Spotlight RECAP: Whitney Leavitt goes home, but the finale will be a ‘Dancing with the Stars’ smackdown Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Nov 19, 2025 Nov 19, 2025 Updated Feb 16, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The stage is set for a pretty good finale on “Dancing with the Stars.”kAm}@H E92E E96 “@=5 AC@D” DE@CJ=:?6 @7 '2= r9>6C<@GD<:J GD] |2C< q2==2D :D @G6C 27E6C q2==2D 2?5 9:D 46=63[ (9:E?6J {62G:EE[ H6C6 D6?E 9@>6[ :EVD C62==J 2 >2EE6C @7 D6==:?8 p=:I t2C=6 2D E96 8C@HE9 DE@CJ=:?6 @7 a_ad]k^Am Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas are shown during “Prince Night” on ABC's “Dancing with the Stars” on Nov. 18. Eric McCandless, Disney kAm}6G6C >:?5 E92E t2C=6 DEF5:65 52?46 367@C6 “s2?4:?8]” %96 ;F586D E@@< A2:?D E@ E2=< 23@FE 9@H >F49 D96 925 8C@H? 5FC:?8 E96 D62D@?] $96’== 567:?:E6=J 36 7:CDE @C D64@?5 H96? 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