Dancing With the Stars/Awesome

Certain dances are held up as classics of the series.

• Drew Lachey's and Cheryl Burke's "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" Freestyle.
• Mario Lopez' and Karina Smirnoff's Tango to "Whatever Lola Wants."
• Apolo Ohno and Julianne Hough had a couple
  • The tiger Samba to "I Like to Move It"
  • The second quickstep to "Big Bad Voodoo Man."
  • The paso doble to the My Darling Clementine song.
• Melanie Brown's and Maksim Chmerikovsky's Paso Doble to "Free Your Mind."
• Gilles Marini's and Cheryl Burke's Argentine Tango to "Assassin's Tango."
• Anna Trebunskaya and Evan Lysacek had two:
  • The Argentine Tango to "Bust Your Windows"
  • The Twilight themed paso doble to "Bring Me to Life."
• Kelly Osbourne and Louis van Amstel's Viennese Waltz to "Trouble."
  • Also her freestyle to "I Will Survive". Doubles as a Heartwarming Moment.
• Pro dancer Kym Johnson dancing a perfect Argentine tango with Hines Ward three days after suffering a serious neck injury.
  • Also a Tear Jerker if the reactions of the audience, the judges, and Hines himself were any indication.
• Anna and Jonathan dancing while Michael Bolton sings "Hallelujah".
• Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd's bonkers freestyle to Cowboy Troy's "I Play Chicken with the Train"...which can be directly credited for their season victory.
  • They chose a country freestyle largely due to the success of "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy."