Dancing with the Stars
Week 10: Finale Part 1
TV Flash files “Week 10: Finale Part 1” as hour 377 of 509 in the TV Flash guide — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 22, episode 10, aired 2016-05-23, 61 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E10: listed hour 377 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, hour 10 of 11 in season 22. It aired 2016-05-23 (61 min). The listed hour before it is “Week 9: Semi-Finals” (S22E09). Next is “Week 10: Finale Part 2” (S22E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The three finalists will each perform two dances – a redemption style dance (jazz, quickstep or salsa), and a freestyle. And singer/songwriter BC Jean will perform "Over the Rainbow" during Paige and Mark's freestyle dance.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Week 10: Finale Part 1 sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?
S22E10 is listed hour 377 of 509 — hour 10 of 11 in season 22, season 22 episode 10.
When did Dancing with the Stars S22E10 air?
Week 10: Finale Part 1 aired 2016-05-23 and is listed at 61 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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- Tom Bergeron as Host
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- Lenny Goodman as Judge
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- 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…