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Season eleven of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 20, 2010, on the ABC network.
Several changes were introduced this season, including an "Acoustic Week," in which couples performed either the rumba or the Argentine tango while the audience was brought closer to the dance floor which was elevated and made circular. Contestants from previous seasons also came back as guest judges when the current contestants attempted re-created memorable routines in the 200th episode. These guest judges were Hélio Castroneves, Kelly Osbourne, Emmitt Smith, Drew Lachey, Gilles Marini, and Mel B. Kristi Yamaguchi and Apolo Ohno also served as team captains for team dances. There was also a week dubbed "Instant Choreography," in which the couples practiced their routines for a week, but only received the music for their Latin dances 45 minutes before their live performances.
Actress Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough were crowned the champions, while actor Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer finished second, and Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas finished third.
This season featured twelve celebrity contestants. The cast was announced during the August 30 episode of Bachelor Pad during a live press conference that included a Q&A session with host Tom Bergeron and co-host Brooke Burke and the new cast. The pairs were announced on September 1; however, Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas had been announced the day before by way of a Good Morning America interview.
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor & singer | Eliminated 1st | |||
| Singer-songwriter | Eliminated 2nd on September 28, 2010 | |||
| Stand-up comedian | Eliminated 3rd on October 5, 2010 | |||
| Jersey Shore cast member | Eliminated 4th on October 12, 2010 | |||
| The Brady Bunch actress | Eliminated 5th on October 19, 2010 | |||
| The Hills cast member | Eliminated 6th on October 26, 2010 | |||
| NBA small forward | Eliminated 7th on November 2, 2010 | |||
| NFL quarterback | Eliminated 8th on November 9, 2010 | |||
| Singer & actress | Eliminated 9th on November 16, 2010 | |||
| Activist, author & daughter of Sarah Palin | Third place on November 23, 2010 | |||
| Disney Channel actor & rapper | Runners-up on November 23, 2010 | |||
| Film & television actress | Winners on November 23, 2010 |
Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke returned as co-hosts, while Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Len Goodman returned as judges.
The highest score each week is indicated in with a dagger, while the lowest score each week is indicated in with a double-dagger .
Color key:
| Week | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| Night 1 | Night 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jennifer & Derek | 1st | 24 | 27+29= | 25 | 20+9=29 | 27+37= | 27+30= | 30+30= | 30+30= | +30+28= | ||||||||
| Kyle & Lacey | 2nd | 23 | 22 | 23 | 18+22=40 | 20 | 23+7=30 | 24+35=59 | 27+29=56 | 29+29=58 | 27+29=56 | +26+28=110 | ||||||
| Bristol & Mark | 3rd | 18 | 22 | 19 | 18+14=32 | 23+5=28 | 24+33= | 24+23= | 27+26= | 27+25= | +25+27= | |||||||
| Brandy & Maks | 4th | 23 | 21 | 24 | 22+26=48 | 26+10= | 27+37= | 29+28= | 27+30=57 | |||||||||
| Kurt & Anna | 5th | 19 | 21 | 23 | 15+19=34 | 24 | 18+4= | 27+34=61 | 24+24=48 | |||||||||
| Rick & Cheryl | 6th | 22 | 21 | 24 | 19+20=39 | 24 | 24+6=30 | 24+37=61 | ||||||||||
| Audrina & Tony | 7th | 19 | 23 | 24+22=46 | 23 | 24+8=32 | ||||||||||||
| Florence & Corky | 8th | 18 | 19 | 20 | 17+18=35 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| & Karina | 9th | 18 | 20 | 12+16= | ||||||||||||||
| Margaret & Louis | 10th | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Michael & Chelsie | 11th | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| David & Kym | 12th | |||||||||||||||||
Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.
