Country of origin United States Original network ABC Professional winner Derek Hough | No. of episodes 19 Celebrity winner Nicole Scherzinger | |
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Original release March 22 – May 25, 2010 | ||
Season ten of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 22, 2010. There was not an elimination the first week of competition. The first elimination took place on March 30. Singer Nicole Scherzinger won the competition.
Contents
- Couples
- Scoring chart
- Averages
- Highest and lowest scoring performances
- Couples highest and lowest scoring dances
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3 Story telling Week
- Week 4 Double score Showdown
- Week 5 Movie Night
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8 Race to the Semifinals
- Week 9 Semifinals
- Week 10 Finals
- Dance chart
- Guest performances on results episodes
- College dance championship
- References
Samantha Harris did not return as co-host for this season, due to her expanded correspondent duties on The Insider and Entertainment Tonight. On March 8, 2010, Tom Bergeron announced on Good Morning America that his new co-host is season seven champion Brooke Burke. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba continued as the judges this season.
Season ten had 11 contestants. Damian Whitewood, from the Broadway dance revue Burn the Floor, joined the list of professionals this season. Ashly DelGrosso Costa, whose last season as a pro was season three, returned, and Edyta Śliwińska continued as the longest tenured professional on the show, having appeared on the first ten seasons. This is the second season since season 5 that none of the couples scored a perfect 30 in the first night of the finals, and so far the first and only season where none of the couples got a 10 in the freestyle dances.
This season, the Results Show was moved to 8 pm on Tuesdays instead of the usual 9 pm slot. This season also features other changes such as the "red room" being inside of the ballroom, enclosed by glass walls (affectionately referred to as "The Celebriquarium" by Bergeron), a balcony with a railing where the cast can stand and watch the performances live rather than on a monitor, and theme nights. Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger won the competition over Olympic Gold Medalist Evan Lysacek and ESPN Sportscaster Erin Andrews, who took second and third, respectively.
Couples
The 11 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:
Pamela Anderson returned for the All-Stars season, where this time she was paired with Tristan MacManus. They were the first pair eliminated, finishing 13th overall.Scoring chart
Red numbers indicates the lowest score for each week. Green numbers indicates the highest score for each week. indicates the couple eliminated that week. indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two. indicates the returning couple that was the last to be called safe. indicates the winning couple. indicates the runner-up couple. indicates the third-place couple.Averages
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale (the scores for the Swing Marathon from week 6 are not included). The scoring from week four counts as two dances.
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:
Pamela Anderson & Shannen Doherty are the only stars not to land on this list.
Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances
According to the traditional 30-point scale (team dances not included):
Week 1
Unless indicated otherwise, 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.
Week 2
Week 3: Story-telling Week
Week 4: Double-score Showdown
Week 5: Movie Night
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8: Race to the Semifinals
Week 9: Semifinals
Week 10: Finals
Dance chart
Guest performances on results episodes
In addition to recapping the week's earlier performances by the competitors, each results show features one or more guest musical performers/acts who perform at least one song. During each song, the Dancing with the Stars dance troupe or guest dancers perform a choreographed dance. Unless otherwise noted, the Dancing with the Stars dance troupe performed during the musical number.
The The Beach Boys featuring John Stamos performed "California Girls", "Kokomo", and "Fun, Fun, Fun", accompanied by dancers Cheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ashly Costa, Anna Trebunskaya, Louis van Amstel and Damian Whitewood.
The Macy's Stars of Dance segment featured Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine with Haitian dancers.
Reba McEntire performed "I Want a Cowboy" (featuring Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Snejana Petrova and Edyta Śliwińska) and "Consider Me Gone" (with Dmitry Chaplin and Lacey Schwimmer dancing). Mark Ballas performed "Malagueña" while Chelsie Hightower and Derek Hough danced.
Sade sang "Babyfather" while Chelsie Hightower and Damian Whitewood danced, and also sang "The Sweetest Taboo" (featuring her own dancers).
The Macy's Stars of Dance segment featured Nuttin' But Stringz and Tiler Peck with other dancers.
Maxwell performed "Fistful of Tears" while Teddy Forance and Tyne Stecklein danced. Debi Nova performed "Drummer Boy", featuring dancing by Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani, Derek Hough and Damian Whitewood.
The Macy's Stars of Dance segment featured Iconic Movies dance by Marguerite Derricks with Debbie Allen.
Melissa Etheridge performed two songs: "Fearless Love" (with Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Tony Dovolani, Chelsie Hightower and Anna Trebunskaya dancing) and "Come to My Window" (featuring a dance by Alec Mazo and Edyta Śliwińska). Benise performed "Salsa Salsa" featuring his own dancers.
Train performed "Hey, Soul Sister" while Mark Ballas, Cheryl Burke, Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani, Chelsie Hightower and Lacey Schwimmer danced, and also performed "Drops of Jupiter", which featured dancing by Karina Smirnoff and Louis van Amstel.
The Macy's Stars of Dance segment featured Viva Elvis by Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil.
Gipsy Kings performed two songs: "You've Got A Friend In Me" (featuring dancing by Cheryl Burke, Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani and Kym Johnson), and "Bamboleo", which featured DJ Guthrie, Tyne Stecklein and two other guest professional dancers.
Sarah McLachlan sang both "Angel" (with Jonathan Roberts and Anna Trebunskaya dancing) and "Loving You is Easy" (featuring dancing by Dmitry Chaplin, Kym Johnson, Lacey Schwimmer, and Damian Whitewood). Miley Cyrus performed "Can't Be Tamed" featuring her own dancers.
For the May 18th "Design a Dance" performance, viewers had voted in the weeks beforehand about what former female celebrity they wanted to do the dance (Melissa Rycroft), what former male celebrity they wanted to do the dance (Joey Fatone), and what song they wanted the couple's Tango to be to ("Rock and Roll All Nite" by Kiss). Also, Dancing with the Stars held an online contest where viewers could submit their drawings for outfits for the performance. The viewers then also voted for a set of costumes picked by the show's designers. The winner was Emilio Oh. His designs were turned into the costumes for Fatone and Rycroft, and he won a trip to the show.
College dance championship
Four colleges were featured in a tournament-style competition. Three individual episodes featured two colleges competing against each other in a one-dance showdown. The judges provided individual scores following each performance.
On May 11, 2010, UC San Diego (dancing the Samba) competed against Purdue (dancing the Mambo). Purdue advanced to the finals, with viewer votes offsetting their 24 to 22 deficit in judges' scores. The May 18 episode featured Rutgers and Utah Valley. Both teams danced the Cha-cha-cha, and Utah Valley won the dance-off with their score of 29 over Rutgers' 21. In the finals (on May 25), Utah Valley (dancing the Samba) topped Purdue (who danced the Cha-cha-cha) for the championship.