Dancing with the Stars (American season 16)
Season sixteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 18, 2013. Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet returned as hosts, while Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges. The Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers also returned to provide the music throughout the season. Scoring returned to using traditional whole numbers, instead of continuing with the fractional scores introduced for the previous season.
This is the first season where all finalists did not learn a Latin and a ballroom dance; no finalist learned Tango, Alexandra Raisman did not learn Paso doble, Jacoby Jones did not learn Samba, Kellie Pickler did not learn Salsa, and Zendaya did not learn Rumba. Each of the four finalists also did not dance one of the two new dance styles introduced this season. Raisman and Zendaya did not dance Jazz while Pickler and Jones did not dance Contemporary.
Pickler and her partner Derek Hough won the competition, marking his fourth of six wins and increasing his lead on the show as the professional dancer who has won the most mirror ball trophies.
Couples
The cast of eleven and their professional partners was announced on February 26, 2013 on Good Morning America, with Jacoby Jones' participation confirmed two days earlier on February 24 during a network promo for the series airing during the 85th Oscars as a tease for the GMA announcement. This season saw its youngest contestant to date—16-year-old Zendaya. Although in Season 20, the record was taken from Zendaya by Willow Shields who competed when she was 14. The following professionals who did not return for season 16 include Chelsie Hightower, Louis van Amstel, Anna Trebunskaya, and Maksim Chmerkovskiy.Lindsay Arnold, a contestant from season nine of So You Think You Can Dance was introduced as a new professional along with Troupe member Sharna Burgess. Gleb Savchenko, who recently participated as a professional on season twelve of the Australian version, was also announced as a new professional.
Witney Carson, also a contestant from season nine of So You Think You Can Dance, and Julian Tocker joined Oksana Dmytrenko, Henry Byalikov, Emma Slater, and Sasha Farber as the fifth and sixth members of the Dance Troupe. Two weeks following the cast announcement, Sean Lowe as revealed on GMA as the 12th contestant this season partnering with Peta Murgatroyd.
After only two dances, Dorothy Hamill withdrew from the competition due to a potential severe back injury. She is the third celebrity to withdraw due to injury, after Misty May-Treanor in season seven and Tom DeLay in season nine. Sara Evans in season three also quit, but that time it was due to her impending divorce. This also marks the second consecutive season where Tristan MacManus and his partner have gone home first in the competition, although last season he and his partner were actually eliminated the first week. This is the first time since season nine that a couple withdrew.
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Result |
| Dorothy Hamill | Olympic figure skater | Tristan MacManus | Withdrew on March 26, 2013 |
| Wynonna Judd | Country music singer | Tony Dovolani | Eliminated 1st on April 2, 2013 |
| Lisa Vanderpump | Reality television star | Gleb Savchenko | Eliminated 2nd on April 9, 2013 |
| D. L. Hughley | Comedian & sitcom actor | Cheryl Burke | Eliminated 3rd on April 16, 2013 |
| Victor Ortiz | Professional boxer | Lindsay Arnold | Eliminated 4th on April 23, 2013 |
