Dancing with the Stars
Week 6: Famous Dances Night
TV Flash files “Week 6: Famous Dances Night” as hour 373 of 509 in the TV Flash guide — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 22, episode 6, aired 2016-04-25, 121 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E06: listed hour 373 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, hour 6 of 11 in season 22. It aired 2016-04-25 (121 min). The listed hour before it is “Week 5: Switch-Up Challenge” (S22E05). Next is “Week 7: Icons” (S22E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The remaining nine celebrities return to their original professional dance partners to tackle "Famous Dances Night" on "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, APRIL 25 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT) on the ABC Television Network. The couples will re-create iconic dance routines from popular movies, music videos and live performances, including "Hairspray," "Footloose," a famous Michael Jackson music video and a Video Music Awards routine. Each celebrity will perform a jive, Bollywood, jazz, contemporary or quickstep. There will be an elimination at the end of the night based on the lowest combined judges' scores and viewer's votes from "America's Switch Up" and "Disney Night" performances
Viewer FAQ
Where does Week 6: Famous Dances Night sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?
S22E06 is listed hour 373 of 509 — hour 6 of 11 in season 22, season 22 episode 6.
When did Dancing with the Stars S22E06 air?
Week 6: Famous Dances Night aired 2016-04-25 and is listed at 121 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.
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- 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…