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Season twenty-nine of the American reality competition series Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 14, 2020 on ABC.[1] [2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was filmed without a live studio audience.[3]
On November 23, The Bachelorette star Kaitlyn Bristowe and Artem Chigvintsev were crowned the champions, while Catfish host Nev Schulman and Jenna Johnson finished in second place, rapper and singer Nelly and Daniella Karagach finished in third place, and actress Justina Machado and Sasha Farber finished in fourth.[4]
This season featured fifteen celebrity contestants. Continuing from last season, the couples were not announced in advance and were instead revealed on the season premiere.[5] During The Bachelor: Greatest Seasons - Ever!, season 11's Bachelorette, Kaitlyn Bristowe, was announced as the first celebrity participant.[6] On August 24, 2020, it was reported that AJ McLean, member of Backstreet Boys, would be a celebrity participant as well;[7] McLean was later officially revealed on August 27.[8] [9] On August 29, 2020, it was reported that Anne Heche, Jesse Metcalfe, and Vernon Davis would be celebrity participants in the season.[10] The other celebrity participants were revealed on Good Morning America on September 2.[11] [12] [13]
Fourteen of the professional dancers was announced on Good Morning America on August 18, 2020,[14] with the fifteenth professional announced on August 24.[15] Ten professionals from the previous season returned, along with Sharna Burgess, Artem Chigvintsev, and Keo Motsepe, all of whom last competed in season 27. Two new pros were added: Daniella Karagach, previously a featured dancer, and Britt Stewart, a former troupe member, who is the first black female to become a pro.
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBA power forward | Eliminated 1st | [16] | |||
| Tiger King cast member & animal activist | Eliminated 2nd | [17] | |||
| Film & television actress | Eliminated 3rd | [18] | |||
| Film & television actor | Eliminated 4th | [19] | |||
| NFL tight end | Eliminated 5th | [20] | |||
| Cheer cast member & coach | Eliminated 6th | [21] | |||
| Television host & stylist | style=background:lightgreen | Withdrew | [22] | ||
| Actress & Selling Sunset cast member | Eliminated 7th | [23] | |||
| Backstreet Boys singer | Eliminated 8th | [24] | |||
| Olympic figure skater | Eliminated 9th | [25] | |||
| Disney Channel actress | Eliminated 10th | ||||
| Film & television actress | Fourth place | [26] | |||
| Rapper & singer | Third place | ||||
| Catfish host & producer | Runners-up | ||||
| The Bachelorette star | Winners |
On July 13, 2020, it was announced that Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews would not return as hosts.[27] The next day, it was announced that Tyra Banks was hired as the new host and would also serve as an executive producer.[28] Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli returned as judges for the season.[29]
On September 8, 2020, it was announced that Derek Hough, who appeared as a professional partner in 17 of the show's 29 seasons, would return to the show to fill in for Len Goodman, due to Goodman being unable to travel with COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions.[30] [31] Goodman still appeared in periodic pre-recorded video segments.[32]
The highest score each week is indicated in with a dagger, while the lowest score each week is indicated in with a double-dagger .