| Andy Dick | Actor & comedian | Sharna Burgess | Eliminated 5th on April 30, 2013 |
| Sean Lowe | Reality television star | Peta Murgatroyd | Eliminated 6th on May 7, 2013 |
| Ingo Rademacher | Soap opera actor | Kym Johnson | Eliminated 7th on May 14, 2013 |
| Aly Raisman | Olympic gymnast | Mark Ballas | Eliminated 8th on May 21, 2013 |
| Jacoby Jones | NFL wide receiver | Karina Smirnoff | Third place on May 21, 2013 |
| Zendaya | Disney Channel star | Valentin Chmerkovskiy | Runner-up on May 21, 2013 |
| Kellie Pickler | Country music singer | Derek Hough | Winner on May 21, 2013 |
Scoring charts
Average score chart
This table counts for all dances scored on the traditional 30-points scale.| Rank by average | Place | Couple | Total points | Number of dances | Average |
| 1 | 1 | Kellie & Derek | 411 | 15 | 27.4 |
| 2 | 2 | Zendaya & Val | 410 | 15 | 27.3 |
| 3 | 4 | Alexandra & Mark | 374 | 14 | 26.7 |
| 4 | 3 | Jacoby & Karina | 384 | 15 | 25.6 |
| 5 | 5 | Ingo & Kym | 272 | 12 | 22.7 |
| 6 | 6 | Sean & Peta | 216 | 10 | 21.6 |
| 7 | 8 | Victor & Lindsay | 138 | 7 | 19.7 |
| 8 | 7 | Andy & Sharna | 154 | 8 | 19.3 |
| 9 | 10 | Lisa & Gleb | 75 | 4 | 18.8 |
| 10 | 12 | Dorothy & Tristan | 36 | 2 | 18.0 |
| 11 | 11 | Wynonna & Tony | 51 | 3 | 17.0 |
| 12 | 9 | D.L. & Cheryl | 83 | 5 | 16.6 |
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:| Dance | Highest scored dancer | Highest score | Lowest scored dancer | Lowest score |
| Cha-cha-cha | Zendaya | 29 | D.L. Hughley | 12 |
| Foxtrot | Zendaya | 28 | Andy Dick | 17 |
| Contemporary | Alexandra Raisman | 27 | Ingo Rademacher | 20 |
| Quickstep | Kellie Pickler | 30 | D.L. Hughley | 16 |
| Jive | Zendaya Kellie Pickler | 30 | Dorothy Hamill | 15 |
| Jazz | Kellie Pickler | 26 | Andy Dick | 20 |
| Viennese Waltz | Kellie Pickler | 28 | Sean Lowe | 20 |
| Samba | Zendaya | 30 | Wynonna Judd | 15 |
| Paso doble | Zendaya Kellie Pickler | 27 | Victor Ortiz Andy Dick | 18 |
| Rumba | Alexandra Raisman | 30 | Andy Dick | 17 |
| Salsa | Zendaya Jacoby Jones | 30 | D.L. Hughley | 16 |
| Argentine tango | Kellie Pickler Jacoby Jones | 30 | Zendaya Alexandra Raisman | 29 |
| Tango | Ingo Rademacher | 24 | D.L. Hughley | 18 |
| Twitter-picked dances | Zendaya | 30 | Ingo Rademacher | 27 |
| Freestyle | Zendaya Kellie Pickler Alexandra Raisman | 30 | Jacoby Jones | 27 |
Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances
According to the traditional 30-point scale :| Couples | Highest scoring dance | Lowest scoring dance |
| Kellie & Derek | Argentine tango, Quickstep, Freestyle & Jive | Cha-cha-cha |
| Zendaya & Val | Salsa, Hip-Hop, Samba, Freestyle & Jive | Contemporary & Viennese Waltz |
| Jacoby & Karina | Argentine tango & Salsa | Cha-cha-cha |
| Alexandra & Mark | Rumba & Freestyle | Cha-cha-cha |
| Ingo & Kym | Charleston | Contemporary & Quickstep |
| Sean & Peta | Quickstep & Rumba | Foxtrot |
| Andy & Sharna | Viennese Waltz | Foxtrot & Rumba |
| Victor & Lindsay | Contemporary | Foxtrot, Jive, Paso doble, & Rumba |
| D.L. & Cheryl | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha |
| Lisa & Gleb | Viennese Waltz | Cha-cha-cha, Foxtrot & Jive |
| Wynonna & Tony | Cha-cha-cha & Quickstep | Samba |
| Dorothy & Tristan | Contemporary | Jive |
Weekly scores and songs
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.Week 1
;Running order| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
| Kellie & Derek | 21 | Cha-cha-cha | "Domino"—Jessie J |
| Victor & Lindsay | 18 | Foxtrot | "Daylight"—Maroon 5 |
| Ingo & Kym | 20 | Contemporary | "Yellow"—Coldplay |
