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WEEK 8 FINAL: JULIA STILES ELIMINATED. HARRY SHUM JR. AND JENNA DEWAN EARN 40S; SHUM WINS THE TIE. GRAMMY NIGHT TUE NOV 10.

LAST UPDATED Nov 2, 11:45 PM ET · STATUS UPDATING

NEXT EPISODEMonday, November 2, 2026 · 8 PM ET on ABC & Disney+

UP NEXTGRAMMY NIGHT · NOV 10

NOV 2 · FINAL RESULTS

Julia Stiles eliminated. Shum and Dewan score 40/40; Shum wins the tie. Full scores

NOV 10 · NEXT EPISODE

Grammy Night. Seven couples; songs not yet announced. Where to watch

NEWS FLASH

RESULTNOV 2 FINAL — Julia Stiles & Ezra Sosa eliminated on Disney Night. Harry Shum Jr./Jenna Johnson and Jenna Dewan/Val Chmerkovskiy 40/40; Team Wildcats 40/40, Team Slaytopia 36/40. Seven couples remain.VERIFIEDOCT 27 FINAL — Jackson Olson/Emma Slater and Tyler Cameron/Sharna Burgess eliminated; Harry Shum Jr./Jenna Johnson 40/40; eight couples advanced to Disney on Broadway Night.NEXTGrammy Night, TUE NOV 10 at 8 PM ET: seven couples; Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson have immunity in the dance-off, as reported; songs and dances not yet announcedVERIFIEDHorror Movie Night lineup: Argentine tangos for Amber Glenn, Jenna Dewan and Julia Stiles; contemporary for Maura Higgins, Jackson Olson, Harry Shum Jr. and Connor Wood; Tatyana Ali paso doble, Tyler Cameron Viennese waltz, Ezra Frech jazzWATCHINGVal Chmerkovskiy back with Jenna Dewan for Oct 27: the official-podcast lineup lists them for an Argentine tango to “Uninvited” after his one-episode suspensionRESULTDedication Night: no elimination; Amber Glenn & Pasha Pashkov led with 38/40; Ali, Cameron, Olson and Wood tied low at 32/40WATCHINGMaura Higgins photographed arriving at rehearsal after reporting neck pain; her paso doble with Mark Ballas stays on ABC’s schedule, and no medical update has been issuedVERIFIEDAlfonso Ribeiro joined Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik for their James Avery tribute on Dedication Night (32/40, her best score of the season)VERIFIEDOfficial DWTS Story: Jenna Dewan and Alan Bersten preview their Viennese waltz to “Unchained Melody” for her mother, NancyWATCHINGEmma Slater on Alan Bersten stepping in: “we all step in for each other”; Bersten also replaced Val for Gabby Windey in 2022, a health absenceWATCHINGTyler Cameron says long-standing shoulder and hip problems and new thumb and wrist injuries make some lifts painful; his own account, no withdrawalVERIFIEDDedication Night tributes: Tatyana Ali honored James Avery; Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov’s contemporary for her sister Brooke topped the night at 38/40VERIFIEDVal Chmerkovskiy accepts his one-episode suspension, calling his Carrie Ann Inaba reference a “poor decision”; Inaba has not publicly respondedWATCHINGFormer pro Gleb Savchenko publicly questions Alan Bersten’s dance technique ahead of his stand-in role with Jenna Dewan; these are attributed opinions, not a change to BBC Studios or ABC’s confirmed plansVERIFIEDVal Chmerkovskiy sat out Oct 20 Dedication Night after a BBC Studios one-week suspension; Alan Bersten partnered Jenna Dewan for her Viennese waltz (37/40)RATINGSABC: Super Bowl Night drew 6.59M viewers, a 1.56 adults 18–49 rating, 2.9M social interactions and over 70M votesRESULTSuper Bowl Night: Guillermo Rodriguez & Witney Carson eliminated after a 22/40 salsa; Tyler Cameron & Sharna Burgess also in the final group; 10 couples advanceRESULTJenna Dewan & Val Chmerkovskiy and Ezra Frech & Daniella Karagach tie for the Week 5 lead at 36/40; Amber Glenn & Pasha Pashkov next at 34/40WATCHINGBritt Stewart reflects on her DWTS elimination and the Justice for Britt campaign in a new Glamour interviewWATCHINGDylan Efron joins Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold for a three-person samba-roll rehearsal before Super Bowl NightWATCHINGBrandon Armstrong reveals the Ciara Miller Dedication Night dance that was never performed after eliminationWATCHINGEzra Frech details prosthetic choices and adaptive choreography with Daniella Karagach in new October 13 interviewWATCHINGBrian Austin Green explains why he cannot attend every Sharna Burgess DWTS show; family logistics, not a casting changeWATCHINGSharna Burgess says she is okay after an older Tyler Cameron rehearsal stunt went wrong; no confirmed competition injuryWATCHINGVal Chmerkovskiy says he would welcome a future male celebrity partner; ABC has not announced a casting changeWATCHINGHarry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson plan more Glee references in future DWTS choreography; no specific routine confirmedVERIFIEDEmma Slater explains her Week 4 waltz footwork: staying grounded to avoid an unintended lift penaltyWATCHINGDWTS pros join the Savannah Bananas' first Banana Bowl in Washington, D.C.; Jackson Olson performsVERIFIEDOfficial DWTS podcast: all four returning NFL alumni will dance on Super Bowl NightRESULTMariah Carey Night: Ciara Miller & Brandon Armstrong eliminated after a 21/30 jazz; 11 couples advanceRESULTMaura Higgins & Mark Ballas top Week 4 at 25/30 with the season's first 9WATCHINGGuillermo Rodriguez & Witney Carson advance with the night's lowest score, 13/30VERIFIEDJoe Buck joins Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli as Super Bowl Night guest judgeRESULTYacht Rock Night: Taylor Hanson & Britt Stewart eliminated; Amber Glenn and Harry Shum Jr. led at 24/30VERIFIEDDWTS: Live! 2027 tour announced — 60 dates, Jan. 21 to Apr. 11, 2027RESULTNOV 2 FINAL — Julia Stiles & Ezra Sosa eliminated on Disney Night. Harry Shum Jr./Jenna Johnson and Jenna Dewan/Val Chmerkovskiy 40/40; Team Wildcats 40/40, Team Slaytopia 36/40. Seven couples remain.VERIFIEDOCT 27 FINAL — Jackson Olson/Emma Slater and Tyler Cameron/Sharna Burgess eliminated; Harry Shum Jr./Jenna Johnson 40/40; eight couples advanced to Disney on Broadway Night.NEXTGrammy Night, TUE NOV 10 at 8 PM ET: seven couples; Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson have immunity in the dance-off, as reported; songs and dances not yet announcedVERIFIEDHorror Movie Night lineup: Argentine tangos for Amber Glenn, Jenna Dewan and Julia Stiles; contemporary for Maura Higgins, Jackson Olson, Harry Shum Jr. and Connor Wood; Tatyana Ali paso doble, Tyler Cameron Viennese waltz, Ezra Frech jazzWATCHINGVal Chmerkovskiy back with Jenna Dewan for Oct 27: the official-podcast lineup lists them for an Argentine tango to “Uninvited” after his one-episode suspensionRESULTDedication Night: no elimination; Amber Glenn & Pasha Pashkov led with 38/40; Ali, Cameron, Olson and Wood tied low at 32/40WATCHINGMaura Higgins photographed arriving at rehearsal after reporting neck pain; her paso doble with Mark Ballas stays on ABC’s schedule, and no medical update has been issuedVERIFIEDAlfonso Ribeiro joined Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik for their James Avery tribute on Dedication Night (32/40, her best score of the season)VERIFIEDOfficial DWTS Story: Jenna Dewan and Alan Bersten preview their Viennese waltz to “Unchained Melody” for her mother, NancyWATCHINGEmma Slater on Alan Bersten stepping in: “we all step in for each other”; Bersten also replaced Val for Gabby Windey in 2022, a health absenceWATCHINGTyler Cameron says long-standing shoulder and hip problems and new thumb and wrist injuries make some lifts painful; his own account, no withdrawalVERIFIEDDedication Night tributes: Tatyana Ali honored James Avery; Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov’s contemporary for her sister Brooke topped the night at 38/40VERIFIEDVal Chmerkovskiy accepts his one-episode suspension, calling his Carrie Ann Inaba reference a “poor decision”; Inaba has not publicly respondedWATCHINGFormer pro Gleb Savchenko publicly questions Alan Bersten’s dance technique ahead of his stand-in role with Jenna Dewan; these are attributed opinions, not a change to BBC Studios or ABC’s confirmed plansVERIFIEDVal Chmerkovskiy sat out Oct 20 Dedication Night after a BBC Studios one-week suspension; Alan Bersten partnered Jenna Dewan for her Viennese waltz (37/40)RATINGSABC: Super Bowl Night drew 6.59M viewers, a 1.56 adults 18–49 rating, 2.9M social interactions and over 70M votesRESULTSuper Bowl Night: Guillermo Rodriguez & Witney Carson eliminated after a 22/40 salsa; Tyler Cameron & Sharna Burgess also in the final group; 10 couples advanceRESULTJenna Dewan & Val Chmerkovskiy and Ezra Frech & Daniella Karagach tie for the Week 5 lead at 36/40; Amber Glenn & Pasha Pashkov next at 34/40WATCHINGBritt Stewart reflects on her DWTS elimination and the Justice for Britt campaign in a new Glamour interviewWATCHINGDylan Efron joins Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold for a three-person samba-roll rehearsal before Super Bowl NightWATCHINGBrandon Armstrong reveals the Ciara Miller Dedication Night dance that was never performed after eliminationWATCHINGEzra Frech details prosthetic choices and adaptive choreography with Daniella Karagach in new October 13 interviewWATCHINGBrian Austin Green explains why he cannot attend every Sharna Burgess DWTS show; family logistics, not a casting changeWATCHINGSharna Burgess says she is okay after an older Tyler Cameron rehearsal stunt went wrong; no confirmed competition injuryWATCHINGVal Chmerkovskiy says he would welcome a future male celebrity partner; ABC has not announced a casting changeWATCHINGHarry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson plan more Glee references in future DWTS choreography; no specific routine confirmedVERIFIEDEmma Slater explains her Week 4 waltz footwork: staying grounded to avoid an unintended lift penaltyWATCHINGDWTS pros join the Savannah Bananas' first Banana Bowl in Washington, D.C.; Jackson Olson performsVERIFIEDOfficial DWTS podcast: all four returning NFL alumni will dance on Super Bowl NightRESULTMariah Carey Night: Ciara Miller & Brandon Armstrong eliminated after a 21/30 jazz; 11 couples advanceRESULTMaura Higgins & Mark Ballas top Week 4 at 25/30 with the season's first 9WATCHINGGuillermo Rodriguez & Witney Carson advance with the night's lowest score, 13/30VERIFIEDJoe Buck joins Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli as Super Bowl Night guest judgeRESULTYacht Rock Night: Taylor Hanson & Britt Stewart eliminated; Amber Glenn and Harry Shum Jr. led at 24/30VERIFIEDDWTS: Live! 2027 tour announced — 60 dates, Jan. 21 to Apr. 11, 2027

Dancing with the Stars Season 35 — cast, scores and results

The interactive version of this page needs JavaScript. The verified Season 35 record is below. Sources include ABC/Disney Television Press, ABC News / Good Morning America and ABC-owned On The Red Carpet. Record verified through Week 8 (Disney Night, November 2), when Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa were eliminated. Week 9, Grammy Night, airs Tuesday, November 10.

