Lists of Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) episodes
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Dancing with the Stars is an American reality dance competition television series. It is the American version of the British contest program Strictly Come Dancing and is part of its international franchise. The series pairs celebrities with professional dancers to perform primarily ballroom and Latin routines.
The first season premiered on June 1, 2005 as part of the summer 2005 primetime scheduling cycle. As of December 2, 2025,[update] 514 episodes of Dancing with the Stars have aired, currently in its thirty-fifth season.
Series overview
| Season | Contestants | Episodes | Originally released | Winners | Runners-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | 8 | June 1, 2005 | September 22, 2005 | Kelly Monaco & Alec Mazo | John O'Hurley & Charlotte Jørgensen | |
| 2 | 10 | 16 | January 5, 2006 | February 24, 2006 | Drew Lachey & Cheryl Burke | Jerry Rice & Anna Trebunskaya | |
| 3 | 11 | 20 | September 12, 2006 | November 15, 2006 | Emmitt Smith & Cheryl Burke | Mario Lopez & Karina Smirnoff | |
| 4 | 11 | 19 | March 19, 2007 | May 22, 2007 | Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough | Joey Fatone & Kym Johnson | |
| 5 | 12 | 21 | September 24, 2007 | November 27, 2007 | Hélio Castroneves & Julianne Hough | Mel B & Maksim Chmerkovskiy | |
| 6 | 12 | 20 | March 17, 2008 | May 20, 2008 | Kristi Yamaguchi & Mark Ballas | Jason Taylor & Edyta Śliwińska | |
| 7 | 13 | 21 | September 22, 2008 | November 25, 2008 | Brooke Burke & Derek Hough | Warren Sapp & Kym Johnson | |
| 8 | 13 | 21 | March 9, 2009 | May 19, 2009 | Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas | Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke | |
| 9 | 16 | 21 | September 21, 2009 | November 24, 2009 | Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson | Mýa & Dmitry Chaplin | |
| 10 | 11 | 19 | March 22, 2010 | May 25, 2010 | Nicole Scherzinger & Derek Hough | Evan Lysacek & Anna Trebunskaya | |
| 11 | 12 | 20 | September 20, 2010 | November 23, 2010 | Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough | Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer | |
| 12 | 11 | 19 | March 21, 2011 | May 24, 2011 | Hines Ward & Kym Johnson | Kirstie Alley & Maksim Chmerkovskiy | |
| 13 | 12 | 20 | September 19, 2011 | November 22, 2011 | J. R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff | Rob Kardashian & Cheryl Burke | |
| 14 | 12 | 19 | March 19, 2012 | May 22, 2012 | Donald Driver & Peta Murgatroyd | Katherine Jenkins & Mark Ballas | |
| 15 | 13 | 19 | September 24, 2012 | November 27, 2012 | Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani | Shawn Johnson & Derek Hough | |
| 16 | 12 | 20 | March 18, 2013 | May 21, 2013 | Kellie Pickler & Derek Hough | Zendaya & Valentin Chmerkovskiy | |
| 17 | 12 | 12 | September 16, 2013 | November 26, 2013 | Amber Riley & Derek Hough | Corbin Bleu & Karina Smirnoff | |
| 18 | 12 | 12 | March 17, 2014 | May 20, 2014 | Meryl Davis & Maksim Chmerkovskiy | Amy Purdy & Derek Hough | |
