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* {{Gainaxing}}: In season 15 Kelly Monaco actually made her partner Val rehearse their quickstep in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqkgKlS3Lkg water-balloon filled bra]] to show how much of this happens during a dance and how uncomfortable it can be.
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* Season 20: Rumer Willis[[note]]daughter of Creator/BruceWillis and Creator/DemiMoore[[/note]], beating out [[{{Series/Glee}} Riker Lynch]] and [[HandicappedBadass Noah Galloway]].

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* Season 20: Rumer Willis[[note]]daughter of Creator/BruceWillis and Creator/DemiMoore[[/note]], Creator/RumerWillis, beating out [[{{Series/Glee}} Riker Lynch]] and [[HandicappedBadass Noah Galloway]].
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* Season 14: [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Donald Driver]], beating out Katherine Jenkins and William Levy.

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* Season 7: [[Series/RockStar Brooke Burke]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers Warren Sapp]] (!!) and [[Music/{{NSYNC}} Lance Bass]].

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* Season 7: [[Series/RockStar Brooke Burke]], Burke, beating out [[UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers Warren Sapp]] (!!) and [[Music/{{NSYNC}} Lance Bass]].



* Season 10: [[Music/PussycatDolls Nicole Scherzinger]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Evan Lysacek]] and [[Creator/{{ESPN}} Erin Andrews]].
* Season 11: [[Film/DirtyDancing Jennifer Grey]], beating out [[Series/ThatsSoRaven Kyle]] [[Series/CoryInTheHouse Massey]] and Bristol Palin[[note]]daughter of UsefulNotes/SarahPalin[[/note]] (!!).

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* Season 10: [[Music/PussycatDolls Nicole Scherzinger]], Creator/NicoleScherzinger, beating out [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Evan Lysacek]] and [[Creator/{{ESPN}} Erin Andrews]].
* Season 11: [[Film/DirtyDancing Jennifer Grey]], Creator/JenniferGrey, beating out [[Series/ThatsSoRaven Kyle]] [[Series/CoryInTheHouse Massey]] and Bristol Palin[[note]]daughter of UsefulNotes/SarahPalin[[/note]] (!!).


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* Season 31: Creator/CharliDAmelio, beating out [[Series/TheBachelor Gabby Windey]], Creator/WayneBrady and Creator/{{Shangela}}.
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* LongRunnerCastTurnover: While the professional partners will come and go as they see fit and there's a sizeable stable to choose from, it's noticeable that as of Season 31 only 3 of the sixteen pros have been on the show since before its twelfth season.

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* CausticCritic: Len Goodman filled this role when he was a judge. Though he seems to have mellowed out somewhat since his marriage between seasons 15 and 16.


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* HarshTalentShowJudge: Len Goodman's judging style isn't quite mean-spirited, but much more demanding and critical compared to his fellow judges. He's more likely to base his comments on the actual dance: if Len says it was good, it was very good, and his criticisms virtually always relate to something the dancer needs to work on. On the other hand, if a performance was genuinely bad he won't pull his punches, as during the second season when he told Music/MasterP essentially, "You don't care, you aren't trying, you don't belong here, it's time for you to go home," in the third week.

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* CausticCritic: Len Goodman filled this role when he was a judge. Though he seems to have mellowed out somewhat since his marriage between seasons 15 and 16.



* TheMeanBrit: Len Goodman filled this role when he was a judge. Though he seems to have mellowed out somewhat since his marriage between seasons 15 and 16.
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The show initially starred Creator/TomBergeron as host, with Lisa Canning serving as his co-host in season one. Samantha Harris co-hosted seasons two through nine, with Brooke Burke-Charvet replacing her for seasons ten through 17. Erin Andrews was brought in beginning with season 18, and continued with the show all the way through season 28, at which point both Tom ''and'' Erin were replaced by Creator/TyraBanks. The judges are Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli, with former professional dancer Creator/JulianneHough joining the panel as permanent judge in season 19. Derek Hough is the only professional dancer to have achieved six wins, a franchise record (he also achieved two back-to-back championships twice). Cheryl Burke and Julianne Hough also have won two championships back-to-back. Mark Ballas, Kym Johnson, Peta Murgatoyd and Val Chmerkovskiy are the only professional dancers in the show to have two wins that were not back-to-back. Tony Dovolani is the longest tenured professional dancer in the show, appearing in seasons 2 through 22, a total of 21 seasons.

