Dancing with the Stars (American season 11)

*Dancing with the Stars*
Dancing with the Stars
Season 11
	Promotional poster, featuring the celebrity cast
Hosted by	Tom Bergeron; Brooke Burke;
Judges	Carrie Ann Inaba; Len Goodman; Bruno Tonioli;
Celebrity winner	Jennifer Grey
Professional winner	Derek Hough
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 20 –; November 23, 2010
Season chronology

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.

Cast

Couples

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. There were twelve celebrity cast members this season. The pairs were announced on September 1; however, Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas were announced as a couple the day before by way of a Good Morning America interview.

This was the first season to feature no new professional dancers, as each of the twelve pros had appeared on at least one previous season.

Celebrity	Notability (known for)	Professional partner	Status
David Hasselhoff	Actor & singer	Kym Johnson	Eliminated 1st on September 21, 2010
Michael Bolton	Singer-songwriter	Chelsie Hightower	Eliminated 2nd on September 28, 2010
Margaret Cho	Stand-up comedian	Louis van Amstel	Eliminated 3rd on October 5, 2010
The Situation	Jersey Shore star	Karina Smirnoff	Eliminated 4th on October 12, 2010
Florence Henderson	The Brady Bunch actress	Corky Ballas	Eliminated 5th on October 19, 2010
Audrina Patridge	The Hills star	Tony Dovolani	Eliminated 6th on October 26, 2010
Rick Fox	NBA small forward	Cheryl Burke	Eliminated 7th on November 2, 2010
Kurt Warner	NFL quarterback	Anna Trebunskaya	Eliminated 8th on November 9, 2010
Brandy	Singer & actress	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Eliminated 9th on November 16, 2010
Bristol Palin	Activist, author & daughter of Sarah Palin	Mark Ballas	Third place on November 23, 2010
Kyle Massey	Disney Channel actor & rapper	Lacey Schwimmer	Runners-up on November 23, 2010
Jennifer Grey	Film & television actress	Derek Hough	Winners on November 23, 2010

Future appearances

Bristol Palin returned for the All-Stars season, where she was again paired with Mark Ballas.

Host and judges

Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke returned as co-hosts, while Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Len Goodman returned as judges.

Scoring charts

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green. The lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red.

Couple	Place	1	2	3	4^[1]	5	6	7	8	9	10
Couple	Place	1	2	3	4^[1]	5	6	7	8	9	Night 1	Night 2
Jennifer & Derek	1	24^[3]	24^[3]	24	27+29=56^[3]	25	20+9=29	27+37=64^[3]	27+30=57^[3]	30+30=60^[3]	30+30=60^[3]	+30+28=118^[3]^[4]
Kyle & Lacey	2	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^[5]
Bristol & Mark	3	18	22	19	18+14=32	18^[2]	23+5=28	24+33=57^[2]	24+23=47^[2]	27+26=53^[2]	27+25=52^[2]	+25+27=104^[2]^[6]
Brandy & Maks	4	23	21	24	22+26=48	27^[3]	26+10=36^[3]	27+37=64^[3]	29+28=57^[3]	27+30=57^[7]
Kurt & Anna	5	19	21	23	15+19=34	24	18+4=22^[2]	27+34=61	24+24=48^[7]
Rick & Cheryl	6	22	21	24	19+20=39	24	24+6=30	24+37=61^[7]
Audrina & Tony	7	19	23	26^[3]	24+22=46	23	24+8=32^[7]
Florence & Corky	8	18	19	20	17+18=35	21^[7]
The Situation & Karina	9	15^[2]	18	20	12+16=28^[2]^[7]
Margaret & Louis	10	15^[2]	18	18^[2]^[7]
Michael & Chelsie	11	16	12^[2]^[7]
David & Kym	12	15^[2]^[7]

Notes

^Note 1 : Each couple each couple received two scores from the judges this week: one for technical and one for performance.
^Note 2 : This was the lowest score of the week.
^Note 3 : This was the highest score of the week.
^Note 4 : This couple finished in first place.
^Note 5 : This couple finished in second place.
^Note 6 : This couple finished in third place.
^Note 7 : This couple was eliminated.

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The highest and lowest performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows.

Dance	Highest scored dancer(s)	Highest score	Lowest scored dancer(s)	Lowest score
Argentine tango	Brandy	30	The Situation	12
Cha-cha-cha	Jennifer Grey	30	David Hasselhoff The Situation	15
Foxtrot	Brandy	28	Bristol Palin	19
Freestyle	Jennifer Grey	30	Bristol Palin	25
Jive	Kyle Massey	29	Michael Bolton	12
Paso doble	Jennifer Grey	30	Kurt Warner	18
Quickstep	Brandy Rick Fox Jennifer Grey	27	The Situation	18
Rumba	Jennifer Grey	30	Bristol Palin	14
Samba	Kyle Massey	29	Margaret Cho	18
Tango	Jennifer Grey	27	Florence Henderson	21
Viennese waltz	Jennifer Grey	30	Margaret Cho	15
Waltz	Jennifer Grey	30	Florence Henderson	20

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

Scores are based upon a potential 30-point maximum.

Couple	Highest scoring dance(s)	Lowest scoring dance(s)
Jennifer & Derek	Cha-cha-cha, Freestyle, Paso doble, Rumba, Viennese waltz & Waltz (30)	Paso doble (20)
Kyle & Lacey	Argentine tango, Freestyle, Jive & Samba (29)	Rumba (18)
Bristol & Mark	Cha-cha-cha, Jive & Paso doble (27)	Rumba (14)
Brandy & Maks	Argentine tango (30)	Jive (21)
Kurt & Anna	Cha-cha-cha, Quickstep, Tango & Waltz (24)	Rumba (15)
Rick & Cheryl	Quickstep (27)	Argentine tango (19)
Audrina & Tony	Waltz (26)	Cha-cha-cha (19)
Florence & Corky	Tango (21)	Rumba (17)
The Situation & Karina	Foxtrot (20)	Argentine tango (12)
Margaret & Louis	Jive & Samba (18)	Viennese waltz (15)
Michael & Chelsie	Viennese waltz (16)	Jive (12)
David & Kym	Cha-cha-cha (15)	Cha-cha-cha (15)

Weekly scores

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.