| 19 | 13 | 15 | September 15, 2014 | November 25, 2014 | Alfonso Ribeiro & Witney Carson | Sadie Robertson & Mark Ballas | |
| 20 | 12 | 14 | March 16, 2015 | May 19, 2015 | Rumer Willis & Valentin Chmerkovskiy | Riker Lynch & Allison Holker | |
| 21 | 13 | 14 | September 14, 2015 | November 24, 2015 | Bindi Irwin & Derek Hough | Nick Carter & Sharna Burgess | |
| 22 | 12 | 11 | March 21, 2016 | May 24, 2016 | Nyle DiMarco & Peta Murgatroyd | Paige VanZant & Mark Ballas | |
| 23 | 13 | 15 | September 12, 2016 | November 22, 2016 | Laurie Hernandez & Valentin Chmerkovskiy | James Hinchcliffe & Sharna Burgess | |
| 24 | 12 | 11 | March 20, 2017 | May 23, 2017 | Rashad Jennings & Emma Slater | David Ross & Lindsay Arnold | |
| 25 | 13 | 12 | September 18, 2017 | November 21, 2017 | Jordan Fisher & Lindsay Arnold | Lindsey Stirling & Mark Ballas | |
| 26 | 10 | 4 | April 30, 2018 | May 21, 2018 | Adam Rippon & Jenna Johnson | Josh Norman & Sharna Burgess | |
| 27 | 13 | 11 | September 24, 2018 | November 19, 2018 | Bobby Bones & Sharna Burgess | Milo Manheim & Witney Carson | |
| 28 | 12 | 11 | September 16, 2019 | November 25, 2019 | Hannah Brown & Alan Bersten | Kel Mitchell & Witney Carson | |
| 29 | 15 | 11 | September 14, 2020 | November 23, 2020 | Kaitlyn Bristowe & Artem Chigvintsev | Nev Schulman & Jenna Johnson | |
| 30 | 15 | 11 | September 20, 2021 | November 22, 2021 | Iman Shumpert & Daniella Karagach | JoJo Siwa & Jenna Johnson | |
| 31 | 16 | 11 | September 19, 2022 | November 21, 2022 | Charli D'Amelio & Mark Ballas | Gabby Windey & Val Chmerkovskiy | |
| 32 | 14 | 11 | September 26, 2023 | December 5, 2023 | Xochitl Gomez & Val Chmerkovskiy | Jason Mraz & Daniella Karagach | |
| 33 | 13 | 10 | September 17, 2024 | November 26, 2024 | Joey Graziadei & Jenna Johnson | Ilona Maher & Alan Bersten | |
| 34 | 14 | 12 | September 16, 2025 | December 2, 2025[a] | Robert Irwin & Witney Carson | Alix Earle & Val Chmerkovskiy | |
| 35 | TBA | TBA | September 15, 2026 | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
- Notes
- A holiday television special was aired following the November 25, 2025 season finale.
Lists of episodes
Seasons 1–10 (2005–2010)
Seasons 11–20 (2010–2015)
Seasons 21–30 (2015–2021)
Seasons 31–present (2022–present)
Ratings
U.S. Nielsen ratings
| Season | Timeslot (ET) | No. of episodes |
Season premiere | Season finale | Television season |
Viewership ranking |
Viewers (in millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Viewers (in millions) |
Date | Viewers (in millions) | ||||||
| 1 | Wednesday 9:00pm | 6 | June 1, 2005 | 13.48[1] | July 6, 2005 | 22.36[2] | 2004–05 | N/a | |
| 2 | Thursday 8:00pm Friday 8:00pm |
16 | January 5, 2006 | 17.46[3] | February 26, 2006 | 27.23[4] | 2005–06 | 7[5] 15[5] |
18.64[6] 16.67[6] |
| 3 | Tuesday 8:00pm Wednesday 8:00pm |
20 | September 12, 2006 | 20.22[7] | November 15, 2006 | 27.51[8] | 2006–07 | 3[9] 7[9] |
20.70[9] 19.40[9] |
| 4 | Monday 8:00pm Tuesday 9:00pm |
19 | March 19, 2007 | 21.80[10] | May 22, 2007 | 22.96[11] | 5[9] 9[9] |
20.00[9] 18.20[9] | |