Premiere Night One — 15 September 2026 · 8 male celebrities · one elimination

Harry Shum Jr. with Jenna Johnson — cha-cha, “Let’s Groove” (Earth, Wind & Fire) — 21/30
Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach — tango, “Since U Been Gone” (Kelly Clarkson) — 20/30
Tyler Cameron with Sharna Burgess — tango, “Are You Gonna Go My Way” (Lenny Kravitz) — 17/30
Taylor Hanson with Britt Stewart — quickstep, “Tell Her About It” (Billy Joel) — 16/30
Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold — cha-cha, “I Like It, I Love It” (Tim McGraw) — 16/30
Jackson Olson with Emma Slater — cha-cha, “Wannabe” (Spice Girls) — 15/30
Conner Leavitt with Adele Zaikman — salsa, “Whoomp! (There It Is)” (Tag Team) — 12/30 — eliminated
Guillermo Rodriguez with Witney Carson — cha-cha, “Mr. Big Stuff” (Jean Knight) — 10/30 — safe on the night’s lowest score

Premiere Night Two — 16 September 2026 · 8 female celebrities · one elimination

Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas — foxtrot, “Black Velvet” (Alannah Myles) — 21/30
Jenna Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy — tango, “Call Me” (Blondie) — 19/30
Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov — cha-cha, “Smooth” (Santana feat. Rob Thomas) — 18/30
Julia Stiles with Ezra Sosa — quickstep, “9 to 5” (Dolly Parton) — 18/30
Giada De Laurentiis with Alan Bersten — tango, “Venus” (Shocking Blue) — 16/30
Ciara Miller with Brandon Armstrong — foxtrot, “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” (Whitney Houston) — 15/30
Sarah Jane Nader with Hailey Bills — jive, “Sk8er Boi” (Avril Lavigne) — 14/30 — eliminated
Tatyana Ali with Jan Ravnik — jive, “Knock on Wood” (Amii Stewart) — 12/30

Week 2 — Viral Hits Night — 22 September 2026 · one elimination

Jenna Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy — jive, “Animal” (KATSEYE) — 21/30
Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach — cha-cha, “Low” (Flo Rida) — 21/30
Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov — tango, “All the Things She Said” (Harrison) — 21/30
Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas — cha-cha, “September” (Earth, Wind & Fire) — 19/30
Tatyana Ali with Jan Ravnik — foxtrot, “What Was I Made For?” (Billie Eilish) — 18/30
Ciara Miller with Brandon Armstrong — tango, “No Broke Boys” (Disco Lines & Tinashe) — 18/30
Jackson Olson with Emma Slater — foxtrot, “That’s So True” (Gracie Abrams) — 18/30
Harry Shum Jr. with Jenna Johnson — Viennese waltz, “Iris” (Goo Goo Dolls) — 18/30
Tyler Cameron with Sharna Burgess — salsa, “Girls” (The Kid LAROI) — 16/30
Julia Stiles with Ezra Sosa — tango, “The Door” (Teddy Swims) — 16/30
Taylor Hanson with Britt Stewart — cha-cha, “Cake By the Ocean” (DNCE) — 15/30
Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold — tango, “12 to 12” (sombr) — 15/30
Guillermo Rodriguez with Witney Carson — paso doble, “Where Have You Been” (Rihanna) — 12/30
Giada De Laurentiis with Alan Bersten — salsa, “Bella Ciao” (Becky G) — 12/30 — eliminated

Twelve couples advanced to Week 3.

Week 3 — Yacht Rock Night — 29 September 2026 · one elimination

Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov — foxtrot, “Hold the Line” (Toto) — 24/30
Harry Shum Jr. with Jenna Johnson — jive, “You Make My Dreams (Come True)” (Daryl Hall & John Oates) — 24/30
Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas — quickstep, “Turn Your Love Around” (George Benson) — 22/30
Tatyana Ali with Jan Ravnik — quickstep, “Maneater” (Daryl Hall & John Oates) — 21/30
Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach — foxtrot, “Just the Two of Us” (Grover Washington Jr. feat. Bill Withers) — 21/30
Jenna Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy — samba, “Africa” (Toto) — 21/30
Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold — foxtrot, “Everywhere” (Fleetwood Mac) — 20/30
Julia Stiles with Ezra Sosa — salsa, “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” (Daryl Hall & John Oates) — 19/30
Ciara Miller with Brandon Armstrong — cha-cha, “Never Too Much” (Luther Vandross) — 18/30
Jackson Olson with Emma Slater — paso doble, “Easy Lover” (Philip Bailey & Phil Collins) — 18/30 — final group, safe
Taylor Hanson with Britt Stewart — foxtrot, “What a Fool Believes” (The Doobie Brothers) — 18/30 — eliminated
Tyler Cameron with Sharna Burgess — jive, “Still the One” (Orleans) — 17/30
Guillermo Rodriguez with Witney Carson — foxtrot, “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” (Rupert Holmes) — 15/30 — final group, safe

Week 4 — Mariah Carey Night — 6 October 2026 · one elimination

Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas — waltz, “If It’s Over” (Mariah Carey) — 25/30 — includes the season’s first 9
Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach — rumba, “Anytime You Need a Friend” (Mariah Carey) — 24/30
Harry Shum Jr. with Jenna Johnson — tango, “It’s Like That” (Mariah Carey feat. Jermaine Dupri & Fatman Scoop) — 24/30
Jenna Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy — rumba, “My All” (Mariah Carey) — 24/30
Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov — rumba, “Hero” (Mariah Carey) — 23/30
Ciara Miller with Brandon Armstrong — jazz, “Emotions” (Mariah Carey) — 21/30 — eliminated
Jackson Olson with Emma Slater — waltz, “Without You” (Mariah Carey) — 21/30 — final group, safe
Julia Stiles with Ezra Sosa — viennese waltz, “Vision of Love” (Mariah Carey) — 21/30
Tyler Cameron with Sharna Burgess — foxtrot, “#Beautiful” (Mariah Carey feat. Miguel) — 21/30
Tatyana Ali with Jan Ravnik — jazz, “Fantasy” (Mariah Carey) — 20/30
Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold — rumba, “Touch My Body” (Mariah Carey) — 19/30
Guillermo Rodriguez with Witney Carson — samba, “Obsessed” (Mariah Carey) — 13/30 — final group, safe on the night’s lowest score

Eleven couples advanced to Week 5.

Week 5 — Super Bowl Night — 13 October 2026 · guest judge Joe Buck · scores out of 40 · one elimination

Jenna Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy — paso doble, “Bad Romance” (Lady Gaga) — 36/40
Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach — salsa, “Hot in Herre” (Nelly) — 36/40
Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov — samba, “Mi Gente” (J Balvin & Willy William) — 34/40
Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas — tango, “Only Girl (In the World)” (Rihanna) — 33/40
Harry Shum Jr. with Jenna Johnson — samba, “Yeah!” (Usher feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris) — 33/40
Julia Stiles with Ezra Sosa — jazz, “Jenny from the Block (Track Masters Remix)” (Jennifer Lopez feat. Jadakiss & Styles P) — 33/40
Jackson Olson with Emma Slater — salsa, “Uptown Funk” (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars) — 31/40
Tyler Cameron with Sharna Burgess — jazz, “The Time (Dirty Bit)” (Black Eyed Peas) — 30/40 — final group, safe
Tatyana Ali with Jan Ravnik — salsa, “squabble up” (Kendrick Lamar) — 29/40
Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold — samba, “Hips Don't Lie” (Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean) — 25/40
Guillermo Rodriguez with Witney Carson — salsa, “Tití Me Preguntó” (Bad Bunny) — 22/40 — eliminated

Ten couples advanced to Week 6.

Week 6 — Dedication Night — 20 October 2026 · guest judge Kym Johnson-Herjavec · scores out of 40 · no elimination

Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov — contemporary, “Breathe Me” (Sia) — 38/40
Jenna Dewan with Alan Bersten (substituting for Val Chmerkovskiy) — Viennese waltz, “Unchained Melody” (The Righteous Brothers) — 37/40
Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach — contemporary, “Bloodline” (Mon Rovia) — 37/40
Harry Shum Jr. with Jenna Johnson — foxtrot, “Stop This Train” (John Mayer) — 36/40
Julia Stiles with Ezra Sosa — contemporary, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (Frankie Valli) — 36/40
Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas — paso doble, “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” (Dropkick Murphys) — 35/40
Tatyana Ali with Jan Ravnik — Viennese waltz, “(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am” (Nancy Wilson) — 32/40
Tyler Cameron with Sharna Burgess — contemporary, “Supermarket Flowers” (Ed Sheeran) — 32/40
Jackson Olson with Emma Slater — quickstep, “L-O-V-E” (Nat King Cole) — 32/40
Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold — Viennese waltz, “Piano Man” (Billy Joel) — 32/40

Week 7 — Horror Movie Night — 27 October 2026 · guest judge Shirley Ballas · scores out of 40 · double elimination

Harry Shum Jr. with Jenna Johnson — contemporary, “Toxic” (2WEI) — 40/40
Jenna Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy — Argentine tango, “Uninvited” (Damned Anthem and Kendra Dantes) — 37/40
Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold — contemporary, “You Are My Sunshine” (Charles McDonald) — 37/40
Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov — Argentine tango, “Perfection” (Clint Mansell) — 36/40
Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach — jazz, “Madness” (Ruelle) — 35/40
Jackson Olson with Emma Slater — contemporary, “That’s Life” (Frank Sinatra) — 35/40 — eliminated
Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas — contemporary, “Cry Little Sister” (Gerard McMann) — 32/40
Tatyana Ali with Jan Ravnik — paso doble, “I Lied to You” (Miles Caton) — 28/40
Julia Stiles with Ezra Sosa — Argentine tango, “The Dogs Attack” (Jerry Goldsmith) — 26/40
Tyler Cameron with Sharna Burgess — Viennese waltz, “Love Song for a Vampire” (Annie Lennox) — 26/40 — eliminated

Eight couples advance after the October 27 Horror Movie Night double elimination. Shirley Ballas was the guest judge. All ten songs and dance styles were revealed October 22 on the official DWTS podcast, and the lineup lists Jenna Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy for an Argentine tango. DMM Horror Movie Night guide.

October 27 final: Shirley Ballas guest-judged Horror Movie Night. Jackson Olson and Tyler Cameron were eliminated, and Harry Shum Jr. earned 40/40. Eight couples advance to Disney Night, Monday, November 2, at 8 p.m. ET.

