TAKE A LOOK AROUND
Your favourite show.
Your own little rivalry.
Turn Dancing with the Stars into a two-person fantasy game. Draft your couples, make weekly predictions, and follow your scores to see whose very strong opinions hold up.
INSIDE A REAL BRAWL
- Two players
- You and one chosen rival
- Free to play
- No buy-in or cash prizes
- Your own pace
- Reveal results after you watch
FROM “I COULD CALL THAT” TO PROVE IT
Here’s what you’re signing up for.
Set up your brawl and draft once. Each episode, return to make predictions before the broadcast deadline, then check the scores after you have watched. These real screens include the season’s cast. Open any screenshot for a closer look; published results examples start closed.
Private brawls & invitations A private brawl for two.
Create a brawl, give it a name, and send the invitation link to your rival. Each of you signs in to your own account. No league commissioner or group-chat recruitment required.
You both agree to the rules before the draft begins. This is Sequin Showdown, the real brawl we’ll follow through the next few screens.
Why just the two of you?
Because this is about bragging rights, not money. Beating the person on the other end of your sofa is plenty of motivation. Other services cater to bigger pools; we like the simplicity of one rival, two teams, and knowing exactly who gets to be smug.
Snake draft & team rosters Start mid-season. Lock in your team.
Missed premiere night? You can still start during the season, while there’s an eligible upcoming episode to play. Draft from the remaining couples before your brawl’s deadline. Your points start with your first eligible episode, with no retroactive scores.
First pick is randomly assigned. Then you take turns drafting couples in a snake order until both teams are full. Every couple you choose is yours alone, and every pick is final.
Shannon and Katie each drafted six couples here. Team sizes depend on the remaining cast; an odd pool leaves one couple undrafted so both teams finish the same size.
Why did we choose a snake draft?
Getting first pick is a nice advantage. A snake draft gives the second player the next two picks, then reverses the order each round. It helps balance that opening advantage and gives both of you a turn at choosing back-to-back favourites.
Weekly predictions Extra predictions. Extra bragging rights.
Your team gives you someone to root for. Weekly predictions give you more to compete over, even when your favourite has a rough night. Call the highest and lowest scores, eliminations and perfect scores across the competing cast, including couples you did not draft.
Correct calls earn extra points towards your overall score. It’s a fresh chance each week to prove you know the ballroom better than your rival, and make that “I told you so” count.
Submit before the displayed broadcast deadline. Choose Ready to lock when you are sure: your picks become final immediately. Your rival’s calls stay hidden until both players lock or the deadline arrives.
Learn how predictions work
Automatic scoring & standings Life gets busy. The ballroom can wait.
From your brawl’s first episode onward, no episode spoilers until you choose to reveal them. Verified results arrive automatically, but your scores, standings and eliminations stay hidden. We know life doesn’t always leave room for watching live.
Catch up one episode at a time. After you’ve watched, choose “I’ve watched” to reveal that week’s results, then move on when you’re ready. Your rival can watch and reveal at their own pace without revealing anything for you.
The exception is drafting during an ongoing season. The draft board shows who is still competing and who has already been eliminated, so catch up before choosing your team. Once drafted, future episode results stay behind your own reveal controls.
The scoring example below comes from the original Kate vs. Shannon brawl. It shows real published results; Sequin Showdown is still waiting for its first eligible scored episode.
Understand points and standingsShow the scored example Contains episode results
My Account & profile avatars Put a face to the rivalry.
My Account is where you choose your display name and a preset avatar, or keep your initials. Picking a favourite face for your profile does not affect your draft.
You can also manage your sign-in email and optional news preference. Everything is separate from your team’s saved picks and scores.
Find your account settings
Your Dancing with the Stars fantasy pool on mobile Big opinions. Small screen.
Keep your two-player fantasy pool on your phone. Open Ballroom Brawlers in your mobile browser to draft your couples, make predictions and check your scores. No app download needed.
On the sofa or catching up between everything else, it’s the same brawl and the same rival. Sign in to your account on your phone or computer and pick up where you left off.
Here’s a look at Sequin Showdown on a phone-sized screen: the dashboard, drafted team and weekly prediction form.
Your rivalry, at a glance
Check your scoreboard and see what’s next.
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Your team, in your pocket
Browse your drafted couples and their points.
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Your calls, before showtime
Make your weekly predictions from your phone.
Full screenshot ↗ (opens in a new tab)Real mobile browser layouts captured September 28, 2026. These screens show the drafted cast before the brawl’s first scored episode; no predictions have been submitted.
Try the practice draft on your phoneBEFORE YOUR FIRST PICK
A few things to know.
The stakes are imaginary.
The commitment to your picks is real.
- Both players need an account. Sign in with Google or an emailed code.
- Draft picks are permanent. No trades, replacement picks or roster resets.
- Deadlines follow the broadcast. Watching later does not extend prediction time.
- Scoring starts with your brawl. Earlier episodes do not earn retroactive points.
- This is an unofficial fan game. Ballroom Brawlers is not affiliated with Dancing with the Stars or its broadcasters.
Screens captured September 28, 2026. Sequin Showdown demonstrates a new brawl; Kate vs. Shannon supplies the published scoring example. Your cast, dates and scores will depend on your brawl.
YOUR SOFA. YOUR RIVAL. YOUR CALL.
Give your opinions a scoreboard.
Free, private, two-player fantasy ballroom. All bragging rights.