Overview
- Five couples return Tuesday for a three-hour finale featuring Judges’ Choice, an Instant Dance, and a Freestyle to decide the Mirrorball.
- Freestyle picks: Jordan Chiles/Ezra Sosa to Motivation (Normani); Alix Earle/Val Chmerkovskiy to a Maneater/Sports Car mashup; Dylan Efron/Daniella Karagach to Something in the Heavens (Lewis Capaldi); Elaine Hendrix/Alan Bersten to Opening: I Hope I Get It (A Chorus Line); Robert Irwin/Witney Carson to a Black and Gold/The Nights mashup.
- Judges’ Choice assignments include Jordan Chiles/Ezra Sosa dancing a Paso Doble to Breakin’ Dishes (Rihanna), Alix Earle/Val Chmerkovskiy a Samba to Hip Hip Chin Chin, Dylan Efron/Daniella Karagach a Paso Doble to Stampede, Elaine Hendrix/Alan Bersten a Rumba to Take My Breath Away, and Robert Irwin/Witney Carson a Quickstep to Are You Gonna Be My Girl.
- The Instant Dance will reveal each couple’s style and song just minutes before they perform live, adding an element of unpredictability to scoring and viewer voting.
- The finale airs live November 25 on ABC and Disney+, with next-day streaming on Hulu, after semifinals drew 7.22 million viewers and an all-time high 55.9 million votes as reported by Variety.