Week 8 — Disney Night — Monday, 2 November 2026 · guest judge Cynthia Erivo · individual and team dances scored out of 40 · one elimination

Harry Shum Jr. with Jenna Johnson — jazz, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” (Mary Poppins) — 40/40; team dance 40/40; night 80/80 — immunity in next week’s dance-off (as reported)
Jenna Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy — quickstep, “Be Our Guest” (Beauty and the Beast) — 40/40; team dance 40/40; night 80/80
Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach — samba, “Under the Sea” (The Little Mermaid) — 37/40; team dance 40/40; night 77/80
Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold — waltz, “I See the Light” (Tangled) — 32/40; team dance 40/40; night 72/80
Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov — quickstep, “A Star Is Born” (Hercules) — 34/40; team dance 36/40; night 70/80
Tatyana Ali with Jan Ravnik — contemporary, “Easy as Life” (Aida) — 33/40; team dance 36/40; night 69/80
Julia Stiles with Ezra Sosa — paso doble, “Satisfied” (Hamilton) — 33/40; team dance 36/40; night 69/80 — eliminated
Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas — jive, “You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!” (Peter Pan) — 32/40; team dance 36/40; night 68/80

Team Wildcats (captain Connor Wood, with host Julianne Hough) scored 40/40 for “We’re All in This Together”; Team Slaytopia (captain Tatyana Ali, with host Alfonso Ribeiro) scored 36/40 for “Zoo.” Seven couples advance to Grammy Night, Tuesday, November 10.

Panel and hosts

Judges: Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough. Hosts: Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough.

What DMM can and cannot establish

Conner Leavitt and Adele Zaikman scored 12/30 and were eliminated; Guillermo Rodriguez scored 10/30 and stayed. DMM has separately established that online voting failed on premiere night and that text voting was used. What the result would have been with functioning online voting is not established, and DMM does not present it as though it were.

DMM’s premiere finding

Scores tell you what happened. DMM is tracking what happened in the dancing: what transferred from prior training, what ballroom exposed, what the professional dancer is trying to change, and whether that correction appears the following week.

Night 1’s online-voting outage and the elimination are verified separately. DMM does not claim the outage caused the result.

DMM Development Tracker — scored through Week 8; DMM checks for Weeks 3–8 pending

DMM carries one technical correction forward for every partnership. These are editorial observations, not official judging scores.

Tatyana Ali with Jan Ravnik — Keep the jive rhythm underneath the performance from the first count. — Lighter footwork + steadier bounce — WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Tyler Cameron with Sharna Burgess — Organize power through frame and standing leg rather than muscling the shape. — Frame + grounded travel — ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 7 — CLOSED
Giada De Laurentiis with Alan Bersten — Turn readable shapes into continuous, committed movement. — ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 2 — CLOSED
Jenna Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy — Reduce unnecessary upper-body force while keeping the tango alive. — Economy + frame — WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Ezra Frech with Daniella Karagach — Convert athletic power into continuous travel instead of isolated effort. — Glide + continuous lead — WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Amber Glenn with Pasha Pashkov — Trade some skating glide for more decisive Latin weight transfer. — Foot pressure + partner connection — WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Taylor Hanson with Britt Stewart — Let musicianship support the feet instead of carrying the whole performance. — ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 3 — CLOSED
Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas — Keep the softness while making the foot action and rise-and-fall more specific. — Foot action + continuity — WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Conner Leavitt with Adele Zaikman — Eliminated after one routine; development arc ended before a correction week. — PRO CAREER WATCH — CLOSED
Ciara Miller with Brandon Armstrong — Connect the emotional performance to continuous body flight. — ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 4 — CLOSED
Sarah Jane Nader with Hailey Bills — Eliminated after one routine; no Week 2 correction sample. — ELIMINATED — CLOSED
Jackson Olson with Emma Slater — Put the energy inside the rhythm instead of on top of it. — Timing + leg action — ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 7 — CLOSED
Guillermo Rodriguez with Witney Carson — Replace walking mechanics with deliberate Latin weight changes. — ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 5 (season-best 22/40) — CLOSED
Harry Shum Jr. with Jenna Johnson — Become more economical without becoming less alive. — Axis + weight + Latin action — WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Julia Stiles with Ezra Sosa — Build live ballroom specificity independent of the movie memory. — Frame + quickstep footwork — ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 8 — CLOSED
Connor Wood with Rylee Arnold — Make the basic rhythm as readable as the personality. — Weight changes + Latin timing — WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING

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LATEST RESULTVERIFIED

Disney Night: Julia Stiles Goes Home; Shum and Dewan Score 40s

Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa were eliminated November 2. Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Dewan both scored 40/40 and finished at 80/80 with Team Wildcats; Shum and Johnson won the tie and earned immunity in next week's dance-off, as reported.

FULL RESULTS

At a Glance

UPDATING

7 couples still dancingCouples still dancing

Nov 2 eliminationJulia Stiles / Ezra Sosa

Next episodeTuesday, November 10, 2026 · 8 PM ET on ABC & Disney+

Week 8 perfect scoresShum / Johnson + Dewan / Chmerkovskiy — 40/40

Week 8 resultStiles out · 7 advance · Shum immunity next week

Next themeGrammy Night · Tue Nov 10 · dance-off

DMM Viewing Guide · Season 35

Where to Watch

Three scheduled broadcasts remain, starting with Grammy Night on Tuesday, November 10. Watch live on ABC and Disney+, catch up next day on Hulu, and vote only while the show is live.

Schedule checked Nov. 2, 2026 against Disney+ and ABC · times in Eastern · local time shown automatically

Next up

Ep. 10 · Grammy NightTue., Nov. 10 · 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT live on ABC & Disney+

Nov. 10

Oct 13Tue
Ep. 6 · Super Bowl Night8 p.m. ET · ABC & Disney+ live · guest judge Joe Buck
Aired
Oct 20Tue
Ep. 7 · Dedication Night8 p.m. ET · ABC & Disney+ live · no elimination
Aired
Oct 27Tue
Ep. 8 · Horror Movie Night8 p.m. ET · ABC & Disney+ live · double elimination · results & songs guide
Aired
Nov 2Mon
Ep. 9 · Disney NightMonday · 8 p.m. ET · ABC & Disney+ live · guest judge Cynthia Erivo · Julia Stiles eliminated · results & songs guide
Aired
Nov 10Tue
Ep. 10 · Grammy Night8 p.m. ET · ABC & Disney+ live · dance-off · Grammy Night guide
Upcoming
Nov 17Tue
Ep. 11 · Semifinals8 p.m. ET · ABC & Disney+ live
Upcoming
Nov 24Tue
Ep. 12 · Finale8 p.m. ET · ABC & Disney+ live · Mirrorball crowned
Upcoming

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Schedule from DMM's verified Season 35 episode guide; Disney Night airs on a Monday. U.S. clocks fall back Nov. 1, but the show stays at 8 p.m. Eastern. Voting and streaming rules as reported for Season 35 by HollywoodLife and Tom's Guide; ABC can change voting rules week to week, and online votes were voided on premiere night, so check the on-screen instructions.

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Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong, Dancing with the Stars Season 35

Meet the couplesEvery pairing and where they stand right now.

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Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas, Dancing with the Stars Season 35

Dancers' backgroundsFrom ballroom to Broadway — what each dancer brings.

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Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach, Dancing with the Stars Season 35

Music & choreographyThe songs, the styles, the creative choices.

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Judges' insightsExperience, expertise and what they're looking for.

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Dancing with the Stars Season 35 backstage group

Behind the scenesRehearsal, prep and the work before the floor.

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Dancing with the Stars Season 35 event atmosphere

Fan buzzPolls, reactions and what viewers are saying.

What DMM Saw This Week

The score tells you who received points. DMM tracks what transferred, what ballroom exposed, and what the result still cannot prove.

01 · SCORE ≠ SURVIVAL

The lowest score of premiere week survived

Guillermo Rodriguez scored 10/30 and advanced; Conner Leavitt scored 12/30 and was eliminated. Night 1’s online-voting failure and the result are documented separately — not presented as proof of cause.

02 · TRANSFER TEST

Experience helped — and ballroom still asked different questions

Harry Shum Jr. opened at 21/30 and Jenna Dewan at 19/30. Their performance experience showed immediately, while ballroom still demanded different weight placement, economy, frame and technical control.

03 · ATHLETIC ADAPTATION

Elite movement backgrounds transferred in different ways

Ezra Frech’s power, focus and lead translated into a 20/30 tango. Amber Glenn’s skating lines and musicality translated into an 18/30 cha-cha while foot pressure and Latin weight transfer became the next test.

04 · NIGHT 2 SURPRISE

Maura Higgins made quality — not résumé — the headline

A beginner tied the season lead at 21/30. The opening lesson is already clear: background matters, but control, timing, character and how quickly the body adapts matter too.

Beyond the Scores

Season 35 stories with distinct dance, cultural or professional reporting value beyond the weekly result.

THE TRANSFER TEST

Harry Shum Jr. + Jenna Johnson

21/30 · CHA-CHA

A professional dancer has the résumé. Ballroom is testing the habits. DMM follows what transfers — and what must be rebuilt.

READ THE DMM ANALYSIS →

SCREEN MEMORY

Julia Stiles + Ezra Sosa

18/30 · QUICKSTEP

A 25-year-old dance-film image meets a live floor with no editing suite. DMM separates the actor, the dancer and the memory.

READ THE DMM ANALYSIS →

BUILDING THE DANCER

Maura Higgins + Mark Ballas

21/30 · FOXTROT

A true beginner led Night Two. DMM looks at what Ballas constructed around performance instinct — and what technique must come next.

READ THE DMM ANALYSIS →

PROFESSIONAL PIPELINE

Adele Zaikman

THE NEXT PRO WINNER · EP. 1 EXIT

She won the job, then lost her first celebrity partnership after one routine. The career story starts where recap coverage ends.

READ THE DMM ANALYSIS →

DMM Dance Watch is an editorial selection, not a ranking.

Questions We're Tracking

Where DMM separates what is known from what is not. Nothing in this column is presented as settled unless the evidence settles it.

Did the Night 1 online voting failure cause Conner's elimination?

KNOWN
Online voting failed on Night 1 and text voting was used. Online voting was restored for Night 2.

NOT KNOWN
What the outcome would have been with working online voting.

DMM ANALYSIS
Correlation is not the finding here. We report the outage and the result as two documented facts and stop there.

Does prior dance experience actually translate to ballroom?

KNOWN
Several Season 35 celebrities arrive with documented movement training.

NOT KNOWN
Whether that training converts into ballroom-specific technique across a full season.

DMM ANALYSIS
We're scoring it on musicality, learning speed, partnering, frame, footwork and Latin action — not on who posts the highest number in week one.

What does winning The Next Pro actually build?

KNOWN
Adele Zaikman was the first Season 35 professional eliminated, after one routine. She and Hailey Bills, the second pro out, are both named in the DWTS: Live! 2027 tour cast.

NOT KNOWN
Whether the opportunity produces troupe work, tours, choreography, teaching or recurring broadcast work.

DMM ANALYSIS
This is the thread DMM will still be reporting long after the season ends. A professional dancer's career is the real story under the celebrity coverage.

