Season 19

Season nineteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 15, 2014. Tom Bergeron returned as host alongside Erin Andrews. Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli all returned as judges. Former professional and two time champion Julianne Hough will join the panel as the permanent fourth judge of the season. Bandleader Ray Chew returned as well.

Starting this season on ABC.com, Lacey Schwimmer and Dominic Bowden began hosting DWTS All-Access, which is an online show that is broadcast during Dancing with the Stars and includes commentary from the two, plus interviews with the celebrities and their partners.

During week 6, Leah Remini replaced Erin Andrews as co-host while Erin covered the World Series.

On November 25, Alfonso Ribeiro and his partner Witney Carson were crowned champions. The runner-ups were Sadie Robertsonand Mark Ballas, and Janel Parrish and Valentin Chmerkovskiy were placed in third place. This marks the first win for pro Witney Carson and the first male celebrity to win since Donald Driver in season 14. This is also the first win for a former So You Think You Can Dance contestant.

This season holds the record for the highest amount of perfect scores awarded, with sixteen (seventeen excluding the fourth judge's score). This season is notable for Michael Waltrip and Emma Slater were the only couple to dance the Waltz.

Couples
The first 12 professional partners were revealed on GMA on Wednesday August 13, 2014 by Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani, Karina Smirnoff, and Valentin Chmerkovskiy. On August 27, 2014 a thirteenth professional partner (Sharna Burgess) was revealed.

Two professional partners from the previous season (Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Henry Byalikov) will not return as pros this season. Maksim Chmerkovskiy left the series, while Henry Byalikov went back to the troupe.

Three new professional partners will debut this season. Allison Holker, a contestant on  season two of  So You Think You Can Dance and a nominee for a  Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography alongside  Derek Hough in 2013, will make her debut as a professional this season, along with season 18 Troupe member and former  Strictly Come Dancing pro  Artem Chigvintsev and South African Latin American ballroom champion Keoikantse Motsepe.

Jonathan Bennett & Peta Murgatroyd
 * During week 5, the celebrities switched partners for that week only and performed a dance with them. The switch-up pairs are as follows:

Lea Thompson & Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Antonio Sabato Jr. & Allison Holker

Bethany Mota & Mark Ballas

Michael Waltrip & Witney Carson

Sadie Robertson & Derek Hough

Tommy Chong & Emma Slater

<p style="text-align:center;">Janel Parrish & Artem Chigvinstev

<p style="text-align:center;">Alfonso Ribeiro & Cheryl Burke

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Judges Scores Concerning this page
Starting with this season a fourth judge, Julianne Hough, has been added to the judging panel. Despite this, this page with still count the judges scores out of 30 in order to compare with other seasons. During most weeks, the score tables and averages will only count for judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli. However, Len anounced that he will be taking a couple weeks off this season and during those weeks Julianne Hough's scores on the show will be included in the tables along with Carrie Ann and Bruno.

Weeks using Len Goodman's scores
 * Week 1
 * Week 2
 * Week 7
 * Week 8
 * Week 9
 * Week 10
 * Week 11

Weeks using Julianne Hough's scores
 * Week 3
 * Week 4
 * Week 5
 * Week 6

Scoring chart

 * Note: despite Julianne Hough becoming a permanent judge this season, this table will still only count for the original three judges (Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli)
 * When Len is not present, Julianne Hough's score will count, in place of his absence.

Scoring Chart Key
 * Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week
 * Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week

Average score chart

 * Based on the traditional 30-point scale. Julianne Hough's scores are not included in this average. For weeks when Len is not present, Julianne Hough's score will replace his.

Highest and lowest scoring performances
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">According to the traditional 30-point scale. Team dances not included.

Weekly scores
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli.

Week 1: Premiere Night
Running order

Week 2: "My Jam Monday"

 * Running order

Week 3: "Movie week"
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Kevin Hart, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">.
 * Running order

Week 4: Most Memorable Year Night
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli, America's Score.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Couples perform one unlearned dance. Also this week, for the first time ever, America can act as a guest judge and score celebrity performances alongside Julianne Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli. Viewers must visit ABC.com to score performances (10 being the highest possible score and 1 being the lowest possible score). A combined overall viewer score for each performance will be counted alongside the judges’ score. Each viewer may score a performance once, and the scoring window for each couple is open for two minutes and fifteen seconds, beginning at the start of each routine.

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 * Running order

Week 5: Switch-Up Night
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Jessie J, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli.


 * Running order

Week 6: Pitbull Night
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Pitbull, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli.

Running Order

Week 7: Halloween Night

 * Running order

Week 8: Dynamic Duos Night
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 * Running order


 * The bolded couple won the dance off and earned 3 bonus points.

Week 9: America's Choice/Trio Challenge

 * Running order

Week 10: Plugged/Unplugged Night (Semifinals)
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 * Running order

Week 11: Finals

 * Running order (Night 1)


 * Running order (Night 2)

Dance chart
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:

Dance Chart Key
 * Week 1: Cha-cha-cha, foxtrot or <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">  jive<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:22.3999996185303px;">.
 * Week 2: One unlearned dance (My Jam week)
 * Week 3: One unlearned dance (Movie week)
 * Week 4: One unlearned dance (Most Memorable Year week)
 * Week 5: One new unlearned dance (Partner Switch-Up week)
 * Week 6: One unlearned dance (Pitbull week)
 * Week 7: One unlearned dance & team freestyle (Halloween week)
 * Week 8: One unlearned dance & dance-off (Dynamic Duos week)
 * Week 9: One unlearned dance & trio dance (America's Choice week)
 * Week 10: Two unlearned dances (Plugged/Unplugged week)
 * Week 11, Night 1: Judges choice & freestyle
 * Week 11 Night 2: 24-Hour Dance Fusion (Top 3)

Note: The highest and lowest are based off of the original 3 judges scores.

Bold indicates encore dance

Celebrity guest judges
During weeks where judge Len Goodman is absent, celebrity guest judges fill in for him. Kevin Hart was the first celebrity guest judge. On October 6, 2014 the "guest judge" was America as they scored the performance live, and the average was taken to be the overall score for America.