For the Relay Dances, the couples are broken down into three groups of three with the winner of each earning extra bonus points from the judges, given to the couple they feel performs the best within each relay. The Relay Dances will consist of the Jive, the Foxtrot and the Viennese Waltz. Fitness instructor Cody Rigsbyis one competitor who is very much looking forward to Queen Night during which he and pro partner Cheryl Burke will dance the Foxtrot to “You’re My Best Friend.” “As a queen, I am very much a Queen fan,” he said. “It’s going to be a really great song for us because of the story that I hope to tell, not only through the dance but through the package. It is something super personal and I’m excited to share with the world.” Cody labels Queen’s music “iconic” and says he discovered the band while he was in high school. “They are so embedded in our culture that even if you might not love a song, you know it, because it’s been played so many times. I think that there’s always going to be a connection to that music. I’m so excited to also honor another queer man, another gay man, on this stage so I’m super excited for next week.” Amanda Kloots, who is dancing the Jive to “Don’t Stop Me Now” with pro partner Alan Bersten, has a personal connection to her song. “This is a song that I play all the time when I teach fitness classes,” she said. “It’s a song that immediately revs you up. It’s a song that we put on week one just to fool around and work on steps that Alan was teaching me. This is the dance I’ve always wanted to do. I think it will show a lot of my personality, and I think we actually will have a lot of fun doing it together.” And pro dancer Witney Carson, who is paired with The Mizfor a Foxtrot to “Radio Ga Ga” is also looking forward to dancing to the iconic band’s music. “We’re just really excited to pay homage to them,” she said. “We’re going to keep it inspired by Freddie Mercury and try to do our best to do it justice.”
For “Queen Night,” the dance styles and songs are as follows:
Jimmie Allen and pro Emma Slater dancing the Viennese Waltz to “Somebody To Love” JoJo Siwaand pro Jenna Johnson dancing the Tango to “Body Language” Iman Shumpert and pro Daniella Karagach dancing the Paso Doble to “Another One Bites The Dust” Olivia Jade and pro Val Chmerkovskiy dancing the Quickstep to “Fat Bottomed Girls” Suni Lee and pro Sasha Farber dancing the Paso Doble to “We Will Rock You” Melora Hardin and pro Artem Chigvintsev dancing the Foxtrot to “Killer Queen” Amanda Kloots and pro Alan Bersten dancing the Jive to “Don’t Stop Me Now” The Miz and pro Witney Carson dancing the Foxtrot to “Radio Ga Ga” Cody Rigsby and pro Cheryl Burke dancing the Foxtrot to “You’re My Best Friend”
Relay Dance Groups:
The Jive to “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
The Miz and Witney Carson, Iman Shumpert and Daniella Karagach, Cody Rigsby and Cheryl Burke
The Foxtrot to “Under Pressure” by Queen & David Bowie
JoJo Siwa and Jenna Johnson, Olivia Jade and Val Chmerkovskiy, Jimmie Allen and Emma Slater
The Viennese Waltz to “We Are The Champions”
Amanda Kloots and Alan Bersten, Suni Lee and Sasha Farber, Melora Hardin and Artem Chigvintsev Dancing with the Stars airs Monday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