Do the judges' scores and the viewer vote measure the same thing?

KNOWN
Guillermo Rodriguez and Witney Carson advanced from the final group in Weeks 3 and 4 with the night's lowest score. In Week 5 they again had the lowest score, 22/40, and were eliminated; Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess (30/40) were the other couple in the final group.

NOT KNOWN
Vote totals. Without them, no one outside the production can say how close any result was.

DMM ANALYSIS
DMM tracks this as Technique vs. Vote: the score measures the dancing on one night; the vote measures audience attachment over a season. Both are real, and neither explains the other.

Latest elimination

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Julia Stiles & Ezra Sosa — Eliminated on Disney Night, November 2, after a Hamilton paso doble to "Satisfied" scored 33/40.

KNOWN
Stiles and Sosa scored 33/40, and Team Slaytopia's team dance added 36/40, for 69/80. Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas had the night's lowest total, 68/80, and advanced. Viewer votes were combined with the judges' scores.

NOT ESTABLISHED
Vote totals are not disclosed, so DMM cannot say how close Stiles and Sosa came to safety.

DMM ANALYSIS
Stiles' season moved from Save the Last Dance memory to ballroom specificity: her scores rose from 18/30 to 36/40 on Dedication Night before a 26/40 Argentine tango and her exit after a 33/40 paso doble.

READ THE DISNEY NIGHT RESULTS

Live Commentary

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RESULTNOV 2
Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa were eliminated after a Hamilton paso doble (33/40). Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Dewan both scored 40/40 and reached 80/80 with Team Wildcats’ perfect team dance; Slaytopia scored 36/40. Shum and Johnson won the tie on season scoring (236 to 235) and earned immunity in next week’s dance-off, as reported. Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas survived the night’s lowest total, 68/80.
TEAMS
ABC’s Oct. 29 Disney Night release names the teams. Team Slaytopia (captain Tatyana Ali, with Maura Higgins, Amber Glenn, Julia Stiles and their pros; host Alfonso Ribeiro) dances to “Zoo.” Team Wildcats (captain Connor Wood, with Ezra Frech, Jenna Dewan, Harry Shum Jr. and their pros; host Julianne Hough) dances to “We’re All in This Together.” Heather Headley, Kyra Belle Johnson, Michael James Scott and Rodney Ingram perform live.
PRE-SHOWOCT 27
ABC’s Oct. 22 release detailed the ten routines and guest judge Shirley Ballas. The October 27 episode eliminated Jackson Olson and Tyler Cameron; Harry Shum Jr. earned the first perfect 40/40. Disney+ lists the next live show, Disney Night, for Monday, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m. ET.
SONGSOCT 22
Former contestant Andy Richter revealed all ten Horror Movie Night routines on the official DWTS podcast: Argentine tangos for Glenn, Dewan and Stiles; contemporary for Higgins, Olson, Shum and Wood; Ali’s Sinners paso doble, Cameron’s Viennese waltz to Annie Lennox and Frech’s jazz. The lineup lists Dewan with Val Chmerkovskiy.
GUEST JUDGE
Alfonso Ribeiro announced Shirley Ballas, Mark Ballas’s mother, as the Oct. 27 Horror Movie Night guest judge. Dedication Night scores and votes carry over; two couples go home Oct. 27.
PARTNER
The Hollywood Reporter reports Val Chmerkovskiy has resumed rehearsals with Jenna Dewan after his one-episode suspension and returns for Horror Movie Night. Bersten’s Oct. 20 waltz (37/40) stays credited to Bersten.
FAMILY
Tyler Cameron and his fiancée revealed live on Dedication Night that they are expecting a baby girl (ABC7 Los Angeles recap). He and Sharna Burgess scored 32/40.
REHEARSALOCT 18
Maura Higgins was photographed arriving at rehearsal after the neck discomfort she described in Week 5. Arrival photos are not medical clearance; her paso doble with Mark Ballas remains scheduled.
GUEST
An official DWTS rehearsal video shows Alfonso Ribeiro joining Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik’s James Avery tribute. Ali plans to prerecord her own vocal of “(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am”; the broadcast audio and Ribeiro’s staging are unconfirmed.
PREVIEW
The official DWTS Instagram Story shows Jenna Dewan with Alan Bersten previewing their Viennese waltz to “Unchained Melody.” It is a preview, not a rehearsal report.
PRO VIEW
Emma Slater defended Bersten’s stand-in role (“we all step in for each other”). Bersten also replaced Val for Gabby Windey on Oct. 31, 2022, when Val had COVID-19: a health absence, not a disciplinary one.
STATEMENT
Val Chmerkovskiy released a statement accepting the decision: he called his reference to the meme a “poor decision” made while defending his wife, said Carrie Ann Inaba did not deserve to be caught in the middle, and asked fans to support Inaba, Jenna Dewan and the cast. Inaba has not publicly responded. No further production change.
PRO VIEW
Former pro Gleb Savchenko criticized Alan Bersten’s technique and artistry in a livestream discussed by Us Weekly and Just Jared. This is an attributed personal opinion, not independently established technical fact or a producer decision; Bersten’s Oct. 20 partnership is unchanged.
PARTNER
BBC Studios confirmed Val Chmerkovskiy will not compete on Oct. 20 after an inappropriate post concerning Carrie Ann Inaba. Alan Bersten replaces him as Jenna Dewan’s professional partner for the Viennese waltz; her competition status does not change.
RATINGSOCT 16
ABC confirms Super Bowl Night drew 6.59 million viewers, a 1.56 rating among adults 18–49, 2.9 million social interactions, and more than 70 million viewer votes. Nielsen Live+Same Day measurement, not unique site traffic.
INJURY
Tyler Cameron says shoulder, hip, thumb and wrist injuries make some lifts painful. His own account; no diagnosis, withdrawal or choreography change has been announced.
GUEST
Amber Glenn’s sister Brooke, the person her dance honors, is learning choreography and will appear in Glenn and Pasha Pashkov’s contemporary, Pashkov told Parade.
TRIBUTEOCT 15
Tatyana Ali reveals on the official DWTS podcast that her Viennese waltz honors James Avery, her Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV father.
WEEK 6OCT 14
ABC releases the 10 Dedication Night songs/styles and confirms two-time champion Kym Johnson as guest judge for Oct. 20. ABC’s advance pairing listed Val Chmerkovskiy; Oct. 17 confirmed substitute Alan Bersten supersedes that name for the coming episode.
RESULTOCT 13
Guillermo Rodriguez and Witney Carson eliminated after a 22/40 salsa, his best score of the season. Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess (30/40) were the other couple in the final group. Ten couples advance to Dedication Night on Oct. 20.
SCORES
Final Week 5 scores (/40): Dewan/Chmerkovskiy 36, Frech/Karagach 36, Glenn/Pashkov 34, Higgins/Ballas 33, Shum/Johnson 33, Stiles/Sosa 33, Olson/Slater 31, Cameron/Burgess 30, Ali/Ravnik 29, Wood/Arnold 25, Rodriguez/Carson 22.
9:08 PM
Super Bowl Night interim scores: Amber Glenn/Pasha Pashkov 34/40 (samba), Maura Higgins/Mark Ballas 33/40 (tango; reported rehearsal neck discomfort), Jackson Olson/Emma Slater 31/40 (salsa), Tyler Cameron/Sharna Burgess 30/40 (jazz), Connor Wood/Rylee Arnold 25/40 (samba). Four judges score out of 40. Episode still live; elimination unconfirmed. DMM watching samba bounce, timing, lifts and neck/posture safety.
6:23 PM
Britt Stewart discusses her Week 3 elimination with Taylor Hanson, the Justice for Britt campaign, and the teaching and representation work behind a professional DWTS partnership in an October 13 Glamour interview. No new elimination or casting change; DMM has prepared an in-depth analysis.
4:36 PM
Rylee Arnold shares a playful rehearsal video with Connor Wood and Season 34 finalist Dylan Efron demonstrating a three-person samba roll. ABC still lists Wood and Arnold for tonight's samba to Hips Don't Lie; Efron is not a new competitor. Watch the original clip on Arnold's Instagram.
3:40 PM
Brandon Armstrong tells People that Ciara Miller's unperformed Dedication Night concept would have honored nurses with a Florence Nightingale light motif and possible nurse performers. It was never finalized or performed; no new elimination or scoring change.
3:01 PM
Ezra Frech tells People that preparing DWTS routines involves trial and error with his walking prosthesis and running blade. Daniella Karagach has explained the rebound and balance trade-offs. Their October 13 salsa assignment and existing scores are unchanged.
2:05 PM
Brian Austin Green tells Us Weekly that childcare logistics and studio attendance restrictions he described have limited some DWTS audience visits while Sharna Burgess returns as a pro. ABC has not announced a new attendance policy; Burgess and Tyler Cameron remain scheduled for Oct. 13 jazz.
1:43 AM
Sharna Burgess says she is okay after a rehearsal turning stunt with Tyler Cameron went wrong in footage posted Oct. 9. The Oct. 12 report does not establish a current injury; their Oct. 13 jazz assignment remains unchanged.
10:30 AMOCT 12
Val Chmerkovskiy tells RadarOnline he would welcome a future male celebrity partner as a creative challenge. This is an interview statement, not an ABC casting announcement; his Jenna Dewan partnership and Oct. 13 paso doble remain unchanged.
2:38 PMOCT 11
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson say future DWTS dances may include more Glee references. Their Sept. 29 jive used a Mike Chang visual cue; no new routine is confirmed.
1:31 PM
Emma Slater says a questioned foot position during her Week 4 waltz with Jackson Olson was intended to prevent an unplanned lift penalty. No actual deduction is established; the pair scored 21/30.
7:15 AM
Post-event reporting confirms DWTS cast members at the first Banana Bowl (Oct. 10, Nationals Park). Jackson Olson performed with the Savannah Bananas; individual pro and choreography credits are not yet verified.
3:48 PMOCT 10
Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov caution fans against copying their viral inverted split. Their Oct. 13 samba to "Mi Gente" will add extra dancers.
1:15 PM
Maura Higgins laughs off a rumor that the season is fixed for her. Her 25/30 waltz and hard-won double turn are the dance record; no source shows scores or votes were manipulated.
5:32 PMOCT 9
The official DWTS podcast says all four returning NFL alumni will dance on Super Bowl Night; Val Chmerkovskiy previews extra dancers in Jenna Dewan's paso doble.
2:24 PM
Carrie Ann Inaba responds to favoritism claims as Witney Carson defends Guillermo Rodriguez's character choice — characterization versus technique.
OFFICIALOCT 8
ABC News confirms all 11 Super Bowl Night assignments and names ESPN's Joe Buck as guest judge.
OFFICIALOCT 7
DWTS: Live! 2027 tour dates released: 60 shows from Jan. 21 to Apr. 11, 2027, directed by Mandy Moore.
RESULTOCT 6
Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong eliminated after a season-best 21/30 jazz; Rodriguez and Carson advance on the night's low score, 13/30.
SCORES
Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas post 25/30 for their waltz — the season's first 9, from Carrie Ann Inaba.
OFFICIALOCT 1
ABC/Disney releases the Mariah Carey Night songs and dance styles.
RESULTSEP 29
Taylor Hanson and Britt Stewart eliminated on Yacht Rock Night after an 18/30 foxtrot.
SCORES
Amber Glenn and Harry Shum Jr. share the Week 3 high score at 24/30.
11:49 AMSEP 25
Carrie Ann Inaba expands on the feedback she could not give Giada De Laurentiis under Viral Hits Night's one-word critique format.
10:40 AMSEP 24
ABC/Disney confirms all 13 Yacht Rock Night songs and dance styles for September 29.
MORNING
ABC News highlights the Week 2 athlete pairings: Ezra Frech/Daniella Karagach and Amber Glenn/Pasha Pashkov both share the 21/30 lead.
OFFICIALSEP 23
ABC/Disney updates premiere ratings: Night 2 at 6.44M viewers; revised Night 1 at 6.77M; two-night premiere is the show's most-watched in six years.
10:00 PMSEP 22
Giada De Laurentiis and Alan Bersten eliminated after a 12/30 salsa; 13 couples advance.
POSTSHOW
Jenna Dewan, Ezra Frech and Amber Glenn share the Week 2 high score at 21/30.
10:00 PMSEP 16
Sarah Jane Nader and Hailey Bills eliminated after a 14/30 jive.
10:12 PMSEP 15
Conner Leavitt and Adele Zaikman eliminated from Season 35 after a 12/30 salsa.

