Dancing with the Stars (American season 18)
Date Dance style Artist ( s ) Song ( s ) Dancers
March 17 , 2014 Samba Jason Derulo Talk Dirty Pros , Troupe and Derulo 's dancers
April 21 , 2014 Freestyle Redfoo Let 's Get Ridiculous Lindsay Arnold , Witney Carson , Jenna Johnson and Emma Slater
April 28 , 2014 Samba Ricky Martin Vida Pros and Dance Troupe
May 5 , 2014 Charleston Mark Ballas Get My Name Ballas , Pros and Dance Troupe
May 20 , 2014 Contemporary Amber Riley Colorblind Tony Dovolani and Karina Smirnoff
May 20 , 2014 Swing Amber Riley Do Your Thing Riley , Pros , Dance Troupe and backup dancers
May 20 , 2014 N/A Christina Perri Human N/A
May 20 , 2014 Hip-Hop Iggy Azalea feat . Charli XCX Fancy Pros and Dance Troupe
May 20 , 2014 Jazz Cody Simpson Surfboard Simpson 's backup dancers and Witney Carson
May 20 , 2014 Freestyle Ariana Grande Problem Grande 's backup dancers
Guest performances
Season eighteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 17, 2014. Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges; Tom Bergeron returned as host while Erin Andrews replaced Brooke Burke-Charvet as co-host. Bandleader Ray Chew replaced the Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers. In addition, the skybox made a return to the show and the judges table returned to the left side of the ballroom. This season was also first to feature a new twist called The Switch Up, which gave viewers the opportunity to vote and change up celebrity/professional pairings for a week during the season. Each celebrity was required to leave his or her assigned partner and perform with a new pro for one week. This season is notable for being the first in which a dance that has been featured in every season, the paso doble, was only performed once (by Charlie White and Sharna Burgess). On May 20, 2014, Meryl Davis and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were crowned the champions, marking the first time that Chmerkovskiy has won. Amy Purdy and Derek Hough were the runners-up, and Candace Cameron Bure and Mark Ballas finished in third place.