| Lisa & Gleb | 18 | Foxtrot | "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"—Aretha Franklin |
| D.L. & Cheryl | 12 | Cha-cha-cha | "Low"—Flo Rida |
| Zendaya & Val | 24 | Contemporary | "Feel Again"—OneRepublic |
| Sean & Peta | 19 | Foxtrot | "The Power of Love"—Huey Lewis and the News |
| Alexandra & Mark | 21 | Cha-cha-cha | "Live While We're Young"—One Direction |
| Dorothy & Tristan | 21 | Contemporary | "Tiny Dancer"—Elton John |
| Wynonna & Tony | 18 | Cha-cha-cha | "I've Got the Music in Me"—Kiki Dee |
| Andy & Sharna | 17 | Foxtrot | "Witchcraft"—Frank Sinatra |
| Jacoby & Karina | 20 | Cha-cha-cha | "Good Feeling"—Flo Rida |
Week 2
At the results show of this week, it was announced that Dorothy Hamill would be withdrawing from the show by doctors orders due to an injury she had suffered from during training prior to this week. Either Lisa or Victor would have been eliminated this week, but they were "saved" from elimination due to Hamill's withdrawal from the competition.;Running order
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Ingo & Kym | 20 | Quickstep | "Billy-a-Dick"—Bette Midler | Safe |
| Dorothy & Tristan | 15 | Jive | "Chantilly Lace"—The Big Bopper | Withdrew |
| Jacoby & Karina | 23 | Jazz | "Five Guys Named Moe"—Louis Jordan | Safe |
| Victor & Lindsay | 18 | Jive | "Runaway Baby"—Bruno Mars | Bottom 2 |
| Wynonna & Tony | 18 | Quickstep | "Neutron Dance"—The Pointer Sisters | Safe |
| Zendaya & Val | 26 | Jive | "This Head That I Hold"—Electric Guest | Safe |
| Andy & Sharna | 20 | Jazz | "Poker Face"—Lady Gaga | Safe |
| Sean & Peta | 20 | Jive | "Into Action"—Tim Armstrong feat. Skye Sweetnam | Safe |
| Alexandra & Mark | 24 | Quickstep | "Jumpin' Jack"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | Safe |
| Lisa & Gleb | 18 | Jive | "One Way or Another "—One Direction | Bottom 2 |
| D.L. & Cheryl | 16 | Quickstep | "It Don't Mean a Thing"—Duke Ellington | Safe |
| Kellie & Derek | 26 | Jazz | "Lights"—Ellie Goulding | Safe |
Week 3: Prom Night
Jacoby & Karina and Zendaya & Val each received two bonus points in the Prom King and Queen voting, bringing both couples' total scores to 26 each.;Running order
Week 4: "Best Year of My Life" Night
Couples performed one unlearned dance celebrating the most memorable year of their lives. Each celebrity included a brief solo during their routines. Kyle Jacobs, Kellie Pickler's husband, performed his own song, which he wrote for Kellie. During the results show, Karina Smirnoff and Valentin Chmerkovskiy were revealed to have received the most Twitter votes on Monday night's performance show.;Running order
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Sean & Peta | 20 | Viennese Waltz | "I Won't Give Up"—Jason Mraz | Safe |
| Victor & Lindsay | 18 | Paso doble | "We Will Rock You"—Queen | Bottom 2 |
| Jacoby & Karina | 24 | Foxtrot | "Watching You"—Rodney Atkins | Safe |
| Alexandra & Mark | 27 | Contemporary | "Titanium"—David Guetta feat. Sia Furler | Safe |
| Andy & Sharna | 21 | Viennese Waltz | "Hallelujah"—Leonard Cohen | Safe |
| Zendaya & Val | 26 | Samba | "Love On Top"—Beyoncé | Safe |
| Ingo & Kym | 23 | Viennese Waltz | "A Thousand Years"—Christina Perri | Safe |
| D.L. & Cheryl | 21 | Foxtrot | "I Just Want to Make Love to You"—Etta James | Safe |
| Kellie & Derek | 26 | Rumba | "Say I Do"—Kyle Jacobs | Safe |
| Lisa & Gleb | 18 | Cha-cha-cha | "Celebration"—Kool & the Gang | Eliminated |
Week 5: Len's Side-by-Side Challenge