| 5 | 21 | September 24, 2007 | 21.25[12] | November 27, 2007 | 24.87[13] | 2007–08 | 3[14] 5[14] |
21.67[15] 19.56[15] | |
| 6 | 20 | March 17, 2008 | 21.15[16] | May 20, 2008 | 20.12[17] | 4[14] 8[14] |
19.58[15] 18.03[15] | ||
| 7 | 21 | September 22, 2008 | 21.34[18] | November 25, 2008 | 20.65[19] | 2008–09 | 3[20] 7[20] |
19.77[20] 16.31[20] | |
| 8 | 21 | March 9, 2009 | 22.83[21] | May 19, 2009 | 20.31[22] | ||||
| 9 | 21 | September 21, 2009 | 17.79[23] | November 24, 2009 | 19.29[24] | 2009–10 | 3[25] 10[25] |
19.73[25] 15.30[25] | |
| 10 | Monday 8:00pm Tuesday 8:00pm |
19 | March 22, 2010 | 24.19[26] | May 25, 2010 | 18.40[27] | |||
| 11 | Monday 8:00pm Tuesday 9:00pm |
20 | September 20, 2010 | 21.30[28] | November 23, 2010 | 24.13[29] | 2010–11 | 3[30] 6[30] |
21.93[30] 18.61[30] |
| 12 | 19 | March 21, 2011 | 22.65[31] | May 24, 2011 | 21.42[32] | ||||
| 13 | 20 | September 19, 2011 | 19.03[33] | November 22, 2011 | 19.45[34] | 2011–12 | 5[35] 6[35] |
18.24[35] 16.08[35] | |
| 14 | 19 | March 19, 2012 | 18.79[36] | May 22, 2012 | 17.75[37] | ||||
| 15 | Monday 8:00pm Tuesday 8:00pm |
19 | September 24, 2012 | 14.11[38] | November 27, 2012 | 16.73[39] | 2012–13 | 7[40] 11[40] |
14.85[40] 13.78[40] |
| 16 | 20 | March 18, 2013 | 17.06[41] | May 21, 2013 | 15.20[42] | ||||
| 17 | Monday 8:00pm | 12 | September 16, 2013 | 16.04[43] | November 26, 2013 | 14.75[44] | 2013–14 | 5[45] | 15.20[45] |
| 18 | 12 | March 17, 2014 | 15.44[46] | May 20, 2014 | 15.07[47] | ||||
| 19 | Monday 8:00pm Tuesday 8:00pm |
15 | September 15, 2014 | 13.64[48] | November 25, 2014 | 15.98[49] | 2014–15 | 9[50] 38[50] |
14.73[50] 10.82[50] |
| 20 | 14 | March 16, 2015 | 14.16[51] | May 19, 2015 | 13.49[52] | ||||
| 21 | 14 | September 14, 2015 | 13.13[53] | November 24, 2015 | 13.49[54] | 2015–16 | 8[55] | 13.44[55] | |
| 22 | Monday 8:00pm | 11 | March 21, 2016 | 12.46[56] | May 24, 2016 | 10.49[57] | |||
| 23 | Monday 8:00pm Tuesday 8:00pm |
15 | September 12, 2016 | 12.19[58] | November 22, 2016 | 10.97[59] | 2016–17 | 14[60] | 12.38[60] |
| 24 | Monday 8:00pm | 11 | March 20, 2017 | 12.09[61] | May 23, 2017 | 8.91[62] | |||
| 25 | Monday 8:00pm Tuesday 9:00pm |
12 | September 18, 2017 | 10.71[63] | November 21, 2017 | 9.20[64] | 2017–18 | 22[65] | 10.60[65] |
| 26 | Monday 8:00pm | 4 | April 30, 2018 | 8.48[66] | May 21, 2018 | 8.77[67] | |||
| 27 | 11 | September 24, 2018 | 7.68[68] | November 19, 2018 | 7.90[69] | 2018–19 | 35[70] | 8.68[70] | |
| 28 | 11 | September 16, 2019 | 8.07[71] | November 25, 2019 | 7.79[72] | 2019–20 | 36[73] | 7.84[73] | |
| 29 | 11 | September 14, 2020 | 8.12[74] | November 23, 2020 | 6.41[75] | 2020–21 | 31[76] | 7.09[76] | |
| 30 | 11 | September 20, 2021 | 5.47[77] | November 22, 2021 | 5.64[78] | 2021–22 | 38[79] | 6.36[79] | |
| 32 | Tuesday 8:00pm | 11 | September 26, 2023 | 4.78[80] | December 5, 2023 | 5.50[81] | 2023–24 | 34[82] | 5.89[82] |
| 33 | 10 | September 17, 2024 | 4.97[83] | November 26, 2024 | 6.36[84] | 2024–25 | 33[85] | 5.94[85] | |
| 34 | 11 | September 16, 2025 | 5.28[86] | November 25, 2025 | 9.43[87] | 2025–26 | 11[88] | 7.50[89] | |
