Tristan MacManus

The Dancing With the Stars Season 16: Week 5 side-by-side challenge (April 15, 2013) was ostensibly all about seeing how the stars would stack up next to pros. And yes, that element of the challenge was definitely interesting. But let's be real — even if the challenge had been a flop, we were more than happy to see some of our beloved, and very missed, pros back in the ballroom.

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It’s that time again, Dancing With the Stars fans, and tonight is going to be one for the record books. We love every week of the hit dance competition show, but Season 16: Week 5 performances features something brand new: pros paired together dancing with the stars!

Tonight, former pros and troupe members will unite for “Len’s side-by-side challenge,” in which fan...

Dancing With the Stars has been on for sixteen glorious seasons, but don’t get it twisted — the hit competition show is anything but stale.

For Week 5 performances, the Mirror Ball hopefuls will participate in “Len’s Side-by-Side Challenge,” in which they will go up against two pros — including dancing identical choreography for around 15 seconds —...

The other stars of Dancing With the Stars will take center stage on Season 16, Week 5!

On the Week 4 Results Show, Tom Bergeron said pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Chelsie Hightower, Tony Dovolani, and Tristan MacManus would return to dance. Brooke Burke-Charvet also asked Sean Lowe how he felt about dancing side-by-side with a pro next week, so it's sounding like those returning pros will dance...