Season 3
‘Dancing with the Stars’ returned with third season on September 12, 2006 and it aired till November 15, 2006. In this season, 11 couples competed to win the title and a new scoring system was introduced. 25 % of the total score was counted from fans’ votes but fans’ votes were handled in the old way. Each participant was given points based on the percentage of the total points.
The 11 celebrities and professional dancers that competed were:
| Celebrity |
Occupation |
Professional Partner |
Status |
| Tucker Carlson |
Political Broadcaster |
Elena Grinenko |
Eliminated 1st |
| Shanna Moakler |
Reality TV Star |
Jesse DeSoto |
Eliminated 2nd |
| Harry Hamlin |
Actor |
Ashly DelGrosso |
Eliminated 3rd |
| Vivica A. Fox |
Actress & TV Host |
Nick Kosovich |
Eliminated 4th |
| Willa Ford |
Singer & Actress |
Maksim Chmerkovskiy |
Eliminated 5th |
| Sara Evans |
Country Singer |
Tony Dovolani |
Withdrew |
| Jerry Springer |
TV Host & Actor |
Kym Johnson |
Eliminated 6th |
| Monique Coleman |
Actress & Singer |
Louis van Amstel |
Eliminated 7th |
| Joey Lawrence |
Actor |
Edyta Sliwinska |
Third Place |
| Mario Lopez |
Actor & TV Host |
Karina Smirnoff |
Runner-Up |
| Emmitt Smith |
NFL Running Back |
Cheryl Burke |
Winners |
Dancing With the Stars Season 3 Episode Guide:
| No. |
Episode |
Air Date |
Prod. No. |
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| 1 |
Episode 301 |
9/12/2006 |
301 |
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| 2 |
Episode 301A |
9/13/2006 |
302 |
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| 3 |
Episode 302 |
9/19/2006 |
303 |
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| 4 |
Episode 302A |
9/20/2006 |
304 |
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| 5 |
Episode 303 |
9/26/2006 |
305 |
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| 6 |
Episode 303A |
9/27/2006 |
306 |
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| 7 |
Episode 304 |
10/3/2006 |
307 |
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| 8 |
Episode 304A |
10/4/2006 |
308 |
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| 9 |
Episode 305 |
10/10/2006 |
309 |
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| 10 |
Episode 305A |
10/11/2006 |
310 |
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| 11 |
Episode 306 |
10/17/2006 |
311 |
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| 12 |
Episode 306A |
10/18/2006 |
312 |
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| 13 |
Episode 307 |
10/24/2006 |
313 |
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| 14 |
Episode 307A |
10/25/2006 |
314 |
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| 15 |
Episode 308 |
10/31/2006 |
315 |
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| 16 |
Episode 308A |
11/1/2006 |
316 |
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| 17 |
Episode 309 |
11/7/2006 |
317 |
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| 18 |
Episode 309A |
11/8/2006 |
318 |
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| 19 |
Episode 310 |
11/14/2006 |
319 |
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| 20 |
Episode 310A |
11/15/2006 |
320 |