Overview
- Joey Graziadei announced the week-by-week themes on the Dancing With the Stars Official Podcast, which debuted September 18.
- ABC’s calendar adds TikTok Night, Wicked Night and Prince Night, with Disney Night honoring Disneyland’s 70th and a 20th Birthday Party for the franchise.
- Week 2 on September 23 is One-Hit Wonder Night, opening with Emma Slater’s choreography to Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now).
- Two couples will be cut after Week 2 using combined judges’ scores and viewer votes from the first two episodes.
- Wicked Night airs October 21 ahead of the November film release of Wicked: For Good, and episodes air live Tuesdays on ABC and Disney+ with next-day streaming on Hulu.