Dancing with the Stars (US season 4)

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The fourth season of the United States edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 19, 2007 and is scheduled to air for ten weeks.

To avoid direct competition with Fox's American Idol, Dancing with the Stars changed time slots from the previous season. The performance show now airs on Mondays, and the results show on Tuesdays. No elimination was scheduled for the first week, in order to allow viewers two weeks to see all of the copules perform both Latin and Traditional ballroom dances.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

1 Couples
2 Changes
3 Judges' Scoring summary
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Couples

The 11 celebrities and professional dancers competing are:

Paulina Porizkova, former supermodel - partner Alec Mazo (eliminated first)
Shandi Finnessey, former Miss USA and game show host - partner Brian Fortuna (eliminated second)
Laila Ali, boxer - partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Billy Ray Cyrus, singer and actor - partner Karina Smirnoff
Clyde Drexler, NBA legend - partner Elena Grinenko
Joey Fatone, singer and actor - partner Kym Johnson
Leeza Gibbons, talk show host - partner Tony Dovolani
Heather Mills, charity campaigner (with a prosthetic leg)- partner Jonathan Roberts
Apolo Anton Ohno, Olympic speedskater - partner Julianne Hough
John Ratzenberger, actor - partner Edyta Sliwinska
Ian Ziering, actor - partner Cheryl Burke

[edit] Changes

There have already been some major changes, even before the start of the season:

Actor Vincent Pastore was originally announced as being partnered with Edyta Sliwinska, but pulled out after one week of rehearsals. In a statement, Pastore cited his inability to commit to the physical demands that result from the program. Actor John Ratzenberger was then chosen to replace him.^[1]. However, ESPN host Mike Greenberg had actively campaigned for Pastore's spot on the show.^[2]
Ashly DelGrosso-Costa, one of the regular dancers, announced that she also will not appear this season, in this case due to a pregnancy. Ashly was married to one of the show's field producers, Mike Costa, on October 21, 2006, and their child is due in July 2007.
Also, Louis van Amstel has written on his blog that he will not be dancing this season (because all the females partners are taller than him) but he will be active on the show as a professional dancer and choreographer for the show.^[3]

[edit] Judges' Scoring summary

Bold scores indicate the highest for that week. Italics indicate the lowest score.

Team	Weeks 1 & 2			Week 3 Apr. 2	Week 4 Apr. 9	Week 5 Apr. 16	Week 6 Apr. 23	Week 7 Apr. 30	Week 8 May 7	Week 9 May 14	Week 10 May 21
Team	Mar. 19	Mar. 26	Total	Week 3 Apr. 2	Week 4 Apr. 9	Week 5 Apr. 16	Week 6 Apr. 23	Week 7 Apr. 30	Week 8 May 7	Week 9 May 14	Week 10 May 21
Ali/Chmerkovskiy	23 Foxtrot	27 Mambo	50	21 Tango	21 Paso Doble
Cyrus/Smirnoff	13 Cha-cha-cha	21 Quickstep	34	21 Tango	21 Paso Doble
Drexler/Grinenko	16 Cha-cha-cha	18 Quickstep	34	16 Jive	15 Waltz
Fatone/Johnson	24 Cha-cha-cha	24 Quickstep	48	24 Tango	28 Paso Doble
Gibbons/Dovolani	15 Foxtrot	21 Mambo	36	24 Tango Bottom two	16 Paso Doble
Mills/Roberts	18 Foxtrot	24 Mambo	42	24 Jive	23 Waltz
Ohno/Hough	21 Cha-cha-cha	26 Quickstep	47	23 Jive	26 Waltz
Ratzenberger/Sliwinska	17 Cha-cha-cha	21 Quickstep	38	20 Tango	16 Paso Doble
Ziering/Burke	21 Cha-cha-cha	22 Quickstep	43	24 Jive	24 Waltz
Finnessey/Fortuna	19 Foxtrot	20 Mambo	39 Bottom two	21 Jive Eliminated
Porizkova/Mazo	19 Foxtrot	21 Mambo	40 Eliminated