All the Songs and Dances for Most Memorable Year Night on 'Dancing with the Stars'
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It’s week five on Dancing with the Stars and the 10 remaining couples get personal when they take to the ballroom Tuesday evening. It’s “Most Memorable Year’ night on DWTS, so each of the celebrities will reveal an event from a pivotal year in their lives that holds great significance.
When we spoke to each of them, they weren’t able to reveal what the memory was, but they did share the feeling they were going for.
Also on Tuesday night’s episode, there will be a tribute to the former head judge Len Goodman with current and past pro dancers, as well as judge Derek Hough and co-host Julianne Hough, performing a spectacular dance tribute to “Moon River” by Henry Mancini.
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Among the returning pro dancers will be Kym Johnson, Anna Trebunskaya, Karina Smirnoff, Edyta Sliwinska, Tony Dovolani, Louis van Amstel, Maks Chmerkovskiy and Mark Ballas. The tribute will be choreographed by the husband-and-wife team of pros Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson.
Dancing with the Stars 2023 songs and dances for Week 5 and their emotions
Alyson Hannigan and pro Sasha Farber will perform a Viennese Waltz to “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran.
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Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino and pro Gleb Savchenko will perform a Contemporary to “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper.
“I think the love between family, between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, the beauty of love and hopefully the permanence of it,” Mira says when asked which emotion she's going for. “Hopefully that it doesn’t fade, that it always comes back to you.”
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Marvel star Xochitl Gomez and pro Val Chmerkovskiy will perform a Viennese Waltz to “Until I Found You” by Stephen Sanchez.
“I think emotion is reflective, whatever that will entail,” Val tells Parade. “I think our song is very beautiful. We’ve got to tap into the raw emotion that’s going to happen. I’m pretty sure that just being in the moment, telling her story, and then finding herself on this dance floor will create all the emotions that we’ll need.”
Vanderpump Rules’ Ariana Madix and pro Pasha Pashkov will perform a Viennese Waltz to “Happier Than Ever” by Billie Eilish.
Ariana says, “I’m going for strength, perseverance and, yes, ultimately happy. It’s in the name.”
Singer and social media star Lele Pons and pro Brandon Armstrong will perform a Contemporary to “I’ll Stand By You” by Pretenders.
Former Bachelorette Charity Lawson and pro Artem Chigvintsev will perform a Contemporary to “Lose You to Love Me” by Selena Gomez.
“It is going to be very emotionally packed just because I think my story for what my most memorable year is involves a lot of transformation that led me to this exact moment,” Charity explains. “I really hope to pour that emotion into my dance next week and really lead with that. I think for a lot of us any memorable year is going to be either happy or sad. It’s going to be very transformative. I’m going to leave you with that and, hopefully, next week will be good.”
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Grammy®-winning singer Jason Mraz and pro Daniella Karagach will perform a Quickstep to “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson.
“We decided we wanted to go back to fun,” Daniella says, “and we’re going to celebrate.”
Jason adds, “Yeah, it’s a fun one. It was a year of courage and gratitude for me, and taking chances and changing my life forever. I’m having the time of my life now as a result of it.”
Social media and reality TV star Harry Jowsey and pro Rylee Arnold will perform a Contemporary to “Keep Your Head Up” by Andy Grammer.
“I think that year was the first time people got to know me,” Harry says. “It was a lot of highs and lows and a scary time, especially during COVID. It was just a scary time for everyone. I was grateful that I had good people around me throughout that year. It’s going to be a very emotional one but hopefully a happy one.”
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The Brady Bunch star Barry Williams and pro Peta Murgatroyd will perform a Paso Doble to “Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf.
“I chose something that has had the most profound impact on my life, and that happened in 1968,” Barry teases. “I’m not going to say it was The Brady Bunch, but you might infer that because The Brady Bunch was so much more than just a sitcom that ran for five seasons. It has had so many reincarnations and specials and other series and different mediums -- movies, books, plays. It was a combination of how powerful that was -- and remains -- and I love the music of the ‘60s. We’ve got a really, really good, upbeat, powerful song and we’re going to be doing a very powerful, masculine dance with it.”
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Real estate mogul Mauricio Umansky and pro Emma Slater will perform a Contemporary to “Rise Up” by Andra Day.
“I picked a year that was very, very meaningful in my life,” Maurico says. “From every perspective it changed my life. You’re going to have to tune in next week to watch it.”
Dancing with the Stars simulcasts live across both ABC and Disney+ on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT and next day on Hulu.
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