Each couple had to select two other professionals that had either been eliminated, featured in previous seasons, or participated in the troupe. They then performed simultaneously with those professional dancers. Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Anna Trebunskaya, Chelsie Hightower, Tony Dovolani and Tristan MacManus were among the pros returning as well as Henry Byalikov, Emma Slater, Sasha Farber and Witney Carson from the troupe.;Running order
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Ingo & Kym | 21 | Cha-cha-cha | "Lady Marmalade"—Labelle | Safe |
| Jacoby & Karina | 26 | Jive | "Long Tall Sally"—Little Richard | Safe |
| Victor & Lindsay | 21 | Viennese Waltz | "Never Tear Us Apart"—INXS | Bottom 2 |
| Alexandra & Mark | 25 | Samba | "Misery"—Maroon 5 | Safe |
| Sean & Peta | 24 | Quickstep | "Go Get It"—Sepalot feat. Ladi6 | Safe |
| Kellie & Derek | 27 | Foxtrot | "It Had to Be You"—Harry Connick Jr. | Safe |
| D.L & Cheryl | 18 | Tango | "Love Letter"—Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes | Eliminated |
| Zendaya & Val | 29 | Argentine tango | "Discombobulate"—Hans Zimmer | Safe |
| Andy & Sharna | 18 | Paso doble | "The Plaza of Execution"—James Horner | Safe |
Week 6: Stevie Wonder Night
Each couple performed to a song by Stevie Wonder. Hunter Hayes performed a duet with Wonder for an opening performance. Each couple also performed a team dance picked by the highest scoring couples Zendaya and Val and Kellie and Derek.;Running order
Week 7: Latin Night
Each couple danced to a Latin hit. After having danced, the top scoring couple was saved from elimination that week. If there was a tie for first place, the couple with the highest cumulative score wins immunity. The remaining six couples then took part in the Dance-off, where they competed against another couple doing the cha-cha-cha, jive or rumba. For each Dance-off, the judges declared a winning couple who added three bonus points to their score.;Running order
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Jacoby & Karina | 27 | Salsa | "Danza Kuduro"—Don Omar feat. Lucenzo | Safe |
| Ingo & Kym | 22 | Rumba | "Maria Maria"—Santana feat. The Product G&B | Bottom 2 |
| Kellie & Derek | 29 | Samba | "Shake Your Bon-Bon"—Ricky Martin | Safe |
| Andy & Sharna | 17 | Rumba | "Cherry Pink "—Perez Prado | Eliminated |
| Alexandra & Mark | 29 | Salsa | "Echa Pa'lla "—Pitbull feat. Papayo | Safe |
| Sean & Peta | 24 | Rumba | "Hero"—Enrique Iglesias | Safe |
| Zendaya & Val | 27 | Paso doble | "Buster Voodoo"—Rodrigo y Gabriela | Safe |
Week 8: Trio Challenge
Each couple performed one unlearned ballroom dance as well as a trio dance. Each couple chose one professional who was either previously eliminated or participates in the dance troupe to perform with them.;Running order
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Zendaya & Val | 28 | Foxtrot | "Don't Worry, Be Happy"—Bobby McFerrin | Safe |
| Zendaya & Val | 30 | Salsa | "Dança Molengo"—Bonde do Rolê feat. Rizzle Kicks | Safe |
| Sean & Peta | 21 | Tango | "Hot n Cold"—Katy Perry | Eliminated |
| Sean & Peta | 21 | Jazz | "Magic" —B.o.B | Eliminated |
| Jacoby & Karina | 27 | Viennese Waltz | "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World"—James Brown | Last to be called safe |
| Jacoby & Karina | 25 | Paso doble | "La Virgen de la Macarena"—Canadian Brass | Last to be called safe |
| Ingo & Kym | 24 | Foxtrot | "You Make Me Feel So Young"—Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Ingo & Kym | 24 | Jive | "Dance With Me Tonight"—Olly Murs | Safe |
