Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 15)

Dancing with the Stars returned for its fifteenth season (billed as Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars) on September 24, 2012. Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet returned as hosts. The Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers provided the music throughout the season, except as noted below. The returning members of the dance troupe for this season were Oksana Dmyrenko, Emma Slater, Sharna Burgess, Henry Byalikov and Sasha Farber. Sonny Fredie Pedersen replaced Kiki Nyemchek.

Season 15 was the first to feature an "all-star" cast, in which previous celebrities who have competed on the show have another chance to win the competition. In addition, it was the first season to offer fractional (0.5) scores, and to feature three women as the celebrity finalists.

Season 8 finalist Melissa Rycroft defeated Season 8 champion Shawn Johnson and Season 1 winner Kelly Monaco to win the trophy. This also marks the first win for professional Tony Dovolani. Tony is also the third professional (after Kym Johnson and Peta Murgatroyd) to win after being eliminated first the previous season.

Couples
The names of twelve returning celebrities were revealed on July 27, 2012. A thirteenth contestant was chosen by the public, from either Sabrina Bryan, Kyle Massey or Carson Kressley. Bryan was announced the winner on August 27, 2012 over Kressley and Massey. Louis van Amstel was partnered with Bryan, while the professional partners for the first twelve celebrities were revealed on August 13.

Scoring chart

 * Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week
 * Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week
 * the couple eliminated that week
 * the returning couple finishing in the bottom two (or three)
 * the returning couple that was the last to be called safe
 * the winning couple
 * the runner-up couple
 * the third-place couple

Averages
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale (guest judge Paula Abdul's scores from Week 4, Kirstie Alley's extra 2 points from the Country-Western group dance from Week 6 and the Swing Marathon dance scores from Week 7 have been removed).