The first season of the United States version of Dancing with the Stars debuted on ABC during the summer of 2005. Six celebrities were paired with six professional ballroom dancers. Tom Bergeron and Lisa Canning were the hosts for this season. Image File history File links Kelly Monaco and partner Alec Mazo on Dancing with the Stars. ... For the current season, see Dancing with the Stars (US season 5). ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Tom Bergeron (born May 6, 1955 in Haverhill, Massachusetts) is an American television personality and a popular one-time game show host, best known to the public as the host of Americas Funniest Home Videos, which he has hosted since 2001, as well as the TV game show Hollywood... Lisa Canning (born 7 November 1966 in the U.S. Virgin Islands) is a well known African American television and radio hostess and correspondent. ...

The American ABC Network adaptation premiered on June 1, 2005, to over 13 million viewers, the biggest summer debut ever for an American reality series. The second week climbed to 15 million viewers, and the show climbed to #1 in the summer 2005 TV season ratings, where it remained for the remainder of the season. The season finale aired July 6, 2005. is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Couples

The 6 professionals and celebrities that competed were:

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Dance-off

Some viewers felt the outcome at the end of the season between John O'Hurley and Kelly Monaco was unfair. Based on judges' scores from previous dances, O'Hurley was ranked better than Monaco all times except one. On the final night of the competition, when Monaco and her partner Alec Mazo received a "perfect 10" from each of the judges on the last dance, it beat out O'Hurley and his partner Charlotte Jørgensen by one point in the judges' tally (see Judges' Scoring summary below). As half of the winning points came from the judges' votes, instead of solely from the votes of viewers, those who protested the final standings perceived that Monaco and Mazo had won because of the judges' votes. But this view reflected a misunderstanding of the scoring system; in fact, because the scoring was based on ordinals and the audience vote was the tiebreaker, Monaco and Mazo must have received more audience votes.

In response to the criticism, ABC announced a 90-minute special, Dancing with the Stars: Dance-off, a rematch between Monaco and O'Hurley (with their respective partners), to air September 20, 2005, at the beginning of the fall 2005 television season. The winner, determined solely by fan votes, was announced in a September 22 results show. This time, O'Hurley and Jørgensen emerged as the winners. is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

After the competition

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Judges' Scoring summary

Red numbers indicate the teams with the lowest score for each week

Green numbers indicate the teams with the highest score for each week

Gold backgrounds indicate the teams that were in the bottom two with the eliminated team

Turquoise backgrounds indicate the teams that were last and so eliminated

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