The second season of the U.S. edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on the ABC network on January 5, 2006, and ended February 24, 2006. This season expanded to ten couples from six in the previous season.
Season two expanded each program from an hour to 90 minutes, and added an hour-long results show the following night. Two couples were declared safe in an earlier portion of the show, the remaining couples were then named off until only the bottom two were left.
- Episode 1 Episode 201 Meet the new celebrity dance contestants and their professional dance partners. The women perform the Waltz and the men perform the Cha Cha.
- Episode 2 Episode 201A Kenny Mayne & dance partner Andrea Hale are voted of the show. Burt Bacharach performs.
- Episode 3 Episode 202 With one couple out of the game , the other nine couples perform the Quickstep and Rumba.
- Episode 4 Episode 202A Tatum O'Neal was the next star voted out. Jesse McCartney performs.
- Episode 5 Episode 203 The eight remaining celebrities must dance the Jive and the Tango in order not to be the next ones sent home.
- Episode 6 Episode 203A Giselle Fernandez and Jonathan Roberts are voted off the show. The Style Elements Crew performs.
- Episode 7 Episode 204 Tonight's featured dances were the Foxtrot and the Paso Doble. According to judge Len Goodman, the Foxtrot should be an elegant dance filled with gentle rises and falls. The Paso…
- Episode 8 Episode 204A Master P and Ashly Delgrosso are voted off the show finally. The Pussycat Dolls strutted their stuff singing their hit single, "Don't Cha." They treated viewers to a performance of…
- Episode 9 Episode 205 With P. Miller out of the game the real competion begins. Each team must perform two dances each - individual couple Sambas and then a Group Salsa.
- Episode 10 Episode 205A The dancing couple of Tia Carrere & Maksim Chmerkovskiy are voted out of the competion. Barry Manilow performed three songs. The 2005 World Mambo champions perform.
- Episode 11 Episode 206 With Tia out now, the five remaining stars must again learn two dance routines in order to maintain their shot at the trophy. They perform the Jive, Tango, Paso Doble,…
- Episode 12 Episode 206A Former Righteous Brother Bill Medley will be performing his Oscar-winning hit "(I've Had) The Time of Life" from the movie "Dirty Dancing," Medley will be joined by his daughter, McKenna…
- Episode 13 Episode 207 George Hamilton has left the floor. The final four couples must battle it out in the semifinals with two dances they've never done before. Who will make it to the…
- Episode 14 Episode 207A Lisa Rinna & Louis van Amstel are voted off the show. Michael Bublé performs "For Once in My Life" and "The Way You Look Tonight." This week he serenades audiences…
- Episode 15 Episode 208 With Lisa Rinna out, the other three stars are left to battle it out in the finals. Each couple must dance two dances, which will include a freestyle dance. Also…
- Episode 16 Episode 208A Drew Lachey and Cheryl Burke are crowned Dancing with the stars champion. Also Mary J. Blige perfroms two of her hit singles and all the celebrity dancers are back to…