Dancing with the Stars Debuts Super Bowl Night Theme

Dancing with the Stars aired its first Super Bowl Night episode on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, as 11 remaining celebrity and professional pairs performed in the ABC and Disney+ competition using songs from memorable halftime shows.

According to the Democrat and Chronicle, the Week 5 episode introduced the Super Bowl Night theme for the ballroom series and featured guest judge Joe Buck alongside Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli.

The Hollywood Reporter reported that each remaining couple was assigned a reinterpretation of iconic Super Bowl halftime performances. The episode marked another elimination as the competition moved closer to the Season 35 finale.

USA Today reported that Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong were eliminated during Week 4 after the Mariah Carey Night episode, leaving 11 couples to compete in the following round.

The eliminated pair performed a jazz routine to Emotions by Mariah Carey and received a score of 21 out of 30, according to USA Today. Previous eliminations included Connor Leavitt and Adele Zaikman, Sarah Jane Nader and Hailey Bills, Giada De Laurentiis and Alan Bersten, and Taylor Hanson and Britt Stewart.

The Super Bowl Night lineup included Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov performing samba to Mi Gente, Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold performing samba to Hips Don't Lie, Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach performing salsa to Hot in Herre, and Guillermo Rodriguez and Witney Carson performing salsa to Tití Me Preguntó, according to Yahoo.

Other performances featured Jackson Olson and Emma Slater dancing salsa to Uptown Funk, Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson performing samba to Yeah!, Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess presenting jazz to The Time (Dirty Bit), and Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas performing tango to Only Girl (In the World), according to USA Today.

The episode also included performances from Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa with Jenny from the Block (Track Masters Remix), Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy with Bad Romance, and Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik with squabble up, as reported by USA Today.