Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 7

Dancing with the Stars (season 7)
Season 7
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Release
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 American Broadcasting Company's fall line-up. Instead of 12 couples like previous seasons, this was the first season to showcase a lineup of 13 couples. This season also introduced four new dances: the Hustle, the Salsa, the Jitterbug, and the West Coast Swing, as well as Team Dancing.

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, with Michael Flatley having appeared temporarily as a guest judge for Len Goodman during Week 6.

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.

Couples

Celebrity	Occupation/Claim to fame	Professional partner	Status
Jeffrey Ross	Comedian	Edyta Śliwińska	Eliminated 1st on September 23, 2008
Ted McGinley	Actor	Inna Brayer	Eliminated 2nd on September 24, 2008
Kim Kardashian	Reality Star	Mark Ballas	Eliminated 3rd on September 30, 2008
Misty May-Treanor	Olympic Beach Volleyball Professional	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Withdrew on October 6, 2008
Rocco DiSpirito	Celebrity Chef	Karina Smirnoff	Eliminated 4th on October 14, 2008
Toni Braxton	Grammy Award Winning Singer	Alec Mazo	Eliminated 5th on October 21, 2008
Cloris Leachman	Oscar Winning Actress	Corky Ballas	Eliminated 6th on October 28, 2008
Susan Lucci	Daytime Emmy Award Winning Actress	Tony Dovolani	Eliminated 7th on November 5, 2008
Lance Bass	Former N'Sync Member	Lacey Schwimmer	TBD
Brooke Burke	TV Host and Model	Derek Hough	TBD
Maurice Greene	Olympic Gold Sprinter	Cheryl Burke	TBD
Cody Linley	Hannah Montana Star	Julianne Hough Edyta Śliwińska Weeks 7-8	TBD
Warren Sapp	NFL Defensive Tackle	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 returning couple last to be called safe that did not have the lowest total (they may or may not have finished in the bottom two).

  indicates the returning couple to be called safe that finished 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	5	6	7	8	9	10
Lance & Lacey		22	21	20	22	26	21	27	25+20=45
Brooke & Derek		23	26	24	28	26	29	26	30+29=59
Maurice & Cheryl		18	21	19	24	20	27	21	25+29=54
Cody & Julianne/Edyta		18	23	21	21	23	28	23	22+20=42
Warren & Kym		21	22	24	25	22	25	25	21+29=50
Susan & Tony	6	15	22	21	21	24	22	23	24+20=44
Cloris & Corky	7	16	16	15	16	22	21	15
Toni & Alec	8	22	23	23	22	22	22
Rocco & Karina	9	14	21	16	20	18
Misty & Maksim	10	21	21	21	WD
Kim & Mark	11	19	18	17
Ted & Inna	12	18	19
Jeffrey & Edyta	13	12

• 1A and 1B refer to the Monday night and Tuesday night episodes, 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.
• During Week 7, the show introduced Team Dancing and the score each team received was added to the score of their first dance of the evening. The producers named Warren and Susan captains, and had them randomly choose dances to perform. They were then allowed to choose teammates: the resulting teams were Team Cha-Cha (Susan, Cody, Lance, and their partners) and Team Paso Doble (Warren, Maurice, Brooke, and their partners).
• WD = Withdrew.

Season notes

• During rehearsal of their first dance, Jeffrey Ross was accidentally poked in the eye by Edyta Śliwińska, suffering a scratched cornea. Against doctor's advice, Ross continued the competition. They were the first couple to be eliminated.
• On Friday, October 3, 2008, Misty May-Treanor was injured during practice. She received immediate medical attention. 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. 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.

