Dancing with the Stars
Episode 11
TV Flash files “Episode 11” as hour 257 of 509 in the TV Flash guide — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 14, episode 11, aired 2012-04-24, 120 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S14E11: listed hour 257 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, hour 11 of 19 in season 14. It aired 2012-04-24 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 10” (S14E10). Next is “Episode 12” (S14E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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"AT&T's Spotlight Performance," features and celebrates people whose lives have been changed forever by dance. This week "Dancing with the Stars" has chosen to spotlight dancer Michaela DePrince. She was born in Sierra Leone and her parents died in the conflicts there when she was very young, so Michaela ended up in an orphanage. She always wanted to dance, but never had the opportunity. She finally got her chance when she was adopted by an American couple a few years later. Her mother enrolled her in ballet classes and Michaela excelled! Recently she earned a scholarship to the JKO School at American Ballet Theater and she is soon hoping to become a principal in a ballet company. Her story is featured in the award-winning documentary, "First Position," by Bess Kargman, which follows six young dancers as they prepare for a chance to enter the world of professional ballet, struggling through bloodied feet, near exhaustion and debilitating injuries all while navigating the drama of adolescence. "First Position," directed and produced by Bess Kargman from Sundance Selects, will be released May 4, 2012. During her performance on "Dancing with the Stars," Michaela will be dancing with Ade Chike Torbert, who competed on "SYTYCD." Natasha Bedingfield will be performing live with Michaela, singing her powerful hit song "Wild Horses.".
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 11 sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?
S14E11 is listed hour 257 of 509 — hour 11 of 19 in season 14, season 14 episode 11.
When did Dancing with the Stars S14E11 air?
Episode 11 aired 2012-04-24 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.
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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…
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- 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…