The couples danced the cha-cha-cha, foxtrot, salsa or Viennese Waltz.

For the first time in the show's history, viewers were able to vote for the couples live online so that the results of the vote could be used to determine the first two eliminees that same evening.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 26 Episode 1 of Dancing With the Stars was watched by 8,480,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Is Dancing With the Stars Renewed or Cancelled for Season 27?

Dancing With the Stars Season 26 Episodes...

• s26e01 - All-Athletes Edition Premiere
• s26e02 - DWTS Athletes: Week 2
• s26e03 - DWTS Athletes Week 3: The Semifinals
• s26e04 - DWTS Athletes Week 4: The Finale

Dancing With the Stars Show Summary

Dancing with the Stars is a series that pairs a celebrity with a professional dance partner as they train and then compete in front of a studio audience in a televised dance competition. The pairs will be judged by a panel of experts and also by viewers at home, with one couple being eliminated each week.

In each round of competition, each couple will demonstrate how well their training and rehearsing has paid off, by performing a choreographed routine.

At the end of each performance, judges will give each couple a score. At the end of the broadcast, viewers will be instructed on how to call in and cast their vote for their favorite couple. In the results show the next day, one couple will be eliminated.