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| Dancing with the Stars | |
|---|---|
| Season 14 | |
_season_14&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:DancingSeason14.jpg) Promotional poster, featuring pro dancers Kym Johnson and Tristan MacManus | |
| Hosted by | |
| Judges | |
| Celebrity winner | Donald Driver |
| Professional winner | Peta Murgatroyd |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | March 19 – May 22, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
Season fourteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 19, 2012, on the ABC network.
Starting the week of April 16, and for the next two weeks after that, the bottom two couples competed in a dance duel. Both couples performed at the same time, at which point the judges decided who would be eliminated that week.[1]
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd won the competition over British classical singer Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas, who finished second, and Cuban-American Telenovela star William Levy and Cheryl Burke, who finished third.
This season introduced "Ballroom Battles" where Cheryl Burke, Mark Ballas, Louis van Amstel, Lacey Schwimmer, Karina Smirnoff, and Tony Dovolani trained a pair of amateur dancers to compete against other amateur couples. The teams of Burke, Dovolani, and van Amstel competed in the final stage by performing a jive. Burke's team were named the champions by the judges with Dovolani's and van Amstel's teams taking second and third places respectively.[2]
- ^ Yahr, Emily (April 4, 2012). "'Dancing With the Stars' 2012: One couple leaves, and the competition gets a new twist". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ "'Dancing With The Stars' results show: Find out who went home - 05/08/2012 | Entertainment News from". OnTheRedCarpet.com. May 1, 2012. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.