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Cast & Couples

Every pairing, their status in the competition, and the running score record as the season moves.

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VERIFIED33/40LATEST

Tatyana Ali

with Jan Ravnik

Contemporary · Easy as Life
Score run: 12 · 18 · 21 · 20 · 29 · 32 · 28 · 33
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Jazz · 20/30 · 3 ROUTINES

Panel Voice · Week-by-week evidence09 · Week 5 · Julianne Hough’s skybox question · READ REPORT ↗Julianne Hough · host; Jan Ravnik · Tatyana Ali — Reporting documents the host’s question about next week and Ravnik’s blunt response, with Ali’s subsequent explanation. Original skybox video not verified as an embeddable source.EXPLORE ALL PANEL COMMENTARY ↓

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ELIMINATED26/40LATEST

Tyler Cameron

with Sharna Burgess

Viennese waltz · Love Song for a Vampire
Score run: 17 · 16 · 17 · 21 · 30 · 32 · 26
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Foxtrot · 21/30 · 4 ROUTINES

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ELIMINATED12/30LATEST

Giada De Laurentiis

with Alan Bersten

Salsa · Bella Ciao
Score run: 16 · 12
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Sep 22 · Salsa · 12/30 · 2 ROUTINES

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VERIFIED40/40LATEST

Jenna Dewan

with Val Chmerkovskiy

Quickstep · Be Our Guest
Score run: 19 · 21 · 21 · 24 · 36 · 37 · 37 · 40
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Rumba · 24/30 · 4 ROUTINES

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VERIFIED37/40LATEST

Ezra Frech

with Daniella Karagach

Samba · Under the Sea
Score run: 20 · 21 · 21 · 24 · 36 · 37 · 35 · 37
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Rumba · 24/30 · 4 ROUTINES

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VERIFIED34/40LATEST

Amber Glenn

with Pasha Pashkov

Quickstep · A Star Is Born
Score run: 18 · 21 · 24 · 23 · 34 · 38 · 36 · 34
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Rumba · 23/30 · 4 ROUTINES

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ELIMINATED18/30LATEST

Taylor Hanson

with Britt Stewart

Foxtrot · What a Fool Believes
Score run: 16 · 15 · 18
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Sep 29 · Foxtrot · 18/30 · 3 ROUTINES

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VERIFIED32/40LATEST

Maura Higgins

with Mark Ballas

Jive · You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!
Score run: 21 · 19 · 22 · 25 · 33 · 35 · 32 · 32
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Waltz · 25/30 · 4 ROUTINES

Panel Voice · Week-by-week evidence05 · Week 4 · Mariah Carey Night: highest score analysis · WATCH VIDEO ↗Hailey Bills · pro dancer; Will Ganss · ABC reporter — Postshow video commentary about Season 35 scoring. This is not the original on-air judging segment.EXPLORE ALL PANEL COMMENTARY ↓

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ELIMINATED12/30LATEST

Conner Leavitt

with Adele Zaikman

Salsa · Whoomp! (There It Is)
Score run: 12
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Sep 15 · Salsa · 12/30

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ELIMINATED21/30LATEST

Ciara Miller

with Brandon Armstrong

Jazz · Emotions
Score run: 15 · 18 · 18 · 21
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Jazz · 21/30 · 4 ROUTINES

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ELIMINATED14/30LATEST

Sarah Jane Nader

with Hailey Bills

Jive · Sk8er Boi
Score run: 14
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Sep 16 · Jive · 14/30

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ELIMINATED35/40LATEST

Jackson Olson

with Emma Slater

Contemporary · That's Life
Score run: 15 · 18 · 18 · 21 · 31 · 32 · 35
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Waltz · 21/30 · 4 ROUTINES

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ELIMINATED22/40LATEST

Guillermo Rodriguez

with Witney Carson

Salsa · Tití Me Preguntó
Score run: 10 · 12 · 15 · 13 · 22
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Samba · 13/30 · 4 ROUTINES

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VERIFIED40/40LATEST

Harry Shum Jr.

with Jenna Johnson

Jazz · Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Score run: 21 · 18 · 24 · 24 · 33 · 36 · 40 · 40
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Tango · 24/30 · 4 ROUTINES

Panel Voice · Week-by-week evidence06 · Week 5 · Carrie Ann Inaba questions the samba lift · READ REPORT ↗Carrie Ann Inaba · judge; Jenna Johnson · pro — Published reporting documents Inaba’s concern about samba content and the lift in Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson’s routine. Original judge video not independently available to embed.07 · Week 5 · Harry and Jenna respond to E! News · READ REPORT ↗Harry Shum Jr. · Jenna Johnson — In an exclusive joint interview with E! News after the show, Johnson and Shum responded to Inaba’s lift critique. E! published it as a text report with photos; no video of the interview has been verified.08 · Week 5 · Jenna Johnson answers the critique on Extra · READ REPORT ↗Jenna Johnson · pro; Harry Shum Jr. — After the show Johnson told Extra she had not read two troupe dancers rolling Shum back as a partner lift, said she still respects Inaba’s call, and that the two spoke privately.EXPLORE ALL PANEL COMMENTARY ↓

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ELIMINATED33/40LATEST

Julia Stiles

with Ezra Sosa

Paso doble · Satisfied
Score run: 18 · 16 · 19 · 21 · 33 · 36 · 26 · 33
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Viennese waltz · 21/30 · 4 ROUTINES

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VERIFIED32/40LATEST

Connor Wood

with Rylee Arnold

Waltz · I See the Light
Score run: 16 · 15 · 20 · 19 · 25 · 32 · 37 · 32
Photo: Disney/Andrew Eccles

WATCH FULL ROUTINEVIDEO · Oct 6 · Rumba · 19/30 · 4 ROUTINES

Season Leaderboard

DERIVED FROM SCORE RECORDS

Season 35 leaderboard by cumulative judges' score
#	Couple	Latest dance	Total	Avg
1	Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	Jazz — Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious	236	29.5
2	Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	Quickstep — Be Our Guest	235	29.4
3	Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	Samba — Under the Sea	231	28.9
4	Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	Quickstep — A Star Is Born	228	28.5
5	Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	Jive — You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!	219	27.4
6	Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa · ELIMINATED EP 9	Paso doble — Satisfied	202	25.3
7	Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	Waltz — I See the Light	196	24.5
8	Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	Contemporary — Easy as Life	193	24.1
9	Jackson Olsonwith Emma Slater · ELIMINATED EP 8	Contemporary — That's Life	170	24.3
10	Tyler Cameronwith Sharna Burgess · ELIMINATED EP 8	Viennese waltz — Love Song for a Vampire	159	22.7
11T	Ciara Millerwith Brandon Armstrong · ELIMINATED EP 5	Jazz — Emotions	72	18.0
11T	Guillermo Rodriguezwith Witney Carson · ELIMINATED EP 6	Salsa — Tití Me Preguntó	72	14.4
13	Taylor Hansonwith Britt Stewart · ELIMINATED EP 4	Foxtrot — What a Fool Believes	49	16.3
14	Giada De Laurentiiswith Alan Bersten · ELIMINATED EP 3	Salsa — Bella Ciao	28	14.0
15	Sarah Jane Naderwith Hailey Bills · ELIMINATED EP 2	Jive — Sk8er Boi	14	14.0
16	Conner Leavittwith Adele Zaikman · ELIMINATED EP 1	Salsa — Whoomp! (There It Is)	12	12.0

Did They Fix It? — DMM Development Tracker

Every partnership carries a technical correction forward. After the next routine, DMM can record whether it improved, stayed the same, or revealed a different problem.

How to read this: “Week 1 correction” is DMM’s technical observation from the premiere. “Next check” is the movement question DMM will revisit. This is analysis, not an official judging score.

Couple	Premiere baseline	Week 1 correction	Next check	Tracker
Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	EP 2 · Jive · 12/30	Keep the jive rhythm underneath the performance from the first count.	Lighter footwork + steadier bounce	WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Tyler Cameronwith Sharna Burgess	EP 1 · Tango · 17/30	Organize power through frame and standing leg rather than muscling the shape.	Frame + grounded travel	ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 7
Giada De Laurentiiswith Alan Bersten	EP 2 · Tango · 16/30	Turn readable shapes into continuous, committed movement.	ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 2	CLOSED
Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	EP 2 · Tango · 19/30	Reduce unnecessary upper-body force while keeping the tango alive.	Economy + frame	WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	EP 1 · Tango · 20/30	Convert athletic power into continuous travel instead of isolated effort.	Glide + continuous lead	WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	EP 2 · Cha-cha · 18/30	Trade some skating glide for more decisive Latin weight transfer.	Foot pressure + partner connection	WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Taylor Hansonwith Britt Stewart	EP 1 · Quickstep · 16/30	Let musicianship support the feet instead of carrying the whole performance.	ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 3	CLOSED
Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	EP 2 · Foxtrot · 21/30	Keep the softness while making the foot action and rise-and-fall more specific.	Foot action + continuity	WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Conner Leavittwith Adele Zaikman	EP 1 · Salsa · 12/30	Eliminated after one routine; development arc ended before a correction week.	PRO CAREER WATCH	CLOSED
Ciara Millerwith Brandon Armstrong	EP 2 · Foxtrot · 15/30	Connect the emotional performance to continuous body flight.	ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 4 (season-best 21/30)	CLOSED
Sarah Jane Naderwith Hailey Bills	EP 2 · Jive · 14/30	Eliminated after one routine; no Week 2 correction sample.	ELIMINATED	CLOSED
Jackson Olsonwith Emma Slater	EP 1 · Cha-cha · 15/30	Put the energy inside the rhythm instead of on top of it.	Timing + leg action	ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 7
Guillermo Rodriguezwith Witney Carson	EP 1 · Cha-cha · 10/30	Replace walking mechanics with deliberate Latin weight changes.	ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 5 (season-best 22/40)	CLOSED
Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	EP 1 · Cha-cha · 21/30	Become more economical without becoming less alive.	Axis + weight + Latin action	WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING
Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa	EP 2 · Quickstep · 18/30	Build live ballroom specificity independent of the movie memory.	Frame + quickstep footwork	ELIMINATED · ARC CLOSED AFTER WEEK 8
Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	EP 1 · Cha-cha · 16/30	Make the basic rhythm as readable as the personality.	Weight changes + Latin timing	WEEK 8 SCORED · DMM CHECK PENDING

The Choreography Lens

Instead of asking only whether a celebrity danced well, DMM asks what problem the professional dancer is solving — what the routine protects, exposes, simplifies or demands.

