“ Dancing with the Stars ” returned on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 , with the show’s Season 34 Week 7 theme, Halloween Night , a live “Dance Monster-thon,” and a surprise elimination that sent Jen Affleck and Jan Ravnik home. The night also saw Elaine Hendrix miss the live broadcast after a hospital visit, while the ballroom welcomed guest judge and two-time Mirrorball champion Cheryl Burke . Hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough guided the spooky festivities alongside judges Carrie Ann Inaba , Bruno Tonioli , and Derek Hough .

Affleck and Ravnik’s exit capped a results segment that combined judges’ scores with live viewer votes. Ribeiro announced that “more than 55 million votes ” were cast, a show record, before the last three couples waiting on the results we

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