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Driver’s dancing by the numbers

Completed Dances

• Donald Driver will dance “Freestyle” and the Argentine Tango tonight at 7 p.m. CT on ABC in the finals. He and partner Peta Murgatroyd have already showcased these dances as a couple on “Dancing with the Stars”: Cha-Cha-Cha, Quickstep, Rumba, Paso Doble, Argentine Tango, Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz, Tango, Waltz and Samba. That’s 10 variations, not counting group dances, or dance elimination challenges.

Highest Scoring Couple (in finals) by Week

• Week 1: Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas, Foxtrot
• Week 2: Jenkins and Ballas, Jive
• Week 3: Jenkins and Ballas, Waltz
• Week 4: Driver and Murgatroyd, Paso Doble
• Week 5: (Tie) Jenkins and Ballas, Argentine Tango; William Levy and Cheryl Burke, Argentine Tango
• Week 6: Jenkins and Ballas, Samba
• Week 7: (Winning couple not in finals)
• Week 8: (Tie) Jenkins and Ballas, Cha-Cha-Cha; Levy and Burke, Foxtrot
• Week 9: Levy and Burke, Samba

Highest Individual Scores

• Levy and Burke, 30/30 for their Foxtrot and Samba
• Jenkins and Ballas, 29/30 for their Waltz, Argentine Tango, Samba, Cha-Cha-Cha and Quickstep
• Driver and Murgatroyd, 29/30 for their Samba

Couple Scoring Totals to Date

• Of the twelve dances already completed, Driver and Murgatroyd’s weekly average individual score is the lowest of the three finalist couples at 26.4, a fraction behind second-place duo Levy and Burke at 26.9. Jenkins and Ballas, despite last week’s dip in score, are still the reigning individual point leaders with a 27.3 average of a possible 30 points.

Most Important Number

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