Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 3
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Season three of Dancing With the Stars premiered on September 12, 2006, on the ABC network.
Dancing with the Stars | |
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Season 3 | |
Hosted by | |
Judges | |
Celebrity winner | Emmitt Smith |
Professional winner | Cheryl Burke |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | September 12 (2006-09-12) – November 15, 2006 (2006-11-15) |
Season chronology | |
For this season, the scoring system was changed. Fan vote only counted for 25% of the total score and 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 couple happens to be Sara & Tony.) 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]
On November 15, Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke were crowned the champions,[2] while actor Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff finished in second place, and actor Joey Lawrence and Edyta Śliwińska finished in third.