• On Sunday, October 19, 2008, Brooke Burke was injured during the camera blocking for her Jitterbug with partner Derek Hough. She was doing a front flip and came down too hard on her right foot. She put ice on it immediately, but ended up going to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Monday morning, October 20, 2008, for treatment and X-rays. There, it was determined that she had severely bruised her foot, but as of Monday afternoon, an ABC spokesperson told People Magazine that Burke and Hough were still planning to perform on that night's live show. They did just that, and went on to recieve a 29 for their Jitterbug, remaining at the top of the leaderboard for the fifth straight week.

• On the Monday, October 20 show, Tom Bergeron announced that Susan Lucci had fractured two bones in her foot, but she would still dance her Hustle that night.

• On the Tuesday, October 21 results show, Tom Bergeron announced that Michael Flatley would sit in as a guest judge for Len Goodman during Week 6. Goodman got one week off due to an "impossible schedule," as stated by Samantha Harris.

• Forty minutes after the Tuesday, October 21 results show Julianne Hough was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for increasingly painful stomach pains. Initially Hough said she was taking a day off from the group rehearsal to relax and try and feel better. However, on October 27, she was diagnosed with endometriosis She announced on the October 27th show that she would undergo surgery to remove her appendix on October 28th, and that she would bow out of the competition until she recovers. Her partner Cody Linley will work with Edyta Śliwińska for Weeks 7 and 8 of the competition.

• Julianne Hough's scheduled performance for the October 21st results show was pre-recorded and postponed. It will now air during the November 11th results show with Mark and Derek performing a choreographed routine along with Julianne.

• Because of the United States presidential election on November 4, 2008, the Week 7 results show was moved to Wednesday, November 5.

Average Chart

This chart is based on the dancers' averages and not their place in the competition; it also includes the scores from team dances.

Rank by average	Competition finish	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	TBD	Brooke & Derek	241	9	26.8
2	TBD	Warren & Kym	214	9	23.8
3	TBD	Lance & Lacey	204	9	22.7
3	TBD	Maurice & Cheryl	204	9	22.7
5	8	Toni & Alec	134	6	22.3
6	TBD	Cody & Julianne/Edyta	199	9	22.1
7	6	Susan & Tony	192	9	21.3
8	10	Misty & Maksim	63	3	21.0
9	12	Ted & Inna	37	2	18.5
10	11	Kim & Mark	54	3	18.0
11	9	Rocco & Karina	89	5	17.8
12	7	Cloris & Corky	121	7	17.2
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 of the D-Car Line"—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

• The Quickstep that Jeffrey and Edyta performed on Night 3 of Week 1 was to "I Get a Kick Out of You" by Frank Sinatra.

• The Pro Dance performed on Night 3 of Week 1 was to "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie.

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"—The 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"—Frankie Lymon
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

• The Jive that Misty and Maks were going to do was to "Shake It" by Metro Station.

Week 4

Running order

Couple	Style	Music
Maurice & Cheryl	Samba	"That's the Way (I Like It)"—KC and the Sunshine Band
Cody & Julianne	Tango	"Bohemian Like You"—The Dandy Warhols
Toni & Alec	Samba	"De Donde Soy"—Thalía
Cloris & Corky	Tango	"The Big Date" from Addams Family Values—Mark Shaiman
Rocco & Karina	Samba	"I Go to Rio"—Peter Allen
Susan & Tony	Tango	"La Bohemia"—Electric Club Tango
Brooke & Derek	Samba	"Hip Hip Chin Chin"—Club des Belugas
Lance & Lacey	Tango	"Disturbia"—Rihanna
Warren & Kym	Samba	"Bounce With Me"—Kreesha Turner

Week 5

Running order

Couple	Style	Music
Lance & Lacey	West Coast Swing	"Breakin' Dishes"—Rihanna
Toni & Alec	West Coast Swing	"The Way You Make Me Feel"—Michael Jackson
Susan & Tony	Hustle	"Upside Down"—Diana Ross
Warren & Kym	Hustle	"Funky Town"—Lipps Inc.
Cloris & Corky	Salsa	"Tres Deseos"—Gloria Estefan
Maurice & Cheryl	Salsa	"Everything I Can't Have"—Robin Thicke
Brooke & Derek	Jitterbug	"Don't Be Cruel"—Elvis Presley
Cody & Julianne	Jitterbug	"Big Time Operator"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Week 6