CHOREOGRAPHY LENS

Jenna Johnson → Harry Shum Jr.

Editing an expert. Preserve musical instinct while redirecting familiar commercial habits toward more specific Latin mechanics.

CHOREOGRAPHY LENS

Mark Ballas → Maura Higgins

Building from instinct. Use character and musical intention as scaffolding, then keep layering foot action, continuity and frame underneath it.

CHOREOGRAPHY LENS

Daniella Karagach → Ezra Frech

Translating an athlete. Keep the power while changing how that power travels — less vertical/explosive, more continuous through a shared frame.

CHOREOGRAPHY LENS

Val Chmerkovskiy → Jenna Dewan

Subtracting without flattening. Leave room for intensity while discouraging movement that is too large for tango mechanics.

WEEK 7 FINAL · OCTOBER 27

Jackson Olson and Tyler Cameron were eliminated. Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson scored the season’s first 40/40. Shirley Ballas was the guest judge; judges’ scores and viewer votes from October 20 and 27 counted toward the double elimination.

Next: Disney on Broadway Night · Monday, November 2 · 8 p.m. ET. Full Horror Night results · Newsroom · Val Chmerkovskiy report.

Up Next: Grammy Night — Tuesday, November 10

Tuesday, November 10 · 8 PM ET on ABC & Disney+. Seven couples remain. The Grammy Night songs and dances have not been announced; DMM adds them when ABC or the official DWTS podcast reveals them. Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson have immunity in the dance-off, as reported November 2. Disney Night’s eight routines and scores are in the Music & Performance Desk below.

Couple	Style	Song	Status
Assignments not yet announcedDMM adds them when ABC confirms

Next: DMM Grammy Night guide. Week 8 results: DMM Disney Night guide · Newsroom report. Schedule: ABC Support season schedule. Week 5 results: DMM Week 5 results. Week 7: DMM Horror Movie Night guide.

Music & Performance Desk

Every routine of the season: style, song, score, and what DMM saw in the technique.

Ep	Couple	Style	Song	Score	DMM read
EP 9	Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	Quickstep	Be Our Guestfrom Beauty and the Beast	40/40	Team Wildcats dance (“We’re All in This Together”): 40/40; night total 80/80. Her first perfect score of the season. Rodney Ingram sang live.
EP 9	Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	Jazz	Supercalifragilisticexpialidociousfrom Mary Poppins	40/40	Team Wildcats dance (“We’re All in This Together”): 40/40; night total 80/80. Won the 80/80 tie on season scoring (236 to 235) and earned immunity in next week’s dance-off, as reported. Kyra Belle Johnson sang live.
EP 9	Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	Samba	Under the Seafrom The Little Mermaid	37/40	Team Wildcats dance (“We’re All in This Together”): 40/40; night total 77/80. Michael James Scott sang live.
EP 9	Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	Quickstep	A Star Is Bornfrom Hercules	34/40	Team Slaytopia dance (“Zoo”): 36/40; night total 70/80.
EP 9	Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	Contemporary	Easy as Lifefrom Aida	33/40	Team Slaytopia dance (“Zoo”): 36/40; night total 69/80. Heather Headley sang live. Ali captained Team Slaytopia.
EP 9	Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa	Paso doble	Satisfiedfrom Hamilton	33/40	Team Slaytopia dance (“Zoo”): 36/40; night total 69/80. Eliminated.
EP 9	Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	Jive	You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!from Peter Pan	32/40	Team Slaytopia dance (“Zoo”): 36/40; night total 68/80. Lowest night total; advanced.
EP 9	Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	Waltz	I See the Lightfrom Tangled	32/40	Team Wildcats dance (“We’re All in This Together”): 40/40; night total 72/80. Heather Headley sang live. Wood captained Team Wildcats.
EP 8	Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	Contemporary	Toxic2WEI	40/40	—
EP 8	Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	Argentine tango	UninvitedDamned Anthem and Kendra Dantes	37/40	—
EP 8	Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	Contemporary	You Are My SunshineCharles McDonald	37/40	—
EP 8	Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	Argentine tango	PerfectionClint Mansell	36/40	—
EP 8	Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	Jazz	MadnessRuelle	35/40	—
EP 8	Jackson Olsonwith Emma Slater	Contemporary	That's LifeFrank Sinatra	35/40	—
EP 8	Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	Contemporary	Cry Little SisterGerard McMann	32/40	—
EP 8	Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	Paso doble	I Lied to YouMiles Caton	28/40	—
EP 8	Tyler Cameronwith Sharna Burgess	Viennese waltz	Love Song for a VampireAnnie Lennox	26/40	—
EP 8	Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa	Argentine tango	The Dogs AttackJerry Goldsmith	26/40	—
EP 7	Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	Contemporary	Breathe MeSia	38/40	Dedicated to her sister, Brooke. The night’s top score, with two 10s.
EP 7	Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	Viennese waltz	Unchained MelodyThe Righteous Brothers	37/40	Danced with substitute pro Alan Bersten while Val Chmerkovskiy served a one-episode suspension. Dedicated to her mother, Nancy.
EP 7	Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	Contemporary	BloodlineMon Rovia	37/40	Dedicated to his mother, Bahar. Drew one 10; Amber Glenn and Jenna Dewan also earned 10s that night.
EP 7	Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	Foxtrot	Stop This TrainJohn Mayer	36/40	Dedicated to his wife, Shelby.
EP 7	Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa	Contemporary	Can’t Take My Eyes Off YouFrankie Valli	36/40	Dedicated to her late 10 Things I Hate About You co-star Heath Ledger.
EP 7	Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	Paso doble	I’m Shipping Up to BostonDropkick Murphys	35/40	Dedicated to Ireland.
EP 7	Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	Viennese waltz	(You Don’t Know) How Glad I AmNancy Wilson	32/40	Dedicated to her late Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star James Avery, with host Alfonso Ribeiro joining the tribute. Her best score of the season.
EP 7	Tyler Cameronwith Sharna Burgess	Contemporary	Supermarket FlowersEd Sheeran	32/40	Dedicated to his late mother and to mothers everywhere.
EP 7	Jackson Olsonwith Emma Slater	Quickstep	L-O-V-ENat King Cole	32/40	Dedicated to his mother, Laura.
EP 7	Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	Viennese waltz	Piano ManBilly Joel	32/40	Dedicated to his father, Pete.
EP 6	Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	Paso doble	Bad RomanceLady Gaga	36/40	—
EP 6	Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	Salsa	Hot in HerreNelly	36/40	—
EP 6	Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	Samba	Mi GenteJ Balvin & Willy William	34/40	Judges singled out the scarf section set against traditional samba rolls.
EP 6	Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	Tango	Only Girl (In the World)Rihanna	33/40	Performed through rehearsal neck pain; no diagnosis released. Inaba and Hough asked for more attack.
EP 6	Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	Samba	Yeah!Usher feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris	33/40	—
EP 6	Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa	Jazz	Jenny from the Block (Track Masters Remix)Jennifer Lopez feat. Jadakiss & Styles P	33/40	A Save the Last Dance callback with a hip-hop and ballet solo; Tonioli called it her best dance.
EP 6	Jackson Olsonwith Emma Slater	Salsa	Uptown FunkMark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars	31/40	Hough called it his best dance of the competition.
EP 6	Tyler Cameronwith Sharna Burgess	Jazz	The Time (Dirty Bit)Black Eyed Peas	30/40	A Dirty Dancing-inspired jazz that included the film's famous lift. Hough praised his improvement and Inaba his lifts; the couple was in the final group and advanced.
EP 6	Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	Salsa	squabble upKendrick Lamar	29/40	—
EP 6	Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	Samba	Hips Don't LieShakira feat. Wyclef Jean	25/40	Judges called his energy a 10 but said timing and weight transfer need significant work.
EP 6	Guillermo Rodriguezwith Witney Carson	Salsa	Tití Me PreguntóBad Bunny	22/40	His best score of the season, scored 6-5-6-5. Inaba said he had brought the joy back. Eliminated as the field rose around him.
EP 5	Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	Waltz	If It's OverMariah Carey	25/30	—
EP 5	Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	Rumba	My AllMariah Carey	24/30	—
EP 5	Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	Rumba	Anytime You Need a FriendMariah Carey	24/30	—
EP 5	Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	Tango	It's Like ThatMariah Carey feat. Jermaine Dupri & Fatman Scoop	24/30	—
EP 5	Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	Rumba	HeroMariah Carey	23/30	—
EP 5	Tyler Cameronwith Sharna Burgess	Foxtrot	#BeautifulMariah Carey feat. Miguel	21/30	—
EP 5	Ciara Millerwith Brandon Armstrong	Jazz	EmotionsMariah Carey	21/30	—
EP 5	Jackson Olsonwith Emma Slater	Waltz	Without YouMariah Carey	21/30	—
EP 5	Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa	Viennese waltz	Vision of LoveMariah Carey	21/30	—
EP 5	Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	Jazz	FantasyMariah Carey	20/30	—
EP 5	Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	Rumba	Touch My BodyMariah Carey	19/30	—
EP 5	Guillermo Rodriguezwith Witney Carson	Samba	ObsessedMariah Carey	13/30	—
EP 4	Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	Foxtrot	Hold the LineToto	24/30	—
EP 4	Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	Jive	You Make My Dreams (Come True)Daryl Hall & John Oates	24/30	—
EP 4	Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	Quickstep	Turn Your Love AroundGeorge Benson	22/30	—
EP 4	Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	Quickstep	ManeaterDaryl Hall & John Oates	21/30	—
EP 4	Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	Samba	AfricaToto	21/30	—
EP 4	Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	Foxtrot	Just the Two of UsGrover Washington Jr. feat. Bill Withers	21/30	—
EP 4	Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	Foxtrot	EverywhereFleetwood Mac	20/30	—
EP 4	Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa	Salsa	I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)Daryl Hall & John Oates	19/30	—
EP 4	Taylor Hansonwith Britt Stewart	Foxtrot	What a Fool BelievesThe Doobie Brothers	18/30	—
EP 4	Ciara Millerwith Brandon Armstrong	Cha-cha	Never Too MuchLuther Vandross	18/30	—
EP 4	Jackson Olsonwith Emma Slater	Paso doble	Easy LoverPhilip Bailey & Phil Collins	18/30	—
EP 4	Tyler Cameronwith Sharna Burgess	Jive	Still the OneOrleans	17/30	—
EP 4	Guillermo Rodriguezwith Witney Carson	Foxtrot	Escape (The Piña Colada Song)Rupert Holmes	15/30	—
EP 3	Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	Jive	AnimalKATSEYE	21/30	—
EP 3	Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	Cha-cha	LowFlo Rida	21/30	—
EP 3	Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	Tango	All the Things She SaidHarrison	21/30	—
EP 3	Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	Cha-cha	SeptemberEarth, Wind & Fire	19/30	—
EP 3	Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	Foxtrot	What Was I Made For?Billie Eilish	18/30	—
EP 3	Ciara Millerwith Brandon Armstrong	Tango	No Broke BoysDisco Lines & Tinashe	18/30	—
EP 3	Jackson Olsonwith Emma Slater	Foxtrot	That's So TrueGracie Abrams	18/30	—
EP 3	Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	Viennese waltz	IrisGoo Goo Dolls	18/30	—
EP 3	Tyler Cameronwith Sharna Burgess	Salsa	GirlsThe Kid LAROI	16/30	—
EP 3	Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa	Tango	The DoorTeddy Swims	16/30	—
EP 3	Taylor Hansonwith Britt Stewart	Cha-cha	Cake By the OceanDNCE	15/30	—
EP 3	Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	Tango	12 to 12sombr	15/30	—
EP 3	Giada De Laurentiiswith Alan Bersten	Salsa	Bella CiaoBecky G	12/30	—
EP 3	Guillermo Rodriguezwith Witney Carson	Paso doble	Where Have You BeenRihanna	12/30	—
EP 2	Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	Foxtrot	Black VelvetAlannah Myles	21/30	The premiere’s clearest reminder that ballroom quality is not a résumé contest. Character supported the movement instead of replacing it, and the foxtrot read smooth and continuous.
EP 2	Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	Tango	Call MeBlondie	19/30	The dance experience was obvious in attack and finish, but ballroom exposed a different requirement: economy. Refining the top line without losing intensity is the real transfer test.
EP 2	Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	Cha-cha	SmoothSantana feat. Rob Thomas	18/30	The skating background supplied lines and musical confidence immediately. Ballroom’s question is underneath: can the feet articulate the floor and can weight settle sharply enough for Latin action?
EP 2	Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa	Quickstep	9 to 5Dolly Parton	18/30	The quickstep matters because it separates screen memory from present-tense dancing. The opening showed composure and timing; the season test is whether ballroom mechanics become her current identity rather than a callback.
EP 2	Giada De Laurentiiswith Alan Bersten	Tango	VenusShocking Blue	16/30	The encouraging part was clarity: even with visible nerves, the shapes stayed readable. The next gain is conviction — more drive through the floor and less hesitation between positions.
EP 2	Ciara Millerwith Brandon Armstrong	Foxtrot	Exhale (Shoop Shoop)Whitney Houston	15/30	The performance intention was clear, but foxtrot needs continuity underneath the mood. The next step is to make the body travel as smoothly as the expression reads.
EP 2	Sarah Jane Naderwith Hailey Bills	Jive	Sk8er BoiAvril Lavigne	14/30	The routine had commitment and character, but jive exposes timing and footwork quickly. The score and elimination ended the partnership before those mechanics could develop across weeks.
EP 2	Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	Jive	Knock on WoodAmii Stewart	12/30	The rough opening pulled the timing apart, but the routine improved once she settled. The next gain is lighter feet and a more consistent basic rhythm without losing the performance spark.
EP 1	Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	Cha-cha	Let's GrooveEarth, Wind & Fire	21/30	The résumé is the advantage; the habits are the assignment. His performance systems already work, so the test is whether axis, weight, foot pressure and partner connection become more specific.
EP 1	Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	Tango	Since U Been GoneKelly Clarkson	20/30	Adaptation was the story: he looked focused, controlled and like a partner who was leading rather than merely completing steps. The next step is more glide and continuity.
EP 1	Tyler Cameronwith Sharna Burgess	Tango	Are You Gonna Go My WayLenny Kravitz	17/30	The athletic base gives him usable power and control, but tango rewards organization more than effort. The season test is whether strength becomes quieter, more connected movement.
EP 1	Taylor Hansonwith Britt Stewart	Quickstep	Tell Her About ItBilly Joel	16/30	A Week 1 quickstep is a heavy technical assignment. His strongest signal was recovery: a mistake did not collapse the performance. The next level is cleaner frame and feet at speed.
EP 1	Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	Cha-cha	I Like It, I Love ItTim McGraw	16/30	The personality reads quickly, which is useful television. The development question is whether the technique can become equally legible: clearer weight changes, sharper rhythm and less dependence on charm to carry the phrase.
EP 1	Jackson Olsonwith Emma Slater	Cha-cha	WannabeSpice Girls	15/30	Energy makes the routine readable, but cha-cha asks whether that energy can be organized into precise weight changes. The next gain is less bouncing around the beat and more dancing through it.
EP 1	Conner Leavittwith Adele Zaikman	Salsa	Whoomp! (There It Is)Tag Team	12/30	The first pair out, and the first Season 35 professional out after a single routine. The Night 1 online-voting outage is a separately tracked fact, not evidence of what caused the result.
EP 1	Guillermo Rodriguezwith Witney Carson	Cha-cha	Mr. Big StuffJean Knight	10/30	The audience connection was real, but so was the technical gap. Heel leads, limited cha-cha action and inconsistent timing explain the 10/30; commitment gives Carson something usable to build around.

