Dancing with the Stars 23 Spoilers: Week 7 Dance Styles and Song Choices

DANCING WITH THE STARS – TOM BERGERON, LAURIE HERNANDEZ, VALENTIN CHMERKOVSKIY

It’s “Eras Night” on Monday’s (Oct 24) Dancing with the Stars. The remaining 8 celebrities will be split up into two teams that will compete against each other, in addition to performing individual dances. The theme means each of the couples will perform a dance that embodies a past decade. PLUS it’s the return of judge Len Goodman! At the end of the night, one couple will be sent home.

Check out the details from ABC’s press release below

The eight remaining celebrities will dance to some of the most popular songs throughout the decades, as “Eras Night” comes to Dancing with the Starslive, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on the ABC Television Network.

Len Goodman returns as head judge for this special night of dancing, which showcases popular music throughout the eras from the 1920s through the 1990s. Each celebrity will perform either a quickstep, rumba, Charleston, jive, tango, foxtrot, samba or jitterbug.

In addition, the celebrities and their pros will be grouped into two teams – Team Past and Team Future – with each performing a dance to celebrate songs and dance styles from previous decades through present day. The team dance scores will be combined with the celebrity’s individual dance scores for a final tally.

At the end of evening, one couple will be eliminated from the ballroom competition.

The teams are divided up as follows (in alphabetical order):

Team Past
James Hinchcliffe & Sharna Burgess
Calvin Johnson Jr. & Lindsay Arnold
Ryan Lochte & Cheryl Burke
Maureen McCormick & Artem Chigvintsev

Team Future
Marilu Henner & Derek Hough
Laurie Hernandez & Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Terra Jolé & Sasha Farber
Jana Kramer & Gleb Savchenko

The couples will dance to the following songs (in timeline order):

  • Marilu Henner & Derek Hough – Charleston – “Never Forget You” by Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox featuring Addie Hamilton (1920s)
  • Terra Jolé & Sasha Farber – Foxtrot – “Cheek to Cheek” by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1930s)
  • James Hinchcliffe & Sharna Burgess – Jitterbug – “In the Mood” by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1940s)
  • Calvin Johnson Jr. & Lindsay Arnold – Jive – “Good Golly Miss Molly” by Little Richard (1950s)
  • Laurie Hernandez & Valentin Chmerkovskiy – Quickstep – “One Fine Day” by The Chiffons (1960s)
  • Jana Kramer & Gleb Savchenko – Samba – “Get Down Tonight” by KC and the Sunshine Band (1970s)
  • Maureen McCormick & Artem Chigvintsev – Tango – “You Give Love a Bad Name” by Bon Jovi (1980s)
  • Ryan Lochte & Cheryl Burke – Rumba – “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith (1990s)

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 dancers/choreographers Bruno TonioliCarrie Ann Inaba and Julianne Hough.

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