Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 21)
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Dancing with the Stars (season 21) |
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Promotional poster, featuring pro dancers Peta Murgatroyd and Artem Chigvintsev
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 14 – November 24, 2015 |
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| Celebrity winner | Bindi Irwin |
| Professional winner | Derek Hough |
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Season twenty-one of the American television competition series Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 14, 2015.
On November 24, 2015, Bindi Irwin and her partner Derek Hough were crowned champions. Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess finished second, Alek Skarlatos and Lindsay Arnold placed third and Carlos PenaVega and Witney Carson placed fourth. This season set records for the total number of perfect scores awarded (23) and the number of stars to receive at least one perfect score with 8 (Bindi Irwin, Nick Carter, Alek Skarlatos), Carlos PenaVega, Tamar Braxton, Alexa PenaVega, Andy Grammer and Hayes Grier. Irwin also set a record with 8 perfect scores and became the second youngest winner of the show at 17 years old (second to season 8 winner Shawn Johnson, who was 3 days younger at the time of her win). This also marked Hough's sixth competitive win, extending his own record for the most wins for a professional dancer on the series.
On August 19, 2015, nine professional dancers were revealed during Good Morning America. Karina Smirnoff, who did not appear in season 20 returned for season 21. Anna Trebunskaya and Louis van Amstel would be returning after a five-season hiatus. Additionally, Lindsay Arnold would also be returning after spending the last four seasons in the troupe. While Peta Murgatroyd (who was to be paired with Andy Grammer) was originally announced as a professional, was sidelined for the season by an ankle injury;Artem Chigvintsev and Kym Johnson also did not return. Bindi Irwin was the first celebrity revealed on August 24, on GMA; other celebrities were revealed at different dates through different media. The full cast of celebrities and professional dancers was revealed on September 2, 2015, on GMA.
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