Overview
- The Season 35 premiere ran as a two‑night event on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 15–16, with both episodes broadcast live on ABC and Disney+ and available next day on Hulu.
- Night one featured the eight male celebrities performing to No. 1 songs from their birth years and night two will feature the eight female celebrities under the same theme.
- Each premiere night ends with one elimination decided by judges’ scores plus viewer votes cast only for that night’s contestants, shortening the time couples have to show improvement.
- Adele Zaikman, winner of the spinoff The Next Pro, debuted as a new professional this season and is partnered with Conner Leavitt.
- Producers are leaning on streaming and social platforms to drive engagement with official online voting at dwtsvote.abc.com and U.S. SMS voting via participating carriers while a limited‑source report says contestant social‑media use may be mandatory this season.