57	81	28+26=54	29+30=59	Eliminated
Monique & Louis	4	19	26	27	24	27	23	27+27=54	77	24+29=53	Eliminated
Jerry & Kym	5	16	19	21	22	24	18	24+22=46	64	Eliminated
Sara & Tony	6	15	21	25	20	24	Withdrew
Willa & Maksim	7	22	23	22	28	27	Eliminated
Vivica & Nick	8	22	24	27	24	Eliminated
Harry & Ashly	9	17	21	22	Eliminated
Shanna & Jesse	10	18	22	Eliminated
Tucker & Elena	11	12	Eliminated

Perfect Tens

Team	Total No. of Tens	Week	Judge(s) who gave a ten	Dance Performed	Score
Mario/Karina	21
		4	Carrie Ann Inaba & Bruno Tonioli	Paso Doble	29
		6	Bruno Tonioli	Mambo	28
		7	Carrie Ann Inaba & Bruno Tonioli	Foxtrot	29
		8	Bruno Tonioli	Waltz	28
		8	Carrie Ann Inaba & Bruno Tonioli	Samba	29
		9	Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli	Tango	30
		9	Carrie Ann Inaba & Bruno Tonioli	Cha-Cha-Cha	29
		10	Carrie Ann Inaba & Bruno Tonioli	Samba	29
			Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli	Paso Doble	30
			Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli	Freestyle	30
Emmitt/Cheryl	18
		7	Carrie Ann Inaba	Waltz	28
		7	Carrie Ann Inaba & Len Goodman	Mambo	29
		8	Len Goodman & Bruno Tonioli	Rumba	29
		9	Len Goodman & Bruno Tonioli	Waltz	29
		9	Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli	Cha-Cha-Cha	30
		10	Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli	Samba	30
			Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli	Mambo	30
			Carrie Ann Inaba & Len Goodman	Freestyle	29
Joey/Edyta	11
		2	Carrie Ann Inaba & Bruno Tonioli	Quickstep	29
		7	Carrie Ann Inaba & Bruno Tonioli	Foxtrot	29
		7	Bruno Tonioli	Mambo	28
		8	Carrie Ann Inaba	Tango	28
		9	Len Goodman & Bruno Tonioli	Quickstep	29
		9	Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, & Bruno Tonioli	Rumba	30
Monique/Louis	2
Monique/Louis	2	8	Len Goodman & Bruno Tonioli	Cha-Cha-Cha	29
Willa/Maksim	1
Willa/Maksim	1	4	Bruno Tonioli	Waltz	28

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

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:

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