Team Name: Tamar and Val are ValenTay (confirmed by Val); Kim and Tony are TKO (confirmed by official DWTS twitter account)
Here is the press release for week 1 (copied it from this link:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Scoop-DANCING-WITH-THE-STARS-Season-Premiere-on-ABC-Monday-September-14-2015-20150911). I have added in the dances based on what Pure DWTS posted (
http://www.puredwts.com/2015/09/11/dancing-with-the-stars-season-21-week-1-whos-dancing-what-and-when/).
“Dancing with the Stars” is back with an all-new celebrity cast ready to hit the ballroom floor. The competition begins with the two-hour season premiere, LIVE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The premiere episode will kick off with the biggest number in DWTS history shot on Hollywood Boulevard. The night continues with each couple dancing a Cha Cha, Foxtrot, Salsa, Quickstep or Jive, vying for America’s vote for the first time. No couples will be eliminated on week 1, and they will all advance to week 2 of the competition.
Each Couple Will Dance to the Following Songs:
Alek Skarlatos & Lindsay Arnold – “Ten Feet Tall” by Afrojack ft. Wrabel -
Foxtrot
Alexa PenaVega & Mark Ballas – “Whistle (While You Work It)” by Katy Tiz
Andy Grammer & Allison Holker – “Marvin Gaye” by Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor -
Foxtrot
Bindi Irwin & Derek Hough – “Crocodile Rock” by Elton John -
Jive
Carlos PenaVega & Witney Carson – “I Got You (I Feel Good)” by James Brown
Chaka Khan & Keo Motsepe – “I Feel For You” by Chaka Khan –
Cha Cha
Gary Busey & Anna Trebunskaya – “Dancing in the Street” by David Bowie & Mick Jagger –
Cha Cha
Hayes Grier & Emma Slater – “Cheerleader” by Omi
Kim Zolciak Biermann & Tony Dovolani – “Hey Mama” by David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj, Afrojack & Bebe Rexha
Nick Carter & Sharna Burgess – “I Don’t Like It, I Love It” by Flo. Rida ft. Robin Thicke –
Cha Cha
Paula Deen & Louis van Amstel – “Hey Good Lookin’ by Carol Welsman -
Quickstep
Tamar Braxton & Valentin Chmerkovskiy – “Do Your Thing” by Basement Jaxx –
Quickstep
Victor Espinoza & Karina Smirnoff – “G.D.F.R.” by Flo Rida –
Salsa
“Episode 2101A” -- “Dancing with the Stars” two-night premiere continues on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 (9:00-11:00 P.M., ET) with “DANCING WITH THE STARS: FIRST DANCES,” where viewers have a chance to see the couples’ dances from the previous night one more time. The show will be packed with never before seen footage from the night before, extended training packages, exclusive interviews with the couples, and a glimpse of what’s to come on week 2 of “Dancing with the Stars,” where there will be two LIVE shows with couples dancing new routines for each night.
Hosted by Emmy® Award-winning host Tom Bergeron (“America’s Funniest Home Videos”) and Erin Andrews (sports host & “Dancing with the Stars” Season 10 finalist), “Dancing with the Stars” is the hit series in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts including dancer/choreographers Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba and ballroom dancer and Emmy®-nominated choreographer Julianne Hough.
For the first week, viewers may cast their votes for their favorite couples via phone on Monday night during and up to 60 minutes after the end of the “Dancing with the Stars” broadcast in each time zone. Online voting at
www.ABC.com and on Facebook
https://apps.facebook.com/votedwts/ is open for 15 hours, beginning from the start of the episode on the East Coast at 8:00 p.m., ET/5:00 p.m., PT and closing at 11:00 a.m., ET/8:00 a.m., PT the next day. For week two, viewers may cast their votes for their favorite couples via phone on Monday and Tuesday night during and up to 60 minutes after the end of “Dancing with the Stars” broadcast in each time zone. From week three until the finale, viewers may cast their votes for their favorite couples via phone on Monday nights during and up to 60 minutes after the end of the “Dancing with the Stars” broadcast in each time zone. Online voting is open for 24 hours, beginning from the start of each episode on the East Coast at 8:00 p.m., ET/5:00 p.m., PT and closing at 8:00 p.m., ET/5:00 p.m., PT on Tuesday evenings.
“Dancing with the Stars” is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. Rob Wade, Ashley Edens-Shaffer and Joe Sungkur are executive producers. Alex Rudzinski directs. “Dancing with the Stars” is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC’s selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG, L parental guideline.
Not confirmed, but I read that Alexa and Mark and Carlos and Witney have Jive and Hayes and Emma have Cha Cha. I do not know what Kim and Tony have (my guess is salsa).
Allison and Riker did the jumping pose last season as well.
