on february 1, 2007, the abc television network announced that fatone would participate in season 4 of the american version of "dancing with the stars", which debuted march 19, 2007. he ended up placing second, losing the mirror ball to apolo anton ohno and julianne hough. he competed with professional partner kym johnson. fatone participated in the 15th season of "dancing with the stars" for a second chance to win a mirror ball trophy, again dancing with kym johnson. they were the second couple eliminated. he later returned in season 27 during trio week as a trio partner to john schneider and emma slater.