The 12th season of Dancing with the Stars is upon us and here are the couples:Disney star Chelsea Kane and Mark BallasTalk show host Wendy Williams and Tony DovolaniSuper Bowl MVP Hines Ward and Kym JohnsonSupermodel Petra Nemcova and Dmitry ChaplinRapper/actor Romeo and Chelsie HightowerBoxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and Anna TrebunskayaReality star Kendra Wilkinson and Louis van AmstelMovie star Ralph Macchio and Karina SmirnoffWWE star Chris Jericho and Cheryl BurkeRadio personality Mike Catherwood and Lacey SchwimmerTV and movie star Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy.Chelsea and Mark: The Disney star tells us she kissed Joe Jonas and it didn't suck. She wanted to do the show because she never had that boy dance because she was home schooled. She nervous about getting her steps right despite her great chemistry with Mark in rehearsal. They dance a foxtrot. Head judge Len Goodman says they're a young, fresh couple and it had a fresh appeal and they did a good job, ...

A night after the dancers put their hearts and souls on the floor with dances to songs that were personally meaningful to them, it was time to send one couple packing.Here's a look back at the leader board as it stood after Monday's performances:Hines and Kym: 25Petra and Dmitry: 25Chelsea and Mark: 23Kendra and Louis: 23Chris and Cheryl: 21Kirstie and Maks: 21Ralph and Karina: 21Romeo and Chelsie: 20Sugar Ray and Anna: 20Wendy and Tony: 15Play it again...: Head judge Len Goodman asked to see Hines and Kym's celebratory samba, which Hines dedicated to his mother, for the encore. But before they took to the floor, host Tom Bergeron broke the good news that they're safe.To the results: Sugar Ray and Anna and Romeo and Chelsie are the next pair to learn their fates. Sugar Ray was proud of his comeback performance and Romeo took a step back, in Len's opinion. The first couple safe is Sugar Ray and Anna. Romeo and Chelsie are also safe.Be our guest: Grammy nominees One Republic pay a visit to perform their new single, ...

It's classical week on Dancing with the Stars, and things are starting to get heated as just five points last week separated the top from the bottom (among the remaining couples).The pros talk about how much bigger and more dramatic the musical performances will be, and wonder if it will impact the dancers' ability to focus.Romeo and Chelsie: After a demonstration of the paso doble by the DWTS Troupe, Romeo is excited to do the dramatic dance and bounce back from the criticism of last week. Head judge Len Goodman says it was full of passion and intensity. He says Romeo is like a young colt and tells Chelsie to get the whip out and work on Romeo's technique. Bruno Tonioli points out that the musical phrasing was difficult and Romeo managed to get it right. Carrie Ann Inaba says she had to deduct for a lift, but it was the first time she's seen a paso with swagger. Scores: 7, 8, 8. Total: 23Kendra and Louis: Coming off a solid rumba, Kendra is feeling like her hard work is paying ...

With the leader board just about as close as it's ever been, the suspense builds as Tuesday's Dancing with the Stars results show kicks off with some quick results.To the results: The top three couples from Monday night are called out first. Chelsea and Mark learn their still in jeopardy while Hines and Kym and Ralph and Karina learn they are safe.Play it again...: Moments after getting the dreaded red light of doom cast upon them, head judge Len Goodman asks Chelsea and Mark to do an encore performance of their routine -- despite the fact that Len didn't think it honored the 300-year-old history of the Viennese waltz.Be our guest: After Len puts on some Patton-themed call to arms (or legs?) as a militaristic general of dance in an odd featurette, Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson hits the stage -- and just about every other corner of the studio -- to perform her new song, Don't Look Down. She later returned to do a snazzy rendition of Feeling Good that gave her a chance to show ...

It's the Fourth of July in April as Dancing with the Stars decides to honor America with performances set to songs that pay tribute to America. With no clear leader in sight, it's anybody's game.Ralph and Karina: After scoring his best results yet, Ralph says he's focused because there's no clear front runner. The couple, a New Yorker and Russian, draw the song Sweet Home Alabama, and have to dance a samba. Head judge Len Goodman says that Ralph is there some weeks, then at other times it's not working. He finally tells Ralph he's not consistent and lacked hip action and rhythm. Bruno Tonioli says Ralph needed to emit fire down below, and stands up and swivels his hips. He finally says, Sex! Give me sex, man. Carrie Ann Inaba says that, considering the crazy concoction of the song and the dance and the theme, they did a good job. Scores: 8, 7, 7. Total: 22Chris and Cheryl: Chris' paso doble split the judges last week, but left Chris wanting to get more than a 7 from Len. ...

