Season twelve of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 21, 2011, on the ABC network.

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward and Kym Johnson were the winners of the competition, while actress Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy finished second, and Disney star Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas finished third.

[5] Kirstie Alley returned for the All-Stars season, where she was again paired with Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Color key: Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Donnie Burns, Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.

Two couples faced off against each other, with the winners from each match competing against each other for fifteen bonus points.

The couples performed the following each week: Dancing with the Stars tied with Modern Family, a sitcom which also airs on ABC, for the season's No.