Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 14)
| Dancing with the Stars (season 14) | |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | March 19 – May 22, 2012 |
| Additional information | |
| Celebrity winner | Donald Driver |
| Professional winner | Peta Murgatroyd |
| Season chronology | |
Season fourteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 19, 2012. Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet returned as hosts, while Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli all returned as judges. The Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers provided the music throughout the season.
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver won the competition over British classical crossover singer Katherine Jenkins and Cuban-American Telenovela star William Levy, who took 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Driver is also the third NFL player (including retired) to win, after Emmitt Smith won season three and Hines Ward won season twelve.
The 12 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale (the scores for the Motown Marathon from week 6 are not included).
All the professionals from season 13 returned—except for Lacey Schwimmer, who was replaced by Chelsie Hightower. Two new professionals were added into the Dance Troupe: Henry Byalikov and Emma Slater. They joined Sharna Burgess, Kiki Nyemchek, Oksana Dmyrtenko, and Sasha Farber.
There was one dance for each finalist that they did not perform: Donald Driver did not perform the salsa, William Levy did not perform the waltz, and Katherine Jenkins did not perform an individual tango (Jenkins only did the tango for team dances in week seven).
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