Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 1)

Dancing with the Stars (season 1)
Country	United States
Network	ABC
Original run	June 1, 2005 – July 13, 2005
No. of episodes	10
Celebrity winner	Kelly Monaco
Professional winner	Alec Mazo
Next season	2

The first season of the United States version of Dancing with the Stars debuted on ABC on June 1, 2005. Six celebrities were paired with six professional ballroom dancers. Tom Bergeron and Lisa Canning were the hosts for this season.

The premiere drew over 13 million viewers, the biggest summer debut ever for an American reality series.^[1] The second week climbed to 15 million viewers, and the show climbed to No. 1 in the summer 2005 TV season ratings, where it remained for the remainder of the season.^[2] The season finale aired July 6, 2005.

No couples scored "28" or "29" this season.

1 Couples
2 Judges' scoring summary
3 Highest and lowest scoring performances
4 Couples' highest and lowest scoring performances
5 Styles, scores and songs
6 Dance chart
7 References

Couples

The six professionals and celebrities that competed were:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status	Dance-Off
Trista Sutter	Reality Television Star	Louis Van Amstel	Eliminated 1st on June 8, 2005	Did not participate
Evander Holyfield	Professional Boxer	Edyta Śliwińska	Eliminated 2nd on June 13, 2005
Rachel Hunter	Supermodel	Jonathan Roberts	Eliminated 3rd on June 22, 2005
Joey McIntyre	Singer	Ashly DelGrosso	Third Place on June 29, 2005
John O'Hurley	Actor	Charlotte Jørgensen	Runner-Up on July 6, 2005	Winners on September 22, 2005
Kelly Monaco	Actress	Alec Mazo	Winners on July 6, 2005	Runner-Up on September 22, 2005

Judges' scoring summary

Contestant	Place	1	2	1+2	3	4	5	6	7 (Dance-off)
Kelly & Alec	1/2	13	17	30	21	26	22+25=47	25+30=55	25+24+25=74
John & Charlotte	2/1	20	26	46	24	21	27+27=54	27+27=54	22+30+25=77
Joey & Ashly	3	20	21	41	22	20	20+25=45
Rachel & Jonathan	4	20	24	44	26	25
Evander & Edyta	5	18	14	32	13
Trista & Louis	6	18	19	37

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.

indicates the couple(s) eliminated that week.

indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

indicates the winning couple.

indicates the runner-up couple.

indicates the third place couple.

indicates the couple who was the semifinal to be called safe.

Week 1: There was a three-way tie for the highest scoring couples: Joey & Ashly, John & Charlotte, and Rachel & Jonathan who all got 20/30 from the judges. Kelly & Alec were at the bottom with 13/30. There was no elimination this week.
Week 2: For the second week in a row, John & Charlotte were at the top of the judges board with 26/30. Evander & Edyta were at the bottom with 14/30. Week 1 and Week 2 scores were combined and John & Charlotte were at the top with 46/60. However, Kelly & Alec were at the bottom of the leaderboard with 30/60 despite having Evander & Edyta at the bottom this week. But, neither Kelly & Alec nor Evander & Edyta were in the bottom two. Rachel & Jonathan were shockingly in the bottom two despite being 14 points from the bottom. Also in the bottom two were Trista & Louis who were shockingly eliminated.
Week 3: Rachel & Jonathan were at the top of the leaderboard with 26/30 for their Tango. Evander & Edyta were at the bottom with 13/30 for their Jive. Joey & Ashly were found in the bottom two despite getting his first 8. Evander & Edyta were also in the bottom two and were eliminated.
Week 4: Kelly & Alec kept improving their scores this week all the way to the top with 26/30 for their Samba. Joey & Ashly were at the bottom with 20/30 also for their Samba. All the couples also danced a group Viennese Waltz which was not scored. Rachel & Jonathan and John & Charlotte were in the bottom two and Rachel & Jonathan were shockingly eliminated despite being second on the judges leaderboard.
Week 5: This week, all the couples danced two dances which were both scored. John & Charlotte got a 27/30 for both their dances giving them 54/60 and on top of the leaderboard. Kelly & Alec were in the middle with 47/60. Joey & Ashly were at the bottom with 45/60. Kelly & Alec and Joey & Ashly were in the bottom two and Joey & Ashly were eliminated as the third place couple. Joey Lawrence (Season 3), Cristian de la Fuente (Season 6), and Lance Bass (Season 7) became third place couples after McIntyre.
Week 6: In the finals, John & Charlotte were in the lead with 27/30 for their favorite dance of the season which was a Quickstep. Kelly & Alec got a 25/30 for their Samba putting them behind early. However, during the Freestyle round, John & Charlotte got a 27/30 again and Kelly & Alec got a 30/30. The only perfect score of the season. Kelly & Alec finished with 55/60 while John & Charlotte finished with 54/60. Kelly & Alec ended up winning over heavily favored John & Charlotte.
Week 7, Dance-Off: In a rematch of the original finals, Kelly & Alec were set to defend their title against John & Charlotte. For the first round, they both danced an unlearned Latin dance. Kelly & Alec went first and received a 25/30 for their Cha-cha-cha. John & Charlotte received a 22/30 for their Rumba. But things switched in the ballroom round. Kelly & Alec received a 24/30 for their Quickstep. But, John & Charlotte received their only perfect score and the second one of the competition for their Waltz. Then they both danced Freestyle. Both received 25/30 from the judges. Due to those scores, John & Charlotte won with 77/90 and Kelly & Alec with 74/90.

Highest and lowest scoring performances

Dance	Best Dancer	Best Score	Worst Dancer	Worst Score
Cha-Cha-Cha	Kelly Monaco	25	Evander Holyfield	18
Waltz	John O'Hurley	30	Kelly Monaco	13
Rumba	Rachel Hunter	24	Kelly Monaco	17
Quickstep	John O'Hurley	27	Evander Holyfield	14
Jive	Joey McIntyre	22	Evander Holyfield	13
Tango	Rachel Hunter	26	John O'Hurley	24
Samba	Kelly Monaco	26	Joey McIntyre	20
Paso Doble	John O'Hurley	27	Kelly Monaco Joey McIntyre	25
Foxtrot	John O'Hurley	27	Joey McIntyre	20
Week 6 Freestyle	Kelly Monaco	30	John O'Hurley	27
Dance-off Freestyle	Kelly Monaco John O'Hurley			25 (and best)

Couples' highest and lowest scoring performances

According to the traditional 30-point scale.

Couples	Highest Scoring Dances	Lowest Scoring Dances
Kelly & Alec	Freestyle (30)	Waltz (13)
John & Charlotte	Waltz (30)	Cha-Cha-Cha (20)
Joey & Ashly	Paso Doble (25)	Cha-Cha-Cha, Samba and Foxtrot (20)
Rachel & Jonathan	Tango (26)	Waltz (20)
Evander & Edyta	Cha-Cha-Cha (18)	Jive (13)
Trista & Louis	Rumba (19)	Waltz (18)