Driver and his professional partner, peta murgatroyd, had been standout dancers all season long. After 10 weeks of competition, nfl player donald driver was crowned the winner of season 14. Dancing with the stars has a dedicated fan base who wants to make sure the best dancers win. Who won dancing with the stars 2012 spring edition. Football star donald driver made it all the way as the season14 winner of dancing with the stars. One point separated firstplace katherine jenkins from william levy and donald driver at the end of mondays dancing with the stars performances each finalist earned another 30. Donald driver and peta murgatroyd, champions of season 14.
Donald jerome driver was born in houston, texas, 2 february 1975. Dancing with the stars champion donald driver and peta murgatroyd win what judges call best season ever. Every year in cleveland, driver holds the donald driver football camp for local kids which is held at the cleveland high school football field. Donald won season 14 of dancing with the stars with partner peta murgatroyd, is a ny times best selling author with his book driven, an amvets humanitarian of the year, and he cohosted a tv show produced by united way called the hero effect, which aired last fall on oprahs own network. The green bay packers receiver won the abc dance show tuesday after wowing audiences and judges with his kickin countrythemed freestyle routine. Packers receiver donald driver and partner peta murgatroyd won the reality dance competition dancing with the stars on tuesday. Donald driver driven elite athlete training programs. Driver and partner peta murgatroyd won the television dance competition dancing with the stars on tuesday after earning perfect 10s for their. Donald driver triumphs on dancing with the stars, gets. The wide receiver and his partner, peta murgatroyd, defeated actor william levy and singer katherine jenkins. The minute dancing with the stars ended, levy made his way through the throng of dancers, stars and judges congratulating the new champ. Donald driver crowned dancing with the stars winner donald driver crowned dancing with the stars winner. Donald driver and dancing with the stars partner peta murgatroyd hold the mirrorball trophy.
Upon retirement, he won season 14 of dancing with the stars. What happened to the winners of dancing with the stars after they won the mirror ball trophy. Dancing with the stars live tour 2020 dances its way across america this winter. Donald driver wins season 14 dancing with the stars youtube. Donald driver wins season 14, takes home the mirror ball. The victory was a bit of a surprise, with runnerup katherine jenkins and thirdplace finisher. Donald jerome driver is a celebrity from season 14 of dancing with the stars. Dancing with the stars american season 14 wikipedia.
Driver had been hanging on behind the leaders for most of the weeks of the competition, never quite good enough to convince judge len goodman that he earned a 10. William levy came in third, katherine jenkins was second and driver did. Tonight, dancing with the stars will crown its season 16 winner. Green bay packers wide receiver donald driver was named the winner of the 14th season of dancing with the stars. Donald driver became the winner of the 14th season of dancing with the stars on tuesday night. The two received 89 out of a possible 90 points in their final show. He already has a super bowl ring, and now football star donald driver can add the dancing with the stars mirrorball trophy to his awards collection. Donald is the second active nfl player to win dancing with the stars. Dancing with the stars is back, and this season is all about athletes athletes including kareem abduljabbar, tonya harding, johnny damon and adam rippon will hit the dancefloor for the season, but they are far from the first athletes to grace the dwts stage. Donald driver discusses win this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. Donald driver and peta murgatroyd win what judges call best season ever. Here are eight controversial dwts wins, including the one from season 27. However, that has not always been the case as the show has produced shocking eliminations and winners.
Donald driver parlayed his onfield success and charismatic personality into a spot in one of tvs hottest reality shows, abcs dancing with the stars. All 38 athletes who have appeared on dancing with the stars. Dancing with the stars has crowned its newest champion. It was just last year when the year veteran receiver helped lead the green bay packers to a super bowl championship. The best and worst athletes to ever appear on dancing. New york reuters green bay packers football star donald driver won the 14th season of dancing with the stars on tuesday, chachachaing to. Tennis player martina navratilova was the first competitor out of the competition. Season fourteen of dancing with the stars premiered on march 19, 2012.
Donald driver of green bay packers wins dancing with the. We figured that donald driver had a good chance to win dancing with the stars, but at least one person knew hed win. Green bay packers wide receiver donald drivers fame wins him the mirrorball trophy over classical singer katherine jenkins. After a season full of injuries, recordbreaking high scores and william levy, dancing with the stars crowned its season 14 winner. Donald driver took home the coveted mirror ball trophy tuesday night on dancing with the stars. He is also the third nfl player to win along with emmitt smith. Many have already seen this, but i need just this one dance for another project. Donald driver and peta murgatroyd are crowned dancing with the stars champions during the shows season finale on may 22, 2012. Donald driver earned a new piece of hardware on tuesday night when he took home the mirror ball after winning the 14th season of dancing with the stars.
The times is pleased to have green bay packers wide receiver donald driver guestblogging for us while he competes on dancing with the stars. Well, it must have some appeal to the 1822 million viewers who tune in each week, or the last poster who cursed the spoiler, and maybe even people who chime in to the thread at 1 a. On may 22, 2012, donald driver brought another trophy to green bay when he became a dancing with the stars champion. On dancing with the stars, 27 celebrities have won the coveted mirror ball trophy. Donald driver wins dancing with the stars fikkle fame. Donald driver and his dance partner peta murgatroyd were named dancing with the stars champions tuesday night. Donald driver wins dancing with the stars donald driver 80. All the dancing with the stars winners and what theyre.
William levy came in third, katherine jenkins was second and driver did a cha cha to. Donald driver wins dancing with the stars steve hoffman. Dancing with the stars has had its fair share of shocking moments. Green bay packers wide receiver donald driver and his partner peta murgatroyd won season 14 of dancing with the stars on may 22nd. After 10 weeks of competition donald and peta, with the help of packer nation, raised the mirror ball trophy high in the air as champions of the 14th season. Donald driver discusses being the dancing with the stars. Winner of the mirror ball trophy and the 2012 season of dancing with the stars is packers wide receiver donald driver and professional dancing partner peta murgatroyd.
Donald driver discusses being the dancing with the stars winner. The hit series in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines that are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts. Green bay packers great donald driver teamed up with dwts heavyhitter peta murgatroyd for season 14 and defeated competitors katherine jenkins with mark ballas and william levy with cheryl burke in the finals driver fared far better than the other athlete on season. All 28 celebrities who have won dancing with the stars.
Will it be aly raisman, yet another olympic medalist, who adds the mirrorball. Athletes have won eight of the 19 seasons of dancing with the stars, and that includes three national football league players emmitt smith, hines ward and donald driver. Do people really care about dancing with the stars. Pack your bags and get ready to dance with dancing with the stars. Superbowl champ donald driver beat out katherine jenkins and actor william levy for.
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