Dancing with the Stars Disney Night airs Monday, November 2 from 8 to 10 p.m. ET/PT, live on ABC and Disney+, with Wicked star Cynthia Erivo as guest judge. The ballroom turns into Broadway for the night as the eight remaining couples of season 35 dance to songs from Hercules, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Tangled, Aida and more, joined by Broadway guest artists including Tony winner Heather Headley.
That is a day earlier than usual. Dancing with the Stars airs on Tuesdays this season, but ABC’s midterm election coverage takes over Tuesday, November 3, so Disney Night moves up to Monday before the show returns to Tuesdays the following week. If you are watching all season, the companion series hosted by season 34 champion Robert Irwin is covered in our DWTS After Party story.
The biggest full-circle moment belongs to Heather Headley. She originated the title role in Aida on Broadway and won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for it, and she will sing “Easy As Life” from that show for Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik’s contemporary routine. Headley, who also originated Nala in The Lion King on Broadway, returns later in the night for Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold’s waltz. Two Broadway Aladdin alumni join in too. Michael James Scott, Aladdin’s longest-running Genie, sings “Under the Sea,” and Rodney Ingram, who played Aladdin, sings “Be Our Guest.”
Erivo brings her own Disney tie to the judges’ table. She played the Blue Fairy in Disney’s 2022 live-action Pinocchio on Disney+. She sits alongside regular judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough, with Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough hosting.
Every Couple’s Disney Night Dance and Song
Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov: Quickstep to “A Star Is Born” from Hercules.
Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas: Jive to “You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!” from Peter Pan.
Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik: Contemporary to “Easy As Life” from Aida, with Heather Headley.
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson: Jazz to “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” from Mary Poppins, with guest artist Kyra Belle Johnson.
Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach: Samba to “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid, with Michael James Scott.
Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa: Paso Doble to “Satisfied” from Hamilton.
Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy: Quickstep to “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast, with Rodney Ingram.
Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold: Waltz to “I See the Light” from Tangled, with Heather Headley.
Team dances are back, too. Team Slaytopia, led by Alfonso Ribeiro with Tatyana Ali as captain, dances to “Zoo” from Zootopia 2. Team Wildcats, led by Julianne Hough with Connor Wood as captain, takes on “We’re All In This Together” from High School Musical. The pros and troupe also have routines set to music from The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, The Greatest Showman and Aladdin.
How to Watch and Vote on Disney Night – Disney Night streams live on Disney+ at the same time it airs on ABC, then lands on Hulu the next day. Viewers can vote during the live East Coast and Central broadcast at dwtsvote.abc.com or by text on participating U.S. carriers. Text voting is not available in Canada. Those votes are combined with the judges’ scores to decide who could be in danger of going home.
Disney Night has been part of Dancing with the Stars since season 18 in April 2014, and it brings out the voters. The season 33 Disney Night in 2024 drew more than 16 million votes, a new high for the show at the time.
Dancing with the Stars Disney Night airs Monday, November 2 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and Disney+. Disney Night kicks off a busy stretch for Disney on ABC, which also has its full 2026 holiday lineup on the way. For more, visit our television coverage.
