Dancing with the Stars
Episode 18
TV Flash files “Episode 18” as hour 224 of 509 in the TV Flash guide — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 12, episode 18, aired 2011-05-17, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S12E18: listed hour 224 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, hour 18 of 20 in season 12. It aired 2011-05-17 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 17” (S12E17). Next is “Episode 19” (S12E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The competition is closer than ever as the four remaining pairs perform three pressure packed routines -- one ballroom and one Latin dance they've not yet done, and one winner-takes-all Cha Cha -- for the chance to make it to the Season 12 finals.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 18 sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?
S12E18 is listed hour 224 of 509 — hour 18 of 20 in season 12, season 12 episode 18.
When did Dancing with the Stars S12E18 air?
Episode 18 aired 2011-05-17 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Do I need ballroom knowledge?
No. Celebrities learn; pros sweat; judges shade. Scoring fights are plot. The mirrorball is democracy, not a syllabus.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, judges as a chorus of shade. Dancing with the Stars is Monday-night ritual: mirrorball as democracy, scoring fights as plot, ballroom glitter that outlasted every prediction that the franchise should have tired by now.
So about Monday night: we are still fighting about a mirrorball. Dancing with the Stars, the U.S. version of Strictly Come Dancing, premiered on ABC in 2005 and became a long-running franchise — Tom Bergeron hosting, Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli as a chorus of shade, celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, scoring fights as plot. Voting controversies are half the entertainment. Glitter as democracy. Thirty-five seasons in this pack, 509 episodes, still refusing to clock out. (I said…
Filed against
- Tom Bergeron as Host
Tom Bergeron hosted Dancing with the Stars as Host — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, judges as a chorus of shade, Monday-night ritual, mirrorball as democracy. Scoring fights as plot. TV Flash files him as 2000s…
- Lenny Goodman as Judge
Lenny Goodman judged Dancing with the Stars as Monday-night ritual shade — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, mirrorball as democracy, scoring fights as plot. Ballroom glitter that outlasted every prediction the franchise…
- Carrie Ann Inaba as Judge
Carrie Ann Inaba judged Dancing with the Stars as the technical conscience in a chorus of shade — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, Monday-night ritual, mirrorball as democracy. Scoring fights as plot, glitter that…
- Bruno Tonioli as Judge
Bruno Tonioli judged Dancing with the Stars like a chorus of shade with better posture — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, Monday-night ritual that outlasted every prediction the franchise should have tired. Mirrorball as…