Color key:
| Week | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| Kaitlyn & Artem | 1st | 20 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 25+3=28 | 30+30= | bgcolor=gold | 30+30= | |||||||
| Nev & Jenna | 2nd | 20 | 21 | 41 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 27+3= | 27+2=29 | 30+30= | bgcolor=silver | 30+30= | |||||
| Nelly & Daniella | 3rd | 16 | 18 | 34 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 21+2= | 26+30= | bgcolor=tan | 27+30= | |||||
| Justina & Sasha | 4th | 21 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27+2=29 | 24+2=26 | bgcolor=lightblue | 28+30=58 | bgcolor=d1c571 | 30+30= | |||||
| Skai & Alan | 5th | 36 | 18 | 24 | 27 | bgcolor=lightblue | 25+2=27 | 27+2=29 | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | 27+30=57 | |||||||
| Johnny & Britt | 6th | 18 | 18 | 36 | 24 | bgcolor=lightblue | 22 | 27 | 27+3= | bgcolor=lightblue | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | 27+30=57 | |||||
| AJ & Cheryl | 7th | 18 | 19 | 37 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 24+3=27 | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | 23+2=25 | ||||||
| Chrishell & Gleb | 8th | 13 | 18 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 26 | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | 24+2=26 | |||||||
| Jeannie & Brandon | 9th | 18 | 18 | 36 | 22 | 24 | 25 | bgcolor=lightblue | 25 | bgcolor=lightgreen | |||||||
| Monica & Val | 10th | 19 | 16 | 35 | 21 | bgcolor=lightblue | 24 | 26 | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | ||||||||
| Vernon & Peta | 11th | 17 | 18 | 35 | 22 | 22 | bgcolor=lightblue | 21 | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | 21 | |||||||
| Jesse & Sharna | 12th | 18 | 20 | 38 | 20 | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | |||||||||||
| Anne & Keo | 13th | 18 | 18 | 36 | bgcolor=lightblue | 15 | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | ||||||||||
| Carole & Pasha | 14th | 16 | bgcolor=lightblue | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | |||||||||||||
| Charles & Emma | 15th | 12 | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | ||||||||||||||
Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, Bruno Tonioli.
For the second time in the show's history, the official partnerships were revealed to the public during the live broadcast.[33]
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores[34] | Dance | Music[35] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ & Cheryl | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Jive | "Blinding Lights" — The Weeknd | |
| Chrishell & Gleb | 13 (4, 5, 4) | Tango | "Raise Your Glass" — P!nk | |
| Vernon & Peta | 17 (5, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "All of Me" — John Legend | |
| Anne & Keo | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Don't Start Now" — Dua Lipa | |
| Jeannie & Brandon | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Salsa | "Tell It to My Heart" — Taylor Dayne | |
| Jesse & Sharna | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Quickstep | "Part-Time Lover" — Stevie Wonder | |
| Skai & Alan | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Tango | "Super Bass" — Nicki Minaj | |
| Kaitlyn & Artem | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Stupid Love" — Lady Gaga | |
| Nev & Jenna | 20 (7, 7, 6) | Foxtrot | "The Way You Look Tonight" — Frank Sinatra | |
| Johnny & Britt | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Buttons" — The Pussycat Dolls | |
| Justina & Sasha | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Respect" — Aretha Franklin | |
| Charles & Emma | 12 (4, 4, 4) | Salsa | "In da Club" — 50 Cent | |
| Monica & Val | 19 (6, 7, 6) | Foxtrot | "My Wish" — Rascal Flatts | |
| Nelly & Daniella | 16 (5, 5, 6) | Salsa | "Ride wit Me" — Nelly | |
| Carole & Pasha | 11 (4, 4, 3) | Paso doble | "Eye of the Tiger" — Survivor |
The couples performed one unlearned dance, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores[36] | Dance | Music[37] | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nev & Jenna | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Dynamite" — BTS | Safe | |
| Skai & Alan | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Samba | "Miss Independent" — Ne-Yo | Safe | |
| Johnny & Britt | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Tango | "Poker Face" — Lady Gaga | Safe | |
| Justina & Sasha | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "When You Believe" — Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston | Safe | |
