Country of origin United States Original network ABC Professional winner Julianne Hough | No. of episodes 21 Celebrity winner Hélio Castroneves | |
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Original release September 24 – November 27, 2007 | ||
Season five of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 24, 2007 with a special three-night premiere week. The season ended on November 27, 2007. As with previous seasons, CTV Television Network had aired the series in Canada.
Contents
- Couples
- Scoring chart
- Highest and lowest scoring performances
- Weekly scores and songs
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8
- Week 9
- Week 10
- Dance chart
- Tour
- References
The show was hosted by Tom Bergeron, with returning judges Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba. Co-host Samantha Harris gave birth on September 23, 2007; during her leave of absence season two champion Drew Lachey served as co-host. On October 15, 2007 Harris returned to the show.
The most popular lowest score per round was "24". Eight were given to couples that landed in the bottom of the leader board.
On August 29, 2007, the celebrity cast was announced on Good Morning America by host Tom Bergeron, judge Carrie Ann Inaba, and reigning celebrity champion Apolo Anton Ohno.
Couples
The 12 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:
†Hélio Castroneves and Sabrina Bryan returned for the All-Stars season, where this time Castroneves was paired with Chelsie Hightower and Bryan was paired with Louis van Amstel. Castroneves and Bryan finished 10th and 8th, respectively.Scoring chart
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 couples eliminated that week. indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two. indicates the returning couple was the last to be called safe (they may or may have not been in the bottom two). indicates the winning couple. indicates the runner-up couple. indicates the third-place couple.Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:
Weekly scores and songs
Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Dance chart
Tour
The third tour started in Seattle, Washington on December 18, 2007, and ended in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 10, 2008. The pairs performing in the tour were: