Dancing with the Stars Halloween Episode Sends Two Couples Home

"Dancing with the Stars" aired a Halloween-themed episode on October 27, 2026, built around routines inspired by horror films, and closed with a double elimination that sent two couples home. The double cut followed a week in which no couple was eliminated. According to Deadline, Shirley Ballas served as guest judge for the night.

Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson topped the night with 40 out of 40 for a contemporary routine inspired by "Saw." Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy scored 37 out of 40 for an Argentine tango inspired by zombie films, and Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold also earned 37 out of 40 for a contemporary routine inspired by "Annabelle: Creation."

Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach received 36 out of 40 for a jazz routine inspired by "The Invisible Man," while Jackson Olson and Emma Slater took 35 out of 40 for a contemporary routine inspired by "Joker."

Lower on the leaderboard, Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik scored 28 out of 40 for a paso doble set to "I Lied To You" from "Sinners." Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa earned 26 out of 40 for an Argentine tango to music from "The Omen," and Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess also scored 26 out of 40 for a Viennese waltz inspired by "Bram Stoker's Dracula."

Stiles starred in the 2006 remake of "The Omen." The previous week, she paid tribute to her "10 Things I Hate About You" co-star Heath Ledger, with the rest of the film's stars involved.