In general, it follows the ''Series/StrictlyComeDancing'' celebrity formula: the show pairs a number of well known celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing one or more choreographed routines that are pertinent and follow the chosen theme for that particular week's prearranged theme. The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers, either by telephone or online. The couple with the lowest combined score provided by the judges and viewers is eliminated. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left; when they have competed for the last time, one couple is declared the champion. Of the contestants, usually at least one has a bit of controversy around them, at least one is a 50-plus-year-old man with two left feet, at least one is a B- or C- list actor or actress, and at least one is famous in the world of sports (and these are most likely to win it all; eight of the eighteen winners have some sporting experience, with the rest (with the exception of J.R. Martinez) having dancing training beforehand).

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The show initially starred Creator/TomBergeron as host, with Lisa Canning serving as his co-host in season one. Samantha Harris co-hosted seasons two through nine, with Brooke Burke-Charvet replacing her for seasons ten through 17. Erin Andrews was brought in beginning with season 18, and continued with the show all the way through season 28, at which point both Tom ''and'' Erin were replaced by Creator/TyraBanks. Previous winner Creator/AlfonsoRibeiro joined as co-host in season 31. The judges are Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli, with former professional dancer Creator/JulianneHough joining the panel as permanent judge in season 19. Derek Hough is the only professional dancer to have achieved six wins, a franchise record (he also achieved two back-to-back championships twice). Cheryl Burke and Julianne Hough also have won two championships back-to-back. Mark Ballas, Kym Johnson, Peta Murgatoyd and Val Chmerkovskiy are the only professional dancers in the show to have two wins that were not back-to-back. Tony Dovolani is was the longest tenured professional dancer in the show, appearing in seasons 2 through 22, a total of 21 seasons.

In general, it follows the ''Series/StrictlyComeDancing'' celebrity formula: the show pairs a number of well known celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing one or more choreographed routines that are pertinent and follow the chosen theme for that particular week's prearranged theme. The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers, either by telephone or online. The couple with the lowest combined score provided by the judges and viewers is eliminated. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left; when they have competed for the last time, one couple is declared the champion. Of the contestants, usually at least one has a bit of controversy around them, at least one is a 50-plus-year-old man with two left feet, at least one is a B- or C- list actor or actress, at least one (in later seasons) is a social media celebrity, and at least one is famous in the world of sports (and these are most likely to win it all; eight of the eighteen winners have some sporting experience, with the rest (with the exception of J.R. Martinez) having dancing training beforehand).

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* ThePollyanna: Bubbly, energetic, joyful Bindi Irwin of Season 21, who loves everybody and (almost[[note]]Week 4, her "Most Memorable Year", had her dance in memory of her father -- inevitably, there were tears[[/note]]) always has a smile on her face. Take a drink every time you hear her described as a "ray of sunshine" or similar, and have poison control on standby for the inevitable liver failure.

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Bubbly, energetic, joyful Bindi Irwin of Season 21, who loves everybody and (almost[[note]]Week 4, her "Most Memorable Year", had her dance in memory of her father -- inevitably, there were tears[[/note]]) always has a smile on her face. Take a drink every time you hear her described as a "ray of sunshine" or similar, and have poison control on standby for the inevitable liver failure.failure.
** Kim Zolciak-Bierman of the same season. She had the lowest score of the premiere, with 12 out of 30. Her attitude in the next week's was "Where can you from here but up?" Regardless of her struggles, she loved being on the show, and never lost her smile despite not being a strong dancer.
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** Season 21 contestants [[Series/BigTimeRush Carlos]] and [[Creator/AlexaVega Alexa PenaVega]], who had two separate partners.

