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Aired spring 2008 · Olympic athletes brought a new physical profile

The Olympic Cast

Season six leaned into athletic casting, featuring Olympic-level competitors alongside the usual celebrity mix. The physical credentials of the cast raised the choreographic floor in early episodes — a fresh casting angle the format absorbed without structural change.

Filmed
Los Angeles, California
CBS Television City, Los Angeles
Premiered
Mar 17, 2008
ABC · March 2008
Episodes
10
Format
Celebrity ballroom · 10 episodes
Athletic cast with Olympic representation
Host
Tom Bergeron
sixth season with Tom Bergeron at the helm
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 05Adjacent in the canon
  5. 06Also appears in
01The take

The Olympic Cast.

Olympic training transfers in ways that change what the ballroom can produce in week one.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Season six leaned on athletic casting — Olympic competitors brought body awareness and physical discipline that compressed the usual early-season learning curve and pushed the choreographic quality of the opening episodes noticeably higher. The contrast between trained athletes and entertainment-world celebrities gave the competition a clear narrative through-line. As the fourth consecutive year of strong spring performance for the format, it confirmed that DWTS had built a reliable second season slot rather than depending on a single annual event.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #06 slot.

Slot #06 of 6 in the Dancing with the Stars Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.

No spoilers. Every page is reviewed before it goes live.
06Also appears in

Cross-references.

Dancing with the Stars — Editor's CanonEditor's Canon · #06
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