'Dancing with the Stars' season 22 week 8 preview: Judges coach two couples

Len Goodman laughs with his team as he prepares them for "Dancing with the Stars" season 22, week 8. Instagram/dancingabc

With "Dancing with the Stars" season 22 down to six contestants, the competition continues to heat up as tensions rise and pressure bubbles up. In week 8 of the hit dance show, the remaining couples will dance twice.

Their first dance of the night will be Judges Team Up. This is where the panel – Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli –chooses the songs, routine and creative for two couples and coach them as well.

"Dancing with the Stars" season 22, week 8 is making history as the performances on this judge team-ups will see the celebrity contestants get a solo, something definitely exciting to see.

This means that at some point in the dance, they won't be holding on their dance pro partners but with their fellow contestants, which is something that will absolutely show the dancing prowess of the celebrities and how much has improved.

For "Dancing with the Stars" season 2, week 8, Inaba gets to accompany Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess as well as Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas. The judge believes that her squad is "going to be great together."

Goodman is coaching couples Wanya Morris and Lindsay Arnold and Ginger Zee and Val Chmerkovskiy. That leaves Tonioli with Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd and Jodie Sweetin and Keo Motsepe.

As for the individual dances for "Dancing with the Stars" season 22, week 8, here are the routines and songs that fans can expect the contestants to perform:

  • Wanya Morris and Lindsay Arnold (Jive) — "Can You Do This" by Aloe Blacc
  • Ginger Zee and Val Chmerkovskiy (Argentine Tango) — "Telephone" by Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce
  • Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess (Viennese Waltz) — "Love on the Brain" by Rihanna
  • Jodie Sweetin and Keo Motsepe (Jive) — "Something's Got a Hold on Me" by Christina Aguilera
  • Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd (Paso Doble) — "Victorious" by Panic! At The Disco
  • Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas (Viennese Waltz) — "Stone Cold" by Demi Lovato

"Dancing with the Stars" season 22, week 8 airs May 9 at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC.

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