The Latest ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Announcement Sparks Major Controversy on Social Media

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"It's been a long time coming...," was captioned on the latest Instagram post from Dancing With the Stars as they announced the upcoming Taylor Swift-themed night — and we can't help but agree.

The long-running dancing competition took to Instagram on Monday, November 6 to announce that Season 32 competitors would participate in "A Celebration of Taylor Swift" night on November 21. According to People, the six remaining couples that week will dance to Taylor's biggest hits during week nine while DWTS choreographer Mandy Moore, who helped create some of Taylor's routines on her ongoing worldwide Eras Tour, will serve as guest judge alongside permanent judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough.

Although there's no word on song or dance selections so far, fans had both positive and negative reactions to the big news when the news hit social media.

"Way too excited for this night 🤗🤗🤗," one person commented. "I will be skipping this one lol. I know I am the odd person out who does not like her music. I am sure she’s a great person just her music I am not a fan of. Everyone else enjoy!" someone else wrote on the post. "[Going to] throw up this is amazing," a different fan hilariously said. "Really?!?! There are better musicians: Selena, Frank Sinatra, Carrie Underwood...," another chimed in.

A lot of comments were also speculating about Taylor being an additional guest judge herself during that week of competition, but with her international leg of the Eras Tour kicking off in Argentina on November 9, it seems like that probably won't be likely.

This week, the eight pairs will participate in "Music Video" night, where the professional dancers and their celebrity partners will be taking inspiration from some of the most iconic music videos of all time for their week seven performances. In addition to their solo dances, the eight pairs will be divided into two teams, who will then do group dances to "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by the Backstreet Boys and "Gangnam Style" by PSY. Guest judge will be singer, dancer and choreographer Paula Abdul.

All we can say? When it finally comes time for Taylor Swift night, we're sure to be blessed with "Gorgeous" costumes and "Enchanted" dances that we couldn't even imagine in our "Wildest Dreams."

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