Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week the couple eliminated that week the returning couple that was the last to be called safe this couple withdrew from the competition the winning couple the runner-up couple the third-place couple Average score chart Gleb Savchenko did not return to the dance troupe this season.
Joining Sasha Farber and Lindsay Arnold in the Troupe is Jenna Johnson from season ten of So You Think You Can Dance and Artem Chigvintsev, a professional on the British version of the show. These three were replaced by former Troupe members- Witney Carson and Henry Byalikov-and also by Maksim Chmerkovskiy, who had returned following a two-season hiatus. A tenth, Sasha Farber, returned to the Dance Troupe while Tristan MacManus and Tyne Stecklein did not return in either capacity. Nine of the twelve professional dancers from the previous season returned for season 18. The cast of twelve and their professional partners were revealed on March 4, 2014, on Good Morning America. 3.3 Week 3: The Most Memorable Year of Their Life.3.1 Week 1: Spring 2014 Season Premiere.2.3 Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances.2.2 Highest and lowest scoring performances.Amy Purdy and Derek Hough were the runners-up, and Candace Cameron Bure and Mark Ballas finished in third place. On May 20, 2014, Meryl Davis and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were crowned the champions, marking the first time that Chmerkovskiy has won. This season is notable for being the first in which a dance that has been featured in every season, the paso doble, was only performed once (by Charlie White and Sharna Burgess).
Each celebrity was required to leave his or her assigned partner and perform with a new pro for one week. This season was also first to feature a new twist called "The Switch Up", which gave viewers the opportunity to vote and change up celebrity/professional pairings for a week during the season.
In addition, the skybox made a return to the show and the judges table returned to the left side of the ballroom. Bandleader Ray Chew replaced the Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers. Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges Tom Bergeron returned as host while Erin Andrews replaced Brooke Burke-Charvet as co-host. Get ready for the sound of summer 2005.Season eighteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 17, 2014.
Now Gasolina has caught fire at radio in both the US and Europe and the phenomenon is going global, with a top 20 Billboard European Chart position and top 10 chart entries in six European territories to date including France and Germany.ĭaddy Yankee hits the UK in July for a full promotional schedule around single release. Since then over a million albums have been sold in the US and last year Billboard created the first ever reggaeton award in Daddy Yankee's honour (Best Album). The album Barrio Fino ( UK release date 4 July) was released in 2004 in the Latin world as the most hotly anticipated album in reggaeton history.
Born in the early nineties in Puerto Rico and now sweeping across Latino communities in the US (particularly NY & Miami), it's a fusion of reggae, Latin rhythms and hip hop.ĭaddy Yankee has appeared on tracks with Nas, opened Usher's live show, guest starred in the Terror Squad video for 100% and is about to embark on his first acting role in the movie 'Straight From the Barrio', currently being shot in Puerto Rico. Now with 5 platinum albums in Latin America under his belt and already president of his own record label El Cartel, Daddy Yankee brings his addictive single Gasolina to the UK on 18 July and brings with it a new music phenomenon.reggaeton. He spent a year in a body cast and still walks with a 'pimp-limp' to this day as a result of the incident. Combining it with Daddy takes the name to another level."Ĭlick here to Watch the video to the hot new track 'Gasolina' from Daddy Yankee - out to buy 18th July.īorn Raymond Ayala, Daddy Yankee was destined for a career in Major League Baseball but that all changed one summer night when he was shot in the leg leaving a recording studio at the age of 17. It's a euphemism for the biggest baddest dude in the neighbourhood. "In Puerto Rica", says Daddy Yankee, the 28 year old Latin American superstar dubbed the king of reggaeton, "it's a compliment to be called Yankee.