Dancing with the Stars Season 2

Synopsis

The second season of the U.S. edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on the ABC network on January 5, 2006, and ended February 24, 2006. This season expanded to ten couples from six in the previous season. Season two expanded each program from an hour to 90 minutes, and added an hour-long results show the following night. Two couples were declared safe in an earlier portion of the show, the remaining couples were then named off until only the bottom two were left.

Main Cast

Tom Bergeron

Self - Host

Age : 68 | Popularity : 6%

Carrie Ann Inaba

Self - Judge

Age : 56 | Popularity : 5%

Bruno Tonioli

Self - Judge

Age : 68 | Popularity : 4%

Samantha Harris

Self - Host

Age : 50 | Popularity : 5%

Len Goodman

Self - Judge

Age : 79 | Popularity : 8%

Andrea Hale

Self - Partner: Kenny Mayne

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Nick Kosovich

Self - Partner: Tatum O'Neal

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jonathan Roberts

Self - Partner: Giselle Fernandez

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Episodes

Episode 1

05 January 2006 - Episode 201

Meet the new celebrity dance contestants and their professional dance partners. The women perform the Waltz and the men perform the Cha Cha.

Episode 2

06 January 2006 - Episode 201A

Kenny Mayne & dance partner Andrea Hale are voted of the show. Burt Bacharach performs.

Episode 3

12 January 2006 - Episode 202

With one couple out of the game , the other nine couples perform the Quickstep and Rumba.

Episode 4

13 January 2006 - Episode 202A

Tatum O'Neal was the next star voted out. Jesse McCartney performs.

Episode 5

19 January 2006 - Episode 203

The eight remaining celebrities must dance the Jive and the Tango in order not to be the next ones sent home.

Episode 6

20 January 2006 - Episode 203A

Giselle Fernandez and Jonathan Roberts are voted off the show. The Style Elements Crew performs.

Episode 7

26 January 2006 - Episode 204

Tonight's featured dances were the Foxtrot and the Paso Doble. According to judge Len Goodman, the Foxtrot should be an elegant dance filled with gentle rises and falls. The Paso Doble is the most theatrical dance in ballroom, best known thanks to the fantastic film, Strictly Ballroom. In the Paso Doble, the man must portray the arrogant, macho matador and the woman acts as his cape.

Episode 8

27 January 2006 - Episode 204A

Master P and Ashly Delgrosso are voted off the show finally. The Pussycat Dolls strutted their stuff singing their hit single, "Don't Cha." They treated viewers to a performance of their single "Sway," as professional dancers Jonathan Roberts and Anna Trebunskaya danced the Cha Cha.

Episode 9

02 February 2006 - Episode 205

With P. Miller out of the game the real competion begins. Each team must perform two dances each - individual couple Sambas and then a Group Salsa.

Episode 10

03 February 2006 - Episode 205A

The dancing couple of Tia Carrere & Maksim Chmerkovskiy are voted out of the competion. Barry Manilow performed three songs. The 2005 World Mambo champions perform.

Episode 11

09 February 2006 - Episode 206

With Tia out now, the five remaining stars must again learn two dance routines in order to maintain their shot at the trophy. They perform the Jive, Tango, Paso Doble, Quickstep, and the Rumba.

Episode 12

10 February 2006 - Episode 206A

Former Righteous Brother Bill Medley will be performing his Oscar-winning hit "(I've Had) The Time of Life" from the movie "Dirty Dancing," Medley will be joined by his daughter, McKenna Medley, as professional dancers Cheryl Burke and Tony Dovolani recreate Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's memorable routine. In addition, backed by a choir, New Zealand born Natasha Bedingfield will dazzle us with a performance of her latest single, "Unwritten." And though he may be out of the competition, Maksim Chmerkovskiy's dance teachings live on in a performance by his students - Sergey Onik, Michelle Glazarov, Valeria Kazherinova, Nicole Volynets, Valentin Chmerkivskiy and Boris Leokumovich -- who will be dancing the Jive to "Mambo #5."

Episode 13

16 February 2006 - Episode 207

George Hamilton has left the floor. The final four couples must battle it out in the semifinals with two dances they've never done before. Who will make it to the finals?

Episode 14

17 February 2006 - Episode 207A

Lisa Rinna & Louis van Amstel are voted off the show. Michael Bublé performs "For Once in My Life" and "The Way You Look Tonight." This week he serenades audiences on the "Dancing with the Stars" stage with his rendition of "Save the Last Dance for Me" from his latest album, "It's Time," as professional dancers Alec Mazo and Edyta Sliwinska dance the cha cha. He also accompanies professional dancers Nick Kosovich and Andrea Hale who dance the foxtrot as he sings "Moondance" off his highly successful sophomore album, "Come Fly with Me." Host Tom Bergeron will join Master P's former partner, Ashly Delgrosso, in a heroic attempt at the quickstep.

Episode 15

23 February 2006 - Episode 208

With Lisa Rinna out, the other three stars are left to battle it out in the finals. Each couple must dance two dances, which will include a freestyle dance. Also Samantha Harris Makes her Ballroom Dancing Debut.

Episode 16

26 February 2006 - Episode 208A

Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke are crowned Dancing with the stars champion. Also Mary J. Blige perfroms two of her hit singles and all the celebrity dancers are back to perform one last time.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Kim Kilbey Joe Sungkur Natalee Watts Michael Brooks Victoria Guinto Erin O'Brien Matilda Zoltowski Marcy Walton Jonty Nash John Birkitt Josh Firosz Tara West Ashley Edens Renana Barkan Deena Katz Daniel Martin Rob Wade Josh Figgs Drew Seltzer Izzie Pick Ashley Shea Landers Peter Hebri
	Executive Producer	Conrad Green Rob Wade Richard Hopkins
Department	Role	Name

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