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Dancing With the Stars Season 34 Semifinals Air Prince Tribute

Published 18 November 2025

The semifinals of Dancing With the Stars season 34 take center stage on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, as six remaining celebrity-professional dancer couples pay tribute to the music of Prince in a high-stakes episode airing live from Los Angeles at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. With the finale just one week away, the competitors will each perform two routines: one in a new dance style and another revisiting a previous one to demonstrate their growth throughout the season.

The episode, themed around Prince's iconic hits, features elaborate choreography set to songs like "Little Red Corvette," "Purple Rain," and "Kiss." Social media personality Alix Earle and partner Val Chmerkovskiy open with their first Argentine tango to "Little Red Corvette," followed by a Viennese waltz redux to "Purple Rain," building on their earlier Disney Night performance to Lana Del Rey's "Once Upon a Dream." Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and Witney Carson tackle a new Viennese waltz to "WOW," then revisit their premiere-week jive to "Baby I'm a Star," originally danced to Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild." Utah influencer Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas debut a Viennese waltz to "Slow Love" before reprising...

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