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** Season 21 contestants [[Series/BigTimeRush Carlos]] and [[Creator/AlexaVega Alexa PenaVega]], who had two separate partners. [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3311500/Carlos-PenaVega-breaks-tears-wife-Alexa-Vega-eliminated-DWTS.html Reportedly, Carlos broke down crying when his wife had been eliminated before he was.]]
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Beginning with the 31st season in 2022, the show will move from its longtime home of Creator/{{ABC}} to Creator/DisneyPlus, becoming the latter's first live series.
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The show has spawned quite a number of {{Foreign Remake}}s worldwide.

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* Season 4: [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Apolo Anton Ohno]], beating out [[Music/{{NSYNC}} Joey Fatone]] and Laila Ali[[note]]daughter of UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli[[/note]].

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* Season 4: [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Apolo Anton Ohno]], beating out [[Music/{{NSYNC}} Joey Fatone]] Creator/JoeyFatone and Laila Ali[[note]]daughter of UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli[[/note]].

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** In Season 23 Sharna Burgess injured her knee in week 7 so troupe member Jenna Johnson took her place as James Hinchcliffe's partner. Sharna returned two weeks later for the Week 10 semifinals...and her first dance routine back involves both a use of a chair and her being ''blindfolded''.

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** In Season 23 Sharna Burgess injured her knee in week 7 so troupe member Jenna Johnson took her place as James Hinchcliffe's partner. Sharna returned two weeks later for the Week 10 semifinals...and her first dance routine back involves involved both a use her dancing on top of a chair and her being doing the whole routine ''blindfolded''.



* MommasBoy: Hines Ward, proudly so. Jacoby Jones too. On the pros' side, Mark Ballas with his mother, legendary Ballroom Latin dancer, Shirley Ballas.

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* TokenMinority: Cheryl when she was on the show. Then it was Keo. Subverted once with Brandon and Britt were promoted to pros.

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* TokenMinority: Regardng pro partners, Cheryl was this until season 19 when she was on the show. Then it was Keo. Keo also became a pro, but then Keo became this when Cheryl left after that same season. Subverted once with Cheryl returned and she and Keo were both pros in certain seasons, and again once Brandon and Britt were promoted to pros.

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* Season 30: Iman Shumpert[[note]]NBA player[[/note]], beating out [=JoJo=] Siwa, Cody Rigsby, and Amanda Kloots.

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* Season 30: Iman Shumpert[[note]]NBA player[[/note]], beating out [=JoJo=] Siwa, Cody Rigsby, Rigsby[[note]]Peloton fitness instructor[[/note]], and Amanda Kloots.Kloots[[note]]co-host on Series/TheTalk[[/note]].



** Downplayed with Derek Hough in midway Season 20, where he injured his toe on a foot lamp during rehearsal for the 10th anniversary episode and then-troupe member Sasha Farber stood in as Nastia Liukin's partner. However, Derek surmised that he would be good to go within 2 weeks at most to continue his New York show which he had been simultaneously doing with Season 20. And he was able to return to do a Viennese Waltz dance in the semifinals.
** In Season 23 Sharna Burgess injured her knee in week 7 so troupe member Jenna Johnson took her place as James Hinchcliffe's partner. Sharna returned two weeks later for the Week 10 semifinals...and her first dance routine back involves both a use of a chair and her being ''blindfolded''.



* NonGameplayElimination: A number of stars have had to withdraw from the competition for personal or medical reasons; Season 21 is the only season to see multiple withdrawals, with Kim Zolciak-Biermann being forced to leave when a mini-stroke prevented her from flying to California, and Tamar Braxton leaving after developing pulmonary embolisms.

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* NonGameplayElimination: A number of stars have had to withdraw from the competition for personal or medical reasons; Season 21 is was the only first season to see multiple withdrawals, with Kim Zolciak-Biermann being forced to leave when a mini-stroke prevented her from flying to California, and Tamar Braxton leaving after developing pulmonary embolisms.



** Season 18 with Amy Purdy.

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** And now Brooke Burke is replaced by Erin Andrews.

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** And now Brooke Burke is was replaced by Erin Andrews.



* TokenMinority: Cheryl when she was on the show. Nowadays, it's Keo.

