All episodes Season 15 S15E18 2012-11-26 120 min 2000s ABC

Dancing with the Stars

Week 10: Finale

TV Flash files “Week 10: Finale” as hour 283 of 509 in the TV Flash guide — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 15, episode 18, aired 2012-11-26, 120 min.

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This leaf is S15E18: listed hour 283 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, hour 18 of 19 in season 15. It aired 2012-11-26 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Week 9: Results show” (S15E17). Next is “Season 15 Finale” (S15E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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After 10 weeks of competitive dancing, All-Stars Kelly Monaco & Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani and Shawn Johnson & Derek Hough have proven they deserve to be in the finals. But only one couple will be crowned champions of "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars." The three women finalists will have their last chance to impress the judges and viewers on two final nights of competition.

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Where does Week 10: Finale sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?

S15E18 is listed hour 283 of 509 — hour 18 of 19 in season 15, season 15 episode 18.

When did Dancing with the Stars S15E18 air?

Week 10: Finale aired 2012-11-26 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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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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