Each couple performed either the cha-cha-cha or the Viennese waltz. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audrina & Tony | Cha-cha-cha | "California Gurls" — Katy Perry, feat. Snoop Dogg | Safe | |||
| Kurt & Anna | 19 (7, 5, 7) | Viennese waltz | "This Ain't a Love Song" — Bon Jovi | Safe | ||
| Kyle & Lacey | 23 (8, 7, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "My First Kiss" — 3OH!3, feat. Ke$ha | Safe | ||
| Rick & Cheryl | 22 (8, 7, 7) | Viennese waltz | "Crazy" — Aerosmith | Safe | ||
| Margaret & Louis | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Viennese waltz | "We Are the Champions" — Queen | Safe | ||
| Brandy & Maks | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Cry Me Out" — Pixie Lott | Safe | ||
| Bristol & Mark | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" — Tom Jones, feat. Stereophonics | Safe | ||
| Florence & Corky | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me" — Shirley Bassey | Safe | ||
| Michael & Chelsie | 16 (6, 5, 5) | Viennese waltz | "Life After You" — Daughtry | Safe | ||
| 15 (5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Break Your Heart" — Taio Cruz | Safe | |||
| Jennifer & Derek | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "These Arms of Mine" — Otis Redding | Safe | ||
| David & Kym | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Sex Bomb" — Tom Jones | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
Each couple performed either the jive or the quickstep. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick & Cheryl | Jive | "Tush" — ZZ Top | Safe | ||
| Florence & Corky | 19 (7, 6, 6) | Quickstep | "Suddenly I See" — KT Tunstall | Safe | |
| Brandy & Maks | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Jive | "Magic" — B.o.B, feat. Rivers Cuomo | Safe | |
| Michael & Chelsie | 12 (4, 5, 3) | Jive | "Hound Dog" — Elvis Presley | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Audrina & Tony | 23 (8, 8, 7) | Quickstep | "Love Machine" — Girls Aloud | Safe | |
| Jennifer & Derek | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Jive | "Shake It" — Metro Station | Safe | |
| Margaret & Louis | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Jive | "Dreaming" — Blondie | Safe | |
| Kyle & Lacey | 22 (8, 7, 7) | Quickstep | "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" — Weezer | Safe | |
| Kurt & Anna | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Jive | "Danger Zone" — Kenny Loggins | Safe | |
| 18 (6, 6, 6) | Quickstep | "Americano" — The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Safe | ||
| Bristol & Mark | 22 (7, 8, 7) | Quickstep | "You Can't Hurry Love" — The Supremes | Safe |
Each couple performed either the samba or the waltz. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer & Derek | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Samba | "A Little Respect" — Erasure | Safe | |
| Florence & Corky | 20 (7, 6, 7) | Waltz | "Edelweiss" — Vince Hill | Safe | |
| Kurt & Anna | 23 (8, 8, 7) | Foxtrot | "Bad Day" — Daniel Powter | Safe | |
| Margaret & Louis | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Samba | "Copacabana" — Barry Manilow | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Audrina & Tony | 26 (8, 9, 9) | Waltz | "Let It Be Me" — Ray LaMontagne | Safe | |
| Bristol & Mark | 19 (6, 6, 7) | Foxtrot | "Just the Way You Are" — Bruno Mars | Safe | |
| Brandy & Maks | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Samba | "Put It in a Love Song" — Alicia Keys, feat. Beyoncé | Safe | |
| Kyle & Lacey | 23 (8, 7, 8) | Waltz | "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" — Landon Pigg | Safe | |
| The Situation & Karina | 20 (7, 6, 7) | Foxtrot | "Boom Boom Pow" — The Black Eyed Peas | Safe | |
| Rick & Cheryl | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Samba | "Whine Up" — Kat DeLuna, feat. Elephant Man | Safe |
Each couple performed either the Argentine tango or the rumba. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Technical scores | Performance scores | Dance | Music | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt & Anna | 15 (5, 5, 5) | 19 (7, 6, 6) | Rumba | "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" — Train | Safe | |
| Brandy & Maks | 22 (7, 8, 7) | 26 (9, 8, 9) | Rumba | "This Woman's Work" — Kate Bush | Safe | |
| Rick & Cheryl | 19 (6, 7, 6) | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Argentine tango | "Violentango" — Astor Piazzolla | Safe | |
| Kyle & Lacey | 18 (6, 6, 6) | 22 (8, 7, 7) | Rumba | "Nothin' on You" — B.o.B, feat. Bruno Mars | Safe | |
| 12 (4, 4, 4) | 16 (6, 5, 5) | Argentine tango | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" — Tanghetto | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated | |
| Florence & Corky | 17 (6, 6, 5) | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Rumba | "Yesterday" — The Beatles | Safe | |
