Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 1)

Dancing with the Stars (season 1)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 8
Release
Original network ABC
Original release June 1 – July 6, 2005
Additional information
Celebrity winner Kelly Monaco
Professional winner Alec Mazo

The first season of Dancing with the Stars (U.S.) debuted on ABC on June 1, 2005. Six celebrities were paired with six professional ballroom dancers. Tom Bergeron and Lisa Canning were the hosts for this season.

The premiere drew over 13 million viewers, the second biggest summer debut ever for an American reality series after Survivor.[1] The second week climbed to 15 million viewers, and the show climbed to No. 1 in the summer 2005 TV season ratings, where it remained for the remainder of the season.[2] The season finale aired July 6, 2005.

Couples

The six professionals and celebrities that competed were:[3]

Celebrity Notability (known for) Professional partner Status
Trista Sutter Reality television star Louis Van Amstel Eliminated 1st
on June 8, 2005
Evander Holyfield Professional boxer Edyta Sliwinska Eliminated 2nd
on June 15, 2005
Rachel Hunter Supermodel & actress Jonathan Roberts Eliminated 3rd
on June 22, 2005
Joey McIntyre Singer Ashly DelGrosso Third place
on June 29, 2005
John O'Hurley Actor & game show host Charlotte Jorgensen Runner-up
on July 6, 2005
Kelly Monaco Actress Alec Mazo Winner
on July 6, 2005
†Kelly Monaco returned for the All-Stars season, where this time she was paired with Valentin Chmerkovskiy. They finished third.

Scoring chart

Couple Place 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 6
Kelly & Alec 1 13 17 30 21 26 22+25=47 25+30=55
John & Charlotte 2 20 26 46 24 21 27+27=54 27+27=54
Joey & Ashly 3 20 21 41 22 20 20+25=45
Rachel & Jonathan 4 20 24 44 26 25
Evander & Edyta 5 18 14 32 13
Trista & Louis 6 18 19 37
     indicates the eliminated couple that week
     indicates the returning couple that was last to be called safe
     indicates the winning couple
     indicates the runner-up couple
     indicates the third place couple
Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week
Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week

Average chart

This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-point scale.

Rank by
average
Place Couple Total Number of
dances
Average
1 2 John & Charlotte 199 8 24.9
2 4 Rachel & Jonathan 95 4 23.8
3 1 Kelly & Alec 179 8 22.4
4 3 Joey & Ashly 128 6 21.3
5 6 Trista & Louis 37 2 18.5
6 5 Evander & Edyta 45 3 15.0

Highest and lowest scoring performances

Dance Celebrity Highest score Celebrity Lowest score
Cha-cha-cha John O'Hurley
Joey McIntyre
20 Evander Holyfield 18
Waltz Rachel Hunter 20 Kelly Monaco 13
Rumba Rachel Hunter 24 Kelly Monaco 17
Quickstep John O'Hurley 27 Evander Holyfield 14
Jive Joey McIntyre 22 Evander Holyfield 13
Tango Rachel Hunter 26 John O'Hurley 24
Samba Kelly Monaco 26 Joey McIntyre 20
Paso doble John O'Hurley 27 Kelly Monaco
Joey McIntyre
25
Foxtrot John O'Hurley 27 Joey McIntyre 20
Freestyle Kelly Monaco 30 John O'Hurley 27

Trista Sutter is the only star to not land on this list

Couples' highest and lowest scoring performances

According to the traditional 30-point scale.

Couples Highest Scoring Dances Lowest Scoring Dances
Kelly & Alec Freestyle (30) Waltz (13)
John & Charlotte Foxtrot, Paso doble, Quickstep & Freestyle (27) Cha-cha-cha (20)
Joey & Ashly Paso doble (25) Cha-cha-cha, Samba and Foxtrot (20)
Rachel & Jonathan Tango (26) Waltz (20)
Evander & Edyta Cha-cha-cha (18) Jive (13)
Trista & Louis Rumba (19) Waltz (18)

Weekly scores and songs

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores given 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

Running order[4]
Couple Score Dance Music
Joey & Ashly 20 (7, 7, 6) Cha-cha-cha "Crazy in Love"—Beyoncé
Rachel & Jonathan 20 (7, 6, 7) Waltz "Three Times A Lady"—Lionel Richie
Evander & Edyta 18 (5, 7, 6) Cha-cha-cha "Respect"—Aretha Franklin
Kelly & Alec 13 (5, 4, 4) Waltz "I Have Nothing"—Whitney Houston
John & Charlotte 20 (7, 7, 6) Cha-cha-cha "September"—Earth, Wind & Fire
Trista & Louis 18 (6, 6, 6) Waltz "Come Away with Me"—Norah Jones

