Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 7
| Dancing with the Stars (season 7) | |
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| Season 7 | |
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| No. of episodes | NA |
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| Original network | American Broadcasting Company |
| Original release | September 22 – November 25, 2008 |
| Season chronology | |
The seventh season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 22, 2008 as a part of ABC's fall line-up. Instead of 12 couples like previous seasons, this will be the first season to showcase a lineup of 13 couples.
Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris return as the show's hosts. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba continue as the judges this season.
The official cast announcement was made on the morning of August 25, 2008 on Good Morning America. This is the third season to have its cast announced on GMA.[1][2]
Couples
| Celebrity | Occupation/Claim to fame | Professional partner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Ross | Edyta Śliwińska | Eliminated 1st on September 23, 2008 | |
| Ted McGinley | Inna Brayer | Eliminated 2nd on September 24, 2008 | |
| Kim Kardashian | Mark Ballas | Eliminated 3rd on September 30, 2008 | |
| Misty May-Treanor | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | Withdrew on October 6, 2008 | |
| Lance Bass | Lacey Schwimmer | TBD | |
| Toni Braxton | Alec Mazo | TBD | |
| Brooke Burke | Derek Hough | TBD | |
| Rocco DiSpirito | Karina Smirnoff | TBD | |
| Maurice Greene | Cheryl Burke | TBD | |
| Cloris Leachman | Corky Ballas | TBD | |
| Cody Linley | Julianne Hough | TBD | |
| Susan Lucci | Tony Dovolani | TBD | |
| Warren Sapp | Kym Johnson | TBD |
Scoring Chart
- Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
- Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
- indicates the couples eliminated that week.
- indicates the last returning couple to be called safe; they may or may not have been in the bottom two.
- indicates the couple withdrew from the competition.
- indicates the couple that would have been eliminated had an elimination taken place.
- indicates the winning couple.
- indicates the runner-up couple.
- indicates the third-place couple.
| Team | Place | 1A | 1B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3+4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance & Lacey | |||||||||||||
| Toni & Alec | |||||||||||||
| Brooke & Derek | |||||||||||||
| Rocco & Karina | |||||||||||||
| Maurice & Cheryl | |||||||||||||
| Cloris & Corky | |||||||||||||
| Cody & Julianne | |||||||||||||
| Susan & Tony | |||||||||||||
| Warren & Kym | |||||||||||||
| Misty & Maksim | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Kim & Mark | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Ted & Inna | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Jeffrey & Edyta | 13 | ||||||||||||
- 1A and 1B refer to Rounds 1 and 2, respectively, of Week 1.
- In Week 3, Brooke & Derek became the first couple to receive a 10 from any of the judges; in this case, it was awarded by Len Goodman.
Season Notes
- On Friday, October 3, 2008, Misty May-Treanor was injured during practice. She received immediate medical attention.[3] At the end of the next episode, on Monday, October 6, May-Treanor announced that she had ruptured her Achilles tendon, and thus had to withdraw from the competition; moreover, she had surgery scheduled for October 7. She plans to return to volleyball competition after her recovery, stating that she had already planned to take some time off, so this injury did not affect her career.[4] On the results show the next night, Bergeron revealed that no one would be eliminated that week because of May-Treanor's withdrawal; instead, the Week 3 scores would be combined with the scores from Week 4. He also revealed that Rocco DiSpirito would have been eliminated.
Average Chart
This chart is based on the dancers' averages and not their place in the competition.
