Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars

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Premiered:
- Network: ABC
- Category: Series
- Genre: Reality
- Type: Live Action
- Concept:Based on the British series (Strictly Come Dancing)
- Subject Matter: Talent
- Tags: dance, celebrity
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Plot Synopsis
American stars of entertainment, sports, fashion and pop culture are paired with professional dancers, and the dancing pairs compete against each other in weekly dancing elimination challenges. Each week the couple with the smallest number of points -- a combination of scores from a panel of judges and audience votes -- is sent home. Previous winners are: Kelly Monaco (Season 1); Drew Lachey (Season 2); Emmit Smith (Season 3); Apolo Anton Ohno (Season 4); Helio Castroneves (Season 5); Kristi Yamaguchi (Season 6); Brooke Burke (Season 7); Shawn Johnson (Season 8); Donny Osmond (Season 9); Nicole Scherzinger (Season 10); Jennifer Grey (Season 11); Hines Ward (Season 12); J.R. Martinez (Season 13); Donald Driver (Season 14: All-Stars); Melissa Rycroft (Season 15); Kellie Pickler (Season 16); Amber Riley (Season 17); Meryl Davis (Season 18); and Alfonso Ribeiro (Season 19); Rumer Willis (Season 20); Bindi Irwin (Season 21); Nyle DiMarco (Season 22); Laurie Hernandez (Season 23); Rashad Jennings (Season 24); Jordan Fisher (Season 25); Adam Rippon (Season 26); Bobby Bones (Season 27); Hannah Browne (Season 28); Kaitlyn Bristowe (Season 29).
Hosted by supermodel and businesswoman Tyra Banks, Season 29 of DWTS premieres on Monday, September 14, 2020 from 8-10pm ET/PT on ABC. Six-time Mirrorball champion dancer Derek Hough joins DWTS in a new capacity as a judge. Hough joins Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli at the judges table in the ballroom. Meanwhile, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Len Goodman is unable to judge this season live in the ballroom, though he still is a part of the show in a different capacity sharing his ballroom expertise from London. The new season features a cast of 15 celebrities, including a GRAMMY winner, a Bachelorette, a big-cat lover-turned-reality TV star and a pro-football legend, to name a few. The celebrities heading to the ballroom this season (in alphabetical order) are as follows:
Celebrities (with their dance and song on the season premiere):
- head coach Monica Aldama (CHEER): Foxtrot to "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts
- animal activist Carole Baskin (TIGER KING): Paso to "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
- Kaitlyn Bristowe (THE BACHELOR; THE BACHELORETTE): Cha Cha to "Stupid Love" by Lady Gaga
- Super Bowl Champion Vernon Davis: Foxtrot to "All of Me" by John Legend
- TV and film actress Anne Heche: Cha Cha to "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa
- Disney Channel actress Skai Jackson: Tango to "Super Bass" by Nicki Minaj
- actress Justina Machado (ONE DAY AT A TIME): Cha Cha to "Respect" by Aretha Franklin
- Backstreet Boys singer AJ McLean: Jive to "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd
- host of THE REAL and correspondent on HOLEY MOLEY, Jeannie Mai: Salsa to "Tell It to My Heart" by Taylor Dayne
- TV and film actor Jesse Metcalfe: Quickstep to "Part Time Love" by Stevie Wonder
- rapper Nelly: Salsa to "Ride Wit Me" by Nelly
- TV host Nev Schulman (CATFISH): Foxtrot to "The Way You Look Tonight" by Frank Sinatra
- NBA superstar Charles Oakley (THE LAST DANCE): Salsa to "In Da Club" by 50 Cent
- actress Chrishell Stause (SELLING SUNSET): Tango to "Raise Your Glass" by P!nk
- Olympic figure skater and on-air commentator Johnny Weir: Cha Cha to "Buttons" by The Pussycat Dolls
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On Monday, November 23, 2020 from 8-10pm ET/PT, ABC premiered the Season 29 finale of DANCING WITH THE STARS. Four celebrity and pro-dancer couples dance and compete in the live season finale where one couple wins the coveted Mirrorball Trophy. Tyra Banks walks out to "I'm So Excited" by The Pointer Sisters. For this week, each couple repeats one of their favorite performances from earlier in the season with some new creative elements. Then, for the last element of competition, the couples perform the most anticipated dance of the season: the fan-favorite Freestyle. In addition, Nelly will perform a medley of his greatest hits including "Ride Wit Me," "Lil Bit" and "Hot in Herre" while his pro dancer Daniella Karagach dances with her husband, Pasha Pashkov. And Derek Hough will dance solo on the ballroom floor to "Let's Fall in Love for the Night." Also, a number of the couples who were eliminated earlier in the season will return to the ballroom.
The couples are as follows (with dances and songs):
- Kaitlyn Bristowe and pro Artem Chigvintsev will repeat their Argentine Tango to "Toxic" by Britney Spears, then a Freestyle dance to "Sparkling Diamonds" from "Moulin Rouge"
- Actress Justina Machado and pro Sasha Farber will repeat their Cha to "Respect" by Aretha Franklin, then a Freestyle dance to "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez and "Bamboleo" by The Gypsy Kings.
