The long wait for the next season of "Dancing With the Stars" will soon be over as its two-part season premiere will start in a few hours.
The 21st season premiere of ABC's long-running celebrity dance reality show will start Monday, Sept. 14, featuring this season's contestants with their respective pro partners. Prior to the pairs' debut on the dance floor, ABC announced on its website the songs that the couples will dance to.
The list mentioned that esteemed Army National Guard specialist Alek Skarlatos and his partner Lindsay Arnold will dance to "Ten Feet Tall" by Afrojack ft. Wrabel, while actress Alexa PenaVega and partner Mark Ballas will dance to the tune of "Whistle (While You Work It)" by Katy Tiz. Then pop star Andy Grammer and his pro partner Allison Holker will dance to "Marvin Gaye" by Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor, and Australian wildlife conservationist Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough will perform to Elton John's "Crocodile Rock."
"Big Time Rush" star Carlos PenaVega and his partner Witney Carson will dance to James Brown's song "I Got You (I Feel Good)" during the first performance night for the season, while international music icon Chaka Khan and pro dancer Keo Motsepe will perform to her own song titled "I Feel For You."
Meanwhile, actor Gary Busey and his partner Anna Trebunskaya will use David Bowie and Mick Jagger's song "Dancing in the Street" for their first performance, and social media star Hayes Grier and Emma Slater will perform "Cheerleader" popularized by Omi. Reality show veteran Kim Zolciak Biermann and Tony Dovolani, on the other hand, are set to perform "Hey Mama" by David Guetta. Then Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter his partner Sharna Burgess will dance to the tune of "I Don't Like It, I Love It" released by Flo. Rida and Robin Thicke.
The queen of Southern cooking Paula Deen will work with Louis van Amstel to perform to Carol Welsman's "Hey Good Lookin'" at the first night of the two-part season premiere. Also, R&B singer Tamar Braxton and partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy is set to dance "Do Your Thing" by Basement Jaxx, while Victor Espinoza and dance partner Karina Smirnoff will dance to the song "G.D.F.R." by Flo Rida.
After Monday night's performance, a performance recap will be aired on the second part of the season 21 premiere on Tuesday. It will also feature the never-before-scene footages gathered from the previous episode. A preview for Week 2 is also expected to be aired at that time.
"Dancing With the Stars" season 21 premieres on Sept. 14 and 15 on ABC.