| Jennifer & Derek | 27 (9, 9, 9) | 29 (10, 9, 10) | Argentine tango | "La Cumparsita" — Gerardo Matos Rodríguez | Safe | |
| Bristol & Mark | 18 (6, 6, 6) | 14 (4, 5, 5) | Rumba | "Umbrella" — Rihanna, feat. Jay-Z | Safe | |
| Audrina & Tony | 24 (8, 8, 8) | 22 (8, 7, 7) | Argentine tango | "Somebody to Love" — Jefferson Airplane | Safe |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Television show | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandy & Maks | Quickstep | "I'll Be There for You" — The Rembrandts | Friends | Safe | ||
| 21 (7, 7, 7) | Tango | "The Brady Bunch Theme" — Peppermint Trolley Company | The Brady Bunch | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated | |
| Kurt & Anna | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Bewitched Theme" — The Hit Crew | Bewitched | Safe | |
| Audrina & Tony | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Rumba | "Unwritten" — Natasha Bedingfield | The Hills | Safe | |
| Kyle & Lacey | 20 (8, 5, 7) | Foxtrot | "Charlie's Angels Theme" — The Hit Crew | Charlie's Angels | Safe | |
| Rick & Cheryl | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Rumba | "Hill Street Blues" — Larry Carlton | Hill Street Blues | Safe | |
| Bristol & Mark | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Jive | "(Theme From) The Monkees" — The Monkees | The Monkees | Safe | |
| Jennifer & Derek | 25 (8, 8, 9) | Foxtrot | "Love and Marriage" — Frank Sinatra | Married... with Children | Safe |
Each couple performed either the paso doble or the tango, plus a rock and roll dance marathon for extra points. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audrina & Tony | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Paso doble | "Another One Bites the Dust" — Queen | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Kyle & Lacey | 23 (8, 7, 8) | Tango | "If I Had You" — Adam Lambert | Safe | |
| Jennifer & Derek | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Paso doble | "So What" — Pink | Safe | |
| Rick & Cheryl | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Tango | "You Really Got Me" — The Kinks | Safe | |
| Bristol & Mark | 23 (8, 7, 8) | Tango | "According to You" — Orianthi | Safe | |
| Kurt & Anna | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Paso doble | "The Final Countdown" — Europe | Safe | |
| Brandy & Maks | 26 (8, 9, 9) | Tango | "Holding Out for a Hero" — Bonnie Tyler | Safe | |
| Kurt & Anna | 4 | Rock and roll Marathon | "La Grange" — ZZ Top | ||
| Bristol & Mark | 5 | ||||
| Rick & Cheryl | 6 | ||||
| Kyle & Lacey | 7 | ||||
| Audrina & Tony | 8 | ||||
| Jennifer & Derek | 9 | ||||
| Brandy & Maks | 10 | ||||
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Team captain | Scores | Dance | Music | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol & Mark Kyle & Lacey Rick & Cheryl | Kristi Yamaguchi | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "Workin' Day and Night" — Michael Jackson | |
| Brandy & Maks Jennifer & Derek Kurt & Anna | Apolo Anton Ohno | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Bust a Move" — Young MC |
| Couple | Guest judge | Scores | Dance | Music | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle & Lacey | Mel B | Paso doble | "Free Your Mind" — En Vogue | Safe | ||
| Kurt & Anna | Emmitt Smith | 34 (10, 8, 8, 8) | Tango | "Simply Irresistible" — Robert Palmer | Safe | |
| Bristol & Mark | Kelly Osbourne | 33 (9, 8, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Trouble" — Ray LaMontagne | Safe | |
| Rick & Cheryl | Hélio Castroneves | 37 (10, 9, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "Hey! Pachuco!" — Royal Crown Revue | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Brandy & Maks | Gilles Marini | 37 (9, 9, 10, 9) | Foxtrot | "Fever" — Peggy Lee | Safe | |
| Drew Lachey | 37 (10, 9, 9, 9) | Tango | "Shut Up" — The Black Eyed Peas | Safe |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle & Lacey | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Viennese waltz | "Breathe (2 AM)" — Anna Nalick | Safe |
| 29 (10, 9, 10) | Jive | "Good Golly Miss Molly" — Little Richard | ||
| 27 (9, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "Let's Face the Music and Dance" — Nat King Cole | Safe | |
| Rumba | "Waiting for a Girl Like You" — Foreigner | |||
| Kurt & Anna | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Waltz | "Take It to the Limit" — The Eagles | Eliminated |
| 24 (8, 8, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "Hella Good" — No Doubt | ||
| Bristol & Mark | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Argentine tango | "Buttons" — Pussycat Dolls | Safe |
| 23 (7, 8, 8) | Samba | "Mas que Nada" — Sérgio Mendes, feat. The Black Eyed Peas | ||
| Brandy & Maks | 29 (9, 10, 10) | Waltz | "Dark Waltz" — Hayley Westenra | Safe |
