Dancing With The Stars September 15 & 16 Season 35 Premiere Episodes To Feature First Eliminations & More

According to ABC, they are finally ready to debut the first, premiere episodes 1 and 2 of Dancing With The Stars’ new season 35 tonight, September 15, 2026 and tomorrow night, September 16. These episodes will get right down to business by featuring eliminations at the end of both of them and more!

According to ABC’s official episodes 1 and 2 press release intel, episode 1 is titled, “Premiere: Night One.” Episode 2 is titled, “Premiere: Night Two.”

The preview info from ABC is letting us know that episode 1 will only feature the male celebrity dancers and their pro partners performing their LIVE dances. Then, one of the male celebs will get eliminated at the end of it!

In tomorrow night’s new episode 2, only the female celebrities and their pro dance partners will take the stage to perform their first LIVE dances of this season. Then, one of the female celebrities will get eliminated at the end of it. So, they really aren’t messing around to start off this new season.

The viewing audience will be able to cast their LIVE votes for their favorite couples throughout the episodes. Then, they will all be tallied up with the judge’s scores to figure out who’s staying and who’s getting eliminated.

The judges for this season are: Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough. Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough are the co-hosts again.

There are a total of 16 celebrities competing in this new season 35. They are: Tatyana Ali with partner Jan Ravnik. Tyler Cameron with partner Sharna Burgess. Giada De Laurentiis with partner Alan Bersten. Jenna Dewan with partner Val Chmerkovskiy. Ezra Frech with partner Daniella Karagach.

Amber Glenn with partner Pasha Pashkov. Taylor Hanson with partner Britt Stewart. Maura Higgins with partner Mark Ballas. Conner Leavitt with partner Adele Zaikman. Ciara Miller with partner Brandon Armstrong. Sarah Jane Nader with partner Hailey Bills.

Jackson Olson with partner Emma Slater. Guillermo Rodriguez with partner Witney Carson. Harry Shum Jr. with partner Jenna Johnson. Julia Stiles with partner Ezra Sosa, and Connor Wood with partner Rylee Arnold.

Again, ABC’s press release confirmed that they are officially scheduled to air the new, premiere episodes 1 and 2 of Dancing with the Stars’ new season 35 tonight, September 15, 2026 in the 7 pm central standard time slot.

That is a wrap for this latest, “Dancing with the Stars” TV show, preview report, but definitely stay tuned for more.

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