May 23, 2012 after a season full of injuries, recordbreaking high scores and william levy, dancing with the stars crowned its season 14 winner. Driver, a longtime fan of the show, knew that freestyle was the only thing that could put him safely into the end zone ahead of levy and jenkins. Deleted video donald driver and peta murgatroyd by linda lafaux. Donald driver of green bay packers wins dancing with the stars. Dancing with the stars american season 14 wikipedia. May 23, 2012 the dance also exposed the good and the bad of driver. Recently inducted into the packers hall of fame, donald wanted to do something special for the fans in wisconsin with some fun and surprise visits, and it will culminate at his final charity softball.
May 23, 2012 football pro donald driver has amassed legions of fans in his years playing for the super bowl champion green bay packers but he says it was more than just the teams notoriously devoted cheese. Donald driver and peta murgatroyd win what judges call best season ever. Green bay packers receiver donald driver is going to have to clear some space in his trophy cabinet, as he and professional partner peta murgatroyd were crowned. To celebrate donalds victory, wisconsin governor scott walker officially declared may 23rd as donald driver day. All the professionals from season returned except for lacey schwimmer, who was replaced by chelsie hightower. May 23, 2012 donald driver, peta murgatroyd dance on gma. American idol is announcing its 11th winner this week and it has boiled down to.
Donald drivers thank you fans tour taking place from august 10 is the first tour ever for a professional athlete to thank his fans. Levy was the top score for the foxtrot 30, samba 30, rumba 27 with maria menounos and katherine jenkins, salsa 30 and tango 28. Donald driver and professional dancer peta murgatroyd, dancing their freestyle. Dancing with the stars crowns newest champion, donald driver.
Donald driver and peta murgatroyd dance the cha cha cha as their 24 hour dance in week 10. Donald jerome driver was born in houston, texas, 2 february 1975. Donald driver chachachas to dancing win chicago tribune. Tom bergeron and brooke burke charvet returned as hosts, while carrie ann inaba, len goodman, and bruno tonioli all returned as judges.
The duo clinched the competition with a countryinspired freestyle dance judge. Donald had a tough childhood living out of a uhaul truck for a period of time during his early teens, after a. The harold wheeler orchestra and singers provided the music throughout the season green bay packers wide receiver donald driver won the competition over british classical crossover singer. Mar 21, 2012 donald driver gives a full impact cha cha cha with partner peta murgatroyd. Dancing with the stars heads to finale with tight scores. Driver, together with his pro partner peta murgatroyd, wowed the audience with their showstopping freestyle. Drivers freestyle is the most entertaining of the night. The dances this week are freestyle and the judges pick.
Donald driver hoping his freestyle is good enough for dancing. Nfl star donald driver leaves biggest impression on judges washington post. Until the freestyle, driver wasnt the high score in any of the dances and even then he wasnt alone. Driver s wife and children joined him on the dance floor. Dancing with the stars 14 dancing with the stars wiki.
The washington post addressed the surprising win saying. Encore dance is donald and petas freestyle, which, yeah, no duh. Donald driver and peta murgatroyd are crowned dancing with the stars champions during the shows season finale on may 22, 2012. Drivers wife and children joined him on the dance floor. The harold wheeler orchestra and singers provided the music throughout the season. May 22, 2012 donald driver hoping his freestyle is good enough for dancing mirrorball glory may 22, 2012 donald driver knows he made an impression with his final dance on monday night a countryflavored freestyle with peta murgatroyd and hes hoping it lands the pair the dancing with the stars mirrorball. Donald driver wins season 14 dancing with the stars youtube.
Sep 23, 2018 appreciating the 14th season of dancing with the stars. Donald driver says his freestyle was the best dancing with the stars. Yet hough, burke and murgatroyds risk taking werent physical, but thematic. In the predance clips, donald predicted his competition would play it safe in the freestyle, and his wholly unexpected, countrythemed closer full of eyepopping lifts, spins and athleticism. Donald driver says his freestyle was the best they say freestyle normally wins this competition, he. Donald driver discusses being the dancing with the stars winner. Here with his reactions, last seasons mirrorball champ, green bay packer, donald driver.
Green bay packers wide receiver donald driver won the. Sep 16, 20 donald doesnt get nearly enough credit for his utter fabulousness, and his jubilant efforts in the firstever dance trio ahem, threesome. Carrie ann stands on judges table and calls donalds freestyle her favorite routine of the season. Freestyle is a dance performed on dancing with the stars, typically done in the finals by the top three or four couples, or top two in early seasons though freestyle normally stands for street dance, in dancing with the stars it means no rules. Donald driver hoping his freestyle is good enough for dancing mirrorball glory may 22, 2012 donald driver knows he made an impression with his final dance on monday night a countryflavored freestyle with peta murgatroyd and hes hoping it lands the. The green bay packers receiver won the abc dance show tuesday after wowing audiences and judges with his kickin countrythemed freestyle routine. Donald driver discusses being the dancing with the stars. Football star donald driver named dancing winner the blade. And the three finalists, putting their dance shoes on for the firstever supersized freestyle. New york reuters green bay packers football star donald driver won the 14th season of dancing with the stars on tuesday, chachachaing to. Though freestyle normally stands for street dance, in dancing with the stars it means no rules. Donalds mirror ball trophy has made appearances all across the state of wisconsin. A day after wowing the judges with a wildly entertaining, country westernthemed freestyle on performance night, green bay packers wide receiver donald driver was named the.
