Louis van Amstel

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|06|23}}

| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| nationality = Dutch American

| citizenship = American

| occupation = Dancer, choreographer

| years_active = 2005–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Joshua Lancaster|2017|2023|reason=divorced}}

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Louis van Amstel (born June 23, 1972, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch ballroom dance champion,{{Cite web |url=http://www.dancevision.com/instructors/louis_van_amstel |title=Louis Van Amstel profile |access-date=2006-07-29 |archive-date=2011-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014044532/http://dancevision.com/instructors/louis_van_amstel/ |url-status=dead }} professional dancer, and choreographer who appears on the American reality television series Dancing with the Stars.[http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancing/bios/2/louis_van_amstel.html Dancing With The Stars website]

Early life

Louis van Amstel was born in Amsterdam; his grandparents were competitive ballroom dancers. He began dancing at 10 and entered competitions at 15. He stopped attending school at 16 to pursue dancing full-time.[http://dancingwithlouis.com/images/bio.pdf dancingwithlouis.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708223608/http://dancingwithlouis.com/images/bio.pdf |date=July 8, 2011 }}

Career

=Early career=

Van Amstel competed professionally with Julie Fryer. They were coached by Ruud Vermeij. In 1990, Van Amstel and Fryer became Dutch Latin Champions and 10 Dance Champions. They also made the final in the 'under 21' category in Blackpool. During the same year, they received a bronze medal at the German Open, at the World Latin and at the European 10 Dance. In the Worlds 10 Dance Championship, Van Amstel and Fryer got fourth place.

In 1991, Van Amstel and Fryer won the national championships for the second time, and got fourth place in all major championships. A year later, Van Amstel decided that he wanted to retire from competing for a while and ended his partnership with Fryer for the first time. Three years later, in 1994, the partnership was re-established, and Van Amstel and Fryer went on to win three world Latin Dance championship gold medals in 1994, 1995 and 1996.

In 1997, Van Amstel retired from competitive ballroom dancing, moved to New York City, and became an American citizen in July 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/ARTICLE.php?AID=26345|title=Dancing with the Stars' Louis Van Amstel on Kate Gosselin and his sexuality|work=Windy City Media Group|first=Andrew|last=Davis|date=April 28, 2010|accessdate=July 24, 2011}} He returned to competitive dancing with partner Karina Smirnoff; they won the United States national championship in 2000.

=''Dancing with the Stars''=

Van Amstel was cast for season one of Dancing with the Stars in early 2005. He was partnered with Trista Sutter, but they were the first to be eliminated from the competition. In the show's second season, he was partnered with hostess Lisa Rinna, with whom he reached fourth place.

Van Amstel returned in season three and was partnered with High School Musical star Monique Coleman. During the eighth week of the competition, they received two 10s for their Cha-Cha-Cha marking Van Amstel's only 10s of Dancing with the Stars for an individual dance for many seasons to come. They made it to the semi-finals, but were eliminated, resulting in a fourth-place finish. He did not participate in the fourth season due to all the females being taller than him, but he nonetheless maintained a role as a performer and choreographer throughout the season and season five.

He returned in season six and was partnered with actress, businesswoman, and wife of Elvis Presley, Priscilla Presley. The couple made it to the fifth week, but were eliminated, resulting in an eighth-place finish.

He returned in season nine and was partnered with reality TV star and singer Kelly Osbourne. The couple made it to the finale where they finished in third place, marking Van Amstel's first and only time to make it to the finals to date. In season ten of Dancing with the Stars, Van Amstel was partnered with Reno 911! star Niecy Nash. The couple made it to the eighth week, but were eliminated, resulting in a fifth-place finish.

For season eleven of Dancing with the Stars, Van Amstel was partnered with actress and comedian Margaret Cho. The couple made it to the third week, but were eliminated, resulting in a tenth-place finish. Van Amstel appeared in Cho's comedy music album Cho Dependent as her therapist. In July 2011, he appeared alongside Cho as himself in the fourth episode of the third season of Drop Dead Diva.