| Monica & Val | 16 (5, 6, 5) | Jive | "Shake It Off" — Taylor Swift | Safe | |
| AJ & Cheryl | 19 (7, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" — Dean Martin | Safe | |
| Anne & Keo | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "Counting Stars" — OneRepublic | Safe | |
| Nelly & Daniella | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Let's Groove" — Earth, Wind & Fire | Safe | |
| Chrishell & Gleb | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Rumba | "This Is Me" — Keala Settle | Safe | |
| Charles & Emma | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Never Too Much" — Luther Vandross | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Jesse & Sharna | 20 (7, 7, 6) | Foxtrot | "Dreams" — Fleetwood Mac | Safe | |
| 18 (6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Roses" — Saint Jhn | Safe | ||
| Carole & Pasha | 16 (6, 5, 5) | Viennese waltz | "What's New Pussycat?" — Tom Jones | bgcolor=lightblue | Bottom two |
| Vernon & Peta | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Paso doble | "We Found Love" — Rihanna, feat. Calvin Harris | Safe | |
| Kaitlyn & Artem | 22 (7, 8, 7) | Foxtrot | "I Hope You Dance" — Lee Ann Womack, feat. Sons of the Desert | Safe |
The couples performed one unlearned dance to songs from Disney films. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores[38] | Dance | Music[39] | Disney film | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skai & Alan | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Jive | "Almost There" — Anika Noni Rose | The Princess and the Frog | Safe | |
| Monica & Val | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Viennese waltz | "Part of Your World" — Ray Chew | The Little Mermaid | Safe | |
| Justina & Sasha | 19 (7, 6, 6) | Charleston | "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" — Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke | Mary Poppins | Safe | |
| AJ & Cheryl | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Quickstep | "Prince Ali" — Robin Williams | Aladdin | Safe | |
| Anne & Keo | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Quickstep | "Zero to Hero" — Ariana Grande | Hercules | bgcolor=lightblue | Bottom two |
| 22 (7, 7, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Married Life" — Michael Giacchino | Up | Safe | ||
| Nelly & Daniella | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "It's All Right" — Jon Batiste | Soul | Safe | |
| Carole & Pasha | 12 (5, 4, 3) | Samba | "Circle of Life" — Carmen Twillie & Lebo M | The Lion King | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Kaitlyn & Artem | 23 (8, 7, 8) | Rumba | "How Far I'll Go" — Auliʻi Cravalho | Moana | Safe | |
| Vernon & Peta | 22 (8, 7, 7) | Quickstep | "Be Our Guest" — Jerry Orbach & Angela Lansbury | Beauty and the Beast | Safe | |
| Nev & Jenna | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Argentine tango | "Angelica" — Rodrigo y Gabriela | On Stranger Tides | Safe | |
| Johnny & Britt | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Rumba | "Reflection" — Christina Aguilera | Mulan | Safe | |
| Jesse & Sharna | 20 (7, 6, 7) | Jive | "King of New York" — from Newsies | Newsies | Safe | |
| Chrishell & Gleb | 22 (7, 7, 8) | Waltz | "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" — Jessie Ware | Cinderella | Safe |
The couples performed one unlearned dance. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores[40] | Dance | Music[41] | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelly & Daniella | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Paso doble | "All I Do Is Win" — DJ Khaled, feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Rick Ross & Snoop Dogg | Safe | |
| Chrishell & Gleb | 22 (7, 8, 7) | Foxtrot | "Adore You" — Harry Styles | Safe | |
| Monica & Val | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Samba | "Party in the U.S.A." — Miley Cyrus | bgcolor=lightblue | Bottom two |
| Anne & Keo | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Paso doble | "Rise" — Katy Perry | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Nev & Jenna | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Rumba | "Because You Loved Me" — Celine Dion | Safe | |
| Justina & Sasha | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Salsa | "Que Viva La Vida" — Wisin | Safe | |
| Kaitlyn & Artem | 25 (9, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Beautiful Crazy" — Luke Combs | Safe | |
| Johnny & Britt | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Jive | "Crocodile Rock" — Elton John | Safe | |
