Season fourteen of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 19, 2012. Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet returned as hosts, while Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli all returned as judges. The Harold Wheeler orchestra and singers provided the music throughout the season, except as noted below.
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver won the competition over Welsh classical crossover singer Katherine Jenkins and Cuban-American Telenovela star William Levy, who took 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Driver is also the third NFL player to win, after Emmitt Smith & Hines Ward from season three and season twelve respectively.
In the 14th-season opener, 12 couples perform either the fox-trot or the cha-cha. Competitors include Gladys Knight, Melissa Gilbert, Jack Wagner, Donald Driver, Martina Navratilova and Gavin DeGraw.
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