| Kellie & Derek | 28 | Viennese Waltz | "Fade Into You"—Mazzy Star | Safe |
| Kellie & Derek | 27 | Paso doble | "Unstoppable"—E.S. Posthumus | Safe |
| Alexandra & Mark | 29 | Argentine tango | "Reflejo de Luna"—Alacran | Safe |
| Alexandra & Mark | 27 | Jive | "Hit the Road Jack"—Ray Charles | Safe |
Week 9: Semifinals
Each couple performed two unlearned dances, one of which was chosen by the viewers through Twitter. Sean and Peta would have danced Disco had they not been eliminated.;Running order
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Kellie & Derek | 30 | Argentine tango | "Para Te"—A.P.P.A.R.T. | Safe |
| Kellie & Derek | 28 | Flamenco | ""—Rodrigo y Gabriela | Safe |
| Ingo & Kym | 24 | Samba | "One More Night"—Maroon 5 | Eliminated |
| Ingo & Kym | 27 | Charleston | "Fat Sam's Grand Slam"—Bugsy Malone | Eliminated |
| Alexandra & Mark | 30 | Rumba | "When I Was Your Man"—Bruno Mars | Safe |
| Alexandra & Mark | 29 | Afro-Jazz | "Azumba"—Gregor Salto | Safe |
| Jacoby & Karina | 30 | Argentine tango | "Concierto Para Quinteto"—Astor Piazolla | Safe |
| Jacoby & Karina | 29 | Lindy Hop | "Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line"—Cherry Poppin' Daddies | Safe |
| Zendaya & Val | 25 | Quickstep | "Don't Give Up"—Noisettes | Last to be called safe |
| Zendaya & Val | 30 | Hip-Hop | "Fine China"—Chris Brown | Last to be called safe |
Week 10: Finals
The four finalists dance for the coveted mirror ball trophy. Each couple will dance a judges' choice, cha-cha-cha relay, and a super sized freestyle on night one. On night two, one of the four couples will be eliminated within the first hour of the show and the remaining three couples will then dance an instant dance of a style they already know with music given to them minutes before.;Running order
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
| Jacoby & Karina | 27 | Jive | "Shake It"—Metro Station |
| Alexandra & Mark | 28 | Samba | "Hips Don't Lie"—Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean |
| Kellie & Derek | 30 | Quickstep | "Peppy and George"—Ludovic Bource |
| Zendaya & Val | 30 | Samba | "Yerbatero"—Juanes |
| Jacoby & Karina Alexandra & Mark Kellie & Derek Zendaya & Val | 2 3 4 5 | Cha-cha-cha relay | "Treasure"—Bruno Mars |
| Jacoby & Karina | 27 | Freestyle | "Can't Hold Us"—Macklemore & Ryan Lewis |
| Alexandra & Mark | 30 | Freestyle | "Icarus"—Madeon |
| Kellie & Derek | 30 | Freestyle | "Beneath Your Beautiful"—Labrinth feat. Emeli Sandé |
| Zendaya & Val | 30 | Freestyle | "Beauty and a Beat"—Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj |
;Running order
Alexandra & Mark were eliminated during the first hour of the show, thus bringing the total number of couples down to the traditional three.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Jacoby & Karina | 30 | Instant Salsa | "Aguanile"—Héctor Lavoe | Third place |
| Kellie & Derek | 30 | Instant Jive | "Keep A-Knockin'"—Little Richard | Winner |
| Zendaya & Val | 30 | Instant Jive | "Rockin' Robin"—Michael Jackson | Runner-up |
Dance chart
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:- Week 1: Cha-cha-cha, foxtrot or contemporary
- Week 2: Jive, quickstep or jazz
- Week 3: Group dance & one unlearned dance
- Week 4: One unlearned dance
- Week 5: One unlearned dance
- Week 6: One unlearned dance & team dances
- Week 7: One unlearned dance & dance-offs
- Week 8: One unlearned dance & trio dance
- Week 9: One unlearned dance & Twitter-chosen dance
- Week 10 : Judges' choice, cha-cha-cha relay and freestyle
- Week 10 : Instant dance
Guest performances