Overview
- Ten remaining couples deliver tribute routines with the honored family member or friend joining on the ballroom floor for the first time in the show’s history.
- The lineup includes dances such as Jen Affleck’s Viennese waltz for her mother, Jordan Chiles’ Viennese waltz for her father, and Alix Earle’s contemporary for her sister, with additional dedications from Dylan Efron, Danielle Fishel, Elaine Hendrix, Scott Hoying, Robert Irwin, Whitney Leavitt, and Andy Richter.
- Kym Johnson returns to the judges’ table alongside Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough, with troupe and pro performances set to songs by Benson Boone, Olivia Dean, Lorde and Jungle.
- Live voting is open during the broadcast at dwtsvote.abc.com (U.S. and Canada) and by texting couple codes to 21523 (U.S. only), with up to 10 online and 10 text votes per couple.
- The episode airs at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, and one pair will be eliminated based on combined judges’ scores and viewer votes; last week’s exit was Hilaria Baldwin, whose post-show claim that she “did get bullied off the show” is now circulating.