Dancing with the Stars
Week 4: Opponents' choice
TV Flash files “Week 4: Opponents' choice” as hour 272 of 509 in the TV Flash guide — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 15, episode 7, aired 2012-10-15, 120 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S15E07: listed hour 272 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, hour 7 of 19 in season 15. It aired 2012-10-15 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Week 3: Results show” (S15E06). Next is “Week 4: Results show” (S15E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Monday night the competition heats up with world famous choreographer and recording artist Paula Abdul joining the judges in the ballroom as a special guest judge. For the first time in the show's history, the couples will perform new dance styles that their competitors have chosen for them.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Week 4: Opponents' choice sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?
S15E07 is listed hour 272 of 509 — hour 7 of 19 in season 15, season 15 episode 7.
When did Dancing with the Stars S15E07 air?
Week 4: Opponents' choice aired 2012-10-15 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
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Filed against
- Tom Bergeron as Host
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- 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…