Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 20)
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Dancing with the Stars (season 20) |
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Promotional advertisement for season 20
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | March 16 – May 19, 2015 |
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| Celebrity winner | Rumer Willis |
| Professional winner | Valentin Chmerkovskiy |
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Season twenty of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 16, 2015, and concluded on May 19, 2015.
This season marked the ten-year anniversary of the show. In honor of the anniversary, the winners, Rumer Willis and Valentin Chmerkovskiy (in his first win as a professional), received a special 10th Anniversary golden Mirrorball Trophy. The runners-up were Riker Lynch and Allison Holker, while Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess came in third. This was Allison Holker's first time performing in a finale.
Ten professional partners were revealed on February 11, 2015, on Good Morning America. Professionals from last season not returning include Cheryl Burke and Karina Smirnoff. Kym Johnson returns as a professional dancer after taking three seasons off to judge the Australian version of the show.
Eleven of the celebrity competitors and their professional partners were revealed on Good Morning America on February 24, 2015. Witney Carson's celebrity partner was reported to be Chris Soules from The Bachelor on March 4, 2015; this was confirmed six days later, after that show's finale, by Good Morning America. At the age of 14, Willow Shields is the youngest contestant ever to compete on the show (taking the record from Zendaya, who was 16 when she competed on Season 16). This is the first season since season 15 with only three finalists instead of four, and the first season since season 14 with only four semi-finalists instead of five.
Tom Bergeron returns as host alongside Erin Andrews. Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Julianne Hough, and Bruno Tonioli return as judges.
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