Running order

Couple	Style	Music
Maurice & Cheryl	Viennese Waltz	"Gravity"—John Mayer
Lance & Lacey	Jive	"Tutti Frutti"—Little Richard
Susan & Tony	Mambo	"Si Señor!"—Gloria Estefan
Brooke & Derek	Rumba	"No Air"—Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown
Cloris & Corky	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Come See About Me"—The Supremes
Cody & Julianne	Samba	"Whine Up"—Kat DeLuna and Elephant Man
Warren & Kym	Rumba	"Irreplaceable"—Beyoncé Knowles

• The Group Old School Hip-Hop routine was to "It Takes Two" by Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock.

Week 7

Running order

Couple	Style	Music
Warren & Kym	Foxtrot	"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"—Diana Krall
Susan & Tony	Paso Doble	"The Ride"—James Horner
Maurice & Cheryl	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Cupid Shuffle"—Cupid
Cody & Edyta	Viennese Waltz	"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"—Bryan Adams
Lance & Lacey	Rumba	"Your Body Is a Wonderland"—John Mayer
Brooke & Derek	Foxtrot	"Lullaby of Birdland"—Sarah Vaughan

Couples	Dance	Song
Lance & Lacey Cody & Edyta Susan & Tony	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Mercy"—Duffy
Brooke & Derek Maurice & Cheryl Warren & Kym	Paso Doble	"Rocks"—Primal Scream

Call-Out Order

The table below lists the order in which the contestants' fates were revealed by Bergeron and Harris.

Contestant call-out order

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	Susan & Tony	Warren & Kym	Lance & Lacey	Maurice & Cheryl
2	Misty & Maksim	Kim & Mark	Rocco & Karina	Cloris & Corky	Lance & Lacey	Cloris & Corky	Cody & Julianne	Brooke & Derek
3	Maurice & Cheryl	Cloris & Corky	Cody & Julianne	Maurice & Cheryl	Brooke & Derek	Cody & Julianne	Warren & Kym	Warren & Kym
4	Brooke & Derek	Maurice & Cheryl	Brooke & Derek	Warren & Kym	Cody & Julianne	Maurice & Cheryl	Brooke & Derek	Lance & Lacey
5	Cloris & Corky	Misty & Maksim	Susan & Tony	Toni & Alec	Toni & Alec	Brooke & Derek	Maurice & Cheryl	Cody & Edyta
6	Toni & Alec	Warren & Kym	Warren & Kym	Susan & Tony	Warren & Kym	Lance & Lacey	Susan & Tony	Susan & Tony
7	Warren & Kym	Susan & Tony	Maurice & Cheryl	Cody & Julianne	Maurice & Cheryl	Susan & Tony	Cloris & Corky
8	Ted & Inna	Rocco & Karina	Lance & Lacey	Lance & Lacey	Cloris & Corky	Toni & Alec
9	Cody & Julianne	Lance & Lacey	Misty & Maksim	Rocco & Karina	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 came in last place with the judges, had the encore for the week, 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 Week 3 results show, Maks and Edyta danced the Jive that he and Misty would have done had she not been injured.

• Julianne Hough had an appendectomy on October 28th. While she recovered, Edyta became Cody's partner for Weeks 7 and 8 of the competition.

