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Season 2

(2006)

Overview

The second season of the U.S. edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on the ABC network on January 5, 2006, and ended February 24, 2006. This season expanded to ten couples from six in the previous season. Season two expanded each program from an hour to 90 minutes, and added an hour-long results show the following night. Two couples were declared safe in an earlier portion of the show, the remaining couples were then named off until only the bottom two were left.

Cast

Tom Bergeron as Self - Host
Tom Bergeron

as Self - Host

Carrie Ann Inaba as Self - Judge
Carrie Ann Inaba

as Self - Judge

Bruno Tonioli as Self - Judge
Bruno Tonioli

as Self - Judge

Samantha Harris as Self - Host
Samantha Harris

as Self - Host

Len Goodman as Self - Judge
Len Goodman

as Self - Judge

Andrea Hale as Self - Partner: Kenny Mayne
Andrea Hale

as Self - Partner: Kenny Mayne

Nick Kosovich as Self - Partner: Tatum O'Neal
Nick Kosovich

as Self - Partner: Tatum O'Neal

Jonathan Roberts as Self - Partner: Giselle Fernandez
Jonathan Roberts

as Self - Partner: Giselle Fernandez

Ashly DelGrosso as Self - Partner: Master P
Ashly DelGrosso

as Self - Partner: Master P

Maksim Chmerkovskiy as Self - Partner: Tia Carrere
Maksim Chmerkovskiy

as Self - Partner: Tia Carrere

Edyta Śliwińska as Self - Partner: George Hamilton
Edyta Śliwińska

as Self - Partner: George Hamilton

Louis Van Amstel as Self - Partner: Lisa Rinna
Louis Van Amstel

as Self - Partner: Lisa Rinna

Tony Dovolani as Self - Partner: Stacy Keibler
Tony Dovolani

as Self - Partner: Stacy Keibler

Anna Trebunskaya as Self - Partner: Jerry Rice
Anna Trebunskaya

as Self - Partner: Jerry Rice

Cheryl Burke as Self - Partner: Drew Lachey
Cheryl Burke

as Self - Partner: Drew Lachey

Episodes

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January 5, 2006

Meet the new celebrity dance contestants and their professional dance partners. The women perform the Waltz and the men…

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January 6, 2006

Kenny Mayne & dance partner Andrea Hale are voted of the show. Burt Bacharach performs.

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January 12, 2006

With one couple out of the game , the other nine couples perform the Quickstep and Rumba.

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January 13, 2006

Tatum O'Neal was the next star voted out. Jesse McCartney performs.

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January 19, 2006

The eight remaining celebrities must dance the Jive and the Tango in order not to be the next ones sent home.

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January 20, 2006

Giselle Fernandez and Jonathan Roberts are voted off the show. The Style Elements Crew performs.

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January 26, 2006

Tonight's featured dances were the Foxtrot and the Paso Doble. According to judge Len Goodman, the Foxtrot should be an…

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January 27, 2006

Master P and Ashly Delgrosso are voted off the show finally. The Pussycat Dolls strutted their stuff singing their hit …

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February 2, 2006

With P. Miller out of the game the real competion begins. Each team must perform two dances each - individual couple S…

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February 3, 2006

The dancing couple of Tia Carrere & Maksim Chmerkovskiy are voted out of the competion. Barry Manilow performed three s…

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February 9, 2006

With Tia out now, the five remaining stars must again learn two dance routines in order to maintain their shot at the t…

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February 10, 2006

Former Righteous Brother Bill Medley will be performing his Oscar-winning hit "(I've Had) The Time of Life" from the mo…

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February 16, 2006

George Hamilton has left the floor. The final four couples must battle it out in the semifinals with two dances they've…

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February 17, 2006

Lisa Rinna & Louis van Amstel are voted off the show. Michael Bublé performs "For Once in My Life" and "The Way You Lo…

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February 23, 2006

With Lisa Rinna out, the other three stars are left to battle it out in the finals. Each couple must dance two dances, …

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February 26, 2006

Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke are crowned Dancing with the stars champion. Also Mary J. Blige perfroms two of her hit s…