Next Week is Showstoppers Night on DWTS - S23

Showstoppers Night RETURNS

For Week 09 of Season 23!!

<Ahhhh!!>

Making its SPECTACULAR, high-sequined comeback for Week 09 of Season 23 will be the exhilarating Showstoppers Night, in which, Dancing with the Stars’ 6 remaining Couples will participate within 2, separate Rounds of Dancing on Monday Night, the first of which will include Songs from famous Broadway Plays, and the second will include the always scary-BUT-gratifying celebrity Team Up Challenge!

(<Rubbing Hands Together> Ooo, I simply cannot WAIT!!)

The Team Up Challenge will consist of the Show’s 6 Couples being paired (or “Team”-ed!) up into 3 Groups of 2.

During Monday’s Second Round, these same Couples will then participate in three, separateTeam Dances!!

… As a nail-gnawing twist, both Pros from each Group will then be required to step away from their respective Groups for a portion of each Team Up Performance and allow their Celebs to dance together, rather than with them!

(YIKES!!)

In addition, “Frozen” Singer and Broadway Superstar, Idina Menzel, is set to perform her new hit, “Queen of Swords” LIVE in the Ballroom as part of Monday’s … well, showstopping events, as well as Guest Judge for the evening, along with DWTS' Judging staples, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba!

In further exciting news, DWTS’ 2-time Mirror Ball Champion and long-absent Pro, the beloved Mark Ballas, will RETURN to the Ballroom to sing “December ‘63” from his starring role of Frankie Vallie within Broadway’s hit, Jersey Boys, as part of Mark’s best friend and fellow Multi-Mirror Ball Winner, Derek Hough’s Round One Samba with Actress, Marilu Henner!!

Also performing live will be Musical Artist, Leona Lewis, (Isn’t she currently dating DWTS' Troupe Member, Dennis Jaunch??) with the hit song “Memories”  from her recently-wrapped Broadway Revival of Cats as part of high-scoring Duo, Calvin Johnson and LindsayArnold's, Round One Waltz!

Capping off the evening’s captivating events will be the possible absence of not one but TWO Pros from the Ballroom’s Dance Floor, as Professionals Sharna Burgess and Gleb Savchenko are – Most unfortunately! – presently down-and-out-for-the-count, each with their own individual Knee Injuries, and are likely to be temporarily replaced by fellow, talented Dance Professionals Jenna Johnson and Alan Bersten, respectively.

It’s an INCREDIBLE Night like no other for DWTS' already glamorous Glitter Dome; and, it takes place LIVE on Monday Night!!

Here Are the Show's Remaining Couples, as Well as the Songs and Dances Assigned to Them, as Revealed So Far:

Marilu & Derek – The Samba 
 “December ‘63” / Jersey Boys

Calvin & Lindsay – The Waltz 
 “Memory” / Cats

James & Sharna (& possibly Jenna)
–Jazz 
 “A Brand New Day” / The Wiz

Laurie & Val –The Argentine Tango 
 “Cell Block Tango” / Chicago

Jana & Gleb (& possibly Alan)
–The Waltz 
 “She Used to Be Mine” / Waitress

Terra & Sasha – The Charleston 
 “If My Friends Could See Me Now” 
/ Sweet Charity

And Here Are the Couples' Pairings in Monday’s Follow-up Team Up Challenge, and the Dances Assigned to Each Team, as Revealed So Far:

James & Sharna (& possibly Jenna)
/ Calvin & Lindsay – The Paso Doble

Jana & Gleb (& possibly Alan)
/ Laurie & Val – Contemporary

Marilu & Derek / Terra & Sasha - Jazz