‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 35, Week 8 – Where to Watch, Streaming, Preview & Last Week’s Results

Dancing with the Stars returns Monday, November 2, 2026, for Week 8 of Season 35, with eight couples left in the ballroom. Here’s everything you need to know before tuning in, including when the episode premieres, where to watch, what happened last week and a preview of what’s ahead.

‘Dancing with the Stars’ Week 8:

• Theme: Disney Night
• Air Date: Monday, November 2, 2026
• Time: 8 p.m. ET
• Hosts: Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough
• Judges: Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli
• Guest Judge: Cynthia Erivo
• Network: ABC
• Streaming Service: Disney+

How to Watch ‘Dancing with the Stars’

Disney Night airs live on Monday, November 2 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and streams simultaneously on Disney+, one day earlier than the usual Tuesday slot because of Election Day coverage. Episodes become available to watch on Hulu the following day.

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‘Dancing with the Stars’ Week 8 Preview

Heading into Week 8, eight couples remain and trade the ballroom for a Broadway stage. Disney Night celebrates the magic of Disney on Broadway, with every routine set to a song from a stage show, and ABC has moved the episode to Monday night due to the Midterm Elections on Tuesday, November 3.

Cynthia Erivo, who starred in Wicked and Wicked: For Good, joins the panel as guest judge, which puts scoring on a 40-point scale.

The team dances also return, with the hosts each dancing alongside one of two teams. Team Slaytopia, led by Alfonso Ribeiro with Tatyana Ali as captain, dances to “Zoo,” from Zootopia 2. Team Wildcats, led by Julianne Hough with Connor Wood as captain, dances to “We’re All In This Together,” from High School Musical.

Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson go in as the leaders after the season’s first perfect score. Here’s the full Week 8 lineup of songs and dances:

Broadway guest artists join the night. Michael James Scott, the longest-running Genie in Aladdin, sings “Under the Sea”, and Rodney Ingram, who played Aladdin, sings “Be Our Guest”.

What Happened on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Last Week?

Need a refresher? Here’s what happened in Week 7 of Dancing with the Stars.

‘DWTS’ Episode Recap – Week 7

Week 7 was Horror Movie Night, with Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas on the panel as guest judge, which put scoring on a 40-point scale. Val Chmerkovskiy returned from his one-week suspension to dance with Jenna Dewan again.

Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson took the season’s first perfect score, a 40 for a contemporary routine to “Toxic” inspired by Saw. Meanwhile, Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik received one of their lowest individual judges’ scores of the season when Shirley Ballas gave their paso doble a 4.

Dances and Scores

Nobody went home on Dedication Night, so the double elimination was decided on each couple’s combined total across both weeks, shown in the last column. The Week 7 leaderboard:

‘DWTS’ Week 7 Elimination

Two couples went home: Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess, Jackson Olson and Emma Slater. The results combined the judges’ scores and viewer votes from Dedication Night and Horror Movie Night, since nobody was eliminated the week before.

Tyler and Sharna had the lowest combined total on the board, 58 of 80. Jackson and Emma were the surprise. Their 67 matched Maura Higgins and beat Julia Stiles (62) and Tatyana Ali (60), who both stayed, so the fan vote decided their exit.

‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 35 Competitor Tracker

‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 35 Schedule

Follow the season with the schedule below:

New episodes air live every Tuesday, with the exception of Disney Night, which ABC moved to Monday, November 2. The season finale is November 24. This schedule will be updated as additional details are announced.

What is ‘Dancing with the Stars’ About?

Dancing with the Stars pairs a celebrity with a professional ballroom dancer and gives them one week to build a routine for live television. Three judges score the dance, and the audience votes on their favorite. The two different scores are combined, and the couple with the lowest score goes home. By the finale, only the top pairings remain, with the winning couple taking home the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.

Season 35 brought sixteen new couples into the ballroom, tying Seasons 9 and 31 for the largest cast in the show’s history. Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough return as hosts and Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli return to the judges’ table.

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