‘Dancing with the Stars’ has a furry fanbase
New trend on TikTok shows owners discovering their dogs love “Dancing with the Stars,” is it the colorful costumes or are they tough critics?
- This week’s “Dancing with the Stars” episode celebrates the show’s 20th birthday, with former host Tom Bergeron returning as a guest judge.
- Due to an ongoing contract dispute with Disney, YouTube TV customers will not be able to watch the show live for the second consecutive week.
- Seven celebrity contestants remain in the competition, which is three weeks away from the season finale on November 25.
“Dancing with the Stars” season 34 is just three weeks away from the grand finale, with seven celebrities eliminated thus far and seven celebrities and their pro partners still in the running for the trophy. This week’s episode will be the last before the semi-finals on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
Last week’s theme was “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame night,” with guest judge Flavor Flav, and this week’s episode on Tuesday, Nov. 11, will be a special celebration of the show’s 20th birthday. And a “Dancing with the Stars” legend will be joining the judges’ panel as this week’s guest judge.
For YouTube TV customers, the show will not be available to watch live for the second week in a row. The live TV streaming platform still hasn’t officially reached an agreement with Disney to renew its Disney-owned channels, including ABC, which is the channel that “Dancing with the Stars” airs on.
Here’s where you can watch “Dancing with the Stars” live without YouTube TV, what the theme is this week, the list of songs each couple will be dancing to and how to vote for your favorite celebrities.
‘Dancing with the Stars’ 2025 theme for week 9, When is the ‘DWTS’ finale?
Tomorrow night’s theme is the “20th birthday party night,” celebrating 20 years of “Dancing with the Stars,” which debuted in the summer of 2005.
Next week’s show will be the semi-finals, with the three-hour finale scheduled to air on Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Here are the weekly themes for “Dancing with the Stars” season 34:
- Week 1, Sept. 16 – Personal anthems
- Week 2, Sept. 23 – One-hit wonders
- Week 3, Sept. 30 – TikTok night
- Week 4, Oct. 7 – Disney night
- Week 5, Oct. 14 – Dedication night
- Week 6, Oct. 21 – “Wicked” night
- Week 7, Oct. 28 – Halloween night
- Week 8, Nov. 4 – Rock and roll hall of fame night
- Week 9, Nov. 11 – “Dancing with the Stars” 20th birthday party night
- Week 10, semi-finals, Nov. 18 – Prince night (As in the late, great singer of “Purple Rain” and “Little Red Corvette”)
- Week 11, season finale, Nov. 25 – Three-hour finale has no overarching theme
Watch ‘Dancing with the Stars’ live with the Disney bundle
Who is the guest judge on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ this week?
This week’s guest judge is “DWTS” royalty. Tom Bergeron, who hosted the show for 28 seasons, from 2005 through 2019, will join as the fourth judge for the 20th birthday celebration.
When does ‘DWTS’ come on? How to watch ‘Dancing with the Stars’ live
If you usually rely on YouTube TV to watch “Dancing with the Stars” and also have a Disney+ subscription, you can still tune in live through Disney’s streaming platform.
New episodes of “Dancing with the Stars” air live on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET.
YouTube TV customers who rely on the streaming platform for live TV will not be able to watch the show live for the second week in a row, as YouTube TV has not reached an agreement to renew its contract with Disney as of Monday, Nov. 10.
Episodes of “Dancing with the Stars” season 34 are available to stream on Hulu on the Wednesday following their air date.
‘Dancing with the Stars’ ‘birthday party night’ songs released, see list
According to Forbes, here’s what this week’s dances will be:
- Florida-based social media personality Alix Earle and partner Val Chmerkovskiy will perform a Foxtrot to “Singin’ in the Rain” by Matthew Morrison.
- Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and partner Witney Carson will perform a Foxtrot to “Footprints in the Sand” by Leona Lewis.
- From “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” Whitney Leavitt and partner Mark Ballas will perform an Argentine Tango to “Cell Block Tango” from “Chicago The Musical.”
- Reality TV star and content creator Dylan Efron and partner Daniella Karagach will perform an Argentine Tango to “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers.
- Comedian Andy Richter and partner Emma Slater will perform a Quickstep to “Puttin’ on the Ritz” by Robbie Williams.
- Film and TV actress Elaine Hendrix and her partner, Alan Bersten, will perform a Salsa to “It Takes Two” by Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock.
- Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles and partner Ezra Sosa will perform a Cha Cha to “Get Up” by Ciara featuring Chamillionaire.
RECAP: ‘Dancing with the Stars’ week 8, ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame night’ scores
Here’s how each celebrity scored out of 40 points during last week’s eighth episode:
- 39 – Florida-based influencer Alix Earle
- 39 – “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Whitney Leavitt
- 38 – Robert Irwin, son of the late, great Steve Irwin
- 38 – Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles
- 37 – Actress known for her role as Meredith Blake in the 1998 remake of “The Parent Trap,” Elaine Hendrix
- 36 – Reality TV star and brother of actor Zac Efron, Dylan Efron
- 34 – Star of the nineties sitcom “Boy Meets World,” Danielle Fishel
- 30 – Comedian and former sidekick of Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter
Who was eliminated on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ last week?
Star of the nineties sitcom “Boy Meets World,” Danielle Fishel and her partner, Pasha Pashkov, were eliminated on last week’s eighth episode.
As of Nov. 10, seven celebrities have been eliminated from “Dancing with the Stars” so far:
- Week 2 – Eighties film star of “The Goonies” and “Stand by Me” fame, Corey Feldman and partner Jenna Johnson
- Week 2 – Two-time NBA All-Star Baron Davis and partner Britt Stewart
- Week 3 – ‘Fifth Harmony’ singer Lauren Jauregui and partner Brandon Armstrong
- Week 4 – Reality TV Star Hilaria Baldwin and partner Gleb Savchenko
- Week 6 – Pentatonix singer Scott Hoying and partner Rylee Arnold
- Week 7 – “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Jen Affleck and partner Jan Ravnik
- Week 8 – “Boy Meets World” star Danielle Fishel and partner Pasha Pashkov
How do I vote on ‘Dancing with the Stars’? How to vote online, through text
Throughout the season, fans will be able to vote for their favorite couples during the live simulcast of the show, which will be broadcast in the ET/CT time zones.
Online voting will be available to fans in any time zone in the U.S., its territories and Canada at dwtsvote.abc.com. Fans with a participating U.S. wireless carrier can also vote via SMS/text; however, this feature is not available for viewers in Canada.
‘ The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties ’
‘ Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.ocala.com ’
