{"id":263771,"date":"2026-09-18T16:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-35-themes-revealed-from-mariah-carey-night-to-yacht-rock-night\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:30:12","slug":"dancing-with-the-stars-season-35-themes-revealed-from-mariah-carey-night-to-yacht-rock-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-35-themes-revealed-from-mariah-carey-night-to-yacht-rock-night\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dancing With the Stars\u2019 Season 35 Themes Revealed: From Mariah Carey Night to Yacht Rock Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em><\/a> fans can get even more excited, because ABC just revealed the complete lineup of themes for season 35 following its two-night premiere.<\/p>\n<p>Season 34 alum <strong>Andy Richter\u00a0<\/strong>announced the full list on Friday, September 18, while hosting the \u201cOfficial DWTS Podcast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just days earlier, the competition kicked off with the male and female celebrities performing on separate nights to <em>Billboard<\/em> No. 1 hits from their birth years. <em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em> star <strong>Conner Leavitt<\/strong> was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/conner-leavitt-calls-his-dwts-elimination-embarrassing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first celebrity to be eliminated<\/a> with new pro <strong>Adele Zaikman<\/strong>, followed by <strong>Sarah Jane Nader<\/strong> and pro <strong>Hailey Bills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The season 35 cast also includes <strong>Ciara Miller, Maura Higgins, Jackson Olson<\/strong> and <strong>Guillermo Rodriguez<\/strong>, along with <strong>Tyler Cameron<\/strong> and<strong> Jenna Dewan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/dwts-season-35-premiere-night-2-recap-who-went-home\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/dwts-season-35-premiere-night-2-recap-who-went-home\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018DWTS\u2018 Premiere Night 2 Ends in Shocking Elimination: Who Went Home?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe ladies of Dancing With the Stars season 35 are bringing the moves \u2014 and competition \u2014 to the ballroom. ABC\u2019s two-night premiere concluded on Wednesday, September 16, with the female celebrity contestants each dancing to a Billboard No. 1 hit from their birth year. Similar to night one on Tuesday, September 15, the judges [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Tatyana Ali, Giada De Laurentiis, Ezra Frech, Amber Glenn, Taylor Hanson, Harry Shum Jr., Julia Stiles<\/strong> and <strong>Connor Wood <\/strong>are also vying for the iconic mirrorball trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Keep scrolling for the full list of themes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 2:<\/strong><br \/>Viral Hits<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 3:<\/strong><br \/>Yacht Rock<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 4:<\/strong><br \/>Mariah Carey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 5:<\/strong><br \/>TBA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 6:<\/strong><br \/>Dedication Night<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 7:<\/strong><br \/>Horror Movie Night<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 8:<\/strong><br \/>Disney Night<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Week 9:<\/strong><br \/>Grammy Night<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 10:<\/strong><br \/>Semi-Finals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 11:<\/strong><br \/>Finale<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-35-themes-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dancing With the Stars fans can get even more excited, because ABC just revealed the complete lineup of themes for season 35 following its two-night premiere. Season 34 alum Andy Richter\u00a0announced the full list on Friday, September 18, while hosting the \u201cOfficial DWTS Podcast.\u201d Just days earlier, the competition kicked off with the male and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-263771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}