Dancing with the Stars: Athletes
This season featured only athletes as the dancing celebrities.
Season 26 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dancing with the Stars Season 25.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season overview
This season featured only athletes as the dancing celebrities.
Episode Guide
Season 26 Progress Shield
Premiere: Week 1
Apr 30, 2018
Sports fans rejoice as one of the most competitive seasons of Dancing with the Stars ever fires up the scoreboard and welcomes 10 determined athletes who will take to the ballroom
Athletes: Week 2
May 7, 2018
The eight remaining athletes each perform an individual dance, along with a team dance. Season 24 champion Rashad Jennings returns as a guest judge.
Athletes Week 3: The Semifinals
May 14, 2018
The six remaining athletes ready themselves for another double-header in the semi-final round, where each couple performs a foxtrot, Viennese waltz, quickstep, rumba or contemporar
Athletes Week 4: The Finale
May 21, 2018
A new champion is crowned in the finale of the first-ever all-athletes edition of the show.