Season twenty-nine of the American reality competition series Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 14, 2020 on ABC and streamed on Hulu.

[9][10] On August 29, 2020, it was reported that Anne Heche, Jesse Metcalfe, and Vernon Davis would be celebrity participants in the season.

Two new pros were added: Daniella Karagach, previously a featured dancer, and Britt Stewart, a former troupe member, who is the first black female to become a pro.

[28] The next day, it was announced that Tyra Banks was hired as the new host and would also serve as an executive producer.

Color key: Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, Bruno Tonioli.

For the second time in the show's history, the official partnerships were revealed to the public during the live broadcast.

Hours before the episode aired, Jeannie Mai had to withdraw from the competition after being hospitalized for epiglottitis.

The couples performed one unlearned dance dressed as an icon and participated in paired dance-offs for extra points.

Nev & Jenna were immune from the dance-off as a result of their week 8 performance and a tie-breaker of having the highest total season score.