| Rank by average |
Competition finish |
Couple | Total | Number of dances |
Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBD | Brooke & Derek | 101 | 4 | 25.3 |
| 2 | TBD | Warren & Kym | 92 | 4 | 23.0 |
| 3 | TBD | Toni & Alec | 90 | 4 | 22.5 |
| 4 | TBD | Lance & Lacey | 85 | 4 | 21.3 |
| 5 | 10 | Misty & Maksim | 63 | 3 | 21.0 |
| 6 | TBD | Cody & Julianne | 83 | 4 | 20.8 |
| 7 | TBD | Maurice & Cheryl | 82 | 4 | 20.5 |
| 8 | TBD | Susan & Tony | 79 | 4 | 19.8 |
| 9 | 12 | Ted & Inna | 37 | 2 | 18.5 |
| 10 | 11 | Kim & Mark | 54 | 3 | 18.0 |
| 11 | TBD | Rocco & Karina | 71 | 4 | 17.8 |
| 12 | TBD | Cloris & Corky | 63 | 4 | 15.8 |
| 13 | 13 | Jeffrey & Edyta | 12 | 1 | 12.0 |
Songs
Week 1
Night 1
Running order
| Couple | Style | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Cody & Julianne | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Tilt Ya Head Back"—Nelly and Christina Aguilera |
| Rocco & Karina | Foxtrot | "Stray Cat Strut"—Stray Cats |
| Toni & Alec | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Smooth"—Carlos Santana ft. Rob Thomas |
| Maurice & Cheryl | Foxtrot | "Doing It To Death"—The JB's |
| Brooke & Derek | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)"—The Chi-Lites |
| Ted & Inna | Foxtrot | "God Only Knows"—The Beach Boys |
| Lance & Lacey | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Jumpin' Jack Flash"—The Rolling Stones |
| Cloris & Corky | Foxtrot | "I Wish I Were In Love Again"—Frank Sinatra |
| Jeffrey & Edyta | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Play That Funky Music"—Wild Cherry |
| Kim & Mark | Foxtrot | "The Pink Panther Theme"—Henry Mancini |
| Susan & Tony | Cha-Cha-Cha | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"—Marvin Gaye |
| Misty & Maksim | Foxtrot | "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)"—Natalie Cole |
| Warren & Kym | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Do I Do"—Stevie Wonder |
Night 2
Running order
| Couple | Style | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Lance & Lacey | Quickstep | "Close to Me"—The Cure |
| Misty & Maksim | Mambo | "Black Mambo"—Angel & the Mambokats |
| Maurice & Cheryl | Mambo | "I Do the Jerk"—Ryan Shaw |
| Brooke & Derek | Quickstep | "Lover, Come Back to Me"—Barbra Streisand |
| Cloris & Corky | Mambo | "Coconut Woman"—Harry Belafonte |
| Toni & Alec | Quickstep | "Blue Skies"—Della Reese |
| Warren & Kym | Quickstep | "Ding Dong Daddy"—Cherry Poppin' Daddies |
| Ted & Inna | Mambo | "Mambo Gozon"—Tito Puente |
| Cody & Julianne | Quickstep | "I Want You To Want Me"—Letters to Cleo |
| Rocco & Karina | Mambo | "La Comay"—Sonora Carrulseles |
| Susan & Tony | Quickstep | "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon"—The Arthur Murray Orchestra |
| Kim & Mark | Mambo | "Baby Got Back"—Sir Mix-a-Lot |
Week 2
Running order
| Couple | Style | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Toni & Alec | Rumba | "I Can't Make You Love Me"—Bonnie Raitt |
| Brooke & Derek | Paso Doble | "Palladio, first movement"—Karl Jenkins |
| Rocco & Karina | Rumba | "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"—Lou Rawls |
| Lance & Lacey | Paso Doble | "I Kissed a Girl"—Katy Perry |
| Kim & Mark | Rumba | "You Give Me Something"—James Morrison |
| Misty & Maksim | Paso Doble | "Take Me Out"—Franz Ferdinand |
| Maurice & Cheryl | Rumba | "Mercy Mercy Me"—Marvin Gaye |
| Cloris & Corky | Paso Doble | "Boléro"—Maurice Ravel |
| Susan & Tony | Rumba | "Waiting on the World to Change"—John Mayer |
| Warren & Kym | Paso Doble | "Malagueña"—Brian Setzer Orchestra |
| Cody & Julianne | Rumba | "Bleeding Love"—Leona Lewis |
Week 3
Running order
| Couple | Style | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Susan & Tony | Jive | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"—Diana Ross |
| Lance & Lacey | Viennese Waltz | "Let Me Leave"—Marc Broussard |
| Maurice & Cheryl | Jive | "Rock Around the Clock"—Bill Haley & His Comets |
| Rocco & Karina | Viennese Waltz | "What's New Pussycat?"—Tom Jones |
| Warren & Kym | Viennese Waltz | "Lovin' U"—Alicia Keys |
| Cody & Julianne | Jive | "Call Me the Breeze"—Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Toni & Alec | Viennese Waltz | "Für Elise"—Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Cloris & Corky | Jive | "The Girl Can't Help It"—Little Richard |
| Brooke & Derek | Viennese Waltz | "Daughters"—John Mayer |
Call-Out Order
The table below lists the order in which the contestants' fates were revealed by Bergeron and Harris.