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* TokenMinority: Cheryl when she was on the show. Nowadays, it's Keo.Then it was Keo. Subverted once with Brandon and Britt were promoted to pros.



*** In season 23, Ryan Lochte was a contestant right after his lies about being robbed at gunpoint were exposed as a cover-up for he and his friends' vandalism of a gas station at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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*** In season 23, Ryan Lochte was a contestant right after his lies about being robbed at gunpoint were exposed as a cover-up for he and his friends' vandalism of a gas station at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In fact, in the first episode a group of protesters were in the audience with two of them running onto the dance floor after Lochte's routine; the show cut to a commercial as they were tackled by security and arrested while the rest of the group got kicked out of the studio.
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** Again in season 30 with the 6'5" Iman Shumpert, who's an entire foot taller than his partner, Daniella Karagach. Daniella made great use of his height during their run.
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* Season 30: Iman Shumpert[[note]]NBA player[[/note]], beating out [=JoJo=] Siwa, Cody Rigsby, and Amanda Kloots.

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** Season 17, making Julianne Hough and Maksim Chmerkvosky as the replacement judges for a week. Does the producers think that she will not generate envy or getting personal to the pros?
*** Maks guest judges again in Season 22 with two opportunities for bias - judging brother Val Chmerkovskiy and then-fiancée Peta Murgatroyd.

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** Season 17, making Julianne Hough and Maksim Chmerkvosky Chmerkvoskiy as the replacement judges for a week. Does the producers think that she will not generate envy or getting personal to the pros?
*** Maks guest judges again in Season 22 with two opportunities for bias - judging brother Val Chmerkovskiy and then-fiancée Peta Murgatroyd.



** For the same reason as Nicole Scherzinger listed earlier, when ''Series/{{Glee}}’s'' Creator/HeatherMorris joined Season 24, who served as a backup dancer for ''Beyoncé'' and was initially hired on Glee as a choreographer. Didn’t make her early elimination any less shocking though.

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** For the same reason as Nicole Scherzinger listed earlier, when ''Series/{{Glee}}’s'' Creator/HeatherMorris joined Season 24, who served as a backup dancer for ''Beyoncé'' and was initially hired on Glee as a choreographer. Didn’t make her early elimination any less shocking though.


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** Also, any time a celebrity becomes a contestant after doing something controversial.
*** This includes a couple of controversial politicians, such as Rick Perry in season 23 and Sean Spicer in season 28.
*** Paula Deen was on season 21 after her n-word scandal blew up.
*** In season 23, Ryan Lochte was a contestant right after his lies about being robbed at gunpoint were exposed as a cover-up for he and his friends' vandalism of a gas station at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
*** Season 30 had Olivia Jade, who was one of the students at the center of the college admissions bribery scandal.
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* ButNotTooGay: Multiple LGBT+ contestants have competed on the show, but it took until season 30 for an LGBT+ contestant to be paired with a same-sex pro: JoJo Siwa with Jenna Johnson.

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* ButNotTooGay: Multiple LGBT+ contestants have competed on the show, but it took until season 30 for an LGBT+ contestant to be paired with a same-sex pro: JoJo [=JoJo=] Siwa with Jenna Johnson.



** Again in season 30 with JoJo Siwa, who made her television debut in Series/DanceMoms.

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* ButNotTooGay: Multiple LGBT+ contestants have competed on the show, but it took until season 30 for an LGBT+ contestant to be paired with a same-sex pro: JoJo Siwa with Jenna Johnson.
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** Again in season 30 with JoJo Siwa, who made her television debut in Series/DanceMoms.
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* PintsizedPowerhouse: No less than six Olympic gymnasts have competed on the show [[note]]Shawn Johnson, Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, Nastia Liukin, and Mary Lou Retton[[/note]], with two of them (Johnson and Hernandez) winning, and of their number, the ''tallest'' of them was Nastia Liukin at a towering 5'3. Bonus points for Mary Lou Retton competing at [[CoolOldLady age 51.]]

