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Season fifteen of Dancing with the Stars, called Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars, premiered on September 24, 2012, on the ABC network. Season 15 was the first to feature an "all-star" cast of returning celebrities.
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The fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars (also known as Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars) premiered 24 September 2012.
The season featured thirteen returning couples, deemed an "all-star cast".
Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke returned as hosts. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba all returned as judges.
The dance styles Bollywood and Disco were introduced, and Rock 'n' Roll returned.
The names of twelve returning celebrities were revealed 27 July 2012. All twelve professionals from Season 14 returned. A thirteenth contestant was chosen by the public from among Sabrina Bryan, Kyle Massey, or Carson Kressley. Bryan was announced the winner 27 August 2012 over Kressley and Massey. Louis van Amstel was partnered with Bryan, while the professional partners for the first twelve celebrities were revealed 13 August. Mark Ballas and Cheryl Burke were the professionals with the most returning partners (three) and each reunited with one. Five contestants reunited with their original partners, while the other eight danced with new ones.
The returning members of the dance troupe for this season were Oksana Dmytrenko, Emma Slater, Sharna Burgess, Henry Byalikov, and Sasha Farber. Sonny Fredie-Pedersen replaced Kiki Nyemchek.
This season is the only one to offer fractional (0.5) scores.
This is the first season where a couple performed a style of dance that no other couple performed: the waltz, danced only by Sabrina Bryan and Louis van Amstel.
Judge's Scoring SummaryAverage Scoring ChartHighest- and Lowest-Scoring PerformancesCouples' Highest- and Lowest-Scoring DancesWeek 1: First DancesWeek 2: Top 12Week 3: Iconic Dances Week•Celebrities chose an iconic routine from the previous fourteen seasons and performed it but tried to make it as "iconic" as it was previously. •There was also a double-elimination. Two couples were "in jeopardy" halfway through the hour, two more at the end, with one couple of each pair eliminated.Week 4: Opponents' Choice Week•All of the celebrities chose a dance style for one of their opponents, as well as getting their style of dance chosen by a fellow competitor. •Paula Abdul served as guest judge. •Hélio & Chelsie would have danced Broadway, chosen by Shawn & Derek, had they not been eliminated.•The finale marked the first time three female celebrities competed head-to-head for the Mirrorball Trophy.
•Mark Ballas and Cheryl Burke were the professionals with the most returning partners (three) and each reunited with one.
•Season 8 saw the most returning contestants, with three of the thirteen contestants coming from that season.
•This was the third season in a row a couple was eliminated Week 3 after scoring a 24. In the two neighboring seasons that week, that was 1 point away from the lead, excluding the prom king and queen voting in Season 16.
•Sabrina Bryan has now performed the same amount of traditional multiple judge score dances as Joanna Krupa from Season 9.
•This was the first season where Valentin Chmerkovskiy outlasted his brother, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, thus marking the first win for Val of the so-noted "battle of the brothers" back in season 13 when he debuted.
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