| 21 (7, 7, 7) | Tango | "Seven Nation Army" — The White Stripes | Safe | ||
| Vernon & Peta | 22 (8, 7, 7) | Rumba | "Let's Stay Together" — Al Green | Safe | |
| Jesse & Sharna | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Smooth" — Santana, feat. Rob Thomas | Safe | |
| Skai & Alan | 28 (10, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Ordinary People" — John Legend | Safe | |
| AJ & Cheryl | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "Larger Than Life" — Backstreet Boys | Safe |
The couples performed one unlearned dance to a song released in the 1980s. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores[42] | Dance | Music[43] | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justina & Sasha | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Jazz | "Maniac" — Michael Sembello | Safe | |
| Jesse & Sharna | 19 (7, 6, 6) | Tango | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" — Tears for Fears | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Chrishell & Gleb | 19 (6, 6, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" — New Kids on the Block | Safe | |
| Jeannie & Brandon | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Jazz | "Like a Virgin" — Madonna | Safe | |
| Monica & Val | 26 (9, 9, 8) | Tango | "Tainted Love" — Soft Cell | Safe | |
| AJ & Cheryl | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Waltz | "Open Arms" — Journey | Safe | |
| Skai & Alan | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Jazz | "The Power of Love" — Huey Lewis and the News | Safe | |
| Vernon & Peta | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Tango | "Livin' on a Prayer" — Bon Jovi | bgcolor=lightblue | Bottom two |
| Kaitlyn & Artem | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Tango | "I Think We're Alone Now" — Tiffany | Safe | |
| Nelly & Daniella | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Samba | "Rhythm of the Night" — DeBarge | Safe | |
| Johnny & Britt | 29 (10, 10, 9) | Contemporary | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" — Bonnie Tyler | Safe | |
| Nev & Jenna | 26 (8, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "Take On Me" — A-ha | Safe |
The couples performed one unlearned dance. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores[44] | Dance | Music[45] | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny & Britt | 22 (7, 8, 7) | Salsa | "On the Floor" — Jennifer Lopez, feat. Pitbull | bgcolor=lightblue | Bottom two |
| Nev & Jenna | 26 (9, 9, 8) | Jazz | "Good Vibrations" — Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch | Safe | |
| Monica & Val | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Rumba | "Have I Told You Lately" — Rod Stewart | Safe | |
| Skai & Alan | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Say So" — Doja Cat, feat. Nicki Minaj | Safe | |
| Vernon & Peta | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Celebration" — Kool & The Gang | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Nelly & Daniella | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Humble and Kind" — Tim McGraw | Safe | |
| Jeannie & Brandon | 25 (8, 8, 9) | Rumba | "You Gotta Be" — Des'ree | Safe | |
| AJ & Cheryl | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Samba | "Mi Gente" — J Balvin & Willy William | Safe | |
| Chrishell & Gleb | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Contemporary | "Stars" — Grace Potter & The Nocturnals | Safe | |
| Kaitlyn & Artem | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Samba | "Sorry" — Justin Bieber | Safe | |
| Justina & Sasha | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Viennese waltz | "She's Always a Woman" — Billy Joel | Safe |
The couples performed one unlearned dance dressed as villains from a movie or television show. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores[46] | Dance | Villain | Music[47] | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeannie & Brandon | 25 (8, 9, 8) | Paso doble | Hannibal Lecter | "Maneater" — Nelly Furtado | bgcolor=lightblue | Bottom two |
| Johnny & Britt | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Viennese waltz | Dracula | "Creep" — Vincint | Safe | |
| Chrishell & Gleb | 26 (9, 9, 8) | Paso doble | Maleficent | "In the Air Tonight" — Helmut Vonlichten | Safe | |
| Monica & Val | 22 (7, 8, 7) | Jazz | Nurse Ratched | "Fever" — Beyoncé | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| AJ & Cheryl | 26 (9, 8, 9) | Tango | Norman Bates | "Psycho" — Intermezzo Orchestra | Safe | |
| Nelly & Daniella | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Argentine tango | Freddy Krueger | "Can't Feel My Face" — The Weeknd | Safe | |
