With themidterm elections and wall-to-wall TV coverage taking center stage across the country Tuesday, ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" is moving to Monday, Nov. 2 (8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT, on ABC and Disney+, streaming the next day on Hulu).
But the stakes remain nail-bitingly high in the ballroom, with eight couples still battling for the Mirrorball Trophy – and another elimination looming.
The ballroom celebrates "Disney Night" on Monday, with the couples performing dances inspired by beloved Disney stories, movies and stage adaptations.
The schedule change was announced during Horror Movie Night on Tuesday, Oct. 27, which featured guest judge Shirley Ballas dishing out tough-love critiques and scores as low as 4, before a double elimination that
sent home Tyler Cameron and partner Sharna Burgess, and Jackson Olson and partner Emma Slater.
This week, Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award winner and three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo takes her seat at the judges' table. The "Wicked" star has her own Disney credentials, having played the Blue Fairy in the studio's 2022 live-action remake of "Pinocchio."
Pro and troupe routines will be performed to Disney classics like “Circle of Life/Nants Ingonyama” from “The Lion King,” “Belle” from “Beauty and the Beast,” “Seize the Day” from “Newsies,” “The Greatest Show” from “The Greatest Showman,” and “Friend Like Me” from “Aladdin.”
There will also be Disney-themed team dances, including Team Slaytopia performing to "Zoo" from "Zootopia 2." The group will feature show cohost and former champion Alfonso Ribeiro alongside team captain Tatyana Ali and partner Jan Ravnik, Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas, Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov, and Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa.
They'll face off against Team Wildcats, performing "We're All in This Together" from "High School Musical." Led by show cohost and former champion Julianne Hough, the team features captain Connor Wood and partner Rylee Arnold, Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach, Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy, and Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson.
The couples (along with their dance styles and songs) are the following:
- Amber Glenn and partner Pasha Pashkov will perform a quickstep to “A Star Is Born” from “Hercules”
- Maura Higgins and partner Mark Ballas will perform a jive to “You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!” from “Peter Pan”
- Tatyana Ali and partner Jan Ravnik will perform a contemporary to “Easy As Life” from “Aida,” with guest artist Heather Headley performing live
- Harry Shum Jr. and partner Jenna Johnson will perform a jazz to “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” from “Mary Poppins,” with guest artist Kyra Belle Johnson performing live
- Ezra Frech and partner Daniella Karagach will perform a samba to “Under the Sea” from “The Little Mermaid”
- Julia Stiles and partner Ezra Sosa will perform a paso doble to “Satisfied” from “Hamilton”
- Jenna Dewan and partner Val Chmerkovskiy will perform a quickstep to “Be Our Guest” from “Beauty and the Beast"
- Connor Wood and partner Rylee Arnold will perform a waltz to “I See the Light” from “Tangled"
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'Dancing with the Stars' Disney Night moves to Monday for midterm elections
