Dancing with the Stars 4

Dancing with the Stars 4
Presented By:	Tom Bergeron Samantha Harris
Judges:	Len Goodman Carrie Ann Inaba Bruno Tonioli
Broadcast
Original Channel:	ABC
Original Run:	19 March 2007 – 22 May 2007
Season Champions
Celebrity Winner:	Apolo Anton Ohno
Professional Winner:	Julianne Hough
Series Chronology
← previous Season 3	next → Season 5

The fourth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered 19 March 2007.

To avoid direct competition with FOX's American Idol, Dancing with the Stars changed time slots from the previous season. In the fourth season, the performance show aired on Mondays, and the results show aired on Tuesdays. No elimination was scheduled for the first week, in order to allow viewers two weeks to see all of the couples perform both Latin and Standard ballroom dances.

Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris both returned as hosts. Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli all returned as judges.

On 22 May 2007, Olympic speed-skater Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough were announced as the winners; singer Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson placed second and boxer Laila Ali and Maksim Chmerkovskiy placed third. Apollo Anton Ohno and Joey Fatone, returned to take part in the all-star season. Fatone was partnered with Kym Johnson and voted off during the second week the competition. Ohno was partnered with Karina Smirnoff and was eliminated during the ninth week.

Couples

Couples	Celebrity	Notability	Professional Partner	Result
	Paulina Porizkova	Supermodel	Alec Mazo	Eliminated 1st on 26 March 2007
	Shandi Finnessey	Model & Miss USA	Brian Fortuna	Eliminated 2nd on 3 April 2007
	Leeza Gibbons	TV Host	Tony Dovolani	Eliminated 3rd on 10 April 2007
	Clyde Drexler	Basketball Superstar	Elena Grinenko	Eliminated 4th on 17 April 2007
	Heather Mills	Activist & Campaigner	Jonathan Roberts	Eliminated 5th on 24 April 2007
	John Ratzenberger	Actor	Edyta Śliwińska	Eliminated 6th on 1 May 2007
	Billy Ray Cyrus	Country Music Legend & Actor	Karina Smirnoff	Eliminated 7th on 8 May 2007
	Ian Ziering	Actor	Cheryl Burke	Eliminated 8th on 15 May 2007
	Laila Ali	Boxing World Champion	Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Third place
	Joey Fatone	Singer	Kym Johnson	Runner-up
	Apolo Anton Ohno	Olympic Gold Medalist	Julianne Hough	Winner

Changes

Some major changes were made before the start of the season:

• Actor Vincent Pastore was originally announced as partnering with Edyta Śliwińska, but pulled out after one week of rehearsals. In a statement, Pastore cited his inability to commit to the physical demands of the program. Actor John Ratzenberger then replaced him. However, ESPN host Mike Greenberg had actively campaigned for Pastore's spot on the show.
• Comedian Tammy Pescatelli was elected to be on the show, however, the producers chose a different direction and Heather Mills was chosen instead.
• Ashly DelGrosso-Costa, one of the regular dancers, announced that she will not appear this season due to pregnancy. Ashly was married to one of the show's field producers, Mike Costa, on 21 October 2006; their child was due in July 2007. The only time she would return to the series was season 10.
• Louis van Amstel wrote on his blog that he would not compete this season because all of the female celebrities were taller than him. But, he noted, he would be active on the show as a professional dancer at results shows and as a choreographer for the show.

Scores

Judges' Scoring Summary

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.

Highest- and Lowest-Scoring Performances

Paulina Porizkova, Shandi Finnessey & Heather Mills are the only stars who did not land on this list.

Average

Couples' Highest- and Lowest-Scoring Performances

Weekly Scores

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.

Week 1

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Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

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Week 9

Week 10