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* PintsizedPowerhouse: No less than six seven Olympic gymnasts have competed on the show [[note]]Shawn Johnson, Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, Nastia Liukin, and Mary Lou Retton[[/note]], Retton, and Suni Lee[[/note]], with two of them (Johnson and Hernandez) winning, and of their number, the ''tallest'' of them was Nastia Liukin at a towering 5'3. Bonus points for Mary Lou Retton competing at [[CoolOldLady age 51.]]
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** Season 20: the show strikes again with 14-year old ''Film/TheHungerGames'' star, Willow Shields; most people are wondering if this will work because, while ''Dancing with the Stars'' is a family show, some of the dances are a bit sexy for a young teen to be doing on national television, especially when her partner, Mark Ballas, is 28.

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** Season 20: the show strikes again with 14-year old 14-year-old ''Film/TheHungerGames'' star, Willow Shields; most people are wondering if this will work because, while ''Dancing with the Stars'' is a family show, some of the dances are a bit sexy for a young teen to be doing on national television, especially when her partner, Mark Ballas, is 28.
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* Season 17: [[{{Series/Glee}} Amber Riley]], beating out [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Corbin Bleu]], [[Series/TheOsbournes Jack Osbourne]] and Creator/BillEngvall (!!)

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* Season 17: [[{{Series/Glee}} Amber Riley]], beating out [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Corbin Bleu]], Creator/CorbinBleu, [[Series/TheOsbournes Jack Osbourne]] and Creator/BillEngvall (!!)
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* IronicallyDisabledArtist: The show has occasionally featured amputee contestants, all of whom participate in the dance challenge of each episode:
** Season 18 runner-up and Paralympian Amy Purdy lost both of her legs to a bout of meningitis as a teenager.
** Season 20 third-placer Noah Galloway lost his left arm and leg in the Iraq War, and refused the use of a prosthetic arm throughout the show.
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** Season 25 contestants Nick and Vanessa Lachey, who were respectively paired with Peta and Maks, who are ''also'' a married couple.

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** Season 25 contestants Nick and Vanessa Lachey, Creator/VanessaLachey, who were respectively paired with Peta and Maks, who are ''also'' a married couple.
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* Season 5: [[UsefulNotes/IndyCar Helio Castroneves]], beating out [[Music/SpiceGirls Melanie Brown]] and Marie Osmond.

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* Season 5: [[UsefulNotes/IndyCar Helio Hélio Castroneves]], beating out [[Music/SpiceGirls Melanie Brown]] and Marie Osmond.



* Season 26: [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Adam Rippon]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers Josh Norman]] and [[Film/ITonya Tonya Harding]] (!!).

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* Season 26: [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Adam Rippon]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers Josh Norman]] and [[Film/ITonya Tonya Harding]] UsefulNotes/TonyaHarding (!!).



** Shawn Johnson is particularly notable for being barely 4'11 but [[PintsizedPowerhouse still built like a brick house.]]

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* Season 14: [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayer Donald Driver]], beating out Katherine Jenkins and William Levy.

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* Season 14: [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayer [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Donald Driver]], beating out Katherine Jenkins and William Levy.
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* Season 2: Drew Lachey, beating out [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow Jerry Rice]] and Wrestling/StacyKeibler.
* Season 3: [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow Emmitt Smith]], beating out Creator/MarioLopez and Creator/JoeyLawrence

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* Season 2: Drew Lachey, beating out [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Jerry Rice]] and Wrestling/StacyKeibler.
* Season 3: [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Emmitt Smith]], beating out Creator/MarioLopez and Creator/JoeyLawrence



* Season 6: [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Kristi Yamaguchi]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow Jason Taylor]] and [[Series/CSIMiami Cristian de la Fuente]].
* Season 7: [[Series/RockStar Brooke Burke]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow Warren Sapp]] (!!) and [[Music/{{NSYNC}} Lance Bass]].

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* Season 6: [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Kristi Yamaguchi]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow [[UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers Jason Taylor]] and [[Series/CSIMiami Cristian de la Fuente]].
* Season 7: [[Series/RockStar Brooke Burke]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow [[UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers Warren Sapp]] (!!) and [[Music/{{NSYNC}} Lance Bass]].



