Dancing with the Stars (American season 11)
Dance Highest scored dancer ( s ) Highest score Lowest scored dancer ( s ) Lowest score
Cha-cha-cha Jennifer Grey 30 The Situation David Hasselhoff 15
Viennese Waltz Jennifer Grey 30 Margaret Cho 15
Jive Kyle Massey 29 Michael Bolton 12
Quickstep Brandy Rick Fox Jennifer Grey 27 The Situation 18
Samba Kyle Massey 29 Margaret Cho 18
Waltz Jennifer Grey 30 Florence Henderson 20
Foxtrot Brandy 28 Bristol Palin 19
Rumba Jennifer Grey 30 Bristol Palin 14
Argentine tango Brandy 30 The Situation 12
Tango Jennifer Grey 27 Florence Henderson 21
Paso doble Jennifer Grey 30 Kurt Warner 18
Freestyle Jennifer Grey 30 Bristol Palin 25
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges ' marks are as follows :
Season eleven of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 20, 2010. The cast was announced during the August 30 episode of Bachelor Pad during a live press conference that included a Q&A session with host Tom Bergeron and co-host Brooke Burke and the new cast. There are twelve celebrity cast members this season. The pairs were announced on September 1 (however, Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas were announced as being a couple the day before by way of a Good Morning America interview). Corky Ballas returned to the show for the first time since season seven. This is the first season to feature no new professional dancers, as each of the 12 pros has appeared on at least one previous season. Edyta Śliwińska, the only pro to have appeared throughout the entire run of the series, did not return this season. Kym Johnson and Karina Smirnoff also returned, while Damian Whitewood also did not. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba continued as the judges. Several changes were introduced this season including an Acoustic Week, in which couples performed either the Rumba or the Argentine Tango, while the audience was brought closer to the dance floor, which was elevated and made circular, a TV Theme Week and a Rock n' Roll Week, in which couples performed the Paso doble or the Tango and danced in a Rock n' Roll marathon. Fan favorites from previous seasons also came back to judge the couples, who re-created their most memorable routines on the 200th episode; these guest judges were Hélio Castroneves, Kelly Osbourne, Emmitt Smith, Drew Lachey, Gilles Marini, and Mel B. Kristi Yamaguchi and Apolo Ohno also served as team captains for the team dances. Yamaguchi's team consisted of Rick & Cheryl, Kyle & Lacey and Bristol & Mark, while Brandy & Maksim, Jennifer & Derek and Kurt & Anna were on Ohno's team.