Dance Decoder — What You’re Actually Watching

A score tells you the judges’ number. This guide gives non-dancers a few movement clues to watch for so the critique makes sense.

DMM’s Dance Decoder is an editorial viewing guide, not a competition rulebook or substitute for instruction from a qualified ballroom teacher.

DANCE DECODER

Cha-cha

Weight changes create the dance. Watch whether weight settles clearly from foot to foot; whether the legs and feet produce the rhythm; and whether hip action grows out of the transfer instead of being added on top.

Premiere examples: Harry Shum Jr., Amber Glenn, Connor Wood, Jackson Olson, Guillermo Rodriguez.

DANCE DECODER

Tango

Stillness and direction are part of the power. Look for a compact, stable frame; grounded travel; clear changes of direction; and a partnership that moves as one unit without unnecessary rise-and-fall.

Premiere examples: Ezra Frech, Tyler Cameron, Jenna Dewan, Giada De Laurentiis.

DANCE DECODER

Quickstep

Speed only works if the frame survives it. The feet move quickly, but the upper body cannot look frantic. Watch posture, closed-hold coordination, light travel and whether timing stays organized through fast patterns.

Premiere examples: Taylor Hanson, Julia Stiles.

DANCE DECODER

Foxtrot

Continuity is the headline. Look for sustained travel, a calm frame, swing and rise/fall that feel connected rather than assembled one figure at a time.

Premiere examples: Maura Higgins, Ciara Miller.

DANCE DECODER

Jive

Compact mechanics create visible energy. Watch quick weight changes, light/compact footwork, bounce action and whether speed stays rhythmic instead of turning into running.

Premiere examples: Tatyana Ali, Sarah Jane Nader.

DANCE DECODER

Salsa

Timing and connection have to survive the party. Watch the timing of weight changes, how turns reconnect to the partner and whether the body keeps the rhythm beneath tricks and personality.

Premiere example: Conner Leavitt.

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Who Actually Transfers?

DMM's running question for Season 35: which prior movement training carries into ballroom and Latin, and where does specialized technique expose its limits.

Celebrity	Prior movement background	What should transfer	Where ballroom will test them
Tatyana Aliwith Jan Ravnik	Broadway-trained actor and singer with decades of stage, television and live-music performance experience.	Stage presence, musical phrasing, memory under performance pressure and comfort projecting to a live audience.	Jive foot speed, bounce timing, weight placement and recovering choreography without losing the rhythm.
Tyler Cameronwith Sharna Burgess	Former college athlete and fitness-focused television personality; no formal dance training is established in the Season 35 record.	Athletic coordination, strength, coachability and comfort performing under pressure.	Tango posture, compact frame, grounded travel, musical precision and partner-led movement rather than athletic force.
Giada De Laurentiiswith Alan Bersten	Chef, television host and on-camera presenter; ABC’s bio does not establish formal dance training.	Camera composure, performance discipline and an experienced presenter’s ability to stay clear when nerves rise.	Tango commitment, stronger drive through the standing leg, frame and moving through figures without becoming careful.
Jenna Dewanwith Val Chmerkovskiy	Professional dance background before acting, including commercial performance work; later starred in Step Up and worked across dance television.	High-level musicality, fast choreography pickup, lines, performance projection and comfort changing dynamics on camera.	Ballroom frame, grounded tango mechanics and controlling commercial-dance amplitude so the upper body does not overpower the partnership.
Ezra Frechwith Daniella Karagach	Elite Paralympic sprinter and jumper — a two-time Paralympic gold medalist with world-level high-jump, sprint and long-jump experience.	Explosive power, balance, spatial awareness, competitive focus and an athlete’s ability to adapt mechanics deliberately.	Sustained ballroom frame, smooth travel, continuous lead and translating power into glide rather than vertical or sprint-based action.
Amber Glennwith Pasha Pashkov	Elite figure skater with high-level performance, edge control, rotation, musicality and competitive experience.	Lines, musical phrasing, balance, rotation awareness and comfort performing technical movement under scrutiny.	Latin foot pressure, grounded weight changes, hip action and partner connection without relying on skating-style glide.
Taylor Hansonwith Britt Stewart	Singer, musician and longtime live performer with extensive experience in rhythm, phrasing, touring and stage performance.	Musicianship, timing, phrasing, performance recovery and comfort staying present when something goes wrong.	Quickstep frame, foot speed, clean travel and maintaining body organization while the dance keeps moving.
Maura Higginswith Mark Ballas	Television personality with prior reality-competition performance experience, including Dancing on Ice; ABC’s Season 35 bio does not claim formal dance training.	Performance commitment, camera awareness, character work and experience learning movement for televised competition.	Foxtrot continuity, heel-toe action, rise and fall, sustained frame and preserving softness while traveling.
Conner Leavittwith Adele Zaikman	Social-media personality; the verified Season 35 record does not establish formal dance training.	Camera comfort, willingness to perform and familiarity with fast-paced content production.	Salsa timing, weight transfer, hip action, refinement and staying connected to a partner through quick changes.
Ciara Millerwith Brandon Armstrong	Television personality and model; the Season 35 record does not establish formal ballroom training.	Camera awareness, composure, presentation and the ability to sell an emotional idea on screen.	Foxtrot frame, continuity, leg and foot action, softness through travel and letting the partnership carry the picture.
Sarah Jane Naderwith Hailey Bills	Model and media personality; no formal dance training is established in the verified Season 35 record.	Presentation, camera confidence and willingness to commit to a bold performance idea.	Jive timing, compact footwork, weight changes, bounce action and maintaining control at speed.
Jackson Olsonwith Emma Slater	Digital creator and former collegiate athlete with performance experience but no established formal ballroom background.	Athletic coordination, energy, coachability and comfort engaging an audience.	Cha-cha timing, leg and foot action, controlled weight placement and sustaining rhythm beneath personality.
Guillermo Rodriguezwith Witney Carson	Longtime television personality and comic performer; ABC’s bio does not establish formal dance or athletic training.	Comic timing, audience connection and willingness to commit to a performance without self-protection.	Basic cha-cha timing, ball-of-foot action, hip movement, power and replacing heel-led walking mechanics with Latin weight changes.
Harry Shum Jr.with Jenna Johnson	Screen performer with extensive trained-dance and commercial choreography experience.	Musicality, performance confidence, learning speed, comfort in front of camera.	Latin action, hip and foot pressure, closed-hold frame under a judge's eye.
Julia Stileswith Ezra Sosa	Actor whose public dance association comes largely through Save the Last Dance; that film preparation is not the same as a continuing professional dance career.	Choreography familiarity, performance memory, character work and comfort telling a story through physical action.	Live quickstep timing, frame, fast footwork and sustaining technique without editing, multiple takes or a film narrative doing part of the work.
Connor Woodwith Rylee Arnold	Comedian and digital creator with performance experience; no formal dance training is established in the Season 35 record.	Timing, responsiveness, audience awareness and comfort committing to a bit or character in real time.	Cha-cha rhythm, foot pressure, hip action, clean weight changes and maintaining technique once the comedy/performance layer is stripped away.