* Season 12: [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow Hines Ward]], beating out [[Series/{{Cheers}} Kirstie Alley]] (!!) and Creator/CHelseaKane.

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* Season 12: [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Hines Ward]], beating out [[Series/{{Cheers}} Kirstie Alley]] (!!) and Creator/CHelseaKane.Creator/ChelseaKane.



* Season 14: [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow Donald Driver]], beating out Katherine Jenkins and William Levy.

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* Season 14: [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayer Donald Driver]], beating out Katherine Jenkins and William Levy.



* Season 16: [[Series/AmericanIdol Kellie Pickler]], beating out Creator/{{Zendaya}}, [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow Jacoby Jones]], and [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Alexandra Raisman]][[note]]Starting season 16, there are now four finalists, with the 4th placer being eliminated on a Monday Finale night.[[/note]]

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* Season 16: [[Series/AmericanIdol Kellie Pickler]], beating out Creator/{{Zendaya}}, [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Jacoby Jones]], and [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Alexandra Raisman]][[note]]Starting season 16, there are now four finalists, with the 4th placer being eliminated on a Monday Finale night.[[/note]]



* Season 23: [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Laurie Hernandez]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/IndyCar James Hinchcliffe]], [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow Calvin Johnson Jr.]] and Jana Kramer.
* Season 24: [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow Rashad Jennings]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball David Ross]](!!), [[Music/FifthHarmony Normani Kordei]], and [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Simone Biles]].

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* Season 23: [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Laurie Hernandez]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/IndyCar James Hinchcliffe]], [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Calvin Johnson Jr.]] and Jana Kramer.
* Season 24: [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Rashad Jennings]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball David Ross]](!!), [[Music/FifthHarmony Normani Kordei]], and [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Simone Biles]].



* Season 26: [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Adam Rippon]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow Josh Norman]] and [[Film/ITonya Tonya Harding]] (!!).

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* Season 26: [[UsefulNotes/OlympicGames Adam Rippon]], beating out [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueNamesToKnow [[UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers Josh Norman]] and [[Film/ITonya Tonya Harding]] (!!).
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The show initially starred Creator/TomBergeron as host, with Lisa Canning serving as his co-host in season one. Samantha Harris co-hosted seasons two through nine, with Brooke Burke-Charvet replacing her for seasons ten through 17. Erin Andrews was brought in beginning with season 18, and continued with the show all the way through season 28, at which point both Tom ''and'' Erin were replaced by Creator/TyraBanks. The judges are Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli, with former professional dancer Julianne Hough joining the panel as permanent judge in season 19. Derek Hough is the only professional dancer to have achieved six wins, a franchise record (he also achieved two back-to-back championships twice). Cheryl Burke and Julianne Hough also have won two championships back-to-back. Mark Ballas, Kym Johnson, Peta Murgatoyd and Val Chmerkovskiy are the only professional dancers in the show to have two wins that were not back-to-back. Tony Dovolani is the longest tenured professional dancer in the show, appearing in seasons 2 through 22, a total of 21 seasons.

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The show initially starred Creator/TomBergeron as host, with Lisa Canning serving as his co-host in season one. Samantha Harris co-hosted seasons two through nine, with Brooke Burke-Charvet replacing her for seasons ten through 17. Erin Andrews was brought in beginning with season 18, and continued with the show all the way through season 28, at which point both Tom ''and'' Erin were replaced by Creator/TyraBanks. The judges are Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli, with former professional dancer Julianne Hough Creator/JulianneHough joining the panel as permanent judge in season 19. Derek Hough is the only professional dancer to have achieved six wins, a franchise record (he also achieved two back-to-back championships twice). Cheryl Burke and Julianne Hough also have won two championships back-to-back. Mark Ballas, Kym Johnson, Peta Murgatoyd and Val Chmerkovskiy are the only professional dancers in the show to have two wins that were not back-to-back. Tony Dovolani is the longest tenured professional dancer in the show, appearing in seasons 2 through 22, a total of 21 seasons.

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