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There’s already at least one Wisconsin connection<\/a> to “Dancing with the Stars” this season. But, on this week’s show on Tuesday, Nov. 11, there will be another.<\/p>\n And it won’t be just any episode. It’ll be the show’s \u201c20th Birthday Party,” which is being celebrated with familiar faces from over the years, the return of the “Relay Dance” round and more, according to an ABC news release.<\/p>\n What’s this relay round? One couple performs the first half of a song and a second couple completes the second half. But, for the first time, the remaining celebrities \u2014 minus one who received relay immunity \u2014 have each been paired up with a former Mirrorball champion instead of their professional partners.<\/p>\n Mega-influencer and current “DWTS” contestant Alix Earle is swapping<\/a> her pro partner, Val Chmerkovskiy,\u00a0for Season 33 champ and former “Bachelor”<\/a>\u00a0Joey Graziadei, who hosts the “Dancing with the Stars Official Podcast.”<\/a><\/p>\n Though, by the looks of the Instagram Reel that Earle posted with Graziadei on Nov. 9<\/a>, she was laughing through injury, holding an ice pack on her nose with one hand and possibly a bloody tissue in the other.<\/p>\n “DWTS” isn’t the only thing Earle and Graziadei have in common. Both of their mom’s sides are from Wisconsin. Earle regularly visits relatives in the Milwaukee area<\/a> \u2014 she even spent a summer there \u2014 and had “the best Thanksgiving ever”\u00a0in Green Bay<\/a> last year. And Graziadei? A big-time Packers fan<\/a>.<\/p>\n The judges will pick the winner of each relay, “with the victorious couples of each relay earning two bonus points apiece,” the release said.<\/p>\n But, before the relays get underway, the celebs and their usual pro partners will perform a new style to a song inspired by an iconic freestyle performance from a past season. Earle and Chmerkovskiy will be performing a foxtrot to Matthew Morrison’s version of \u201cSingin\u2019 in the Rain.”<\/p>\n The pairs that avoid elimination this week will move on to the show’s semifinals.<\/p>\n The \u201c20th Birthday Party” special, produced in front of a live audience, premieres at 7 p.m. CT Nov. 11 on ABC and Disney+.<\/p>\n Here’s a look at the planned festivities, who the remaining seven celebrities and their partners are, and more:<\/p>\n The episode’s “party-packed” opening number will feature the show’s current pros and troupe, along with these six original pros from Season 1: Alec Mazo, Ashly DelGrosso, Louis van Amstel, Jonathan Roberts, Charlotte Jorgensen and Edyta \u015aliwi\u0144ska, the release said. It’s choreographed by judge Derek Hough and set to a reimagined live version of the “DWTS” theme by Ray Chew.<\/p>\n Former longtime “DWTS” host Tom Bergeron will return to the ballroom for the party as a guest judge.<\/p>\n The show will honor “DWTS” performers who died over the years with a performance to \u201cAlways Remember Us This Way\u201d by Lady Gaga, choreographed and performed by pros Ezra Sosa and Rylee Arnold.<\/p>\n In addition to the duo of Earle and Chmerkovskiy, the celebs still in the competition and their pro partners are:<\/p>\n Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and partner Witney Carson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n \u201cThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u201d celebrity Whitney Leavitt and partner Mark Ballas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Reality TV star and content creator Dylan Efron and partner Daniella Karagach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Comedian Andy Richter and partner Emma Slater<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Film and TV actress Elaine Hendrix and partner Alan Bersten<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Olympic gold medalist gymnast Jordan Chiles and partner Ezra Sosa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Irwin and Carson: A foxtrot to \u201cFootprints in the Sand\u201d by Leona Lewis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Leavitt and Ballas: An Argentine tango to \u201cCell Block Tango\u201d from \u201cChicago The Musical\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Efron and Karagach: An Argentine tango to \u201cAin\u2019t No Sunshine\u201d by Bill Withers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Richter and Slater: A quickstep to \u201cPuttin\u2019 on the Ritz\u201d by Robbie Williams<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Hendrix and Bersten: A salsa to \u201cIt Takes Two\u201d by Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Chiles and Sosa: A cha cha to \u201cGet Up\u201d by Ciara featuring Chamillionaire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Six celebs and their Mirrorball champ partners will perform a Quickstep, Viennese Waltz or Jive.<\/p>\n Leavitt and Ballas have received immunity from the relay round, plus two bonus points, for having the top scores in the individual dance round last week and for their cumulative judges’ totals all season.<\/p>\n “DWTS” has been sharing the “Relay Dance” round pairings on Instagram. They are as follows:<\/p>\n According to ABC, people can vote during the live simulcast of the show in the ET\/CT time zones.<\/p>\n During that time, online voting is available to people in any time zone in the U.S., its territories and Canada at dwtsvote.abc.com<\/a>. People using participating U.S. wireless carriers can also vote via SMS\/text (not available in Canada).<\/p>\n Live viewer votes will be combined with judges\u2019 scores and bonus points to determine which couples will be safe from elimination and make it to next week\u2019s \u201cPrince Night\u201d semifinals.<\/p>\n “DWTS” airs at 7 p.m. CT Tuesdays on ABC and Disney+, and streams on Hulu the next day.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Dancing with the Stars 20th birthday: Alix Earle, Joey Graziadei team<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhat will the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ ’20th Birthday Party’ entail?<\/h2>\n
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