Dancing with the Stars returned for its twelfth season on March 21, 2011. Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Len Goodman returned to the show as judges, while Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke returned as hosts.
Professional football player Hines Ward won the competition over actress Kirstie Alley and Disney star Chelsea Kane, who took second and third, respectively.
Defending champion Derek Hough did not return due to other obligations.
This marks Kym Johnson's second mirror ball trophy win, also making her the first professional dancer to win after being eliminated first on the previous season.
Couples
The 11 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:
Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Result |
---|---|---|---|
"Psycho" Mike Catherwood | Radio Personality | Lacey Schwimmer | Eliminated 1st on March 29, 2011 |
Wendy Williams | Talk Show Host & Author | Tony Dovolani | Eliminated 2nd on April 5, 2011 |
Sugar Ray Leonard | Retired Boxing Legend | Anna Trebunskaya | Eliminated 3rd on April 12, 2011 |
Petra Němcová | Supermodel | Dmitry Chaplin | Eliminated 4th on April 19, 2011 |
Chris Jericho | WWE Champion & Downfall Host | Cheryl Burke | Eliminated 5th on April 26, 2011 |
Kendra Wilkinson | Model & Reality Star | Louis Van Amstel | Eliminated 6th on May 3, 2011 |
Romeo | Rapper & Actor | Chelsie Hightower | Eliminated 7th on May 10, 2011 |
Ralph Macchio | Actor | Karina Smirnoff | Eliminated 8th on May 17, 2011 |
Chelsea Kane | Disney Channel Star | Mark Ballas | Third place on May 24, 2011 |
Kirstie Alley | Actress | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | Runner-up on May 24, 2011 |
Hines Ward | Super Bowl MVP | Kym Johnson | Winner on May 24, 2011 |
Scoring chart
Couple | Place | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hines & Kym | 1 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 30+36=66 | 28+26=54 | 30+30+0=60 | 29+30+30=89 |
Kirstie & Maks | 2 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 30+30=60 | 28+25=53 | 27+27+0=54 | 27+27+30=84 |
Chelsea & Mark | 3 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30+34=64 | 29+26=55 | 28+30+15=73 | 29+30+30=89 |
Ralph & Karina | 4 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 30+36=66 | 25+21=46 | 25+23+0=48 | |
Romeo & Chelsie | 5 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 30+30=60 | 27+25=52 | ||
Kendra & Louis | 6 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 30+31=61 | |||
Chris & Cheryl | 7 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 22 | ||||
Petra & Dmitry | 8 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 25 | 23 | 22 | |||||
Sugar Ray & Anna | 9 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 20 | 21 | ||||||
Wendy & Tony | 10 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 15 | |||||||
"Psycho" Mike & Lacey | 11 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
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