Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 2

*Dancing with the Stars*
Dancing with the Stars
Season 2
	Promotional poster, featuring pro dancers Anna Trebunskaya and Jonathan Roberts
Hosted by	Tom Bergeron; Samantha Harris;
Judges	Carrie Ann Inaba; Len Goodman; Bruno Tonioli;
Celebrity winner	Drew Lachey
Professional winner	Cheryl Burke
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 5 –; February 26, 2006
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 1 Next →; Season 3

Season two of Dancing with the Stars premiered on January 5, 2006, on the ABC network.

Quick Facts Hosted by, Judges ...

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This season expanded each episode from an hour to 90 minutes, and added an hour-long results show the following night.

On February 26, 98 Degrees singer Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke were crowned the champions,^[1] while San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice and Anna Trebunskaya finished in second place, and WWE wrestler Stacy Keibler and Tony Dovolani finished third.

Couples

This season featured ten celebrity contestants. Rapper Romeo was scheduled to appear this season, but suffered an injury before the first show and was replaced by his father, Master P.^[2] All of the professionals dancers from season one, with the exception of Alec Mazo and Charlotte Jørgensen, returned for season two.

More information Celebrity, Notability ...

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Status
Kenny Mayne	ESPN anchorman	Andrea Hale	Eliminated 1st on January 6, 2006
Tatum O'Neal	Film actress	Nick Kosovich	Eliminated 2nd on January 13, 2006
Giselle Fernandez	Television journalist	Jonathan Roberts	Eliminated 3rd on January 20, 2006
Master P	Rapper & entrepreneur	Ashly DelGrosso	Eliminated 4th on January 27, 2006
Tia Carrere	Actress & model	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Eliminated 5th on February 3, 2006
George Hamilton	Actor	Edyta Śliwińska	Eliminated 6th on February 10, 2006
Lisa Rinna	Television actress & host	Louis van Amstel	Eliminated 7th on February 17, 2006
Stacy Keibler	WWE Diva	Tony Dovolani	Third place on February 26, 2006
Jerry Rice	NFL wide receiver	Anna Trebunskaya	Runners-up on February 26, 2006
Drew Lachey	98 Degrees singer	Cheryl Burke	Winners on February 26, 2006

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Future appearances

Drew Lachey returned for the All-Stars season, where he was paired with Anna Trebunskaya.^[3]

Hosts and judges

Tom Bergeron returned as host, while Samantha Harris replaced Lisa Canning as co-host. Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges.

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).

Color key:

Winners

Runners-up

Third place

Bottom two

Eliminated

More information Couple, Pl. ...

*Dancing with the Stars* (season 2) - Weekly scores
Couple	Pl.	Week
Couple	Pl.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Drew & Cheryl	1st	24†	27	27†	28†	27	30†	26+29=55†	30+30+27=87†^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Jerry & Anna	2nd	21	23	19	24	23	23‡	20+21=41‡	26+27+27=80‡^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Stacy & Tony	3rd	22	29†	27†	26	30†	30†	27+28=55†	30+26+30=86^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Lisa & Louis	4th	19	20	25	26	25	27^{[lower-alpha 4]}	26+27=53^{[lower-alpha 5]}
George & Edyta	5th	18	22	22^{[lower-alpha 4]}	21	24^{[lower-alpha 4]}	23‡^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Tia & Maks	6th	20^{[lower-alpha 4]}	22	26	25^{[lower-alpha 4]}	22‡^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Master P & Ashly	7th	12‡	16‡^{[lower-alpha 4]}	14‡	8‡^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Giselle & Jonathan	8th	23	24	22^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Tatum & Nick	9th	23	17^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Kenny & Andrea	10th	13^{[lower-alpha 5]}

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Notes

This couple finished in first place.
This couple finished in second place.
This couple finished in third place.
This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
This couple was eliminated.

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 1

Each couple performed either the cha-cha-cha or the waltz. Couples are listed in the order they performed.