We get right to the results as America week ambles toward its elimination.To the results: The first two couples on the potential chopping block are Hines and Kym and Kirstie and Maks. No big surprise: Hines and Kym, who were atop the leader board Monday, are safe and Kirstie and Maks are still in jeopardy.Play it again: Head judge Len Goodman asks Romeo and Chelsie to give an encore performance of their foxtrot to New York, New York.Be our guest: Country music star Toby Keith sings his song, Shoulda Been a Cowboy. After a pretty funny feature from Mike Catherwood (that first guy who was kicked off this season) in which he exposed some of the more unscrupulous elements of the show (including Hines Ward's fart, Chelsie's bra falling off during a bouncy rehearsal and Maks' cockiness), a Macy's Stars of Dance performance choreographed by Jamal Sims wowed the crowd. Later, Toby Keith returns to perform American Soldier.Back to the results: Chris and Cheryl, Romeo and Chelsie and Chelsea and Mark ...

Talk about your guilty pleasures. Dancing with the Stars kicks off its results show on Guilty Pleasures Week with a performance from the combined forces of New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys, who sing and dance to their new song, Don't Turn Out the Lights. Afterward, Tom Bergeron warns us -- er, teases us! -- that they'll be back.To the results: The youngest couples just happened to have landed on the top of the leader board Monday night, and they're the first to learn their fates. Backstage, Romeo was ready to strip after getting the first 10 of the season. The first couple definitely safe is Romeo and Chelsie. Chelsea and Mark are safe, too.Play it again...: Len Goodman asks to see Kendra and Louis' samba one more time, and we're supposed to believe this has nothing to do with the fact that routine ends with Kendra shaking her assets while standing in front of Len on the judges' table.Back to the results: Hines and Kym and Kirstie and Maks are the next to learn where they stand...

Three ballroom legends join the show this week, and the competitors have to learn an individual dance, as well as a team dance in order to fill two hours. Donnie Burns, the most decorates Latin dancer in ballroom history, joins the judges' table this week and he says no one does show business like Americans. Team dances: The teams were chosen by the two couples who have received the most points, so far. Hines and Kym picked Maks and Kirstie. Chelsea and Mark chose Ralph and Karina. Hines took Kendra and Louis, and Chelsea took Romeo and Chelsie.Chelsea's team gets the cha cha. Ralph has some trouble keeping up with the steps, having not done it before. Chelsea and Romeo try to help him. Head judge Len Goodman says it's a huge challenge to learn two dances and they did a terrific job. Bruno Tonioli their intensity was good but it caused them to fall out of sync, here and there. Carrie Ann Inaba disagrees and adds that Ralph held his own. Donnie says they all did a good job, but points out that ...

The top scorer from last week was at the bottom and Ralph is back in the running as the final six couples on Dancing with the Stars await the results on Tuesday night.Play it again: First, though, head judge Len Goodman asks Team Chelsea for an encore performance of their cha cha. To the results: The first two couples to learn their results are Hines and Kym and Kirstie and Maks. Backstage on Monday, Kirstie was upset with herself for having over-acted during her performance.The first couple definitely safe is Hines and Kym, and Kirstie and Maks are still in jeopardy.Be our guest: Nicki Minaj is the first of tonight's guest performances, singing her single Moment 4 Life. This is followed by a short featurette on a 17-year-old girl named Patricia Zhou, who is the newest member of The Royal Ballet of London. Her parents didn't want her to dance, but she kept at it and eventually won her mother's support. She performs to the music of Priscilla Ann, who sings her song, Dream. Later, Wayne ...

Host Tom Bergeron kicks off the Dancing with the Stars finale with a dramatic introduction to the three finalists: Hines Ward, Chelsea Kane and Kirstie Alley.The pros get the dancing started with a group routine that rolls into an introduction of all the couples that came and went this season.To the recap: Chelsea and Mark ripped up the night despite a technical malfunction of Chelsea's lighting apparatus. They finished with 59 judges' points.Maks and Kirstie surprised everyone with acrobatics and finished with 54 points. Len Goodman reacted to the crowd's boos by saying, If they don't like our scores, then vote for them. That's the deal.Hines and Kym made it a near-perfect night again and wound up with 59 points.The finalists will dance one last time for judges' scores before it's all done tonight.Be our guest: The first guest of the night are the Black Eyed Peas, who perform their new single, Don't Stop the Party.Now, the finalists: The judges praise Chelsea's technique and ...