| Justina & Sasha | 26 (9, 9, 8) | Tango | Carrie White | "Take Me to Church" — MILCK | Safe | |
| Nev & Jenna | Paso doble | Black Swan | "Swan Lake Remix" — District 78 | Safe | ||
| Skai & Alan | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Argentine tango | Tiffany Valentine | "Everything I Wanted" — Billie Eilish | Safe | |
| Kaitlyn & Artem | 24 (7, 9, 8) | Paso doble | Cruella de Vil | "Disturbia" — Rihanna | Safe |
The couples performed one unlearned dance and a dance relay with two other couples. Hours before the episode aired, Jeannie Mai had to withdraw from the competition after being hospitalized for epiglottitis. As a result, the originally planned double elimination did not take place, only one other couple was eliminated. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores[48] | Dance | Music[49] | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaitlyn & Artem | 25 (8, 9, 8) | Jive | "Don't Stop Me Now" — Queen | Safe | |
| Nev & Jenna | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Viennese waltz | "Stuck with U" — Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber | Safe | |
| Justina & Sasha | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Samba | "Magalenha" — Sérgio Mendes, feat. Carlinhos Brown | Safe | |
| Nelly & Daniella | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Rumba | "Nobody Knows" — The Tony Rich Project | Safe | |
| Chrishell & Gleb | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Love on the Brain" — Rihanna | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Skai & Alan | 25 (8, 9, 8) | Salsa | "Work It" — Missy Elliott | bgcolor=lightblue | Bottom two |
| Johnny & Britt | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Wonder" — Shawn Mendes | Safe | |
| AJ & Cheryl | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Rumba | "Way Down We Go" — Kaleo | Safe | |
| Nev & Jenna | 3 | Cha-cha-cha Relay | "Rain on Me" — Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande | ||
| Chrishell & Gleb | 2 | ||||
| Nelly & Daniella | 2 | ||||
| Justina & Sasha | 2 | Viennese waltz Relay | "I Have Nothing" — Whitney Houston | ||
| Johnny & Britt | 3 | ||||
| AJ & Cheryl | 3 | Samba Relay | "Levitating" — Dua Lipa, feat. DaBaby | ||
| Kaitlyn & Artem | 3 | ||||
| Skai & Alan | 2 | ||||
The couples performed one unlearned dance dressed as an icon and participated in paired dance-offs for extra points. Nev & Jenna were immune from the dance-off as a result of their week 8 performance and a tie-breaker of having the highest total season score. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores[50] | Dance | Icon | Music[51] | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 (8, 8, 8) | Rumba | Madonna | "Crazy for You" — Madonna | Safe | ||
| Nelly & Daniella | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Jazz | Tupac Shakur | "California Love" — Tupac, feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman | Safe | |
| AJ & Cheryl | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | Freddie Mercury | "Somebody to Love" — Queen | bgcolor=f4c7b8 | Eliminated |
| Kaitlyn & Artem | Argentine tango | Britney Spears | "Toxic" — Britney Spears | Safe | ||
| Johnny & Britt | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Quickstep | bgcolor=lightblue | Bottom two | ||
| Skai & Alan | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Paso doble | "If" — Janet Jackson | Safe | ||
| Nev & Jenna | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Jive | Elton John | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" — Elton John | Safe |
| Dance | Music | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justina & Sasha | Cha-cha-cha | "Telephone" — Lady Gaga, feat. Beyoncé | Winners |
| Kaitlyn & Artem | Losers | ||
| Skai & Alan | Salsa | "The Cup of Life" — Ricky Martin | Winners |
| Nelly & Daniella | Losers | ||
| AJ & Cheryl | Jive | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" — Wham! | Winners |
| Johnny & Britt | Losers |
During the first round, the couples performed a redemption dance to a new song that was coached by one of the four judges. In the second round, they performed one unlearned dance. Two couples were sent home at the end of the night in a double elimination. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Judge | Scores[52] | Dance | Music[53] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skai & Alan | Bruno Tonioli | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Move Your Feet" — Junior Senior | Eliminated by judges' votes |