He shared the top cha cha cha score of 30 with william levy. Couples are allowed to pick any styles of dance and there are no rules in regards to moves allowed. Donald driver and dancing with the stars partner peta murgatroyd. Dancing with the stars champs perform the chacha by abc news. Football pro donald driver has amassed legions of fans in his years playing for the super bowl champion green bay packers but he says it was more. Donald driver wins season 14 dancing with the stars duration. Driver has stage presence, but he doesnt emote or smolder as much as levy.
But driver and his partner peta murgatroyd delivered a dynamic freestyle to pull ahead for good. Donald driver discusses being the dancing with the. Green bay packers player donald driver and his professional dancing partner peta heavens to murgatroyd are the king and queen of the dancing with the stars ballroom. After playing college football for alcorn state university, driver was picked by the green bay packers in the seventh round of the 1999 nfl draft. Freestyle is a dance performed on dancing with the stars, typically done in the finals by the top three or four couples, or top two in early seasons. Freestyle donald uses his knowledge of dwts history to come up with the theme for his freestyle dance the element of surprise. Green bay packers wide receiver donald drivers fame wins him the. Dwts 2012 champions dance one more time on good morning america. The packers and former dancing with the stars winner emmitt smith were just two of many to congratulate driver on twitter, including. Carrie ann stands on judges table and calls donald s freestyle her favorite routine of the season. Dancing with the stars champs perform the chacha duration. Donald jerome driver is a celebrity from season 14 of dancing with the stars.
Donald driver of green bay packers wins dancing with the. The times is pleased to have green bay packers wide receiver donald driver guestblogging for. He spent his entire 14season nfl career with the packers and holds the franchises alltime records for most career receptions and receiving yards. After a season full of injuries, recordbreaking high scores and william levy, dancing with the stars crowned its season 14 winner. Donald jerome driver born february 2, 1975 is a former american football wide receiver.
Proving that donalds victory is a bit of a surprise, heres some commentary from the judges when asked to rate the three finalists earlier in the episode. Donald driver and peta murgatroyd dance cha cha cha dwts season 14 week 10 duration. Donald driver hoping his freestyle is good enough for. Donald driver and peta murgatroyd dance cha cha cha. They called it the most competitive season ever on dancing with the stars, but on tuesday night, just one pair was good enough for season 14 mirrorball glory. The green bay packers receiver won the abc dance show tuesday after wowing audiences. Projecting a football field onto the stage for a freestyle dance set to cowboy troys i play chicken with a train was an interesting choice, but this dance was credited with putting the pair. See more ideas about donald driver, dancing with the stars and green bay.
Upon retirement, he won season 14 of dancing with the stars. May 23, 2012 the times is pleased to have green bay packers wide receiver donald driver guestblogging for us while he competes on dancing with the stars. The dance also exposed the good and the bad of driver. Dec 03, 2012 green bay packers player donald driver and his professional dancing partner peta heavens to murgatroyd are the king and queen of the dancing with the stars ballroom. Congratulations to the winners, peta murgatroyd and donald driver. May 22, 2012 driver, a longtime fan of the show, knew that freestyle was the only thing that could put him safely into the end zone ahead of levy and jenkins. He is athletic, but he tends to stop after every move, before starting abruptly again for the next. Donald driver dancing with the stars freestyle performance. Season fourteen of dancing with the stars premiered on march 19, 2012. Katherine jenkins back on top opera singer nabs perfect score monday night, but donald driver and william levy are hot on her heels.
Donald doesnt get nearly enough credit for his utter fabulousness, and his jubilant efforts in the firstever dance trio ahem, threesome. Packers receiver donald driver and partner peta murgatroyd won the reality dance competition dancing with the stars on tuesday. See more ideas about dancing with the stars, donald driver and stars. Maks chmerkovskiy and vanessa lachey dance the rumba. Dwts 2012 donald driver peta freestyle finals week 10.
Latin heartthrob william levy, together with his partner cheryl burke, came in third after a disappointing freestyle dance. They joined sharna burgess, kiki nyemchek, oksana dmytrenko, and sasha farber there was one dance for each finalist that they did not perform. The dance, while a bit more acrobatic, had press, staffers and fellow pros talking about another famous freestyle. Driver, a member of the packers 2011 super bowl championship team, said he plans to slip out of his dancing shoes and back into his football cleats for team training this weekend, where he. The duo clinched the competition with a countryinspired freestyle dance judge carrie ann inaba called her favorite finals dance ever. Two new professionals were added into the dance troupe, henry byalikov and emma slater. Donald driver gives a full impact cha cha cha with partner peta murgatroyd. Driver s freestyle is the most entertaining of the night. Driver also doesnt have that sensuous and fluid hip action that levy does.
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