Spotlight RECAP: Perfect scores and perfect ideas fill 20th birthday show of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Bruce Miller Lee Enterprises Nov 12, 2025 Nov 12, 2025 Updated Feb 16, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tuesday’s edition of “Dancing with the Stars” was the best of the season, maybe the best ever.kAm%92E’D 3642FD6 AC@5F46CD 3C@F89E 324< A2DE H:??6CD E@ A2:C H:E9 4@?E6DE2?ED :? 2 C6=2J 52?46] $66:?8 pA@=@ ~?@[ #F>6C (:==:D 2?5 )@49:E= v@>6K 324< @? E96 52?46 7=@@C W2?5 2 96C5 @7 @E96CD :? E96 2F5:6?46X H2D =:<6 E96 F=E:>2E6 4=2DD C6F?:@?]k^AmkAmtG6? 36EE6Cn u@C>6C 9@DE %@> q6C86C@? 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