Derek Hough won the competition on May 25, 2010. That was the second win for Hough. For season eleven, Hough won for the third time with actress Jennifer Grey, known for her film roles on "Dirty Dancing" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," on November 23, 2010. Hough did not participate in season 12 in order to be a part of the film "COBU 3D" (later renamed to "Make your Move 3D"). For season 13, he was partnered with actress and TV host Ricki Lake, known playing the original Tracy Turnblad in "Hairspray". Lake scored consistently high the whole season and ended up
The Ricki Lake Show across the United States, and other countries. Though the show was picked up by some stations, the producers were officially waiting for a launch group, with Fox and/or NBC being a possibility. According to the industry trade "TVNewsCheck", "many syndication observers say NBC stations and Fox stations may end up cherry-picking Jeff Probst and Ricki Lake in large TV markets". ("Survivor" host Probst debuted his daytime talk show in September 2012.) On November 8, 2011, Twentieth announced that 11 of Tribune Broadcasting's stations picked up the show, with WPIX/New York City using the show to replace "Anderson", which it lost