Maks Chmerkovskiy News

Derek Hough and Kellie Pickler freestyle-rap their elation over getting three nines, Sean Lowe discusses his "amazing" and "magical" time on the dance floor with…Tristan??, and Val Chmerkovskiy gets tough with dance partner Zendaya and big brother Maks Chmerkovskiy in an all new installment of ABC.com's "Dancing with the Stars: Pre-Show" web series.

With only a week left in this season's DANCING WITH THE STARS: ALL STARS - though still plenty of time for another trip to the hospital - two competitors must pack their bags, wipe that glitter/sweat combo from their brows, and head home. Keep reading to find out which two were eliminated, dreams of DANCING finals completely, totally dashed. Unless ABC orders ALL STARS: Round Two.

Well, we're going to be deprived of an elimination this week - thanks to the third Presidential Debate tonight. So, yes. No elimination. It's solely a performance week, billed as "Guilty Pleasures" with the competitors split across two nights, where a group will perform their freestyle routine collectively, and the other group will give their individual performances. Oh, and hey! We're down to a single hour of broadcast. Bazing.

Has anyone noticed the cute, shameless plugging the contestants of DANCING WITH THE STARS partake in on Twitter? These guys are synergistic, cross-promoting, social media moguls! Example 1: Kirstie Alley asked Kristin Chenoweth for a sympathy vote this weekend. Cheno was naturally happy to oblige. She's Broadway/the planet's resident 'nice girl,' after all.

Let's all take a moment, and let out a collective and exhaustive, "UGHHHHH." Dancing with the Stars is back. For the 15th time. I know, guys. I'm sorry. Just when you think the airwaves can't get even more clogged with televised rot.

USA Today reports that long-time DANCING WITH THE STARS pro Maks Chmerkovskiy will exit the ballroom competition after the upcoming season. Maks will re-team with previous partner Kirstie Alley in the first-ever 'All Stars' season beginning Monday night.

The inventive Viennese Opera Ball has some novel elements for 2012.

The inventive Viennese Opera Ball has some novel elements for 2012.

On this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICA, Robin Roberts had a chance to speak with DANCING WITH THE STARS pro Maks Chmerkovskiy to ask him about the latest controversy between himself and the judges. The dancer maintained he 'has nothing to apologize for' following words with Len Goodman.

This week's episode of DANCING WITH THE STARS promised to raise things up a notch with the world's fastest violinist, a full orchestra sound, and mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins providing vocals for the evening.

The premiere of the 2010 CMT MUSIC AWARDS on Wednesday, June 9 scored with 3.04 million total viewers, making it the most-watched awards premiere in channel history. According to Nielsen Media Research, the two-and-a-half hour show scored a 1.42 rating among P18-49, up 19 percent over last year with an average 1.5 million viewers in the key demo. The show's performance from 8-10:30 p.m. drove CMT to become the most-watched network in the time period across cable with P18-49 and W18-49 impressions. More than 10.8 million viewers cumulative* tuned in for all related CMT Music Awards programming, including the live Red Carpet show and encore.

The top 8 pairs put on their dancing shoes for 'Movie Night' in week 5 of the competition. Throughout the show, couples performed to songs from the big screen.

In the fourth week of competition in "Dancing with the Stars'" 10th season, the 9 remaining teams were challenged by "The Double Score Showdown." Throughout the evening, competitors received two scores, one for technique and one for performance.

In the third week of Dancing with the Stars' 10th season, each of the couples was challenged to tell a story through their routines. Many teams fell in the middle of the road in terms of scoring, while Even Lysacek and Trebunskaya received the highest scores and Aldrin and Costa the lowest for the third week in a row.

This morning, December 3rd, BURN THE FLOOR and Dancing with the Stars vets Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Kym Johnson got in touch with their sweet side at Serendipidy 3, indulging in some morning Sundaes the famed cafe named in ode to the show. Check out the pair's ice cream honor below!

-Maks Chmerkovskiy on GMA Tomorrow - WCBS 2 News story airing on Sunday -Maks Chmerkovskiy and Kym Johnson Join the Show this Friday