Dancing with the Stars
Week 9: Semi-Finals
TV Flash files “Week 9: Semi-Finals” as hour 376 of 509 in the TV Flash guide — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 22, episode 9, aired 2016-05-16, 121 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E09: listed hour 376 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, hour 9 of 11 in season 22. It aired 2016-05-16 (121 min). The listed hour before it is “Week 8: You Be the Judge” (S22E08). Next is “Week 10: Finale Part 1” (S22E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The five remaining couples advance to the semi-finals as the competition heats up, on "Dancing with the Stars," live. Each couple will dance two dances – one being a style the couple has not danced to yet, and the second being a Trio Dance, in which each celebrity couple will dance with a third dancer. For the trio dance, Ginger Zee will dance with Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Artem Chigvintsev, Antonio Brown will dance with Sharna Burgess and Hayley Erbert, Wanyá Morris will dance with Lindsay Arnold and Witney Carson, Paige VanZant will dance with Mark Ballas and Alan Bersten, and Nyle DiMarco will dance with Peta Murgatroyd and Jenna Johnson. Each celebrity will perform a contemporary, quickstep, Argentine tango, Charleston, jive, samba or Paso Doblé. There will be a double elimination, based on last week's combined judges' scores and viewer votes, determining the final three couples who will go on to the finals to vie for the mirrorball.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Week 9: Semi-Finals sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?
S22E09 is listed hour 376 of 509 — hour 9 of 11 in season 22, season 22 episode 9.
When did Dancing with the Stars S22E09 air?
Week 9: Semi-Finals aired 2016-05-16 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
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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
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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…