| Order | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lance & Lacey | Brooke & Derek | Toni & Alec | Brooke & Derek | ||||||||||
| 2 | Misty & Maksim | Kim & Mark | Rocco & Karina | Cloris & Corky | ||||||||||
| 3 | Maurice & Cheryl | Cloris & Corky | Cody & Julianne | Maurice & Cheryl | ||||||||||
| 4 | Brooke & Derek | Maurice & Cheryl | Brooke & Derek | Warren & Kym | ||||||||||
| 5 | Cloris & Corky | Susan & Tony | Susan & Tony | Toni & Alec | ||||||||||
| 6 | Toni & Alec | Warren & Kym | Warren & Kym | Susan & Tony | ||||||||||
| 7 | Warren & Kym | Susan & Tony | Maurice & Cheryl | Cody & Julianne | ||||||||||
| 8 | Ted & Inna | Rocco & Karina | Lance & Lacey | Lance & Lacey | ||||||||||
| 9 | Cody & Julianne | Lance & Lacey | Misty & Maksim | Rocco & Karina | ||||||||||
| 10 | Rocco & Karina | Cody & Julianne | Cloris & Corky | Misty & Maksim | ||||||||||
| 11 | Susan & Tony | Toni & Alec | Kim & Mark | |||||||||||
| 12 | Kim & Mark | Ted & Inna | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Jeffrey & Edyta | |||||||||||||
- This couple had the encore for the week
- This couple came in first place with the judges
- This couple came in first place with the judges and had the encore for the week
- This couple came in last place with the judges
- This couple came in last place with the judges and was eliminated
- This couple withdrew from the competition
- This couple would have been eliminated but was not eliminated due to May-Treanor's withdrawal
- This couple was eliminated
- This couple won the competition
- On the Week 1, Night 3 episode, Jeffrey & Edyta, who had been eliminated after Night 1, were given the chance to perform the dance they would have performed on Night 2.
- On the October 7 elimination show, Maks and Edyta danced the jive that he and Misty would have done had she not been injured.
Dance Schedule
The celebrities and professional partners will dance one of these routines for each corresponding week.
- Week 1 (Night 1): Cha-Cha-Cha or Foxtrot
- Week 1 (Night 2): Mambo or Quickstep
- Week 2: Paso Doble or Rumba
- Week 3: Jive or Viennese Waltz
- Week 4: Samba or Tango
Dance Chart
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance & Lacey | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Paso Doble | Viennese Waltz | Samba | ||||||
| Toni & Alec | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Rumba | Viennese Waltz | Samba | ||||||
| Brooke & Derek | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Paso Doble | Viennese Waltz | Samba | ||||||
| Rocco & Karina | Foxtrot | Mambo | Rumba | Viennese Waltz | Samba | ||||||
| Maurice & Cheryl | Foxtrot | Mambo | Rumba | Jive | Tango | ||||||
| Cloris & Corky | Foxtrot | Mambo | Paso Doble | Jive | Tango | ||||||
| Cody & Julianne | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Rumba | Jive | Tango | ||||||
| Susan & Tony | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Rumba | Jive | Tango | ||||||
| Warren & Kym | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Paso Doble | Viennese Waltz | Samba | ||||||
| Misty & Maksim | Foxtrot | Mambo | Paso Doble | Jive | |||||||
| Kim & Mark | Foxtrot | Mambo | Rumba | ||||||||
| Ted & Inna | Foxtrot | Mambo | |||||||||
| Jeffrey & Edyta | Cha-Cha-Cha | ||||||||||
- Highest Scoring Dance
- Lowest Scoring Dance
- Withdrawn Dance (Not Performed/Scored)
Musical Guests
| Date | Performers | Tracks Performed | Dancers |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 24, 2008 | Jonas Brothers | "Love Bug" | Joe Jonas, Mark Ballas, Lacey Schwimmer, Inna Brayer, & Derek Hough |
| Jesse McCartney | "Leavin'" | Ashly DelGrosso & Italo Elgueta | |
| September 30, 2008 | Jessica Simpson | "Come On Over" | Anya Garnis & Pasha Kovalev |
| "Angels" | Cheryl Burke & Maksim Chmerkovskiy | ||
| October 7, 2008 | Jennifer Hudson | "Spotlight" | Julianne Hough & Derek Hough |
| Kool and the Gang | Greatest Hits Medley | ||
| TBD | Julianne Hough[5] |
References
- ^ YouTube - DWTS Season 7 Announcement - Aug 25
- ^ Dancing With The Stars - Home - ABC.com
- ^ http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/10/04/dwtss-misty-may-treanor-injured/
- ^ Associated Press (October 6, 2008). "May-Treanor vows torn Achilles won't end her volleyball career". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Things-Dancing-Stars/Julianne-Hough-Sing/800045165