| 28 (9, 9, 10) | Cha-cha-cha | "Teenage Dream" — Katy Perry |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandy & Maks | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Paso doble | "Firework" — Katy Perry | Eliminated |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Argentine tango | "Taquito Militar" — Mariano Mores | ||
| Jennifer & Derek | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Cha-cha-cha | "Mercy" — Duffy | Safe |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Waltz | "Way Over Yonder" — Carole King | ||
| Bristol & Mark | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Paso doble | "Gimme More" — Britney Spears | Safe |
| 26 (8, 9, 9) | Waltz | "Mary Goes to Jesus" — from The Passion of the Christ | ||
| Kyle & Lacey | 29 (10, 9, 10) | Samba | "She's Got Me Dancing" — Tommy Sparks | Safe |
| 29 (10, 9, 10) | Argentine tango | "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" — A. R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls |
On the first night, the three couples performed two dances: a redemption dance selected by one of the judges, which was a style they had already performed earlier in the competition, and their freestyle routine. On the second night, each couple performed their favorite dance and then competed in a cha-cha-cha relay. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Judge | Scores | Dance | Music |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle & Lacey | Len Goodman | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Feeling Good" — Nina Simone |
| 29 (10, 9, 10) | Freestyle | "Tootsee Roll" — 69 Boyz | ||
| Bristol & Mark | Bruno Tonioli | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Jive | "Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)" — from Dreamgirls |
| 25 (8, 9, 8) | Freestyle | "Cell Block Tango" — from Chicago | ||
| Carrie Ann Inaba | Paso doble | "Habanera" — Charlotte Church | ||
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "Do You Love Me?" — The Contours |
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle & Lacey | 26 (9, 8, 9) | Tango | "If I Had You" — Adam Lambert | bgcolor=silver | Runners-up |
| Bristol & Mark | 25 (8, 9, 8) | Tango | "According to You" — Orianthi | bgcolor=tan | Third place |
| Jennifer & Derek | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Viennese waltz | "These Arms of Mine" — Otis Redding | bgcolor=gold | Winners |
| Kyle & Lacey | 28 (9, 9, 10) | Cha-cha-cha Relay | "Raise Your Glass" — Pink | ||
| Jennifer & Derek | 28 (9, 9, 10) | ||||
| Bristol & Mark | 27 (9, 9, 9) | ||||
The couples performed the following each week:
| Week | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||
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| Night 1 | Night 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jennifer & Derek | Viennese waltz | Jive | Samba | Argentine tango | Foxtrot | Paso doble | Marathon | Team -cha | Tango | Quickstep | Rumba | -cha | Waltz | Paso doble | Freestyle | Viennese waltz | -cha Relay |
| Kyle & Lacey | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Waltz | Rumba | Foxtrot | Tango | Team Cha-cha-cha | Paso doble | Viennese waltz | Jive | Samba | Argentine tango | Foxtrot | Freestyle | Tango | ||
| Bristol & Mark | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Foxtrot | Rumba | Jive | Tango | Team Cha-cha-cha | Viennese waltz | Argentine tango | Samba | Paso doble | Waltz | Jive | Freestyle | Tango | ||
| Brandy & Maks | Viennese waltz | Jive | Samba | Rumba | Quickstep | Tango | Team Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Waltz | -cha | Paso doble | Argentine tango | |||||
| Kurt & Anna | Viennese waltz | Jive | Foxtrot | Rumba | Quickstep | Paso doble | Team Cha-cha-cha | Tango | Waltz | Cha-cha-cha | |||||||
| Rick & Cheryl | Viennese waltz | Jive | Samba | Argentine tango | Rumba | Tango | Team Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | |||||||||
| Audrina & Tony | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Waltz | Argentine tango | Rumba | Paso doble | |||||||||||
| Florence & Corky | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | ||||||||||||
| & Karina | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Foxtrot | Argentine tango | |||||||||||||
| Margaret & Louis | Viennese waltz | Jive | Samba | ||||||||||||||
| Michael & Chelsie | Viennese waltz | Jive | |||||||||||||||
| David & Kym | Cha-cha-cha | ||||||||||||||||
| Week | Viewers (in millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance Show | Results Show | ||
| 1 | 21[1] | 18.31[2] | |
| 2 | 21.341[3] | 17.338[4] | |
| 3 | 19.889[5] | 16.695[6] | |
| 4 | 19.526[7] | 16.079[8] | |
| 5 | 19.330[9] | 15.530[10] | |
| 6 | 20.412[11] | 15.931[12] | |
| 7 | 19.934[13] | 16.932[14] | |
| 8 | 19.952[15] | 16.963[16] | |
| 9 | 20.679[17] | 17.22[18] | |
| 10 | 23.702[19] | 24.19[20] | |