“Dancing With the Stars” turns into a halftime show tonight. The Season 35 episode, themed “Super Bowl Night,” airs Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, according to the North Jersey Record, and it runs two hours. It is the first football-themed night in the show’s history, per the Democrat and Chronicle.
Joe Buck joins the judges for Super Bowl Night
Longtime NFL broadcaster Joe Buck sits in as guest judge. The Record says he is scheduled to call Super Bowl LXI for ABC and ESPN. The 11 remaining celebrity and pro pairs dance to songs from famous halftime shows, with Lady Gaga’s 2017 set and Bad Bunny’s 2026 show among the inspirations, the Detroit Free Press reports.
The full Super Bowl Night lineup
Here is who dances to what, per the Democrat and Chronicle and the Record:
- Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas: tango to “Only Girl (In the World)” by Rihanna
- Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy: paso doble to “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga
- Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov: samba to “Mi Gente” by J Balvin and Willy William
- Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa: jazz to “Jenny from the Block” by Jennifer Lopez
- Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik: salsa to “squabble up” by Kendrick Lamar
- Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach: salsa to “Hot in Herre” by Nelly
- Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold: samba to “Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
- Jackson Olson and Emma Slater: salsa to “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
- Guillermo Rodriguez and Witney Carson: salsa to “Tití Me Preguntó” by Bad Bunny
- Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson: samba to “Yeah!” by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
- Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess: jazz to “The Time (Dirty Bit)” by Black Eyed Peas
Connor Wood’s samba to “Hips Don’t Lie” lands a few days after Shakira wrapped her Madrid residency, which we covered here.
Who is on the line
Eleven dances are planned, but only 10 pairs will continue next week, according to the Free Press. The Record lists the celebrities still competing as Olson, Rodriguez, Shum Jr., Frech, Cameron, Wood, Higgins, Stiles, Dewan, Ali and Glenn. Outlets differ on the numbering: the Record calls tonight Episode 6, while the Democrat and Chronicle calls it Week 5.
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Sources: North Jersey Record, Democrat and Chronicle, Detroit Free Press. The featured image is an editorial cartoon, not a photograph.








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