The annual celebration of dancing and Disney tunes is on its way back to the ballroom of Dancing With The Stars on ABC and Disney+ next week.
What’s Happening:
- Next week marks the traditional Disney Night, this year titled Disney100 Night, on the hit ABC series, Dancing With The Stars, and it is appropriately timed, coming in alongside the 100th anniversary of the Walt Disney Studios.
- In the special episode of the hit series, which is being broadcast live on ABC and live streamed simultaneously on Disney+, the celebrity pairs dance to songs from classic Disney films, and sometimes the dancers dress as Disney characters, and special dances by the troupe are performed to celebrate the occasion, sometimes with characters in the ballroom as well.
- The 11 remaining couples get ready for an unforgettable night celebrating Disney’s 100th anniversary. The evening is set to be full of timeless performances to songs from beloved soundtracks of Disney’s most cherished films.
- This year, pro dancers will perform an opening number to “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto, choreographed by Christopher Scott, with partner dances including Contemporary, Paso Doble, Jazz, Quickstep, Viennese Waltz or Waltz.
- Fans will be able to vote during the live simulcast of the show in the EDT/CDT time zones. During this time, online voting will be available to fans in any time zone in the U.S., its territories and Canada via dwtsvote.abc.com, and fans with a participating U.S. wireless carrier can also vote via SMS/text (fans in Canada cannot vote via SMS/text). Live viewer votes will be combined with the judges’ scores each episode to determine which couples may be in jeopardy of elimination.
- As part of Disney100 Night, Hyundai created a special IONIQ 5 Disney100 Platinum Edition , featuring unique Disney-inspired design elements and wheels. This commemorative vehicle is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between an auto manufacturer and Walt Disney Imagineering.
- Disney’s all-new movie Wish and Dancing with the Stars are making wishes come true with the “Wishes Come True Sweepstakes!” Fans can enter at WishTheMovie.com/DWTS for a chance to win a trip for four to the Dancing with the Stars season 32 finale in Los Angeles. Wish arrives in theaters Nov. 22.
- The couples (along with their dance styles and songs) are the following:
- TV and film star Alyson Hannigan and pro Sasha Farber will perform a Jazz to “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast.
- Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino and pro Gleb Savchenko will perform a Waltz to “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes” from Cinderella.
- Marvel star Xochitl Gomez and pro Val Chmerkovskiy will perform a Paso Doble to “Un Poco Loco” from Coco.
- Ariana Madix (Vanderpump Rules) and pro Pasha Pashkov will perform a Contemporary to “Into the Unknown” from Frozen II.
- Singer and social media star Lele Pons and pro Brandon Armstrong will perform a Rumba to “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King.
- Former Bachelorette Charity Lawson and pro Artem Chigvintsev will perform a Viennese Waltz to “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid.
- GRAMMY-winning singer Jason Mraz and pro Daniella Karagach will perform a Foxtrot to “A Whole New World” from Aladdin.
- NFL All-Star Adrian Peterson and pro Britt Stewart will perform a Viennese Waltz to “Baby Mine” from Dumbo.
- Social media and reality TV star Harry Jowsey and pro Rylee Arnold will perform a Quickstep to “You’ve Got a Friend In Me” from Toy Story.
- The Brady Bunch actor Barry Williams and pro Peta Murgatroyd will perform a Jazz to “He’s a Tramp” from Lady and the Tramp.
- Real estate mogul and TV star Mauricio Umansky and pro Emma Slater will perform a Paso Doble to “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” from Fantasia.
- Co-hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, Dancing with the Stars returned to ABC and Disney+ late last month, and will continue to air Tuesdays (8:00-10:01 p.m. ET).
- The season will simulcast LIVE on Disney+ and be available next day on Hulu.
- The celebrities and professional dancers this season are as follows (in alphabetical order):
- Supermodel Tyson Beckford with partner Jenna Johnson
- Marvel star Xochitl Gomez with partner Val Chmerkovskiy
- TV and film star Alyson Hannigan with partner Sasha Farber
- Social media and reality TV star Harry Jowsey with partner Rylee Arnold
- From The Bachelorette, Charity Lawson with partner Artem Chigvintsev
- From Vanderpump Rules, Ariana Madix with partner Pasha Pashkov
- GRAMMY-winning singer Jason Mraz with partner Daniella Karagach
- NFL All-Star Adrian Peterson with partner Britt Stewart
- Singer and social media star Lele Pons with partner Brandon Armstrong
- Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino with partner Gleb Savchenko
- Actress Jamie Lynn Spears with partner Alan Bersten
- Real estate mogul and TV star Mauricio Umansky with partner Emma Slater
- Comedian and actor Matt Walsh with partner Koko Iwasaki
- From The Brady Bunch, actor Barry Williams with partner Peta Murgatroyd
- It should be noted that the teams featuring Matt Walsh, Jamie Lynn Spears, and as of last night’s episode, Tyson Beckford, will not be participating in Disney Night as they have already been eliminated from the competition.
- The pairs will be judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts, including Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough.
- Disney100 Night will air TUESDAY, OCT. 17 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT/PDT, 7:00-9:01 p.m. CDT), simulcasting LIVE across both ABC and Disney+ in local time zones and next day on Hulu.
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