Dancing with the Stars Week 1 (Season 15, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | Family, Music, Reality-TV

Dancing with the Stars

Week 1 (Season 15, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | Family, Music, Reality-TV

This season Dance With Stars welcomes back stars from past seasons including many champions to find out who is the best of the best while performing some great dance routines.

Director

Alex Rudzinski

Writers

Dave Boone (written by) | Gina Casazza | Christine Castanon | Brandon Clayton & 7 more

Producers

Josh Firosz | Ashley Shea Landers | Imogen Sparks | Marcy Walton & 2 more

Composers

Rick Baptist | Vanessa Brown | Luis Conte | Chris Gray & 12 more

Cinematographer

Wesley Hartshorn

Editors

Nena Erb (as Nena Hsu) | Evan Finn | Gregory Fitzsimmons (as Greg Fitzsimmons) | Ned Kerwin & 4 more

Production Designer

James Yarnell

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 24, 2012

Release date

Sep 24, 2012 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 21 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 27 wins & 191 nominations

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
Kirstie Alley Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Pamela Anderson Self - Audience Self - Audience See fewer	Barb Wire (1996)
Mark Ballas Self - Partner: Bristol Palin Self - Partner: Bristol Palin See fewer	Samantha Who? (2007)
Sabrina Bryan Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	The Cheetah Girls 2 (2005)
Cheryl Burke Self - Partner: Emmitt Smith Self - Partner: Emmitt Smith See fewer	Dancing with the Stars (I) (2005)
Helio Castroneves Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Superstar Saturday Night: The Camping World SRX Series (2021)
Maksim Chmerkovskiy Self - Partner: Kirstie Alley Self - Partner: Kirstie Alley See fewer	Byrd and the Bees
Val Chmerkovskiy Self - Partner: Kelly Monaco Self - Partner: Kelly Monaco See fewer	Being the Ricardos (2021)
Driton 'Tony' Dovolani Self - Partner: Melissa Rycroft (as Tony Dovolani) Self - Partner: Melissa Rycroft (as Tony Dovolani) See fewer	Shall We Dance? (2004)
Joey Fatone Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Chelsie Hightower Self - Partner: Helio Castroneves Self - Partner: Helio Castroneves See fewer	Knights58
Derek Hough Self - Partner: Shawn Johnson Self - Partner: Shawn Johnson See fewer	Dancing with the Stars (I) (2005)
Kym Johnson Herjavec Self - Partner: Joey Fatone Self - Partner: Joey Fatone See fewer	Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
Shawn Johnson Self Self See fewer	The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)
Drew Lachey Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Carol (2015)
Tristan MacManus Self - Partner: Pamela Anderson Self - Partner: Pamela Anderson See fewer	Oren (2014)
Gilles Marini Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Sex and the City (2008)
Kelly Monaco Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	General Hospital (1963)
Peta Murgatroyd Self - Partner: Gilles Marini Self - Partner: Gilles Marini See fewer	Faith, Hope & Love (2019)
Apolo Ohno Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Bristol Palin Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)
Melissa Rycroft Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Logically Irrational (2018)
Karina Smirnoff Self - Partner: Apolo Anton Ohno Self - Partner: Apolo Anton Ohno See fewer	Dark Feathers (2024)
Emmitt Smith Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	Little Giants (1994)
Anna Trebunskaya Self - Partner: Drew Lachey Self - Partner: Drew Lachey See fewer	The Newsroom (2012)
Louis van Amstel Self - Partner: Sabrina Bryan Self - Partner: Sabrina Bryan See fewer	Agent Carter (2015)