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For this season, the scoring system was changed. Fan vote still accounted for half of the total score, but scoring was now translated directly from percentages rather than into ordinals. The judges scores were added up, and each performer was given points based on the percentage of the total points distributed among all performers. (For example, a team received a score of 25. A total of 207 points were awarded to all nine performers. The team received 12.08% of that total, so that team earned 12.08 points.) The fan vote was handled the same way, with the points based on how much of the total fan vote the star received. (So, in the same example, if the team earned 15% of the total fan vote, their grand total is 27.08 points.)^[1]

The results shows of this season featured the Slim Fast Dance Challenge, where Tysonia Sichinga and Christian Perry illustrated how exercise such as dancing could aid weight loss. Original Slim Fast label Slim Fast, a food and beverage brand owned by Unilever, produces weight loss shakes, snacks, packaged meals, and other dietary supplement foods. ...

The season finale brought in 27.8 million viewers, making it the highest rated Dancing with the Stars season finale to date.

Couples

The 11 celebrities and professional dancers that competed were:

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Evans' withdrawal

On October 12, 2006, Sara Evans announced her withdrawal from the competition to be with her kids after filing for divorce from her husband, Craig Schelske.^[2] In a "final appearance",^[3] a pre-taped interview with Evans about her decision was shown on the October 17 episode. is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sara Lynn Evans (born February 5, 1971) is an American country music singer. ...

Willa Ford stated on Headline News' Robin & Company that ABC had invited her to return to the competition, but she declined.^[4] At the end of the October 18 results show, after showing the bottom two, it was revealed that there would be no elimination for the week due to Evans' departure.^[5] The scores of Week 6 were combined with the scores of Week 7 for the October 25 elimination. Evans returned for the season finale. This article is about the cable television network. ... Robin Michele Meade (born April 21, 1969) is the lead news anchor for CNN Headline News morning show Robin & Company. ...

Fan voting influence

On weeks four and five Ford and Fox were eliminated, despite Ford having tied in first place, and Fox tied in fourth. Ford was in the bottom two along with Springer, who was tied for the lowest score. Fox was in the bottom two along with Coleman, who both performed great the previous week and tied for fourth that week. Ford's elimination was booed by the audience, and so was Fox's. This extends the theme similar to last season where dancers with higher scores were often eliminated before ones that tended to get lower scores and also had more popularity with the fan vote. Both Evans and Springer benefited from the fan vote until Evans withdrew in week 6 and Springer was finally eliminated in week 7.

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 eliminated

Orange backgrounds indicate a team that withdrew or quit the competition.

Yellow backgrounds indicates the winning team

Magenta backgrounds indicates the runner-up team.

Tour

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• Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke
• Joey McIntyre and Kym Johnson
• Lisa Rinna and Louis Van Amstel
• Joey Lawrence and Edyta Sliwinska
• Harry Hamlin and Karina Smirnoff
• Willa Ford and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

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