Celebrity dancers performed to many of the pop star’s hit songs, including “Obsessed” and “Hero”.
dancing with the stars Payed tribute to Mariah Carey with a series of renditions of the pop star’s hit songs. Carey welcomed the contestants to the show with an opening message, saying she couldn’t wait to see “how these amazing couples bring my songs to life.”
“I wish I could be there tonight, but I’ll be watching and cheering you on from a distance,” Carey added before the show’s opening number, set to “Heartbreaker.”
During the themed show, dancers performed several of Carey’s songs from over the years. Julia Stiles and her professional partner Ezra Sosa dance a Viennese Waltz to Carey’s 1990 number “Vision of Love”.
Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik performed a jazz routine to “fantasy”, a track from Carey’s 1995 LP. Dreamwhile Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy performed rumba on “My All”.
Carey’s other songs include “Obsessed,” “Emotions,” and “Hero,” which provided the soundtrack to Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov’s Rumba.
Dancing with the Stars is currently airing its 35th season. Other contestants this season include Food Network host Giada De Laurentiis, summer houseciara miller, jimmy kimmel live sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez, and musician Taylor Hanson. During the first episode of the season, Styles and Sosa performed a quickstep routine to Dolly Parton’s 1980 song “9 to 5”.
Styles revealed that Parton had approved the use of the song before her death in August. “She approved this song especially for me just a few weeks before Dolly passed away,” Styles said. “I’m so honored to dance to his music and honor his legacy, and I want to make him proud.”