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Dancing with the Stars: Season 2

16 episodes Premiered Jan 5, 2006
Previously on Dancing with the Stars

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dancing with the Stars Season 1.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Episode 201

Jan 5, 2006

Meet the new celebrity dance contestants and their professional dance partners. The women perform the Waltz and the men perform the Cha Cha.

S2·E2 Core

Episode 201A

Jan 6, 2006

Kenny Mayne & dance partner Andrea Hale are voted of the show. Burt Bacharach performs.

S2·E3 Core

Episode 202

Jan 12, 2006

With one couple out of the game , the other nine couples perform the Quickstep and Rumba.

S2·E4 Core

Episode 202A

Jan 13, 2006

Tatum O'Neal was the next star voted out. Jesse McCartney performs.

S2·E5 Core

Episode 203

Jan 19, 2006

The eight remaining celebrities must dance the Jive and the Tango in order not to be the next ones sent home.

S2·E6 Core

Episode 203A

Jan 20, 2006

Giselle Fernandez and Jonathan Roberts are voted off the show. The Style Elements Crew performs.

S2·E7 Core

Episode 204

Jan 26, 2006

Tonight's featured dances were the Foxtrot and the Paso Doble. According to judge Len Goodman, the Foxtrot should be an elegant dance filled with gentle rises and falls. The Paso D

S2·E8 Core

Episode 204A

Jan 27, 2006

Master P and Ashly Delgrosso are voted off the show finally. The Pussycat Dolls strutted their stuff singing their hit single, "Don't Cha." They treated viewers to a performance of

S2·E9 Core

Episode 205

Feb 2, 2006

With P. Miller out of the game the real competion begins. Each team must perform two dances each - individual couple Sambas and then a Group Salsa.

S2·E10 Core

Episode 205A

Feb 3, 2006

The dancing couple of Tia Carrere & Maksim Chmerkovskiy are voted out of the competion. Barry Manilow performed three songs. The 2005 World Mambo champions perform.

S2·E11 Core

Episode 206

Feb 9, 2006

With Tia out now, the five remaining stars must again learn two dance routines in order to maintain their shot at the trophy. They perform the Jive, Tango, Paso Doble, Quickstep,

S2·E12 Core

Episode 206A

Feb 10, 2006

Former Righteous Brother Bill Medley will be performing his Oscar-winning hit "(I've Had) The Time of Life" from the movie "Dirty Dancing," Medley will be joined by his daughter, M

S2·E13 Core

Episode 207

Feb 16, 2006

George Hamilton has left the floor. The final four couples must battle it out in the semifinals with two dances they've never done before. Who will make it to the finals?

S2·E14 Core

Episode 207A

Feb 17, 2006

Lisa Rinna & Louis van Amstel are voted off the show. Michael Bublé performs "For Once in My Life" and "The Way You Look Tonight." This week he serenades audiences on the "Dancin

S2·E15 Mytharc

Episode 208

Feb 23, 2006

With Lisa Rinna out, the other three stars are left to battle it out in the finals. Each couple must dance two dances, which will include a freestyle dance. Also Samantha Harris Ma

S2·E16 Mytharc

Episode 208A

Feb 26, 2006

Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke are crowned Dancing with the stars champion. Also Mary J. Blige perfroms two of her hit singles and all the celebrity dancers are back to perform one