Dancing With The Stars Trivia Questions And Answers
What is “Dancing with the Stars”?
A: It is an American
dance competition show.
In what year did Dancing with the Stars first air?
A: 2005.
What television network does Dancing air on?
A: ABC in the United States, and CTV/CTV Two in
Canada.
The show is the American version of what British
television
series?
A: Strictly Come Dancing.
Who is the Emmy-winning host?
A: Tom Bergeron.
Who became co-host in season eighteen?
A: Erin Andrews.
Who was the co-host in season one?
A: Lisa Canning.
Who co-hosted the show during seasons two through nine?
A: Samantha Harris.
Which seasons did Brooke Burke-Charvet host?
A: Seasons ten through seventeen.
The contestant pairs consist of a celebrity paired with a
what?
A: Professional dancer.
On the show, each couple performs predetermined dances and
competes against the others for what?
A: Judges' points and audience votes.
What happens to the couple receiving the lowest combined
total of judges' points and audience votes?
A: They are eliminated.
Who are the main judges for the show?
A: Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli.
Former professional Julianne Hough was added as a what?
A: Permanent fourth judge on the panel for season 19.
How many celebrities have appeared in the 19 seasons of the
series?
How many professional partners have appeared alongside
celebrities?
A: 42.
Who are the longest-tenured professional partners?
A: Cheryl Burke and Tony Dovolani.
A dance troupe has appeared during the Tuesday results
shows since what season?
A: Season 12.
For 17 seasons, who provided the live
music for the show?
A: The Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers.
How is public voting conducted?
A: Via a toll-free number, the ABC website, and, most recently, text messages
and Facebook.
Seasons one and three featured only two celebrities in the
final week instead of how many?
A: Three.
On the April 18, 2006 episode of the
Howard Stern Radio
Show, Stern's wife Beth said that she was guaranteed to earn how much money for
just appearing on DWTS?
A: $125,000.
Who was the first person to withdraw from competition?
A: Romeo in the season two.
On week six in season three, Sara Evans cited her divorce
as the reason for doing what?
A: Leaving the competition.
In season seven, Misty May-Treanor withdrew from the
competition in week three, after rupturing her what?
A: Achilles tendon.
In season eight, who was injured before the season even
began and could not compete?
A: Jewel and Nancy O'Dell.
Jewel was diagnosed with what injury?
A: Fractured tibias in both legs.
In season sixteen, what Olympic
figure skating champion had
to withdraw from the competition due to doctor's orders for a spinal injury?
A: Dorothy Hamill.
What happened to Marie Osmond after her performance in week
five of the competition?
A: She fainted.
In season six, who suffered a ruptured tendon in his left
biceps muscle during his performance on week seven?
A: Cristián de la Fuente.
On the October 27 performance show, Hough announced that
she having surgery on October 28 to have what removed?
A: Her appendix.
In season nine, both Lacey Schwimmer and Derek Hough had
“what” and could not perform with their partners?
A: The flue.
In season ten, Evan Lysacek broke what during rehearsal?
A: Two of his toes.
In season 14, who broke two ribs in an incident where her ribs
hit her partner, Derek Hough's, knee?
A: Maria Menounos.
In season 15, what did Melissa Rycroft suffer during her
Team Freestyle rehearsal?
A: A herniated disc.
In season 16, Dorothy Hamill withdrew from the competition
during the week two results show due what kind of injury?
A: A back injury.
In season 17, Bill Nye was taken to a hospital for what
type of injury?
A: A quadriceps injury.