- Rapper Nelly and pro Daniella Karagach will repeat their Samba to "Rhythm of the Night" by DeBarge, then a Freestyle dance to "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion and "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G.
- TV host Nev Schulman and pro Jenna Johnson will repeat their Paso Doble to "Black Swan Swan Lake" by District 78, then a Freestyle dance to "Singin' in the Rain" by District 78.
Cast
- Tyra Banks - Host (Season 29)
- Carrie Ann Inaba - Judge (All Seasons)
- Bruno Tonioli - Judge (All Seasons)
- Derek Hough - Judge (Season 29)
- Len Goodman - Judge (Seasons 1-20 & 22-28); From London (Season 29)
- Tom Bergeron - Host (Seasons 1-28)
- Lisa Canning - Co-Host (Season 1)
- Samantha Harris - Co-Host (Seasons 2-9)
- Brooke Burke - Co-Host (Seasons 10-17)
- Erin Andrews - Co-Host (Seasons 18-28)
- Julianne Hough - Judge (Seasons 19-21 & 23)
- Monica Aldama - Competitor (Season 29)
- Carole Baskin - Competitor (Season 29)
- Kaitlyn Bristowe - Competitor (Season 29)
- Vernon Davis - Competitor (Season 29)
- Anne Heche - Competitor (Season 29)
- Skai Jackson - Competitor (Season 29)
- Justina Machado - Competitor (Season 29)
- A.J. McLean - Competitor (Season 29)
- Jeannie Mai - Competitor (Season 29)
- Jesse Metcalfe - Competitor (Season 29)
- Cornell 'Nelly' Haynes Jr. - Competitor (Season 29)
- Yaniv 'Nev' Schulman - Competitor (Season 29)
- Charles Oakley - Competitor (Season 29)
- Chrishell Stause - Competitor (Season 29)
- Johnny Weir - Competitor (Season 29)
- Simone Biles - Competitor (Season 24)
- Bonner Bolton - Competitor (Season 24)
- Chris Kattan - Competitor (Season 24)
- Charo - Competitor (Season 24)
- Erika Jayne - Competitor (Season 24)
- Rashad Jennings - Competitor (Season 24)
- Nancy Kerrigan - Competitor (Season 24)
- Normani Kordei - Competitor (Season 24)
- Heather Morris - Competitor (Season 24)
- Mr. T - Competitor (Season 24)
- David Ross (2) - Competitor (Season 24)
- Nick Viall - Competitor (Season 24)
- Victoria Arlen - Competitor (Season 25)
- Barbara Corcoran - Competitor (Season 25)
- Derek Fisher - Competitor (Season 25)
- Jordan Fisher - Competitor (Season 25)
- Deborah Gibson - Competitor (Season 25)
- Nick Lachey - Competitor (Season 25)
- Vanessa Lachey - Competitor (Season 25)
- Frankie Muniz - Competitor (Season 25)
- Terrell Owens - Competitor (Season 25)
- Sasha Pieterse - Competitor (Season 25)
- Drew Scott - Competitor (Season 25)
- Lindsey Stirling - Competitor (Season 25)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Competitor (Season 26)
- Jamie Anderson - Competitor (Season 26)
- Johnny Damon - Competitor (Season 26)
- Jennie Finch - Competitor (Season 26)
- Tonya Harding - Competitor (Season 26)
- Chris Mazdzer - Competitor (Season 26)
- Mirai Nagasu - Competitor (Season 26)
- Josh Norman - Competitor (Season 26)
- Arike Ogunbowale - Competitor (Season 26)
- Adam Rippon - Competitor (Season 26)
- Joe Amabile - Competitor (Season 27)
- Bobby Bones - Competitor (Season 27)
- Juan Pablo Di Pace - Competitor (Season 27)
- Nikki Glaser - Competitor (Season 27)
- Evanna Lynch - Competitor (Season 27)
- Milo Manheim - Competitor (Season 27)
- Nancy McKeon - Competitor (Season 27)
- Alexis Ren - Competitor (Season 27)
- Mary Lou Retton - Competitor (Season 27)
- John Schneider - Competitor (Season 27)
- Tinashe Kachingwe - Competitor (Season 27)
- Danelle Umstead - Competitor (Season 27)
- DeMarcus Ware - Competitor (Season 27)
- Lauren Alaina - Competitor (Season 28)
- Sailor Brinkley-Cook - Competitor (Season 28)
- Ally Brooke - Competitor (Season 28)
- Hannah Brown - Competitor (Season 28)
- Karamo Brown - Competitor (Season 28)
- Kate Flannery - Competitor (Season 28)
- Ray Lewis - Competitor (Season 28)
- Kel Mitchell - Competitor (Season 28)
- Lamar Odom - Competitor (Season 28)
- Sean Spicer - Competitor (Season 28)
- James Van Der Beek - Competitor (Season 28)
- Mary Wilson - Competitor (Season 28)
Other Titles
- Season 15 title: Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars
Production & Distribution
- Produced by BBC Worldwide