Country of origin United States Original network ABC Celebrity winner Kelly Monaco | No. of episodes 8 Original release June 1 – July 6, 2005 Professional winner Alec Mazo | |
The first season of Dancing with the Stars (U.S.) 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 judges were Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli
Contents
- Couples
- Scoring chart
- Average chart
- Highest and lowest scoring performances
- Couples highest and lowest scoring performances
- Weekly scores and songs
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6 Finale
- Dance off
- Dance chart
- References
The premiere drew over 13 million viewers, the second biggest summer debut ever for an American reality series after Survivor. 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. The season finale aired July 6, 2005.
Couples
The six professionals and celebrities that competed were:
†Kelly Monaco returned for the All-Stars season, where this time she was paired with Valentin Chmerkovskiy. They finished third.Scoring chart
indicates the eliminated couple that week indicates the returning couple that was last to be called safe indicates the winning couple indicates the runner-up couple indicates the third place couple Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each weekAverage chart
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-point scale.
Highest and lowest scoring performances
Trista Sutter is the only star to not land on this list
Couples' highest and lowest scoring performances
According to the traditional 30-point scale.
Weekly scores and songs
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores given in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.