Season nineteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 15, 2014.
On November 25, 2014, Alfonso Ribeiro and his partner Witney Carson were crowned champions. The runners-up were Sadie Robertson and Mark Ballas, and Janel Parrish and Valentin Chmerkovskiy came in third. Ribeiro was the first male celebrity to win since Donald Driver in season 14, and it was Carson's first win--she is the first former So You Think You Can Dance contestant turned Dancing with the Stars professional to win.
Cheryl Burke, who was featured on every season of the show except the first, decided to leave when her contract expired at the end of the nineteenth season. She returned in season 23.
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Cast
Couples
Twelve professional partners were revealed on August 13, 2014, on Good Morning America by returning professionals Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani, Karina Smirnoff, and Valentin Chmerkovskiy. Sharna Burgess was announced as the thirteenth pro on August 27, 2014. The celebrity partners were revealed on Good Morning America on September 4, 2014.
Two season-18 pros, Maksim Chmerkovskiy (who was the incumbent champion) and Henry Byalikov, did not return as pros this season; however, Byalikov returned to the show's dance troupe.
Host and judges
Tom Bergeron returned as host alongside Erin Andrews. Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli all returned as judges, while former professional and two-time champion Julianne Hough joined the panel as the permanent fourth judge of the season. Ray Chew also returned as bandleader. Leah Remini filled in as co-host on October 20, 2014, due to Erin Andrews' commitment with Fox to cover the 2014 World Series.
Dance troupe
Henry Byalikov, did not return as a pro this season, but returned to the show's dance troupe. Allison Holker, a contestant on season two of So You Think You Can Dance and a nominee for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography alongside Derek Hough in 2013, made her debut as a professional this season, along with season 18 troupe member and former Strictly Come Dancing champion pro Artem Chigvintsev and South African Latin American ballroom champion Keoikantse Motsepe. Other members of the troupe are Lindsay Arnold, Sasha Farber and Jenna Johnson, all of whom have performed in past seasons. Season 16 pro and former troupe member Gleb Savchenko performed with the current troupe members in the season premiere episode.
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Scoring charts
- Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week
- Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week
- the couple eliminated that week
- the returning couple finishing in the bottom two (or three)
- the returning couple that was the last to be called safe
- the couple earned immunity, and could not be eliminated
- the winning couple
- the runner-up couple
- the third-place couple
Average score chart
This table only counts for dances scored on a 40-point scale (the extra points from Week 8 are not included).
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 40-point scale are as follows:
Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances
Scores are based upon a potential 40-point maximum.
Weekly scores
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli.
Week 1
Couples performed the cha-cha-cha, foxtrot or jive.
- Running order
Week 2: "My Jam Monday"
Couples performed one unlearned dance to some of their favorite songs; jazz, rumba, salsa and samba are introduced.
- Running order
Week 3: Movie Night
Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Kevin Hart, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli.
Couples performed one unlearned dance to famous film songs; Argentine tango, contemporary, paso doble, quickstep, tango, Viennese Waltz and waltz are introduced.
- Running order
Week 4: Most Memorable Year Night
Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli, America's Score.
Couples performed one unlearned dance to celebrate the most memorable year of their lives; for the first time in the show's history, the general public was able to score each dance on a scale from 1 to 10, with an averaged score counting alongside the scores given by Inaba, Hough and Tonioli.
- Running order
Week 5: Switch-Up Night
Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Jessie J, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli.
Couples performed one dance style new to the season with a different partner selected by the general public; no elimination took place.
- Running order
Week 6
Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Pitbull, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli.
Couples performed one unlearned dance to guest judge Pitbull's personal and favorite tracks; Leah Remini filled in as co-host for Erin Andrews.
Week 7: Halloween Night
Couples performed one unlearned dance and a team dance to Halloween themes and songs; Len Goodman returned to the judging panel after a 4-week absence.
- Running order
Week 8: Dynamic Duos Night
Couples performed one unlearned dance honoring famous popular culture pairings; the couple with the highest score earned an immunity from elimination, while the rest of the couples participated in dance-offs for extra points.
- Running order
Week 9: America's Choice
Couples performed a routine to an unlearned dance and song that was chosen by the public, as well as a trio dance involving an eliminated pro or a member of the dance troupe.
- Running order
Week 10: Plugged/Unplugged Night (Semifinals)
Couples performed two unlearned dances to the same song, with one version being the original track, and the other being an acoustic version.
- Running order
Week 11: Finals
On the first night, the finalists performed two dances: the first being a previous routine chosen by the judges to be danced again, and the second a freestyle dance.
On the second night, the three surviving finalists each performed a fusion dance combining two dance styles they have previously performed that they randomly selected during the first performance night.
- Running order (Night 1)
- Running order (Night 2)
Dance chart
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:
- Week 1: Cha-cha-cha, foxtrot or jive
- Week 2: One unlearned dance ("My Jam Monday")
- Week 3: One unlearned dance (Movie Night)
- Week 4: One unlearned dance (Most Memorable Year)
- Week 5: One new dance style (Partner Switch-Up)
- Week 6: One unlearned dance
- Week 7: One unlearned dance & team dances (Halloween Night)
- Week 8: One unlearned dance & dance-offs (Dynamic Duos)
- Week 9: One unlearned dance & trio dance (America's Choice)
- Week 10: Two unlearned dances (Plugged/Unplugged Night; Semifinals)
- Week 11 (Night One): Judges' choice & freestyle (Top 4)
- Week 11 (Night Two): 24-hour fusion challenge (Top 3)
- Highest scoring dance
- Lowest scoring dance
- Won immunity for the week
- Gained bonus points for winning this dance-off
- Gained no bonus points for losing this dance-off
- Danced, but not scored
Guest performances
Celebrity guest judges
At different points of the season, celebrity guest judges filled in for Len Goodman to comment on and score the dance routines. Comedian and actor Kevin Hart was the first celebrity guest judge on September 29, 2014. On October 6, "America" voted online and the average score was posted as the fourth "judge". On October 13, 2014, the guest judge was singer Jessie J. The last guest judge was rapper Pitbull on October 20, 2014.
Ratings
U.S. television ratings
Notes
References
External links
- Official website
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