Judges & Hosts

The Season 35 panel and hosts — and the dance background each one brings to the ballroom.

PORTRAIT1:1

Carrie Ann Inaba

Judge

Dancer and choreographer with training in jazz, ballet and hula; an original Fly Girl on In Living Color. DMM watches how her comments address performance clarity, musicality and whether movement is fully finished.

PORTRAIT1:1

Bruno Tonioli

Judge

Former dancer and veteran choreographer across film, music videos, concerts and television. His lens frequently emphasizes character, dynamics and whether the assigned style is recognizable in the body.

PORTRAIT1:1

Derek Hough

Judge

Six-time DWTS champion and Emmy-winning choreographer with direct competitive-ballroom and choreography-development experience. His comments often expose the mechanics beneath a polished performance.

PORTRAIT1:1

Alfonso Ribeiro

Host

Award-winning dancer and Broadway performer who starred in The Tap Dance Kid and later won DWTS Season 19. He understands the competition from both the celebrity and host sides of the floor.

PORTRAIT1:1

Julianne Hough

Host

Two-time DWTS champion, former judge and Emmy-winning dancer. Her career spans ballroom, stage, film and movement-based work, giving the hosting desk an insider’s relationship to the training process.

Panel Voice — Judges & Hosts Commentary Archive

Read what was said, find original publisher videos where available, and follow the commentary week by week. Related source cards also appear inside the relevant couples’ profiles.

VIDEO = original publisher-hosted video (not necessarily an on-air critique)REPORT = documented commentary, with no verified standalone clip

01Preseason · Jul 21VIDEO

Derek Hough previews the new season

Derek Hough · judge

A GMA interview about encouraging celebrity dancers and setting expectations for the season.

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02Preseason · Sep 1VIDEO

Judges and hosts preview Season 35

Carrie Ann Inaba · Derek Hough · Bruno Tonioli · Julianne Hough · Alfonso Ribeiro

Original ABC News panel conversation ahead of the season.

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03Preseason · Sep 1VIDEO

The three judges tease Season 35

Inaba · Hough · Tonioli

A second short ABC News preview with the returning judges.

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04Preseason · Sep 1VIDEO

Hosts discuss the upcoming season

Julianne Hough · Alfonso Ribeiro

The hosts discuss their approach to the new season in a separate ABC News video.

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05Week 4 · Oct 7VIDEO

Mariah Carey Night: highest score analysis

Hailey Bills · pro dancer; Will Ganss · ABC reporter

Postshow video commentary about Season 35 scoring. This is not the original on-air judging segment.

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06Week 5 · Oct 13REPORT

Carrie Ann Inaba questions the samba lift

Carrie Ann Inaba · judge; Jenna Johnson · pro

Published reporting documents Inaba’s concern about samba content and the lift in Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson’s routine. Original judge video not independently available to embed.

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07Week 5 · Oct 13REPORT

Harry and Jenna respond to E! News

Harry Shum Jr. · Jenna Johnson

In an exclusive joint interview with E! News after the show, Johnson and Shum responded to Inaba’s lift critique. E! published it as a text report with photos; no video of the interview has been verified.

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08Week 5 · Oct 13REPORT

Jenna Johnson answers the critique on Extra

Jenna Johnson · pro; Harry Shum Jr.

After the show Johnson told Extra she had not read two troupe dancers rolling Shum back as a partner lift, said she still respects Inaba’s call, and that the two spoke privately.

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09Week 5 · Oct 13REPORT

Julianne Hough’s skybox question

Julianne Hough · host; Jan Ravnik · Tatyana Ali

Reporting documents the host’s question about next week and Ravnik’s blunt response, with Ali’s subsequent explanation. Original skybox video not verified as an embeddable source.

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10Week 5 · Oct 14REPORT

Super Bowl Night: panel judging recap

Carrie Ann Inaba · Derek Hough · Bruno Tonioli · guest Joe Buck

ABC-owned station recap of the week’s judges’ assessments. This is a written recap, not a clip containing all judges’ comments.

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Behind the Scenes

Rehearsal, wardrobe, hair and makeup, camera and crew — the work that happens before the floor lights up.

Witney Carson and Guillermo Rodriguez backstage on Super Bowl Night — Witney Carson & Guillermo Rodriguez · Super Bowl NightWitney Carson & Guillermo Rodriguez · Super Bowl Night · Photo: Disney · BTS

Jenna Dewan and Valentin Chmerkovskiy on the ballroom floor on Super Bowl Night — Jenna Dewan & Val Chmerkovskiy · Super Bowl NightJenna Dewan & Val Chmerkovskiy · Super Bowl Night · Photo: Disney · BTS

Carrie Ann Inaba, Alfonso Ribeiro, Derek Hough, Julianne Hough and Bruno Tonioli together — Judges & hosts togetherJudges & hosts together · Photo: Disney/Eric McCandless · BTS

Britt Stewart and Hailey Bills backstage during Dancing with the Stars Season 35 — Hair & makeup / dressing-room backstageHair & makeup / dressing-room backstage · Photo: Disney/Frank Micelotta · BTS

Harry Shum Jr., Maura Higgins, Ezra Frech and Connor Wood backstage during Dancing with the Stars Season 35 — Backstage group momentBackstage group moment · Photo: Disney/Frank Micelotta · BTS

Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Dewan backstage during Dancing with the Stars Season 35 — Backstage conversationBackstage conversation · Photo: Disney/Frank Micelotta · BTS

Ezra Frech, Daniella Karagach and Mark Ballas backstage during Dancing with the Stars Season 35 — Backstage cast momentBackstage cast moment · Photo: Disney/Frank Micelotta · BTS

Guillermo Rodriguez, Harry Shum Jr., Giada De Laurentiis, Alan Bersten and Emma Slater backstage during Dancing with the Stars Season 35 — Backstage group momentBackstage group moment · Photo: Disney/Frank Micelotta · BTS

On the Floor

Official Season 35 video from ABC/Disney, plus DMM’s episode photography.

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Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov dance a samba on Super Bowl Night — Amber Glenn & Pasha Pashkov · samba, 34/40Amber Glenn & Pasha Pashkov · samba, 34/40 · Photo: Disney · Episodic

Mark Ballas and Maura Higgins dance a tango on Super Bowl Night — Maura Higgins & Mark Ballas · tango, 33/40Maura Higgins & Mark Ballas · tango, 33/40 · Photo: Disney · Episodic

Judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, Joe Buck and Bruno Tonioli with host Alfonso Ribeiro, Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas — Guest judge Joe Buck joins the panelGuest judge Joe Buck joins the panel · Photo: Disney · Episodic

Donald Driver, Emmitt Smith, Danny Amendola and DeMarcus Ware on Super Bowl Night — Former contestants Donald Driver, Emmitt Smith, Danny Amendola & DeMarcus WareFormer contestants Donald Driver, Emmitt Smith, Danny Amendola & DeMarcus Ware · Photo: Disney · Episodic

Giada De Laurentiis and Alan Bersten — Giada De Laurentiis & Alan BerstenGiada De Laurentiis & Alan Bersten · Photo: Disney/Eric McCandless · Episodic

Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli at the judges table — Judges' tableJudges' table · Photo: Disney/Eric McCandless · Episodic

Season 35 ballroom group with hosts — Ballroom group wide with hostsBallroom group wide with hosts · Photo: Disney/Eric McCandless · Episodic

Season 35 premiere-night couples lineup — Premiere-night couples lineupPremiere-night couples lineup · Photo: Disney/Eric McCandless · Episodic

Episode Guide

Every night of Season 35, with results and what each episode changed.

Ep	Title	Air date	Theme	Result	Status
EP 1	Premiere — Night One	Sep 15, 2026	No. 1 songs from the celebrities' birth years — male celebrities	Conner Leavitt & Adele Zaikman eliminated	AIRED
EP 2	Premiere — Night Two	Sep 16, 2026	No. 1 songs from the celebrities' birth years — female celebrities	Sarah Jane Nader & Hailey Bills eliminated	AIRED
EP 3	Viral Hits Night	Sep 22, 2026	Viral Hits Night	Giada De Laurentiis & Alan Bersten eliminated	AIRED
EP 4	Yacht Rock Night	Sep 29, 2026	Yacht Rock Night	Taylor Hanson & Britt Stewart eliminated	AIRED
EP 5	Mariah Carey Night	Oct 6, 2026	Mariah Carey Night	Ciara Miller & Brandon Armstrong eliminated	AIRED
EP 6	Super Bowl Night	Oct 13, 2026	Super Bowl halftime songs · guest judge Joe Buck	Guillermo Rodriguez & Witney Carson eliminated	AIRED
EP 7	Dedication Night	Oct 20, 2026	Dedication Night · guest judge Kym Johnson-Herjavec	No elimination · all 10 couples safe	AIRED
EP 9	Disney Night	Mon, Nov 2, 2026	Disney on Broadway · Cynthia Erivo guest judge · two team dances (aired Monday)	Julia Stiles & Ezra Sosa eliminated; Harry Shum Jr. & Jenna Johnson and Jenna Dewan & Val Chmerkovskiy 40/40 (80/80 with the team dance)	AIRED
EP 9	Disney Night	Mon, Nov 2, 2026	Disney on Broadway · Cynthia Erivo guest judge · two team dances (airs Monday)	—	UPCOMING
EP 10	Grammy Night	Nov 10, 2026	Grammy Night	—	UPCOMING
EP 11	Semifinals	Nov 17, 2026	Semifinals	—	UPCOMING
EP 12	Finale	Nov 24, 2026	Finale	—	UPCOMING

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