| Viennese waltz | "Lonely" — Noah Cyrus | ||||
| Derek Hough | 28 (9, 10, 9) | Tango | "El Tango de Roxanne" — from Moulin Rouge! | Bottom three | |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Contemporary | "Holding Out for a Hero" — Ella Mae Bowen & Bonnie Tyler | |||
| Johnny & Britt | Carrie Ann Inaba | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Salsa | "X" — Jonas Brothers & Karol G | Eliminated immediately |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Jazz | "I Lived" — OneRepublic | |||
| Nelly & Daniella | Bruno Tonioli | 26 (9, 8, 9) | Paso doble | "Run Boy Run" — Woodkid | Safe |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Jive | "Jump, Jive an' Wail" — The Brian Setzer Orchestra | |||
| Nev & Jenna | Derek Hough | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Foxtrot | "Sign of the Times" — Harry Styles | Safe |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Contemporary | "If the World Was Ending" — JP Saxe & Julia Michaels | |||
| Kaitlyn & Artem | Carrie Ann Inaba | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Paso doble | "Hanuman" — Rodrigo y Gabriela | Safe |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Contemporary | "Cowboy Take Me Away" — The Chicks |
The couples performed their favorite dance of the season and their freestyle routine. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores[54] | Dance | Music[55] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaitlyn & Artem | Argentine tango | "Toxic" — Britney Spears | Winners | |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "Sparkling Diamonds" — Nicole Kidman | ||
| Nelly & Daniella | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Samba | "Rhythm of the Night" — DeBarge | Third place |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "Savage" — Megan Thee Stallion &<br>"Hypnotize" — The Notorious B.I.G. | ||
| Nev & Jenna | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Paso doble | "Swan Lake Remix" — District 78 | Runners-up |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "Singin' In The Rain" — District 78 | ||
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Cha-cha-cha | "Respect" — Aretha Franklin | Fourth place | |
| 30 (10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "Let's Get Loud" — Jennifer Lopez & "Bamboleo" — Gipsy Kings |
The couples performed the following each week:
| Week | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaitlyn & Artem | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Rumba | Viennese waltz | Tango | Samba | Paso doble | Jive | Samba | Argentine tango | Cha-cha-cha | Paso doble | Argentine tango | Freestyle | ||
| Nev & Jenna | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | Argentine tango | Rumba | Quickstep | Jazz | Paso doble | Viennese waltz | Cha-cha-cha | Jive | Immunity | Foxtrot | Paso doble | Freestyle | ||
| Nelly & Daniella | Salsa | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Paso doble | Samba | Viennese waltz | Argentine tango | Rumba | Cha-cha-cha | Jazz | Salsa | Paso doble | Jive | Samba | Freestyle | |
| Justina & Sasha | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Charleston | Salsa | Jazz | Viennese waltz | Tango | Samba | Viennese waltz | Rumba | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | Cha-cha-cha | Freestyle | ||
| Skai & Alan | Tango | Samba | Jive | Foxtrot | Jazz | Cha-cha-cha | Argentine tango | Salsa | Samba | Paso doble | Salsa | -cha | Viennese waltz | |||
| Johnny & Britt | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | Rumba | Jive | Salsa | Viennese waltz | Foxtrot | Viennese waltz | Quickstep | Jive | Salsa | Jazz | ||||
| AJ & Cheryl | Jive | Foxtrot | Quickstep | Cha-cha-cha | Waltz | Samba | Tango | Rumba | Samba | Viennese waltz | Jive | |||||
| Chrishell & Gleb | Tango | Rumba | Waltz | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | Paso doble | Viennese waltz | Cha-cha-cha | ||||||||
| Brandon | Salsa | Cha-cha-cha | Viennese waltz | Tango | Jazz | Rumba | Paso doble | |||||||||
| Monica & Val | Foxtrot | Jive | Viennese waltz | Samba | Tango | Rumba | Jazz | |||||||||
| Vernon & Peta | Foxtrot | Paso doble | Quickstep | Rumba | Tango | Cha-cha-cha | ||||||||||
| Jesse & Sharna | Quickstep | Foxtrot | Jive | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | |||||||||||
| Anne & Keo | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Quickstep | Paso doble | ||||||||||||
| Carole & Pasha | Paso doble | Viennese waltz | Samba | |||||||||||||
| Charles & Emma | Salsa | Cha-cha-cha | ||||||||||||||