Check out this week’s Dancing with the Stars spoilers. Each of the six couples will be paired in teams of two and coached by a judge, and for the first time this season, the stars will have to step away from their partners to dance solo! Dance styles, songs and judge/star pairings below! Plus viewers will have the opportunity to score along with the judges.
The remaining six couples will take the competition to the next level as “Judges Team Up Challenge” comes to Dancing with the Stars, live, MONDAY, MAY 9 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT) on the ABC Television Network. Each of the judges – Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli – will coach two couples, as well as choose their songs, dance styles and overall creative. Then, for the first time this season, the stars in each team will have to step away from their pros and dance by themselves for a portion of their routine. At the end of the night ONE couple will be sent home.
Judges will be paired with the following couples:
- Carrie Ann Inaba: Antonio Brown & Sharna Burgess, and Paige VanZant & Mark Ballas
- Len Goodman: Wanyá Morris & Lindsay Arnold, and Ginger Zee & Valentin Chmerkovskiy
- Bruno Tonioli: Nyle DiMarco & Peta Murgatroyd, and Jodie Sweetin & Keo Motsepe
Each group dance will be judged by the two remaining judges and America. Viewers can score celebrity performances alongside Len, Carrie Ann and Bruno, live, during the broadcast (EDT/CDT). To be part of the judges’ table, viewers must visit abc.com to score performances. A combined overall viewer score for each performance will be counted alongside the judges’ score. Each viewer may score a performance once, and the scoring window for each couple is open for two minutes and 15 seconds, beginning at the start of each routine.
Each celebrity will perform a Viennese Waltz, Argentine Tango, Jive or Paso Doble. At the end of the night, one couple will face elimination based on last week’s combined judges’ scores and viewer votes.
The couples will dance to the following songs (in alphabetical order):
- Antonio Brown & Sharna Burgess – Viennese Waltz – “Love on the Brain” by Rihanna
- Ginger Zee & Valentin Chmerkovskiy – Argentine Tango – “Telephone” by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé
- Jodie Sweetin & Keo Motsepe – Jive – “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” by Christina Aguilera
- Nyle DiMarco & Peta Murgatroyd – Paso Doble – “Victorious” by Panic! At The Disco
- Paige VanZant & Mark Ballas – Viennese Waltz – “Stone Cold” by Demi Lovato
- Wanyá Morris & Lindsay Arnold – Jive –”Can You Do This” by Aloe Blacc
Hosted by two-time Emmy-winning host Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews (sports host and Dancing with the Stars season 10 finalist), Dancing with the Stars is the hit series in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts, including head judge, Len Goodman, dancers/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.
