Dancing With The Stars (DWTS 30) returns to ABC in 2021 with a new season.
On September 20, 2021, Dancing With The Stars 2021 will premiere with the First Dance of all 15 contestants and their professional partners.
Similarly to the previous season, fans and viewers can vote for their favorite couples throughout the 10-week live shows.
All of these public votes will be combined with the judges’ scores, and the combination of lowest votes and scores will be eliminated.
There are two ways to vote for your favorite contestants (via SMS or ABC.com), which will keep your favorite couples dancing.
Additionally, for this 30th season, there are two extremely simple voting methods that allow you to vote for and save your favorite dancers on Dancing With The Stars 2021.

There are two ways to vote: via ABC.com or via text/SMS.
Vote via ABC.com
To vote online via the ABC.com website, please follow the steps below:
- To begin, navigate to ABC.com in your browser.
- Now, register/log in with your ABC username and password.
- Navigate to https://dwtsvote.abc.com/ and tap on the contestants for whom you wish to vote.
- Once you’ve decided on your votes, simply click “Save Votes” to save them.
- Select your favorite act and click the Submit Votes button to save your selections.
Nota bene: This method allows for the submission of ten votes per couple on each voting window.
Vote via SMS
To vote for your favorite dancers via SMS/Text, text the given keyword for your favorite couple(s) to 21523. (Refer to the table above.)
For instance, to vote for The Miz, text MIZ to 21523.
Nota bene: This method also allows for the submission of ten votes per couple for each voting window. Thus, each couple may submit a total of twenty votes.
Voting Period for DWTS 2021
The voting window for the premiere episode will open on Monday, September 20 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT and close on Tuesday, September 21 at 5 a.m. ET/4 a.m. CT.
The remaining weeks of voting will begin on September 27 and conclude on November 22. It will conclude during the final commercial break of the ET/CT broadcast, immediately following the performance of all couples.
Voting for live broadcasts will be available only in the Eastern and Central time zones and not in the Mountain, Pacific, Alaska, or Hawaii time zones (later broadcasts).
**You must be at least 18 years old and a resident of the United States or Puerto Rico to vote for your dancers.
Prepare to vote for and save your favorite Dancing With The Stars couples in 2021.
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