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DANCING WITH THE STARS
Air Date: Monday, May 02, 2016
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-10:01 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#2207) "Episode 2207"
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THE COMPETITION IS NECK-AND-NECK; THERE WILL BE A DOUBLE ELIMINATION, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, IT'S MEN VS. WOMEN FOR THE TEAM DANCES, ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS," MONDAY, MAY 2

The Eight Remaining Couples Dance to Music from Favorite Musical Icons

Viewers Can Experience What It's Like on the Ballroom Floor While Watching the Pro Dancers' Opening Number Online Through a Virtual Reality 360° View

"Episode 2207" - The remaining eight celebrities will dance to popular music from favorite musical icons, as "Icons Night" comes to "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, MAY 2 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT) on the ABC Television Network. The couples will dance to music from such icons as Beyoncé, James Brown, Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder. In addition, for the first time ever on the show, it's men vs. women as the celebrities and their pro dancers get together for team dances, with the men as Team James Brown and the women as Team Beyoncé. Each celebrity will perform a Tango, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep, Samba, Foxtrot, Jive or Salsa.

As a special added treat, the pro dancers' opening number will also be available in a virtual reality 360° view, which can be seen simultaneously online on "Dancing with the Stars'" Facebook page, www.facebook.com/dancingwiththestars, and YouTube at www.youtube.com/dancingwiththestars. It will allow viewers to experience the show like never before and make them feel like they are on the ballroom floor. It expands beyond the traditional bounds of a TV or mobile screen.

The leader board changed again, and Wany� Morris rose to the top this week. The competition is close, and there will be a double elimination at the end of the night.

The couples will dance to the following songs (in alphabetical order):

Antonio Brown & Sharna Burgess - Tango - "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones

Ginger Zee & Valentin Chmerkovskiy - Viennese Waltz - "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston

Jodie Sweetin & Keo Motsepe - Quickstep - "For Once in My Life" by Stevie Wonder

Kim Fields & Sasha Farber - Samba - "ABC" by Jackson 5

Nyle DiMarco & Peta Murgatroyd - Foxtrot - "Beautiful Day" by U2

Paige VanZant & Mark Ballas - Jive - "Proud Mary" by Tina Turner

Von Miller & Witney Carson - Salsa - "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley

Wany� Morris & Lindsay Arnold - Foxtrot - "I Say a Little Prayer" by Aretha Franklin

Hosted by two-time Emmy(R)-winning host Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews (sports host and "Dancing with the Stars" season 10 finalist), "Dancing with the Stars" is the hit series in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts, including head judge, Len Goodman, dancers/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.

For week seven, viewers may cast their votes for their favorite couples via phone on Monday nights during and up to 60 minutes after the end of the "Dancing with the Stars" broadcast in each time zone. Online voting at www.ABC.com and on Facebook at https://apps.facebook.com/votedwts/ is open for 24 hours, beginning from the start of each episode on the East Coast at 8:00 p.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. PDT and closing at 8:00 p.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. PDT on Tuesday evenings.

"Dancing with the Stars" is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. Rob Wade and Ashley Edens-Shaffer are executive producers. Alex Rudzinski directs. "Dancing with the Stars" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG, L parental guideline.

About BBC Worldwide Productions

BBC Worldwide Productions is a key business division under BBC Worldwide North America - part of BBC Worldwide, the main commercial arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) - which operates as a studio in the U.S. and Canada. Based in Los Angeles, BBC Worldwide Productions develops and produces original content as well as scripted and unscripted projects based on BBC formats/brands across all platforms. The studio is responsible for the ratings juggernaut "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC), "Getting On" (HBO), "Top Gear" (History), "You're Back in the Room" (working title - Fox) and the upcoming limited series, "The Night Of" (HBO).

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