‘Dancing With the Stars’ Will Host a Taylor Swift Night

Dancing with the Stars is entering its Midnights era.

Mandy Moore, lead choreographer on the Eras tour, will appear as a special guest judge on the Taylor Swift-themed episode Dancing With the Stars: A Celebration of Taylor Swift, airing live on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. ET. It will be available to stream on Hulu the following day.

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The show’s six remaining couples will perform to Swift’s music, with specific dance styles and songs to be announced closer to the show date.

DWTS‘ pro dancer Peta Murgatroyd first revealed the news to Billboard last Wednesday that the show will be hosting an episode dedicated to Swift.

“We will be having a Taylor Swift week here,” Murgatroyd told the outlet. “Am I allowed to say that?” he added.

Murgatroyd is currently competing alongside Brady Bunch actor Barry Williams on the dance competition show. Other competitors on the series include Real Housewives‘ Mauricio Umansky, Bachelorette‘s Charity Lawsui, actress Xochitl Gomez, and singer Jason Mraz.

Jamie Lynn Spears was eliminated this week after comedian Matt Walsh went home first the week prior.

Dancing with the Stars has long hosted nights themed after A-list musicians. Last year, a Michael Bublé night and an Elvis Presley theme were featured, and in 2021, there were nights dedicated to Britney Spears and Queen.

Swift last visited the DWTS set in 2010, when she performed Fearless‘ “White Horse,” along with “Mine” while promoting her album Speak Now.

Along with the buzz surrounding Swift’s Eras Tour, the singer has been making headlines for her supposed burgeoning relationship with Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce. During a recent episode of New Heights, the player admitted that the National Football League has been taking their coverage of Swift attending the team’s games a bit far.

“I think it’s fun when they show who all is at the game,” Kelce answered when Jason asked for his honest opinion on the coverage, separate from his feelings towards Swift. “I think it brings a little bit more to the atmosphere, brings a little bit more to what you’re watching. But at the same time, they’re overdoing it a little bit for sure… especially my situation. I think they’re trying to have fun with it.”

The NFL issued a statement, via People, responding to Kelce’s comments. “We frequently change our bios and profile imagery based on what’s happening in and around our games, as well as culturally,” the statement read. “The Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce news has been a pop cultural moment we’ve leaned into in real time, as it’s an intersection of sport and entertainment, and we’ve seen an incredible amount of positivity around the sport.”

This story was updated on Nov. 6 at 9:50 a.m. with the official special guest judge announcement and premiere date for Dancing With the Stars: A Celebration of Taylor Swift.

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