Dancing with the Stars/Awesome

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Certain dances are held up as classics of the series.

  • Drew Lachey's and Cheryl Burke's "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" Freestyle.
  • Mario Lopez' and Karina Smirnoff's Tango to "Whatever Lola Wants."
  • Apolo Ohno and Julianne Hough had a couple
    • The tiger Samba to "I Like to Move It"
    • The second quickstep to "Big Bad Voodoo Man."
    • The paso doble to the My Darling Clementine song.
  • Melanie Brown's and Maksim Chmerikovsky's Paso Doble to "Free Your Mind."
  • Gilles Marini's and Cheryl Burke's Argentine Tango to "Assassin's Tango."
  • Anna Trebunskaya and Evan Lysacek had two:
    • The Argentine Tango to "Bust Your Windows"
    • The Twilight themed paso doble to "Bring Me to Life."
  • Kelly Osbourne and Louis van Amstel's Viennese Waltz to "Trouble."
  • Pro dancer Kym Johnson dancing a perfect Argentine tango with Hines Ward three days after suffering a serious neck injury.
    • Also a Tear Jerker if the reactions of the audience, the judges, and Hines himself were any indication.
  • Anna and Jonathan dancing while Michael Bolton sings "Hallelujah".
  • Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd's bonkers freestyle to Cowboy Troy's "I Play Chicken with the Train"...which can be directly credited for their season victory.