For the show's twelfth season, Van Amstel was partnered with playboy model and reality star Kendra Wilkinson. During the fifth week in the competition, they danced the 1000th competitive dance. The couple made it to the seventh week, but were eliminated, resulting in a sixth-place finish. Wilkinson later published her book, Being Kendra, in which she said she and van Amstel clashed constantly and that he called her dyslexic and learning disabled. Van Amstel denied the comments, calling her book "twisted". Nevertheless, Van Amstel made two appearances on Wilkinson's reality shows Kendra and Kendra on Top, though Wilkinson described their encounters as "awkward".

Van Amstel returned for season 15 of Dancing with the Stars, the All Stars season, and was partnered with former contestant, Sabrina Bryan. In the sixth week of the competition, the pair scored the first perfect 30 of the season. This was also Van Amstel's first perfect score ever after nine seasons on Dancing with the Stars. The couple made it to the sixth week, but were eliminated, despite being at the top of the leaderboard, resulting in an eighth-place finish. This was also the same week that Bryan was shockingly eliminated in her original season. In Week 8, Van Amstel was chosen by Kelly Monaco and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy to be their partner in their trio dance.

Van Amstel was not asked back for season 16 of Dancing with the Stars.{{cite tweet|user=LouisVanAmstel|author=Louis van Amstel|number=306086503891734528|date=25 February 2013|title=U guys might have done the math I'm not doing season 16 of DWTS. Good luck to all pros!}}

On September 2, 2015, he was announced as a pro for season 21 after a 5-season hiatus. He was paired with celebrity chef, Paula Deen.{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/cast-announcement|title=Dancing with the Stars Season 21 Cast Announcement|work=ABC|date=September 2, 2015|accessdate=September 2, 2015}} They were eliminated on week 6 of competition and finished in 9th place.

Van Amstel returned to the show for season 31. He was partnered with actress Cheryl Ladd.{{Cite web |title=Dancing with the Stars: Teresa Giudice, Wayne Brady, Selma Blair and More Celebs Join Season 31 |url=https://people.com/tv/dancing-with-the-stars-season-31-cast-reveal/ |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}

=Other work=

During his time off from Dancing with the Stars, Van Amstel set up a not-for-profit dance company called "Visionworx Dance Theater," which combines all four major dance forms. He also choreographed and appeared on numerous TV shows such as The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Hannah Montana, and All My Children.

After season six of Dancing with the Stars, Van Amstel was asked to create and choreograph a show called Ballroom with a Twist, which featured a rotating cast of dancers. The show also featured former American Idol contestants including David Hernandez and Carly Smithson. Ballroom With a Twist toured in theaters around the country. Van Amstel is no longer associated with the show.

He choreographed seven dances on season 5 of So You Think You Can Dance. Three of the seven dances made it to the finale and were mentioned as the judges' favorite picks at the Kodak theater in Hollywood. He continued choreographing in seasons 6, 7, and 8. {{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

Van Amstel runs a dance fitness program, LaBlast. LaBlast DVDs were released in early 2012. During the summer of that year, Van Amstel started a fitness clothing line, branded LVA.

In fall 2014, Van Amstel was seen as a judge on the Dutch show Celebrity Pole Dancing, a show where Dutch celebrities are taught how to pole dance and perform.

Personal life

Van Amstel is openly gay. However, he does not explicitly use the word "gay" because he does not want to be stigmatized. On January 8, 2017, Van Amstel married his long-time boyfriend Joshua Lancaster in Sundance, Utah.{{cite web|url=http://people.com/tv/dwts-louis-van-amstel-married/|title=Dancing with the Stars' Louis van Amstel marries Joshua Lancaster in Winter Wonderland wedding|last=Gomez|first=Patrick|date=January 8, 2017|accessdate=July 4, 2017|work=People.com}} On October 16, 2023, van Amstel announced on Instagram that the couple had divorced. They have two adopted sons, Daniel and Jonathan.