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
• Week 5: Hustle, Jitterbug, Salsa, or West Coast Swing
• Week 6: One unlearned dance from Week 1 to 4 & Old School Hip-Hop group routine
• Week 7: One unlearned dance from Week 1 to 4 & Cha-Cha-Cha or Paso Doble team dance
• Week 8: Two unlearned dances (one Ballroom, one Latin) from Week 1 to Week 4 (with a solo segment for the Latin dances)

Dance Chart

Team	1		2	3	4	5	6	7		8		9		10
Lance & Lacey	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz	Tango	West Coast Swing	Jive	Rumba	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Samba
Brooke & Derek	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz	Samba	Jitterbug	Rumba	Foxtrot	Paso Doble	Tango	Mambo
Maurice & Cheryl	Foxtrot	Mambo	Rumba	Jive	Samba	Salsa	Viennese Waltz	Cha-Cha-Cha	Paso Doble	Quickstep	Paso Doble
Cody & Julianne/Edyta	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Rumba	Jive	Tango	Jitterbug	Samba	Viennese Waltz	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Mambo
Warren & Kym	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz	Samba	Hustle	Rumba	Foxtrot	Paso Doble	Tango	Jive
Susan & Tony	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Rumba	Jive	Tango	Hustle	Mambo	Paso Doble	Cha-Cha-Cha
Cloris & Corky	Foxtrot	Mambo	Paso Doble	Jive	Tango	Salsa	Cha-Cha-Cha
Toni & Alec	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Rumba	Viennese Waltz	Samba	West Coast Swing
Rocco & Karina	Foxtrot	Mambo	Rumba	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)

Junior Ballroom Dancing Competition

• Names in bold are the winners of each round.

Date	Round	Pair	Ages	Dance	Song	Votes
October 14, 2008	1	Mitchell & Jessica	11 & 10	Cha-Cha-Cha	"All Star"—Smash Mouth	Len Goodman
		Kirill & Hannah	11 & 10	Samba	"I Wan'na Be Like You"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	Carrie Ann Inaba & Bruno Tonioli
October 21, 2008	2	Anthony & Alisa	11 & 12	Jive	"Fun, Fun, Fun"—The Beach Boys	Len Goodman
		Mitchell & Maria	12 & 13	Paso Doble	"España Cañi"—Pascual Marquina Narro	Carrie Ann Inaba & Bruno Tonioli
October 28, 2008	3	Craig & Samantha	13 & 11	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Play"—Jennifer Lopez	Carrie Ann Inaba, Michael Flatley & Bruno Tonioli
		Simon & Lucy	13 & 13	Samba	"Steal My Sunshine"—Len	None
November 25, 2008	4	Kirill & Hannah	11 & 10			The public voted for the winner.
		Mitchell & Maria	12 & 13
		Craig & Samantha	13 & 11

Musical Guests

Date	Performers	Tracks Performed	Dancers
September 24, 2008	Jonas Brothers	"Lovebug"	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	"Jungle Boogie"	Kool and the Gang dancers
		"Ladies' Night"
		"Celebration"
October 14, 2008	Ne-Yo	"Closer"	Ne-Yo's dancers
October 21, 2008	The Brian Setzer Orchestra	"Rock This Town"	Louis van Amstel & Karina Smirnoff
October 28, 2008	Pussycat Dolls feat. Missy Elliott	"Whatcha Think About That"	Pussycat Dolls
November 5, 2008	Lionel Richie	"Good Morning"	Alec Mazo & Edyta Śliwińska
		"Dancing on the Ceiling"	Cheryl Burke, Kym Johnson, Tony Dovolani & Maksim Chmerkovskiy
November 11, 2008	Julianne Hough	"My Hallelujah Song"	Derek Hough & Mark Ballas

Macy's Stars of Dance

Date	Performers
September 30, 2008	Brian Friedman, Jenna Dewan, Carmit Bachar and others
October 7, 2008	The Radio City Rockettes
October 14, 2008	Los Vivancos
October 21, 2008	Rich & Tone "Dancing Through the Decades"
October 28, 2008	Michael Flatley
November 5, 2008	Dave Scott "It's Magic!"
November 11, 2008

External links

• Official website of U.S Dancing with the Stars
• Dancing with the Stars Music