Week 2

Running order[5]
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Rachel & Jonathan 24 (8, 8, 8) Rumba "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"—Aerosmith from Armageddon Bottom two
Joey & Ashly 21 (8, 7, 6) Quickstep "You're The One That I Want"—John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John Safe
Trista & Louis 19 (6, 7, 6) Rumba "Endless Love"—Diana Ross and Lionel Richie Eliminated
John & Charlotte 26 (8, 9, 9) Quickstep "Let's Face The Music and Dance"—Irving Berlin Safe
Kelly & Alec 17 (5, 6, 6) Rumba "Hero"—Enrique Iglesias Safe
Evander & Edyta 14 (5, 4, 5) Quickstep "It Don't Mean a Thing"—Duke Ellington Safe

Week 3

Running order[6]
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Evander & Edyta 13 (5, 4, 4) Jive "Reet Petite"—Jackie Wilson Eliminated
Rachel & Jonathan 26 (8, 9, 9) Tango "Toxic"—Britney Spears Safe
Kelly & Alec 21 (6, 7, 8) Jive "Footloose"—Kenny Loggins Safe
John & Charlotte 24 (9, 8, 7) Tango "Dance with Me"—Debelah Morgan Safe
Joey & Ashly 22 (7, 7, 8) Jive "I'm Still Standing"—Elton John Bottom two

Week 4

Running order[7]
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Joey & Ashly 20 (7, 6, 7) Samba "Tequila"—The Champs Safe
Rachel & Jonathan 25 (7, 9, 9) Samba "Soul Bossa Nova"—Quincy Jones Eliminated
John & Charlotte 21 (7, 8, 6) Samba "Just The Two of Us"—Grover Washington, Jr. and Bill Withers Bottom two
Kelly & Alec 26 (9, 9, 8) Samba "Bailamos"—Enrique Iglesias Safe
John & Charlotte
Rachel & Jonathan
Kelly & Alec
Joey & Ashly
N/A Viennese Waltz "I Got You Babe"—Sonny & Cher

Week 5

Running order[8]
Couple Score Dance Music Result
John & Charlotte 27 (9, 9, 9) Foxtrot "Let There Be Love"—Nat King Cole Safe
27 (9, 9, 9) Paso doble "España cañí"—Mexicana Aleque la-Band
Kelly & Alec 22 (8, 7, 7) Foxtrot "Don't Know Why"—Norah Jones Bottom two
25 (9, 8, 8) Paso doble "Bamboleo"—Gipsy Kings
Joey & Ashly 20 (8, 6, 6) Foxtrot "Big Spender"—Shirley Bassey from Sweet Charity Third place
25 (9, 8, 8) Paso doble "Eye of the Tiger"—Survivor

Week 6: Finale

Running order[9]
Couple Score Dance Music Result
John & Charlotte 27 (9, 9, 9) Quickstep "Let's Face The Music and Dance"—Irving Berlin Runner-up
27 (9, 9, 9) Freestyle "I'm So Excited"—The Pointer Sisters
Kelly & Alec 25 (7, 9, 9) Samba "Bailamos"—Enrique Iglesias Winner
30 (10, 10, 10) Freestyle "Let's Get Loud"—Jennifer Lopez

Dance off

Running order
Couple Score Style Music Result
Kelly & Alec 25 (7, 9, 9) Cha-cha-cha "Lady Marmalade"—All Saints Runner-up
24 (9, 7, 8) Quickstep "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend"—Marilyn Monroe
25 (8, 8, 9) Freestyle "Get The Party Started"—Pink
John & Charlotte 22 (7, 8, 7) Rumba "The Look of Love"—Anita Baker Winner
30 (10, 10, 10) Waltz "You Light Up My Life"—Whitney Houston
25 (8, 8, 9) Freestyle "I Am What I Am"—Gloria Gaynor

Dance chart

     Highest scoring dance
     Lowest scoring dance
Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6
Kelly and Alec WaltzRumbaJiveSambaViennese WaltzFoxtrotPaso doble SambaFreestyle
John and CharlotteCha-cha-chaQuickstepTangoSambaViennese WaltzFoxtrotPaso dobleQuickstepFreestyle
Joey and AshlyCha-cha-cha* QuickstepJiveSambaViennese WaltzFoxtrotPaso doble
Rachel and JonathanWaltzRumbaTango*SambaViennese Waltz
Evander and EdytaCha-cha-chaQuickstepJive
Trista and LouisWaltzRumba

References

  1. Associated Press (2005-06-08). "'Dancing With the Stars' Debuts in 2nd Place". FoxNews. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  2. Maynard, John (2005-07-13). "ABC Cuts In: 'Dancing' Racks Up No. 1 Summer Ratings". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20050521021850/http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancing/bios/cast.html
  4. "Dancing with the Stars: Episode 101". TV.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  5. "Dancing with the Stars: Episode 102". TV.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  6. "Dancing with the Stars: Episode 103". TV.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  7. "Dancing with the Stars: Episode 104". TV.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  8. "Dancing with the Stars: Episode 105". TV.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  9. "Dancing with the Stars: Episode 106". TV.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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