In November 2019, Van Amstel made headlines after he revealed that a substitute teacher shamed his son for having two gay dads and subjected his fifth-grade class to a 10-minute anti-gay lecture. The school promptly fired the teacher.{{cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2019/11/29/utah-substitute-told-th/|title=A Utah substitute told fifth graders that 'homosexuality is wrong.' She was escorted out after 3 female students spoke up.|last=Tanner|first=Courtney|date=November 29, 2019|accessdate=December 7, 2019|work=The Salt Lake Tribune}}

''Dancing with the Stars'' performances

class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
Season ! Partner ! Place
1 \|Trista Sutter \|6th
2 \|Lisa Rinna \|rowspan="2"\|4th
3 \|Monique Coleman
6 \|Priscilla Presley \|8th
bgcolor="tan" \|9 \|Kelly Osbourne \|3rd
10 \|Niecy Nash \|5th
11 \|Margaret Cho \|10th
12 \|Kendra Wilkinson \|6th
15 \|Sabrina Bryan \|8th
21 \|Paula Deen \|9th
31 \|Cheryl Ladd \|14th

class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"

Season

! Partner

! Place

1

|Trista Sutter

|6th

2

|Lisa Rinna

|rowspan="2"|4th

3

|Monique Coleman

6

|Priscilla Presley

|8th

bgcolor="tan"

|9

|Kelly Osbourne

|3rd

10

|Niecy Nash

|5th

11

|Margaret Cho

|10th

12

|Kendra Wilkinson

|6th

15

|Sabrina Bryan

|8th

21

|Paula Deen

|9th

31

|Cheryl Ladd

|14th

=With Trista Sutter=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|1

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Waltz/"Come Away with Me"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|No Elimination

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/"Endless Love"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated

=With Lisa Rinna=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|1

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Waltz/ "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/"Your Song"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|3

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Jive/"Jailhouse Rock"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|4

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Paso Doble/"The Final Countdown"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Samba/"Le Freak"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Quickstep/"9 to 5"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Bottom Two

rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;" |7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;" |Foxtrot/"Fever"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;" |8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;" |9

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;" |Eliminated

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

|Cha-Cha-Cha/"Material Girl"

|9

=With Monique Coleman=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|1

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Foxtrot/"Baby Love"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Mambo/"Bop to the Top"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|3

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Jive/"The Heat Is On"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|4

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Waltz/"If I Were A Painting"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Bottom Two

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/"Samba de Verão"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Samba/"ABC"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Quickstep/"Luck Be a Lady"
Paso Doble/"The Reflex"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Bottom Two

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Tango/"Somebody's Watching Me"
Cha-Cha-Cha/"Ghostbusters Theme"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
10

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

=With Priscilla Presley=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|1

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Foxtrot/"Feeling Good"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|No Elimination

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Mambo/"Deixa Isso Pra La"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|3

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Tango/"El Choclo"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|4

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Viennese Waltz/"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Bottom Two

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"

=With Kelly Osbourne=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|1

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Viennese Waltz/"Trouble"
Cha-Cha-Cha/"Centerfold"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7
Awarded

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
Points

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Tango/"Take Me on the Floor"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7*

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|3

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Samba/"LoveGame"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|4

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Charleston/"Cabaret"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Paso Doble/"Crazy Train"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Jitterbug/"Bread and Butter"
Mambo Marathon/"Ran Kan Kan"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
Awarded

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
5

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
Points

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Salsa/"Good Lovin'"
Team Tango/"You Give Love a Bad Name"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
10

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Foxtrot/"Mama Do (Uh Oh Uh Oh)"
'60s Jive/"River Deep - Mountain High"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
8

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Last to Be
Called Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/"Angels"
Quickstep/"99 Red Balloons"
Cha-Cha-Cha/"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
9
9

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Last to Be
Called Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|10

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Argentine Tango/"Los Vino"
Megamix/"You and Me", "Whenever, Wherever", "Maniac"
Freestyle/"I Will Survive"
Viennese Waltz/"Trouble"

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
Awarded
8
Awarded

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
26
8
26

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
Points
8
Points

| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Third Place

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

{{note|Replacement|*}}Due to Len Goodman's absence in week 2, the 7 was awarded by stand-in guest judge Baz Luhrmann.

