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Dancing with the Stars

The Finals Part 2

TV Flash files “The Finals Part 2” as the last listed hour of season 25 — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 25, episode 12, aired 2017-11-21, 120 min.

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This leaf is S25E12: listed hour 416 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, last listed hour of season 25. It aired 2017-11-21 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “The Finals Part 1” (S25E11). Next is “Athletes Premiere: Week 1” (S26E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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The remaining three couples will have one last night of competitive dancing, vying to score some extra judges' points. Additionally, viewers can participate in an online-only vote for the remaining couples, where, at the end of the night, one of them will be crowned the "Dancing with the Stars" champion, culminating an incredible season, which will be announced live from The Grove.

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Where does The Finals Part 2 sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?

S25E12 is listed hour 416 of 509 — last listed hour of season 25, season 25 episode 12.

When did Dancing with the Stars S25E12 air?

The Finals Part 2 aired 2017-11-21 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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