=With Niecy Nash=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|1

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Cha-Cha-Cha/"Rescue Me"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|No Elimination

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Foxtrot/"Love You I Do"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|3

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Waltz/"With You I'm Born Again"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|4

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/"Taking Chances" - Technique
Rumba/"Taking Chances" - Performance

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6
6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Last to Be
Called Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Jive/"La Bamba"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Argentine Tango/"El Sonido De La Milonga"
Swing Marathon/"In the Mood"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7
Awarded

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7
5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7
Points

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Bottom Two

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Quickstep/"You're the Top"
Team Madonna/"Holiday"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Viennese Waltz/"I Got You Babe"
'90s Paso Doble/"Rhythm is a Dancer"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7
7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

=With Margaret Cho=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|1

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Viennese Waltz/"We Are the Champions"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Jive/"Dreaming

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|3

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Samba/"Copacabana"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

=With Kendra Wilkinson=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|1

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Cha-Cha-Cha/"When Love Takes Over"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|No Elimination

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Quickstep/"Gotta Work"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|3

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/"You and Me"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|4

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Viennese Waltz/"Time to Say Goodbye"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Foxtrot/"Yankee Doodle Dandy"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Samba/"Livin' la Vida Loca"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Team Cha-Cha-Cha/"We R Who We R"
Tango/"Jealousy"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7/7*
8/8*

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8
8

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

{{note|Replacement|*}}The additional scores of 7 and 8 were awarded by guest judge Donnie Burns.

=With Sabrina Bryan=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|1

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Cha-Cha-Cha/"What Makes You Beautiful"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7.5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Quickstep/"Black Betty"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8.5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|3

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Paso Doble/"Free Your Mind"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|8.5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Bottom Three

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|4

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Disco/"You Should Be Dancing"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9/8.5*

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Waltz/"So This Is Love"
Team Freestyle (Shawn)/"Call Me Maybe"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
9.5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9.5
10

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|No Elimination

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/"Wanted"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

{{note|Replacement|*}}The additional score of 8.5 was awarded by guest judge Paula Abdul.

=With Paula Deen=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="3"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Hough

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|1

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Quickstep/"Hey Good Lookin'"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|No Elimination

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|2

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Rumba/"Midnight Train to Georgia"
Tango/ "Get Ready"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7
6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6
6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|3

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Samba / "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5¹/5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Last to be called safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|4

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Cha-Cha-Cha / "Respect"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|5²

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"| Jive / "Shake"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|7/6³

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|No Elimination

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"| Jazz / "Vogue"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6/6⁴

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|Eliminated

¹ Score given by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro.

² This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Deen performed with Mark Ballas instead of Louis van Amstel. Louis performed with Tamar Braxton.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/dancing-staras-season-21-switch-up-week?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag|title=The Dancing with the Stars Switch-Up Week Couples Revealed!|last=Gomez|first=Patrick|work=People.com|date=October 7, 2015|accessdate=October 7, 2015}}

³ Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

⁴ Score given by guest judge Olivia Newton-John.

=With Cheryl Ladd=

class="wikitable" style="float:left;"

style="text-align:Center; background:#ccc;"

| rowspan="2"|Week #

| rowspan="2"|Dance/Song

| colspan="4"|Judges' score

| rowspan="2"|Result

style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"

| style="width:10%; "|Inaba

| style="width:10%; "|Goodman

| style="width:10%; "|Hough

| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |1

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |Cha-cha-cha / "Got to Give it Up"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |Safe

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |2

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |Tango / "A Little Less Conversation"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |5

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |Bottom Two

style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |3

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |Rumba / "Diamonds Are Forever"

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |6

| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;" |Eliminated

References

External links

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